The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-01-05

burden.d with doubt on some intri-
cate question of law, have gone to
Mr.. Collins with their legal problems,
and came away satisfied and hopeful.
His soul was too generous, too grand
and noble to permit the in.dwellipg of
selfishuess and envy.
"The practice of the profession
which Mr.. Collins made his life-work
is fraught with antagonisms and con-
trOversy. The lawyer, In the pursuit
of his calling, is called upon to engage
in contests where frequently the re-
suit may mean great loss and, posi-.
bly, ruin. to the unsuccessful litigant.
Imbued withthe spirit of their clients
cause and appreciating the great, and
often grave, responsibility which their
undertaking brings upon them, the
lawyers engaged get in dead earnest
in the contest. Their debates are
frequently carried on with zeal and
feeling, and, at times, with more or
less acrimony. AS might be expect
ed, under those circumstances, 1t
sometimes happens that the attor-
neys, carried away by their zeal, mak
examinations and recriminations
against each other. These things, it
is frequently true, are regretted and
forgotten when cooling time has pass.
ed. But MIR. Collins, having been an
active lawyer at the local bar for so
many years engaged in all that time
in important litigation, the highest
tencomium, 1t seems to me, that / can
pronounce upon his life and charac-
ter, is TO be able to cay at his bier,
that never, in all the stubborn and
bitterly fought legal battles in which
he engaged, has there, 10 my know
ledge, ever been uttered bya brother
lawyer, under any circumstances or
at any time, any word or reproach on
his private or professional character.
or any insinuation, much less, charge,
of wrongdoipg on his part.
"When man stands so high in the
estimation of those who know him
best that the fervor and heat of num-
erous conflicts have failed to bring
out any word of condemnation or CEN
sure, it would seem useless to attempt
to eulogize such man with words.
"The neighbors and the professional
associates of Mr.. Collins who have
gathered to pay him the last mark of
respect will all do so with sincere sor-
row. They will all look over the long
life of him that is gone and unite in
saying that the world was better for
his having lived in it. His profession
al brethren especially, will remember
him for the greatness of his hand and
heart, and the pleasure, as well as
profit, of fellowship with him. Ani
say as the last words of tribute to the
dead are as a message of assurance to
the living, that
The deepest love of the deepest heart
Beats true for the one away.''
Members of the bar and county of.
fcials attended the funeral In body.
The pall-bearers were Judges Newly
and Hughes, Attorneys ]. B. Worley,
I. Med. Smith, d. Q. Morrow, II. l..
Virgins and Craig Mcbride.
OF Mr.. Collins children there were
present his daughter, Miss Nellie, of
Los Angeles, and his sons, John A.,
prominent attorney of Pueblo, Col,
Richard, of Cincinnati, and Frank, of
his place. George, who is now loca-
ed at Los Angeles, was Ill, and on
he advice of his physician did not
.ttempt the long journey attendance
would leave rendered necessary.
Mr.. Collins was the author Of
lumber of volumes, principly of verse,
aud enjoyed a personal friendship
with MANY prominent writer's, who
will share with his many friends here
The grief that his demi,e has occas-
0npd