Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-13
ERNING VERMONT PEOPLE.
Judge 4. ID. shattuok of Oregon Hon, cd
Death of a n inventor.

The Portland Oregonian in recent issue
reports a ceremony in that city in honor
of Hon. f. d. Shattuck, who has been on
the bench in Oregon most of the time for
over 30 years. The occasion was the list
birthday of Judge Shattuck, and the entire
bar OF Portland gathered at the court
house to show their respect and esteem
and the regard in which Judge Shattuck Is
held because of his legal ability and impair
tial rulings and decisions. A committee
waited upon Judge Shattuck at his cham
5ers, and formally escorted him 10 the
court house, where Judge Williams,
practitioner of over so years standing, de-
ivered a complimentary address. and pre-
scented him with a gold watch locket and
chain, and Il gold-headed cane. suitably
inscribed. Judge Shattuck was born in
bakersfield, VT, Dec. 81, 1924, and after
ward removed to Malone, y. Y. His name
appears as a student al Franklin academy
in the first catalogue issued by the institu-
ton in 1882. He afterward attended the
University of Vermont at Burlington, and
still later studied law in the office Of Par
malice IL Fitch in Malone. He removed TO
Oregon in 1863 where he has since resided.
He was elected a judge of the State Cir
Gu. Court In 1862 and resigned in 1867 In
/ 1871 he was again elected to the same office
an, -orved until 1878. In 1856 he was again
e. "a, and reelected in 1892. Besides
serving as judge and practicing law he has
/ found time 10 manage and improve beau
! t!ful farm near Portland. and the Ore
CONAN says that he has always had the
confidence of the lawyers of the State"
y recent issue of the Moline Qll.) Dis
patch contains a sketch Of Orlando Child,
who died in that city February /, after
| few days Illness of pneumonia, from which
we quote the following:
! Orlando Child was born In Pomfrct, Vt.
Jan. 3 1872. After receiving a common
school education in his native town and
attending the academy at Fredonia, n.
| V, he started West at the age of so, and
found employment as a clerk in mercan-
tile house in Pittsburg, Ohio. and later in
Burlington. Ohio. He taught school
, at Hanging Rock. Ohio. two years.
and then travelled on horseback up what
is known as the Kanawha Ridge TO the
celebrated salt works. He spent some
time in Chillcothe. Ohio. and in Monticel-
10. Va. Richmond next became his home
for a time and then New York city, where
and took trip South. stopping at Sa-
vannah. In 1886 Mr.. Child located at Gran
ville Putnam county, Ill.
| Invention was the ruling passion of Mr..
Child's life, and in Granville he made
his experimental double rotary saw, which
Is now in use all over the world, and 1t
rewarded it's inventor with a substantial
competency. Mr.. Child also patented an
Improvement in mechanical movement, the
importance OF which, like many other
great inventions, will not be appreciated
for many years.
In 1855 Mr.. Child removed to Moline
and engaged in the manufacture of his
newly patented saw, building a steam mill
which burned down in 1856, later engaging
in mercantile business and making profit
able real estate investments.