Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-10-05
In seconding the motion Hon. John j.
Perry said:

MGy u please your Honor,
rise 10 second the motion OF my Bro. Black
IA 10 the Resolutions OF the oxford Bar be placed
upon the records Of this Court,
My acquaintance with our deceased brother
commenced many years since, when he was =
sIudent-aI law IN this village. We were then
members OF society Of men IN this County who
occasionally met Tor intellectual and social I'M
prOvement.
/ well remember the re marks then often made
by his associates, that VIM. h. Kimeall In his
early mental developments foreshadOwed q sue
cessiul, eyentful career. The brief record OF his
Lie 70 which our attention has Just been called
is striking evidence OF the truth OF the prediction
Nv associations with our deceased brother have
always been Of the pleAsSntest kind. Ihave been
engaged both with him and against him IN man
aging cases at the Bar, and in political contests
whether acting IN the same or opposite parties, !
have ALWAYS found him the same, honorable, hlgh
minded and honest.
To All that has just been 50 well said In regard
TO the many excellent qualities Of our deceased
brother most cheeriuly subscribe. A personal
acquaintance extending back 4 long series Oi
years attest their truth. But he is gone. Ny
brethren OF the Bar, his descease should remind
Us that We too are mortal; that We must ere long
follow hin 10 The spirit world.
MAY We 30 tulnll LIES great mission that when
t shall be said Of us that We no longer tread
these earthly courts, we shall leave behind Il
record worthy 70 be copied, without spot Or
blenlsh.
Hon William q Barrows, Justice pre-
siding, IL granting the motion, spoke ~
follows:
When those with whom We have been familiar
vanish from our midst. II is 1T and proper that We
should pause long enough In The rush of our own
daily cares and duties 10 note and record their
good traits, 70 give due expression 10 our sorrow
~ their loss, and 10 let the lessons that NAV be
drawn from their lives and deaths sink into our
hearts The frequency Of such occurrences on
Ihe march Of life must not be allowed 10 blunt our
sensibility 10 them. True II Is the same sad old
story 80 often spoken II every kindred aud nation
and tongue under Heaven since the world began
In one fOrm VI another, comm. more or less near.
~ 10 OGr own hearts and lives and sympathies, We
are hearing II az brief intervals from earliest
| childhood until the grave opens 10 receive Us.
But cone when and where and as often as il will
IL never ceases 10 move nor can we ever hear il
/ told OF one with whom we have lived and talked
/ and thought and acted in the work OF orr own
/ daily lives, without finding the current of our
/ feelings oppressed aud disturbed,
IL is quantity phrased by the old Hebrew, "Man
goeth TO his long home and the mouruers 20 Abou;
The streets; or ever the silver cord be loosened OF
the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be brok
en- al the fountain the wheel, broken al the els
tern then shall the dust return 10 the earth as II
was and the spirit shall return 10 God who gave
I il " Lucretius, the Roman poet moralst and
philosopher thus adverts 10 its frequency:
+ ''Nsm noX nulla diem, neque noctem aurora Sc
qunta est,
I Quss non audierit mstos vagitibus segris
/ Pl0ratus morris eomites ct iunerif atri."