Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-12-11
Tribute TO the Memory OF the Late
Thomas Hammond. of Crown
Point. n. "
Friend after friend departs,
Who hath not lost a friend ?

Went down in the "Nille du Havre !"
How startling; how horrible, sounds
that combination OF few words. And
when it comes home to the hearts Of a
people, as it has in this case to the peo-
pie of Crown Point, it is fraught with
intensest horror, and carries with it, not
only bleeding hearts to the venerable
father, the affectiOnate mother, the no.
BILE and distinguished brother, the ami
able and accomplished sisters and more
distant relatives, but a whole community
is plunged into deep mourning-a COM
munity who loved Thomas Hammond
whose hearts had been instinctively
drawn to him by his many virtues; his
amiability, his kind, generous nature.
Thomas Hammond was universally be-
loved and admired by his entire acquaint-
ance; we doubt if a living human being
bore him malice we know, if there was
such an one, that malice was without
cause.
Judge Peckham and other distinguish
ed men bore him company to that great
watery tomb. Judge Peckham had
achieved fame-Thomas Hammond did
not desire it; his noble nature was far
above the selfish desire. ITO do good
and to communicate, " in his own modest,
unassuming manner, was enough for one
so supremacy unselfish as he. No greater
heart went down in the Vile du Havre
than that of Thomas Hammond; no
greater heart ever beat in the human
breast, and in the heart lies true great
ness.
Went down in the "Ville du HaYre!"
This noble man, his amiable and ac-
complished wife and three innocent,
light-hearted and most promising child
rem i0eat doton !" and a whole COM
munity mourns.
''God doeth all things we'll" Yet,
truly, His ways pass human understand
ing.
Mr.. Hammond was a man in the prime
and vigor of life, educated, intelligent,
amiable, and and possessing rare business
qualifications, the strictest integrity, and
character as pure, unblemished and
spotless as the virgin snow. Ever active,
earnest, open hearted, and pure minded;
generous almost to a fault eminently
industrious and assiduous in his attention
robustness affairs, he had for many years
conducted chiefly the extensive bust
ness of his aged father, Chas F. Hammond
ESQ.,, donor of our magnificent, soldiers
monument.) lie was until recently a
member of the staunch and reliable
mercantile, business and manufacturing
firm of Hammond 81 Co., or J. & T.
Hammond. He was a reliable and eff
Gent director III several business and ii
nancial corpora ions, man whose judy
ment and careful foresight always
brought him into special notice and
prominence in all business enterprises
with which he b came connected.
His active and persistent effort and as
siduous labor in assisting his father in
perfecting the list of our dead heroes,
for that noble and cherished gift to our
town, the soldiers monument, demon
strated the sympathy and veneration in
which he held the services of those who
bore arms in the late civil war. Courage
was not wanting to have taken him
among them, but both himself and his
brother could not be spared.
He was valuable adviser and coop
orator with his brother, General Ham
mond, in several important enterprises.
Among those for which we are largely
indebted to him is the opening of this
northern region to railroad communica-
ton. Perhaps no two men contributed
more to that result than they.
At his death he was heavy stock
holder in that extensive corporation, the
Grown Point Iron Company.
AS a townsman he was kind, obliging,
generous, often helping his neighbors
through their embarrassments by finan-
cial aid which they could not obtain cleo
where.
Mrs. Hammond was most estimable.
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