Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-01

counsel and advice, as many a younger attorney in his day might testify.
 No mention in his career need be made of any special cause in which he figured, for the reason as suggested, that they were many, and inclusive of nearly all, if not all, of the promi- nent cases of his day.
 MT. Halsey had ready appreciation of humor and was capable of flashes of wit at times as keen and incisive as were his arguments in court, as the following may suggest to any. reader who knew the parties concerned;
 In walking up Asylum street in Hartford one morning from the station to the United States court, in company with Edward Spicer Cleveland and a third person, MT: Halsey tall lean and of an auster bearing, MT. Cleveland short bluff, rosy featured and full of laughter, it being the period of the Blaine Cleveland campaign, when, as will be remembered scurri1ous per- sonal allusions to both candidates were cussing the canpafgn Mir Halsey suddenly turned to Mr Cleveland and said: TT believe MT Grover Cleveland is member of your family, is he ernor.' but he rallied and came back by saving, in the drawlfng fashion. he could so easily assumee We'll, Halsey, can't say as to the fact of the re- lationship. but, if he, is one of us, the fact confers quite as much honor, on him as it does upon the family" which ended the discussion. ,,s.
 MT. Halsey dfeds full of years. and honors, and the present day hardly affords his, true, successor, as the courtly Christian lawyer and gentle man. F@5s5+z4 ..-.S JOHN. T. WYATT --.e
 In Col. Wait, we had the veritabIe antitypeao of MT. Halsey, and no man of his time figured more prominently in the affairs of the community, legal and otherwise, than .sl1e He probably brought more cases to the courts than any other. member sof the bar, and criminal and civil causes were alike to him. u +t.. r.s...5-,. @
 In the famous Cobb- Bishop case, in the face of confession on the part of Bishop; he defended his client Mrs Cobbsein masterly manner contend- ing against the then States Attorney, Governor Waller, and. not without hope of success until the last. moment.
 Pages might be written about Col. Wait without exhausting the subject of his ready wit, his bluff and ;bois- terous manner, his extensive acquaint- ance and numerous friendships, em- bracing, it would seem nearly the en- tire population of his own county and overfiowing into other sections of the
 
 addition to representing Norwich in thes legislature his services in congress during his terms there are well re- menlbered to this day. It would be vain to attempt to recount his many witticiSms, for which he was famous, their names are legion, nor to rep resent the inimitable drawl which he assumed when he was about to hand one out" as the vulgar phrase goes, to an unsuspecting victim; but here is one that may serve, always remember ing that Col. Waits voice, manner and gestures must be unavoidably omitted
 A certain man, with military title resident in an adjoining town. and who is now dead, otherwise the story would not be told, was always in litigation and litigation which tended to show something decidedly derogatory to his own character. He prefessed sextreme piety, at times and was, we believe superintendent of a Sunday school. Il he were let it be said, he twas, by nc means the worse for that. We'll, this gentleman coming into Col. Waits of flee one morning, and finding hin alone, except for one person. addressed him something in this fashion: G
 "Mr Wait, I am a much persecute6 and abused man try to do right by my fellow men, but the whole world seems to be down upon me and don'l know what to do, ct cetera."
 The old gentleman looked at him fol moment, rose from his chair and replied:
 Captain It is true as yol say, that you are a much persecutet man, and you have my sympathy, but Sir, with flashing eyes and humping the table There is growint impression in this community, that .yol are onesof the most internal (inferna was not the expression used, but it vii serve) seoundrels that ever disgracet the face of this eartil!" reply al need hardly be suggested entirely uh looked for by his auditor.
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