Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-10-03
Hiram A. Huse.

Hiram A, HuSe was one OF nature
noblemen. He had ability without pre-
sumption. education without pedantry
position without arrogance He wa
courageous, courteous and loyal.
He was faithful to every duty, Il
friends. to family, to country. In al
the varied activities of useful anC
busy life he had ever commanded tn,
esteem of his fellows.
AS young man joining in the strug
gle to preserve the Union: as a vigor
Gus and sincere editorial writer: as {
sound and able advocate at the bar: as {
politician above the suspicion of insin
cerity or self seeking: as friend whose
counsel was sought and trusted; as /
son, a husband and father he was sin
gularly above criticism and beyond de
traction.
.'None knew him but to love him
Nor named him but to praise.
Hiram A. Huse filled large place
in our public life how large hardly his
intimate friends knew He kept his
own counsel. He was proud of the con
tidence reposed in him and he never
violated that confidence. His public
appearances were not many, outside
the court room: his office holding was
practically confined to the position of
state librarian, to which he was chosen
! for his eminent fitness: he was not Of
ficially connected with the political or
ganization with which he affiliated
| Yet few important matters in city or
state were undertaken without his adj
vice being sought and acted upon.
He was self poised and self controlled.
His Judgment was not hastily made up
1t was never biased by self interest or
prejudice. When it was made up he
had confidence in it and that conf
dence was felt by others.
His college training had been sup
plemented by wide and. varied read
ing and he was in much more than the
ordinary acceptance of the term a
scholar. His literary taste was fine and
discriminating.
He knew the law. He knew the prin-
ciples on which the law is founded and
of which it is composed. He would
have graced and adorned the bench and
might have occupied a position there
had he not preferred the freedom and
Independence afforded by the practice
of his profession. For Hiram Huse
was man of independence in thought
action and character He enjoyed to
the utmost the GLORIOUS privilege of
being independent,
OF wide preparation and prodigious
industry, he often seemed dilatory and
negligent in the preparation of cases,
vet when the time for trial came he
was never found upprepared. The time
which impatient clients might think
him wasting was employed in bringing
every phase of the case under the
searching scrutiny of that calm,
trained, penetrating intellect. and at
the end he was master of everything.
History was 10 him a delight and
recreation, and he had devoted vast
amount of labor to historic research.
His contribution to and editorial SUI
pervision of Men of Vermont and
his Bench and Bar OF Washington
County, are familiar examples of his
care and research. and there is a great
amount of other work Of like character
that has not yet been published.
As an orator Mr., Huse was in fire.
quent demand. He had the power Of
speech, the responsiveness
and sincerity that appeals to and in
huences an audience. Seldom indulg
ing in flights Of rhetoric, rather APP
rearing extremely sober and matter of
fact, logical and impressive, he was
one of the powerful orators of the state,
And yet, no recounting of his public
and professional activities, however
brilliant and exhaustive. touches the
real man. Those who enjoyed his in
timacy in any degree, to whom his de-
oarture comes with deep sense Of per-
;onal loss. feel that we have suffered
much more than the loss of a great
nan. A friend has gone-one who in
he maturity of years retained the
freshness of youth in his heart, who
vas charitable and kind and generous
md sympathetic, who was ready with
dvice and encouragement, who had
aith in God and nature. whose Sc
enc and unfailing humor marked the
erenity of his mind. a man whose
friendship was not to be easily won or
lightly regarded THE memory of the
ust is blessed " The memory of Hiram
1use will remain as a benediction to
lis friends, enshrined in their hearts
ntil their time shall come to follow
yhere he has gone. Montpelier Argus.