Show DEATH OF JUDGE SNOW tn ic present year will be a memorable one in ia respect 0 to the number of noted members of the church who have departed this life since it opened yes berday wo we briefly announced the de judge Zerub babel snow at his home in ibis city and taday as a tribute to his bis memory so well worthy to be treasured we append a brief brie account of hid big long active and eminently useful life judge snow wayborn wak born to in st johnsbury caledonia county vermont march 29 1809 ills his father was a farmer but the land he tilled was poor his family was large and rigid economy and unflagging industry were required on the part of both parents and children in order thai want might be avoided and respectability to maintained Is ID that region during the period of judge snowell snows boyhood educational facilities were extremely meagre and books scarce toe the primitive v village school in session only a few w beeks during each year afforded him all the means he h had a d aside from personal effort to obtain ob tala education yet at the age of IS 13 he became a school teacher himself and taught several terms in vermont and C canada in in we spring ox of ejohnson band and orson pratt introduced the tallness fullness of the gospel in the neighborhood of st johnsbury which he be embraced soon after first hearing U it t it was not a thoughtless step which ho he took in so doing as his bis wind mind for or yetra years dwelt more or less leas upon rell religious glos subjects subject a which yere were constantly being discussed in the op p cleak lu in which he be was roared reared he had also studied deeply the principles of political science and at the faine of e his bis baptism smi though a young man possessed a mind well matured by tho res research eaTch and reflection in june 1832 1892 he was chosen by the branch at t johnsbury to go to ohl ohio 0 where he arrived I 1 in n the fol folio lowin wing g month here he be in met et and became well acquainted with jossph joseph the seer beer and other prominent brethren he was in ilk company with the seer daily 1 lethe the latter wa was 8 engaged ewh gip gake 34 in a translating an slating the old oid testa mont ment and ad figard him translate neatly nearly le the of the book of gen esis ue he re A to yermont vermont and resumed school teaching but in ca AN th ibis J wife t e to arriving ig antt p affa ater t toe the f e depart departure re of t C aipa ater leaving baving his tau family illy at r tile the damp an and d was ile be per iger er to gosev th ep af that to responsible qa ble 0 11 3 t addow fl deU on the arap to W S after reaching rea chine that a 8 tau r ra larned lie 4 to KI kertland sud and a flew 1 sm rejoining ate family went to taw canada ik with them where he remal hed everal earsl months laboring inga 8 a IMP missionary conary he returned to at kertland W the spring of 1885 and soon after started on a mission through Pennsylvania and new york into canada west but returned to kirtland again in time to be present at the dedication ot of the temple he remained at kirtland some dome years taught school engaged in business failed and V with th diffley anti 1 fed tit taw finally paid his bis debts in full iea law and in Oct october ber 1839 was 1 if je bar at supreme court cour ot ohio in the spring of 1841 judge jude snows wife buban s dried died soon after giving birth to a daughter and he suase quenby married mary augusta haw gen in in 1850 while still residing in ohio he A applied lied tor for a judgeship Judges bip lo in f utah and received from president fillmore the appointment ot of associate justice he ae reached in the summer of 1851 assumed the me duties ot of tits office at a time when existed between lae federal I 1 judiciary adi clary and aad the people peo plein in cou section aitu which he be labored as a peacemaker he retained his bis until too toe expiration of tae term and left the stamp ol of his bis individuality upon tb jaris jurisprudence prudence of toe tins territory about june jane 1850 1856 he be went on a mission to AUstralia and returned in december 1858 1859 in 1859 he be became probate proba uil 9 judge ot of iron county aal and in 1802 of utah eno county in toe ot of 1865 tie ne was appointed attorney of sall ball lake county lu la 1870 1876 he w was elected to the same office to 10 which he be was reelected re elected at tuco each election until ISM 1881 prior to the last date he had been rendered ineligible by the laws of congress to vote or hold bold office and was therefore compelled to cease serving the people lie ile alko neld held the office of attorney general ot or ahe territory two or more mere biad was us its incumbent when it was abolished by the poland law of irr 1874 ile he was also city attorney ol of salt lake city and during his incumbency ol of that office we toe corporation load bad some severe legal contests with liquor dealers he conducted the famous englebrecht ca case A in which went before the united states supreme court and toe decision in which wrought such a revolution against the shameful mckean regime in 1870 judge snow aided in codifying the laws lawn of the territory a great and Import important labor in fact he has been eutima intimately tz associated with the legal bictory 1 and jurisprudence juri prudence of the since I 1 its organization and as j adga judg daud aad legal be has rent rendered lerud s to eliis commonwealth ot of inestimable value and which insure the perpetuity of his bis name as a pioneer and ana founder of its J al ic I 1 a ry judge d ge snows integrity was without a blemish aad his uprightness was never impeached he was endowed by nature with a mind eminently judicial and profound ills his manner was arcane aud and dignified and his honesty rugged and invulnerable and his bis posterity may well take pride in the success tie lie has made ot of a long life fraught with great trials and varied experiences ile he was devotedly atchie d to his ais brother apostle erastue snow and providence had bad decreed that they should not long be separated |