Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-01-01
OBITUARY.
Dear Brother Murray -

Dear Brother Murray -
Will you please TO insert the following
obituary in your next number2
Should one Of The great ones of the ma
lion, an aspiring, party-leading politician,
Qu this "vale Of tears" the gloomy tidings
would quickly run I" from Dan to Beershe
b." Streams Of burning elcquence would
roIl down the columns Of periodicals on
lie evendul occasion. Flourishng plaudits,
und glowing panegyrics, pronounced on the
deceased, would be thrown out on the wings
u the wind, and Immediately scattered IN
every direction. While some would doubt
! less vent their puny little antipalhies in
erasgenling faults and magnifying delin-
queuces, any Aaitering sYcophants, and
solarie, Of fame, would waste their oil, and
lavish their time, and lay their little minds
under fresh tribute Of torture by seeking
new notions, and EfIaming bulky phrases, TO
give full corpulence to their (ulsome euio-
gums. By them errors would be palIia'ed,
dsRcicncies concealed, and blemishes over
looked, while political segaci'y, or deeds o
martial valer, with tissue OF rich virtues
real and imaginary, would be set foril
prominently in the character OF the departed
one. National attention would be dlrecte
By Caterers, and editors, and orators TO tn
national loss. as if the ship of state ha
sprung a woful leak, and was ready TO er
mlph the commonwealth in a whirlpool
luin. Affected lamentations would rim
and rc-echo all over the land, and why
Because some speechmaking slaveholde
or double hearted pro-slavery man had bee
summoned by Jehovah to give his accou
Of an iniduilious rational absurdity
holding republicanism But how seldo
the pens Of such beings are employed
relate the death Of persons in more hunt
AMI less assuming walks of existence. Th
seem unacquainted with the fact that
such spheres We can show them the exc
lent Of our species, the flower OF our ra
"lhe salt Of the ear,h," and "the light
The world"
h6aconas my painful duty thus TO
something about the decease OF such |
sons. Esq. BoUdman was we'll kno
by many readers Of the Telegraph.
ialher was q pious deacon OF the Bap
church at Corinth, Saratoga Co. N. Y.
himself joined the same church when ab
Tue age Of twentv-one. After havln
lamily, he left that place and removed
he head Of Paradox Lake, Schroon. II
he died in "lhe iriumphs Of faith"
aIents, intelligence, and religious COZ
. eney gained for him respectable cha
/, 'T He left widow and six childre
lament his decease. Some time ago
Widow, an only son, two daughters, a
=, 'On-in-law came into this place.
/. A few weeks since species of the
Plus fever assailed this interesting c
Il soon laid the unmarried daughter, z
q, and Eugene, the son, on beds OF
Y gushing. Euretta was first seized.
Ter the deadly malady carried on its
- work nearly three weeks before it CONF
y Eugene's sickness lasted about a
y asht and then despatched its yo'
81 victim. They were both young, III
e' 'OOu' 10, and the boy ID years of age
?" about 1 years ago Euretta made
q ess'On Of religion, and was bapiiz
~ Elder COlver at Greenwich. She
@e church here by letter last winter.
!. e was piOus is not doubted by an
- .asw her. Although her piety w
1iAuns or gli.teringj neither did il