Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-29
ACTION OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY
BAR on THE DEATH OF
THEIR ASSOCIATE.
Resolutions offered by Judge John b. Redman-
Remarks by Messrs. Hamn. Fellows. Deasv
King, Drun1nley and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF Presiding Justice l.. a. Emery.

court fursHsncook county, sitting at Els
worth, WIS suspended in order to CIV,
the members q the thsr an opportunity
t. pay Their resFeeis 10 the memory Of
the late George P Duttop.
Nesrly all the mem Der. OF the bar were
present; the spectators seats were filed
and theiisdi,s gallery wa- We'll occupied
all present to listen to the tributes hat
were / O lie psi 10 I be distinguished dead
At 3 O'Clock Judge John b. Redman
arose snd spoke a. follows:
REMAINS OF JUDGE KEpMAN.
May Il please the Court:
Tie Invisible. unwe'cone hand q
desth : constantly outst1eteLed over and
towards u, ready to se.ze IA il grasp
q cree inBs coils. and drar from cur
very.n d-t those of eur meu bers whom
We cfttjme> feel We csn les.t sfyord to
lost. Th.e j. tie sane mouruful story
thet Las A.eu % many tsm,s repeated
through III the centuries o. TIE wor5d :
history this, The one greet uusoleed, IN
eHY!sfaea mys,ery-tte one tusoluhle
problem e mortal fte ard Truman de-
tiny.
We Lave .u-itaeed work to-day for a
fsw moments ou=S. white W sp,sk tin
lat farewell. wofas ever a new mace
gave. Il = With feelings Il profound
-sGu's- eldiot sorrow. paTtsking almost
Of de, p lerscna! h.reeytmsii, that I rise
al tbs time formally TO announce 10 this
court tint the ! nit Of one Of the most
worthy. cultured snd honoreG member
OF The HaucoCk !ceuuty ber la gone out
someW n,re,iWe know not where. II may
be on through theiysst realms OF space To
a world Of eternal beHuty beyond the
sun, there To take up new !ife, 10 enter
upon another existence in that great un-
discovered country, from whose bourne
no Traveller has ever returned.
To ne has been assigned ~ the mem
bers et the bar the painful and, in many
RESPECTS, most uuwelcome duty Of pre-
seuting the draft OF resolutions prepared
by them, and OF asking that, a. the at
act Of respect, Of love, esteem, affection
snd high appreciation Of the great moral
wort and character Of our late e. ee med
friend and brother, Judge George PULP
button, they may be extended upon the
records OF TINS court.
Before reading these resolutions. the
court VIII allow me 10 say that it j be-
cause Of delig htful, almost intimate friend
ship and association, that the members Of
the bar have assigned 10 me this part in
these last sad ob-equie-. l did, indeed,
know. Brother button intimately. He
Was my tutor when l WAS preparing for
college, my companion after l returned to
Ellsworth, having completed my col
leglRte work, and he became my brother
here, a. / became his, " hen was admitted
10 this fellowship. The lines Of our lives
seem TO have run in similar grooves
Away. on terms OF social intimacy, al
though We differed politically. He was
my opponent " hen he was first elected
attorney for the county Of Hancock, my
successor " hen was retired a. Judge OF
the Ellsworth municipal court, and again
my associate " hen he became an ex-
mayor Of his native city. For many years
VT have served together upon the EXAM
lnlng committee Of this bar.
Judge Duttou wa~ born IN Ellsworth on
the 18th Gay OF May, 1872. He Wa. the
only son, by his second marriage, OF
Deacon samuel Dutton, a worthy citizen
Of Ellsworth, ana man prominently
identified Win Is early business history.
Judge Button attended the schools Of
Ellsworth a, Il boy, finished u.s Yrepars-
tory work al Philips academy. AuCoyer,
Mass, and entered Yale college at time
when the dark Tm-cluuGs Of war. " hich
for 80 many months had been gathering
over our nation, had at last broken out IN
all their fury and madness, precipItatiHg
that struggle between two sections of our
country; and although he continued the
prosecution Of his studies during those
dark and gloomy days OF carnage and
b!oodshed, and was graduated in lSG5, il
hay memory serves me correetIy-and
think | am not mistaken-he furnis he'd
TWO substitutes 10 represent nm al the
front, and to defend for him lis country :
flag and honor.
He read law in the flee Of Hon. A. A,
Strout, OF Portland. I recall at this time
a very pleasant visit made him during my
student life when he was resident OF
that city. He was graduated with honors
at Harvard law school and was admitted
to the practice Of law, and commenced
the prosecution OF his profession in the
city Of Bangor sometime in the early EOS,
possibly 1869; but Ellsworth was his
home. Here were the friends and COM
panions Of his early manhood; here the
father and mother he loved so dearly