Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-06
VERMONT BARON.
IT'S LAMPSON OF NEW HAVEN,
THIS COUNTY, WAS THE MAN.


Interesting History Called to Mind by
tigation over Sew York Million
res WilI-NIade Peer Through Con
elton with the First Atlantic Cable.
ale graduates that are interested In
beginning of the litigation over the
! of the late William Lampson of
by. n. y, the millionaire, who left
= bulk of his estate to Yale, may not
W that he was relative of the only
4 monter that became a British lord
readers, also, may not be aware
hat fact, so that sketch of his
Ter will be found of interest. The
test over this Mr.. Lampson will
an this week.
is a long way from a Vermont po-
field to a barOnial estate. Yet one
ntry lad from the Green Mountains
for himself an English baronetcy;
he won it, too, by his own energy
integrity, without any aid from
we call luck.
{ his country lad was Curtis Lampson.
Ike registers him as Sir Curtis Miriam
E .ampsou. Bart. and his life was truly
I Extraordinary one.
lf-made men are common enough in
blessed country of ours, but few Of
e that have risen from ObScurity
been able to win dignity abroad
Al to that gained by Sir Curtis.
e there no other reason for regard
his life with attention, it would be
81 ugh to say that it exhibits through
the tremendous business value of
npeachable integrity, persistently
vigorously maintained. But. in adj
Dn. the vicissitudes in his career, the
enturous nature of his pursuits, the
tniticence of his enterprises, the per-
Atty of the man. all were such as to
Re his history as absorbing as salu
at once full of liveliness. and most
sanity wholesome.
Irtis LampsOn was born in New
en-. Addison county. Vermont, Sept.
sos. His parents were William and
. hel (PowelD Lampson, who had
ed on farm at New Haven Mills in
The boy had the advantage of
.ent from the best New England
X, but in all other respects his sit
on in life was by no means enviable.
a few years he was permitted to
nd the district school during those
ons when the work of the farm was
pressing. But those seasons were
t. and those years were soon
I'D. Meantime the business instincts
he youth led him to secure the
ton of "tire kinder at the
ol house, and in payment for
official services he received the ashes.
sc he made profitable in the manu-
ure of soap. such was the lst bus
5 enterprise undertaken by Curtis
psOn, as recorded by the Boston
nal.
: schooldays done, he was hired by
Squier, an uncle who owned
k farm near the present railway
on at New Haven Junction. Here
Orked hard for a monthly wage of
He did not shirk the toll but he
ried of it. He was filled with eager
itions. He fretted at the meagre
+ Utilities in his environment. One
as he was digging potatoes the
came. The sun was unreasOnably
Or that time in the year. His back
d with the fatiguing mOnOtOny of
abOr, There is no doubt that pOta
must be dug if they are to be had
the prerogative Of the tubers. There
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