Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-04-14

whose disposition so accorded with his
that they acted in unison and with
kindred purpose. He was born at
DInville, VT, December 10, 1928, and
in that same old town less than ninety
days thereafter, she was born on March
II, lS2i. There they grew from child
mood to know and trust aud love each
other well nigh perfectly, aud on January
20, 1916, Susan Comfort Mason became
the wife of Clark II. Ladd, and to
gether they set forth courageously upon
the course they We're to travel for fifty
nine years till they should reach the
borders of the undiscovered country
into which she was to precede him by
days only a few more than those that
separated them at the commencement
of their earthly lives. That they
entered upon their human existence at
dates so close together, to live so faith
fully each for the other through more
than tonr score years. till only few
days apart they would take on immor-
taIlty. Is strangely beautiful; and when
added to this. one considers the fact
that eight girls and thee boys were
born to them all Of whom were to be
spared even to the days when they
should bow in reverent gratitude and
sorrow above the mortality of their
beloved parents, it recalls again the
lines that We're quoted to conclude the
exercises on their golden wedding day
and makes one realize that there are
indeed times
when earth below. aud heaven above.
Proclaim truth stranger than a dream"
| The children ne: -
Mrs. Amelia ). Sheafe, Brookline Mass.
Seth w. Baker City, Oregon.
Miss Jennie NJ, Island Pond.
Mrs Ella +. Sterling, Nanceboro, Me.
Mrs. Martha J. Smith, Island Pond.
Mrs. Lizzie {. Durham, Island Pond.
Mrs. Flora b. Bigelow, Dorchester, Mass.
Mrs. Abbie l.. Morrill,, Boston. Mass.
John f., Everett, Mass.
| Mrs. Nettie G. Stevens. Somerville. Mass.
Luther H., Colehrook, y. II.
Mr.. Ladd is also survived by brother,
Charles d. Ladd of Lyndonville, Vt.
Perhaps there is no way by which
the public can more accurately estimate
the character of a man or woman than
10y tie words and manner in which
their children speak of them. When a
man has been kind and generous and
| has otherwise so conducted himself in
| his family that all his children bow in
genuine sorrow when he is taken and
| then rise up to praise him it is the best
testimony that can be given of bin.
/ While this is particularly true of the
deceased, it is a $50 apparent that of him
all who We're his fellow citizens speak in
| terms of high esteem, and relate many
incidents expressive of the goodness OF
| his heart and the Justice of his mind.
For long period he was one of the
| local magistrates, and many causes We're
heard before him. His rulings and
decisions indicated his character and
won for him Il distinct reputation.
Nearly all the lawyers who have ever
pracllced in town appeare at times
before him, and though some of them
had frequently to be disappointed, all
agreed that no personal relationship
influence or motive had any effect with
him, but that he; sought simply to get
at the equity of the matter that he
might give a righteous Judgment, and
his natural discernment and answering
purpose led him to conclusions tina,
were almost invariably sustained if con
sidered by a higher court. In political
affairs he had firm convictions that he
had reached by close observation anC
thorough investigation, and to them he
was
True fixed, and constant as the Northern
Star"
| From the organization of the republican
l party he was its strong adherent AM
! for the late president Mckinley he
: expressed his warmest admiration
. The conduct of men rather than thei
! profession had weight with him. II
Z demanded by his whole nature tina
5 they be virtuous, temperate, honest auC
d just, and lived in the truth that some
0 where, sometime, all men would recoe
Ii nize the right and be unable to resis
d its saving power.
e Much good must come frol
e the reflections awakened by tn
t event, not the least of which is the co
d sideration of the sincere affection an
G untiring solicitude with which til
Il children of this aged couple throug
many years did all within their powe
le to repay the toll and sacrifice. of
e, mother and father who had given I'll