Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-04-17
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
HANCOCK COUNTY BAR HONoRs
LATE @. H. DRUMMEY.
RESOLUTIONS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY
LAWYERS HAMLIN, sowLE, DEAsy,
REDMAN AND BURNHAM, AND
JUSTICE PEABODY.


JUSTICE PEABODY.
In the supreme court room last Wednes
day afternoon the Hancock county bar
held memorial exercises for the late
Charles FL Drummey, of Ellsworth. IL. e.
Hamlin, for the committee, formally an
nounced the death OF Mr.. Drummey, and
presented the resolutions, saying:
1t becomes my sad duty to announce
formally to your Honor and to the mem
beers of the bar, the death of one OF our
number, Hon. Charles IL. Drummey, OF
Ellsworth.
"Death rides on every breeze,
He turks In every flower"
On the twenty-fourth day of October
last, at the early age of thirty We years.
after short but severe Illness, the eyes of
our brother were closed as IL in sleep, and
his spirit passed to that land from which
no wanderer returns.
1t was my pleasure to have known
brother Drummey as well, If not better
perhaps, than he was known by any other
mem her OF this bar. My acquaintance
with him began when he was boy, be-
fore he had entered upon the study OF the
law, and my intimacy with him con-
stantly increased as time passed on, es-
pecially during our association together in
the same office.
MIR Drummey was born in 1856 He
graduated from the Ellsworth high school
in 1882, and entered upon the study of the
law in the office of our late brother, Judge
George p. Dutton, in 1887, and he was ad-
mitted to this bar at the January term,
1890. SION after his admission he entered
our Office, and we were actively associated
together In professional work for some
eight nine years, and for more than
two years of this time we were active
partne
Brother Drummey, at his admission to
the bar, passed an examination which
Won or him much praise, and he proved
iu every way worthy of 1t. | need not
call ne attention of any member of this
bar to his professional ability. 1t is fresh
in the minds of you all. Death alone pre-
vented this promising young man of
scholarly and rare legal attainments from
being marked by destiny for place among
the foremost of the best lawyers of our
state. As citizen, he was active in pub
lie affairs. and was filled to overlooking
with public spirit. He became earnest
and prominent in political matters, guided
by the dictates of his own conscience and
for some years he was interested in and
closely identified with most every move
ment for the public welfare in the city in
which he lived. His gentiemanly bearing,
his kind and genial ways, and his warm
and sympathetic heart won from lawyers,
from clients and from all his associates,
deep affection for him-a monument great
er than any that could be fashioned by
human hands from stone. We all mourn
his loss, and our hearts go out in sym
patty to his bereaved widow and his kim
dred, to whom he was so dear.
May il please the court, in behalf of the
Hancock county bar, of which our de-
parted brother was member, now offer
the following resolutions, and ask that
they be approved by the court and spread
upon the records:
Whereas, Almighty God in His infinite wis
dom seen tit TO take from this bar our
beloved and esteemed brother, Charles IL.
Drnmmey; be IL therefore
Resolued, That the Hancock county bar
mourns the untimely death of one OF It's most
promising mem ,ers, young man, self made,
n lawyer of marked ability. courteous anu hon.
orable in the practice of his profession before
the court and with the members of the bar, one
endeared TO us NIL by his warm heart genial
manner and generous impulses.
The death OF Brother DrumEey is also loss
TO the community In which he lived. AS
citizen, he was public-spiriied and ever Jealous
In his efforts for the promotion OF all things
tending to advance the public welfare.
Resoived, That we extend to his bereaved
widow our sincere sympathy; that all these
resolutions he extended upon the records OF TINS
court, and copy sent 10 the widow OF our de-
ceased brother.
In seconding the resolutions B T. Sowle,
said:
As this hour has been set apart for the
purpose of paying last tribute to the
memory of our late brother Drummey,
who was loved and respected by us all,
and as have been requested to speak
few word appropriate to tie occasion,
will gladly comply.
These occasions should increase our awe
and reverence for Him who holds in the
hollow of His hand every moment we live
and every breath we draw, and teach us
the lesson of our mortality.
In early manhood, at the very beginning
of an apparently useful career, our brother
is plucked from us. Death never comes
except ats tread be like those who tread
on yelyetn, though "its clutch be of from.
There is no warning to man who Is
marked Death passes none. The lofty
and the humble are alike its objects.
In common with you, take great pleas
ure in adding my tribute of respect TO the
memory of our deceased brother Drum
mey. Yet. In speaking of his life it is
like commencing upon book whose
author has died ere the first chapter has
been completed. No one could have been
acquainted with brother Drummey with
out having recognized his more tnan com
mon ability. The prospects for his future
success seemed most hattering. In any
gathering his commanding presence, ms
frank open face and courtly bearing
marked him as gentleman. he was
natural leader. His natural leadership
aided much IN making our ctS cain
of last year a great success. Ills name
will always be coupled with that success.
1t is often much easier TO find men to
follow in a good work than to find one
whom men will follow. Brother Drum
mey was one whom men would follow.
Politically be was republican, not IRON
policy, but because he believed IN the
PRINCIPLES OF that party. And in no place
did he show his fitness as leader more
than in the leadership of our local polltl-
cal organization. In this leadership we
have already sadly missed him. he knew
how to lead and to draw others a1ter MN,
rare quality. By choosing him as our