Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-01-03
PERSONAL.

NOrIn6n racine htllrOdu Iho III. NoAiCo
home after two years and six months
absence in the Far West, in the fullness Of
excellent health, and with the same good
benevolent soul he always had. His reputa-
ton in his profession, always high. has not
suffered by his hygienic management OF the
Northern Pacific, with its hosts OF laborers.
The DR.. was heartily welcomed by his
friends and fellow citizens and held quite
''handshaking'' leyee at the American ~
for an hour or so Christmas Day.
We learn from the Cowansyille, (P. o.
| O5serrr. that Rev. Hugh Montgomery,
| Episcopal clergyman at Phillipsburgh, =:
| O., of high standing in the church and
| highly esteemed by all who know him, has
| been honorably discharged from the accusa
ton brought against him for the purpose of
extorting money.
| Cough is in New Jersey. Up to this sea
| son his engagements have been nearly g.,
COO. lie has Travelled over 34j, 900 miles in
America alone. During two visits of five
years which he made in Great Britain and
| Ireland, be Travelled IL 900 miles and spoke
100 times Before visiting England he
spoke on temperance 222 times and 367
| times altogether. His first written lecture
was delivered in London in 1850. lie told
| the audience, then, that if they did not like
| it, he would at once destroy It, lie labor
| ed hard during the first year or two of his
work, giving in one year, fs2 addresses, 80
of which were gratuitous For a number
he received but - cents and the highest
rate paid was five dollars. In 699 lectures
be paid his own expenses. \ man boasting Of
but one sick day since 1916 may well be
| successful, and we may not marvel at John
/ Il. Cough magnetism.
Col John H. George. the ieading lawyer
Of Concord, n H., Is suffering from a para
| lytic shock.
| Geo. W Harmon, a well known lawer Of
Bennington, is dangerously i'll. caused from
escaping coal gas in the Court House.
Mrs. Gen. Sanderson of Washington,
/ Ohio, owns a box said TO have been brought
/ to America by Cortez when he came to con-
/ quer Mexica 1t Is inlaid with ivory The
age is stated to be about 100 years.
Rev. Walter H. Ayers, pastor Of the Con
/ gregational church at Wino0ski, received
/ on Christmas DAY beautiful marble-mounted
j ink-stand and mahogany bookcase, from
the members of his Bible class, and other
valuable gifts from several Of his parish
| ianers.
The nomination of Hon 4 W renney
/ of Brooklyn, A. District Attorney of the
Eastern District Of New York. has been re
| called By the President.
The New Bedford Mercury says Sc Post
master Burt Is now settled over the Old
South Church in Boston.
Jessie Benton Fremont. wife of John G..
Fremont. i, said To be the finest looking old
lady in New York city.
George Catlin. who died Monday at Jer-
I soy City at the age of -eyenty-Six, was prin-
/ cipally celebrated as painter and writer Of
Indian life and character. lie was born at
Wyoming Valley, Penn, in l796. He first
| turned his attention towards the law, which
he studied and practiced two years m Con
necticut He soon abandoned the law,
however. and began his career a. an artist
and traveller, having taught himself paint
ins. to which art he was devoted. Having
become possessed of desire 10 study and
paint the Indian life and character. in 1892
going to St. Louis, then one of the outposts
of civilization, be struck boldly out into
the Indian country. where he resided seven
years. studying the savage life and charac-
ter, and painting the portraits of over two
hundred of the chiefs and principal war
l liors. which he aiterward exhibited
throughout America and Europe. His
studies of the ab1rgines were most pro-
found and deeply interesting and valuable.
"a treating of a race which must soon dis
appear .eneath the " forward flowing tide
Of time. " Beside his Indian works Mr.
Catlin, who had Travelled extensively in the
old world was the author of a work on Eu-
ropean travel.
Senator Simon Cameron, of Pennsylya
MIA, will visit this state in the spring or
early summer.
We are glad to see that the energetic and
ndeiatigable editor and proprietor of the
Rutland Herald, Mr. \ II futile, was re
membered on Christmas Eve, by his em-
ployees. with an elegant silver fruit dish, As
a testimonial Of their good viii and esteem
for him.
Mosby Of guerrilla fame, is to marry a
Philadelphia belle
Robert Carter has retired from the editor
ship Of Appletoa's Journal, and is to devote
his entire attention to the work which the
house have called upon him to do in the So Cy-
clopadia room, where the revision OF the
New American Cyclopedia. - preparatory
TO the publication of the new and improved
edition, is going on with extreme care.
1t is said that Thomas Mast eyinces the
same pleasurable emotions on receiving
checks and drawing the money for his draw
ings, as he does in drawing the drawings.
The wife of Pere Hyacinthe is said to
have lost large part Of her fortune by the
failure of Bowles Brothers
The ex" lightning calculator" Hutch.
ings, formerly peregrinator about theS,
parts, Is going on missionary tour through
the United States.
The Davenport Brothers have given VI
their occupation as exhibitors of so-callec
spiritual phenomena and have turned then
attention to farming.
An Illinois editor bears the name O
$ Double-blower, while California contain.
2 one named Bushyhead
VIII NJ. Carleton, author ofmany domes
tic ballads, lately current, is giving read
ings in Ohio.
The latest current newspaper allusion t,
Darwin mentions HIM las theauthor Of" Tn,
Decent Man.
\ bust of John Howard Payne will be Sc
up in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, by til,
Faust Club of that city.
: These are in the refreshing Western styl,
l of personals Mr.. Waggoner founC
t fault with the beef at a Memphis hotel, tn,
other morning. and the Coroner made 81 OF
t him. - Peter Ink, an old citizen of kno,
County, Ohio, was blotted out the othe
day, age 10
9 Statements are current respecting tw,
g well known humorists One accounts fo
4 the orthography of Josh Billings, sayin!
S that he - did not write line for publica
f ton until he was more than 45 years of age
- when it was too late for him to learn t
, | spell. The other mentions that man,
r who heard the Rev. Petroleum v Nash
4 tell the story of Hannah Jane now have al
additional horror of Locke,jaw." "
;. Hon. Luther S. Dixon, Chief Justice O
1 the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, was i
+ town yesterday. This able Vermonter VIII
= has worn the judicial ermine 50 handsomely
: for many years, in the Badger State, is no'
h making Il brief visit to his brother Dr. L.
Dixon of Milton.
There has been a general exodus from tn
i capital. The President has gone to see hi
}, old father at Covington, KY; the Vic
X President has gone to join Mrs Colfax a
a Andover, Ohio Mr.. Speaker Blaine ha
n gone, or is going to Maine, aad there ar
II not over a score Of Congressman left
Nearly all of those who remain, (includin
n Sumner, Edmunds, Casserly, Hooper, Ere
$ linghuysen and Chaniler) are in their ow
houses, and will enjoy Christmas cheer a
: their own firesides. 50 says - Perley," tn
Y genial and long time Washington cOrrespou
: dent of the Boston Journal
+ Geo. W. Bogue, formerly of St. Alban,
d is Sergeant-at-arms of the Florida Senate.
The Troy Press says: "Hon. Wm. I
A Horrobin accompanied by Mrs. Horrobi
u Will sail for Europe on Wednesday, to b
absent four or five months Mr. Horrobin
= health is not very good and his physical
i recommends abandonment of the cares
: business for some months. His trip will el
= tend to Egypt
IS 1t IS affirmed that the capitalist VIII
i stood behind Whitelaw Reid. in the purchas
fstock and helping him to gain control {
the Tribune is the Hon. Walter W Phelp,
" of Englewood, young man of much money
r. who has just been elected to Congress frol
Y that part of New Jersey.
t, We are panied to learn from the yel