Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-03-25


ller year. Of my own professional hfe' had
often,lmes been associated a. COUNSEL Ano
la csses where bad occasion 10 measure
the latent power a. well - The native tai
cut Of the man.
There sre gentlemen 81 The Bar Who can
speak OF This departed brother irom
longer acqualut1ncc aud more ultimate
association 10 business relations than l.
when came ~ This Bar In lse' ne was
alrcsdy engaged iu the practice Of TIE pro
fessloa ant was oocupylpg NE front rank
among the older mem1crs of COR baf W.
who are lsn % mourn bis loss remember
well the g.al sni arior with which ne
was won't ~ engage iu ihs causes ihat
were committed ~ h's trust mi how per-
.i.tcntly b. bsitlci f5r what BIZ believed 10
be- right We also remember The uni'efs"
confidence which was then r,posed In bin
not only a. a lawyer. bot asa wise and dis
Greet CITIZEN ~ oar County aud Common
wealth
Hi- sislwait frame. his exubefant health
Al N. time ths shadow afst lang ~ mau-
dc DER biz Intellect sud gave bin The warn
log or what has ~ last taken p'ace.--hi-
uufalllng cool nature aui BIS tNhausties,
f,w ~ .slm,l spirit, ali gave promise
81 'ong No.. when such manly form J,
stricken down without warning. those OF
us who have survived him aud succeed
him 10 year. or duile, must be- dull Indeed
n ~ arr no, flr the time a, least, aroused ~
the rc,lif,ilon ~ our own failiy AMI NOR
tally.
How strange that amid the conflicts, the
h0pss. the dl.sppointmeuts. or thc ui'
umphs of llfc.--again immersed 10 IT,
ears.. IL cxsltements and Ia pleasures.
We 20 soon forget wha, shadows We ar,
and VIA, shadows We pursue"
~Ai Non think aii men mortal huf themselves
TuaHsEtyrs. when some alarming shock Of
fate
-tuss. through their souaasi hearts he 'ad
nat tbsir hssfi. ~oundsd. Ike The sounded
soon eia.s. -here rA.sei ihe ,han. no trace
A. nom M wlns mo- lar ihs sky retains.
| Tho parted save no furruu from thr srel.
Il - dies ~ human hrsrts ne fuuufhi nf q. tt.
Tvsn sifh the ionier tear -hicn Nsiurs she'i.
Ucf those 30 hove. ~ drop pa thsif grave
We are ever reminded ~ the feeble ten.
urs ~ Which our lives are held. The
friends Of youth the associates % mature
NE. are passing away. Tine, With lenleni
hini and me dear memories % the past.
can only In part sssasge The bitterness OF
grief
why such = man. In thc maturity Of bis
powers. full ~ vlgor ant abouudlng In
mental resources. capable OF enjoying me-
himself AMI OF making lt slsi f1r other.
trained - The discharge ~ dlflculi aud 20
spou.lbie duties. and deyotlng bis NE b
noble uses. should bo stricken down 10 the
hour ~ his succcs, aad ~ bis noble man
hood. AMI Ia thc mist ~ bis capabiiltic.
f'r usefulness. d. problem for which few
90 us. fear. are able % God . satisfactory
explanation. To 80 sharp a contrast of
me- ant death 10 IL iiri1ult f0r ne % aflasi
oar ihonghi.. In the arsi gloon % th'
event there seems a DARK fatality lmpend
log TOO nearly over haman NE. and lnyo'v.
lng within ltsslf The wreck Of REASONABLE
hope. ani purposes. ant fruitful only OF
suffering
II N. only In cslmer moments ant when
The hour % saiucs. has passed that me
Mind on such occasions l. able 3D. grasp
The broader view ani b believe That even
% hlm who has gone there may yei b.
compensation ln What 30 us may seem u
be- Only heavy ani irfepaable loss.
while The fact i true that We shall no
more see our departed brother Ia this me-,
anl the realization tests heavily upon us.
~, be will not be forgotten. IIe wss a
member % our brotherhood. and a citizen
whom no community eoai lose without =
sense and a remembrance of the loss In
many circles % friends. too, outside the
profsssloa a. well q. within H. hl. absence
will long be- noted aud The genial Influence
Of hl. presence will not be- readily sap.
piled.
In this Court where bis presence had
become 80 familiar. his memory will long
remain. not only upon the records OF the
Court. bat treasured ln the rccollectlous
% the Bar.
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