New-York tribune., 1902-12-14

JUDGE PARKER'S HOME.
OVERLOOKING BANKS OF THE HUDSON
A RURAL RETREAT.

Esopus NJ T. Dec. 13-There are two depart
ments of the State government that never be-
come wholly dormant These are the executive
and the judicial. Unlike the legislative power.
with it's period of suspended animation" from
late In March to the succeeding January, they
continue on duty the year around There may
be less work in midsummer. but there is
complete cessation from it for them.
The head of the judiciary system, Alton b.
Parker Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals
has his summer home near this village, and
there continues all through the months OF
July, August and September, while the Court
of Appeals is not in session, the hard and re-
sponsibIe work of his office.
The LAWYERS of the State within the past three
wears have seen under the sklful management
of Chief Judge Parker and his associates, COM
bined with unceasing work by all the members
Of the court large reduction in the NUMBER
of cases on the calendar.
Rosemount Hail. Chief Judge Parker's home,
is a new acquisition of his. For many years NC
lived in the winter time in a handsome resi-
dence he owned in Kingston, and in the summer
time in a farmhouse near the village OF Ac-
cord. in this county Always lover of couh-
try life he welcomed every year the arrlVai oi
the day when he could set out for Accoru-
There he had a fine law library, and, surrouiUeu
by the scenes of country life, he coulo 80 oA
nIeasurabIv. even on a hot summer day, with the
work Of writing opinions But Accord was
considerable distance from Kingston, the hoihe
of his daughter, and, moreover ne had Ions
desired to possess home directly on the DdnAs
Of the Hudson River He therefore took aa-
vantage of an opportunity to buy haiuSo
house and with it an estate of ninety acres Win
a frontage on the Hudson River and extending
half n mile back nearly to the quaint htue
village of ESOpuS.
Rosemount Hall is a stately and capacious
mansion on a bluff directly overioohlhs 'no
river and the grounds slope aprupIy " ~
hank From the summit of the bluff one can
look out upon the river for a long distance. Op
posite is EsOpus Island
Judge Parker was born IN Cortland county hh
1851 and when a young came to ulster
County. and taught school in the town U
Rochester There he became acquainted "lln
Mary T. Schoonrnaker daughter of Moses L.
Schoonraker of Accord, and subsequently lneS
were married Judge and Mrs. Parker hdu I"0
children n son. who died when seven years
old and a daughter, Bertha, who IS the "IIe u
the Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, rector OF the
Church of the Holy Cross. at Kingston mr'
and Mrs Hall have two children
Rosenount Hall has a big hallway running
through its centre. Entering from the east one
finds at the left parlor and back of that
law office Upon the right of the hallway 70
the dining room. of large dimensions. Win
many windows hospitality turned toward the
morning sun. The parlor is a cheerful room
Judge Parker's law office is a room or large
size and shelves around the walls contain
large law library. Here Judge Parker. IN COM
pany with his secretary examines the law pa
pers submitted to him. looks I'D the law bear
ing upon each case, considers the points raised
by counsel and writes any opinion OF the
court assigned to him
Large as is the amount of work OF the Court
OF Appeals that must be done In the summer
time. Judge Parker does not permit 1t to en-
gross every hour while the shines He
takes much pleasure In watching the farm