. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. nd full of dignity, unmixed with eitherarrogance or affectation. His countenance was habitually serene andbenignant.! He spoke apparently without preparation, yet Footeintimates that this was more apparent than real, and that he was •Olive Branch, by Gary. \ Bench and Bar, page 156. JOHN ROWAN, 77 simply adept in the ajs celare artem. He admits that Judge Grundycould be humorous when he chose, and sometimes indulged aninoffensive mimicry. His relations with Mr. Hardin were always kind. I remem-ber, said Mrs. Governo
. Ben Hardin; his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. nd full of dignity, unmixed with eitherarrogance or affectation. His countenance was habitually serene andbenignant.! He spoke apparently without preparation, yet Footeintimates that this was more apparent than real, and that he was •Olive Branch, by Gary. \ Bench and Bar, page 156. JOHN ROWAN, 77 simply adept in the ajs celare artem. He admits that Judge Grundycould be humorous when he chose, and sometimes indulged aninoffensive mimicry. His relations with Mr. Hardin were always kind. I remem-ber, said Mrs. Governor Helm, seeing Felix Grundy when I wasa school girl. It was at Dr. Burr Harrisons residence, in I first saw him I took him for a red-faced Irishman. He wasa man of medium size, is my recollection. When he saw me, andwas told I was Ben Hardins daughter, he ran and caught and kissedme. II. -John Rowan. In a previous chapter, some of the incidents in the life of JudgeRowan, occurring prior to the year 1824, have been are to be referred to Federal Hill, the Home of Judge rowan, at a young man, he had taught school—or, as he sonorouslyexpressed it, on one occasion, engaged in the humble employmentof a pedagogue. In his early career at the bar he made his mark asa criminal lawyer. In the early years of his practice he received theappointment of prosecuting attorney. After convicting a young manof felony. Rowan experienced such compunctions that he resignedhis office, resolving never more to prosecute. Thereafter he onlyappeared for the defense. His defense of one Skaggs, tried for murder 12 1/8 BEN HARDIN. at Bardstown in 1798, was pronounced masterly, and obtained forhim a reputation which followed him through life as one of theablest lawyers at the bar of Kentucky, especially in criminal cases.* In 1803, he became involved in a personal difficulty, over a gameof cards, with Dr. Chambers, of Bardstown. In the course of theplay
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