Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-06-20

College, but his lack OF means necessary to
defray the expenses of n course of study and
Nthe discoufaging condition of his health pre-.
VENTED the accomplishment of any cherished
However, his ambition to. acquire an
education was never relaxed. He read eN-
tensively and studied earnestly all the great
civil, political and religious questions OF the
age. In politics he was thoroughly Republi.
can, ever consistent and loyal to his party
and his country. In 1850 and two sessions OF
1861 he was the representative of Weybridge
in the General Assembly, and served both
years as n member of the committee on cor.
poratiOns. The reports OF the work done by
that committee were made chiefly by him in
II beautiful style OF penmanship and embodied
in language distinguished Tor brevity and
grammatical precision. In early manhood
he was brought forward rs a candidate Tor
state senator and received the compliment
tary vote of IS to II Tor his competitor, who
was II professional man, of greater age ana
wider acquaintance i'll the county. In lSS2 he
was II candidate tor the office OF assistant
Judge of Addison county court, and received
IL very large majority of the voters OF the
nominating convention for that office. He
was, of course, elected by the ireemen OF his
county and few OF his predecessors have Il
better record of an official lite than that OF
Judge Harrington. He was II genial compan
ion, i'm interesting conversationalist, positive
in his IDEAS and declarations, loved truth ana
justice, and denounced in unmpas1rcd terms
that which savored of hypocrisy or deceit.
At the age of sixteen he commenced the bust.
ness of school.teaching and followed that EN-
ployment II part of each year till 30 years OF
age. His first term was Mt Goshen, VT, where
~ OF more SCHOLARS rtcclNeu prOIliDle LII
struction under his mi~nistrations. >ubse-
quently he was engaged in various towns in
Vermont and one year in Illinois, his services
being In demand at best paying prices, At
the age OF 20 he was commissioned IA I'd lieu
tenant of II militia company composed OF the
citizens OF Weybridge and Cornwall ana the
next year was made its captain, which office
he continued to hold until the uniformed mill
tia OF the state was disbanded by act OF the
Legislature. Hence arose the appellation OF
Captain, by which name for many years he
was familiarity addressed. His first vote tor
President was cast for Henry CLAY in lsii; his
last tor Benz. Harrison. lie was constable OF
Weybridge % years; Justice OF the peace p
years, and ten or more years town super1n-
teidcnt of schools. Possessing n good share
of mechanical ingenuity he engaged in the
manufacture of carriages and sleighs, and
made that his main private business, when
his health permitted him to labor. HIS work
ever well done, and his accounts with
patrons were kept with strict accuracy ami
mathematical precision, and it Is believed
that no one ever dared to charge him with an
act of dishonesty. In religion he was liberal
and adopted the doctrines found in the scrip
lures as the ground OF his faith and rule OF his
life; having clear conceptions OF the charac-
ter, wisdom and Justice of Deity, yet unwill-
ing to ascribe to so good Il being the DISPOSE
ton to assign any portion OF his creation to
the ormicnt of II pitiless hell, which has been
described as Il lake OF fire and DrimstOne,
ever burning and unquenchable.
ON the 10th of January, 1888, at Manchester,
\. H., he was married to Miss Eunice +. Wash
burnc, Il lady OF culture, who has demonstrt
ted II devoted attachment to her invalid nus
band, ministcTing to his necessities during
frequent periods OF severe sickness, ANA con.
tributing much To make lite to him desirable
and pleasant. She and their three children
survive the honOred husband and father, and
have the sympathy OF the community in their
sorrow, y.