The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-25
TIL + CALLED OMAN,
PIoNEER ONE.


Il from the Waterman
Died, IN Derby, on Monday tho egth Of A.
.,t,l last, Hon TiHorHY liRNAH,n veteran ul
20 faithful cltzen, venerable, wolthy,
honest man lie was an ancient Land mark
io saeiety, on whom successive generations
have looked with confidence and taken their
courses anew an aged sentinel, for 90 years
u his poet, which lac was never known 10 a.
bandon, till nov, that his long term ofseyige
has cNpifrd.
AIasy, ssTy aaay, Wboss yoiiil, snd man.
hood were passed IN town ond vicinity of
Judge II and now scattered all over our wide
burdera will stop al this intelligence and be-
stow heartfelt tribute nt respect to the mem
ory OF The sterling, truthful, decided. impaf'
tai "Old Judge
Timothy nlnman was horn IN the State Of
Connecticut, July ~, l5Gl ~ the outbreak
ofthe Revolution, when bat 10 years Of aPe /
he rushed into his oouniry'a service aud stood
by her, IN tho acyercHl struggles and darkest
hours, Of that holy aud memorable conflict
~ Monmouth, under Washington, he bofe
lhe heat aud burden Of that eventual, bloody
day, aud fought with the hefoism 0f one who |
contendcd not for famc,o or for an tpAulvtte ,but
lar Ereedom. Under Wayne lac marched at
midnight on Stony nIpushcd steadily tor
ward passing port holes, whence the blazing
a,ucrles Of the startled fortress moved down
hIi comrades by plntoonu at his sidc--aud c6'
gaprd 10 share in the oEultntionH Of victory
lie was thus a patfiot, when patriotism cost
"a man all that be- had lie loved his rountfy
with un affection almost purcutaii md often,
onen have | heard hia story of her carly trials,
aad Of his own pcrilh and sacrifices, ull tpc
tcats slreamed down The check Of the war
worn soldloT. lie watched her history and
progress, with grcat rocitudc, ,and oilcn doubt
ed II the present had quite a. much of public
virtue ~ the pact, Aud especially on occa'
slons when the dignity of her public councils
had been outraged by the violence OF Ptcirn' |
drd btatcamca-t the aulcmniiy and sorrow Of
, hts discourse bctokcncd sincere, dcHpondrut
uticc He felt IL a aacfcgo 10 insult aud en- |
dHurrr ruuutry, fnr whose wrifurr uuu 7
peace, he had seen 70 many Of his county 4
men pour out their liio'a blood, such was
the Spittt oi the R-Volui,un--tI,s'-'H.s nt :
IL H. all that we have IN our day, and ruArI
can not be too deeply cherished.
-i In t7rt', Jutgr tiUmuu CuWr "a itsrhy, ,tIru :
an unbrokcn wilderness, an unorgantfcd town
on the very northern frontier OF Vermont lie
moved his family there IA l5p3. From that
time he continued a citizen aud wpr idcnthcd
vuh all the oaily history of the town, The
Incidents of Lm life aud of the early settle. |
meat his towu would 81, volume with in
lrfcst But this ~ no place for pnrtoulafa- -
ilA character deserves more cTtcndCg~ no |
uce than your space can adult.
ilc was man of rare qualities, 90 With
H,asututon Of lron aud mind OF correspond /
ing luungth, he fclcd upon himsclt He o. /
' ptniAns wero all his own--uur was II ever IA !
the gawer Of indivtdual influence or of the !
p0pularmany TO sway or control HIM It /
such considerations moved AiH Judgment or
prod aoed any effect, It might ec that which /
lula Mansfield o1rc almost contrHsrd an his
t,.u caHc-Ulthulhr against the Impression I
uurht ptoduvc bias the othrf way The /
-uc controlling Impulse OF hF nind WhsAluyr 7
90 iusticc--as a magistrate tins was lhc polar /
.iir Of his conduct ln human nature 10" Mn- [.
learned, and instmelivcly read out The Inca. |
mcuts OF iniqu,ty, no matter how iairly dis. I
flsdd or "what - goodly outside hlschood' /
iaS. knavcry fled ntiughtod from before |
L.m. and the rcctitudr of his purposes gave /
moral power to his decisions from which there
vas NJ -rrrrni
FOR ycars IN tho infaury of the settlement (
the whole law upon the "ltncs wa JutEG /
HumlnH law, aud no man count WELD 30
much discretion with greater safety. HIS
counsel settled stritr; htT judgments as mag I
isltatr upon petty crimes aud misdcmcanors
rlrucrd the trlnsurcEHor.
OF the public Offices and trusts enjoyed By |
km, one need not speak for the sake ot com.
pinrntte bis nicmory, for the pieces lac held
-Klrr far mure hnnutrd lhln hc----
In private intercourse with his ncighbors, in
the daily walk Of a long life, what nan has
lot bctterScxnmplc Let the thousauds"of
young men who have known him within the
lat eighty years, find If they can, IN lis word
" deed one solitary precedent for wrong act
Que word of profanity or of slAnder--Onc oN'
1uSe for a dshonorablo deed or model for a
-GIcinus hahit-Of pElpa!n- HputaiIan- -ha-Fg was
espccaly careful TO speak ndcvi. Tho most
hc could be made to say OF nnother's iaulte,
.Nten pressed hard.to Join in ccsutc of some |.
absent party was Hem Well, MIR --. is just
luch a man as he is, and go are you and l.'
Not ambitious, not hyaticioua, he was CON
tented and industrious. The debt Of gratitude
due TO such men can hardly be measured; aud
low that he - gone the cttzcns Of his town will
nothil 10 remember the Hnlutary influences he
-rzrrtad.- -t'hu UhHruCtcf or WnOTc toWnships
. shaped often for ages by their first settlers;
especially is this so when composed Of men
llsr judge Hinman, whose nualtiCearc all of |
positive and active kind. Instead of incu !
eating n loose aud doubtful .morality>s disrc.
tpcct for religion and its sipsttutians, an indih; |
-r7uurr 10 the cdurutiou OF chidrun, disregard I
Ct social order ,tnd rcguhrity-nnd iayiung |
settlers ofa kindred spirit 10 congrcgute and
0cury the town ,,kis genius and goodness al.
sayR carried him in the opposite direction and |
cisuch men &, oflko princplc,i 1T maybe proud. |
y said Of Derby, was her original stock made
Up.
And if there be one lesson above all others
/ to be drawn from the preccpts, and life, of I
T. their Pioneer, il ia that of pure, unsullird, un-
yielding honesty.
If all that he has said and done in his day, /
werct to speak out at once, and in word, il |
would be in the language of Wosey TO Crom.
we'll, "Be just and fear not"
His aged widow lives still 10 realize that
's,cr children shall rise up and call her bless
ed, while there are grateful hearts oil around
her, and scarcely family IN town which has
-'f7t tTud UCCdEiOn 10 TCmCmbCr her continual 4
etrands of charity. OF such of these, we are
al called upon 10 rejoice that they have lived,
'' lament that they have diodk S. b. c.