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Show One of the Faine Anecdotes. A volume could be made of the good stories in which the venerable Henry W. Paine, who ended his long life here, is the central figure. Mr. Paine undoubtedly un-doubtedly knew more law than many of our judges. He himself had declined a seat on the supreme bench of his native state of Maine and again when Governor Gov-ernor Bullock tendered him the succession succes-sion to Chief Justice Bigelow in Massachusetts. Massa-chusetts. But he was not arrogant of his learning, and it is only as illustrating illustrat-ing his perennial humor that the story is told of him, how, when Been reading a lawbook on a street car, a friend said, "What! Mr. Paine, you reading law?" "Bless your soul, no!" was the reply; "this is not law; it is a volume of supreme court decisions." Boston Commonwealth. |