The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-04-10

pare a memorial in the form of g.
resolution in recognition of the death
of Mr.. Ross, for a great many years
county attorney of this county and a
member of this bar and officer of
this court, have prepared brief
memorial which we now present to
the court and which Mr.. Keith, one
of the members of the committee.
will read to your honor and to those
assembled here. In presenting this
report and asking that it be spread
upon the minutes of the court and
copies be furnished to the press.
there is little that would be fitting
Tor me to say in commentator of
Mr.. Ross. In fact, in this commun-
|ity where he has been so long and so
favorably known, words of common
dation OH my part would amount to
but little. He was one of the first
men whom met on coming to this
county about eleven years ago, and
our relations were always very COR
dial and very friendly. Not that we
always agreed, because he was a man
of strong opinions and strong likes
and disilkes, but he was also a man
Of friendly disposition with whom it
was possible to disagree and still
maintain relations Of the most Cor
dial friendship, and I am very glad
to say that that has been the case
in the relations between Mr.. Ross
and myself. l most cordially en-
dOrse all that is said in this memo
rial, and if there were anything
would add, it would be to call atten-
ton to the fact that Mr.. Ross was a
man particularly devoted to his con-
science, a man who listened to the
words of his conscience and was
peculiarly guided-had a peculiar
respect and obedience for the die
tates of his conscience. What he
believed to be right was the course
he would invariably pursue without
| regard to what it's effect might be
in social or political or business
| way. He was a man who peculiarly
desired to follow his conscience and
to be governed and guided by what
he thought was right in any sltua-
tion that might arise. While he is
with US no more in the flesh, I think
it will be long before the influence
Of Mr.. Ross, not only on fellow men,
bers of the bar but on the COM
munity at large, will wane.> With
these few words, 1 will ask Mr..
Keith to read this memorial and
present it to the COURT
Charles Keith then read the me-
mortal, as follows:
upon the eve of the converting of
this court the senior member Of the
Mile Laos county bar in years and
experience, like a shock of corn fully
ripe, has passed to the great beyond,
and the undersigned, as directed by
the court, present this memorial of
his life and services.
"Joseph Augustus Ross, descen-
dant of sturdy colonial and revolu-
tionary stock, was born at Jefferson,
Maine, September %, 1929. His boy.
hood days were the usual days of the
boy on the farm, dependent on his
own resources. He graduated from
Waterville college (now Colby uni.
versity) in 1856 and followed his
chosen profession of teaching unit!
the commencement of the civil war,
enlisting in a Maine regiment as a
Iprivate. His abilities were early
recognized and, through successive
promotions, he reached and held the
Igrade of lieutenant at it's close. He
then resumed his profession of teach.
ing, which he followed in Maine and
Minnesota for the ten years next sue.
Iceeding.
HE was admitted to the bar OF
this court in 1876 and the same veal
took up his abode in Princeton,
where he continued to reside until
his death, April 2, 1913, and where,
with brief interval, he held the
office of county attorney for this
county for twenty-six years. He
was infinitely man of the people:
they knew him and loved him as a
man. His presence was always a
cheer. He was sympathetic and re-
sponsive to every human appeal.
Endowed with spirit of unfailing
kindness, he was the personifcation
of generosity. Friendliness was his
birthright. He was scholarly man
of wide reading and quick applica-
tion-his mind intuitively turned
toward investigation. He was the
friend of the poor and oppressed,
and the man without money or
friends found in him safe counselor
and devoted advocate. He did not
want and would not have money be-
VODQ his necessities. and his name