Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-06

citizens to IA seat in the House of Repre-
sentatives, as the Representative from
Coventry in 1862 and 1868. He was a
ready dcbater and Il good Parliamenta-
rian having been previously to his enter
ing the Ministry, one of the assistant
ters of education, and was placed at the
head Of the committee on that subject and
was instrumental in securing several val
liable additions to the school laws. In
1864, 1865 and 1866, he was Chaplain -of
the Senate.
In 1860 he was appointed a member of
the Vermont Board of Education, and
held that position until the present year,
when Rev. j. Isham Bliss, of st. Albans,
was nominated as his successor His
labors in many departments of the cduca-
tional cause have been Of great benefit to
the State
lie was an enthusiastic and untiring
laborer in the cause of temperance, seek
ing every opportunity to promote it, and
was identified with the order of Good
Templars in this State. and had been its
presiding officer for nearly three years.
lie devoted all his energies to its welfare
and promotion, never sparing his strength
or labors. in the cold of winter or the
heat of summer, visiting the several
/ lodges and going hare and there deliver
/ ing addresses, aud gathering together
bands Of this important auxiliary 10 the
Temperance cause amid the hills and val
lies of our State, and the thousands who
compose that institution will bless his
memory and reverence his name as
! household word To Pliny IL White the
/ friends of temperance H. Vermont owe
debt of gratitude that should long la held
in remembrance.
He bad been diligent student in many
| departments of study, and won for him
/ self an enviable reputation as a writer.
| He was a regular contributor to the Con-
grel ational Quarterly, Boston Recorder,
Brattleboro Record, Rutland HERALD,
/ Burlington Free Press, Barton Standard
and Newport Express. He had a fertile
non and welded # with great rapidity and
I industry. We are not able al the present
writing TO give an entire list of his
publications. but give a few which we
call to mind
Life and Services OF Mathew Lyon.
History of Coventry
A sermon on the Death of Abraham
Iinco,,,
Tia Ar,af. y; s.l.,n VI
History Of the CONGREGATIONAL cbnrob
in Orleans County.
-History of Newspapers in Orleans
County
A Centennial Sermon on the Tooth
Anniversary Of the Organization of the
Congregation Church at Westminster,
Vt, and a sketch Of its Native Minis
ters.
Life and Services of Jonas Galusha.
Life and Services of the late Will
liam c. Bradley.
Biographical Sketch of Hon. The
ophllus iierrngton.
The above are all IN pamphlet form
The Geography and History OF Yer
mont hy } H. Hall, LID, also the Con-
Stltntlon OF the United states, with Notes
ana Questions by finy u. Whlte'
RACES 2'V.
Ir. hlte was an honorary member OF
the New England historic ana uehealoSi-
cal society ana corresponding lneinoer OF
he''Fiy "'i Ino 'i'S'o'io''' ''o''ie.i'S III MS
country ne WIS a'So one oi '''o trustees
VI ''i'' eiinon' ''''e i'.oi"iy' anu
trustee "i Ni''iuieo'ry ooiie5e'
i"' '"'''''"'y' o',s'oo " h'S''' u I>i's
h'd been eoh''''ea upon ''''f pS ,Aihnpfs'
ami Mid"'cn"rS 'oii's's' ''''' 'i'o
"erSity 81 vermont
lie i"aHos wife ana two chiidreh'
daughter who graduated ut Illdcn Semi
nary last commencement with the mgh-
est horrors, ana = son, Il bright iad OF some
- years VINO ihhefitS ana oe'eiopeS
many % ms '"th'r uSc'nl ana s'ndlo"s
qualities.
Thus has closed useful and valuable
life i'll the full vigor OF manhood, appar-
emily by the overtaxing of the brain,
which brought on a sudden paralysis. We
cannot more tersely express the character
of the man and his services, than by an
extract from brief paragraph made by
Mr. Earle of the Barton Standard, in the
"IIe was remarkable man, both in the
extent of his knowledge, and the readi-
ness with whiah he could apply it on all
occasions. He was a walking encyclo-