St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-11-18
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William Il. Burbank, only child OF >iIas
Hulbank. L>q.. ot Montpelier. died AT hi
aihcr'S Residence in that Village last Sal
Hrday week. ,tccd 33 years Ills disease
''as consumption. resulting from exposure
daring the war. Tnr Fr"o,aua sketches
his lite - follows: NJ BGrhank enlisted
ia the 18th Vermont regiment a. Il private.
bui was elected Il lieutenant in the Mont
pciicr company. Afterwards he vas tran--
icrrcd 20 thr staff of Gen. Griffin. t.o,n
which ne was again transferred 10 the I,o-
>i'ion of al ly-dc-canp t. Gen. Stannard.
lie was Ni.h the army through ut Gen.
hiaHJs campaign against Lee in the VIII
icrnr-> an proved himself 4 brave soldier
and an ctfi officer. Alter the war he
"a- engaged in mercantile pur>Hits il
New York. until his health compelled the
abandonment Of all business. and lie re-
turncl to his native village to die among
those whom his many tine personal quai-
i'ie> had made his lifelong triends." The
half dozen Nrrmonters who had an up
Ter room" opposite Wiiard's hotel. WASH
in@tOu. hing the first Inauguration of
President Lincoln. will long remember
youn% burbank As the lite OF the party.
The death of Mr.. George Langdon oc-
ra>ioncd a painful sensation in Montpelier
last week. lie had been in his usual health
till within about a week before. when he
was Frustrated by an acute attack of some
internal disease. the exact character of
which the physicians could not determine.
/ involving intense suffering. He died on
/ lhul ~ddy last. He was Il brother OF Mr..
James LangSon of Montpelier, and an es
tecmed citizen. The journal SAYS OF him
lie was a Kind to the poor as he was
hospital 10 his own class associates. We
/ have known him to drive in a cold. stormy
day in winter. six miles. to carry a desc
lated and aged widow. whose situation ac-
cidentally became known to him, a load of
provisions suited to her necessities. His
heart was ever overilOwiuT with neighbour
I ~ kindness. AID his hand was ever quick
to assist in any OF the troubles of those
around him. Few men will he more miss
cl from our social iitc."
Hon. L. ID. French OF New York City.
died in IFardwicl It The residence OF his
brother. {. c. French. October 80. AGED
nearly 60 ycaIs. Judge French was for
many years prominent lawyer and poll
tician IN New York. and successfully cc-
cupicd high and responsible positions in
the legislative and Judicial departments OF
the state ani city governments. He had
been atfiicteG with ill health for some years
aud travelled much in the Old World with
jhe hope of improving il; at the outbreak
of the war between France and Prussia. he
was Obliged 10 leave Paris, where he was
residing. and return to Amer lea. Comm"
TO Vermont iUri brief visit viii his friend :
ami to the home OF his youth, he was e,rick-
en- with typhoid lever resulting fatally.
William Kidney of lloosick Falls. y. \ E.
formerly OF 81. bloomsbury. Went out hunt
u~ on Friday last and in climbing Il iret'
10 get Il squirrel LIMB broke and he tell
to the ground, sustaining injuIies from
which he died on Sunday.
Rev. Thomas Wrinkle dieu Ut GrotOn.
VT. Oct. 20. aged 10 years. The deceased
was bora in Rockbuck, Dublin County.
Ireland. February p. 1921. He came t.
this country when youth of Il years OF
ace. and was converted at the age OF SO
soon after uniting with the church he was
licensed 10 preach the gospel. He frs!
preached in Pleasant Valley, Conn. Not
,onr after his ordination he removed tC
Whitingham. VT. where his labOls wert
! Greatly blessed. When the terrible. wal
I was raging in our land. he gave himsei
t to hi, country's service as private soldier
t bat was soon called to act as Chaplain o
Y his regiment and in other important posi-
= lions at the close OF the war. On receiv
t ing his discharge from his country. he be
= came pastor OF the Baptist church in Ber
. uardstOn. Mass. where he labored till n
d was called by the Baptist church il Groton
e two years ago last August. Dnling hi