Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-29
The Late Us. d. Taylor.

pleasure the main portion of feeling obltu-
ary. prepared by his late editorial associate
Col. Clarke of the St. Adams Messenger;
His long service for the rublie as
teacher, his shorter and more recent deso-
ton to their interests as an editor OF tnis
journal, his public spirit, his warm-hearteu
interest in everybody's welfare, ana iast
and greatest. his literary labors and ms
noetic genius combined to make Mr.. Taylor
a man Of more than ordinary prominence
and to give him place in the esteem anu
affections of every appreciative person,
which many men of more noise and greater
nush have failed to obtain, and which, now
that he is gone, is filled with sense OF
tenderness amounting TO phbllc grief.
And vet. We think his deserts were greater
than his rewards. for his retiring DISPOSE
tion his aversion TO combat and his dlstaste
for the iron walks of business had kept nm
aloof from those circles on which the pup
lie eve rests most and other men have Deen
endowed with offices and honor and have
achieved wider literary renown whose
foundations were really not so wide ana
deep as his.
lie was best known as a teacher, having
followed that profession with eminent sue
cess for nearly thirty wears. In his lnstruc-
pliclt confidence, associates gave him t helr
friendship and pupils their affection ana re-
spect How often, since he retired from
the profession, have We known his Oh stu
dents to make pilgrimages TO see HIM, ana
how many times have We heard him rejoice
| over the success of this one and that, or IL
news came that some boy who might nave
been in his school had turned ont badly,
| have we seen him con the past and at length
hoard him saw. Well, thank God, he was
no scholar of NINE" He felt the gravity
of his professional responsibility and IN the
consciousness of having done good work
well. he realized the happiness OF reward;
He was an earnest advocate OF the cause oil
| education and always took the llvellest IN
tereSt in it until he finally gave
it M for journalism, and even then
he recognized that he had only en-
tered in charge of another department
| Of the same great school. To his Alma
Nh he cave the affection Of dutiful son
and while the great and good men with
whom he was associated there were sub
iects of his pride. he yet felt that the M
yersitv had only begun her renown. lie
/ asnired for her a. much as though officially
connected with her work and it will be re
membered to his honor in alter years-aye,
| II i beginning to be already. for the great
object has been attained-that in a year Of
preiudce and at the risk OF dcri-lon anu
| obloquv, he plead in most amusing but elo-
ouent numbers before the associated alumni
| for the admission of women 10 the advan-
tares of higher education. The event
came. even before he thought, and when the
news was received of the successful entry
and decorous department OF the hrSt lazy
student. his heart was gladdened a. mueh
as though he had been watching her with
! paternal interest. IT.
Mr.. Taylor's experience IN journalism
was :, brief. and came not until hard life
wi and incipient disease had already in
| canacitated him for its seyerest tOll, that 1t
AID not afford him either the pleasure or
success which his aspirations or his ability
would otherwise have won. lie gave TO II
his unhagging devotion, but 1t was TOO
hard it, drudgery was too unremitung, IT.
conflicts too stormy, it. burdens too heavy
and its rewards TOO light. But IN IL ne
ave himself to the public and sought 10
make every mans pathway smooth. De
vnted 10 his friends. and devoted above all
tbings IN neace. he stunned the discussion
| Of ali that led to controversy and often eX-
messed his amazement at the iron-elad IN
difference with which other men IN public
life would receive the darts of interest, envy
malice or revenge. lie loved the SUMMER
way and always felt bound to extract me
gall from whatever came before him. lie
had no gall himself. Public meetings he
remained away from. Political eomblna-
tions could not count him IN. Let " be
men and brethren, seemed TO be ms larg'
desire. and all work together, overlooking
mpcb and forriying more" \ man OF
peace. he has found it at last. ami lew men
find it till they 90.
IL was a. a poet that Mr.. Taylor ought q
be and will be the longest remembered
That be irGs poet and better one than
many who have published volumes, those
who knew him intimately need not 70 be
| told. All his mental cast. all has Ineilna-
tons. every desire of his heart partook Of
that roseate hue, that lofty inspiration, that
sweet and tende, love Of the beautiful and
the true which distinguish the poet from
the man of the world Endowed with NJ
common stock Of wit, he often ohscured L
the casual reader the deeper and grandei
meaning of his lines with superficial pleas
antry. but whoever reads them twice tand
they will bear reading many tmes) dlS-
covers n depth and carneStneSS oil feeling
and a moral inspiration which reveal the
true poet. He never published collection
and As often a. asked replied di>paraglnsly
!
way into the local press. His longeSt-and
probably his representative poem. the
Yankee on the Wars published in fall IN
the Vermont Historical Gascfeer.
Mr.. TAYLOR was born in Champaign. \.
Y. Oct. 9TH, ISIS. 81 be was IN his 18th
year He was the eldest son of DR.. iona
than and A-enath Little Taylor, and hi
death Is the first that has broken their fam
ilv circle. His venerable father now lin
gers on the brink of the grave, at daugh-
ter's home in Shelburn. but his mother, =
years of age, Is noted for the health, spirit,
energy and unimpaired mental faculties
which the mothers more than the children
of this generation can exhibit IN old age
One brother. Joseph W. Taylor of this
place. and two sisters (Asenath Mrs
| Joel Bartlett of Shelburn-and sophie
Mrs Edward \ Smith of st. Albans)
survive. In childhood and youth, though
possessed Of a irail organism, Dorsey ws-
| active. ambitious and remarkable for
scholarship. Removing with his parents
at an carly age to Georgia, he there pre-
pared for college under the late President
Pea~e and was graduated at the University
! of Vermont in $50.
During his college life and before, Mr.
Taylor practised the most rigid economy
! and helped himself much by teaching.
After graduation he went TO Montpelier
! Academy a. an assistant 10 President
| Pease. then principal. From there he went
| 10 Bradford and became principal OF brad
| ford Academy. While there he studied
law and was admitted to the bar at Chelsea
on the 18th Of June, 1915. He never
prnctised. having such love for teaching
| and being soon after attracted to good
opening at Plattsburgh, whittier he went
in lsiG and remained as principal OF Platts-
burgh Academy for fifteen years. In lo6l
be came to st. Adams and became principal
of Franklin County Grammar School and
| the public schools of this village. ms
| position, with the exception OF short IN
| terval. he held until the summer at iso9,
when a good offer induced him to 60 to
| Pontiac. Mich. rs principal OF the public
| schools. lie found that delightful situa-
ton. and was offered a large increase OF
| salary 10 remain but was induced by friends
to return here in July, 1870, when he
formed partnership with Albert Clarke,
purchased and consolidated the Messenger
and TRANSCRIPT. and babe farewell to school
teaching forever. lie retired from the
paper on the 23d of June last, owing to
failing health.
LocKD CAR SEArs.-The Troy Times goes
for locked car seats in this wise lie is 4
BOBBY, he is; the man who invented the
little arrangement that locks the seats OF a
car 50 that they cannot be reversed except
| by conductor or brakeman. Coming down
on the Rutland 4 Washington road, yester-
day, We saw bilious looking skeleton
making vain endeayors to reverse has seat
TO avoid riding backwards. The conductor
had no key to unlock the catch and the
brakeman had none that would fit. The
car was crowded and our pitiable bilious
friend had the alternative either OF standing
up in a iolting ear or sitting down to enjoy
spell Of sea sickness. Either this lock ar
rangement should be tabooed, or else it
should be the business of somebody to turn
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