Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-07-05

e Probate Tor the District % Essex from
1850 to 1 $50. aud was again eiected TO that
ofhce IN 1899. and sgain IN 1854. HE vas
tax commissioners for the unnTganized lands
IN the county tor many years aud was con
stantiy engaged in various other Offices and
business. lie was a prominent msmber OF the
Masonic fraternity.
On the 18th day Of September 1858. he
married Sarah \ Robinson, daughter Of the
late ]. L. Robinson. To them were born two
sons. Carl x. and George q. The eldest mar
ricd "a daughter uf Lieut. Governor Mansur.
aud Is connected with the Mild River Lumber
Company. The younger. n brilliant and
scholarly young man. became principal IN
the Bethel school aud suddenly died amid
sauguine hopes Of the future an the 2sth day
OF November 1894.
A. a lawyer Judge Storr~ was fearless and
thorough. close, epigrammatic and tcrse. As
an office lawyer he was among the very best.
lie was naturally rrticent. thorough. impul-
sive. hut was strong wiilcd To- back his de
signS.t Although he had high ideals of pro-
icsSional accomplishments and rewards and
was sOmcw hat impatient at their slow com
ing. he quickly adopted himself to- realities.
surrounded himself with pleasant family, So
cial and business relations. He very soon
brought respect for his work and opinions
and himself into close contact with his sur
roundings. Energetic. impulsive and incisivc
he entered into public and private designs
with such practical rest that he became a
party interested with almost every man he
knew. Outwardly he did not seem TO invite
conidenc, but somehow he was the confdnnt
Of many and he was true to every confidence
reposed in him. His life seemed short and
busy. Yet almost every bark that started
on the ct lie with him went down before
his, and whether in storm or in calm, on the
wave or in the hollow Of the sea. he never
lost his courage or his fidelity to friends,
clients, party, or cause.
Looking back through the passions OF our
lives full OF little zestful encounters land
we were nearly always opposed,D see no
bitter thought. II any ever came it went
with every little strife. have seen those
among the truest, but quite such long and
constant friendship never knew. He came
and Travelled with me and went just before.
OF all the lawyers in practice almost 80
years ago he was among the oldest in the
local forum and almost the last to go He
saw the animated forms and faces with
whom he talked and worked in his young
and stirring years almost all pass away. He
saw multitude Of new replace the old, the
nature of professional work entirely change
new forms methods and technics adopted
political issues become obsolete and new ones
substituted. creeds varied almost beyond rec
ognition and a new life with varying sent-
ments spring up all around him. But his
hable nature kept him in harmony with all
those changes.
He held lively interest in and kept time
with the impulses and purposes Of the times.
He took special interest in the prosperity OF
his town and quickly caught on to any means
for it's advancement, and in his dying day he
saw it filled with more strong men and fair
women, more girls and boys playing in its
streets, and filled with a greater multitude OF
This grew out Of his large and generous pur-
poses. No man ever went from him uuhcard
because OF poverty. He despised no mans
cause simply because others did. lie did not
tawn around the rich and tramplc in scorn
upon the poor. He did not court the strong
and push away the weak. He had no CON
temptibe hauteur. In all his encounters
with others he was incisve, pIucky, and
sometimes rash, but always just and gencr-
Gus. Ii he ever rained bitter words they
cleared away at once and were followed by
demonstrations mast kind and friendly
Many men meet Iife's duties by avoidance
and by compromise. This too often breeds
imbecllity and inefcicncy. Our friend met
everything in life squarely and he met death
with consistency and courage. Against most
forms in which death comes the victim has
aids and relicfs In battle the sight OF death
is lost in excitement or arrayed in a glory
through which its tcrrurs are unseen. In
coming suddenly it brings quick relief In
the form of most wasting and long consum-
ing diseases ii gives its victims iushes OF APP
parent health and restoration, and lures
them on with cheerful hope to the very end
But when it attacks its victim in open field
intctiug long and continual torture with in
tervais which only give the sufferer time to
feel its mental pangs and to get reinsurance
OF certain death, then when it returns to it's
attacks with open purposes and designs, and
compelS the man to constant resistance for
many long months with full knowledge of
the terrible odds against him, ever pursuing
him, never retreating. always affecting, never
relieving, and in the midst of its overwhem-
ing impostious strikes down valiant
by his side, ii is terrible and Incredible that
it can be met with consistency and courage,
Yet il was by our friend who in his last
hours as calmly and as deliberately considered
his situation AS he ever did any subject in his
liieb How can his Borrowing friends be de-
spondent i'll the presence of such magnificent
courage, and while they remember him say
ing, For myself am content; | only feel for
those leave behind me" His trials
proper subject of grief, for like all past suffer
the loss of him who went in youth before
him. Many go before others, but how the
purpose of their going relates to others COM
ing to them we cannot know. Is it wise, or
sane or good to indulge in sorrow coming
from n mystery
And she the saddest of all has much besides
to comfort her including happy'rehections on
two continuous, true and faithful lives with
no cruel angry waves tossing one here aud
the other there, no broken VOWS conf
denceS turned awry, no love turned to scorn,
| and no blossoms on the altar crushed. A
separation it is true has been ordered, but
not by man; and she passing that way will
learn that it is temporary decree and will
find it recorded in the sacred curt of Heaven.
c. n, d.
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The Discovery Saved His Life.