A day or two before the meeting of the convention I was passing by his
premises where he was engaged apparently in examining a buggy which his
man had been putting in order. The conversation turned upon politics,
and I soon discovered that he wished for a nomination to the
Legislature, and without admitting the fact, his remarks showed that he
comprehended the nature of the obstacles in his way. At last he said:
"When I began I thought the main thing was to get money; and I have got
it; and it is very convenient to have it, but it isn't just what I
thought it was when I began."
He went to the convention, took a cold which developed into a fever,
and in a week he died.
[* When I became Secretary of the Treasury, in 1869, I appointed Hubbard
to a minor office in the revenue service in the State of Kentucky,
where he then lived.]
VI
GROTON IN 1835--(Continued)
There were two other lawyers in town, Caleb Butler, the postmaster, and
Bradford Russell. Mr. Butler never appeared in court. He gave advice
in small matters, wrote deeds and wills, surveyed lands, and served his
neighbors in fiduciary ways. For many years he was a member, and a
useful member, of the Board of Commissioners for the County of
Middlesex. That body laid out highways, superintended the public
buildings, and in a word did what no other authority in the county or
State had a right to do.
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