Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31
FREE PRESS FRIDAY MORNING OCTOBER 81, 1879
Vermorter. in Chicago.
Correspondence iicr.ll mIG.,.e.

NcrmonicIs are 81 important clement in
the population q! Chicago. This statement.
think, can hcPr"ycn by thy Vcuuontcrs
themselves,
/ The Ncrmont,r, sincerely believe, poses
scs more Of the Spartan patriotism tn the
native of any other State In evidence Of
which, witness that they have in this city
and State an organization known as the
Illinois Association of the Sons Of Yer
mont, the only one Of the Eastern States
which has such an organization, for the pur-
pose Of %rllius tnscth,raui rcyivin@. in Il
iraicrnal spirit. memories of the "Grccn
Mountain state and cvprc-Sin. their never
DIVING regard and kindly remembrance of lis
hills and valleys and institutions and It's good
and noble people wlo were the ancestors of
/ the SON of Vermont. scattered over the
/ country.
Wcmect the Ncrmpnlcr among orr veal
/ thicst and most cntcrprisn- business men
and among the leading men in the p:ofcs-
/ Sons. But must commence the mention of
/ few notable crlnontcrs- the object 0fthis
. communication. Wen, the Grsi mention
Will he Of one of the iirst and most efficient
presidents the association ever had AMI one
OF its most efficient promoters AMI one Of the
/ most notable Nermortcrs in Chicago. the
HoN. HOMER y. HIEHltp.
/ The old settlers in Rutland who had bust
hess with the postollicc will remember his
/ genial and pleasant face and courteous man
mcr as assistant postmaster; also remember
/ him as II law student in the Office Of j. C.
: Dexter for two years. lie is q native Of
Bethel, and was born in 1S2i-now about
iiity-fivc Years Of age. lie came of the good
old New England stock on both sides. and
Will say just here. he has fully maintained
the high character oi his parcniage and an
cCstry, and perhaps | may say. added a new
lustre. Ills ancestry may hc traced back for
two and a half centuries in New ENGLAND and
no stain upon the records against il. pre-
sumo there may he some now living who
will remember liS mother, Il oman of SUI
pcrior native cndowmcnts, high culture and
refinement, and Possessed of literary at
tainmcnts; who died When Homer was hut
five years old.
/ Like most Of the yuuns men who have
Subsequently been known to fame and filled
/ positions Of trust and honor he was reared
/ on Il farm was educated in the common
I schools, ut Randolph Academy, CaStlctcn
/ Seminary. and finally Vermont University
the latter an institution which NAV pOint
with pride to the many young men il has
sent ont, who have become useful and hon
ored citizens, and often eminent mcnin after
1 years. lie graduated with high honor in
1880, ina class of Young men. many Of whom
have since become distinguished in the
different callingS in life. Young IIih-
lardS parents. not having the urc,s-
slry means To give him such an education as
he Was ambitious 10 possess he deter
mined To- obtain it by his own efforts. and
/ 10y teaching and other means paid his way
and, essentially, educated himself Il self
made man and well made the highest com
pliment that can he paid to any one. After
graduating he became principal Of the Bur
1 lington High School, in which capacity hc
served two years with credit To himself ard
satisfaction 10 his patrons. He then entered
the Dana law school of Harvard college.
where he remained until the Spring of 1858.
when he returned to Burlington to read law
with Governor Underwood for time. where
he was admitted to the bar and removed to
Chicago the same year in company with his
law Schonlcompanion, now Judge John y
Jameson, with whom hc formed partner
ship and entered upon the practice of law.
In 1854, for some reason. they moved to
Frccport, ILL.,. and entered upon practice
While there hr filled the positions Of prcSi-
dent. of the beard "f-,c;lucltion master in
chanccrN, and city attorney; in the latter
capacity hc drafted the city charter and re-
viSed and published the city ordinances.
which constitute the basis of the city govern
mcnt row Il was while there that he mar
ricd Miss Jane Noble daughter of the Hon.
VIM. Noble Of Burlington Il lady Of excel
lent attainmrnts and gentle and admirable
character. In lSC0. he returned to Chicago
and again formed partnership with Mr.
Jameson, who had preceded him from Free
port, under the firm name of Cornell. james
on y llibbard, and continued until 1865,
when Mr.. Jameson was elected 10 the bench
of the Superior Court of Chicago. lie then
formed another partnership Undetermined
until 1871. In January 1870 upon the au-
pointment of Chief Justice Chase to the Su-
preme bench Of the UnitCd States he was
appointed by Hon. Thomas Dummond. Dis
triCt judge of the United States Cuurt-ap-
pointed without his solicitation Register in
bankruptcy Il position he has since filled
with signal ability and to the entire satisfac
tiou of the bar and all interested. All these
facts in connection with his career in the
West in his profession mention, To- show TO
his friends East that he has been an unusu-
ally useful and a..iiu-- ....l ------f-T. .5rycI
in all the capacities in which he has served
the people. He is an able lawyer, faithful
friend, man Of high attainmcnts. an honor
able, upright and genial gentleman who is
highly esteemed by all who know hint
But this is not all. Aside from the prac-
tice of his profession and whatever pertains
To it, he holds several places of trust in CON
nection with religious, charitable, education
al, business, and other institutions. lie is
president Of the board of trustees of the
Presbyterian church at lly,lcpark. where he
resides; vice president of the Academy of
Sciences life director Of Dearborn ObseIva-
tory; treasurer of the State Natural History |
Society; director in National bank Of Il |
linois in the Union HYDE and Leather Co. /
in Oak Woods Cemetery Association irlIs-
tee Of Vermont University and of Lake For
est University; vicc-prcsdcnt of the Amcri-
can insurance company Of Chicago and WAS
formerly connected with the publication of
the Im0IcGH Lar R,gjst,r in all cf which
relations he is active and useful and besides I
all these things he is devoted Ncrmoutcr.
which points the moral and adorns the .
talc'-so far as Homer n IIbbard is CON
cerncd-l set out to tell about "Ncnaou;crs I
in Chicago
Still another Nermontcr who has made a
mark here in Chicago and risen to ,iisiinc- /
ton. came from Il well known Rutland /
county family, | alludc 10
FENNk IITUEET