Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-05-15

which, doubtless, TO many OF those INTEREST,"
ed is nearly as well as nominally a festival.
The purposes of the concert are to give
encouragement to the scholars OF the Or
pheon free choral schools, and to enlist the
attention and support of the public for Mr..
Hopkins's laudable enterprise. By his
energy and the persistence with which I'M
der many difficulties he pursues his under
taking, Mr.. Hopkins has undoubtedly
done a great deal within the last ten years
to encourage the love of the fairest of the
arts in many hundreds of households that
would be otherwise silent and tuneless- The
cost of obtaining a musical education in
these days is so great that it is no slight
matter to find that education offered gra-
tuitously, and all through the exertions of
n single man. Of course when Mr.. Hop
kins gives a concert II Is with the aid OF
such material as he has. not with such as
he chooses. His voices are not at all picked
ones, but Just such as come to school
where all are made welcome.
The Springfield Republican alludes to
Vce-President Wilson in this afectionate
manner Vice P resident Wilson Is bal
ancing between Europe, California and the
Sandwich Islands for Summer retreat.
The sooner he gets away, and the further he
goes. the better for everybody who has an
interest in his life. lie is in no condition
of health for either work or the political ex
citement Of Washington or Boston"
Rev. Beriah Green, who graduated at Mid
dlebury College IN 1919, and who was pastor
of the Congregational Church at Brandon
from 1923 to ls29, dropped dead. on tie 4th
inst, while addressing the Town Board
of Excise, in Whitestown. n. Y, against
granting any licenses this year. lie be-
came a well-known preacher and anti
slavery man. lie stood the coadiutor of
that branch of abolitionists as Gerrit
Smith, Wendell Phillips. William Lloyd
Garrison and Samuel j. May. lie was the
intimate personal friend and townsman of
Gerrit Smith, and with him advocated
openly and boldly the anti-slavery doctrine
in Central New York. Though his fame
was not a national a. some of his COM
peers has been. be was worthy to be united
with them as one of the foremost moral
and social reformers of our day. He
founded the manual labor school at Whites
town, from which the Whitestown Semi
nary grew, and preached every Sunday for
years to the people of that place. He was
so years Of age. lie was native Of Paw
let, Vt.
Hon. Charles Barrett, of Grafton, is
probably one of the finest artists in Yer
mont. exhibiting especially rare skill in
crayon portraits. One which he has re-
Gently completed of the lamented Mrs R.
5 Taft, of this city, is remarkable for its
s.; i arJ H. ,oa,ro- - ,-L;ob A. 1890
sion and life-like features have been pre-
served. The natural expression Of the face
has been caught "a if by magic by the art
ist. Mr.. Barrett spends his summers at
his home, in Grafton, but during the re-
OF the year has studio in Boston.
We are glad to learn that the Chittenden
County Bar propose to give Mr.. Barrett an
order for portrait of ChiefJustice Pier
point, to be hung in our new Court House.
Six years ago Senator Jones of Nevada
was several thousand dollars in debt.
Senator Morton's health is 50 poor that
he has not been in the Senate since the Pres
dents veto message was read.
John c. Breckenridge is slowly recover
ng from his dangerous sickness. 1t will
probably be sometime before he will be well |
,nough to read with entire equanimity the
Cincinnati Ga.etfe's elaborate obituary
lotice of him, under the title of " \ Wasted
life"
The ST. Louis Democrat thinks there is
Tot the slightest chance of the reelection
i Carl Schurz to the Senate
Maj. Theodore IL. Schenck, the managing
litor of the Utica Herald, died sud
enly on Tuesday night last. lie will be
emembered by many Vermont officers as
he accomplished chief of artillery upon the
taft of Gen. W. I. II. Brooks, while he
Eighteenth Corps, and afterwards as Assist
Mt Inspector General upon the staff of
'eneral Kautz, commanding the cavalry
vision OF the Army ofthe James lie was
native Of Auburn, n. Y, a graduate of
Iobart College, and at the opening of the
ar was rising young lawyer in Central
J.,
aptain of Co. E, Third New York Light
rtillery. After his return from the army, {
0 devoted himself to editorial work. and
. one time held prominent place on the ,
aft of the New York Times. Since Decem- Z
,r, 1873, he had been managing editor of J
lie Utica Herald. Ills death was OCCASION
by an overdose Of lnudanum. lie will be
merely mourned by his friends and CO. v
borers of the newspaper press. !
The programme for the coming wedding O
Miss Nellie Grant and Mr.. Sartorius is {
1t. The ceremony will take place in the
ist room of the White House on Thursday
e 2lst inst. at IL o'clock. The question n
bridesmaids or no bridesmaids, which re- n
aimed unsettled for some time, has been =
cided in the affirmative. and the eight n
rtunste young ladies are Miss Barnes, il
ISIS Fish, Miss Conkling, Miss Frelinghuy- ,
D, Miss Porter, Miss Sherman, Miss Drexel :.
d Miss Dent The bride is to wear a /
lite satin dress, trimmed with point lace, Il
u oiahsO nio'-oh> Wuilc Tue elgnt | N
idesmaids will wear white silk dresses, A
IT trimmed with blue and four trimmed if
tn pink. In accordance with the English al
lie there will be no groomsmen, but the ';
ide's brother, Col. Fred Grant, will act
the groom's best man. sa
We regret to learn that Mr.. Frank d. al
bleigh, editor Of the Vermont Record and al
rmer, died Of consumption at his resi- IL
nee in Brattleboro, ON Saturday last. at n,
, age of IS years. Mr.. Cobleigh was a be
lctical printer, and for several years car to
d on a large job Office, and after the re- ~
ement of E. P. Alderman fro the Ii,
cord and Farmer, he purchased the es- PIT
'lishment. and has since been its pro- mi
etor and managing editor. He was ~
let, unostentatious man, who had q fin
&c circle of warm and attached personal Oh
ends. lie was both prominent Free VI
son and Odd Fellow, having been
md officer of the latter organization. it
Iohn Hecker, of New York. the cele- H. ~
ted manufacturer Of farina, suddenly tn
dead in his Office, on Thursday Since aft
S he has maintained an Episcopal N
asch and 2 Mission School for poor DR.,
dfen.