Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-11-04
The Woodman Memorial Services.

Interesting memorial services in honor Of
the late Theodore C. WoodmAn, were held
in connection with the ). J. Court. on Sat
urtay afternoon last, in this city
TIE following resolutions were offered BY
Senator Hale
ES>plrsi, That We recognize in the death
81 Hon. Theodore {. NooimAn. the oldest
member ~ lhi> Bar. the io,> OF friend and
professional brother. whose high character 10
al relation, Of life together with hi, Kind heart
sui social temperament. We ,hA! long mourn.
Hss3lrei, That offer our heartfelt,
sympathy 10 thu family 81 cur deceased broth
3 ~ " hose memory We shall always hold dear
Senator Hale then spoke as follows
Nay a pleas, your Honor
The frst time that | entered the old Cour,
House on the top of the hill. on the other
side q the river Al the April term. in the
wear 1857. va. in compan, with Mr.. Wood
man. We had driven over from Orland.
where was then for a few months living
and We came into the old Court House to
gr;her. and there by him, vas first intro
duced 10 the Hancock Bar There are not
many things "a hich are more clearly stamped
/ upon nv memory than that day. | recall
4 the faces that then saw for the first time =
4 the members Of the Bar Of this county. to
whom | then introduced. That Bar
4 that ] then has perished from the earth.
Z There i not one left The old members.
I Mr. Robinson, Mr. Wiswel, Drinkwster.
I Wa,erhouse. Rice. Dean. Abbott. Hinckley.
Z George Peters, Judge Tuck-and last, he
! whom We to-day remember so pleasantly.
! and mourn-are all gone. Pretty much all
4 Of the Bangor lawyers who were here At
f. that time for il was the fashion in that day
/ FOR the Bangor leading lawyers 10 come over
( here and take the senior part in the iria Of
| ca>es-a practice tina, | am very glad TO
! say has ceased nearly all Of them are gone
/ Those were the men, your Honor. that found
here al that time. And among these men
! brother Woodman was recognized as a sound
and good lawyer; thoroughly equipped TO
| give good counsel; safe man to be in
| trusted with cases end man. who. If he
/ would. could present a case either to the
Court or TO the Jury in clear, impressive
and able manner At that time, and that
makes it seem long ago. Mr.. Woodmau was
II wears old only-he was Il at the time OF
his desth-it was % years ago. He had
then been nearly twenty years a, Buckspor,
and had gained the entire confidence Of the
people of that town and OF the county. and
been well educated. and had brought 10 the
Bar discrimination, integrity and the dis
position 10 make Of his profession tina,
( which should benefit and not harm his race
In the wears that followed, my acquaintance
with brother Woodmsn kept increasing.
We were brought together in the later wears
Of my practice in good many cases where
! assisted him, | never knew at this Bar
! Your Honor, any man who had calmer, a
more unbiased and reasonable mind in the
consideration Of cases.
Ii was plain enough that brother Wood
man did not enjoy the sharp conflicts of pro-
tesslonal life. As he grew older be went
out Of the trial Of cases instead Of increas-
ing his docket. The people Of Buckspor,
viii tell YOU that be advised settlements; tina,
he stood as an arbitrator between neighbor
and neghbor that he never encouraged lit
iga;ion, nsr. if in his power, allowed it tc
be entered into. And so as the years went
by he grew to be looked upon, not as a liti-
gazing lawyer, but as one TO be sought and
cOlnseed with in wise way, whose iudg-
ment was sound. whose advice was safe &c
be followed, and who prevented men from
becoming needlessly embroiled. Following
along rather naturally with this, was III.
confidence bestowed on him BY the Bar anc
the Court. If anybody will take up the Ole
dockets in Hancock County for the ten Oh
fifteen years following the wear 1857, h,
will find the name of T. c. Woodman en-
tered as referee 10 more cases, venture &c
say, than all those referred to all other per
sons.
Ny acquaintance with him took a neare
relation after the year 1867, when | served
with him in the Maine Legislature, in III,
House Of Representatives, roomed with him
and saw much of him, and grew TO NOR,
and more deeply regard and respect him
In the following winter We served agair
together, and that year be was electe,
Speaker, | think by the unanimous vote o
his party, no candidate appearing agains
him. He was, in the Chair Of the House
, the same man that all of us here knew hin
to be, and he was always found to be strict
ly and unswervingly impartial. No ruling o
his was ever touched by prejudice or swaye,
by bias and through a session that, 10 tn
; records Of the Maine Legislature, has al
WAYS been noted and regarded as most i'm
portant one, Mr.. Woodman CONSTANT
| grew IN the respect and the affection of th
members Of the body over which he presided
In the years that have succeeded, and rs
pecially in the late years, it has not been m
good fortune TO see much Of him, or to b
+ much with him,a thing have missed and re
GREETED. But know and all Of his ,ownsme
know, and all that part of the world this
had any association or connection with hin
know, that year by year his character con
tinued to ripen, and that be held to the las
the respect and esteem Of all men who kne,
him. Bucksport trusted him, and truste
him wisely and we'll. He was at the hea
of the bank, he had the disposition and tn,
management of the estates of widows an
: orphans, and wherever there was say inter
est that needed to be entrusted to the judg
ment and the known and proved integrity Q
any one man, that trust was bestowed upo
brother Woodman. l think your Honor, ther
is something worth the while to contemplat
il such life. Many q life is more pictur
esque, many life has more stormy and NOR
triumphant events in it, but to begin Amos
in youth in strange place - he did, and d
60 on always gaining in the regard and low
and confidence Of the people, and 1t last t