Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-03
PERSONAL

/ The St. Adams Messenger ssJs Of Rev. Prof
F ". II Bucshau, who occupied the pulpit Of the
Congregational church in that pace On SUNDAY
/ 90 For closeuels Of reasoning, simplicity and
power Of statement, chssie and elegan; diction,
depth os devotion and warmth Of faith, Pref.
Buckham is scarcely second to sny Of the ablesi
preachers in the country: and then his delivery,
So quiet and unimpassioned, is never weariscme,
bur always matter Of pleasure and delight
Major Henry B. Bradley, who was during the
war Adiutant- General Washburn's efficient chief
clerk. hss gone into the ofice Of State Auditor
/ Ferrin. for the purpose Of putting IL proper
shape the claims Of the State against the general
government These claims amount TO about
/ $4,000.
Colonel Frank E Howe, who has remark
able faculty of gaining the enmity Of the New
/ York reporters, is said to be annoyed by = lately
printed story to the cfec, that be has lost faith
/ in hair dye and Intends to encourage gray hairs
in abundance, unit. be becomes a bleachel
blonde"
A family book is soon to be published contain
ing the Fletcher eenealogy aud everybody who
isa Fletcher is called upon for Information.
/ The circular has eleven Fetchers for reference,
in as many different States, q whom Goyerpor
Fletcher Of Proctorsyille is one
DR.. Chaillu lec;lrei in Platts5urg las; week.
The New York Saais,i has made the dis
co7erv ths, the famous George Washington Nc
/ Cracker. whose remarkable revelations Of the
rolicy Of cur Minister to Austria during John
sons administration created such sensation in
diplomatic circles, is none other than son Of
Mrs. Charles O'Couuor.
Rachael Broughton. born Dec II, l775, in
Ashturnbsm Colony Of Massachusetts gay, died
a, Malone, y. Y. Jan. -. 1871. She removed
to Malone, then an unbroken forest, in lso3, AZ
the wife Of the late samuel Brouchton, and in
1911 took up her abode en- the spot where she
died.
Mr.. Fred. Alderman, f5rueriy Of the Brattle-
boro Record, is now city editor Of the New York
Gio5e, ami proves himself 81 energetic worker
Mrs. Anna Proctor, widow Of the late Capt
Na,h'l Proctor Of Montpelier, died at the home
Of her son-in-law, in s.. Johnsbury, the 22i, at
the advanced age of 81 - years Her remains
were taken to Montpelier for interment
one lay last week, Mrs. Reddeld, the vife Of
Judge Isaac Redfed, the well known iurist
while laboring under fit oftemporary insanity,
left her residence on Monument-square Charles
town, Mass, and proceeding to Chelsea bridge,
jumped overheard. Happily the act was wit
messed BY several persons, aud she wss speedily
rescued Mrs Reddeld was a st. Johns5ury
lAiy-a daughter Of Deacon Luther Clark.
Mr.. Cyrus Birge, one of the old residents Of
Washington, died suddenly on Tuesday He hsi
for twenty years past, until recently, filed an
important position in the Interior Department
He va, one Of the veterans Of 1872 and for
twenty years SUGGEST ul merchant in Middle
bury, VI, lie died member Of the First Con-
greganonal Church Of Washington, of which his
son-in-law, Rev Dr. Rankin, is pastor.
The late D. Lyman of Bennington, held insur-
snce policies on his life to the smount Of $4,000
He left an ample fortune besides.
At late meeting of the Rhode Island Institute
Of Instruction an address on " Disciplins " was
given by 0. II. Kile, of Westerly. 1t was heart
ly spplsuded.
1t is stated in one Of our Canada exchanges,
that Charles NJ Swsger, Of Ksntucky,one Of the
Young rebels concerned in the St. Adams raid
Of 1864, was recently killed in one Of the soriies
from Paris, where he was a subaltern officer ofthe
Gardes Mobiles. He was of highly respectable
paren,age.