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Show His lack off radical experience, is deemed l.jtjmc an insurmountable insurmount-able barrier, I The proper discharge of the grave r-.ponsibilities which tin's young niari has assumed; anil to a person flho had had every difficulty suioilhed from the path of his assent, everything made easy for him without exertion, the position posi-tion might pres :it great perplexities, but to one who has virtually made his own way who has tested his strength, capa y and endurance on every round of the ladder, as he came up trom .. scurity, the difficulties difficul-ties of hi ne v position will but bring to the ;rface the energy, ability, anJ re: lurces which he possesses. pos-sesses. J j Historical & liioraphiful. San Pete, andller Sons and Daughters. Daugh-ters. l i: RDINAND KRICKSO N Wi.ttrn for th Ntw.iMKit The newlv elected County l'rosc-cuting l'rosc-cuting Attorney, Ferdinand Krick -son, was born at Mt. l'leasant on Nov. 30th, 1.X03. He is above medi-um medi-um height, with a full and evenly development de-velopment of physique that denotes a sound and elastic constitution, lie is considered a handsome man, and his face certainly shows strength ; and intelligence. The greater part of his childhood a snent in Mt. Pleasant, and he The RECisTilt congratulates Mr. Erickson uponlhis election, and has 110 hesitancy is expressing a belief that the interest! of the county, will be as faithfully ierved as when the position was he)l by the brilliant and experienced lawyer, Hon. V. K. Reid. probably owes to a firm but kind Father, the thoroughness of his early-education; early-education; who required him to attend the best school the place then afforded, that of Joseph Day, even when to do so he was obliged to walk some distanre, and the season was winter, and he would very much have preferred attending the school where most of his boy friends did, near home, and presided over by a lenient and less thorough teacher. The winters alone could be devoted devot-ed to school, and hi summers, as with the greater part of our young men of that period, were spent in farm work; resting the mind, giving practical prac-tical education to the hands, and allowing the body to be properly and healthfully developed; without which foundation, the best gifts and finest education are very doubtful of permanent power. As he grew older he spent some time in working on the railroad during its extension from York, and labored in various other places I and capacities. Insignificant as this fact may seem, in and of itself, it afforded Mr. Erickson a chance for comparison com-parison of men, and their various capabilities and methods, the opportunities op-portunities and requirements of life. This probably led to his first serious ser-ious self-examination and ambitious determinations. Subsequently he took two school years at the li. Y. Academy, begin-ing begin-ing in 83 and ending in '85. The gentleman principally confined himself to a business course. Returning to his home in Mt. Pleasant, he taught school for sometime, some-time, to the satisfaction of all concerned, con-cerned, but confesses to an unquenchable un-quenchable desire to study law, with I no hope of ever being able to 'gratify the desire. ! Circumstances taking a favorable turn, he attended the famous law college, at Ann Arbor, where, at the end of a ytar, he received at the hands of the thoroughly qualified quali-fied judges of tht; Circuit Court, a ridged examination, and a certificate certifi-cate of competency to practice in any and all courts, even the Su-I Su-I p rente Court of the State. On his return home lie received an ovation which showed the honor and esteem in which he was held by his fellow townsmen. As most of our readers are aware, the People's Party tendered him the nomination of Prosecuting Attorney for San Pete County, which he accepted, and receiving a majority vote, was elected. " |