Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-18
DIR. II. c. CUTLER CAMEO.

DIR. II. c. CUTLER CAMEO.
The Dodgeville sun.
on Saturday evening party which
included nearly all the prominent and
substantial citizens Of this city called
at the residence of DR.. II. c. Cutler,
and presented him with an elegant
gold headed cane.
Hon. NJ. J. Briggs in presenting the
cane made the following remarks:
Friends and Neighbors:-There are very few
Il any occasions IN our lives when pleasures
ure entirely unallOyed with auxieties or regrets;
aud upon the other hand, ii Is seldom that the
which the bright sunshine OF hope is visible,
The present occasion is one of mingled Joy
aud sorrow 10 each Of us, for while we are as
senbcd for the purpose OF doing honor to one
that we love Il Is because that we are about to
separate from him for an indefinite period.
My friends, we are here assembled for the Pur
pose of presenting 20 a man upon whose skill
fidelity aud friendship we have for many years
confidently leaned, as upon staff in the most
trying moments of our lives "A slight testimonial
IA fttle token-Of the affection, the esteem, the
gratitude and the friendship which fills our
hearts. For more than thirty years he has been
leading and public spirited citizen of our
county, for more than twenty OF which he has
been Justly and universally recognized as the
most eminent physician and surgeon in southern
Wisconsin. But IL Is not alone Of our somewhat
selfish regret accustomed by the loss of the
trusted physician Of which | would speak. In
child in the whole community, feels the loss of
tried aud trusted personal friend to whom the
most Of them are under obligations which can
not be measured In money expressed in
words. He is leaving us for II new and II larger
field OF usefulness and with our sincere aud
heartfelt sense OF irreparable loss he and his eN-
CellcHl wife also carry with them our earnest
and untetgned wish for their success and hapDi-
ness In their new home.
pr Cutler, IN behalf of the people Of this city,
tnke pleasure In presenting TO you this beauil-
tul cane which is appropriately inscribed. We
sincerely trust that II will be many years before
you VIII have occasion TO use 1t from necessity.
II Is presented 10 you by your grateful friends,
not because ii was thought that any visible token
was necessary To stimulate your memory of your
ola Dodgcyille friends, but there is that IN the
hearts ct the people OF this city where you have
SO long made your home, that demands some tan
gIble expression, and we can only hope that the
pleasure which II affords us to make this little
present may, In degree at least be measure
Of your satisfaction IN receiving it,
Upon the conclusion Of Mr.. Briggs
speech, Mr.. Richard Carter, being
called out, addressed the doctor as fol
lows:
Doctor the small gift we here present you is
intended a slight testimonial TO your sterling
ability az "a physician, answering fidelity as a
friend. aud your great worth as a citizen. We
your friends. can ieelngy testify to your untir-
ing zeal and vigilance when in the sick chamber;
60 the slCgplcss nights and watChtul days you
have passed when attending the loved ones in
sickness To the uuremitting care with which
watched each symptom, and when during
the progress OF disease, symptoms were developed
for which you could find no precedent, how you
called upon the fertile resources OF your active
Rud powerful brain and evolved from your in
nCr consciousness some treatment not laid down
in the books and with that wonderful nerve you
possess, decided to accept the inevitable, change
the treatment and use the remedies your native
ability suggested. aud the result almost uni
tDrmly met your expectations favorable results
followed anu the crisis passed. For your en-
beavers in our behalf no money consideration
can compensate, for the life and health of our
loved ones are beyond and above price. We Of
ter this slight mementu, not rs compensation,
but as an evidence of our exceeding gratitude
and 10 show You that as you go into new fields
~ labor and usefulness YOU leave behind an
aching void in our hearts. Doctor we believe
ana sincerely hope your success in your new
field of labor will be as great and complete Ms in
this. that the new friendships you form there
will be as deep and abiding MS those you leave
behind, and while we shall sadly miss you pro-
fesstoually, and your estimablc wife and yourself
socially. while absent, we sincerely hope the
parting viii be temporary; that you win soon
ngniu bring your corporal bodies where we be
lteve your hearts will ever remain in the city Of
podEeyillc.
DR. Cutler was visibly affected and
responded by addressing the company
in 4 feeling and appropriate manner,
rs follows
My Friends When Socrates was asked why he
had quilt for himself so small house, he re
piled: small as II is ! wish could ill It with
History teaches that philosophers. in all ages.
have regarded friC Adship n the most valued of
human possessions. Estimating my surround.
ings o-uight, feel that / am rich indeed.
congratulate YOU and myself upon your Sc
lection OF presentation orators, and | COngrat-
ulatc them upon the success of their efforts
They are our mutual friends, and I believe their
utterances, though hattering to me, are sincere
The occasion OF parting OF old aud intimate
friends naturally inspires mutual forgetfuness
81 faults, and vivid remembranCes OF virtues.
In reply 10 their encomiumS upon myself and
my efforts, e becomes me only To state that
sincerely thank them and you for their kindly
and friendly assurances; but 10 their illusions
Ia our intercourse, in sickness aud in health, ex-
tending through period of one-third OF Il cen
tnry, feel myself wholly incompetent 10 frame
reply While II has been but occasional
experience with you. individually, IL has formed
almost the entire life OF my manhood. Blot out
from my history those experiences aud but little
would remain. Any language 0t my command
Is of toe feeble import to express the emotions
with which my every sense thrilled rs listened
to their references 70 those long continued assu.
Citations aud stl II thrills in view Of the present
possibility that they are about TO terminate for
ever.
aud 10 myself, To assert positively that am in
huenccd in changing my field by no disparaging
sentiments from my friends and acquaintance
here. / can never associate with them other
than pleasant and happy remembrauces.
My friends, from the depth OF my soul | thank
You Tor this beautiful and valuable present., but
permit me 10 assure you that thank Providence
II million times more for the friendship OF which
YOU declare this cane TO be the token, / CRATE
mlly and thankfully accept il as such and
assure YOU, that, while am not IN an attitude
20 hesiow upon each OF you a similar token
Won, each and ALL sentiments of friendship in
iull aud complete reciproCRuop.
shall ever guard aud regard this cane as the
most precious and hOuored of my possessions
When / behold it. as / often shall, 1t will
remind me, were reminder necessary of my
iondest friendship, formed in the palmy days OF
my life.
In separating ourselves nom our old home and
associates, wife and /, though We mourn, do not
a Il la In IN xvi how
We hope 20 meet you and our other old friends
often in our new home, Nothing VIII please us
more than 70 receive long aud frequent visits
from YOU all. our latch string will ever hang
out To you. and wife and viii be there with
open arms 70 receive you 60 sincere welcome.
We also hope often 10 meet you aud our other
old friends upon the old, familiar grounds, and
in your respective homes.
These hopes of ours rob the ordeal of sep
aration of much OF its mental pain. and we are
now, we have never been before, in situs-
ton to realize that hope is indeed the anchor Of
In conclusion permit me still further to assure
you that am very, very deeply sensible OF the
degree Of honor aud kindness which YOU have
conferred upon me tonight; that shall ever
hold you and this occasion in most grateful aud
happy remembrance; that l again, and more
emphatieally thank you; that hope your future
MI. ne peaSeial bright PROSPEROUS and happy;
- receive, may be bountifully showered upon
you and upon yours forever and forever
Informal remarks We're made by
Mayor Strong, Il. Lane, Esq, and
Others, after which the party went in
for good time, which lasted until the
stroke of - admoniShed them that
Sunday was at hand.
1t was very pleasant and enjoy
able affair, and the presentation was
a fitting tribute to a man whose loss
will be severe blow. not only to the
people of this city but to the entire
county