The Portland daily press., 1892-01-29

He married, October 81, 1885, Mabel,
daughter of VIM. L. and Mary j. Hurd,
who survives him.
In the spring of the present year, his
health was apparently completely re-es-
tablished and no doubt or questioning
seemed to mar his happy anticipation of
the future. Death could scarcely have
come more suddenly or unexpectedly;
an almost unnoticed
Ailment of Two Days Duration
became at noon of Friday, March 9th
alarmingly painful, and the hastily sum
moned physicians advised him that a
grave surgical operation afforded the
only hope of relief.
He received the intelligence with pro-
found calmness, and asked and improved
a short time to prepare his affairs for a
fatal result and cheerfully submitted
himself to the surgeons. The following
day gave hope of his recovery. Early in
the forenoon of Sunday, March 20, fully
conscious, and with physical strength
seemingly unimpaired, he suddenly ex-
PRED. IL thoughtfulness and tender re-
gard for others, calmness and unfiinching
courage make death less distressing, his
indeed was happy.
Fairly and earnestly concurring in tes-
tifying to his possession of all those
qualities which have been so happily as
cribed to him by the gentleman who
moved the resolution, ! second their
adoption.
resolution of respect to the memory OF
the late
Elliott King, ESQ.,,
Mr.. Hopkins said that several years ago
he occupied the same office
with Mr. King, who he had found a
kindly, warm hearted man anxious to do
good to his fellow men. Mr.. King was
also an honest man and an honest law
yer. He was honest by impulse in his
relations to clients and to his associates.
This honest impulse often led him to
represent only the poorest traits in his
character, rather than the best. He was
man of acute mind, with power as an
orator to make a very clear presentation
of a subject He also possessed the pow
Ell Of understanding the prepossesslons
of jury, and thus the means OF leading
them to his own conclusions. He did
not enjoy the advantages OF an early edu-
cation and deserved credit for doing so
much without those advantages.
After Mr.. Hopkins presented the reso-
buttons, they were seconded by
Charles Dunn, Jr., Esq.
Mr.. Dunn said that his acquaintance
with Mr.. King began when the former
was student at law. Mr.. Dunn also
knew of him as resident of Pressure
Isle, where the deceased was character
lied by aptness and industry in business.
Mr.. King as lawyer was characterized
by kindness to young men just entering
the law. In his course as lawyer he
always strove to avoid litigation by eff
fecting settlements out of court.
JUDGE HAsKELL'S REMARKS.
At the conclusion of the addresses,
Judge Haskell spoke as follows:
Within year, three of our members
have died, Mr. Jackson, well advanced
in life, Mr.. King, past middle age, and
Mr.. Sargent, younger still, all summoned,
regardless of age OF station, without
premonition.
'sAIong the cool sequestered vale OF life
They Kept the noiseless tenor OF their way
When of a sudden,
''The melancholy days are come, the saddest Of
the year."
s'The corn is cut, the manor full of game,
Men drop so fast ere life's mid stage we tread,
Few know so many friends alive, as dead.'
Notice of the death of the two last
only will be taken by the bar at this
time.
MI. King came to the Bar late in life.
He was born in 1871 and bred to agricul-
tural pursuits, in Minot, Androscoggin
county. After a brief service in the
army, near the close of the war, followed
by some years of varied employment, he
entered upon the study of law and be-
came a practitioner in his native county.
From there he moved to Portland, and
first attracted notice by
Advocating the Greenback Cause.
He was'a fluent speaker, and was much
sought for as a stump orator. There
after he followed the practice of his pro-
fession in this city. His business was
neither large nor lucrative, but he pur-
su ed it with diligence and fidelity. He
was always courteous to the court and
true to his brethren of the Bar. He was
Ol ulS GllOlAto llOOOHooiuioo,
and served them faithfully and well, /
never knew his word OF his honor in pro-
fessional matters to be questioned. He
had a generous, hearty bearing, and |
am glad to speak of these qualities that
leave an affecionate remembrance be-
hind.
only knew Mr.. King as a lawyer.
Certain it is, that he had natural gifts;
and had his early training been to the
law, he would have gained greater sue
cess at the Bar. Our profession is a
Jealous mistress; and success in it rarely
comes to those who enter it without
early training suited to its demands.
The genial and pleasant address of
Brother King we shall miss, and L am
glad that the Bar has joined in some ex-
preston of regard for his memory. He
was taken in the midst of mature years,
with little notice Of his call. 1t may be
so with us and it is comfort to know,
that those who survive are accustomed
| to express some affection for the dead.
We do this today as duty and a pleas
ure, flowing from fraternal bonds.
| Mr. Sargent,