Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-27

lOT " tAS EiOAtS1e 'a'Ns''s'>s
of interest and character. We have Ro-
man Catholics and Greek Catholics, Jews
and Pagans, Hindoos and Hottentots.
We have - 10. rxactly discovered the pm.
iosapher's stone, but we have discovered
the means by which the most refractory
and discordant materials may be made
To combine.
Our government Is now for the first
time undergoing severe trial Under
FIR less pressure France would have
changed her form of government and
the British Lion would have quailed;
but here we have voluntary uprising
what spontaneous overflow of patri-
ism do we behold. Thousands of men
millions of money-armies and nayies
suddenly spring into existence-no yo-
cation unrepresented. The speaker here
made q beautiful quotation from SCOTS
account of Clan Alpine gathering at the
call of Roderick Dhu-and said, Let
the crowned heads Of England know
that we can whip our own rebellious
children, and at the same time pay such
attention to them as their case may re-
quire. applause. =. a.,.-
We have errors to correct--great I'M
provements to make, but all we want is
a reasonable time. Our motto is onward
and upward Our institutions are in
valuable not only TO ourselves, but to
all other nations, and the time is not far
distant, when our difficulties having all
been removed we shall become the lead
ing nation of the world. (Applause.)
GOV. EZRA BUTLER.
The Rev. Mr.. Parker Of Waterbury
read biographical sketch of Gov. Ezra
Butler, the ninth governor of Vermont,
who was born in Lancaster, Mass, Sep
TENDER "a, 1868. In his sixth year his
father moved to Windsor, where he (the
father soon died, and Ezra lived for
time with his older brother, Joel Butler,
Baptist minister, who afterwards re-
moved to Pennsylvania. He never had
more than six months schooling. In
his sixteenth year he served six months
in the revolutionary army, In the
spring Of 1885 he came, in company
with Asaph, an older brother with an
OK team, to Williamstown, and thence
on snow shoes to Waterbury, the snow
being four feet deep. Shortly afterwards
he was married to Miss Tryphena Dig
pipps, All their meat at that time was
that Of the moose, deer and bear; all
their cash was the pelts of the otter and
of other animals. Their work was one
of desperation-of life or death. Few
stories of hunters and trappers any.
where are more thrilling than theirs
III consequence of hardships and priva
tions the constitution of Mr.. Butler was
broken down at the age of 80.
MIR. Butler took the foremost place IL
his town, built the first framed house
and barn-now occupied by one of thu
scendants-issued the first warran
for town meeting, was the frat town
clerk, was chosen Representative il
1894, and rechosen for eleven years il
succession. He represented the State II
Congress in 1918 and IA. In 1926 b
was chosen Governor, and reelected il
| 'o7, OF olar~ - rrhinh he denljnp
a re- election. He was chosen ohle
Irstice in Jefferson. afterwards Wash
ington county. In the course Oh n
life he was chosen to more than III
offices, holding two or three at tiihe
, His success sprang from his intrins
3 worth. great strength and clearness
mind, remarkable industry, almost evel
. spare moment being spent in reaoln
t with a dictionary by his side-spotie
integrity, stern and unbending IKE I'll
/, of Cato or Cromwell, VIZ
u This sketch would be very imperfe
y without some notice OF his religlo
n life, During his first few years at v
It terbnry he was a wicked and prof.
e man. but in 1890 his after on y
l. drawn to the subject Of ,ersora,
~ ligion, in singular manner.
Sc chanceo 70 find the fragment of an
Of trssct, the, beginning and end of VIII
being gone he never knew either it's tt
n or author, From reading its conte
in ne became intensely concerned for h
I'd self-but subsequently a clear Ii,
IN broke in upon his soul. He was b
IL tized by the Rev. Mr.. Call, Bapt
to clergyman, and united with the cbu
I; in Waterbury. He vas soon cho
q4 pastor of the church and entered Vi
ly what he considered his life's great VIC
III that OF country pastonand gos
g. minister. He is now remembered
=. Waterbury not as Gov. Butler, or Ju,
no Butler, but as Elder Butler. He wa
re rare example of a minister who '
rs never soiled by contact in any and ev
OF form with worldly affairs
U His form was slight and STOPPING,
a countenance dark and sour, and he /
lie remarkably keen and penetrat
nd black eye with which he was said o
it, to have looked bear out of count
at ance and out of his way. He had Ell
al en- children, three of whom died in ca
IL childhood, and six still survive.
es died July II, 1888, in the 18th year
as his age.