News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-08-16


Hendee, to whose silvery voice you
will soon have the pleasure of listen
ing. The Rev. Mr.. Hendee was a
clergyman of the Christian denomi-
nation, and, as | understand, the
paper published by him was not de-
voted to general news but to the dis
semination of views of that sect of |
religionists. 1t was a modest sheet |
and compared with the bed blanket
publications of to-day would not be
imposing. Perhaps the good seed
sown by it may have helped to pro-
duce the pervasion of Christian spirit
which is so rife in this community.
1t was called the Christian Summary.
l do not propose to say much of
the lawyers who have appeared in
this town, but l wish to speak of the
first two. The first lawyer who came
to live and practice in this town was
Augustus Young. He came in 1872
or 10. He was young man of
good talent and an excellent scholar,
though perhaps not overstocked with
vim and ready action. He remained
here but about two years and then
removed to Orleans county in this
State, where he was twice elected to
Congress, a Representative. He
afterwards removed to Johnson in
this county where he continued
practice and published book en-
titled "Unity of Purpose" of which
he was the author. Its composition
showed him to be a man familiar
with the learning of the schools, but
how sound his reasoning and conclu-
sions were | was not prepared to
Judge, as | found it difficult to under
stand him. He boldly attacked some
of the favorite doctrines of the old
philosophers, among them Kepler,
and seemed to think he had swept
them all away. Before the expiration
of another hundred years this book
may be brought to light and the full
discovery made that Young was right.
Connected with Mr.. Young's prac-
tice in this town there is an anecdote
which considerably amused me when
told by an early settler. One Elias
Kingsley who lived on what is called
West Hill, lost sheep, perhaps the
only one be had. There was found
on the premises of a neighbor, An
drew Luce, sleeps head which
Kingsley thought came off of his lost
sheep. He employed Young to com
mence a suit against Luce. Luce
employed Judge r. G. Buckley of
Waterbury to defend. Young became
a little nervous about the case and
induced his client to engage Judge
Carpenter also of Waterbury, to
assist. On trial one Samuel Robin
son swore that he had often seen
Kingsley's sheep and noticed he had
a peculiar shaped nose, very large
and Roman in form, like the one
found and produced on trial. Judge
Buckley had an extraordinary devel-
opment of nasal souse, a huge nose.
In his argument he insisted that it
was very singular and unsatisfacto-
ry way to prove the identity of a
sheep by the shape and size of his
nose after death. Replying to this
argument Judge Carpenter claimed
there was nothing singular or unsatis-
factory about it; that he could swear
to the identity of his brother Buckley
by his nose if he had been dead six
months. .....
Aconsderable crowd were present to witness
the sport and the joke created the most
bursting iolity. In those days the best
blackguard won his cases in the lower courts
and Kingsley triumphed, probably without
right Soon after Young left Mr.. VIM Rich
ardson came to supply his place. He mar
ried a daughter OF Nathaniel Butts, before
named, by whom he had five children. When
the business of his profession did not take
all his time he worked on farms About 1926
he went to Burlington on some business and
it was ascertained that he crossed Lake
Champlain. He never returned and none Of
his friends ever obtained any trace of him
Whether he fell victim to sudden fatal dis
ease or "fell among thieves" or like Enoch
( of old, was deemed worthy to be translated
may not be known till Heavens jewels are
counted up. There may b9 some in this
assemblage who like II hunting story. Out
of three or four good ones they have a right
to one or two. G ". Butler, who was fond
of taking large game, came out from Water
bury one day in 1900 and killed a large
moose not many rods from the present resi-
dence of Alvin Wilkins. In the winter Of
1906 James Wilkins, Uriah Wilkins, Ezra
Wilkins and Ephraim Horn were on the hog
back Mountain hunting deer, then considera.
BILE plenty there. When in the vicinity Of
"Hull's brook" in the town of Worcester they
~, discovered that moose had passed. They
were all natural hunters, and when they saw
the great tracks their blood was III, and they
could hardly restrain themselves from start
ing off like hounds just let loose from the
leash.
They finally held hunters council. 1t
was late in the day. their rations we're near
ly exhausted. So three of the party com
menced preparations for camping, and Uriah
Wilkins came home, a distance probably o.
dozen miles, for supplies of food. AS soon
as practicable it was prepared and, without
a moments sleep, he Immediately started
back. In the morning the camping party
commenced the pursuit of the moose with
their dogs which soon overlook the moose
but often he turned back and kept them al
bay and then passed on again. These stops
gave the hunters time to come up and the
moose was overtaken by them near night in
the town of Calais. When they first saw him
he was on a side hill and by his fearfully pow
erful demonstrations was keeping the dogs
at a respectful distance. As the moose turned
with his head towards the party, when ht
first discovered them Horn aimed bullet al
the middle of his forehead At the discharge
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