The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-05

horse by the bride. led him to the old
board fence nearby, and, despite the
unministerisl protests OF the buggy'G
occupant. calmly tied the animal to the
fence and walked on.
One Of the boys who witnessed thts
incident was Joseph f.. Eggleston, now
Surrogate of Cortland county, and he
says that if he is ever called upon to
defend. in the Court Of Appeals of New
York, of which Alton B. Parker is
chief Judge, the right of the pedestrian
10 the proper use of the highway, ne
shall cite with confidence the case of
Parker VS.. Bri6gep1an.
How Alton Planned for the Future.
1t is seldom that boyhood chums be-
come in manhood what they plan to
be in boyhood, yet Allie Parker and
Joe Eggleston, while they romped to-
gether, argued together, went to dis
trict school and the Cortland Academy
together, and made trips home over
Sunday together, frequently told each
other how some day they would both
be lawyers.
They got the idea is this fashion.
One day Atoms father was summon
ed TO court for jury service and he took
Alton along. The boy listened intent
ly to the arguments of the opposing
counsel, and, being somewhat of a YER
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then and there determined to be a law
yer when he grew up.
When he returned home he hunted up
his chum, Joe Eggleston, who lived on
the farm adjoining, told him of his ex-
perience and determination, and Joe
was straightway fixed with a similar
ambition. Neither of the boys ever
dreamed of becoming judges, yet
neither had been practicing many years
uya a1aafpH fa nf his
county, a position that he still holds
for Cortland county.
Before they became lawyers and
after leaving the academy they were
school teachers. Alton graduated when
he was 16 and Immediately set out to
find a place where he could teach. The
trustees at Virgil, a village a few miles
from Cortland. decided to give the boy
a trial, and he returned home jubilant
to announce his good fortune to his
parents In the meantime the boys
father and uncle had secured a position
elsewhere for him at fifty cents day
more pay. When they informed Alton
of the fact he suggested, in his disap-
pointment, that he cancel the Virgil
enga cement. But the father. stern. just
man that he was, replied:
You will do nothing of the sort.
have noticed that a young man who
starts out in life by falling to keep an
obligation fails at everything else"
Young Parker as "a school Teacher.
So the boy taught at Virgil. fire.
quently walked ten miles over snow
drifts to get there to open up; estab-
| lished his authority by walloping' the
bully. and later on went to Ulster
county, half way across the state, to
! teach in the little town of Accord
a position that came to him unsolic-
tied, the Cortland Academy authori-
ties having recommended him when
| the Accord trustees wrote to them
asking for a bright young teacher.
Alton Parkers boyhood definitely
ended with his acceptance of this po-
| stion. Having at last the oppor-
tunity he had looked forward to with
so much expectancy. he began the
study of law in earnest. In this he
was appreciably assisted by Augustus
| Schoonmaker, of Kingston, later At
torney General of the state. who had
| taken a fancy to the young man. The
| friendship between the two resulted
for one thing in the younger finding
| his bride in Miss Mary L. Schoon-
maker, relative of the older.
| Copyright, 1904, by Guy T. Visk-
| niskki.)