Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-22

Tess 20 feeling OF sadness, when think
that NEARLY all the men contemporary
with myself ut the Oxford Bar have
gonf over to the great hereafter. Ham,
monl, Gerry, Virgin, Black, Harlow,
Randall, kimball, Andrews and Hast
ings who still lives with the dim
shadows Of setting sun cloudiug one OF
the brightest intellects ''among all his
peerl"-no longer answer to the roll
call bf the "festive board or greet us
In the retirements Of the social hour.
But these and others | could mention
who have ''gone on before" are not dead
but win ever live In the memories Of
their surviving brethren.
Among all the lawyers in Maine more
ever attained higher rank or more
exalted position than the Oxford Bar.
Whilf some OF their number have held
high and responsible positions in the
stateIand nation, Others for many years
won The highest honors on the bench.
ALI my recollections OF the Oxford
BT, hnd my associations with its men,
bers, ARE OF the most pleasant kind. The
lsrgeEt portion of nv life has been spent
with he people Of oxford County, and
thereIis not spot on earth 40 dear to
me al it's majestic hills. It's green and
fertilt valleys, its silvery lakes, It's wind
ing dreams, its neat and tasty farm
housds and ilourishing villages.
BUY ! must stop.
With kind regards To the committee
and the honorable Bar they represent, |
have The honor TO subscribe myself your
friend and obedient servant,
JOIN J. PERRY.
| HARTLANp, Oct. Il, 1898.
| big to acknowledge the courtesy OF
your Invitation to participate in the fes-
tiviti,Is of your bar supper on the 18th
inst. hnd much regret that | cannot be
prescott upon the delightful event.
| Whichever adds To the sociability of
our Professional lives cannot but have \
good hide 10 II. We, whom our clients
trust with implicit confidence, thereby
learn 30 have more confidence in the
genial sympathetic and agreeable quail
titles of each other, those quali'ic:
which In the arduous struggles OF ouI
daily lives become obscured and some
times half forgotten. IL cannot b'
other Mise than that the outcome OF such
occasions should add much To YOU
pleasure and thereby increase your
profe sional pride and its usefulness
l. thirc not something in this view
when i've stop to think Of II, that is de
sirabl,%. II we suffer ourselves IN become
merelI hacks, will not others think anC
treat as such, thus belittling instead
OF bui lding up the guildg
"Be Eare of the man who neve
laughI," is wise maxim; and remem
Der practical Lord Stowelfs advice: -
dinucIl eXpcdltes business. with cor
dial 81 luation am
Yours truly,
CHAs. HAMLIN.
PSI Crack your jokes, tell stories
sing sings. be merry and don't forget q
praiseI each one Of you, t'rsd NIjDT
) The N ford Bear. know YOU will hav
good time, for John =. Swasev will b
there 10 add 10 the jovialty of the even
= ing. Insist upon Il that no one escape
: from tIlling some story in his oSn eX
' perienle. ] add mine. IL l. OF my hrs
client. Having opened An Office Novem
Der l0.llSjS, In the little village OF Or
land, ,Ihere | succeeded Senator Hale
an Oxsbrd Bear, by the way,-l ha
hardlH uupacked my books, when
stranger opening the door pcered abou
the robin and Is beardlcss occupant
He wai politely invited 10 take 4 chair
but hI stood motionlcss at the door
evidently doubtful whether so young az
pearinl youth could be the new law
, yer. With the evident purpose Of sound
lug mel he put the following question
'Sguird II man leaves the State, what
, the laItheng" c. II.
HON. A. X. SAVAGE
Of Aul burn. responding tn the toast
The liars Of other Counties, made on
of the Jery best addresses Of the occa
sion. laid Judge Savage: | have bee
down this afternoon 10 look at your ne'
court hLuse. 10 "view the spot whcr
YOU will shortly lie" CLaughter.) wan
10 say hat there will never be any plsc
where tte courts Of this county may b
held thIt Won will be treated so hand
somely Ls right here. | come from An
, droscogkin County aud IL IA true that "
/, took Generous slice of IL from Oxfor'
Cnuntyl IL l. also true that we ar
diyidinI our business with the ONtor
u
Bar. fod when we hud good fat cas
living Il round we are pretty sure tina
BrotherlSwasey has finger in IL. lt
true thai YOU point back to great au
honoreA men, but | believe that IN
e LAWYERS Iot Maine try their cases "a we
and With as good results a. they dl
= forty yehrs ago. We are too apt 10 81
there were giants in those days.
, Business has chsnged; litigation In
F.. changedE and the peculiar kind of abilit
: used In dhosc DAYS finds no applicaiio
, now. Then the masses of the peopl
a didn't pI| ssess the culture and Informs
I ton that they do nov; because OF this
+ the hwy er and the minister stood on
, preemin,lnt. The lawyer made his pei
D sonality hnd individuality prominent b
comparil lon. The change has bee
brought Ehout not By the lowering o
, the ahilily or standard 0f the lawyer
g hut BY tile raising Of the standard OF tn
: people. There Is more Information an
1 education among the masses. The rule
! and metl|o OF practice have also chang
2 ed. Mat fers that were then holly con
| tested in the courts have uow becom
e well settEd. We no longer find sue
long lists of cases upon the docket'
The succ,| ssful lawyer Il quite as apt t
be the man who settles cases IS the ma
who tries them; keeping his clients on
; IL law rather than encouraging them t
get In. To-day you find careful, soun'
lawyers n the directing minds in tn
great con bmercial enterprises OF tn
country. This Is largely the work u
many Ma he lawyers at present. Thcs
things haze affected the manner in which
law yers show themselves, and while W
properly point with pride 10 these di:
tinguished names, | fully believe tn
lawyers a to-day are as strong and a
able as those of former days. Gu
duties nos are 10 put on the brake rathe
than TO aIIply the power. Our peopl'
are OF suJh "A nature that they do thu
pushing fclr themselves, and the lawyer
stands today as the great conservator IL
the world bf business.
Judge CT +. Whitman of Norway ant
Edgar VI. briggs, Esq, OF Lewiston
we're called upon for remarks and re
sponded briefly and entertainingly.
HC|N. JOHN Z. swAsEY,
In closingI spoke OF the social side o.
Paris Hill courts, calling attention to
the fact thi l. the lawyers have occupied
the same re oms year after year, side By
side with OF her lawyers with whom they
are always free to consult and talk over
the knotty points arising in their prac
tice. Mr.. swssey also paid handsome
and glowing tribute to Judge Charles
W. Walton, 'that noble man, the legal
giant of New England to-day" Says
Chief Justit e Peters of Judge Walton
"He's IN ELEPHANT In the law, and wher-