Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-12-30

A. NV G~A SRPS ahSo VAN
Windsor all the way from 7 to 8 p.
M, and after organizing in the dining
room, with Judge Mike Raftery, OF
the County Court, in the chair, and
with j. w. Mason as secretary, the
following resolutions were passed:
1t having become known to us
that j. Med. Trimble is about to
change his residence from this place
to Kansas City, to engage in the
practice of his profession, and hay
ing that high regard for him that
his sterling qualities As a gentleman,
a citizen and a lawyer entitle him, we,
his fellow citizens, deem it not only
proper but our duty TO express our
profound regrets that he has seen fit,
after a residence among us since his
boyhood, to remove from among US
and thus deprive US of a citizen we
all so highly esteem ; yet while we
express our regrets at the loss of him
as a citizen, it is with no small de-
gree of pleasure that we feel able to
commend him to the people among
whom he will make his future home,
as a man of worth, of the strictest
integrity, a useful and enterprising
citizen, an able and profound law
yet, and We bespeak for him in his
new home that degree of confidence
and respect to which his many worthy
and manly qualities entitle him.
After the adoption of the above
resolutions with q standing vote, E.
d. Graham and George Robertson
were appointed by Chairman Raftery
as a committee to find Mr.. Trimble
and present him to the audience. In
the course of a few moments the
committee returned with Mr.. Trimble
and were received with uproarious
applause, when Judge S. NJ. Edwards
presented Mr.. Trimble with an ele-
CANT diamond shirt stud, in the fol-
lowing language:
Mr.. TRIMBLE: 1t affords me very
great pleasure on behalf of your
many friends to express the kind feel
lngs they entertain for you and their
high appreciation of your many esti-
mable qualities Of head and heart.
From your earliest manhood you
have lived in our midst, engaged in
the practice of a profession which
affords many opportunities, and, in
fact, offers many inducements to lead
the weak, the grasping or the unwary
into ways that are doubtful and
crooked. During the time you have
held in your confidence private inter
ests of vast Importance; you have also
held high positions of public trust,
and yet all may truthfully say that
all the time you have been the same
fearless, honest, truthful, upright
gentleman, true to yourself and true
to every trust, public or private. Of
few men a more be said. Our
people are quick to discern and al
ways ready to appreciate and reward
true manhood, whether it carries in
its veins the plebian or the blue blood.
This demonstration of respect on the
part OF the people, says to you, in
effect, that your conduct as a lawyer
and an officer is u%nspotted by extor-
ton and untainted by corruption.
Such commentator by the honest
masses should be gratifying to any
man. As a fit token of esteem in
which you are held, they present you
with this rare and beautiful stone. 1t
is without spot or blemlsh. 1t reflects
untarnished and even beautified and
every beautiful ray OF light it re-
c~eives, so your friends expect and
believe, that in the future as in the
past, your professional conduct will
reflect that high character of integri-
ty and that sacred regard for truth,
which will light your pathway to a
glorious future of honor and fame.
In their name l express to you
their deep, heartfelt regret that. that
stern ''destiny which shapes oul
ends has fixed your lot in Other
fields and in our adleus we can only
bid you godspeed and entertain The
hope that your future career may bs
as bright and your life as pure as this
beautiful gem, which, in their names
| now present to you.
Mr.. Trimble, who was wholly taker
by surprise, and almost overcome
with emotion, replied as follows:
GENTLEMEN: This manifestation i:
unnecessary to advise me of YOU
friendship; you have proved that by
a thousand acts of kindness in The
last twelve years, since l have resided
in your community. The people Of
your city and county have placed me-
in many ways under lasting obliga
tons. They have always over-esti
mated my merit and ability,
They have repeatedly honored me
with their condolences and in botl
private and public life impressed me
with their liberality, end l assure
them, through you, that I have moi
been Indifferent to the donors they
have conferred upon me, o to tht
spirit of liberality they have mani
tested toward me. Resting beneath
this manifestation of favors which
has come to me upon the wings o.
their liberality, I must say, l an
greatly their debtor, before l wa:
summoned before your presence
where / have received further honorl
and further gifts.
1t might have been kinder il 20,
had given me notice, that it might b'
received with words more fitting anC
more in accordance with those witt
which this was bestowed.
This costly and precious gem, ever
if its market value were all, the bril-
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