Litchfield enquirer., 1847-12-23
NOn. AnruStnS PetfihOne.

c0nuIv, nn thtal2th Of October laSt. We puhl,Shrd brief nhiiuarv notice nf him 8, th,, time, hut he suhjpine,i communi- cation from :hn pen ofssm-in,elligent cit- izsn of Norfok, will be read wi h inter IS, hy all who knew the dece,sed, either personally Or hv r~puation. Judge Pe'> tihonc was a fine Sprcimen of a class of D p'liIirianS, StlI.>mmn. and gentlemen, nf an az" gone hv. There WIS nnthing snpprfici | in hs knowle,lge-nn trickerv nr deception tn h s political carper-n"t n Sha dow nf ii iShnncStv in his dealings with men II" was mo Iel nf unrighiness, hencvol nc". discretion, and n.S,u'iie3 pIoqu"nce. lis loss will long he fel, in community in which he lived.
 Ore nf the dui.S which the living nwe the dead, is "a record their virtues. and in very few u,>ta, "es is this duiv more m"ri'oriouslv called for than in the ease of tue d.
 Ju,lg" PkTrIBcNE, for hv ihis name he was hest known ,n Litchfield cMin'v,) WIS at the ti,pe of his death the oldest in | hahit,n' nf NnYtnlk who was born in the town His fnhcr. Col. Giles P"t,ihone, wna on'. M h" carly settlers nt the :Own. to whrh he enig'at"d from Simshurv in H.,itor,i cmInf,, where his ancestors were c,rlv settlers. Tue high ..s,im H,ion in which th" Psrt,honp tnmllv wee held by their teIi"w ri,izens. IS t>iatlSl- - rf by 'he fact by ,he father and | S"n were sent |" represent the town tn 1 lhe S'a'e Legislature nearly fifty times! the 't"Ctas''d 'hirv, inrluding two sfS- Si"ns in the S'ue Senaie, and .he father ne rl, twenty.
 l. has utin" been suhjn :t of remark, 'hn: b" Was nn,S' perfect mnirl of a re- publ can. p'Ss'>Sing n a prs'>eminent de- gree many ot 'h'S" qualities of which New En4lHnd IS pront. Though a man nt wealth anu ri's acquirrm"n's. he Was ih" most ulO~cn!,li"us we have eyer known. II waSn nppr"rchahle to the mos, hu;n' le menm of ScHiv
 Judge Pel,ihone filled many public sta titns For several years he was Judge or ! of tue County Court. and we believe held tha, respectable office nr ,'l he retired at th. age of6 In the honorable ana delicate trust of dispensing justice, he gave univer
  it aswith the regret of all who knew him and he carried with him the character of just a.a uprg1t jolge. What nobler character can be given to man
 u has ofen been regret ed by many in | this pat f the Sta'e, that the deceased; was not placed in our Aational councils in early life. fine had heen he would have refe",ed honor on the State He was well cOnStitu, ted lO make d fi'ie senatorial spea aker-c.lm grave, perSptcuou>. dignifed an,! $enlen> | lious. We ShaI! n yer forget the first lime we heard he Judge speak in public. Itwas al one of our town meetings. His delivery was peculiar solemn and gnified, and his sentences delivered with as much pres ciSiOn as if ey wee delivered by a pro. lessor Oi rhetoric from some approved an. thor: and, this when the deceaSed was well past 70 years. We really wondered how the public could have passed over the mcr- it's of such man, without avaiIing them- selves of his services. Eut, iheeJ uLgc wants ed iii one very important trait. 1mb'fiOn. lt he had only posse e>Sed this, he might have taken his place beside the first men in ih. country Tr do so, he was qualified by nature, anl by educatiOn-for he was one of of the lest read men to he found in this part of New EnyIand. So late as the last year or two of his life, he could be found reading. to late h 'ur, every evening In his u. hrary were many rare and valuable works. including mosl.'lihe Engl Sh classics, with which ne was well COnverSanl. But the Judge mad other qualities, heSdes learning anu talents, to recommend him to cLnS deraliOn in the community. He was man Ot great public Spirit-Strikingly SO. for one of his age and circumstances and this he manifested in the nest noble and iiSnter Sled manner, s N uch of the pros periy which is 50 apparent in the north part of Lilch6eld cCnmty. is owing tohis inStrn- mentality; and il IS righ, that the public should know it Most rich men al his age become very distruS,rul of o'hers-hui i' not 50 with him Where he had confidence he was noble and generous and those fine qualities were only surpassed by his deep and close penetration, which enabled him not to misplace his liherality NoI; man in the United States. ever gave the use of his anne to S,lch an extent 10 help his in- duslrious neigt bors. as Judgr Pettibone ]; and what higher character could be given of the community in which he lived. than 'J Say. that he scarcely ever met with loss by his liner,lity. But 10 enhance lhe value of those noble acts, the public should knew that they were always unraid. save in the consciousness arising from diScharg- ing his duty 10 his poorer neighbors.
 Judge PilibOn"s connections are nus mer"nS and respect able. not only in Con rect c0t hut lhrOusho ihe Uni 'n-more particularly in Western N. York. the Vest ern Reserve, and in the Southwestern States Previous to his death. we believe he was the Q desl of he rettihone stuck living, aud his departure from amongst them must sever many tender ties. He appeared like the last connecting link hetween the Past and the Present generations. To those many aud dear relatives--but more part culaIiy his aged ani Surviving partner, with whom he iivel ov:r half a century, we would ex- ie'I' our h'arttelt sympathy IT lhe irrcpar- able lnsSthey have Su tained But il mast he mos, conSoling 10 ihose survivi.g friends and relatives, to see the head of the fam ly close loRg. hon"rat.e and useful life fnll of years, amidst his family and friends H"nor 10 the memory of good and just