The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-03
NJ. ]. HANL a GETS
GREAT aND-OFF
Lawyers EulOgize Retiring
PrOthOnOtary
POPULAR CLERK OF THE COURTS
TENDERED RE VI A X KABLE
FAREWELL LAST SATURDAY.

Ordinarily as gabby" as the rest
of them, Prothonotary Michael ].
Hanlan for once in his life was un-
able to make speech last Saturday
morning, when, at the close of
special session of Court at 10 o'clock,
featured by a cleaning-up of every
thing on the docket, Judge Alonzo T.
Searle called upon him to respond to
a remarkable set of tributes paid him
by the members of the Wayne Coun-
ty Bar, on the eve of his retirement
as Clerk of the Courts after a con-
tinuous service of nine years.
The setting for the farewell scene
could not have been better arranged.
Judge Henry Wilson had been sum-
moned to the bar, and asked by the
Court to call off the cases on the list.
With the voluminous docket lying
open wide before him, Judge Wilson
was about to begin a reading of the
score or more of cases some of which
were of the 1907 vintage, and many
of which will never be tried.
Without moments warning
Judge Alonzo T. Searle, looking up
from some legal document to which
he had just affixed his signature,
startled the Prothonotary, who was
| busted with his duties, by saying:
:" | am reminded that this is the
last time Mr.. Hanlan will sit with us.
He has made most efficient, able
and courteous clerk. They are few
better or his equal in the State of
Pennsylvania. We shall miss him as
clerk We hope he may practice
in Honesdale We are glad to well
come Mr.. Barnes too.
| 80 Mr. HaOlaO has baan clerk for
nine years. He has been a great nelp
to the Court in keeping the records
| in good shape. Every lawyer felt
when his papers were put in his
care they were in good keeping. |
wish Mr.. Hanlan very great deal OF
success if he enters the practice OF
Law in Honesdale or elsewhere"
| Rising from his seat, Homer
Greene. who for the past thirty-three
years has added lustre and distinc-
tion to the Bar to which he belongs,
said:
The very best l can wish for the
new clerk is that he be as efficient as
Mr.. Hanlan."
Judge Henry Wilson, the Dean OF
the Jurists, loved and respected by all
who know him, continued the song OF
praise by saying:
! We De6u mere lOTly years anu
no one of the Clerks of the Courts
slSes up to the standard set by Mr..
Hanlan"
Then up rose the Hon. VIM. H.
Dimmick, scion of an illustrious fam
lily, bearer of a name famous in the
annals of the Commonwealth, and OF
these United States, and with char
acteristic tact and eloquence, spoke
the final words of appreciation, say
ing:
- 1t is with sadness, and | know
voice the sentiments of the Bar
when we bid goodbye to our friend
5 Mr.. Hanlan, as Prothonotary of thi:
( Court. There is no one, no member
4 of this community, that has stood 81
= near to the community as the Pro
thonotary for the last nine years
q There is no one who could have gone
to that office, rich or poor, high o.
o low, but received the same recogni
p ton. No officer in this county eve
: performed his duties with more fidel
ity that Michael j. Hanlan. AS W,
bid him goodbye, We know he'll be
success. His character and abilit,
will secure him high standing II
: this community, if not in the Stat
n and Nation"
: and spoke his name.
n 1t was too much for Mr.. Hanlan
In a voice choked with emotion, wit
quivering chin and tears rollin
{ down his cheeks, the Prothonotar
: feebly tried to express his thanks
he said
/, Il want to thank you for you
II expressions of appreciation and good
= will. Ordinarily | am as 'gabby a
the rest of you. / want to say to yo
l am not prepared to make a speech
! thank you for your expressions c
sympathy. | hope We'll always cor
tinue to be as good friends as W
have been the last nine years"
q Once Court was adjourned lawyer
and spectators crowded around tn
st Prothonotary's desk, grasped him b
y the hand, and told him they wei
# sorry to see him go.