The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-03-26

NJ DttIGH spot lOf IL tnall at tuc corner OF
Lafayette square, OF On Scott square, both
of which are almost ut his door. think
that his property will be found to consist
solely in his residence, library, pictures,
and household matters. It will be Il pity
to scatter the library, and the Boston Pub
lie Library might properly acquire it III
tact, unless some disposition has been
made by will, with his other effects. He
has single book which cost three hum
drcd dollars, the Illuminated pray cr-book
Of Margaret Of AnjOll, and be had design
ed to lecture last fall in order to buy
another book which would cost fifteen
hundred dollars. lie is said to own the
Bible OF john Bunyan with Il true auto
graph and the authors memoranda, the
copy Of Burns'o verses called "Bruce's
Address" and many ollcl Interesting SOU
venirs. He was by all odds the most
scholarly man of his period in public life.
HIS HOUSE
is generally said to have been gift from
his wites father-in-law, Samuel Hooper.
who did not approve of his sons behavior
in depriving the widow Of her annuity in
case She married again This house,
which has wide celebrity. was built by
:
with much other property, and it cost
above $50 900. After Mr.. Sumner took
it. Mi Corcoran built the Arlington llo-
tel immediately next door, and bought
the next residence behind. in order t.
provide a ladies passage to the side street
Thus Mr. Sumner had 4 sort OF turrct on
bastion tower in the angle of a huge pub
lie house. and he refused to Sell at the al
hot -1lf.i .
house could never depreeiatr Ii is worth
at least $50 900, and has in some respect+
the best position at the capital The street
on both sides are paved with asphaltum
Il beautiful park filed with elm~ is under
the bedroom window, the sun shine, on
the broad front of brick in the morning
and then drops into the trees O! the pal.
where it lies all the summer day, mai
inp radiance without heat lhe arrang0
ment Of the house is that of an rlegaa
bachelors club for halt a dozen or mu-.
men The door is in The middle of tn.
broad front 10 the lett is the parlor, I
the right a sitting-fOom, and through tho
~itting-room a dining-room appears The
servants arc below in the basement
and green yard surrounds the dining
room. The stairway goes up 1T an au9lr
llQIn lut Gnu VI lilN 4tt' H. sAll'l N'l''tA''
the turn Of the balustrldr IL the library,
which j. celebrated for the iodigaI pre-
fusion of books. Statuettc~ engraving
busts, and manuscripts Amongst III,
modern characters which look out from
the walls are Bright, Golden, Henry Win
ter Davis, Agassiz, Longtellow, and Caste
lar There are engraving, OF John ot
Bologna, the Emperor Marcus Aurrliu~
Toussaint l'Overture. John Bmyan. john
Iampden. and John Brown. | regret
that never made 4 list of the queer thing,
in This elegant apartment, which i~ light
ed hv three windows and looks out upon
Mrs. MadiSon's house and the cab-stand
and equipagc> in front of the Arlington
Hotel. MI Summers bedrooms i1 over
his parlor at the southeast corner, and
contains L set of walnut furniture worth
about five hundred dollars. some easy
chairs and paintings Here he died TWEEN
tv hours after he was seized with neural
gia Of the heart There We're some sad
and lonely circumstances about his fate
but it is useless to disguise the fact that
his career was finished, and the vigor OF
his body had suffered such inroadS that
his head was little old He was aware
OF his decline, and all his later conversa-
tiOns were OF