Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-04
MEMORIAL PAPER ON WILLIAM
WALLACE CIRCUIT.

The following article by b. r. u la
was read at recent iheoO
inc of the State Bar Association. h
At the last session of our s1a0e tt
a Joint resolution relaCihs b
to the death of William W. orooO' t
appropriate ana q
felicitous in expression, was aoopIeu'
Tn the train of this testimonial IL Is t
most fit that the Bar of Vermont, al {
this, it's annual meeting, snd the nrsV
following his demise, should JOIN III
tribute to his character, memorial III
kind, and just to his memory
Death impresses the seal, ana likes
the kevstone in the arch of com
pleted life here, and truth, not Woros
alone. should distinguish the language
which marks the tribute which this
bar pays to the sober dignity anu
solid worth of distinguished anu
honorable member of the fraterni.y'
a faithful servant of the people, anu
true friend, and comes last OF all 70
sav farewell, and to deliver the por-
traiture of his character and career W
history and the Judgment of MANKIND,
and also to contribute It's 5oRen y.
rasnect. tender in sympathy, ana
. anpreciatiye of loss not connneo 70
any single locality, but which wltn'h
. ;ts range of deep concern affects a
= state. and PEE ple whose interests no
an strsnuously and manfully guaroeo'
ana served; and whatever difference
= of opinion may exist as to the resui'
= attained. none may dare to assam the
sincerity of motive and intention IL
all that earnestness, activity, ane
devotion which characterized nl'
n public life and service.
80 think [ cannot more amply ane
~ annropriately voice the sentiment
:, this hour than by quoting the elegan
70 diction and eloquent words of our pres
~ emf able and honored Chief justice
f. upon a similar occasion, "When on
.o fa,,s at his zenith, Who has impresse
ev himself upon the State, we feel 1n
be snock and instinctive'y pause
-. r,onrn his loss and TO pay tribute {
an his WORTH
- William Wallace Circuit was born
Compton, Province of Queoec' MD
,or oath. 1885. It is not to be suppose
from this fact that he was ever an.
A thing but what was the leglt1na
:. nroduot of New England parentas
,bt anc example. His ancestry on u
-bo maternal side is traced back IN Ne
ENGLAND annals to the year l64o, al
an the genealogical record SHOWS I'll
chit the family in each generation "
'vo composed of men distinguished
ter push. strong common sense, ana
tn tegrity. who held various polite
ona offices in the course of Colonial
DIV State history. From Massachuse
the family followed the course
orig settlements in New Hampshire
Tha Varmont. and we're of that nal
v 80 working, enduring type which en-
nslv acterized the pioneers of Ameris
700 oivi,ization. In 1892 Theophl
ap- Grout. the grandfather Of William
rth- moved to Kirby, VT and resided tn
a to throughout his lifetime, with the
an cention of a few years solourn
An Canada. His mother, Sophro
ward ayers Grou0' Is renho ai''o
- ate woman of more than ordinary lnte
,ider oence. and Justly esteemed for
their amiability of temperament. one
/, in Scotch Irish in descent. 80
Sc Il William was the iuheritor of line
20 in that upon the paternal side Date
Gar American descent from the FUR
dc Il migration of 1910, and upon the
ional ternaI side by that represented oy
,a;o, continent tide of Scotch and
rcely racial cnaracoeris'io' a,stiaa u
NOS superb combination of quallties )"
! Tho has heen thrown upon the can
Tuo and has exhibited itself IN Amer
: this history In it's largest extent IN
nersons and lives of Andrew JACK
IT, Horace Greeley, and William Nc
5 ,OC0,- ley, ana In 'he nVo' " ~
9 the degree, as respects the value OF
.L;a sarvices rendered and the exter
rmosa the lbhuehoo ::
AZ 900 gestive OF sne ihneioh'
mo as pronounced leadership, grim res
ONLY uufaltering faith, and com mar
or a self reliance under all circumsta
r. that And the subject of this article to-
II y.r- contrariety of traits from this
ould be of the olooo OF 'he Ihsh'n
hF1F PC
Japan and the Ceiuc races ous ia''