Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-06-17


says one who knew him well both here ana
abroad, land gave large sums Judiciously
every year. Indeed he would get up III
the night and go ten miles to aid any one
who was suffering. The prevailing IDEA
that he was accustomed to very generous
diet, which has mainly arisen from the ov-
ial tone OF his writings, Is incorrect, ior he
was very carfu in such matters" lie was
extremely popular in the place whero nc
lived, and when he returned rom America
tho neighboring farmers urapcu tne'r
houses with flags to receive NM 10 tne
grief OF losing irlend mus IS auueu V"o
shock OF sudden calainity' we s'','u up
pailed al tne sluo Oh '''u' sun 'o'ni' "'i'ns
realizing that ne VINO Ior 80 many So"i'
mas peopleu 'no woriu Vi ,""'y "i.,
tiul creatures hilcu o"r no"'' ".'i' "O'
thoughts, taught US the reng'on VI o""i"y
ana goou huthor' mas spoNou ",s '"9V 49,
ana wrilteh MS iast poeh' in ','o sp'
that pouehce anu ""s' VIZ" -,
TO INSPIRE we DO" our menus a"u Soy -,
announcer great ''"s'ei Vi "''io"'
ana wohuer l" MS genius io'osi''"0 ~
it, speak WIN "w anu re'oion0"
COMMISSION from '""' Di''"' 'Oo
whose piesseu task VIZ N"o" VIII o'io
DAY De 10 wipe every tear run eNo.y oSo.
ih"iNIully 'aNo my sn''o Vi 'ue i0"''
ioVe an" Ni"u"ess' ",i,o" ''i,' so"',o, ~nN
seherous' anu o',"ii'"'io sun nus
u'ou 70 'ne n"pi'nesS Vi '"o "V,iu' ,'''No
""u e"Joy H'y '"''o anu ''' "''0"o''0"
ior .'ie u'oai'
i"U 4'o" ioA i.'U"' , ~ - '.ii,
au uui'o,'"' ''yS VI W.. D,0 49,
oo 'no s'o'S VI o"''.eS Dnon' W." ,-,
,"',' 0''o' " 10 i. "0is"O' -,
"o nus 'io",eu eo"'o Vi '''o '''O'' 'u'''''''u'
anu Wy Ia, .,'o 'io'' n'uioiV"S v''"',O'o'
III i'"s's" ho'ion' .io' '"". nc i'''' "''" "
| scenes Oh re"i me Win NNlunc9S ~ "
list ever ATTAINED peiore' put .no' ne mas uc-
quirod such an "psolu'e MASTERY oNe' ''o
hu'''"n ne"'' 'n"' VIC '""e ms iOo"' me-,
anu women Nv oIce W our poSo''ie' anu
hiahe every one Vi HIS pooNs b"iieiS vi
our PcrSon"I irlc""s' iH''io Noi' Is h'' '''
iiios' oe"u'hui c'e"'uio II, o"i ii'ot"'uio w
any 'ioans ) W.. 10 any o'n0i io,vu'o Won
| Oi''oi i"is' 10 "o' 'N"o'y So 20
"0'o'' "u' wv ''i'' We zoo" ~ M
ye"'a "so' We nav 'oon gyms w. nloio'
Doo Oi".oit "nu ms i"''u 'i'u' i'oo ga"
yer anu Nr. Deuya'iiin Ailoi,' nc'soS i,oV-
"oou anu Nii' DicN' ioso.'S' ni0"" Do''
ilch"icN-uear oio i'ionarcn vi 'ie'ii ar,
tuese arc not ior us tne AIRY nc'ioiis vi 'no
praih' puV hesh ana pioou lrieIus "hoih
we loVc WIN ail our he"r's anu nope W
meet some DAY III inns very world IL IS
the greatness OF Dickens that he can IN
spire us with feelings ike these, ana no
other man has ever done it in an equal de-
cree.
Ten or twenty millions of people keep a
corner in their hearts for Dickens, because
he has seen 50 perfectly the poetry, the
beauty, the hundred lessons which the life
of the masses contains, and in all that he
has done he has striven for their good. 81
have always had and always shall have"
said he on his first visit to this country,
ian earnest and true desire to contribute
as far as in me lies to the common stock OF
healthful cheerfulness and enjoyment. /
believe that virtue shows quite as well in
rags and patches as she does in purple and
fine linen. | believe that she and every
beautiful object in external nature claims
some sympathy in the breast of the poorest
man who breaks his scanty loaf of daily
bread" So in the faith that literature was
not for the rich alone, and the noblest work
was the work done for the poor, he bent
himself bravely to his splendid task.
Whether battling with the weapons of his
wit for the release of poor prisoners or poor
school boys, or humanity Tor almshouse
paupers, or Keller for beiogged ana pun
dered clients, ana pubic rlddeh 10 ueath
by arlstocrauc oihce-holuers; OF louhulhs
great hperai newspaper III the luteres' oi
popular government ana free euuca'ioh
OF refusing Win uighIly an ihVlla'ioh 70
a"enu rs ~, ac'or inc court "hcro nc couiu
no' oe ie'ei'," 10 Pil'"'o '''"", ON"i io'
Di1h'"S "''no"' Susp'IIon Vi ue"i"9s
-
1oNs' '.'s '',c ~
l'"'.0il"s "oiu' "'"uT '''''''o,l ''S ''u'9 '"0
POe' ""u P'op"o' " 'lo pooP'o III PioN0 90
30, "' ""9 '''0i' 1''ae- ." -
r., WIS ',l''I ""I,I' ~ i1e
reason that his death awokcns today such