Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-01


c,,-,, smith died AZ the residence Of ms
son-in-,.w. Gen. John Cochranc. IN Ne"
York ON Monday afternoon, at 81 % clock.
Tb,. es-cs away one o. the ablcst and most
rc-,...frt of american citizens man oi
sensitive. nd s,mpathizins nature a PHI
lautropi-t large hcarr,who-e hc79.a-''. .D-
we're many. .,nd whose hencyoience N'- "-
br,al o. ,ut. -hAg humanity. Gerrit sA-'n
WAS horn at "uta, y. y, March ! i1'''
and oraIiatci at Hamilton College. I'D l'i7
Iii. father. Peter SIN ith, Lett him "re 'i '-'
lsr,o-, landed estates in the bni'oi safes
Tie MA r,.,.,n,.r,t a.. VII, 'h has been tl rii"-
cinoi .c.lt,,tion. In l. % hc wa ai-ni... j
~ the bar a. III attorney, and -un-ei ~
took part IN several mpo ~Ah' lliA-s
carly Joined IN the ltucyolc1t cn,tFPIl'e ~
rho dav. and In l>23. connect, himself WIN
ths Ameri-lu c1lIulLltI IN >Jc.e1l' 10 W 81 "
he cave larrcly Tor the ac, 'ompll- hmea' 'i us
ru-na-e- hut in l>3j Wit drew from '' '."
inintI tie American anti slavery ---
H., nracticty illustrated ms OPP .'i'-
=, land manoul.v by di>tTit utins |'-'''
acres. partly among institute n> "' -''''
inp. bat u.a -tiy among poor W. i-e 'i--" CO.
black men. in parcels Of about MY "'-'
Ills largest gifts Of money have B seh ~ ''-
OF emancipation. Of literary IN ail'. ,Ni-'
90 -. 't,-~f t,.,rrrs.s lie Wa M g
- ,i,-...,,.. 30 t.e, and r.ur.it VI o.
- Iii'srt,- af o-ini'r and the ice. .Hm
49,. D.. believed =, he The ho-i e 70
-. - /, l-fl he ma be some speeches lr
l..t,sifof., y,.,.,rt.. and ancsmuromIsius
,'-,..-..,+;,r - The esi-finr war. and also
-, -. ,rtiIe- =, tbi.cud for the pres.
r. - ,',s..i a,vav WITHIN bat a few
L. n o,'.b n,ber f,y, of oar colutr, =
- f,r,,a,,.. i,hilanthropi-te and bcne;ac-
r,r, Cornell and Terri, smith. L'u-
VIII -leir memories linEer In the rcinc--
t-,r,,., .,f the American people
L. 81. >,uth Gerrit smith wa . ri-ll
C,lri,,,; Atterwarl he held the perit'
ti-ri.. q .ctrine- Of Charles q. Finucy and
!. =. said hat ia his later years his belief
ba3 Ill. we'd into accord with that If
Channin, Gut. tor greater part oi h'~
H., h.. I,rt ma religion save that ot hI-
-, liz aith In that was firm. aud
-, -iIi,.o II Peterb1ro was an expert
- -, - GEOLOGY. which, however,
r'I-,4 80 -. ratifIins success.
~, f,.,,,,. -I-f, B.Jwn tract Wa not. e-
,,ary s,Inr,ose. name I for the famous John
Brown Of Harper's FerIv. with whom
H.rr;t S,oi,b. rsne wa. N intimately a--
s.riate5 bnt fir an earlier a nd nIuel less
c,nsn,cn,u- nc-.5n. though tie body d
tGedli ,nertyr he. uogl.Ierinrinth . ground
~ rio b'risr. ~ TIL. tr,ct B y Mr.
S-',,ti,,. ..;if ofl,r5 IN that tr,ct T., erDc-
Id Inn f-s- ac1naint,l with ie.. Ohm
Rro,r,, ~ .I-r cno,b With the wild -.ht 'ul
;nhis lcsf ~ irwin, III rcynIuti1nire H.
,,,rc-r,n.-,. ~ V,Tginia and abolish slavery
ia. S+e,e Rr,wn yi.ired t;errit smith.
,,b, c-}s,vnrc5 IN di..uade him from bis
nh o- The .,r,rn5 of inter iinpr..-
ILL.,. and because he wa opp,.a3 u,
- AIM If human blood There was.
~. 80 If enthusiasm f,r humanity
nov .'g.' nj nj ,.',ttin1, tbe,.,s .,..Il,e
~ ''',," d which knew nothing of far.
w., T.'t N.Y. c-.' ,-cl aiantci 10 captiyate che
M t.a. W. ,ho .reat philanthropi-1. though
heart oil 'nc III - c,,,,;nc, H. i9f,-.
luVi Wy h ,,,v, him n littlc MONEY.
men ~, ~ 5st II mI-t he solely n-ei
~ 49,, .,,v,- in escaping from bondage
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