Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-21


to study. and thirstipg for an opportuni
to crafty his longing and intense desi
for knowledge, and at the same tin
Y being compelled to do something to gal
livelihood and pay the current expens
/. of living, he sought and obtained emplo,
, ment in printing Office here, in come
: ton with his labors, he pursued his STUD
L. les with all the ardor and perseverance
j which was part and parcel of the natur
= OF the man, and which has always cha
q acterized his efforts in whatever be hG
: undertaken.
It was while at Woodstock, engaged 8
an apprentice in this printing office, ths
he first attracted the notice and forme
the acquaintance of Judge Barrett
1t is perhaps unnecessary for me to say
in the presence of this court and this bal
that no man, at the present day, has
keener perception, or nicer Discrimination
of human character than Judge Barrett
and when by mere chance, they wer
thrown together, that learned and hon
ored jurist and warm hearted man, wa
not long in discovering the bright gen
which lay hidden behind the toll worr
face, and thread-bare garments of tn
youthful printer.
At that time as also at the present
the bar of Windsor county was composed
of a race Of intellectual giants, of such
men as Jacob Callamer, Charles Marsh
Andrew Tracy, James Barrett, Juliu
Converse, John F. Deane and Peter T
| Wash burn, and at the head of this bright
galaxy of professional talent, stood the
famous firm, of Tracy, Converse & Bar
rett. It was in this office, where the very
air he breathed was inpregnated with the
spirit and learning of Coke, Blackstone
aud Gritty, and where naught but law
| and it's kindred subjects we're ever allowed
to enter, in due time our friend was entered
as student, and here under the vigilent
eyes and watchful care of these renowned
tutors, he drank deep of that science,
which Judge Phelps once said was, from
its multifarous details, its refined dis
tinctions, and the compass and variety of
it's application beyond the grasp of any
single mind" Here, he laid deep and
broad the foundations of that fame and
distinction he afterwards attained in his
chosen profession.
The acquaintance between Judge Bar
rett and Mr.. Dewey, which began by
mere accident, ripened into a firm and
lasting friendship, which ceased only
when death decreed the separation.
When he graduated from that office. at
the end of three years of hard study and
close application, he went forth a well
trained and we)l-read lawyer, fitted and
qualified to take Loading position at any
bar a position which should at once bring
credit and profit to himself, and reflect
honor upon his noble and generous pa
irons. After his admission to the bar in
1884, he located at Wells River, in the
town of Newhnry. where he very soon
took rank a. ono Of the ablost lawyers and |
most rloqpent adgoc1t.a at the bar of that
county.
The people of Orange county were not
long in discovering the brilliant talents
If the young lawyer, and before he had
'clrcely become settled in his new quar-
IRA, they elected him to the office of
States Attorney, a mark Of confidence,
which IVES in the highest degree fatter.
ny to "a Young man in his circumstances
'ut they were not disappointed in their
nan, for so WILL and accaptably did he
discharge the duties of that responsible
flee, that he was h0nored with three sue.
e@siva elections. {
It was during his administration of the I
uties Of that office that the celebrated {
ase Of DR.. How trd WAS tried, in the man
cement and conduct Of which, he sur {
rised and astoni.e1 even his friends. bv '
he skill, learning and research he dis 7
layed; and in his eloquent and impress
Toned appeal TO the jury, in summing up a
be case for the government, he carried
curt, jury and audience, az in a whirl- L
ind, and placed himself. at a single leap. t
l the front rank of forensic orators and q
Try Advocates e
About the same time, the clse of Gree a
Dngh, an alleged fugitive from iustic, p
ON the state of Illinois, came on for "
ial, at 81 General Tenn Of the Supreme e
'urt held at Woodstock. and it fell to ii
e lot of Mr.. Dewey, IS States Attorney A
r Orange county, to argue the case on a,
half of the people. 81
The case being one of great practical
lportance. and the question a new one &C
the courts of this State. had attracted Al
ide attention, and the relafor, who was cl
man Of wealth and influence, was de- al
nded ty the best legal talent in the I'll
ate ar
The court had assembled and the case di
~ called the venerable Chief Justice th
'd6e)d presided over tho solemn sitting, co
pportod by Judges Bennett, Poland, sp
dis, Picrpoint and Barrett the Court ne
'nso was crowded with a deeply in fir
ested and excited audience, expecta-
n s'ood on tip toe, and many a heart a
ong the ola friends and acquaintances SD
the stripping advocate, almost despair I
when they saw him standing soli- me-
v and alone pi-ted against The crowd SKI
giants who were arrayed on the other Hi
e, and more especially when they saw VIC
imprpgnable battlomenta which they thi
erected, behind which they and of
ir client had t'ken mp their positions or
Sut when it came his turn to address tha
court, when they saw him arise with pre-
cool, self-oOnsoiOns power. which On
er deserted him, with that self possess thl
!, which gave ell to understand that the
vas still master of the stu 4tion, their
8 were of short duration at the end of rea
exordium they breatbed freer and feet
err, and as they watched him in his arc
yresa, with the strength of lion, he fors
down and destroyed one after another bee
he strong arguments of his adversa- I
and upon their rnins constructed an of t
nee, their fears turned to Joy and ad- seld
alton, and at the close of the trial, or q
court and bar Joined in the warmest SOU
,ratulatious. eler
at as mankind are never quite con- ton
with their lot, so Mr. Dewey, as his was
tation as a lawyer and an advocate he s
eased, naturally desired a wider field, ing
in the sFrng of 1850, he left New som
:, and removed TO the city of Roches- him
in the State of New York. and
lere he went into practice for a while, T
the code of that State, and their me- fam
of procedure in the trial of cases, fam
not at all in accord with his tastes or auri
revious training, and consequently INST
emained there only about a year, carr
] by the advice of some of his friends, on
mae TO Rutland and at once establish and
mself in practice. souo
It here. amid all the cares and per- of t
ties of a lawyers office, he could not grea
ely shake off his old habits, and as a one