New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-28

0nd because he has the tue nboTn genus ff an
corners vas laid In the 6Sen od Of his expe
follows:
was charged Wth ns G Of the older boys Of
boys in a lower gPpade when was presided over by
a young woman smashed a window next doori ot "
tell who was the guilty one. The matter was t re-
b t bo 10 professor ITuaT %1 in line and in
order not to let the culprft escape soun'y "'ipPeN
the diners Of the soeey amof Re as TOO m @as
school teacher, of his fellow t9wnsman: ,luags
Truax. Judge Conlan taught school at Ihoihpsoin
in throwing out of the school bully who mad
hitherto made teaching useless as WIT afteTwar he
fogged big thug by the name OF John wv, w oo 10
came to town on spree. The people rewarded the
young teacher and future judge by elecu d , III M
the office of town constable He studied law and nd
county Of Oneida he became interested in politics
ana and was prominent az stump sPS 3 i,, ne
every year. and Lew as he was then called was
the particular star at the speakers tb is
speeches Of Emmett and OConneil which he drew
upon heavily for inspiration.
Judge Gaynor often says that he ought TO live IN
sM o instead Of in New YoTR Tor Ihe bfa
T vent nat S he he broGe up IN he ge e
of this part of his boyhood as follows: ,or,, ,oa-
Orskany. in the ''t town OF Of Whitesown The local
lN was called SkeetObOrO | heard from my Iather
ana other first settlers that at logging pee "Ile
they acre discussing what name they should give
me settlement. and the mosquitoes were getting IN
their fine work spite of the smoke from the.
silu9ges, some one cried out: call IL SKeelopoIo!
WELL sir, the stuck 49,
EIihu Root is always fond of talking about Gin
ION his birthplace. and of Hamilton College. from
which he graduated. After thirty years in a
great cosmopolitan city" Mr. Root said at a recent
oilner of the society. lit Is great pleasure Iha1
county The theme always recalls to me a little
white schoolhouse at Vernon Centre. rnoe Win
slabs: with full of slivers for other boys 1t
recalls little red schOOlhOuSe two miles 1urther
~. the nil overlooking Oneida Lake IL TtStlLs
1lca Free Academy. 1t recalls the college winch
lor century has been moulding the sentiment OF
oneida County. But the little red schoohouse and
the little white sChoolhouse the academy ana the
small college have enlisted the lahors of men VINO
cared only for knowledge and truth. which made
women"
Attorney General Davies time after listening
20 a story told abOut Judge TruaX who II was said
haQ caught three parridges sitting on a limb with
pefltnce. which is regarded illustrative or the
paw : family Mr.. Davies was born in tea. hut
MS father and his two uncles born in St Law
renee county, near Ogdeusburg.
IN a lake near the log cabin said the Attorney
General where my grandfather's family lived
GWeIt an otter. which the boys the farm had tor
a long time been Vainly endeavoring 70 trap one
day. in midwinter when two OF the boys were APP
preaching the lake. which was covered with ice.
they the otter on the ice distance from
the air hole through which they had been IN the
habit Il seeing him retreat. The otter saw the
boys about the same time the boys saw him. ana
airhole first. The bows and the otter reached The
hole simultaneously. and the otter diy"d the
leader %: the boys. who then about fourteen
years Old, and who afterward turned out I" be my