Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . ton, crowingout of the Broadway Hailroad litigation in1868. From this beginning has grown thegreat business of law stinngraphers whichat present extends to every court of recordiu this State, as also to the principal citiesin other States. When the law was passedfor the appointment of Official Stenograph,ersinlbe courts of record in New YorkCity Mr. Warburton was one of the firstap-poiutees under the act as stenographer to theSuperior Court, a position which he helduntil the day of his death. Mr. Warburtonwas the only distinguished shorthand writerin


Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . ton, crowingout of the Broadway Hailroad litigation in1868. From this beginning has grown thegreat business of law stinngraphers whichat present extends to every court of recordiu this State, as also to the principal citiesin other States. When the law was passedfor the appointment of Official Stenograph,ersinlbe courts of record in New YorkCity Mr. Warburton was one of the firstap-poiutees under the act as stenographer to theSuperior Court, a position which he helduntil the day of his death. Mr. Warburtonwas the only distinguished shorthand writerin this country of whom wc know whoused the Gurney system. This he learnedin 18(14, feeling it to be a belter system thanthe Moat system which he had practiced upto that time. He was one of the few menof his profession who through his own assi-duity and economy, amassed a enmpi later years of his work were given to itgreatly from the love he had of the work it-self. He was, a worthy representative ofthe better sort of stenographers,. (vfien thfl munmonawaB served) A I didnt tell him that , 1 linn I was iit tin ears at Ihe timen| the Hint saw old Mr. Iiirsnns and Lis Q, What did you tell 1dm that for* A. No write thai?V Nnliuily ever sn^ it (nine. I think Hintwas la the second letter 1 wrote to him ; It hap-pened to ecur ti. me just us I w us writing o> him—no interest in it any inure than aiji).nl> umild Hal HvXn nil >??,, !?? wntl that In No. sir; I iln tint think anyiliiinr was said be-tween me and Brown as to (he particulars uf «ar vicinity, and I il Cur- Humbug. There is plenty of it in the world, and iis not all of the Itanium variety. Ihirnumwas a profeanonal humbug, and wrought onthe principle thai people like to be humbug-ged and are willing to pay for it; but healways gave them (lie worth of their monpy ;so, after all, they had no claim upon humbugs are not of this sort. Some arev


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