Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-01-19

oar venerable friend. Thomas Waterman
Of johnson. celebrated on the 9th inst. hi=
e diamond wedding at she close Of s.riy
years Of happy wodl1ck with his beloved
wife Eleanor. The anniversary was fitting
| " celebrated by a gathering Of their numcr-
Gus friends Hon. Joseph Waterman, his
only surviving brother. Mr. Doanc, his on
ly surviving sister, and his nepbcws. Hon.
Vernon Waterman Of MorTi,town and Judge
Atwood OF Cambridge, with their wives,
were among the guests. From paper
read on the occasion by Hon. Joseph Water
man, it appears that his father moved from
Norwich, Conn, siIiy.folr years ago last
March, and located his two sons on the
farms they then took possession Of, and on
which they both reside to the present hour.
\ parallel to this can hardly, We think, he
found IN the State
\ pleasant notice Of this rare ana remark
able occasion in the Nersdealcr, says
Thomas WaieTma n. our host, is eighty
five years old this day--being born Jan 9Th.
ISL lie was marie on the 9TH DAY OF
January. 1906, o. Miss Eleanor Dodge of
this town.
OF the Waterman family. there were nine.
eight Of whom lived 70 exceed seventy years
And the subject Of IBy present remarks, you
perceive. has exceeded that period by fifteen
years. He Is q ian Of a very strong mind
and has the best knowledge OF this town OF
any man in it. Bis statistical information
and memory OF ev snts are remarkable. HIS
bodily lnhrmities, though somewhat serious,
do not appear to have made any inroads
upon his intellect. aud, being ny nature and
by habit man Of great suayity Of manners,
his politeness. now in his Did age, is fresh as
ever.
Mrs. Waterman, his vent rable wife. though
experiencing to some e1te Mt the bodily frail-
ties incident TO old age, &c day demonstrated
10 her numerous guests that hospitable gen.
eroslty and courteous tr eatment for which
she Is remarkable"
Both the brothers, Tn omas and Joseph,
have been long time subsc -ibers to the FREE
Pass, ard we join our congratulations to
those of their many friends on such a pro-
longation Of useful and respected lives.
DR.. j q. HOLLAND. tire genial and worthy
author poet and editor OF Springfield Mass.
delivers his poem Jon altman at SCHOOL,
at St Adams, Friday evening.
c. E. Benton, ESQ, has been appointed
clerk of the courts for Essex County for the
ensuing year
HrcH BUCHANAN, CongrC fsmau elect from
the third district in Geo ,gia, was born in
and brought to Vermont when a
child. His father dwelt in Holland. Orleans
County, and Hugh was eds Gated in the dis
'rlct school, aided greatly by lyceum.
wherein men and boys deb= ted the affairs Of
he nation, the boy fnisi ling his educa-
Ion' by few terms in Br ownington and
Derby academies. lie WAS secessionist,
tut acquiesces in the new order of things.
md is labOring in the work o. reconstruct
on a Savannah correspondent says of him
. In the third district Hugh Buchanan is
iected- lie Is an upright, goo man. He
ould take the oath without per juring him.
ell half so much as a northern copperbead
would, were he compelled to subscribe to it .
Capt. FRANK 7. HuNTOoS, formerly of Co.
l. LIST Vt. Cavalry, as some of our readers
NIL remember, was in command Of a p.rty
Ihich was surprised and mostly captured BY
los6y' at Aide. in the spring Of 1868; and
'r this, while a prisoner and unabL. 70
lstify himself, be was dismissed the service
las we are informed) the ins tan,e OF Col.
aWyer' When exchanged Capt. II. made
effort to get rc-instated, but vent West
'iisted as private and fo-eks brayely