The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-08

hers of the Worcester bar. In the
Walker building there are still enough
LAWYERS to do all the legal business OF
the county, provided they could get II,
and also in the Central Exchange there
are q, few more Of the profession. There
is no doubt but the lawyers nave SO
generally taken offices in the state Mu-
tnal, because of it's size and conve-
niences. The imposing front is pleas
ing In their eyes, and they take pride
In having an office there just the same
as one will say to some one he n1eees,
ooh. 1 live in New York" with an air
of conscious superiority, as II residence
made one better than another. one OF
the most celebrated members OF the
California bar, man who mas since
been appointed a Justice of the TINTED
States supreme court, is quoted as say
ing. when asked by a young man Just
Admitted TO the bar where was the
hest place to practice: Young man.
if YOU have got it in you, put your
Single up on a barn in any country
village. and business will come 70 you
This may be bit of exaggeration,
hut still the point is clear, that ABILITY
and not surroundings make a man sue
cessful in his profession, and yet no
doubt many people in need OF legal
services are more or less Influenced by
prosperity in the surroundings.
FIFTY wears ago it would not have
been difficult to count on the fingers all
the lawyers in Worcester. There was
no great amount of litigation, and the
atfornev depended mostly upon the
drawing of deeds, wills and various le-
raI napers A lawyer then was we'll
yersed in all branches of the law. ana
was ready to turn his hand to almost
anything that came his way. Ihelr OF
flee was generally over a little store,
and had the traditional dingy aspect
and musty smell. feiloW oocut 4..els.1s
tied together with red tape were streWn
carelessly about on large square Ia
BILE. and a bookcase stood in one corner
festooned with cobwebs, typical OF the
state of mind of the anxious cHent VINO
came in, to see if he could have the
law on Farmer Brown" for his neglect
to repair his fences, SO that ms cows
strayed on his neighbor's pasture.
All this is changed now, and one VINO
goes through the big white block III
search of a legal friend will find num-
Der Of men who make a specially OF
some one branch of law, and whose
regulations were made because of their
success in that particular line. OF
course this Is not so apparent in Wor-
cest0r az in larger cities, Dut even mere
there are men who are considered
especially strong in criminal work,
others in corporation law, real estate,
equity and SO on.
1t IL a mystery to an outsider how all
of them make a living, and it has been
confidentially whispered that they all
do not, and the bequest of a loving rel
alive alone has kept the wolf from the
door or rather office.
To return to the first proposition of
the spider and the fly. any one of them
will tell you that they are not the
spiders but that their purpose in life
is to keep the poor little flies from the
spiders that Turk In the darkness of
shady business transactions, and that
theirs is an offiee of mercy, just as
much as the nurse of the Red Cross on
the field of battle, and since they say
so it must be true, for who ever heard
OF a lawyer telling an untruth?