Putnam patriot., 1913-01-24
Funeral of Chief Justice F. B. Hall

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 the state Of Connecticut were Justil proud and who will be greatly missed He was a brother of Principal Hali 0 Woodstock Academy. Df. Gerald u Beard of the Park street Congregation al church of Bridgeport conducted th' funeral service from which the follow ing is an extract:
 "We have met, my friends" saie Dr. Beard, ''to express in simple way our honor and affection for this mar whom God has called from earth t' tell, 50 far as 1t may be toldi our ten der sympathy with the members 0 this dear home circle who sorrow most and to bow in reverent trust and hopt before the Infinite Father whose mes senger death is to summon Us home and 10 interpret to us, as lie summons our beloved, the true meanings and values Of His gifts of life.
 The simple dignity of death careless of all mere outward distinction and scornful Of all that is untrue, unites with the simple dignity Of such life as that of Chief ustice Hall to guide us al this hour. For to such men | death can neither be a dreaded horror nor a careless and unmeaning snufiing out Of existence. It strikes the note Of universal human values and for the good to whom God grants abiding worth becomes the prelude to eternal harmonies.
 The best eulogy Of mans life is the record he himself has made, and IL be- comes the best prophecy of his. future. You who knew Judge Hall knew that record. A boyhood of compelling need and loneliness, and to large degree self-dependence, gifts and opportuni- ties were not laid by fortune in his hands: he had to reach out and grasp them. The struggle of a newsboy's ex- periences and the hardships of mold er's work in the shop were met, how | ever, by the eager mind and resolute will Obstacles which would have re- tarded or crushed a weaker character, served only to make him stronger through the overcoming Hours which many another would have spent in self-indulgence or in bewailing his lot, he spent in fitting himself for higher tasks.
 His enlistment as volunteer for ser vice of his country in war, was as | strong A witness that this resolute en- ergy was not purely individual and selfish in it's aim, as if fever had not held him back from the battlefield. His thirty-siX years on the bench full filled the promise of the earlier years of the boy, the workman, and the law yer. They justified the trusts success. | sively committed to him. You men l who knew him best through all these years in the courts of Connecticut Are all witnesses today of his intellectual grasp, his judicial fairness, his courage, his good sense, and, above all, his hu. man interest and human expectations Even we who are not in the legal ranks could not but feel and know that fol Judge Hall .the law was great and oi great interest, because 1t WAS the serv. ant of the great vital concerns of hu. man life.
 Through all his promotions to sue. cessively greater responsibilities and higher honors, he kept in remarkable ] way his simple nature and hearty hu- man friendliness without ostentation | and without self-conceit. University degrees could not add to the distin guished quality of his learning, nor the Judicial robe do more than express his native dignity. Yet the warmth and kindiness of his friendships, his | sympathy with human need, and his readiness to counsel for others good, his tenderness, too, toward little chil- dren and even toward animal life, was as marked in the Chief Justice as In l the struggling lawyer of the earlier years.
 When, little while ago, hIs little grandson was seriously ill, the grand. fathers heart WaS full, his words were very tender. The pain Of others gave him pain: the needless taking of fife even in il~ lowiest forms, offended him, for pity was strong within hi. breast,
 Judge Hall was home man. Ht had no greater content than to be al home with his family, his books, ana his garden. When away his thoughts and care were constantly with his wife and the honest pride which shont | through word and look when, now and then, he would speak of the successe, of his children, told how much hi, heart was in the home and the homes of this hill circle.
 At the same time when health wa, good he loved to welcome friends or gS with them 10 dine, and his quiet wholesome humor served to lighter many an hour.
 Judge Hall was not given to eNpres sing himself much in the language o religious devotion or faith. Reveren toward all religion, and careful of th, higher values Of the inner life, he rest ed in simple trust in the eterna veracities of religion, and said little The progress of the church greatly in terested him and he gave it his cordia support. To the ministers Of hi church he was always a friend, gra eious and kindly.
 ltis not unnatural that one shoult wish that he might have wholly com pleted his term of official service, an,