Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-02-14
From the Rutland Herald.
THE MEN OF VERMONT.
is. WILLIAM sLADE.


Is. WILLIAM sLADE.
IL William Sladc the fifteenth Governor of
Vermont was born at Cornwall in the
County Of Addison and State Of Vermont,
on the 9th day Of May, 1856. '.l
~ He was the son Of Colonel William
Slade, who came from Washington, Con-
necticut, and settled at Cornwall in 1886.
Colonel Slade was an officer in the Revol-
tionary War, but how long his term of
service was, it is now, unfortunately, too
late to ascertain. The most that is known,
is, that he was taken prisoner by the
British, and was for a time, confined in
the notorious Jersey Prison Ship. During
his residence in Cornwall, he was an ac-
tive politician, and became one Of the
most prominent citizens Of Addison Coun-
ty. He repeatedly represented that town
in the General Assembly of Vermont, was
Sheriff Of Addison County ten years, and
one of the Electors of President and Vice
President Of the United States in 1912.
He died at Cornwall, in 1926, in the
seventy fourth year of his age d N''+
William Slade, the subject Of this
sketch. having finished his preparatory
studies at the Addison County Grammar
School, entered Middlebury College where
he graduated in 1907. This class, al
though numbering only seven, contained
as many, and in proportion to their num-
Der more, eminent men, than any Ameri-
can College can boast of in single class.
Among them were Ira Bascom,, afterwards
a Tutor Of Middlcbury College Req.
Nathan s. S. Beaman, ID. d.. L. L. d.,
an eloquent and learned Divine; Hon.
DANIEL a. A. Buck, Captain in the U. s.
Army in the War of 1912, Speaker of the
House Of representatives Of Vermont, six
years, and for three terms Member of Con-
gress from Vermont; Nils Puydy, a ma
tive Of Rutland, an eloquent lawyer Of
Plattsburgh, N. Y; Stephen Royce, Chief
Justice and Governor Of Vermont; the
only remaining one was OliOer G. Stewaart,
a native Of Shoreham, who was teacher
at Brandon, and afterwards went to Penn
sylvahia. '''' ''''''' '''. ~ ''''''''.S
Immediately after graduation he com,
menced the study of law in the office Of
Hon. Joel Doolittle Of Middlebury, after.
wards for many years Judge Of the 'Su.
preme Court Of Vermont. He was ad.
mittcd to the bar in Addison County in
1910, opened an Office and commenced the
I practice Of his professionain Middlebury
|" But legal practice appears to have had
for him very slight attractions. In
1914, he closed his office and became Ed
itor Of the" Cohambi;an Patriot,"a d polit.
cal newspaper printed and published al
Middlebury, and at the same time engaged
himself in bookselling and in the general
i printing business" His connection with
this newspaper terminated in lsl6--the
pressure of his official duties reluctantly
compelling him to retire from the Edito.
rial Chair. Oa ore amosocid dsg' a,nfosd
In 1915 he was elected Secretary o.
4 State Of Vermont, which Office he contin.
dI-ued to hold until S23. While discharg
ing the duties Of this Office, in pursuance
\ Of a resolution Of the Legislature, he pre-
pared and published, a most valuable
i volume, Of official documents, connected
with the early history Of this State
Vermont State Papers," being a collec
ton Of records and documents, connected
with che assumption and establishment %
Government by the people Of Vermont
containing the Journal Of the Council o
Safety, the first Constitution journal O
4 the General Assembly Of Vermont fol
} ITS, Laws from T779 toI7S6, and mucl
other valuable matter which can he OBJ
!, Etained from mo other source. Itowas ,
work of much labor, and any man nigh
! we'll abelproud TO have his reputation res
! upon that alone snsibna sid aoqg ali1s
) hio4no 1915 he was elected one Of the Jud
5 ges of the Addison County Court, and wal
continued on the kench till 1922 whenah h
3 declined To serve longer. In 1920, being
2 still Secretary Of State and one Of the Jud
4 gcs Of the County Court, he was appointed
Clerk Of the Supreme Court forlAddisor