Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-05-13
OBITUARY.
ISAAC RANDALL.

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. months aud one day. IIc was born N
Wilton, Me-, February al, is0p. III
Was the son ~ Joshua Randall, n Metho-
di.t clergyman, who died In Wilton
February 18th, 1ssJ, aged about :! year.
Isaac Randall graduated from Iiowdolu
College. elias. of lsls. lie taught seven
successive terms NJ Norridgewock Arad.
emy. lie taught the first term held In
tould's Academy si I,ethcl, aud In lsr
u think taught hls lsst school Ia ihs
upper story ~ the haiidlng, then un-
fini.hc,l, erected hy 4. L.. Eustis and
known az many ycar. as the boarding
house" In Dlxheh.
After studying law three year. With
stephen Emery at Paris, %. was, Ia lsiD,
admitted to the Oxford Bar. came "a
DIxn.ii yillsg, ani entered into prac-
tic.. Here he hs. continued, for hfty
years. In scil,e practice, ablc, until With
In few weeks, to b. q, hl. Office every
day.
| lie his h--n an unusually healthy
man. MANY year. ago Que stormy win
ter. dsy, he Va. walking dawn Msln
stree, ani h,d nearly r-arhci Weld
street, when hc va. struck by on. of Z
span 10 auite spirited hor-e., With shich
Cant. Levi I.udden was hauling home 4
.lesi load ~ nearly cori of green w"o'i.
lie fell anil one runner ~ the slcd passed
u. full length over hi. body. q little
above hl. hips. iIe wss carried Into the
old "rra.k house." then occupied by a
relative. ssnscle.. q. hc was and ln)nr.
e,i az he wa. supposed to be, ma one had
/ -. I'll.
Immediately start--i for Canton Point
for pr. Cornelius Holland, then q quite
no,si snd .uc,--s.ful practitioner, sn,l
Within two hour. from the time of hi.
startling the doctor was AZ Mr.. lRndalr-
,s,l.Lle. FROM the inlurie. received h.
recovered, aud since that tlmc he never
hat once. and then only for . short time.
hen under a doctor. carr. until his sick.
ns.. ~ thl. vintsr. ~ remember the
day on which the accident narrated
alrayr occurred. u wss windy, light
fall of snow covered the ground aud u
~. drifting AZ the time, probably both
Mr.. Randall aud Mr. iud,len had their
head. down or verr somewhat Wrapped
With muiii-r or collar. There v.rr no
,r-ll. on the team. I.epor. undoubtedly
true. va. that Mr.. Ludden rrturne'i
home, and therr .pcn, long time IN
.srDe.i. perhaps effective prayer Tor Nr.
Rsndall's recovery. II va. observed
ever afirrsari that whsn b. had horse.
In th. sir,rt With either sleigh or sled,
b. had bell. ou thcm to give people
warning ~ hl. approach.
For forty .ucCe..lNr ycars. during hi.
prartic~. Mr. Randall was pfcseui AZ
every .iitlng ~ the count In his county.
During the last year. ~ his practice. hl.
only child, Hiram \. Randall, q member
of the oxford nar. was his busln".s
associate, and With hls wife ani children
ha. be-n part of hl. fathers householi.
During hl. long term 10 prac,ic" b" has
had At time. several law partners.
Among them Jhirle. W, nov Judge
Walton. capt. Ell.hs wlnt~r, Elbridgr
a.. Harlow, ani Jo.hu, Randall Who
came io DlNncld frum franklin county
about lSil. and r~maln~i until hl. death,
having during III. .tay there very much
Improved ''th~ old yellow house" nov
tho National House.
PROM Nr. E,nisll'. office m,ni stu.
Dent. ~ hi. have b-rn admitted Ia pric-
tic~. anl have hcCom@ lawN-r. of note
aud more &c lr.. fame. jglgr Walton,
/ Hon. william ". Bolster. Hon. George
I II. nI.l.~, Joseph q. llolm,n, Es1, ~
/ Pennington. anil !. Fairfield iiolmin ~
Ntheu. b.lng among the number. ilso
Henry n. Walton aud 4. 4. Hlchlrl.on
vho vent from Mr. Randall. ofiic" q.
Lieutenant. Ia Capt. Wlnier'. COMPANY
f"D', l!th M,lne Regiment Into the
ranks of the lnlon >rny. Nno,her
student of hls va. Charlie. y Wllson,
E.a., nov q prominent lawyer In ProNi-
drncr, n. I. John u. >torrr. nov IN
prir,Ic- ina western state, v. y. lInr-
I ier. Who located In ohio. lnow drccaseil
snd !. \. Livingston Randall, NOV lie
c-a.s.l) Who located IN TcNas, were
students IN hi. office.
4 .tu Ilnu. sni ripe scholar HIN self.
he Ns. . gooI tc,cher. \ d"rp thinker
ani au extensive rrldsr, he wns familiar
With all pt..ing event. ~ the dty--hhN-
/ Ing deril-i opinions upon all topic. of
the time. enjoying lnterrour.e with other
Intelligent men. b-lng sn,ble, s"ri,l nni
,-ompinionible. n0 one could have an
hour. converse ani chit With him With.
out bcing plra.ur,bly entertained aud
without CALMING knoNl~igr.
IN rrligiou. belief 10. va. tuiisrian
In polite. hc wa. q Democrat, an active,
earnest and scalou. worker. iil. view.
wrr, 40 strongly implanted, his faith In
/ Drmocracy .o complete, that he, like
many other. With whom the writer has
h,d = lifelong acqualnianc", wa- d'.ln-
| elIn.,I to admit that II VA. possible Tor
much gool io come Ia the country
through any sourrr other than Demo
cratic. No man fought more Naliantly
| than he to keep his town, county, stale
ani the nation under Democratic con-
trol. anil a. the .c.ptre la each passed
Into Republican control. none mourne'i
with morr visible grief. Vet, he ws. not
an ''oiilc- .ccker''-ne,er wa., ani there
fore, Il must b. knosleigci 10y all
that hi. political action wss based On y
complete faith In hi. party.
During hi hfty year.' contlnuou.
praciic. he had. q. the court record. of
Oxforl aud Franklin show, very many
ease. In court. and although not great
'.jury orator" ss many use the term, or
An eloquent advocate az the bar, a. law
yer. are nov mentioned by thos. Who
canvas. the qualification. of practitioner.
ther-at, yrt, he had great degree of
surce.. IA rendered effective aud valui-
ble service 10 hl. extended cllcntagc.
Only two paternal head. of famllie.
are now living Ia Dixheld yillag, Who
we're such In lsiJ, when Mr. Randall
IN m,rriei Melissa (whltel widow oi
Humphrey VI. Eaton. Mr.. Randall va.
a daughter of Dr. Joseph h. aud Lncin :
| Crra.k) White. Her mother, I.uclna
Tra.k. VA. the first female child born in
Dixheld, the daughter of Capt. Amo.
Tra.k, one of the fir.t settlers Ia DiSi-ld
AMI grandfather of sheriff Oscar y. and
John u. Trssk, E.g., gentlemen we'll
known In oxford County. Joseph n.
White, (born In waiertown, Mass, IN
ISL was one of the frat doctor. Ia lo-
cate at Dixheld. lie came Ia Jay. Me-,
In early life with hi. father aud studied
medicine with Dr. samuel Small of Jay
lie was n charter member of Illaylng
Star Lodge of Masons. lie had been
may have been at the time of bi. death
Master of King Hiram Lodge at Dixfield'
aud hi. Was the first Masonic funeral Ia
that town. srAnkL-'
HINTS TO TOAST MASTERS.
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