Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-27
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LOCAL lNTELLIGENCE
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF BRATrLEBoRo. We
have received the Auditors report giving state
ment Of the financial condition of the town at the
present time. 1t appears that the receipts from
all sources, including S13S7 balance in the treas
ury at the commencement of the year, were So
526.OG; and that the expcn ditures have been 81
Al4.25, including S2,26000 on account of the
Town house, and SOIL ,25 on account Of money
borrowed the previous year. The auditors recon-
mend tax Of SO per cent on the list of 1868, for
town purposes, (Which is 10 per cent less than the
tax Of last year, and highway tax Of 20 per cent
County COMMISSIONER. will be seen by the
following note that Mr.. Wheelock declines the of
fee Of County Commissioner under the LIQUOR law
NEwFANE, Feb. 23d, 1858.
Mr.. EDITOR notice in your paper of last week
my name is mentioned ms n candidate for the office
of Commissioner. Grateful for every expression Of
confidence | respectfully decline to have my name
used in connection with that office.
Yours Respectfully, EMORY WHEELocK.
Town MEETINGs.-On Tuesday next meetings
will be held in the several towns in this State for
the election of town officers the transaction of town
business and the election ola County Commissioner
We invite cur friends in the several towns in
this county to send in the names of the town Off
GERS elected, the amount of town and highway tax
voted, and the number of votes given for Countv
Commissioner. By so doing the, will confer n ia,
vor not only on us but on those who wish to sec a
full and accurate list of town officers in the county
RETSREMENT OF A VETERAN LAwYER-At the
February Term of the Supreme Court for this
county, which ended n Monday Of this week, the
Hon. VIM. c. Bradley, in fulfllment of long cher
ished purpose, retired from the practice of a pro-
fesson in which he has been engaged for more than
half century, and from all connection with the
Wiadham County Bar of which he has been q
prominent member for ffty-six years.
Mr.. Bradley is a native Of this county He stud
led law with his father who was one of the abest
attorneys in the State and her first Senator in Con-
gress. Admitted to the bar in 1909, he at once
took front rank in the profession of which he has
since been at the head. As statesman also Mr..
Bradley has won many laurels. lie entered Con-
gress as n member of the House Of Representatives
at the extra session called by Mr. Madison in 1872
He received several elections until near the close
of Adams administration in ls29.
During the whole of his professional life Mr..
Bradley has secured and maintained the respect
and confidence Of his brethren at the bar. Hence
his retirement from an arena in which he has long
stood ms the acknowledged champion was deemed
by his associates event that should not be pass
ed over in silence. They felt that it would be not
only appropriate but incumbent upon them to give
some fitting expression to the sentiments they en-
tertaned towards their venerable brother The
matter left in the hands of Committee con-
slsung OF [. ". Davenport, II. W. Clarke, ana Geo
B. Kellogg, who decided in accordance with what
was believed to be the wishes Of the bar, to give
supper to Mr.. Bradley on the occasion of his re-
tirement.
Accordingly, on Friday evening of last week the
members of the bar, with their distinguished guest
and the Court, sat down to a sumptuous entertain
ment at the Windham County Hotel in Fayetteville
About forty plates were laid all of which were
filled. c. X. Field occupied the chair, with Mr.
Bradley on his right and Chief Justice Redheld on
his left. Next were seated the remaining Judges
of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the County
Court, after which came the members Of the ban
and officers of the Court. Suitable time and attcn
ton having been devoted to discussion of the edi
bles provided, Mr.. Kirkland, from the committed
appointed for the purpose Offered the following res
olutions;
Resolred. That we, the members Of the Windhan
County bar have heard with grea, regret the
mcnt made to Us by the Hon. VIM. G. Bradley of hi,
withdrawal from the further practice of the Law AN,
his retirement altogether from professional life; an,
that we cannot consstly with the respect we owe I,
ourselves on the happening Of such an event. which
takes ron us one whom We have long regarded ~
brother and ather-as the Ncstor of our frnternit,
permit such an occasion pass without expressing
to nm the high regard We entertain for him, both
| a man and Il LAWYER,
ResOlred That the members of this bar hereby ten
der Ia tile Hon. W IN. G. Bradley their hearty thank
for the kindness and courtesy he has ever manifested
in his professional intercourse with them; esnecioll,
| would ihey thank HIM for the encouragement and a
he has always shown to the young and inexperience
Practonrr ut his outset in proessonallilc; that Will
thus thanking him for these manifestations which
well exhibit the bencyOIencc of his heart they wouL
also thank him for that professional conduct with whic
he has always upheld the dignity and decorun Of til
bar, and which have contributed so much to Great
anl n1lhlaln ITS present position; and for those ex
hibitions OF professional ability which have both sls
tanned, ana added to, its legal reputation.
HesolfeL, That we now with great regret part wit
me Hon, VIM {. Bradley, and in taking our leave q
.' q" ~ ii"9 'uNel NJ leaNe oil us we cordially as
sure him of our best wishes that his future DAYS ma
be as distinguished Tor their tranquil happiness as hi
past have been for the untiring industry and emner
aDllty with which he has ever discharged the prole
sional duties devolying upon him.
In response to these resolutions Mr.. Brade
made speech in which he briefly alluded to hi
long professional life, giving his brethren muc
credit for the generous assistance they had render
ed him during the long period of his infrmity. /
succinct manner he sketched the appearance an
character Of the several Chief Justices of the 81