The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-21
JUDGE MUNSON,
SKETCH BY HON.
]. K. BATCHELDER
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It's business must not be neglected or
put off for any other.
II Probate business lnterfered with
mis- law practice we'll and good but
the law practice must not Interfere |
with tho duties Of that Office and he
never let It. SO the people Of that |
District trusted and believed in him |
for they knew that however small an
estate might be, II would have the
same careful attention that the larger
ones did; knew that he would give to
1t the best he had TO give. And he was
Well qualified for the position, for he
had been Register for the ten years
before he was Judge Of Probate.
do not think that Judge Munson
really enjoyed the practice OF the law
IN all It's phases.
His firm always had docket OF
very good cases, but not a large one.
II had a good Once practice, and that
part " the law business he enjoyed.
Hut the trial OF causes, especially
trials by Jury, the give and take, the
quick rotort. the sharp Cross-examina
ton, lguratively speaking, the rough
and tumble Of trial, were not to
hil liking; not In accord with his
quiet unassumnE nature.
His cases were usually fully pre-
pared, both us 10 the law and facts,
and be tried them well ! cannot say
brilliantly; he would not wish me TO-
for he knew his own limitation IN
! that regard lie was never exalted by
victory. never cast down b. defeat
I The most ne would say was. Tho
! right has prevailed or II defeated
The jury were perhaps right there
are usually two sides TO 4 case, and
] We don't always know which IS right
/ til the trial
This philosophy OF HIS came from q
! deeprooted belief that courts Of Jus
tice are instituted 10 administer the
/ law and maintain the right against
wrong. and that Il was the duty OF
! the lawyer to aid. not impede the
| Courts. and that as lawyer no should
not seek personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
the expense Of right and justice. TIL!
was not merely a theory I've all have
that at least. with him ii was a con
viCtion. an abiding principle interwoy
On with his very nature. II remained
IN him az all times, not only as
lawyer and Judge. but In all tho wa k
OF lie
/ rocau an incident In his life tina
illustrates this trust | am no
trespasslng too far on your time II
referring to IT, Il is this.-
While nj the Seminary be did no
join in the games OF the other boys
al lea not while | was there. due
no doubt. 10 the fact that he was Il
delicate health and that he lived o
home
But soon after he was admitted q
the bar base ball club was organ
tied at Manchester and he Joined IL
and took an active part Ia the games
The name Of the club was the Undaw
Club.
Mr. Munson soon became It's p.cthc'
and a more than good one he was.
the best pitcher not only in Manchcs
ter. but al the time refer %. th
q best In the Battenkill Valley lie va
Interested In the game, and Il wa
just the exercise he needed. IL va
said be- used to prgct'c &C IT home
pitching the ball through a ring tina
he might learn to get control OF
and speed
The Arlington Club, named III
b. Ethan Alien Club. played the Oudawa
3 quite often. and each year a, tho clos
OF the season the Oudawa boys were @
: least one game ahead until the thr
T year. think il was the third Tha
year the clubs broke even near th
, close OF the season, and il was agree.
that they should play 1t on on Ger
tain day at Manchester. and on tina
day the clubs met as agreed.
II was an exciting game; sometime
one club had the advantage. and thel
the other but at the end Of the eight
inn ng the Ondawas were one tall.
ahead: and they claimed that I
was too late In the day to play Tn,
ninth inning and that the game shoul,
be called and given to them on Tia
eight innings, while the Arlington
Club insisted tho game should be play
ed out and that there was plenty o
daylight in which to do IL.
4 war of words followed and Il be
gan To look as tho there might b,
a war of clubs, when Munson, who thus
far had taken no part in the coutro
yersy but stood there quietly alone
stepped forward. and turning TO hli
own boys, said. Boys, We ought Z,
play this out, It is only fair and RICH
that wa should, while the sun hat
gone behind Equinox Il stlll shine,
on Che top OF the Green Mountain, auc
the light Is still fairly good and 4
would be wrong not TO do e. lie hat
spoken not In terms OF authority Of
anger, hgt IN such a way that they
realized the truth of what he said
They were all fine fellows and he
touched Their manhood The nintt
inning was played in the waning llgh'
and Arlington won, Mr. Nlunsor
would have liked to win that gam,
as much as any OF them but h,
wanted to win it fairy, if at all
In 1889 Mr.. Munson was appointed
by Governor Dillingham; an Associat,
Judge OF the Supreme Court and h,