Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-05

| YOUR honors as II did the members of the
bar, that his future gave promise of being
a very bright one. He was courteous,
conscientious. attentive to business, clear
headed and always careful of the inter,
ests of his clients. His untimely death
cannot but be cause of much sorrow to
this court and to his fellow members OF
the bar.
Ex-Mayor Austin Harrington seconded
the motion for the adoption of the reso-
buttons. He paid this touching tribute
to the memory of the deceased:
When those We love are snatched away
| BY death's resistless han1,
Our hearts ths mourntul tribute pay
Which friendship does demand.
If your honors please: These words
seem somewhat appropriate on this occa-
sion because / think we recognize that in
the character of Mr.. Carpenter there was
exhibited a combination of qualities OF
mind and heart which endeared him to
many while he lived and which occasion
now sincere sorrow in his loss.
This was shown at the meeting of the
bar to take action upon his death. These
meetings are sometimes but the formal ex.
preston Of regret, but in this instance it
was not called from mere obligation of
duty. but in that gathering was manifested
a strong and heartfelt feeling of sympathy
and there was displayed there profound
sense of sadness and keen feeling of in
dividual bereavement. Therefore, the
resolutions adopted then and which have
just been offered to your honors embody
all that can now be feelingly said and are
but deserved tribute to him whom we
mourn.
[ may be permitted, however, to add a
word in seconding them to attest my own
feeling Of personal regard for our friend
and my deep sorrow at his untimely tax.
ing off.
Had Mr.. Carpenter lived. he would have
undoubtedly made his mark among men.
lie was young man of great courage
and candor. Bold and sef-reliant, he
maintained his convictions at all hazards
and in this he was guided by what he be-
lieved to be right. He had the proper con
viction that his profession was more than
personal gain. He regarded 1t as high
trust Of which he felt he must be worthy
and think he had the right appreciation
of his duty,
Frank and upright in his intercourse
with the court and with his brethren at
the bar he had conscientious desire for
the advancement of the welfare of the pro-
fession he had chosen. In his career at the
bar, though brief, he displayed qualifica-
tons to undertake the management of
mems legal affairs and by his industry.
energy and ability he was fast winning his
way in the favor of the business comniu-
nifty. He drew around him many friends
and worked himself into good business
and was on the high road to professional
success.
Diligent in his business, Jealous in
whatever he considered to be right, Just
and honorable. in his dealings with his
fellow-men, not only has his profession
lost one of its best members, but the COM
munity at large has cause for sincere re-
greet at his early death.
But life is no longer his portion or duty
his incentive. Just ut the season when all
the hopes of life we're the most buoyant;
when all the prospects were brightest;
when its trials touched most lightly and
were endowed with most cheerfulness;
when the smiles of love were mosU freely
lavished and earthly ties most tenaeiously
united. The mandate came. He was cut
down by the fiat of wisdom which never
errs and his memory as a friend will
always be cherished by those to whom he
stood in that relation.
We shall ever experience sad pleasure
in speaking of him to those who may
come after us. And when the time shall
come that we ourselves shall be called, one
after another, to undergo the great
change" we shall carry with us a high
estimate of his character and his worth,
his amiable department and his courageous
manliness. 1t does seem strange dis
pensation in the cutting off of life so
Young, so vigorous and with such pros
poets Of usefulness to others. A life Just
entering into its prime and preparing for
the sterner test that awaited it.
The shocks of chance and the blows of
death are mysteries. 1.-TWO men shall be
at work in the field, the one shall be taken
and the other left" 1t was only short
time before we heard of this death that
our friend was in and about amongst us in
the fullness Of his health and in the ripen-
ing of his powers-little did we think that
he would be the first to fall before the
sickle. Truly may we say,
OIL frail estate of human things,
Now 10 our cost your emptiness we know,
For but a blank romans, q dead void space;
step of life, that promised such race.
Chief Justice Lore and Associate
Judge Charles M. Cullen made a few
brief remarks eulogistic of the deceased,
and then the resolutions were ordered
spread upon the court records.
Court adjourned without day.