The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-19
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bcllishmcnt-- The Infant SaBnei--,cngm,ed
by Welsh,
- uUoSa SlRWcls on MAruIEw LYON
We received, some time since pamphlet OF
f75F+s r7iFatT5iTg IN aa5fT57s fi-iFy
cred before the Vermont. Historical Society
I Oct. 20, 1858, in the presence Of the General
Assembly of the state, 10y the Rev. Hiny II,
White, on the Life and SERVERS Of Matthew
. Lyon; and an essay on The Marbles of Yer
mbnt, by Albert ID. Hagar Esq, State Gcol'
Notwithstanding ht,is pamphlet should
| hayo received a notice bclulo this, but
it got mislaid. We find it spoken favor
ably Of in our ttate papers, and for want
of better, will copy enc Of them;
Matthew Lyon was an eccentric character
an Irishman by birth, possessed Of much
native energy and Shrewdness, some eduea
ton, aud a sanguine, pugnaeious disposition
lie settled in Arlington, in Bennington Co
represented that town in the General As
sem6ly in 1870. lie was fifteen years in tn,
Legislature Of Vermont He was also 1
member Of Congress in 1907. Mr.. Igor
was rarey unique character, and it seems tC
US that Mr.. White deserves credit for tn,
ability, research and fathCulness manifested
in his address.
The marbles Of Vermont is a very, instruc
+. tive and usrfui dissertation on AN interesting
subj,
There nrc few copies for sale at Howard
| Bookstore.
~ Henry Hoyt, o Cornhill, Boston, ha
Just issued new work by the author Of til,
"Obiect Of Life" entitled "TnE Monlnt
MISSION" Its author has already gained fol
herself name, and established herself in thu
confidence of the reading public This new
volume justly claims the attention Of all fo
whom it was written.
~ The Poor Girl, and True Woman, o
Elements of Woman's Success, drawn from
the Life of Mary Lyon and others. A booI
for girls, written by William NJ. ThOyer, anC
published by Gould 6 Lincoln, Boston.
This book is written for girls from twely,
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