Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-11-27

ointment 70 the present service designated
+ a. Sc an cll2gy," ! see that the published
.sial notice Of this meeting announces me
g.. An Addrcss on the life and services oi
uau. Jacob Collamer.' | hence infer that a
V-4l10', rather than an euiogic service will
,be better answer the proprieties, and meet
hceyrectations Of this occasion. And this
NAV well be So, for Eulogy found tree expres-
~, rom eloquent and adequate tongues in
...faIl, that had been h0nored by the pre-
s ari services Of the illustrious dead
-tas L e tear Of present grief was dimming
~, s-es and moistening the checks Of his sur
tlJw senators and statesmen. II was
us.y echoed by the many t0ngued press
re nation. 1t was worthily and touching
created in these legislative halls by those
-m.-ioned 10 give utterance to the deep
and universal grief. well as to the unani-
-.a-- and cordial '' well done, good and faith
ii servant" Of our stricken, yea, doublv
.,-icken State; for within the fleet four
-.antbs. OFT Foot had followed our Collamer.
from their loity eminence on earth to the
bourne beyond the bitter waters
The rrc-ent service is both sad and crate
dJ-iffruIt. and Vet a duty. The subject
,,as q ratr1n ol my early professional life, as
p .Jadrc Of the Courts, and as a partner in
business For more than twenty-five years
he was mv neighb9r and my familiar friend
he ,rl-. during all thai time, conspicuous for
bis abilities.-uosr Of the time filling high
official positions, and constantly attaining a
wider and more emphatic recognition for ex-
-Ileut qualities and character as public
man. I knew hm TOO intimately. too min
u,ev ! was TOO largely the beneficiary Of
H- kindly favor. and withal be has pas
81 away too recently for me be able %
tluk o.. aim attantiyely, and considerably TO
pass lis life in review. without sadness
that Is painful, springing from a fresh SENSE
Ul te-s Iaal Bereavement. And vet. since he
has gone to bis higher reward, it is grateful
ln this presence t. Vroder q memorial tablet
8f his character and his worth. in the hora
at cIify'ng some in the present and In the
coming time, 20 whom he is and Will he, less
tally known than be was TO me and others
ehl walked the ways Of active life in person
al association with him
In the very thoroughness Of any kn.wleG.e
% the life, and qualities and character of the
subject lies. ia a great measure, the difficulty
q dong properly the work before me. and
L.- Is enhanced by the peculiar sentiments
with which he was regarded by me. The
public interest n public nan i m9-c heglt-
trn iy few leading things Ae does. his man
lcr Of doing them, and the more prominent
raits of mind and morals rs indicating ahili-
" audcharacter, than by tie innumcrable les
-cr things, and tie minute intcrblended ele-
ments, that, 10 their aggregation and c0mLin-
ei action, produce the entirety of the recog-
ui2ed, effective. public man. But In this in
stance, / can take IN and appreciate the Jur-
list, the Judge, the Minister of State. the
great Senator, only through, and as the re-
suit Of, my knowledge Of him, derived from
my personal relation 70 him, c1l0red bvmy c,-
teen for him springing from that relation
The statistical biography Of Judge Cola
mer is substantially ms follows
lie WAS born u Troy. y. y .. on the oth
day Of january. 1891, one of "a family Of three
sons and f,e daughters. llis father was Of
Colonial English origin, hls ancestry being
among the earliest settlers of Massachusetts,
His mother wa- colonial Dutch. Ills faith
er was "a house e8rTcnter.-uat favored iu
worldly prosperity. lie and bis increasing
family were familiar with the unsuuulicd
wants and destituti3n of tue " augusta domi '
lie moved from Troy 10 Burlington in tins
state when Jacob was about four years old.
and there he spent tie residue of bis life
As Jacob grew along I'm blvh01l. hi- iustiuc-
rive impulses. encouraged ly the faculty .f
the College, caused him 20 aspire t. a place
ia those halls of learning; ana he set himselF
40 the work of preparation under the instruc-
non Of some of the faculty. at SD early an
age as o. le admitted in lsOi. nc the ace of
about fifteen and half years. He was the
Youngest member of his clas-. save one. the
I.+ y %. O.
and boast as well as % precious ornament uf
my stricken town. he was about nine
months the younger The class. consisting
Of seventeen. graduated ia 1910, Hon. limo
thy Fulett. and Hon. David NJ Camp being
Of the number. On graduating, he at once
entered ON tus study of law, and pursued it
in 81 Albans under Mr.. LluEworthv. and
Hon. Benjamin swift, subsequently one of
our senators Hn Congress. and was admitted
% the bar m 1913. in Iol2 Doe was drafted
INTO the detailed militia service. and served
during the period Of the draft as Lleutenant
oi Af'iIrTE III lhe iroilIier campaign
'h oeihS admitted u the udr, he visited
b+IIe ll Ine nope oI Arranging business
come Ioh Win behilis5n Slnlth, then already
e'.a'''sIed 1leIe a7 q young lawyer IN rnee7--
I4- IItcuee- me lhere- an incident occurr-
ei ""i'h ne l'el i' Ieiale "ith MiFtAiul
fe.i-!' hi. o,A'th was 10 attend Justice
'Ilal i'' q ne' 7h'3'IHs Town. loAne Ooilanef
accom- ln'tl N'in' % a'a'I himself oi an oI-
pl'Junily 70 make Ais INST argument 10 the
JIiAI u 'l a cause 1t was I'D lAe winter season
ne wore Il lVhS su''3u1' ana under DC hls
my suIl Oi elo1ie-- ln FldihS % the Court
-15y S'' upset. anu ''iiaiA,f pants snier-
'd suen an unseemly rent 'hat DE was COM
peHeu 10 wear Als suft,lt throughout the
Tial' In uue time they lett and on getting
o. lis quarters. he het'ok himself to IBIS bed,
"Alle hiS friend smith got the unfortunate
nIeaen repaired W itl such eshH be enter
el upon the career that bore hm TO the sum