The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-30

thompson, when I came to the bar
 bl, hnu as long as he lived stood as the
 pest example for the young, how far l ana high, chara cter with aVera ga sJ1iI lty, interesting industry and deIzo+i e+1I1I | the law. - tt III
 Judge Lockwood, whose kindness to l the young was as distinctive as was
 nls nls utter inability to cherish or even 1 Ieef malice. resentment or envy. Ounstead, who was an old fashioned mgnter m the court room, strong and | feaoy-fron the very start I eriove54 | his confidence and friendship Fessenden, who hardly past 35 was | 1eader when came to the bar, and
 ions iong continued to be, and in my opin- ion, the most persuasive advocate be lore the jury this State has known Within my recollection
 Many there be- here who with me experienced his helpful hand and many
 his genial soul
 stoddard, unrivalled examiner. mas ter of strategy and resourcefulnBss cut down in the hour when his living
 seemed most needed to teach us that truth, honoN and courtesy are the close and constant companions of highest professional attainments
 A hard jury case was ended and I was on my way from the court house some IS or 19 years ago. when the foreman of the jury overlook me and said, 'I tell YOU that Stoddard is the Chesterfield of the Fairfield County Ana so he was a Chesterfield without guile, deceit or sham.
 Judge Brewster, whose versatility and scholarship was the delight of the bar and whose efforts in securing tho adoption of the Negotiable Instrument Act and in behalf of Uniform State laws must be held in professional memory, one of the few lawyers whose repute spread beyond our borders.
 Colonel Sam Sumner brave soldier good clerk, stalwart friend. See him now, grizz!ed and aflame. on tiptoe standing while we listen spelIbounds to the fervidly spoken poem.
 Lawyers. Surely 'tis becoming that
 of all men they should meet One another, on occasion, in fraternaI
 mood to greet;
 Mostly men of good digestion, ready
 men in fitting season.
 Hearty cheer to supplement with flow
 of soul and feast of reason"
 Too many, too many come to mind to name them all. HaI,) who lived so well and died so sadly yet so bravely. Holt AmbIer, Taylor and Doten. and dear old Major MiddIebroolz, and San ford who splendid1y triunphed over the accident of birth, and Glover, best trusted and loved by the people of his town. And one more must name,- Tallmadge, not thought of by us as the greatest lawyer, or the most admir- able advocate, yet held by many closer to our hearts than any. 5s.
 The profession meant so much to him. all the wisdom and wit, the joy and charm of his nature flowed out in
  His was the genius for sweet, true and sustained.
 Every judge we saw in our higher courts in the first five years of my practice has gone save one.
 So much I honored him, the then judge of our court of Common Pleas, suggested to MT. Stoddard, and sought the privilege of circulating the petition of our bar for his promotion o the Superior court.
 In mutual pride we have seen him ,lirnb up, earning each step by merit, ill the day has come when his achieve nent is our distinction. he succeeds Baldwin. and the lawyers of the State tcquiesce in the fitness of the seIec- N ion, and the work of that great tri- ,unal is carried on under his leader hip as surely as under him who went before.
 I leave the life of the trial judge with sadness. All these years the fife of the average man has been passing before me. his vices, his pas ions, and his prejudices, his little less and his, meanness, his weakness nd his strength, his steadfa stnezs nd his loyalty, his mental grasp and is shining nobility and his love for humanity. Every phase of emotion, and character have passed " as day by day we've turned. the ages in the activities of the lives oR
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