Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-08

and died.
Now comes Major Burnam.
When l was about to go to Miss
ouri l remember right here oppo-
site where the Baptist church Is
now located, / met Judge Daniel
Brock. Well" he says, my
Young man, | unders. and you are
going to the state OF Missouri :"
Saws l that is my arrangement. "
"You are max ne a mistake" he
says. I says, Il have no chance
here with such men as you and
Major Rurnam and Major Tur-
ner." Why" he says, Il have
quit practice, Major Turner is
getting too old, and as Tor Major
Burnam, he will not live long
That was in 1855. The prophecy
was not a good one. Major stayed
with us long time. He was an
active practitioner and was en1-
ployed in most cases at the Bar.
/ remember him once bringing a
suit for somebody against Owen
Mckee. our old friend Owen Nc
Kee, and Del. Miller. n young law
yer ut the Bar nj that time. de-
INJURED 10 the petition. Judge
Morton. one OF the kindest men
that ever sat on tho bcncfI-he
could scare you, but nj the same
time he didn't hurt You. and it ii
was wrong he would say some
thing to YOU that had so much
sugar on it it didn't hurt YOU He
called up the case and said Major
BurIiam. what about this dcnur-
rer Richard Miller has filed
against YOU in this suit: :" Major
came up-he used To twist his
Specks along this way" May it
please your Honor. am surprised
Richard Miller should file a de
murrer To that petition. Judge. II
that petition is not good one. /
will take down my sign as Il law
yer tomorrow. You could see
Judge Morton leaning over the
bench. Major. / hate to see YOU
leave while am here. but ! am
going TO decide that case against
you. The demurrer is right. sir.
And Tom Scott. whenever he had
q chance to poke that at Major he
pokcd it at linn. IIe was kind.
good man. Some of his friends
got after him. said: Look here,
Major; what in the world. YOU
have some Of the biggest raScals
FOR clients | ever saw. oh. no
sir: YOU are mistaken. Ny clients
are all honest but one, and his
character is little varied" Some
one said: What do you mean -
And he said he had a black spot
here and a white spot there
''my clients are all honest"
Then there comes Thomas Tur-
ner. He Practiced lan here for
some time and moved away and
went to Mt. Sterl ng He was a
man OF ability, full OF resource.
He made his mark, not only here.
but in Mt. 5 erling. His son al
forwards became Judge of the
Court Of Appeals. | don't know
about his practice because he NOV
ed away from here early
And then comes along John
Bennett. You all remember
him-a big hearted man. a goo
man. But John Bennett was thi
kind OF lawyer He had marker
ont in his own life just exactly
what he was going TO pursue. and
if you tripped him up on that ne
could not come back at you very
well. and didn't and he would turn
around and abuse his client. lie
was popular at the Bar, kind
hearted. good man. but passed off
i'll his early days.
Now. then. there was William
Chenault. student OF the Bar,
read too many books. NV young
friends, YOU can read too MANY
books. Let a young man read
blackstone, Story's Equity,
Grcenleaf on Evidence, and If he
has any common sense that is all
the law he needs.
Then came young John Tcrrili,
a strong man physically and men