Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-11
THE ASSASSINATION OF JAMES
FISK. JR.
of His Boyhood.

"Reminiscences of His BOyhood.
PREPARATIONS EoR THE FUNERAL.
We copy from the Boston Jou1md5 of
Tuesday, the following special dispatch
from Brattleboro, giving "reminiscences
of the boyhood of James Fisk, Jr, the
preparation for the funeral, reception of
his remains etc. :
THE TOWN AND COUNTRY AGITATED.
This thriving little town, which winds
its busy arms about the hills and awes
them into submission to the dec0rOus
tameness Of business, is profoundly
shocked and msrred by the sudden death
of the Erie Prince, and the resolve that
according to his wishes his body shall be
laid away in the Hill Top cemetery. The
people in the surrounding country are
especially inclined to regarl the funeral
as the greatest event that has been To-
Gated in their midst in modern times,
and as the impression has gone very gen
orally abroad that the ceremonies are to
be military, an immense cOncOursc is ex-
pected. Indeed, Brattleboro has given
itself up to complete sympathy with the
mourning of Mr.. Fisk's friends
THE ALL-ABsoRBISG TOPIC.
There have been large crowds at the
railroad station at the arrival of each
train to-day, and every stranger who
alighted from the cars was Curi0usly cx-
amined, as if in some way considered an
object of public interest, because he was
suspected of coming to the funeral. In
the stores, banks and hotels, the murder
and the career of Mr.. Fisk for the past
few years were the alI-cngrossing topics
of conversation.
THE SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
The world only seemed to care about
his faults, and one gentleman who had
known him for many years. said : But
we do not know him as the Erie man,
we remember him as he was when he
lived in BrattlebOTO, and used to be so
active among us" The room which he
made his home in the Revere House
when he returned from his peddlng ex-
CursiOns is shown to the visitor with
pride, and this house will be the first to
receive his lifeless remains in the town
which knew him best
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.
Ills evening ti1t 3GuGIdl SS III IDdlIlN IcIL
with the Fisk family, and the determi-
nation to accord him a respectful funer-
al, was shown by the action of the trus-
tees Of the Baptist society of this town,
who, on hearing that the funeral was to
be held in BrattlebOrO, at once offered
the use of their church to the gentlemen
having charge of the funeral arrange
ments. 1t was at first decided to hold
the services in the Unitarian church. to
which Mr.. Fisk had latterly given his
influence; but it was adjudged too small
for the audience sure to be present, and
the Baptist society's edifice was decided
upon. Mrs. Fisk, soon after her hus-
bands death, telegraphed to her old friend,
Mr.. John W, Frost, one of the promi-
nent citizens of Brattleboro, to arrange
the funeral ceremonies, taking care,
however, to request that there should be
no ostentatious display, and to have the
funeral as quiet and private as possible.
Rev. Mr.. jenkins of the Unitarian So
ciety was chosen as officiating clergy
man, and kilograms from New York an
nounced that the chaplain of the noted
Ninth New York regiment would also
make some remarks. Preparations We're
also made for the accommodation of the
sixty friends who it was announced had
left New York with the funeral train.
MR. FIsK's LOVE FOR HIS FORMER HOME
HIS BURIAL PLACE.
Mr.. Fisk, purchased, through his agent
a beautiful family lot in the Brattleboro
cemetery last summer, and has often
remarked to the Brattleboro boys who
had made fortunes elsewhere when he
met them, that Brattleboro was a good
old place, and that he intended to be laid
away there. The lot is one of the finest
in the cemetery, and includes beautiful
tract of land.
WHAT THE BRATTLEBoRo PEOPLE SAT- OF
HIM. q
The Brattleboro people speak with es-
pecial delight of the hearty manner In
which the master of Erie always received
any of them who went to New York.