Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1884-11-06
10 HON. ROBERT FORD.
From the Marlboro Gazette.

a meeting OF the Bar was held Wed
nesday evening, the 22nd ult., in the
Court room, at which the committee
appointed several days ago to draft
resolutions in memory Of the late
Judge Ford, through Joseph X. Ro-
berts, Esq, the chairman, made the
following report:
WHEREAS, within few weeks past,
we have received with feelings Of pro-
found sorrow and regret the mslan.
choly announcement Of the decease of
our late friend and brother, the Hon
orable Robert Ford, for fifteen years
an honored and faithful Judge Of this
Court, Therefore
Resolved, That in the death Of.
Judge Ford, the public have sustain
ed great loss, and his family and
numerous friends, both far and near,
private grief, which time may as
suage, but cannot remove.
Resolved, That entertaining az we
do the highest admiration Of, and
greatest respect for, his many virtues,
accomplishments and public services,
we shall ever hold them in grateful
and fragrant remembrance.
Resolved, That his course at the
bar and on the bench distinguished
him alike, as a jealous and able ad-
vocate, pure, impartial and learned
Judge, and an accomplished, courte-
GUS, Christian gentleman.
Resolved That as an evidence of
the high esteem and afectionate re-
gard in which our lamented broth
was held while living, and of resp,
for his memory in death, we resps
fully request this Honorable Court
enter upon its minutes these reso
1tSs4ofTg, T6gether with thsprooeediI
of the Bar of st. Mary's county,t
place of his birth and home Of
manhood, in which we express ourf
and hearty concurrence, as but an i
perfect and humble tribute to
merits and memory Of the distingui'
ed dead.
Resolved, That these resolutions
published in the newspapers Of
circuit in which Judge Ford 80 Il
presided, and that copy of them
sent to the family Of the deceased,
token of our sincerest sympathy.
After the reading of the resoluti
Mr.. George @. Merrick made the
lowing remarks:
May it please your Honors--,
resolutions just presented to the Go
by the members of this Bar, throl
their chairman, speak in sad but
quent words of the worth and los
our lamented friend and former JUG
Honored and distinguished in ev
path where the duties of his life
called him, we may we'll mourn
death of Judge Ford as loss wee
not hope soon to replace. Callec
different times to gil various pli
of honor and trust demanding
their proper fulfllment intellige
learning, culture, he was in all,
distinguished. The performance
his duties has always been marked
polished courtesy and refnemen
manner, 80 unassuming yet so
ming, that strangers were captiv.
by his bearing and friends were DO
to him by feelings that cannot
Who does not remember how his p
SAINT, kindly smiles, cast a halo Of
feeling over all who were fortu.
enough to enjoy his acquaintance
mattered not where he was orv
duty he was performing, the good
of his noble heart beamed forth II
features and mellowsd into gentle
the tones of his voice. lie perfor
the sternest Of duties in name
quiet and mild, that one was OF
tempted to wonder how it was 20
BILE to surround the stern unbend
mandates of the law by a benignity
pleasing. The convict doomed
tread the tborny way adown VIII
crime inevitably leads, thanked hi
in his heart, for the mildly manndked 7
way, his sentence came. One of 4he
most conyivial of men, he was be
charm Of the social circle whetheK9lh
the little coterie Of male compan gns
or in the parlors Of taste and re- e-
ment, amid the gentle and the IA
it was the same, liked and loved BIZ
all. The old, the young, the rich, the
poor, the host and hostess, alike had a
welcome for him. BY some, it was
thought, that he was too amiable, but
let no man deem him weak. Beneath
that mild exterior there dwelt NOR
al courage and an unswerving love Of
right and honor, as grand and noble
az the mighty mountains that rear
their lofty head into the very clouds.
Judge Ford was also devoted lover
Of the poets. In his earliest years he
gave much time to their perusal. In
deed, even up TO the time his fatal
sickness confined him to bis bed,
his chief delight, in unoccupied mo-
menLs, was to roam with them by
the ripping stream or snuff the fra
GRANGE Of the howory heath or dash, !