Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-01-09

he. in a short time surrounded himself
with all thecomioris OF a New Elslanl
b lme, and soon saw numerous AMI en-
terprising sons 60 out into the world
in every dire ,tion who. never forget
ting him, now one, and gain another
OF them remained with him on the
flrm. And while oao daughter lo;at-
Ell very near him and within call
another with the truest filial devotion
remained in his home and never de-
serted the old man while lie lived.
lie had now become fortunate man,
simply because he had cons to com
| Portable circumstances. lie looked
upon the cheerful prospects resulting
from so many years OF waiting and
toll with grateful satista ,tion and hap
piness. lie looked upon his comfort
able farm, AMI little, but we'll cared
for sto,k with just pride; al1 upon
bis many sons as they came aud went {;
and it all gave immense satisfaction to
his social nature. lie saw with pleas
ure the friendly IA .eS of his townsmen,
who constantly kept him in o nee, care
fully aul honestly looking after their
interests. In 13j9-i0 he held the Office
Of Associate Judge OF Essex County
Court and saw therein a widening
circle Of pleasant aeluaintausa3 ripen-
/ ing into Lasting friendships in every
| part of tho county. For hls genial
presence was always welcome. He
saw, with ardent devotion to country
the name of the old Wing party fade
and so out, but he hailed with joy the
new Republican party with which he
always acted, with no blind devotion
to party, but with an intelligent APP
probation of its uses to the country,
as he conceived. He had reached a
point in his humble life at which he
saw with satisfaction country in
which he felt safe to leave the lives and
fortunes of his numerous ia nily. lie
saw the accomplishment Of a reason
able and humble ambition. He saw
all these things with the delight pc
culiar to age, and then he Saw
nOLhinJ. A sad accident had occurred
and all through the twilight he saw
nothing, The next day dawned to
others, but not to him. Once only
during its long hours as the sun shope
bright on the face of the old clock it
mockingly threw the familiar objects
of his home into his soul, but only an
instant, for they vanished as quickly
as they came and he went out from
the bright light into total darkness
and remained entirely blind until his
death. During the short remainder of
his life, although compelled to grope
his way along where he could almost
touch the familiar objects and ac-
quaintances of his life without being
permitted TO view them, he never lost
his cheerful and good oldfashioneCl
social humor. lie delighted to see his
old friends aud loved to live in the
past which yielded 10 him a warmer
atmosphere than most men enjoy. His
death which took place on the eve of
the 18th of Dec. last, occurred as for
tunately to him,as one could wish, for
it WIS unexpected, sudden, almost in
Simultaneous. The death of Judge Ly-
man brings not only his numerous
family but nearly all the dwellers in
the valley and in our county very
near to the shadow Of that great valley
through which he passed SO suddenly
Even kindly nature which for some
wise purpose had cast deep, long shad
ows upon him for four years, with a
: gentle hand, quickly relieved him al
last, and we all feel that the last re
representatives. of that old school of meI
who represent the pioneers of thi:
country are fast passing away, and
taking with them much of that 70
nance, hearty socialibility, STRIFE
= probity and deep indignation Of petty
and low lived chara cteristiCs, abhor
! ence of which were SO peculiar to ths
early settlers of this country and made
them SO worthy of imitation in many
things by their children, who, let u
hope, will be equally fortunate il
honest lives and happy deaths.