Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-11-13
HONOR THE WORTHY.

In many ways community can EN-
Joy a personality; aud one OF these ways
is in the capacity to be proud of the req
utation for true worth, honestly gained
by a son or daughter; or to rejoice IN
the prosperity of one who has gone ont
from the midst into the broader field OF
activity and usefulness. Every commu-
nifty is burdened with the presence OF
those whose chief claim to notoriety lies
in their continued expression of scorn
and criticism of those who have sought
to climb higher in the struggle for
power or possession, aud this carping |
criticism is the natural offspring OF
narrow, envious disposition, character
bounded by the horizon of self. But we
are glad that the great majority of peo-
pie are disposed to find cause for con-
graduation in the marked well being OF
neighbor or a friend.
"Little Essex" has great reason to he
proud of the scores and hundreds OF men
and women whose names have found a
lasting place in tradition and history,
because of honored lives lived and no.
table success won aud she has equal
cause for congratuation in the noting
of those now living both within and
without her borders, whose lives are
credit to the land of their birth and ma
tivity. Tn itself community lives in
the words and deeds of those who, by
their action or inaction, declare the
story of daily living; but outside its
limits it must be known principally
through the contact influence of the few
whose lives of a;tion are not limited
to its political or social boundaries.
Therefore every community is debtor to
few for the credit it enjoys abroad.
Essex county has sent out from her hap
py and rich home life goodly number
who have by their capacity and energy
not only held aloft the reputation of the
old home morality and stability, but by
repeated successes won the esteem and
confidence of the community to which
they have immigrated, and with whose
life they have cast their lot.
Our mental cogitations have directed
the penning of these lines, in connection
with the perusal of an article in the
Boston Globe of recent date, entitled
"a Beautiful Homestead that has beer
purchased by Col. f. c. Benton of Wa
verley, Mass, at an expense of abou
100000. The estate is known as TIT
Cushing-Payson property, situated ii
Belmont, formerly owned and occupied
by John p. Cushing, one of Boston'
merchant princes The mansion house
erected about seventy years ago, il
spoken of as "The best example of al
American residence upon English mod
els in this part of the country" ant
cost about $4,000. Formerly tn
mansion house was surrounded by
large tract, beautifully laid out int
lawns. gardens, drives and parks, upo1
all of which the owner spent none
with lavish hand, making it one o
the most attractive homes in Boston
suburbs. The property of which Nh
Benton is now the owner comprise
seventeen acres in the heart of the oil
estate, and the prospect from the verar
das is spoken of as uncomonly beautiful
Much of the material in the house, ma
BILE pillars, granite flooring and foundi
ton walls were all imported. 1t ha
fifty marble fireplaces. The garden ha
many of the rarest shrubs, and tn
lawns are made extremely beautiful b
the large number of rare and beautifl
trees, which have been carefully plante
and tenderly pruned. The article speal
of Mr.. Benton already possessing som
of the finest plants and shrubbery
the state, and that this new hon
when further beautified by his taste an
skill will compare favorably with an
home within ten miles of Boston.
Mr.. Benton is son of Essex count
of whose success we are proud who
many ways has shown his love for tt
home of his boyhood and the friends
his youth. His native town, Guildhal
will never forget his generosity, and IL
county, and state as we'll, have reason
believe that in his life, amid the rush
business and political strife in our sist
commonwealth, they have been honore'
Here's to his continued prosperity an
health, and a hope that some day v
may perhaps behold the beauties
Belmont.
Refined oil advanced another cent p
gallon in value Now watch for anoth
million dollars don alton tn that Chica