The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-24

fabrics or to alter wages. when to increase
or diminish the number of operatives,
these and Other important questions were
frequently coming up for decision. In the
discharge of these arduous duties he labor
ed on from year to year, giving entire sat
isfaction TO the corporation, and showing
that he could excel as much In the count
ing room as in the school room.
After devoting himself to his business
for several years, bis health became so
much impaired by too close application
that he found season of rest absolutely
Indispensable.
He had been subject nearly all his life to
frequent attacks OF severe nervous head
ache.
lie now became sorely afflicted with dys-
pepsia. In this emergency the company
OF which he was agent, generously offered
to give him an opportunity to visit Europe,
continuing his salary in his absence. Thus
he was permitted to enjoy great and Pc
culiar pleasure, and to add to the stsre of
his information by practical observation of
men and nations. He was absent nine
months, during which time he travelled ex-
tensiyely in Great Britain and on the con-
tinent, going first, however, to that North
Ireland from whence his ancestors emf
grated.
His frequent letters written during his
absence Indicate how careful an observer
he was. Among the companions of his
travels were his pastor, Rev. Amos Banch-
ard. to whom he was greatly attached, and
Governor Farwell, of Wisconsin. He
spent month in London, three weeks in
Paris, two weeks in Florence, month in
Naples and five weeks in Rome. He also
remained some time in the manufacturing
cities of Great Britain, in order that he
might acquaut himself with the foreign
system of manufactures, and be able TO
compare il with the american. After his
return he gave the result of his careful OBJ
scry dions in "A series of letters to the Lo-
well (oUritr. These contributions were
considered SO valuable that they were af-
tcrwad published in pamphlet form.
Though relating principally to the manu-
features of Great Britain, they also de-
scribed the English system of agriculture,
and discussed the tariff question. His
health was so much tenett ed by his Eu
ropean tour that he seemed to himself and
friends to have taken new lease of life.
On becoming treasurer of the Cocheco and
Salmon Falls manufacturing companies, he
removed his residence to Andover, showing
by this choice OF his future home his in
terest in the cause of education. Before
leaving Lowell he had been elected trus-
tee of the Andover theological seminary
and Phillips academy. After removing to
Andover he became still more identified
with these institutions. being president OF
the board of trustees for four years.
About this time he was appointed by
Governor George n. Briggs member of
his executive council In reference to the
important service which he performed in
connection with the Andover seminary. and
with the prudential committee of the
American board of foreign missions, will
quote from biographical sketch in the
Congregational Quarterly of July, 1867, by
the Rev. John l.. Taylor, formerly treas
urer of the institutions at Andover, and
now professor in the seminary with the
trustees at Andover. and the prudential
committee of the American board at Bos-
ton, he performed for nearly quarter OF
century great amount of work in which
he had no superior.
HE was both judicial and executive in
a rare degree patient, inqusitive, candid
he could investigate thoroughly, and wait
for light from opposite points, and held
the scales of his judgment with a steady
hand till the light came and when al
length his own views became clear he could
state them with great clearness to others. =
"These were the chosen hours of his life,
in which he seemed most truly great il
which the entire force of all his qualities
made the strongest impression on his asso-
ciates, and led them most heartily to re.
spect and revere him. This was especially
true in his educational and religious trusts
for in these he took the deepest interest,
and here he could apply, as he could no,
elsewhere, the full power of his firm rel
gious convictions, ripened at last by many
years of prayerful reflection and consistent
action as a disciple Of the Great Teacher
at whose feet he sat.
After retiring from business 10 the Que
of his home at Andover, he found great en-
joyment in working upon his small farm Of
FIVE acres. There he could be seen every
summer day laboring for hours with some
thing of the vigor and Zest of his father,
farm at Bedford.
Doubtless in those hours of labor ant
the hours of rest which succeeded, hi
thoughts often turned to the past events
and scenes of his life. He saw again tn,
hills of Vermont and that institution o.
learning which he had helped to establish
But the process of education was not fin
ished in his case. He regarded it as lifi
work. From the time Of his preparation
for college he had always been a student
He was a great reader in all departments o
literature except poetry and fiction, tn
claims of which however he did not dispar
age. But the book that he evidently en-
joyed above all other books, and which wa
most frequently found in his hand, was tn
Bible. 1t was his custom to spend severa
hours each week studying the lessons TO
his Bible class, in which he took the deep
est interest. In this, to him delightful
study, he exhibited his genuine scholarship
by going to the fountain-head, the origina
Greek. One Sabbath morning he went t
the upper sanctury.
Forty years ago this institutionshad jus
commenced it's beneficent work. Of thos
who laid its foundations many have passe
away, but the work still goes on. An
shall it not go on with renewed vigor an
influence as tho years roll by? Wher
among the hills and valleys of the Gree
Mountain sta can one find a place NOR
beautiful for situation, or better adapted t
the end designed. Here, then, let youth c
both sexes prepare themselves for the re
sponsbilites Of life, and hero let soul
plume their wings for INN Mortality. To tn
students of the successive generations VIII
shall be educated within the walls whic
, he with an intense interest and faithful ovel
sight watched as they slowly rose, propf
ecy OF future blessings the first assoeiat
principal of this seminary says by his con
pleted life-"Wisdom is the principle thing
therefore, get wisdom"