Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-16

of novels, the best known of which is
"The Green Mountain Boys
After graduating from Amherst college
in the class of 1869, Daniel Greenleaf
went TO New York city and studied law,
being admitted to the bar there. In 1876
he became a member of the firm of
Sterne, Straus & Thompson. the other
members of which were Simon Sterne
and Oscar S. Straus. formerly United
States minister to Turkey. At the time
of his death, Mr.. Thompson was a mem
Der of the firm of Taylor & Thompson,
the head of which is John A. Taylor,
formerly corporation counsel for the city
of Brooklyn. His speciality was the law
of corporations.
1t was not as a lawyer, however, that
MIR. Thompson became known through
out this country and in England. His
reputation was made by his pen in the
field of letters, and he easily ranked as
one Of the most distinguished metaphysi.
cal writers of America. He was asso-
ciated with Alexander Balm and Herbert
Spencer as contributors to The Mind.
and enjoyed the personal friendship Of
both of those eminent thinkers. He took
a prominent part in the entertainment of
Herbert Spencer upon his visit to Amer
lea some years ago.
Besides contributing largt ly to the
best English and American magazines,
Mr. Thompson published a number of
books and essays. Among his works
are "A System of Psychology" two vol
umes, 1851; The Problem of Evil.
lSS7: 1.-The Religious Sentiment of the
Human Mind" lSsS; "Social Progress,
1889; "The Philosophy of Fiction in Lit
erature," 1890. and politics in a DemOc-
racy," 1893. This last was translated
into several languages. Some of his
best known essays are Herbert Spen-
Ger, 1.-The Scientific Method in Social
Reform" and "Woman's New OppOr.
tunity."
friend thus characterizes Mr.. Thomp-
son "A man of clear, strong mind. His
disposition was extremely fine; he never
made an enemy, but made hosts Of
friends. He was constantly doing kind
nesses, yet he was as Tar remote as pos
sible from sentlmentality. He was
modest man; his pretensions were far
below his merits. He had an unfailing
flow of good nature. He was a most
excellent talker, and was Just as good
listener | should say that his distiu-
gushing characteristic was his willing
ness to do an immense amount of work
for others"
Mr.. Thompson leaves a wife. who was
a Miss Gallup of Cleveland. Ohio. The
funeral was held Monday.
- NJ. r. DOOLITTLE.
We copy the following from the
gainesville (OhiO) Advertisers
The founder of the Advertiser Is no
more. On Saturday NJ. Il. Doolittle
passed away. after number of weeks
sickness, at his home on North st. Clair
street.
Mr.. Doolttle was for many years
connected with the press of this town.
and brought here the first power press.
and ran it by steam power. on the lake
shore between Cleveland and Erie. On
this press the Telegraph was printed,
Mr.. DOolttle at that time conducting
a Job printing blishment in 1Sjj
ne published the first number OF the
gainesville Advertiser, and later was
associated with Mr.. II. G. Gray in the
publication of the Telegraph When
that paper passed into the hands of the
late j. +. Scofeld he remained with it as
business manager and assistant editor.
place he held until some six or seven
years ago. when the property was sold
to the present Telegraph Printing com.
pany.
His native place was Middleburv. VT.
where he wa, born in 1921. His father.
Hon. joel DoOittie. vas a conspicuous
many years was Judge of the supreme
court of that state. Mr.. Doolittle was
married in 1917, and four children were
the fruit of that marriage only two of
whom are now living, son NJ. X. Doo-
little and a dauphter Mrs W G. Haw-