The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-08
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Mr.. Hyde never arrogated anything to
himself He was not ostenatious plain
or man never lived. His ordinary dress
was grey business suit, and he varied his
personal appearance so little as to escape
notice. He had n strong aesthetic sense
and sought to surround his family and home
with everything beautiful, but with no pur-
poses of display or lavish expenditure. His
influence in the family circle was unlimited.
He was the interested and discriminating
friend of every member of his household;
no restraint or fear marked the sentiments
of his children toward him; he was their
confdant as well as their counselor.
The following is the estimate of one who
is perhaps better fitted than any other to
speak of the peculiar graces of his domes-
tic life, in which he was in a certain sense
excluded from the Judgment of strangers.
His son Il. J. Hyde in a private note says
of him ut is his domestic portraiturc
which presents him in his most natural at
titude. 1t was in his own family circle
where his cXcellencies appeared most con-
spicuous. Here h. was loved, honored,
trusted, worshippcd almost to idolatry. He
ruled. not with rod of iron, but sought
continually to fan the flame lighted by af-
fiction, and was careful to demand nothing
inconsistent with reason
He delighted in the duties Of hospitality.
"The latch string is always out was an
oft-repeated and hearty assertion to all
whom he had once welcomed to his board
Thanksgiving season was always one Of
rare delight to the throng he was wont to
gather about him, and always when about
to dispense, the prc-cmptory invitation to
his guests to meet with him the following
year was promulgated.
| Inc al for hat al aI pir
cle that vacant chair, that living presence
which blessed and gloriied every work of
his beloved home, now darkened forever
by the gloom of his going thence
Araunah w. Hyde was married twice.
His first wife was Miss Sarah Andrews.
daughter of Rev. William Andrews of
Cornwall, Conn, to whom he married Feb.
10, 1885. She became the mother OF three
children, all of whom died in infancy. She
died Jan. II, 1910. June 4, 1874, Mr..
Hyde was married second time to Miss
Mary L. Russell, daughter Of Hon. David
Russell of Salem n. Y, who survives him.
BY his second marriage MIR Hyde had five
children four of whom are still living viz. {:
Russell w. Hyde, Edward Jackson Hyde,
Aida Lansing Hyde, and Sarah Elizabeth
Hyde. The second son James Kilbourn
Hyde, died in October 1878.
Hyde were peculiarly distressing. Leaving
his home in the morning of the fatal acct
dent in exuberant health and spirits, halt
an hour after he had passed through the
village so joyous and happy he lay upon Il
strange couch virtually dead man as far
as earthly matters are concerned. Re-
morselcssly that tremendous agent of de
structon swept down upon the frail car
riage with its onored occupant, about
whom so many dear hopes still clustered,
and with merciess stroke dashed the one to
smallest fragments, the other to insensibil-
ity and ultimate DEATH
Perhaps mourning and tears are all un-
, fitting; perhaps we should rejoice that with
but momentary suffering he passed from
us forever; perhaps a merciful God order
ed that long and useful lite should SC
round up its limit that We might cherish his
memory at its best.
Words do not suffice. 1t remains fol
Vermonts marble in its embodied purity
and enduring strength to fifty typify anC
perpetuatc the memory of Araunah Water
r man Hyde. NJ. \. W.
Castleton, Oct ), 1874