Fall Term 1899
                    Wednesday Dec 13
Court that the plaintiff do have and recover of and from the said
defendant A.S. Hutchinson and his sureties on said forthcoming bond
George R. Cellon and S.V. Dicks the said sum of One hundred and
sixty two 40/100 Dollars ($162.40) as and for its damages and the further sum
of Twenty five 32/100 Dollars for costs by it expended in this suit.
And the defendant in mercy &c.
       Whereupon Court adjourned until tomorrow morning at 9 Oclock

                        Thursday December 14th 1899
  Court met this day pursuant to adjournment of yesterday
his Honor W.A. Hocker Judge presiding

      At a meeting of the Bar of Gainesville at which
Judge Hocker presided Syd L. Carter Horatio Davis and
 W.W. Hampton were appointed a committee to draft
suitable resolutions relative to the death of
                Judge E.K. Foster
Judge Carter in presenting the resolutions to the Court spoke
as follows: Judge Foster was born in New Haven Connecticut 
and at the time of this death was 58 years old. He was a
graduate of Yale College Class of 1863, came to Florida in
1864 and settled near St. Augustine. He afterwards removed to
Sanford where he lived until 1897 when he removed to Gainesville
  He here held the position of State Attorney for the 4th Circuit,
Superintendant of Public Instruction in Governor Bloxham's first
Cabinet, Judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit, and at his death was
President of the Board of Trustees of the Florida Agricultural
College and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University
of the South at Suwannee Tenn
Died Dec 8th 1899, leaving a widow, one son, and two daughters
 He was a consistent member of the Episcopal Church
Impelled by a sense of duty growing out of the close
relationship that existed between Judge Foster and myself
I desire to prepare the resolutions I am about to submit
to the Court with a word.
 I am aware however that in speaking of the dead
who have long been associated with us in life we
are naturally inclined to refer only to the brighter
characteristics of their lives and to extol their talents and
virtues, showing that our better natures are touched by
the grief and said bereavement of others and that the Envy
and Jealousies of human nature are lost in tears of sorrow
   This ordinary duties of public life have a tendency
to draw our attention to the mercenary side of human
character and but seldom lead on to look upon the bright