. Passé et présent du comté de Montgomery, Illinois . de-fend* r des droits publics, le champion du Free-dom, réglementé par la loi, et le cabinet de soutien du bon gouvernement. Aucune préférence politique, aucun simple endroit ne peut ajouter au pouvoir ou augmenter l'honneur qui appartient à la loi luée. Le juge Lane est un qui a été honoredby et est un honneur à la fraternité légale du comté de Montgomery, lie se tient au jour le promi-nent parmi les membres principaux de la barre tin1 de cette partie de l'état, une position à laquelle ha- atteint grâce à la capacité marquée. Originaire de Cleveland, Ohio, il était bornon le 27 mars,

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. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . de-fend* r of public rights, the champion of free-dom, regulated by law, and the firm supportof good government. No political preferment, no mere place can add to the power or increasethe honor which belongs to th lueated law-yer. Judge Lane is one who has been honoredby and is an honor to the legal fraternity ofMontgomery county, lie stands to-day promi-nent among the leading members of tin1 bar ofthis portion of the state, a position to whichhe ha- attained through marked ability. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he was bornon the 27th of March, 1842. His father. Join, Lane, also a native of Ohio, was a merchantand in his political affiliation- was a Democrat.lie marred Catherine Harry, who was ofScotch-Irish descent, and they became the pat-ents of five children, bul Judge Lane is theonly one now living. The father died duringthe infancy of bis son and the mother- deathoccurred during his boyhood. Edward Lam was only sixteen years oldwhen he came to Hillsboro, Illinois. Here he W ^pP|fe. $dllru4^t tfiLSKiJ LIBRARYOF THE^S!TY OF ILLINOIS PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 13 worked at any occupation that would yield himan honest living. Desirous of obtaining aneducation he entered the academy, in which hespent five years as a student, meeting his ex-penses through his earnest, persistent labor.Hardships and difficulties confronted him, butit is only through the pressure of adversity andthe stimulus of opposition that the best andstrongest in man is brought out and developedand the latent powers of Judge Lane werecalled into use and the foundation of a self-reliant character was laid. He pursued a fullacademic course, including languages, and. leav-ing that institution, he engaged m teaching forone term, but lie had become imbued with adesire to enter the legal profession and madearrangements whereby lie entered the law officeel [ la vis & Kingsbury as a student. In thefall of 1864 he was admitted to the bar andenter

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