Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-12-10

John Young, the senior membar Of
&ae firm of Young G Young, one of the
lsest known lawyers OF th2 state, died
at his home in Newport, Vermont, OF
Monday, November 29tn. He had been
10 poor health for nearly two years.
Mr. Young was born in Stanstead,
Province ofQuebec, March 81, 1889, and
was educated in the public schools and
ut Stanstead Academy, preparing in the
latter institution for Wesleyan Univer-
stty, which he entered in the sophie
more class and graduated in 1860.
In 1866 he married Augusta A. Young,
of Troy, who with a son, George b.
Young, survives him.
Mr.. Young was principal Of Derby
Academy from 1860 TO 1862. He enter.
ed the office Of John l.. Edwards, of
Derby, to study law and was admitted
to the Vermont Bar in 1862, beginning
the practice of his profession in Troy,
Vermont, removing to Derby Line in
1867 and to Newport in 1881. when he
became a member of the firm of Ed
wards, Di:,ierman & Young. The firm
was dissolved in 1886 when Mr.. Young
became associated with j.. e. Dicker-
yaan. In 1899 he formed 4 partnership
with his son, which continued to his
death. During his career as d lawyer
&e has been entrusted with many i'm
Bortant cases. For thirty-four years
the firms of which he has been q men,
Der have been attorneys for the Boston
Il Maine Railroad.
He was a republican m politics, a
member Of the Legislature in 1894 and
of the senate from Orleans county in
1898. He was also a member Of the
commission which edited the Vermont
Statutes in 1894. lie was a member Of
the Mas.nic fraternity and Of the
Congregational church From 1900 IN
til has death he was United States com
nissioaer and did a large amount Of
work in that Office.
His funeral, which was held in the
Congregational church at Newport,
was attended by the Masonic frater-
nifty in a body and by theOrIeans County
Bar, by Hon. Lovtland Munsvn, CnI~
Justice of the Supreme Court. Hon.
William Il. Taylor, A5sociat= Justice,
Hon. Willard ". Miles, Chief Of the
Superior Judges, Hoo, E9f S.. Stanton.
Superior Ia1ge, and by q large c]oncourge
of citizens who Our the loss Of 4
mRn who had always stood Tor the high
eat and best things of his community.
The services were in charge or his
pastor, the Rev. l.. A. Edwards. who
said in part as follows:
Studying human history We find not
many Pl2to5-only one-but to him a
thousand lesser lights took up ana learn
to think; not many Dantes-only one
but hundred Of poets tune their haTpS
to his and repeat MS notes. Not many
RaphaeIs only one and yet q host Of
artists, lesser lights, stand before bis
canvass and by 1t are lifted toward his
level. Not many royal hearts, great
magazines If human kindness, honesty,
purity and ruth, yet one such citizen IN
q community will unity, strengthen, in
spire and uplift it. Such a man was
John Young.
Enterirr at birth upon a rich
heritage Of mental and moral worth ne
by diligence, Industry and perseverance
carved out for himself a place in the
world where he commanded the respect,
esteem and confidence OF al who came
in contact with hin and going out Of
the world leaves 1t richer ana better and
to pOsterity bequeaths as a legacy the
record Of d life well spent, a character
unspotted, "a mind enlightened, a soul
that was pure and a heart that was
kind.
In the practice Of his chosen profess
sion in which he was a recognized leader
he always presented to the opposition
that which challenged then highest en-
deavor. In him they recognized an OPP
ponent worthy of their steel; and Wheth-
err it was the numblest citizen who
sought his advice, or the great corpora
ton that Goa mitted to him a trust, one
and all knew that nothing that pains
taking care could accomplish for them
would be neglected. Thus, with the
passing Of the years mans confidence
in his ability, skill, wisdom and integ-
rity increased until the demands upon
his time ana talent became so insistent
that he was known among his friends
as ''the man who never took a vacation"
and found mis- recreation in work, and
respite from one hard task in the heart
of another. AS a support to his great
mental energies he was possessed of
remarkable physical powers that enabl-
ed him to work on increasingly until
about three years ago, when be met
with two slight accidents and these to-
gether with the accumulation of years
and the presence of a subtle form Of
disease that hitherto had not mani
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