The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-12-23

uel Prentiss, United States Senator
and Federal Judge and William Up
ham, United States Senator.
1t greatly changes our ideas of the
lapse of time to know that there is liv-
ing in Montpelier today daughter of
the town representative to the Leg
islature at the time Montpelier was
made the seat of government Cyrus
Ware, who was one of the prominent
and influential men of the State, was
Montpelier's representative in the
General Assembly in 1905, the year
that Montpelier was selected as the
seat of government for the State The
struggle was long, fierce and bitter,
but Judge Ware, with the aid of David
Wing, Jr., who was then Secretary of
State, was able to secure the desired
honor for his town. Montpelier was
then small place and other towns
had strong claims to precedence. Hon.
John Mattocks of Danville, who work
ed actively in behalf of his own town.
frequently stated that however much
right and policy demanded the loca-
ton of the seat of government here
at the center of the State, the older
villages were so keen in their rivalry
that Montpelier would never have been
successful had it not been for the uu-
wearied eXertions and skillful man.
agement of Judge Ware. His living
daughter is MrMs Mary Ware Foster,
widow of the late Joel Foster. Judge
Ware was born in 1869, so the period
represented by two generations of the
family is 140 years. Judge Ware was
originally inferred in one of the old
cemeteries, but his remains were att
erwards removed to Green Mount and
a new granite monument erected to his
memory. Mrs. Foster has the salts
faction of knowing that in the ceme-
terry is handsome monument TO the
memory of her father and a statue,
erected by the city in honor OF her
husband, who was for years the sn-
and was largely instrumental in hav-
ing the system built
Another tombstone that reviTcs
memories of old days bears this in
scription:
"A Hero of Two Wars.
Richard Dodge, 1925, 1907.
Mexican Wer, Co. d, Capt.
Kimball.
Civil War, Company D, VT
Vols.
Discharged Mar. 20. '6S.
Re-enlisted Aug. 4, ga
Co. d, 18th VT. Vols.
Mustered out July IA, '65."
This was "Shack" Dodge, one of the
characters" of the town from the time
of his boyhood to his death.
The Mortuary Chapel.
Requests of moderate amounts
have been made form time to time
for the general purposes Of
maintaining the cemetery, and some
specific sums have been left in charge
of the commissioners to care for GER
tain family lots. The finest beQuest
since the cemetery was established is
that of John E. Hubbard. When Mr..
Hubbards uncle and aunt, Martin and
Fanny Kellogg, died, they had made
mutual Wills, leaving, among other be-
quests, a sum of money for the cree
ton of gates at the entrance to the
cemetery. Mr.. Hubbard contested the
will and the matter was finally dis
posed of under compromise, by the
terms of which he was to erect pub
lie library and provide a small fund
for its maintenance. Mr.. Hubbard eX-
pended more money than he was re-
quired to in erecting the library, and
when he died he gave practically all
his fortune for public purposes. a
large endowment fund was left for
the library, the old Hubbard pasture
was given for park with small sum
for purposes of immediate improve
ment and another modest amount for
maintenance. Instead of the gates
which his uncle and aunt had desired
to give to the cemetery he decided on
mortuary chapel and left 100000 for
that purpose. The building has been
erected at the entrance to the Gene
terry by the commissioners and is one
of the finest pieces of architecture to
be found in the State.
A st. Gaudens Monument.
Mr.. Hubbard's monument is also a
fine piece of work. 1t is of granite
? and bronze and was designed by Aug
ustus st. Gaudens. On the granite