Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-18

brought them together with 4 Jerk. throw.
ing plates, glasses, dishes, vegetables, meats
&c, all into shapeless mass, and ther
pitched them into the yard Having thu,
plainly expressed her sentiments concerning
the social equality of the races, she told Mr.
BOYD that he could remain in full posses
sion of the house and enjoy to his heart
content the company of his African friends
but as for herself she would 90 to her moth
er's, and there remain, never to meet him
again BOyd's own brother, we arc inform
ed, escorted her to the family mansion. and
this miserable husband He'd the country
4 Eeformer's Legacy.
THE ROMANTIC HISTORY OF FANNIE WRIGHT S
SOUTHERN ESTATE.
Away back in the year l779. Fannie
/ Wright (d'ArusmOntl, a social reformer.
was born in Dundee. Scotland. She was
left an orphan at an early age, and was in
doctrinated by her guardian with ideas
founded on the philosophy Of the French
materialiSts. On becoming of age she ira
| yelled in the United States from ISIS to
| lS20. Soon afterwards she published her
I" Views on Society and Manners in Amer
| lea" and - Few Days in Athens which
| latter work was a defence of Epicureanisn
In 1894 She returned to america in eomrs.pv
with her sister Camilla and Others. who ac-
comnanied the Marqn;S de LAFAYETTE on his
visit of triumph. In 1895 She came To
AIemuhis ard nnrchased or obtained a Grant
of 800 ,rres If land kpown as NeShoho
tract. near Germantown. some fourteen
miles from this CITY. Uron this tract
She established = colony Of emancipated
slaves. and endeavored to elevate their social
condition aud solve the Great problem Of
equality of races. Becoming soon afterwards
public lecturer. She established Fannie
Wrj,bt Soeieties with view To the DE-
.trnct;on Of slavery and 80, rec,r,n,ti,u ,f
.oeietv on free-ln,e b,si.
The Ne.hob1 traet Mi WRIGHT c,u,eve,I
to Marnuis de Iatavettc in trusf for the rur-
nose Of erecting home for free children Of
cnIor This wa iupr,ctie,hle under the
laws of Tennessee. and the Maroui, ,onyeved
the propertv 10 Mis- WRIGHT. who sent the
ne,rres m U,vti In 1S3g She and her
sister Camilla went 10 Eurnne. and were
the ,,uests of LAFAYETTE at Pari. bv whom
tbey were REGARDED A. nlmost member. of
The family Camilla died and in IS3S
Ir tfff vi \
;deos If rh;l,s,,br rcsembleJ her own
Roth came :, imcricl and visited the X,Shph,
tr,,., .,f,s, Tb. moral ,,l,il,s,,,bers op,rrei
ed and senarated and She file! a bin for
divorr. NJ Roleirb the old ,,ontv seft ol
Sbelb, c,,ntv The s,i- v,- .fte-,y,rl
trapsierr,.j to the Cincinnati courts. and a
9iro-c,. ,rss finally ,-rtotrd Fanny W.ight
~ RI ,;re w,s ,,ear1v siv feet IN beiri.
ond r,.l,.t mir 5,rt arb,,rr worn In
rinc-lst. ,,,.,araIlr We. man. bar and
wben taikin,, psrallv drew out a note hook
and seribbleia,yay a: Z, The. manner, AMI Gus
toms of the connrrv 81. resided in Gin
,;nr,o.i mil tte time nj, Lsr d4ath in IS5a
W., -La and Il ,rr.,,.,rr came +, Mem
~ ,l., baJ win rbeu a child named
r.. SrIve phvcarel d'Arp.mont of
-, ,,-cy,,,,, ,,otbi,-, i definitely known
onJ ?, ,bis ,i7I Fanny WRIGHT willed the
NJ, -, /, IS,O Dr Fr,enc ami
-, .a,,e ~ C,y;ngt,n Kv from France.
,',,n,Ianied bv his wife and three children.
IrIiet Clotilie and Narruerite. and bought
tbc V,sboba t-oct f,r SO eco taking an
.Lsol,tc 5ee4 lie f,rnd m the tract vain
aI,io ,,i,er,l s,.-in,,s and rr,r.,sed Z, bpild
b,+,i al codrerT the riare int, sumner
- .,,,I emf ,,,t ~, tipber f,- a branch
- ,rtI, N.,n,.ii. anI CHARLESTON rail
- o.. pei, ,r,. e,.,,,e1 ~ .,,rer-
irtsrle,- If ~. e.t,te NJ a fixed annual
sal,rv ami -,.,. rerouisite.. Soon after
I,,;r-. ol,t D.. ,-,Y DR. lie I,,utrv sent his
vi. and ~, i,,,.ic-s la,k tn France. pr,-
n,i.i,, .I.., ?, r,i,i, them with the Youngest
cL;IJ N1.r,p,ri-e whom he retained at
C,yin-.,n wber, he owned rr,pertv to the
o,nn,5+ of $50 o0o Since then Nine. de-
Ta,,1,r, b,s nevcr heard of her husband or
child. Marguerite. although she has frequent
I,- ,,--;,to,, ,, all mart. ot the Intel State,
and Trrore for information. and. stranger
St;ll Tho do..tor was meyer heard Of after
rbat at Covinrton or MemnhiS. he having
lefr Coyinoton with the child in 1861. and
aL,rt the same time Mile Frances Sylye
pb,.,,,l 4. irns,nont als, di.arpearel from
bi.iorT In lS65. Charles Patton. who re-
,noined ON the NesboF,l tract. filed an attach
,nent in rho cbonrerv court of Memphi,.
satt;n- mn claims o5ainst DR.. De IaGutrv
Car yi9lat;an of the contract. and finally get
t;n,, ;,dyment f,r $50 0G0. The tract was
III At rhoncerv sale - Nelson Speer for
..9I OOa
In March ISL. Nine. de l.aqutrv. through
Ler attorneys filed her retition in the chan
cerv court AGAINST Patton and Speer. alleg-
;o': - Pst,nr.s claim +, the Neshohi
tract wa f,I.e and fraudulent; recitins the
60, .,,-,.,r,,;r.. ber Husband nb,ye narrat-
al s.,,;r, tbs, he had becn uubearl Of FIR
ter rcars and She has be,u in a foreign land
vitb ber 'lil.lren almost destitute. nlti.,uch
-Lo .rI ,tsv ta,.. interests ,n valuable lro-
-, il ,fe Tinted States at Co,in.t,n,
XL,i,,,-. vl,;..I ,-,,,.rt,- h.
~ L.r +,,,,-,,r, inc Children
and aTa'7 cla;minr iId,ment against Patton and
S,e Sneerl T'''-'I Tbis Suit was Compromised and
-, 'hfainsd settino aside the sale to
rs, Srecr ciyine five hundred acres Of the tract
tt Jaii9 and Clotilda de Laqutry. the Doe
- in, children. and turning over
.Io reonai,ieT =, patton for his claim. The
Sa H., hnf,rs The derree was entered Mile.
fr5 TrSnees SIqve phycapel d'AruSmont makes
her appeaIance. after an absence Of over