Litchfield enquirer., 1845-01-09


TIE asaihef assveat and gcea mpe p e all
times sInoarnfdl eEShk b the living. although he
may die in thu tIlupphs of q fath that takes hold
ON hlasued itnMorfh1iky. We teel that his exam.
PIE in private lie nd his public in1uouee in the
Affairs cfthe state and o. tee G1ntcnr are IN
sfest measure Lost % the world. ~ takinE up our
E,e 10 announce the deceaso Of the eminent Civil
an sfhsss name stands at the had e. this article,
we ere imPressed with the conviction that our
.e0untEy has few such men t0lose, 81 NslsaH
Judge SHEnMAK died At his residence in Fair
6eld. On Monday, the soth ult: in The 7SaSear Of
his sge. He was born in WC6Crh, Massachusetts,,
sn the 29aof May iva, and Ia early life removed
with his parents 10 Goshen.i Connecticut, where
HE father was for many years settled in the MINIS
try, Having prosecuted his preparatory studies
under the direction Of hls father, he entered Yale
College in l7ss, and graduated in LEA with dis.
tinguished h6u1R. IN ago5, on the resignation Of
the late Hon. James Could % tutor in that insti
tuition, Mr.. Sherman was appointed in his place,
and continued to discharge the duties Of the citation
somewhat over year., He then Commenced the
study Of law in the Office Of the late Chief Justice
Ellsworth, attended Judge, Reeves Lectures at
iessional studies with the Hon. Simeon Baldwin,
Of New Haven. n. the, spring Of 1895, he was
admitted Ia. tlls III II New Haven, and immedi-
ately eomrnenfhd prnHtice 6k Nofwalk, in this
State, wi,6f6 Be soon became excessively known %
clear headed ana powerful Hax1eaEa, and was
elected ne town 4 the IVY snd octO-
her Sessions RI the Legislsssse il isss In No
vember. 1907 be removed from N0Fwelk to Fair
fed. where be resided until his DEATH In May
1914, be was elected an assistant, OF niember of
the uppeF house Of the Legislatnfe, and was con-
tinued in that situation. 81 annual elections until
1919. He wassa representative Of the town Of
F.isfsld. IN The General Assembly. ia sheSyears
is2S and 1888. In May leA0, be accepted th0ap.
pointnent Of Judge Of the Superior Court and Of
the &npgeme Court Of Esrofs, and Felinqnish&A
practiee, which had been continued without inier-
iuption. for fort .fanr years iii October IEi4 he
WA dssisnated Nv tho General Assembly, n one Of
the delsxstes ffogn tlis Stsfc q The Convention
held at Hartford Ia December Of that year which
be attended accordingly gIn,ls29sthc corporation
oE XAie College conferred on him the honorary de.
gFee q II I, DE- olsnsbian. M sgrK4 +
Dpring the last IL years the annual average Of
foreigners who have landed upon our shores has
been FIFTY TH0USANDt s3F'ss% 7a;--318 Z
Pefy5eed Bodies. Some parts ofthe soil cf Iowa
are remarkable for petvifying al kinds OF substan-
cez Hecs0<ls II removing some bodies from q
graveyard. II H1s <4HHd that some which had been
bufisa fre 7&>fS re in slate Of pearifaetiAn.-
~: 4.s4<eI H. ssca .2yS9AkH AaE (
The ed;ko< y ia I0sane Asylam Joasnal pub.
lishsd N sfr1snt sIaat n leave the Institution
-. ...a... So. -. -
A d. iii mdn!hly 6szs1< X ~ Ii,eh6sld Coun.
~ Tsmpssaacs Soei&sy. kol3ea VI NSsshfeld; the
following resolutian ~ onaaimausly aaopsed. 2 .
Rssolyeds "a. - appFoss e !lss sseommeada.
annaal nseting of ~ 1esssse ef lawby the lie:
i :sss y csss 4 q s Y S .: ss e e.
eE a. granting n refusing icenees for the sale Of
likely q asise the friends ~ lenperance than any