Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-18
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The ". Y. Tribune SAYS -


~ We are requested to say that the ISLAND
HOUSE, at Bellows Falls, VT, is open for the
accommodation OF the public.
And a more superb Hotel, we take occasion
to add, was never opened "for the accommo-
dalton of the public" During the recent Wing
State Convention it was our rood fortune to
occupy room Immediately adjoining that of a
much better man) in Col. SHuRrLErr's adj
mrable HOTEL and VIC cannot say less than
that, from Kitchen to Observatory, no public
house in New England can be better furnished
and provided. We repeat our commentator
of the spacious and elegant HALLS which
make the ISLAND HOUSE so delightful, and are
happy to endorse the excellent taste, as well
as the munifccnce, which Col. SnuRrLErr has
displayed in the furnishing of his delightful
Parlors and Bedrooms. The Parlors, Boudoirs,
and NCrandas, in the second floor, East and
West, are the very ncatcst and most provoking
machinery of enjoyment that we have ever seen,
and Col SnURTLEFF knows it! And he
ought to know it, They are the offspring of
his own liberal and generous heart, and deserve
to make his Island House." as it really is,
the most attractive residence, for fugitivcs
from the dust and heat of the Cities, that there
is in all New England.
Col. SHURrLEFF has Major DOmo. in
Mr. GEO. n. NEWELL, who knows precisely
how to second and carry out his wishes. Mr.
NEWELL was for a long period, the Steward of
Mr.. WARRGNER's inimitabe Hotel, in Spring
field, and possesses both experience and ma
turul tast to make him fayoritc with the yisi~
tors of the ISLAND House.. He is among the
most obliging and attentive Of Managers, and
"long may he wave"
We may be charged with extending this
notice little too far, but cannot help saying,
in addition, that the ISLAND House TABLE, I'M
der the direction of Mr.. NEWELL is always ad
mirabe, both in matter and manner,-in sub
stance and arrangement. We are greatly
pleased to learn that it is ,ceH-nIei-bo,h by
transient and more permanent occupants. The
ISLAND HOUSE, with its attendant attractions of
physical beauty, on all sides, is the very finest
country Hotel in New England, and upon this
opinion we are willing to be judged. Those of
our readers who visit it, on our recommends
ton, and come away dissatisfied, may call Oh
us for their bill IL Col. SnURrLErF and Mr..
NEWELL don't satisfy them, we will.
- SAMUEL +. VISroN. - The .M mn
4 ickcrbocker thus speaks of the Ohio Wing
nominee for GOVERNOR
BY reference to our tclegraphc column it will
be perceived that this gentleman has been nom
mated as the Wing candidate for Governor of
the State of Ohio
Mr. Ninton came into Congress, we believe.
IN 1873, and, young as he then was, soon took
a high rank in the body of winch he was a mem
Der. As member, and as chairman of the
Committee on Private Land Claims. he rendered
invaluable service to the country.
After an absence of some ten years. Mr.. Vim
ton again consented to serve the people of his
district in the House Representatives and was
returned by them to the twenty eighth Con-
grcSS, and has continued to serve them from
that time to the present; and it is doing him no
more than justice to say that no one enovcd or
deserved lprger share ofthc esteem and con-
fdcncc of his associates. Mild and amiuble in
his disposition: INDUCING in no acerbity of Ian
guage in the debates into which he was drawn
by his public duties, but DESTROYS only to throw
light upon the subject in hand, and to convince
the judgment ofhis hearers, he was ever listen
ed to with respectful attention, and never with
out instruction.
While we regret the withdrawal of so able
and distinguished a legislator from the halls of
Congress, we cannot but rejoice that the Wings
of Ohio have so high an appreciation of his
worth as to have selected him for the first office
in their gift.
- The Editors table of the Kmckerbockcr,
for July, furnishes the following:
So see you are in black said friend of
ours the other day are you in mourning for
friend, Thomas ? No; am in mourning for
my sins 'lnever heard that you had .ost any,
was the instant and keen reply.
-rHE NEW STEAMER. 1t is known to
the public that a new Steamer is in process of
construction, at Whitehall, for the accommo.
dation Of the business and travelling public on
our Lake. 1t is under the direction and man
agement, and will be commanded, by one of the
most deservedIy popular of our Lake Captains.
h'hA' ~ NIAl MAN, NIOsc QUALIFICATIONS,
as a Sailor and Gentleman, have won him
universal favor. The new Boat will be launched
about the LIST Of September, though it will not
be fully caparisoned and equipped ill next
season. Her accommodations, however, in all
that is essential for the comfort and endowment
of her passengers, will be complete, and she
will at once take her place as a public mvorit,.
We have seen her, on the ways, where she now
lies, and are informed that she will do Justice
by her sailing qualities, to her beautiful pros
portions. She is 2j3 feet long, and 80 feet
wide, and is modelled for both speed and bust
ness. We know not what she is to be called
but if we could have our way in the mattc-. she
should, as Just compliment to one of the mos,
efficient and popular of Steamboat commanders.
bear the honorable name of Il. w. SHERMAN.
than whom no man has done more to make
the pleasure and business navigation Of Lake
safe and attractive. Captain SnER-
MAN deserves " all the honors," and, unless We
greatly mistake the temper of the Stockholders