The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-12-13

There was quite a gathering at the
court room at 200 o'clock Monday,
besides the members of the bar
of Blue Earth county, to listen to the
memorial address, in honor of the late
E. P. Freeman. Promptly a 200
o'clock the court convened and Mr.
Lorin Cray read the following resolu-
tionS:
Resolutions of the BlAMk1arth
County Bar Association blue
Earth County, Minnesota, on the
death of Everett P. Freeman.
WHEREAS: By command of the in
flexible laws of nature, and by the
dictates of divine wisdom our brother
Everett P. Freeman, distinguished
lawyer of this bar, and long President
of this Association, on the Goth day Of
November, A. d. 1895, departed this
life, and was forever removed from
the bar of this court, and we desire
to pay this our last tribute to our de-
ceased brother,
THEREFORE,, be it resolved: That in
the death of the departed this COM
munity has lost a much respected and
hOnOred citizen, and the bar of this
state has lost one of it's most able,
careful, and successful practitioners.
ResOlUed, that as a considerate foe
man, gentle victor, and as gracious
and submissive in time of defeat, our
brother was an example of all that
was laudable and praisewOrthy, and
we may well follow in his footsteps.
Resolved, that while we will long
miss and mourn our departed brother,
yet no resolution nor record need be
penned nor written 80 perpetuate his
memory or the influence OF his life, as
his memory and good influence will
long outlive the parchment upon
which these resolutions are written.
Resolved, that we extend to the
widow and family of our brother, the
departed, our utmost sympathy and
our most earnest coincidence.
ReSOlDed. that copy of these reso-
lutions be furnished to the widow of
the deceased.
Dated this 9th day of December, A.
d. 1895. g LORIN CRAY,
A. r. Pfau,
S. f. BARNEY,
Committee on resolutions.
Messrs. J. A. Flittie, B. d. Smith
and G, o. Daily made short addresses
which time and space forbid our CIV
ing today, but synopsis will be given
tomorrow. Following are Judge
Severance's remarks in full:
Judge Severance spoke as follows:
My Brethern of the Bar:
[ have listened to the resolutions
coming from the Bar Association of
the county and to remarks made upon
this occasion, all tributes to the life
and character of our departed brother
E. p. Freeman and whilst [ can add
nothing to what has been said, yet l
lannot dismiss this occasion without
fniting with you in just eulogy up
on the character of our lamented
friend.
Occasions like this may sometimes
mean nothing more, than that all the
living are generous towards the silent
dead; such is the chivalry of the liv-
ing that they do not call upon the
speechless dead to defend either their
lives or character; they rather forget
the falts of an ended life and magnify
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the glory of our race, that it will not
permit an angry shaft to be hurled at
a defenceleSs tomb.
But this is one of those Occasions
when we are not content to stop with
that courtesy always due to the catas-
trophe of death, but our duty towards
the living inclines us to speak and
even to proclaim the virtues of our
departed brother, to the end that his
example may continue to live and
play it's proper part in fashioning
human character that runs on the
endless chain of life. Since life is
what man chooses to make it, we in