The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-05

leum. S. II. Blackmer was the grand
father of the late S. H. Blackmer
Judge Isham's grandson afterward
married Miss Alta Rockefeller, eldest
daughter of John d. Rockefeller.
John S. Robinson became governor
of the state by vote Of the Joint AS
. sembly in 1853 and was the last demo
= .atic governor in the states history
XIhis docket also gives the names OF
M Enown lawyers here in the Wiz
la the time. George w. Harmon
was of these-afterward cashier
of the Z Stark Bank A. p. Lyman
was another, living for many years
in the homestead occupied by the late
Judge Sibley Trenor w. Park and
his brother-in-law, Nathaniel b. Hall
were officers OF the court mentioned
in the docket.
Hon Robert Pierpont was the pre-
siding Judge at this session. 65 years
ago. The assistant judges were
Perez Harwood, Jr., and Cyrus Far
well. Harmon Garfield of Arlington
was states attorney. Samuel H.,
Blackmer was county clerk and James
S. Merrill, father of John V. d. s.
Merrill. was sheriff.
The members of the bar from Man
chester were also printed in the doc
ket. They include a. i. Miner, Leon
ard Sargent, Daniel Roberts, Jr., au-
thor OF Roberts Digest. Elias b.
Burton. S. Swift and Harvey X. Fow
Ter are also given. the last named dy-
ing but few years ago at an adj
vanced age. Even when we'll into his
eighties, Mr. Fowler was regular at
tendant and interested spectator OF
court sessions and rarely missed
sitting.
Hon. Tarrant Sibley father of
Judge Sibley, was at one time a law
partner of John S. Robinson. Mr..
Robinson was q brilliant orator who
died suddenly in middle life while in
Charleston, 5. c., where he was dele
gate at the celebrated convention
which nominated James S. Brecken-
ridge to run against Lincoln on the
democratic ticket. His remains were
brought back to this village and sew
eral elderly people remember his
funeral
The docket is 4 4S-page booklet
with cheap green paper covers. To
day the court docket contains brief
history of each case showing when ac-
ton was begun, papers fled, etc. The
docket of 1851 was nothing more than
d memorandum book, each case being
given about an inoh OF space with
the name of the plaintiff and defen-
DAFT III the top OF each space in the
center in small type. For this reasor
much interesting information about
the cases that were tried in that sos-
sion so long ago, is lost. Chief among
the entries, however. are the follow.
ing: Warrens, Hart and Leslie OF
Troy vs. the Bennington Iron Com
pany. Buckley & Clafiin of New York
VS.. G, l.. Moves The plaintiff in this
case afterward developed into the
great dry goods house of Clafiin & Co.
Fay was arrayed against Luther
Loomis, the plaintiff being the lumber
dealer from which the settlement
known as Fayville was named. T. w
Park, who afterward moved to Cali
fornia had litigation with
Henry Noyes and Thomas McDanieis
had case against Dennis j. Joyce,
wellknown in the history Of Shafts
bury. Lyman &, Park had grievance
against John C. Hazwell aired in this
court, and Lyman Patchin brought ac-
tcn against C. w. Park. Enos Rudd
sought damages of David Rudd and
Enos Adams brought suit against
Lafayette Lyons. father Of Homer
Lyons and grandfather of Ward
Lyo,ls
This term of court was held before
the railroad entered the town and as
there We're practically no corporations
in those days. most of the actions are
for petty disagreements over the pay
ments of bills. sale of cattle and per
Bonal property and collection of
debts.
The book was printed by B. G. and
j. l. C. Cook, afterwards publishers
Of the Bennington Banner.
Hardly any of the names OF those
participating in that session are liv-
ing today. The sessions of court at
that date were calander days and even
though the docket contained only
trivial cases, far more interest was
taken in court procedure than a ses-
sion of important cases arouses to-
day. The farmers came from all parts
of the county and made sleepy old