Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-12-12
ton. During the day he seemed in better
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ton. During the day he seemed in better
health and spirits than usual.
Our friend Chase Of the Lyndon Union
has at last returned all well from his Journey
to the West, and this is the way he left his
last stopping place: ''lt was dark and the
snow was deep, but we seized halfa dozen
carpet sacks and valises, cloaks, umbrellas.
guide book and sandwiches, shouldered the
baby, locked arms with his mamma, gave
| the boy our coat-tail and started out,
ploughing through the snow for place Of
shelter, and-here we be-" i-U 1ttf
John NJ. Morris, late executive clerk OF
the United States Senate, died at Washing
ton Thursday night, of consumption, aged
81. lie was valedictorian of the class of
1860 at Yale college, and entered the theo-
logical seminary. but left to take the chap
laincy of the sth Connecticut regiment, and
serving with it with distinction to lear the
close of the war On returning he took an
active part in politics, and was rewarded
with the Office which he held at the time of
his DEATH He assisted in compiling his
tor, f the Connecticut soldiers during the
war, and was at different times editor olthe
Charleston Is o. Republican and the Wash
ington Chronicle. The Rutland Globe learns
that John II. Flagg. of Bennington is like
| " to succeed Mr. Morris a executive clerk
of the Senate
The Right Rev William Edmond Arlni-
tage, S. T. D., Bishop of Wisconsin, who
died at st. Luke's Hospital, New York.
Sunday in the forty-fourth yearof his age,
was the second Bishop of Wisconsin, he
succeeding the Right Rev. Jackson Kemper
on the wcnty-fourth OF May, 1870. lie
was ordained Assistant Bishop December g..
1866 and was the eighty-second Of the
American succession. Bishop Armitage
was graduate of the General Theological
Seminary, and was man diproiound learn
ing and scholarly attachments. lie was
noted for his gentleness of character, his
Christian piety. his splendid eloquence.
and for his fidelity to the trusts Of his high
Office The deceased Bishop had been suf-
lering from 4 tumGr in the region OF the
spine, and entered St. Lnke's Hospital on
Thursday last for surgical treatment. An
operation was performed. hul after it he
sank rapidly.
of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe the springfield
Republican says The regular club tea
might be considered an expression Of the
desired simplicity of the table. The ladies
sat about with a cup of harmless tea, or
mild coffee, in the one hand, and sand
wich or piece of cake in the other. and
all appeared to be filled. Mrs. Howe
presided. and was remarkably genial and
bright. She certainly unhent to an unusual
degree. and, indeed, it Is a: the club that
she appears to the best advantage. Seeing
her under the intoxicating influence Of a
club tea. no one would need to ask whe rein
her brilliancy lies. 1t is in fund of pertinent
anecdotes, ready repartee. and witty Sallies.
The latest lecturer to have his Deficiencies
exposed Is the Rev j o. Peck, a windy
Methodist clergyman of Chicago, formerly
well known in New York and New Eng
land. An adverse newspaper criticism on
his lecture at New London, Conn, brought
ont a reply. but the next day the IeegrGH
J.
testing against Mr.. Peck ever being in
vited to lecture there again. One writer
said Some Of Mr. Peck's anecdotes haC
not the negative merit of being harmless
they were none too good for the loa fer.
around the store fire they sayorei of the
corner grocery on the lycenrn platform
they were indecent.
Assistant Sargeon james " Buell., |. )
n, Of this State. writes from his ship III
Wyoming which has gone to santiago
that the war fever runs high in the navy
nobody else 50 highly approaching the pro
tecting power of the dag and the neco~-it
for is inyiolability as those who sail tia
high seas. l. II.
Seth Adams, brother OF the inventor %
the famous Adams Pres, died at Newton
Mas, on sunday. in his 67th year II
, was the proprietor Of the sugar refinery a
South Boston, the largest establishment %
the kind in the world