Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-17
PERSON Al

Hon. jame- II. P.ait. d.. ol Virginia.
made a -hard money speech ou thc Guy
rency bill in the House Jas, wcek uc
believed g return q specie payments prac-
ticab.e. and advocated tie adoption % q
banking system similar t. ilai oi the old
United States Bank ne claimed THAT that
bank had furnished stable currency.
At the recent March meeting in Bakers
helI. Gen. 5 b. Hazeltine was unanimously
elected Town Clerk. IL being Dis 5llh cleo
ton to that olHce. The General is SO years
of age. but he always has. ana O. thi~ day
continues 10 perform the entire duties oi his
Office without ihc aid Of any assistant and
the records OF 1874 are equal.y as pcricc, as
those Of l,2l X is worthy 0i remark. thEt
although there was q full Attendance 40 the
town meeting. there was not one voter
present that was present ~ the tfenera-
tirst election in l-3l Geu. II. has always
been a staunch Democrat. and has presided
over the Democratic County Conventions
for 81 year,.
Prot Albert j. llagar, formerly our
State geoiosi7,, and late state geo
logist Of Missouri, is now slperinten-
dent Of the Washing,onian Home. re-
treat for inebriate= in Chicago. One-teuth
Of the morey that the city receives from
liquor licenses goes to the support 90 this
institution.
The late Judge John " Eim0nd>. Of
New York. was born in Hudson. y. y.
March -. 1888. graduated at Mon Col
lege. and began the practice of law IN New
York in ls2O In 1881 he was member of
the a ssembly, and OF the senate and Court
Of Errors during the next four years. In
1886 he was sent to treat with the Indians
on the frontier. and the next year resumed
the practice of law IN New York. In l,i3
be became State prison inspector, and IN
tins position secured distinction and proved
MS large humanity hy securing the sub
stitutIon Of milder methods IN the prisons
for the corporal punishmeats then prac-
tised In lois be Was appointed one
of the Circuit Judges Qi the State Of
New York tao yeas afterwards be
was made Judge OF the supreme Court, ana
In l-J2 he became a member Of the Court Of
Appeals, retiring the next YEAR from the
bench and returning tn tue Practice of his
profession IN New York lle was q -pIritu-
alI>t IN his religious faith. and has been
generally regarded as the ab.est champion
Of this '' new dlSpensatI0n lie wa~ a
lifelong enemy of slavery and IN the second
year Ut the rebellion he drew mp a circular
en- petition TO Congress. asking for the
emancipation OF the saves as war measure.
This petition received signature hv the ten
thousand. and hslped in no SINAI. degree
towards Fastening the final act Of emanci-
patton. The death of Judge Eim0nds l. a
loss 10 the bar Of New ork that Will be
long felt, and will be seriously ielt by the
large body Of religions believers wiki which
be was 50 prominently identified
B. T. Reed, wealthy citizen Of Boston
2pi i9F many years director Of the Rut
land and Burlington hqiiro4l, died recent
ly in that city HIS viii gives tue rfote7-
tant Episcopal Theological School Se0o.0oa
or $500 900 at once. and ultimately a much
larger amount
Governor Converse has recovered from
his late Illness 80 Ear a. to be about hi
home
Quarterma~ter-Geuer,,l Lynde has sid /
his store in Marlboro and talks Of moving /.
~
In the sermGnt i{ePaFtment Of the Mas
sachuseifs Teact,r, we nnd tbs .nHeuaes !
lnent that Prof Hiram Mead, Of 0berIin
(Ohio) Theological Seminary, mas been /
elected President Of Midllebury College. |
His decision IN regard 10 the matter is anx-
iously awaited by the trustees. Prof. Mead
was graduated al Middlebury in 1850, and
at Andover in 1857; was pastor Of First
CHURCH at South Hadley. Mass, from 1885
to ls6-; Of olive Street Church, Nashua,
\. H., ls67 to 1865, whea be took the chair
Of Sacred Rhetoric at 1ber,ig.
The Rev. Edward nungeri0rd. nov of
Meriden, Conn, has an interesting article
in the April Ne1c Engldnder on Buddhism
and Christianity.
Herbert futile, formerly connected with
this journal and now located at Berlin, Ger
9cny, as foreign correspondent of the New
York ir,s-.,s. is expected home this spring.
The latest report a..or. Vieepresident
plans Is that he will sail fo-
Europe in few DAYS, to see what few
acpths of foreign travel will 90 for his
leaa4sr.
julie T. ter<ins, ~nS.e reputation a
Dasso has become world wide au..as the
past few years, has probably gained the
greatest celebrity as singer Of the many
aative Yermonters who have taken up music
IS ths,r profession. Mr. Perkins was for
merry of Woodstock, and is . brother Of
Prof. W. o. Perkins and Of H. 5. Perkins.
both OF whom are iasorsbly known in the
musical world.