The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-06

tomb.
Content thee, howsoe'er, whose days are
done;
There lies not any troublous thing
before,
Nor sight nor sound to war against
thee more,
For whom all winds are quiet as the sun,
All waters as the shore.
OTHER REMARKS.
Thomas L. Talbot. Esq, and Robert i.
Whitehouse, Esq, also spoke of MIR. Free.
man. In the course of his remarks, re
ferring to the Portland disaster, Mr.. Tai.
bot said:
The skies may clear the storm no
longer rage, the sea heave in gentle sur
Cos that wo Id lull cur fears, but nature
has another aspect for us in this city by
the sea, and when the wind rises, when
the snow whirls thick and fast and the
waves lift mp their voices the scer.es of
that November night come back and
haunt our sleep and we dream OF
doomed vessel, drifting before the gale,
staggering under the blows of mountain
Gus ssas, till at last shnreless wreck she
vanishes from mortal sight
Cumberland bars has not escaped Its
share in the common mourning and 1t is
because Elias Dudley Freeman went
Down with the steamer Portland that
,Ye are met here to-day to give some ex
preston to our feelings of sadness in his
TOO early taking of, and to console our
selves by recalling some OF the iine traits
of his character What befell those
stricken passengers how they sltainhted
between hope and despair, how they
watched for the dawn and prayed that
some higher power miRht.still the waves
and hush the gale, and how they bore
themselves in the last moment, no Wit
ness will ever disclose. But knowing
what we do of our brother, we believe
that he faced the death that he foresaw
was approaching with courage and calm
ness.
IN MEMORY OF MIR. VERRILL.
Hon. Josiah II. Drummond offered the
o flowing resolutions upon Byron ID.
VerIill, Esq:
Resolved, That the members of the
Cum berland Bar association fdeeply de-
plore the death Of Byron d. VerrIll their
greatly esteemed associate, the learned
lawyer and assiduous student the wise
and safe counsellor trus TO the court as
we'll as TO his clients, the upright anu
honorable man, the faithful citizen ana
the model h husband and father. Ihey point
with pride TO his career, alike creditahie
to himself and useful to the communities
in which he has lived; but especially as
an example and wonderful encourage
ment to Young men who are dependent
on their own resources for advancement
and success in the practical work Of lie.
Resolved, That the court be requested
TO order these resolutions to be spread
upon its record and n copy transmitted to
the family of our brother.
Mr.. Drummond spoke at considerable
length of the early life and later career of
MIR verrill, closing his eloquent eulogy
OF the deceased as follows;
In writing of such man, one can
scarcely repress the wish that his pen
might be inspired: but still Is not the
simple story OF his life the most useful
eulogy that can be spoken of himY
A poor farmers boy, dependent upon
his own resources. by his own indefati =
gable industry and never failing courage.
in spite OF obstacles that would daunt
most men works his way, step by step,
to "A place in the front rank OF our probes
sion; and, moreover by his integrity, ana
purity of life, commands the respect ana
esteem of the whole community. lie mas
made his own eulogy by deeds and not
by words. Who could wish for greater
one? ! am not one of those VINO hold that
life is not worth living: nor humanity
speaking do l hold that We have right
to say Anlty OF NdulIieei ai 10 'on'
ty :" while our lives are but drop in the
great ocean of time, to us.
Life is real; life il earnest. ana Is
measured not so much by the number of
days, as by it's emotions, atcs, labors, joys
and SORROWS.
IL seems to me, that to live long enough
to have felt one emotion of gladness, TO
do one good act, yes, ana even 10 nave
tasted of the discipline OF sorrow, Is bet
ter than not TO have lived at all.
How much better then, TO have lived "a
life crowded with good deeds. emotions OF
gladness, and with usefulness TO human
ity; rewarded aiso by the esteem ana re-
snect of all, and the sacred love Of wife
and children, as was the lie OF him In
whose memory we meet today. cannot
regard a lie us ali vanity" when
thoughts are immortal and consequences
and influences are never ending
We recognize this truth TO-DAY, for the
honors which we pay to the memory OF
our brother are vain show unless by
invoking the Influences of his life, we
read lessons to the living. | shall have
wholly failed in my object If have not
succeeded in impressing, TO some extent,
upon the minds of my younger brethren
of this bar the lessons of encouragement
10 them "to LABOR and 60 wait so signal
ly taught by the life of Brother Verrill.
Hanno W. Gage, Esq, and Carroll W.
Morrill,, Esq, also spoke feelingly OF Mr..
Verrill.