Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-02

Almira Burbank of Bethel, long town
charge, was found dead in bed few morn
ings since.
c. L. Cass Of Proctor-ville, has taken the
Tyson House, at Tyson Furnace.
personal.
An interesting and touching tribute of
affection has lately come under our notice.
in memorial volume, dedicated 10 Hon.
John L. Page Of Rutland, and devoted to
the memory OF his beloved wife, the late
Mrs. Mary Reynolds Page. The memoir
is from the pen of Rev. Aaron G.. Pease of
Rutland, with whom its preparation was
evidently a labor Of love. Ii sketches the
parentage. birth and Orphanage of Mrs.
Page, her carly life in Boston, the formation
of a character Of marked sweetness, serenity
and devotion to duty, her married life Of
twenty-three years; her failing health and
voyage 10 Europe in hope Of recruiting It's
wasting powers, and her last days and
death at the Chateau St. Laurent, Nice.
France. and funeral at Rutland, September
80. 1872. \ considerable portion Of the
volume. which forms book Of lS3 pages,
Is occupied with extracts from Mrs. Page :
journal kept while abroad. This Is filled
with lively and graphic descriptions Of
sights and scenes and experiences, recorded
not for the public, but for the friends with
whom her bodily weakness did not allow
her 20 correspond. and cvinces a cheerful
and sympathetic spirit triumphing over in
creasiuC and at last fatal physical iniirmity
The volume appears in the elegant typOg-
raphy of the Riverside Press, and Is illus
Tated with photographs Of Mrs. Page, an
excellent Likeness, Of the residence of GOV.
Page in Rutland, and ola number ofnteTes-
ting buildings (mo~tly chUrches) and
scenes in which she took special interest
abroad. Ii is not published, as we under
stand. but printed for private circulation
Though of strongest interest 10 Mr. Page
personal friends, for whom il was intended
i could not, we think, but interesta straDs
or to her. as o study ola rare and hcautiiu
character.
The esteemed wife Of our t0wnsman 5
VI. Pope, Isl. who died ON Saturday even
ing last, was a daughter of George 4
Allen. for many years Sheriff Of CnittendeI
County.
\ Montpelier correspondent Of the Spring
field R1plaicGH, writes that journal. Con
gresham Willard Is making quite an ex-
tended tour through the southern and
southwestern states his constituents fee
very proud of the course he has pursued
not only as regards back pay, but hi,
diEniGed and able action in the past no.
t0ri0us session of Congress.
Hon Freieri K Billings has arrived at hi
home in Woodstock, from his California
trip, in good health. The Standard says
his brief stay in san Francisco. whose pc0-
pie have ever had him in highest esteem
was, as It We're, q continued ovation from
first 10 last.
1t ispleasant to see IN our streets again
the familiar face Of Russell W Chase. OF
Brainerd, MINI. late General Freight
Agen. Of the Northern Pacific railroad. Ills
impressions of the Far Northwest. where he
has spent the past year, are rather iavora-
bic. though he didn't exactly epioy the
temperature Of .ffg-hrJ degrees below zero.
which he experienced 90 Braincrd on the
9th of December last. Mr.. Chase viii re
main in town some weeks. when he wall re-
turn to Minnesota. having takon, with f..
c. Winnie, formerly Of this city. a large
government contract for transporting sup
plies to the forts in that region.
Ut the recent charter election in the city
OF tarihault, MINI. Thomas ) Buckham
a>elected Mayor. Mr. Buckham Is q son
of Rev. James Buckham of this city, and
vas graduated at the University Of Vermont
in 1855. and has been for some years a
prominent lawyer, and vice-proSident Of the
First National bank, If faribault. lie was
chosen delegate TO the Philadelphia c0nyen-
tion lass summer, and now it appears has
attained civic honOrs also. We notice
in the reports of the caucuSes that Geo. W.
Batchelder lacked but few votes of receiv-
ing the Democratic nomination for the same
Office. Mr.. Batchelder Is alsoa thermometer
and a graduate Of the University, and Is the
law partner of Mayor Buckham. What
might have leon tho consequences, if the
two members Of the firm had run for the
mayGTalty against each other. Imagination
fails 10 depict
"-Elch army hath a hand.
And in their rage. ] having hold OF both.
They whirl asunder and dismember me -
Our friend DR.. ). W. Thayer. writes us
from Brainerd, Minnesota, April l7,h
The unprecedented cold weather has over
Tapped the spring season more than a
month, but now she sun shines bright and
the 4cs. OF life grows keener every day,
and by the time this will reach YOU the
arbutus will be in bloom and little will
remain to remind Us Of the long winter
sleep from which the organic world ha-
dM1htA 10 ItltNtu Allts nope anu nap
pineSs. With very pleasant recollectious oil
Burlington and my friends there, and Oft
repeated wishes to return.
Yours. ;. w T.
Hon. George W. Barker Of Manitowoc
Wisconsin, died in that city, On the I'll
inst, in the 10th year of his age He wa,
long 4 prominent citizen Of Montpelier
having been Postmaster there. during Van
Buren administration, and was afterward.
High Sheriffof Washington County He wa,
one Of the earliest contractors in building
the Vermont Central and in 1850 took large
construction contracts on the Rutland and
Washington railroad. in which he lost
heavily. lie removed to Wisconsin in 1861,
where he followed railroad building extern
siyely. Tie also served as County Judge fol
Manitowoc County for several years.
Dorman B. Eaton, the eminent lawyer oil
New York city, who has been appointed 4
member of the Civil Service Commission, in
pldce of Geo. William Curtis, in a native oil
Calais, Washington County, in this State
and was graduated from the University oil
Vermont in the class Of 1878.
The Boston Herald wishes Senator sum
ner would rally enough to saga few word,
abou. the back pay grab" lie might at
least say he wouldn't take his,-if he
wouldn't.
Judge Poland returns to WGsh,ngtor
early in May, to cooperate with a commit.
tee, Of which he is "a member. in completing
a re5ision of the laws of the United States
a favorite project Of his, which, after sever
al years of effort is now nearly accom-
plished.
Rev. A. l.. Cooper, for three years past
pastor of the NJ. E. Church in st. Adams
Is appointed to St. JOhnsbury for the PIE
sent year Mr.. Cooper was pastor of the
Pine Street Church in this city in lsG6-G7
and was afterwards Presiding Elder Of the
st. Adams District.
One Of the best and bravest officers that
ever went into service from Vermontis Gen
James NJ. Warner, the former commander
of the Eleventh Regiment, which first
served as heavy artillery and occupied the
forts about Washington, but afterward,
served creditably in the field. The General
is a son Of Hon. Joseph Warner Of Middle
bury. and a graduate Of West Point in
1850, and was commissioned lieutenant in
the Eighth Infantry serving on the plains
until detailed to.take command of a regi-
ment from his native State in 1862. lie
left the army at the close Of the war, and
since that time has been an active member
of the successful Albany Paper Company,
which did business of half million Of
dollars last year, in the manufacture Of card
board.
The Nation, regarding the new appoint
ments on the Civil Service Commission
says A better selection than Mr.. Eaton
could hardly have been made,
The New York legislature has passed q
bill authorizing the city of Troy to borrow