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NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
THURSDAY, 81 PT. 15, 1881.
THE LATE THEODORE L. SOHIOK.
The Noniaha County Bar Pays a Do
served Trlbuto of Respeot to
the Memory of a just man
and a good Lawyer,
On Tuesday morning, ii solemn act
of duty was performed in the District
4. Court of Nemaha county. It was tho
first day of the September 1881 term of
tho court. The Hon. S. Ii. Pound,
judgo of tho Second Judicial District
of Nebraska, of winch Xemaha county
is part, was on tho bench; tho mem
bers of the Xomaha county bar were
in their places; there wore present so v
oral mombors of tho Otoo county bar;
and also a goodly attendance of citizens
of the county. It was a lovely Septem
ber day; the mellow morning sun
glinted through tho windows; and the
trees of tho surrounding bluffs showed
freshly green, as "In tho leafy month
of Juno." Tho court was duly opened
by Sheriff John M. Kleckner. The
docket was called, and cases fixed for
hearing. It was all done solemnly.
There wore none of tho "quips and
cranks" which mark a meeting of law
yers before thoy buckle tight their
harness for the light. A familiar face
and figure was absent a brother, by
thobar of Xemaha beloved and re
spected. His shadow rested on the
court whoro his bodily presence had
boon seen, and his familiar voice heard,
during the toiling terms of ton long
years. There was thought of him in
all minds; and thought of his wife and
children whom ho loved, and for whom
ho had labored. Thoro was U'ought
for the children ; but with tho thought
of death tho thought of life tho
thought that the children of a man
who had kinwn how to win his way
through difliculty, righteously, woulil
have sharp incentive so also to win
when tho timoot their life battle conies,
and that thus urged, they will not fail.
After the docket had been called. Mr.
Jefferson II. Iiroady, (the leader of the
Xomaha county bar), witli a falter in
his step and a tremor in his voice said;
May it phase your Ifonor: In be
half of the Xemaha county bar, it de
volves on me to speak of something
sad. Human nature is such that it
forms endearments by association.
"N'osco this wherever we look. We
suo, for example, secret societies organ
ized and held together almost, if not
altogether, by mere fictions, yet so
powerful is tho effect of uioro associa
tion on tho human kind, that when
brought about een by fiction it forms
them into a common brotherhood
whoro the members call each other
brothron, and when ono departs this
lifo tho survivors lay up in their arch
ives enduring testimonials of their re
gard. Wo see also tho same thing in
tho greater realities of life everywhere,
and wo see the legal fraternity forms
no excoption. With them the associat
ing causes an indeed a reality. We
members of the same bar are brother
oflicors of tho same court a real busi
ness family together. With them and
1 now speak more particularly of small
barsliko this one tholr avocations of
lifo aro with each other, and their
designs and shades of
storms and sunshines, their advances
a'nil retreats, and their triumphs and
d of oats are together and in tho presence
oi eacn oinor. riioir moro words
without the forms for binding legal
effect, is their common and safe mode
of business among themselves, and
they give to each other whole davs ami
weeks of labor and brief preparation,
as iroe as tno water that runs. When
your honor was hero at last term but
a few short months aero, thorn Htoml
among us around this bar a grand ex
ample oi an tins, ion looked down
then from your bench hereon tlio resi
dent members of this bar, and saw
none who had ever boon located olso
whero for professional service. You
saw a rare sight a bar grown from
tho ground up in tho same placo the
simple product of Xemaha county tho
home of every member at his first step
and through all subsequent advances.
For the good name which I venture to
say that bar had, both at home and
abroad, that ono mombor was entitled
to credit for ono most conspicuous
share. Although wo have sinco re
ceived recruits, our thoughts at this
first ineo'iig again in court aro all on
him. you seo the dosolato vacancy.
Brother Sufiitik is dead. Our thoughts
wanner as u in a search, lint in vain.
Wo might invade tho silence of the
tomn and disinter tho shattered re
mains of that material form through
which his mind and soul lias shono in
this hall term after term for ten long
years increasing in clearness and power
until it became so conspicuous and im
portant a part of this court, and bring
it here, lint it would not be him, any
moro than tho broken pieces of tho
material machine which, when whole,
brought to view the light of electricity
would be an electric light. Over those
remains our brother reporter might
read over from the yet fresh minutes
his tactics along ins legal battle lines,
and your honor might call up the line
of landmarks of the court where he
has raised monuments to his name. I
dare say as honorable as the "fioldcu
Fleece" or the "Homnn tingle," but
he would not lie here to acknowledge
the honor done.
At tweutv-two he entered this bar
at thirty-two he died. Is not this
something sad ? A young man of high
character and lofty aim, with no re
source but his own merit, he embarked
in an honorable profession. To t hat lie
dedicated his life. He lived in its true
spirit. He moved in its higher piano.
It was ot by tho low or vulgar that ho
was attracted. Ho stood the highest
among those who know most of law.
Thus moving till he secured a solid
footing on a commanding eminence,
with a promising family consisting of
a wife, a son and a daughter, about
him, yet long before reaching the mer
idian of his increasing powers, he died.
IPs star, when it disappeared, was a
rising star. We cannot make on our
records the monuments to his name,
for that ho has himself done, but wo
can record our high esteem.
To that end tho members of the bar
have expressed themselves in the fol
lowing resolutions, with tho requpst
that your honor order them to be spread
at largo on the records of this court :
Wiikukas. On thewth day nf Aug.,
11, Hon. Theodore L, Schick, a mem
ber of this bar of ten years practice,
departed this lifo; therefore be it re
solved by this bar:
The Great Infernefiona! Store, Mo. 1.
The Great International Store, No
BROWNVILLE & CALVERT.
Owned and controlled in our own names,
Mil & MOORE,
Aro now Receiving their fall and Winter goods, and tho next two w eoks will bo opening weeks with MoOEH A MOOHE
at lirownvilleand Calvert.
In order to meet tho Demands of our many Customers, wo aro compelled to carrv POt'U TIMES tho Stock of
former Seasons. N o Cuaranteo to show you tho Largest Stocks, and at prices that defy competition. Call nnd seo for
yourselves.
MicCEK fc MOORE,
Brownville and Calvert, Nebraska.
The Great International No. 1, 8 The Great International No. 2,
A. II, McGEE, Manager.!) A. MOOHE, Manager.
1st, That his professional brethren
nearest him boar this testimony: That
in tho legal forum he was a dreaded
antagonist and a valued ally. That
his professional career in iu continu
al brightonings beautifully illustrated
tho unconquerable march of fixedness
of purpose, strict honesty and high per
sonal character, over loud pretention,
brow beating or cunning tricks, of
modest industry over pomp and cir
cumstance, and of the lawyer's inside
reputation over his outside' reputation.
2nd, That wo deeply mourn his
doatli as tho loss of a true brother, and
a great loss to tho bar, to tho society
and to the State.
:ird, That wo tondor to his widow
and little son and daughter our friend
ship and sympathy, and as wo would
gladlv professionally favor Mr. Schick
if living, wo do now freely tender to
his grief stricken family ' our profes
sional aid free of charge in all matters
where tho same can bo made available.
4th. That wo admire tho fortitude of
his widow in this her great trial of sor
row, and tho true fidelity with which
sho adhered to her husband's wishes
in his burial ceremonies, regardless of
outside iuilueucee.
8th, That a copy of these resolutions
bo furnished tho family of the deceased
and the county newspapers, and that
a copy bo presented to tho District
Court of this county at its next term
with tho request that they bo entered
at large on tho records of "the court.
Mr.J.S. Stall, judge of tho county
court of Xomaha, said ;
If the Court jiha.si: It is truly sad
very sad- when one so young, so uni
versally beloved, and a man of such
sterling integrity as Theodore L. Schick
is called suddenly away. Perhaps
there aro none at tiiis bar who have
known Mr. Schick so long as I have
known him. I was with him at school.
I met him when he first entered this
bar. I have watched him at Ids daily
tasks; and have known him under all
the circumstances of Ids life. lie gave
his whole strength to tho work of Ids
profession that, and tho performance
of his duty to his family; and, if he
had lived there could have been neither
doubt nor question of his progress.
Hut ho has died before there was time
for his powers to mat uro. Ho was a
true attorney, devoted to his clients,
and a scholarly lawyer norhaps the
most patient student at this bar, and,
in my judgment clearly so. Had ho
uvea no woum nave neon at uie iieau
of his profession in tins county. Such
was his energy, his industry, his learn
ing and his integrity that that would
havo been his place Isay.it is truly
hard when a man so good is taken
away before his tune taken away
from this world of real work which wo
fool and understand, into that world
unknown and uncertain, about which
wo can only hope. It is hard to be cut
off with a career unfinished -by the
stroke of death to he parted from one's
familiar business, and tho realities of
lifo on earth. This i- hard, but harder
than all tlio rest to be severed from fa
miliar friends, from wife, from chil
dren whom we love, anil who need our
strength. This is the deepest wound
of all; tho saddest incident in the
death of our brother.
Mr. .Million, reporter of tho Second
Judicial District, beii.g invited, said:
May it luse the Court : (Jentlenion
of the Xemaha countv bar, I am sorry
and glad to havo brief opportunity to
speak to you glad that I can see good
in even so sad an event as tho death of
Theodore Schick, sorry that there is
need for this expression at all. Such
thoughts as I think' about life and
death such thoughts us I have about
the death of your brother I have put
down in blank verse. Though the
thought lie darkly and imperfectly ox
pressed. I will read to you:
When limn Klmll reach nntnplototipss, thou
shall ni'O
Hoimli places smoothed, ion I (lint wiilnh
whs u wry
Hrnucht Into pqrfpel round: It must ho so,
ISIso On.l. tho infinite Sinker, might ho
alinrgcd
A. JL
With folium In Mln work, which cannot ho.
Murk thou tho mUhty rlvor trout tho lillln,
Thu cri'ulMliHirl, burdened with tlio mini
Wanhod from tint rock, that form tho mono-
00 n chain
On whliili tint plains aro Iiuuk. U, turbid
stream,
I road our huiiiiin destiny In thoe
Our history and donttny complete;
Horn ofthu hcavonn, hut oi the heavens In
elolUls,
Thy noureo, thonnow pure, ami yet deathly
cold!
Thou warrest with tho rocltM, and grlnd'tO
thoin down
To shape thynoll a pathway to tho nea;
ThoMi'a.thy beliiK'n endliik. hut tho hlrth
OI a mill lilnhor being, for ttioupa
In to llioearth annul, and keep Unwept,
Glvos lift) mid motion, and mttkcit harvests
urow
lly moistures that do quicken tho dead K'otto,
Groat rlvor, thou dost tlitro human kind,
Gross with haso matter. yt tho wator pure
Thu wator which l nplrlt, therefore life:
Tlio drop that make thp whole, why, these
ho mon.
Knoll In Itself alone, yet. with tho wholo,
hi one oommltojled, bavin- common end
Not every drop that leaven tho moiinlulii
noureo
Homilies tlio ocean, yet, not ono In waste,
Or, iiiIhncm in tho Hit tit of tltlngN, tho uho
Clod planted to ltn being.
Hoe the mint,
Uprising In tho fading evening Unlit;
That In Mwout dow that makon tho foroHt
grow
Sweet, and relltied from olay that otnggod
Its How
When atom running In tho common Mdo.
Shall God no mould material wo doom dead
That, every whoro, Mln purpose It fullllH,
And l"t annul which In aiipark from him
I'artof Ills lift ho (juonched and Unlit no
llro?
llano thought and Atholnt: think not 111 of
God!
That which Ho million In good, and good
ness In
Perfected uno which over muni Include
Perfected beauty, an the master taught
When Heated hy the nldoof Judah'n lake.
And to him came tho multttuiln for hrnad,
And'hn hrakohroad and fed It totholr souls
lly tlguro through tho lllllon ol tho Held,
iiii;ii, nwiiuu if; iitw, Hiuw hud itint;u
IliWH.
Yo mourn a life that nndod In the tlunh
Of early morning. Heo It as the drop
Drawn from the rlvor to descend an dew;
Sou ye completeness la material till huh:
Think ye of ends, and Mop not with the
iiiealin;
Then nhall yo know that ho who trained
llllllM'l!
In School, In Courtn, In Council Hall of
.State,
And won ru.speot of men, and prophecy
That this HtiiuiK man thin man no ntoudy-
truo
Would ho a henofactor to hln kind
llcfore the eurtatnlnu nod nhould nhroud hln
head;
Think not ho failed, heuaune, before iiiiiii'h
time.
He underwent thoohatiKe Hint wo call death;
111 life live after him. and ho too liven
III Spirit 7, hroadent holim, with full Hcopo
For action m the intvorne or uoo.
Mr. John ('. Watson, district attorney
of the Second Judicial District, said:
If ynnr Honor jilca.sv : It is often
our lot to seo as wo each advance in
our respective careers, members of our
profession suddenly falling around us
- some in Hit; fulness of years,' some in
their meridian and some in the Hush
of youth. To our brothron death
sometimes coiiies at tlio end of long
sickness: and again upon a sudden
stroke. Our brother Schick died alter
long illiuss, but to those who were not
aware of his protracted illness, his
death was a sudden shock. I can
scarcely expect to add anything to the
knowledge possesseil by your Honor
regarding tho character of our deceased
brother. For the past six years you
have seen him coming in and going
out of this court room. You know his
loyalty to his profession, and his Udell
ty to Ids clients. He was a close pro
fessional student. The qualities of ids
mind wore discriminating and analyti
cal, and I have found that argument
in which ho was engaged was always
fair, thorough and instructive to tho
lawyer. As a member of the Legisla
ture lie was faithful and honest, and
won tho regard of all men. Indeed,
take him all in all, ho was a man to
whose many good qualities, as detailed
bv brothers Broad v and Stall, I can
bear my cheerful testimony.
Mr. T. 11. Stevenson, of tho Otoo
county bar, said: i
If there is anything pleasing about
this sad occasion it is, perhaps, this'
that a man who has gone from his,
place should bo so lovingly remembered J
by those who remain. s far as I can,
Idoslroto bear my testimony to tho!
good qualities of our departed brother, j
If it bo true that thoro is completeness
in tho works of creation, that com
pleteness, wo who 11 vo in this world,
ought by our works to promote. It
was so with our brother. As a lawyer
ho wan dllligout, honest and careful in
all things; and tho record ho hasloft is
ono that honors himself, and is an in
centive to Ids brethren who yot lives so to
work as to leave a memory liko his. 1
am glad to hear by tho resolutions that
such service as can bo given to his wife
and little ones will bo rendered by this
bar; and I trust that wo may all so
live as to bo romembored after death as
ho is remembered.
Mr. P. T. Hansom, Otoe county bar:
If your Honor phase: I was, per
haps, as little acquainted with tho do
ceased as any mombor of tho Otoo
countv bar. 1 only became acquainted
with Mr. Schick some three or four
years beforoho dlod; and to what has
been said I can hardly add anything,
except that fow lawyers at tho bar
wore moro highly rospoetod by Ids fol
lows. Since I havo known him I have
watched his conduct at tho bar; and I
never know him anything but just and
honorable. I watched him as a mem
ber of tho legislature at tho last sossion
and saw that ho soon rose to a high
placo, ovon thoso who differed from
him regarding him as among tho bright
est lawyers, and one of the best members
of tho House.,
Thoro being no other remarks from
tho bar. tho Hon. S. Ii. Pound, judge,
said: It may bo proper for mo to say
that I was well acquainted with our
deceased brother in his lifo time, and
had formed a high estimate of his
worth as a man, and his ability as a
lawyer. It was, therefore, to mo a real
pain and sorrow to hoar that ho had
been stricken down in his early man
hood, for I had felt quite sure, if ho
had lived, his studious habits and de
voted attention to his profession would
havo won for him a grand success.
His qualities, 1 think, wore moro sub
stantial than showy; and it would
havo required time to ripon and mature
his powers, and to develop tho high
faculties ho really possesseil. If ho
had lived, and retained his vigor and
health, in my opinion, ho was destined
to achieve a high position at tho liar.
1 had ol ten remarked It, and felt that
such was tho futuro awaiting him.
Ho had the perfect confidence of tho
court, I know, and I believe ho had tho
confidence of every member of tho bur.
Ho must bo remembered as an exem
plary and worthy man; and an honora
ble member of tho profession. Your
request, gentlemen, will bo cheorfuLly
granted; and it is ordered that tin res
olutions which havo boon read, and
these proceedings, bo spread upon tho
records of this court. I u respect to the
memory of the deceased, tho court
now stands adjourned until half past
ono in tho afternoon.
Tlio proceedings ended, and tho court
adjourned.
CoiumisHioiior's Solo "f Rnal E Kioto.
VTOTICK It. hereby ulven that hy virtue of
i an order of hh'o Ukiii d out of Ibo PlNlrlol
Court of Xemaha counly, Nebraska, and to
tin directed as toferevn and couimlsMoncrH in
the ease heretnnller mentioned, upon an or
der and decree rendered by (A said court,
In n certain notion therein pending, wherein
Wnrlev. LoiilNtt Intuitu, Martha N. McOnhn,
Kll.a Nelson, Martha ('. Keel and John A.
Irwin are defendants, wo will oiler for mile
at public nuctlor at the door of the court
lioiiMi. In Urownvllle, In nuld counly, on
Saturday, October Ifttli, 1NS1,
at one o'clock In the ntternoon of that day
the following real CNtato In Noinaha county,
1'iMi ii ;
J T'lLun ill" r- a i.r.. ni- i nil iHinii, imiiji;u
In three equal payment, pavahlo In ono,
two and three yearn, with IntereHt at eluht
tier cent tier annum, payable nnnually,
from date of Hale.
William II. IIoovkh. 1 Referees nnd
lUvmsoN Plastuiis, l Com'rn.
Jni-rr.itsoN II. Uhoadv, Att'y. l'lw.'i
School hooka at NiekoU's.
S W '4 8po l.'t, town II, rnnt,'o 13. 1C UK) acroH.
N K '( seo :i, town ft, ranee '', K ICO ncreH,
H K ; M'c .t"), town r,, ranue 12 K 100 acren.
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