Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-07-18

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experiment soon failed in that form, and
when Mr.. Marble got possession of the
paper. and turned it into democratic or
gan. Mr.. Spalding left it and went upon
the Times where he remained many years
and did his best work His daily leader
generally upon political subiect-was uni
formly the best piece of writing upon the
editorial page, uniting vigor with hnlsh,
full knowledge of his theme, and.a states
mans grasp of its relations. He had his
first attack of paralysis before the death
of Mr.. Raymond, and retired to the couh-
| try, but for some months, at least, kept
up his constant contributions TO the editor
ial department of the paper. lie was
man of high literary attachments ana was
an essayist rather than an editor. 10 moral
character of great purity was added the
fervor of Christian faith, which did not ma
utterance in noisy declaration, but shone
LUMINOSITY in the simplicity of his manners,
and the conservation of his splendid powers
to the advocacy of such principles as ne
deemed best calculated to benefit mankind
| The disease which impaired his powers In
later life and eventually caused his death
was apoplectic paralysis. One OF his hSest
public efforts was an Grafton delivered at
| the semi-centennial celebration OF the louh-
dation of this University, IN 1871. go,
MosEs STRONG ROYCE, OF the class OF iol4,
died of cholera contracted in the discharge
of his christian duty at the bedside of
the sick. at Nashville, Tenn, June 10,
1873. lie was born in Rutland in 1925,
and losing his father, Hon. Rodney {.
Royce. when he was eleven years old, his
education was carefully looked after by the
late Bishop Hopkins and Rev. DR.. Hicks.
whom he always respected and reyered.
lie graduated at the University of Vermont
| in 1914. and. after pursuing his theological
studies for a time with the Rev. DR.. Hicks,
he removed TO Greenville, Tenn, in 1917,
and there established st. Paul'S, theefirst
Protestant Episcopal church of that place.
| After his marriage in 1850 he removed TO
| Nashville. where he laid the foundation of
the church OF which he died the rector. In
1852 he accepted the pr0iessorship OF bellies
| lettres and mathematics in Norwich Uni
yersitv, but in December of the following
year he received call to the parish OF st.
| Paul's, franklin. Tenn, and again re-
sumed his ministerial labors. Here during
| the rebellion he worked wonders. With
| slight frame and no physique, he pursued
| his labor of Christian love. After the war
he went to Nashville, where he spent the
remainder of his days as rector of the
Church of the Holy Trinity in that city.
| WILLIAM CoLLAMER, of the class of lS44,
| died in his native town, Woodstock, Vt,
May If, 1873, at the age of 40 years. lie
was the eldest son of the late Judge and
Senator Collamer. Among his classmates
at the University were Judge Charles l..
Benedict of New York, Frederick Billings
of Woodstock, Rev Moses Mcclellan Col
burn of Massachusetts,, and Rev. Moses
Strong Royce of Tennessee, whose decease
is noticed elsewhere. He studied law with
his father and was admitted to the bar at
the November term of the Windsor County
Court in Isi7 While his father was in
Congress he saw some public life in Wash
ington and New York, but passed nearly
all his time in Woodstock in the practice Of
his profession from the time of his admission
to the day of his DEATH He was elected to
the State Senate in 1869 and 1870, where he
was member of several important commit
tees and had much influence in debate and IN
general legislation, but his intense hatred
of anything like trickery gave him a strong
distaste for the political world which was
far from being counterbalanced by desire
for office. Possessing a wonderful breadth
and clearness of view and almost inherltng
knowledge of law. his was one of the
finest legal minds Vermont has produced.
lie was also a man of large general reading,
and with a remarkably retentiye memory
had a fund Of information at command, par
ticularly in the line o. history, which few
realized and which he himself was far from
parading. His inexorable hatred of shams
| and hypocrisy sometimes made him seem
for the moment cynical, but his own ster-
ling qualities of head and heart commanded
the respect and liking of every one.
JoHy BULELFY PERRY, Of the class OF
1871, died at North Cambridge, Mass, OF
typhoid fever. Oct. 81, 1872, aged 46 years
and 10 months Prof Perry was native
of Burlington, and the eldest son of the
late Daniel Perry Among his classmates
in the University were Dr. II. II. Atwater,
Judge Carolus Moves and Hon. q. q.
Benedict Of Burlington, Hon VIM. W
Blodgett of Pawtucket, Mass, George W.
Cottrlll 0fNew York City, the late Chauncey
II. Hayden of Rutland and Ira Divol
Of st. Louis. Prof. Herrick of Bangor Iheo-
logical Seminary, Casper I. Hop kins of San
Francisco. Judge John c. King of Balti-
more, Geo. II. Paul Of Milwaukee. Charles
c. Spalding of the Boston Herald, Rev. \.
Il. Swift of EnOsburgh, Joseph W. Taylor
Of st. Adams. and Charles ). Williams oil
tennessee. lie was pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Swanton for several years,
subsequently became associated with Prof.
AgaSsiz in the department of PaleOntology
OF Harvard Museum at Cambridge, and IN
1871 accepted the Pr0iessorship of Geology
in Uberlin College. After several months
of arduous labor at Oberlin, he returned TO
his home AT Cambridge. much worn 10y over
work, was Frustrated by typhoid fever, and |
died in a few weeks lie was a man of
sterling character and Of eminent scientific |
attainments, and is sincerely mourned by all |
who knew him.
OsoEoLA HARDY KHE. of the class Of 1868, |
died at Westerly, X. l., January Is, 1873, |
of pneumonia, aged thirty-four. lie was
hy in, / pvt~fe nd
after graduating at the University, where
he took high rank a a scholar, writer and
speaker, he went to New York city and
graduated with honor in the Law School
connected with Columbia College. Subse-
quently he adopted teaching as his profess
sion, and was well known in this State as
principal for several years of the academy
IN Nergennes, which he raised to a high
rank among the schools of the State as
working and leading member of the State
Teachers Association, and as one Of the
most enthusiastic, devoted and suct esstul
instructors of this or any other State. His
eminence in his profession drew ate ltion
to him from other States. and in lS7 / he
accepted tattering offer Of the supe rim
tendency of public schools in the town OF
W estery, X. l., and removed his resldeI ce
thIther. Here he became still more emf
nent as an educator. The University Is
scarcely ever called to mourn the loss of any
OF her sons 50 young, so gifted, ard whose
life was 50 full of promise.
NEHEMIAH PIERCE, of the class of 1865,
died of consumption, at Sprngfi ED, ILL.,,
March 18th, 1873, aged 30 years, where he
was DONG Christian work as past or of the
tirst Baptist Church Of that city. He was
born at Londonderry, Vt, Nov. 5, 1887 and
was the son of Baptist minis ter who
preached the gospel for twenty FIVE sue
cesslye years in that town. lie ,as con-
Verted and baptized in the twenty-f rst year
OF ms age and although previously larried,
entered at once upon a course of st udy for
the ministry. After innumerable ha rdships
and great sell-denial he graduated fr, IN tins Z
University, and during his course of study.
supplied Tor three years, the Baptist church ,
1t Nestiord, VT, receiving for his la bOrs
very meagre compensation, and by tie sew
'rity OF his labors, as his journal clearly ex
lIbits, sowing the seeds of tt at disease, that
20 prematurely carried him to the grave. !
lie was ordained in Bel .ows Falls, Vt,
April %, 1866. After a 'pastorate of two
ears at this point, he Ia bored two years I
: pastor OF the churc in Coldwater. ,
Itch. In November, Il 80, he began his /
lbors with the First Baptist Church in q
Ill. His passionate at this !
ONT was eminently accessful. although '
Is labors were periorr aed amid great dis fl
engagements, arising from the distracted
nd dlsheartened condi ton of the church at :
le beginning of his ' 5ork. as well as the /
reat physical suttern ig and nervous pros c
alton consequent up on the progress of the :
sease which ended his life. During the s
st year of his life is church reluctantly. :
1t cheerfully, gave him leave of absence s.
r trip to Europe. in the vain desire that a a
ornament improve ment in health might a
suit. He was ali sent four months. and Fl
turned to die in 4 ,e bosom of his church O
ID in his own fam DIV. .
The Leyee at sh' Presidents house Gem 1