The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-24
Y OF THE LIVES OF DEM0CRAACCYY'S POPULAR NOMINEES

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yn1y to be informed that through the
Influence of IAN uncle. n position at 80 ]
cents 4 day moro had been secured for
him. Young Parker was some wlint ci,a.
grined, and was about TO notify .lle 4
Virgil school trustees that he could not A
take their school. but his fatier Insisted
that he keep his alga cement. freirarklng:
81 have observed that when a young man
once falls IN that way, he Is pretty apt
to fall all through 1tfcs
Paid His Own Way.
1'hee school terms were short sener-
ally OF three months. duration, md Will, /
his earnings from teaching school he pad
MS way through normal school, Having
thus eulppcd himsalf for better posi-
ton lie asought a place IN the teaching
profession That would enable him to FOL.
low legal studies. For a year ne taug ht 4
In the I,lnshamtcn public gchools. n ND
athenhe took charge OF the public school
at Accord, Ulster county, rs prime! pal.
6 III was 20 at this time and his salary
%was So day, w ssss3 IA " 5j
@ He held the position as principal OF
the Accord school for one year, and dur
ing That year he nut every aYo liable IN o.
r1ens into the study Of law. Ills pcrsis-
stencs attracted the attention OF Augustus
IL. schopninakera who was then practic-
ing In Kingston. the shire town OF Ulster
county. and who offered him a position
In HIS office. where he could also pursue
his studies at a law school. The o fer
was accepted, and during the years ISL
and 1872 Parker wgs enrolled as q STUDENT
at tho Albany law scflDol.
Parkcr's lrst big case was In repre-
scnting Ulster county IN o. protracted
suit wltf the city OF Kingston. involving
the equalization OF assessments. SO pat
Sientiy and exhaustivaly did he master It's
&prosaic details that he wa S victorious a t
every point. His fee for services II, this
4 case wns $500 IA yeri able wind fall for q
young lawyer still in his 2os. 81 u
Loves His Home.
Bythard stnsy, close attention to busl-
ness am, persistent efforts the young la W.
yer rose tosthe Yer. front rank OF the
Z bar or his State. holding meanwhile va
srious positions on The bench,8until finally
& h d was called by the voice of his people.
\ to preside over the greatest state Court
In this country his record here being
$wcll-kno Wnt$t a he people
4 before his advent to tho SUPREME Court,
OF New York, y, /, Al tive leader OF his par
st..,. and heE,r,evcr met defeat on q ny fie!d
$of bnttlc. nithersns candidate or as cam,
Spaign mana ger. $3
sf Judge Parker is conap!ci ousl " 81 y ONE
man., Rarely has he been Soutsl de OF
his native state. He spends his vacations
boards aa train for his home. here % re-
1mai,, until Monday morning wi tn i IS !,
IA MI III. Ills books and his rural recrea i
tons. 81 ~ ~. "a $f53 H $t
THE Judge has one brother and one
sister The former, Fred. II Parker IS
an insurancescx atninerir II. New ork cit ~
ia,idSthe$ latter, WHO, is m H M RS Nj
Tl,off~ mn
er. Mrs Harriet Straston Brooks ives 6,
with her daughter 81 & Derby. bllt lus va lly
spc,,1s the summer. q a / Judge Parker,s 8
no Mr. Niles the bro Their ia W. -
foreman In; a PIANO factory p q Derby
n, 1873 he was arred ITO. Mary II.
schoonmak er or Accord, rs 'lst ers. coun ".
II hey have had two oh ldreil y Ohm ~ NJ
Parker. son. died 9 ne age
n arrIed sirS,ls99 II Rev. S Cha rles Mere ers !
IIa NJ 4 he8 young rector OF I he Ep:scopa
Mission Church sof IS the Il oily TOSS q q
;KipRstoD, alton Parker; Hall md Z. Ma ~
lister Fl ali, III the y Wo hildren.
Dire The pets Of the = I'd ge.aa
A Practical F arnner.
After ,fs ma rriage I, Z mad C his home
5,ns IA nzstonSgti 91sas. when he hought a
n "a m, IN Esopus owe looking the HUDSON
Observation-Disclosures the estat e,ss and gave
III I he name OF Rose 81 In e farm IS
ca rrieds on With financial profit and upon
a & : = h some &, Of the best blooded cattle
ins New s. ok S tate. His barn is filled
With blue ribbons the trophies OF many
a ttle#show,
Esopus n pronounced With long e and I
u long s. and The a accent put on the se-
cond syllabe) la town on the west bank
~ a The Hudson ri ver,s So miles mort n OF
New York city and go niles soy =, 81
Tie populat ton was Is 9?7S in 1900
r, lie .viilage. which b as "a popnla tlon$ OF
about sOp. there are two churches and .le
public school The &c has ma ac-