Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-10-18

a SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LEONARD RRowN.
Leonard Brown ESD. SON OF Jonas Brown, wa,
bora in Nottingham, VT, sept. -, Ism, and died
at jacksonville Sept -. 1851. leaving a sou aud
two daughters William r. Brown and MIS-. Ella
T. Marshall residing i'm Wisconsin, and Mrs. An
ma h. wife Of u. q. Taylor of jacksonville. lie
was the. last but one. Mrs Daniel Fowler. of a
family of twelve children Mr. Brown married
Lucinda Martin in 1871 They lived together II
years and Mrs Brown died July :, 1851. but tw,
months and two weeks prior To hrr husband ',
death. which took place, but two days before hi,
Ssl birthday. United in life, they were scarcely
divided in death.
Mr. Brown was a lifelong resident of his ma
tive town and had lived Il years in the village ot
Jacksonville. a mechanic 10y trade, and doing
much business in that time. He received an edu
cation according To the u>lgrs of the times aud
in early life was inclined toward, and became
quite CunVrrSaut with. statute law, and frequent
ly assisted ltigauts in law matters, aud had he
given his whole time aud attention to the lega
profession he would have done NO discrrdit to the
bar or bench. lie held many positions nj honor
and trust: he was town clerk -four years and JUS
ton Of the peace ~ years. He was "A dillgeni
reader aud trrs,' writer. His published commun
iratiuuS indicated general Intelligence, rlpsr thnk
ing aud much care lie wrote the soldiers Rec
ord. a difficult and lahuriuns task. But his most
imphrtaut work with the pen was history of Tia,
town of Nottingham, which he wrut" and pub
lshrd a few years ago. aud winch mas been itao
pnrtnnt facts and pleasing incidents from the SIT
iltmrnt of the town nearly up to the present
times giving especially II graphic description oi
the centennial celebration ui the town IN the ole
church, now extinct. at the centre held August
Is 1891. at which Hon Clark lillsou. native OF
the town aud rN- mdNur of the city Ut Worcester
Mass delivered an able address containing Il his
tory If the organization of the town and Other
impurtuut events siucr its settlement; also Hon
Fred T. Brown uf Nurth Adams, another native
Of the town and a lawyer of tine talents, since
deceased. gave "a beautiful poem adapted To- the
interesting occasion, which called together N'
people.
IGN and had the energy and enterprise Of the ul,
Puritan stock. They came from New Ipswich
y II near the close of the last century aud wrr'
among the first settlers of the town. AMI the ram
ilv name has h,ru credit To- the town. They
WEIR, intelligent, honest. Industrious and trained
their children tu NirtuouS habits. Prominent tnrl
we're raised M aud went ont. and descendants
have huuurrd tine ancestry Rev. Nathan Brown
finely educated, was for many years "A missionary
in foreign lands; and William q. Brown, an rdn
Gator aud poet of mo- inferior rrpute was thr an
thor of that fine poem. as wen rs many others
entitled "Od New England Whatever the orr
gin poetic vein appears in run along the fanny
line Coming from such a source and having
such surroundings We might expect that the sub
irct Of tins notice would hold respectable an'
huuurrd.InSitiou and have energy ana cht"rpriS'
worthy ot imitation
Mr. Brown did not let time pass without i'm
provcmrut. Physical and mental energies wer'
active and often united While his hand wa
busy at the bench the brain would be- working The
solution Of some ahStruse problem. Being hl
man. of cuurS, Ire was not exempt from error
but hr had decided opinions, strong conviction
and the courage IF his convictions and he di'
not fear to speak very decidedly against what Ia
considered morally wrong. Mr. Browns dratl
lray,.s a vacant place hut his example lives. W.
think all will say he was man Of Integrity yt
racity industrious, frugal, temperate" etc li'
aimed to sustain the inmutable and immurta
principles of truth aud moral right, the basal el
rmrnts un which to build individual social all'
national character. These pure principles shuul'
prrniratr from centre to circumference every po
iitcal party. every church or other organization
Then right would rule, peace prevail, man nav
confidence in man, capital and labor harmohlHr
honesty take the place of dupclty, tranpng va
grants vanish, expert pickpockets pass away
petty offerings bold hurgarirs, shrewd einl+/
Ilrmrnts and giant defalcatiuus, and all hrinuu
GRIMES would be- unknown, aud We should In
saved from the dishonur aud disgrace of haNinl
American citizens haste at double quick u TN
uiptu' lomiuiuuS H.