Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-02
Eulogy of Late Attorney [. W. Constock

1 this legal pereceptor upon the young
 man cannot be measured.
 Our brother Comstock was loyal to | his clients and he had clientel which was loyal to him. They believed in him, quoted him and acted by his ad- vice. He never abandoned their causes | while there remained shadow of hope | of success. The resolutions fitly drawn 1 by brother Robbins give correct and more detailed impression of his ex- perienceS at the bar.
 He was positive in his friendships and was equally cordial in his dislikes- He sought no contest, but he did not go far out of his way to avoid one. He used to say, in jest, that he loved his friends and hated his enemies. While he was very active at the bar, his efforts were not confined to the practice of the law I have been with | him many days in camps in the forests | of Maine, and there he talked conf | dentially of schemes which he had in | the course of development especially l the development of natural resources | of power and of public and private utilities These conversations disclosed 1 him to be constant and careful ob- server of possibilities seen by but few men. The three trolley systems which form the triangle. the angles of which are at Norwich, New London and Westerly, were promoted and built l largely through his efforts. Plans for | the conservation and development of power were conceived by him. some of , which fructified. but many of which must be realized by future generations It is fair and just to say of him that he had the instincts and courage of pioneer.
 MT. Comstock had genius for poli- tics, which is the school of the states man. His cunning and sagacity gener- ally kept his political opponents from overindulgence in sleep. He experi- enced the fortunes and misfortunes of the whirligig of political and popular
 caprice. He had studied and he knew
 the temperament of the electorate of
 Connecticut, if not of the country at
 large, so well as to make his counsel
 valuable In all these things he was
 cheerful, courageous and aggressive
 democrat. Mir. Comstock was a bach elor. His faithfulness to his natural
 family ties left no room for the crea-
 ton of new obligations. His devotion
 to his parents was more than honor
 to father mad mother. It reflected honor
 upon him.
 He was an enthusiastic devotee of
 the rod and the gun. The call to the
 wild was irresistible. When the ice
 went out of the waters of Maine in the
 spring, or when the first snows of win
 ter began to whiten the hills, so that
 the tracks of the deer betrayed his
 wherea bouts, so far as he was concern
 ed, the court might as well adjourn at
 these times.
 The estimate of man at all active
 is not complete which leaves out of
 consideration his religious side He
 may say but little of the subject of re-
 ligion, but that does not mean that he
 is obliviouS of the subject. Fear of
 darkening counsel with words without
 knowledge may often account for the reticence. Remember now thy Crea-
 tor in the days of thy youth while the evli days come not. nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them" Heeding this ad- monition, Brother Comstocl in his
 boyhood obeyed the command of the Son of Righteousness in whom he had unlimited faith. He accepted the solil- oquoy of the great apostle to the Gen. tiles who in matchless language de- fined the attributes of charity Not alone the tongues of men, or of angels; not alone the gift of prophecy or knowledge of mystery. or the bestow- ing of goods to feed the poor but that charity which spurns display and which suffereth lorg and is kind and which never faiIeth