The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-10-01
HIS FINAL REST.
Death of One of VermOnt'S
Foremost Sons.
HIRAM A. HUSE
Dies at Williamstown at Hid
night of Tuesday. Court Ad-
journs. rleeting of Wash
ington County Bar.
HIRAM A. HUSE

of Hon Hiram \. Huse, from neural
gia of the heart, was great shock
to the public. His condition had
been considered favorable on Tuesday
afternoon by his family and friends.
For the past twenty years Mr.. Huse
had been an indefatigable worker,
rarely allowing himself play-day,
Notwithstanding the solicitations of
is family and friends, customarily
saying that he would take some rest
so soon as he got certain business
matters arranged.
He never got these matters ar
ranged, but as he had himself admit
ted that he was especially tired this
summer, he finally consented to take
short "let-up" With Mrs. Huse
he decided to 60 to the Gulf Spring
House on Monday While making
some final business arrangements at
the court house on Monday after
noon, Senator Dillingham;, his law
partner, first learned of the fact that
Mr.. Huse had been suffering for some
time from pains about the heart. Mr..
Huse said on this occasion that he
was first attacked on the day of Pres
ident Roosevelt's visit to this city.
He had marched with the Grand
the march the comrades walked too
fast for him and he took a carriage.
After his peculiar manner he had
kept this trouble to himself and had
not consulted a physician. Suisse
quent attacks came and even at the
time he was talking to Senator Dill
lingham on Monday afternoon he was
again severely smitten and racked
with the main of the attack
Upon reaching Williamstown on
Monday evening, Mr.. Huse decided to
remain there until morning as he
was well acquainted with NJ. P.
Courser, the proprietor of the Monu
ment House, and he and Mrs. Huse
were out for a play day and could
take their time in journeying.
After supper, Mr. Huse sat out on
the piazza and conversed with Mr..
Courser, until about nine o'clock.
When he attempted to retire for the
night, he was seized with another
severe attack and it was twenty min
utes before DR.. E. B. Watson, the
local physician, could find Mr.. Huse' S
pulse. Finally he responded to the
| heart stimulants administered but his
lungs had become so congested that
he had great difficulty in breathing.
DR.. G. E. Chandler of this city and
| DR.. H. H. Mcintyre of Randolph, a
cousin of Mr.. Huse, were summoned
/ DR.. Chandler arriving that night and
remaining until morning. During
j the day on Tuesday, the sick man S
| symptoms were better, so that the
| three physicians, after a conference
at six in the afternoon, expressed en-
! couragement that their patient would
recover.
Because of the congested condition
of his lungs, Mr.. Huse was not allowed
to talk much during the day and en-
joyed comfortable maps from eleven
a. m. to two p. m. Senator Dilling-
ham, who was with Mr.. Huse on
| Tuesday, returned to Montpelier in
the early evening. He had conversed
with his partner and friend about
then he would indulge in his quaint
humor, making some testing remark.
Mr.. Huse realized the gravity OF
his condition from the first. His chief
thought appeared to be to shield Mrs.
Huse from any anxiety.
At Z 80 p. M, on Tuesday, Mr..
Huse was again attacked by severe
pains about the heart. In the course
of half an hour his condition wa:
very serious, being able to breathe
only with the greatest difficulty up to
eleven p. m. , when he became uncon-
scious and remained in that state VI
to II :53 p. m., when his life went
out. Those of his family who were
with Mr.. Huse during his illness and
at his death, were Mrs. Huse, Ray
W, his son, Mrs. G. G. Bancroft, hi
daughter, her husband and little
daughter and DR.. Mcintyre.
The party arrived in this city OF
the nine O'Clock train Wednesday,
The body of Mr.. Huse arrived at the
house ON Baldwin street little be
fore the family, being brought from
Williamstown in the ambulance.
Mr.. Huse is the second State officia
who has died between the sessions o.
Legislature, T. @. Phinney, who al
sergeant arms was for many year
associated with Mr.. Huse as State
librarian, dying last November, The
flag at the State House was at half
mast and the office of Dillingham;
Huse & Rowland were closed out o
respect to the deceased.
The Washington County Bar Associ
alton held meeting at the cour
house at nine O'Clock on Wednesday
| preliminary W mttllnR dt ttl
o'clock, on Thursday morning a
which time official recognition will b.
taken of the death of Hiram A. Huse
The meeting was called to order b,
States Attorney Hoar with Messrs
? Senter, Laird, +. II. Deavitt, Shurt
left, Carleton, Thomas, Heaton AM
Hoar present, Mr.. Hoar was askei
to acquaint the court with the sa
! news and ask adjournment until Mon
l day afternoon. Court came in a
9:15, and upon being informed of tn
, death of Mr.. Huse, ordered a reces
l to be taken until two O clock Monady
: Messrs Laird Thomas, and Carleto
. were appointed by the bar association
to attend to securing flowers for tn
funeral.
. On Friday Montpelier paid HiraI
: A. Huse burial honors Though dea
9 memory of the departed lives, an
. will live so long as friends and al
| sociatbs cau parpntuata his nam,