Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-01-31
TILE MEN OLE VERMONT.

THE MEN OF VERMONT
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OF biographical sketches OF inc Men OF YER
mont which are interesting and valuable
/ We copy the following on the late
ouARtps PAINE
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surviving SUI -'u''ya KIT w. -, l,,,' Ia
w,uriy Enown as .'Ju,ca pI'ot'',I'' t q
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o'a' t s,enIaIu "eu'V", WINS I 80,
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ia,.a istz 49, I.,s,ar in providence
peI aJ ,iioJ ~, ~, al, s,o nor boyin,
- - 49, ,,ion,s ard ,co,irornonts
oo,,aI T., ,I,a., chts k,,,hors
iCu,n,gs p,1yy no bi,,oortb Governor
,r vor,,o,,t ,,,s Tho hid SON and was born
n, yv;iiiaa,s,o,a,, j., ,Lo County ~ tr,r,o
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N.n ieoo al .,..I,.,od H. teoo o., la.
,.a.a C'tls,.a Nt,s,aot,,.o,,. ,,1.oro bis c,,h.
- - ~ IL hr,,t,ors al Moo, r,ro,io,s.
In, oJno,,od
IL di5 M, s,,dr ,,r o. ,,r,c.s.io, Inn, i'm
,,,,I;,,,i, ar,or ,,,j,,ti,n ,,rncJ HE alton
49,. H., 'c',,,,,ia,, Lr.iross 4, ,yhich
l,is c,,hor had lana, heo, or,o,cd A man of
bis eror,, ,,lonts'o,d bnsincss ott,inmonts
,,.. ~ 80 ey s,,o,osscI
Ito ro,reson,ed rho town oe Nortbfold in
tho General Assprblv of Vcrmopt in 1928
and 1929
In 1s95 At tho ea,lv are oc tbirtv-six. he
was n c,ndidato for Tho oHco of Governor.
lint yas p,successGL He,yas again the can.
didato nj tho V,bi, Party ror This office in
19t1 and rocoived n rln,alitv vote Of the peo-
Mo and wa. subsoooentlv elected by the Lev
i.1,ture in ioint assembly and was reelected
i,18A2 bva majority of t5e ponular vote at
tbc close or nj. second term he declined re-
eloc,i,, /, 1su ,oncb orn,sition was man.
;c,s,od thin, hotbi, ,ho rrbIic n,i,ts and
anon, tho nco,Ie nm account Of his are. he
hoi,g nj that time tho voungcst man who had
ever been monument candidate for that Of
fce and Win a singlo execution. and that
ono ~ ,,e sa,,,o oqc l. the vo,n,cst man that
has eyor fIled ,bc otice of Cioyernor of Yer.
mont
THO most i,,cortort moi. of his admiristra-
t.c-
Hou was Tue rg.'s'oH VI tue avs III i'''' ''i,'
10 '"c "1 "U i"S'' 10y "u''" ''A pa! ~
a"""e" w u'u"'' '''u ''' VI ''''''
PeISou"' property '"e "''., wing Wy '"''"
ana TO pay taxes only on lnr oalahoe - pre-
No"S 10 TINS u'"e 'ney MA" zee" '1S's''0 ,o'
tne "hoI'-ano"h' Oh 'hHlI personal proper y q
hoss--"hu mus 'he Ht"'e' I'D ""'"oe ,'SS ''-
stances l"'"'y 'eoe'''U taxes u" we S"'''
properly twice
nu' Ola.les "'ue 'euusiGI ~, ,''o'o l'',,
poi'anI service TO 'ne 'l"'e ,n'i' ne C'"'u ''
ne n'u h'eu 'ne Euoena'o''ai cna' 'o' me-
!"' uo was '"' P'o"'et "' wen Hs ''' u''''
important man I'D the construction Oh 'ne
hai'toHd- oil vermont As such' especial
~ 'uo o'"lo may DC P'ou" VI n'', as suou
ne was TO the o'a'e ltS greatest oenc''c'of
ana as Sucn nus name VIII descend 10 pos'eii'
" among 'HoSe u ner most INDUSTRIOUS o'''-
IN ms
l"'ouen us ln"uchce' iho' 'u"n VI any
o'hef' without question: was me Cuar'et OF
tne y erhoh' Oeh'ra' h0"toAu oo'|'neu, anu
tne ho@u 'ucceSS'0l! co.nPIe'eu'-o' inns
Ooi poiauoh ne was inc n''t IIeSlaehV'-
Hm"u' uouo', "'so, 'ne eI"oht anu lana
u" ma, ,loau' tho n1,n pay" ana ST. Law
rene haItoau' anu sno o8uo"soulg nan
rbo Chsrter If tbe OIJenslnry Railroad
,,,a,;d..d th., ,,loss NV n certain dnv there
:, - ~ ,,i,,'r .r,.nnt If stock should be
snhscr;bed Il should be forfeited and void. -
The friends of the road. after cxerting every
nervc To obtain the reoui.iic amount, found
at the last day. hat thew were deficient 10
subscriotions tc the amount of one hundred
Thousand dollars. and had given up all as
last when Governor Paine. although he had
.nr,yiou.ly been A taker Of the stock to a
heavy amount. placed his name in the subj
scrintion hook assumed the entire balance.
saved tho charter and secured the con.
The last act OF Governor PANE lie was
. the exploration OF southern houte Tor "a
Cihc Railroad. II was a glganuc PROJECT, buI