Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-02
Obituaries.


ORION CLARK. Pew worthier men have lived
and died In the neighborhood of Montpelier than
| Mr. Orion Clark. whose death we record Thu
week When but two years old, his father-Mr.
| Alden Clark-moved from New Salem to Mont
| pelier, and pitched upon the Nat Cutler farm
then wild lot Being one of fourteen children
| Orion struggled, as best he could, through ms
minority, and subsequently located more thai
| fifty years ago, on the place where he has ever
| since resided, just above the mouth OF Jones
Brook, in Berlin. Some thirty-fve years since
in that remarkable local freshet on the stream
| where MS nnii was located (eauseu ny tnc dream
| lng vi clouu on the mountain "ooNe| oo''' '''
O"rk ana u Mr h'stihah, VINO WIS W "orh WIZ
MN III the mill, were swept down stream ny w
deluge. Inc latter was drowned, mt MT ohf
hau u miraculous escape WINE gong uo"'
with the Hood, and looking Tor instant DEATH III
claimed to have experienced change oil near
ana MS whole subsequent liie attested tue GEM
| 'nehess Oh MS conversion. soon aiter ne nnieeu
WIN the congregational church III M'ddlesex' ah'
maintained u consistent membership I'LL ms death
MIR. CLARK was also Tor many years very DECIDED
ana consistent friend OF temperance ana "pponeh
OF slavery 30 strong were MS convictions II
THESE regards that he desired none but genuine
temperance men To pear MN 10 MS BURIAL aho
never snhii we forget now uniformly the late MT
Genus "oou' VINO hau lor many years oecn n''
co-laDorer IN the anti-siavery cause fouhd MI.
Olark annual contribution OF hNe uolidrs ialu
asiue anu III readiness 10 alu the cause vi th'
| freedmen. III early lie MI clark married Harriet
iutchins' daughter oil the .late solomon i'utcninS
Oh M'uuleseN' VINO survives hlm' as 40 three :"
.nelr Tour children' vi MS iathers fourteen
cniiuren iour Drothers ana one sister are ye' NV
ihg-amohg whom are MT oaiVih N Oiark' oi oV
| hpans ana MIS- Lyman u. camp, OF thls NhiaRe'
THOMAS PRENTIs After having outlived all Of
| his contemporaries, and seen them disappear one
after another, this good old man has at last gone
to his rest. Thomas Prentis was born in Weathers-
field, this state. His father who was one OF the
first settlers of that town. was descended from the
best blood of New England He possessed a
strong mind and that sterling integrity which
characterized the pioneers of orr state. At that
day opportunities for schooling were very limited
books were scarce; there was hard work to be
done on the farm Yet with all these dlihculue'
young Prentis early exhibited that taste Tor read
ing reflection and honest investigation which
furnishes the key to his character through lie
we soon ma MN engaged IN stern DEBATE VIII
the leading minds OF that day, and handling qnes
tons with an ability far beyond his years very
soon after his removal TO Waitsheld we iind MN
Killing offices OF trust in town. and also repre-
sentative IN the general assembly oil the state ahu
acknowledged by all as man Oh no ordinary en-
dowments. Here we find him Mt the FORK OF two
roads; the one tanned by the popular breeze, lee
to places OF honorable distinction; the other u
unpopularty, insult and disgrace. 1t was at The
dawn OF that anti-slavery sentiment which has
since agltated the country from center 10 cireum
ference Mr.. frents III obedience 10 the mgr
mandate oil conscience chose the iatter road liz
fully ldentlhed himself with That desplsed band
aoolitonlsts who believed That the Immortal dec
iaration mat all men are created Tree ah'
! equal was appIcabe TO the Dlack man as well ~
the white Here was an ample hed Tor the eNer
c'se vi MS vast reasoning powers r"n''ps MN