The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-04-30
FREDERIC S. sTRouT.
Memorial Exercises in the Supreme
Court Saturday.

Saturday afternoon. in the Supreme Judi
cial Court, Judge Virgin presiding, resolu
tions were presented on the death of Fred.
eric S. Strout. d. W. Snow, Esq, spoke as
follows:
Mag 1t please the Court and Gentlemen o.
| the Cumberland Bar:
We come here today to pay the last sad
| tribute to one of our number, young man
not yet fully in the prime of manhood, whose
labors at the bar are finished, and whose
work, but just begun, has ended. We refer
to brother Frederic 5, Strout, who died in
this city March IA, 1888.
Mr.. StrOut, the son of our honored presi-
dent, Sewall C. Strout, was born in Portland,
Oct. 10th, 1855. He graduated at Little Blue
School at Pennington, Me-, in 1874; read
law with Strout & Gage in this city, and was
admitted to the Cumberland Bar at the April
term, 1877 He settled at Bridgton, where
he practced his profession until the spring
of 1880, when he removed to Portland, and
soon after became a member of the firm of
Strout, Gage d Str0ut, In which firm he
remained until the time Of his death. He
married, in May, 1885, the daughter of Mi
cab Higgins, ESQ.,, of this city, who survives
him. but without children.
From his birth Mr.. Strout suffered from a
disease incurable in its nature and exceed
ingly painful at times, which clouded every
youthful pleasure and crushed every manly
ambition, andyet,i in spite Of bodily pain and
mental discouragement,h he quietly and stead
lily pursued his way, cheerfully did the duty
assigned to him and with pleasant face and
brave front fought the battle of life with
whatever strength he had.
To those who knew Mr.. Strout most inti-
mately he revealed mind wellseQuipped for
success at the bar; keen and clear in the per-
ception of legal principles, ready in the APP
plicatiOn of principles to facts, and logical
in the conclusions reached and when to
mental qualifications we add willingness to
work, genial manner and good courage, we
can but say that the bar has lost member
whose longer life would have been full OF
usefulness and honor. In recognition of the
worth of our deceased brother. we have been
directed to draft and submit to your honor at
the present term the following resolutions Of
the Cumberland bar:
Resolved. That the members of the Cumberland
Bar have heard with sorr0w OF the death OF Fred
eric s. Strout, a member of the bar, whose work
in the wisdom of the Supreme Judge of all courts,
has thus early been brought to an end.
ResoLUed, That the character of our deceased
brother, so replete with kindness and good will,
SO marked in its patient endurance OF suffering,
and so full of the promises of success, commands
the respect and esteem of those who survive him.
ReSotCed.. That we extend our deepest sympathy
to the family and friends of deceased brother,
and SincereSt hope that this loss may yet prove
to be the kind verdict of Him who doeth all things
well.
Resolved, That we request your honor to direct
the clerk of courts to transmit to the family OF our
deceased brother copy of these resolutions, t0s
gether with the sympathy and respect OF the par.
The resolutions were seconded by Seth l..
Larrabee. Esq, and E. q. Reynolds, Esq,
who made brief remarks on the work and
character of the deceased.
Judge Virgin also made a short address
and ordered the resolutions spread upon the
records of the court. The court then ad-
journed.