Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-02-27

died ut Jacksonville, Fa., on the 10th
inst. The Chicago Times with which
he was editorially connected for sew.
eral years, pays the following tri.
butte to his memory as scholar,
journalist aud citizans ..g
The announcement of the close of
q brilliant career.all too brief Tor the
fulfllment of the hopes that were
its inspiration, will be received in
this community with sense of grief
little moderated by the fact that it
was not unexpected. The long and
desperate struggle with u fatal dis
ease is over, and death is the victor;
the friends Of the victim turn sadly
to contemplate the lie thus brought
to close.
Mr.. Chamberlin was born in New.
bury, VT, in 1889, and therefore, ut
the tine of his death had not com
pleted his thirty.sixth year. He was
educated at the academy in his na.
tive town, and removed to Wisc0n-
sin when eighteen years of age.
He was engaged in teaching school
when the war broke out, and ut
once joined u volunteer regiment
from his native State. Soon after
wards he was commissioned as a
captain in the Both Wisconsin regl-
ment. and served in that capacity in
the field for about two years. In
1864 he left the service and com.
menced his real life work as .journ-
aliSt. His first engagement was on
The Mil,caukee Sc, tinel with which
paper he was connected for four
years. In 1868 he came to Chicago
and attached himself to The Eue-
ming Post. Lie established the "Per-
sonal and Impersonal" column of
this paper, and his sparkling con.
tributiOns to it gained for him q
wide and enviable reputation as a
paragraphist. Subsequently he was
engaged as assistant editor on The
Republican, The Tribune, and The
TIMES. His service with this news
paper commenced in 1879, and ter
minated only when he became ply
sically inoapacitated for labor,
In addition to his continuous ed
itOrial work he contributed largely
to different magazines, depart
ment of literary work for which he
was eminently adapted and in which
he met with the most promising sue
cess. The fire of 1871 furnished
him the subject of his first book,
which was published under the ii
tie, "Chicago aud the Great Con-
fagration," and met with a large
sale. This was followed by a polit-
ical work, entitled "The Struggle of
IT," His last book, "Uhicago and
Her Suburbs," is work of great
practical value, and is an interest
ing and exhaustive treatise.
These permanent works, however
do not fairly represent Mr.. Cham
berlin's ability, taste, and acquire
ments, save in the respect that they
give evidence of thorough and con-
scientious workmanship His tai.
ents fitted him for higher order of
literary work. He was clear and
cogent as an editorial writer, lgener-
ally brilliant, often humorous, and
always pure and graceful. His in
formation and resources were va
ried and extensive he'was tire
less worker, an immen sc producer,
ana his heart was always in his
work. He was thorough musical
critic, having an excellent knowl-
edge of the theory OF music. In tho
few years that he was connected
with the press, he won the reputa-
tation Of being one Of the best
equipped and most accomplished
journalists in the West. His en-
dOwmentS were such as would have
insured for him national reputa-
ton, had his life been prolonged a
few years. At the time when ILL
ness compelled him to relinquish
his work. his career was bright and
full of promise. In his death was
cut off volume of brilliant hopes
and expectations.
Socially Mr.. Chamberlin was an
admirable man. He had marked
individuality, and withoutapparent
effort exercised great personal intlu-
ence. His circle of friends was
very large, and during his Illness
he had repeated occasion to remark
the high degree of respect and es,
TEEN which they entertained for
him. He was q thoroughly upright
man, and his life was unblemished
In the tall of 1873, he first no
ticed the symptoms of disease,
bronchial consumption, which
caused his death. Having an enor1
nous amount of work on hand, hd
neglected bis health and the disease
rapidly developed. He was finally
compelled to yield to it, and acting
upon medical advice he took a trip
to California, where he spent the
winter of 1884. He returned I'd
Chicago in the summer of the las
named year, but no improvement in
his health had taken place. AfteI
speeding a few months in WiscOn
sin and Minnesota he went to Flor
ida, where the struggle and chase
ended yesterday. H.
Mr.. Chamberlin leaves a widow
and three young children. His pa
rents survive him, and reside in
Wisconsin. The remains will be
fuEnn RI MilwouEa a whara they