Pack 3 ALTON B. PARKER A Close Range Personal Study of the Man, by James Creelman—His Early | ife as Farmer Boy, School | teacter and Law Clerk—On the Supreme Court |, Muss. He was a hard- When the war for out he left his plow private under Washington unt the American repub established Little thant he was a at Worcester, working farmer, ndependence hroke and served as a known of nnd independence and was greats His intelligent lie was is of pluck ly re him except man pected by neighbors, | son, John | wins an | man, ited snd public spir- w York ortland shed today Bench at Thirty-three—His Farm at Esopus— His | Methods at Work and Play — Strong, Practical and Thoroughly American—CGrave Dig- nity Which Suggests (reat Reserve Power. AMES CR Se 1 prepa World personal study Parker, chief gtate cour leading bilities While the formation to turning struggle politician over the New Yorl ruption, leaders who gers, all gtrides between thi he lives which ker, and ag: influes tradition by Li tics, Li and his devotion to h.s It is not that he There is no more wa p 18 COOTiess Or © out ambition. blooded or aggressive wan in the coun try. And he is known to be deeply tached to his party result of self discipline and a concep riety which notl tion of judicial prog ing can | ture, which years, The the wherever he party pressed whe Kinagiy streets Yate cor guspici fully hi modest themselves under daily Kindness of charity in stancy in friends its own sake the judg: scorn for attitudes these are never a mor wil It more ous of ners—a ways i practica A Man of Giant Strength. Judge man of giant are broad and muscles the farm ing, are the muscles of an athlete ind ner six feet tall and a His chest by hard daily horseback rid He slopes perfectly as a man should, from Parker is ders His on strength shot his deep developed work and by his shoulders to his feet, and in spite of his nearly fifty-two years and his weight of 196 pounds his step light as a boy's, and he can vault into the saddle with ease His face is that of a country bred | man, strong and full of The eyes are large and of an agreeable brown; lionlike eyes but for the kindly expression, and then the immense jaws and form dable round chin face is heavy, but a powerful line that suggest The mouth large with a thick lower lip are big, fiat and white are smaller. The tawny tache goes well with the brilliant brown eyes and the reddish brown hair The judge's is aqguiline He bas high cheek bones, but the charac: teristic is not marked. His high, broad forehena slopes back without a bump. it Is a singularly symmetrical brow, showing penetration, observation, am. bition and energy. The block head Is not large aud Is somewhat straight, se color The lower part of the not It bas thrust power brutal and outward tremendous wii end The upper teeth The lower teeth is masculine, COArse, mus nose re | ate | His silence is the | {| statue of Livingston and its paneled | | portraits of dead jurists, John One notices the eyes first ' Simple, | father vio remein at he was in spite of farm was that it does not balance with the great | Jaws and the fighting chin, Nowhere in the face or head is there a suggestion of craft. Nor is there anything hey look at you straight. tical and logical dominnte the magi native qualities—impulse is a slave to The lack of between the eyebrows and the smooth forehead man who can concentrate ind with the great effort ‘hh contracts the facial muscles, idge Parker and al : in dark grays. His ordinary attire Is a cutaway coat gh gray cloth and gray tre rs a standing o« vat, | are more decorous or ¢ In spite of his p any pressing duties will, wrinkles indicates a his n out \ dresses well colors, usually HISers, lar and a sim. eld by a small pearl wreful 188ion K Cr iTeSS 1} three times a «8 and for i 1 me n pu Dignity Su (ireat Power. irt of appeals who Is always the court is open. The other judges take their weeks off regu. larly, but Parker serves day of the always be some one present when Judge every session, so that there shall on the bench fa-! willar with every ruling or agreement | [| | made in court. As the judge sits high up in the great onken hall of justice, with its bronze Lis crimson university robes high above them he can through the win. ws the Hudson river, which beloved farm at PTR Woo Pe Eso Je ng Judge Parker's Working Traits, Cousider the fact that arker Is | ng ididate fury in an lictat + sheets cossary | tions or to detalls: he ve to pull his work pie Ct heard him speak discourteously anger to a aataral subordinate, His tact and smoothly Yet ness about him His Farm at Esopus. At the end of every week and dur. ing the summer vacation Judge Parker is to be found on his picturesque farm at Esopus, which overlooks the Hud son river, He has three farms in New York state—one of 150 acres at Cort. land, another of 150 acres at Accord and still another of 80 acres at Esopus, : He manages these three farms and makes them, on the whole, pay. He 1 18 no dilettante stranger to the coun try, playing with agriculture as with a toy, but a real farmer, who directs the work, superintends the plowing and, in harvest time, goes out in his shirt sleeves to work with his men In the hay and sorghum, A careful estimate of Judge Parker's wenlth places the value of all his pos sessions at about £30,000, This prop. erty he has acquired mostly by saving | and good business judgment. His farm i at Cortland came to him from his | farmer father. He was born on it and worked along its furrows as a boy. Of Old English Stock. On his father's side the judge comes | of old English stock, Fis great grand. father, Jon Parker, was born (on 1761 there is an iron firm. ’ to | Nor is there apy one who ever | or in | kindliness make things move | the | sidewise or sly In the eyes. | The prac- | Farmer Boy and Scheolteacher. He had a goo important « wie and 3 Dari fr. it tine La gE th was quite frog the ontrol or fluence of large corporations —- Ha FE he was elected surrogate ounty and was afters } « Jay in! Jugtice We Honors Came Early. Parker was well sound money mat will of the majority in his party Judge Parker's wife was Miss Sol maker of Accord, a woman of rare finement and good Dutch ary blood, Their daughter married the Rev. Charles M. Hale, rector of an Episcopal church at Kingston, which is within easy driving distance of Eso pus. The judge's son died two years ago, It Is on the farm Judge Parker's personality swing. Here he writes his most im portant judicial opinions. Here, too, he works in his flewds, prunes his trees and cares for his thirty registered Red Poll cattle, his full blooded Poland China pigs and fine flock of Shropshire sheep, Rosemont, for so the farm is called, is a beautiful place, all up and down hill, fronting the Hudson and extending on either side of the rocky road that sprawls in from the village of Esopus Across the great is seen one of the new Vanderbilt houses, In the oth er direction are the lovely womded mountaing leading toward the Cats kilis, His Home Life. The judge's house Ia a modest but comfortable wooden structure, stand ing on the stone foundations of a Dutch house of colonial times, It is get on the side of a hill among shade oon ie {evolution at Esopus that has full river trees and froots the river, It Is the THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 14, 1904. puoue Or pospitality and refinement tne cue of tunis farmer chief Judge, | court niso enjoined 11 the typical home of an American tlewsan. The pictures, the bo thie thie furniture fireplace day Et r's turn Lave Roman Cat} ¢s, driven church regulari) The judge Ia a ve ingston church and of very moderate means, he is prol the tion oes he forg is who to their Goh his dome val stryman In the wmbly COnErega- ar of wenl nan in the He is the practical § the Likes Magazines and Novels. He is a confirmed magazine Iv interest Lh His da comp in a ¢holr her to Germany to study mus Mrs. Parker's health falled and her daughter insisted on returning to the United States, Mrs the piano for her father sionally sings UK shed 1 took but suddenly, at Kingstor and he occa are apt to bore him After he has spent a morning work ing on his Judicial opinions grave coneentration, when no one is permitted to interrupt his quiet—and when he is waiting for lunch his sec- retary, Arthur MacCausland, will sit at the plano while the judge in a sweet | tenor voice sings old fashioned ballads | or hymns, “1 Feel Just as Youtix as i Used to Be,” “Only an Armor Bearer,” “Hold the Fort,” and so on. It is all very simple and natural In that house, and hospitality is the first law. Indeed, the judge carries hos- pitality to an extreme. All his neigh- bors are his friends. When Le sits at the head oi the long mahogany dining table with his wife, mother, brother, daughter, son-in-law and grandchil dren, with one or two guests and per. haps a neighbor visitor, he is the life of the scene-gentle, dignified, helping the conversation, but never forcing it, a rare gift in a man of strong men- tality. A Day With Judge Parker. It seems a small thing to write about a man's private habits, yet they throw some light upon his character. and. in { of dealing with dif although a man | | Reptember Hale piavs | His musical tastes are | | Worked Night and Day. very simple, and classical compositions | hours of | shrunk long from of Lis type. who Las #0 publie ordinary Nothing notice, a des ption his ¢ of in the life of a car is wr He 0 lock didate for president nt | Lialf in the morning, takes Iresses bimself in past 6 Lis cold riding dress is a acket and breeches After ithout sugar her leggings | riage his big bay saddle a hard trot for an try ads ihe An Absiemious Man. His Sleeps Only Six to Seven Hours. } uit situations it NeCOSKary how Le saved the Ulster County Savings institution. ING. this Okie (Nx of $2.50) emberyie insti irong ny « take Oorigages wit! int agent ke the assign It looked as fore ment of the d have t "er mortg debt. whiel and Closed to of de positors a destruction nes little as pets for the state of terror and confusion, Judge Parker began to look about for an honormble and wise way to save the institution and its depositors. He got a number of the old trustees to assist him, His acheme was a new one in New York state. The idea was to ask the equity court to substitute In place of the temporary receiver twenty-five prominent citizens to act as trustees The judge worked day and night urg ing the strongest men in the county to his ald in saving the bank. He got presidents and cashiers of banks and other business men enlisted. Ev- erything else was thrown aside until the twenty-five trustees were secured. Fortunately for the Institution, Charles M. Preston, the state superin- tendent of banking, who lived at Kingston, gave Judge Parker's bold plan his official support. The legal battle was before Justice Fursman in the special term of the supreme court at Troy, It resulted in a decree sub stituting the twenty-five trustees for the temporary receiver and scaling down the amount due to each depositor to his uro rata share of the assets, The is | In; important bank, | closed | mennt who were In a ¢ depositors Ire drawing out more thar their deposits ders wep ne Panic. Stopping a “ SECHLER & CO BEEZERS MEAT MARKET, ALLEGHENY ST. BELLEFONTE. We keep noue but the Des BEEF, PORK, A y du of We quality of BUTTON, SLICED HAM Meal. Pork Sausage, ote ov Steak go to PHILIP BEEZER. ry wi Shiloh’s Consumption Cure nim -* | C on Easy and Quick! 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