Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . er attaining great success before juries, whileMr. I]ond more frequently appeared before thecourts on questions of law. One, of Mr. Bondsmost conspicuous mental characteristics washis ability to concentrate his whole mentalenergy upon one subject on the shortestnotice, and to thereupon clearly present thesalient features of the subject in text that was 07a THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. seldom iiianvd by changes tVoiii tlie first own knowl
Memoirs of the judiciary and the bar of New England for the nineteenth century : with a history of the judicial system of New England . er attaining great success before juries, whileMr. I]ond more frequently appeared before thecourts on questions of law. One, of Mr. Bondsmost conspicuous mental characteristics washis ability to concentrate his whole mentalenergy upon one subject on the shortestnotice, and to thereupon clearly present thesalient features of the subject in text that was 07a THE JUDICIARY AND THE BAR OF NEW ENGLAND. seldom iiianvd by changes tVoiii tlie first own knowledge and apjireciation of thisfacility to acconiplisii a task promptly andwell frequently led him to jjostpone prepara-tion until the last day, a habit which gave himthe local nick-name of the late Mr. nevertheless, his clients seldom if eversuffered on this account. Mr. Bond was an active whig and re[iub-lican and was called to fill several stations inpublic life. lie was one of the .selectmen ofthe old town of Springfield in 1848-50; wasa member of the common council in andalderman in lS(il-G2. He was for several. W. UONLi years chairman of the fow ii whig committee,and his knowledge of tiie voters of the townwas so complete that he could predict withalmost unerring accuracy the lunnber of votesthat would be cast for any candidate of tliatparty. Mr. Bond was always foremost inefforts for the promotion of educational affairsin their l)roadest relations to the many years he was a leader in thelong struggle to .secure for Springfield a largeand valuable public library, a thatwas finally consunnuated, and held the officeof j)resi(lent of the library association many years, beginning with May, 1880. He madetwo subscriptions to the institution of $5,000each, at times when there was great-need ofgenerous public action. Mr. l)ond was prom-inently connected with several of Springfieldsfinancial institutions. He was one of the in-corpor
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