Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17
PERSONAL.

A citizen of Lexington. Ky. has IN IN
possession quill of condor which wa
given To Henry Clay in 1924. with an IN
junction never to cut it until he WAS elected
president. when be was 10 write has hrs
message with it. In case he WAS not elect
ed it was not TO be cut until a 'constItu
tional President wrote q constitutional mes
sage Tor all the States After Mr.. Clay
death II was given to Millsrd Fillmore bu
he was likewise unable to use 1t. During
the last campaign the owner determined &
give 1t to Mr.. Greeley should he be elected
The quill, which il still uncut. is over three
feet long, and is a. large round as man
thumb.
Vice President Wilson left will, dated
April 81, lo-l BY it he beg ueatAed his
entire estate. real and personal 10 hl'
nephew. Dr. VIM. l. Coolidge, in trust FOL
the support Of his motber-in-law. Mrs. Mary
Howe. now in her ninetieth year, and iOl
the education and support Of his adopted
daughter Eva. a little girl of some ten SUN
Inefs. and Tor other minor and designated
purposes. The selection # Mr.. Wilson
biographer is yet TO be considered. but II
regard TO the completion and carrying
through the press OF the third and las
volume of his History of the Rise and tsl!
Of the Slave Power in America leit near-
ly completed, it Is expected that 1t will BE-
attended to by the Rev. Samuel Hunt, q
lifelong friend and associate, his iOrmel
pastor. for seven years his private score
tary. and who, more than all Others. ha'
assisted hi n IN the preparation II the work
Hon Ira Harris, Of Albany, \. y. whose
death by paralysis is announced. was born
in Montgomery county, n. T., in loU2
He graduated from MON College in 1924
and practiced law uninterruptedly in Al
bany for seventeen years he was elected
to the Legislature in 1874 and 1915, to the
State Constitutional Convention and TO the
State Senate IN 1916, and to the Supreme
Court in 1917. la 1861 he was elected
United States Senator. and served on several
important committees. lie was delegate
TO the famous "Arm-in-arm" Convention
of ls66. and to the New York State COnsti-
tutional Convention of 1867. lie was a
strong. clear headed man of fine personal ap-
pearance. He was an active member of the
Baptist church. and much esteemed in all
the relations OF private lie
The Independent gives. on the authority
of Mr.. Z. Z. Carpenter, n story of Henry
Wilson that has never vet been published.
The evening before his Inauguration a.
Nice-President he called on Mr.. Sumner
and said: Sumner. can You lend me
500? have not got money enough to be
inaugurated on" Mr.. Sumner replied
Certainly If it had been large sum
might not have been able to help you I:
but | can always lend friend 500 lie
then gave Mr.. Wilson check for the
amount, and after the latter had retired
Mr. Sumner. turning to Mr.. Carpenter, re-
marked There is an incident worth re-
membering-such a one a. could never have
occurred in any other country but our
own" That cancelled check. if still in
existence. with Senator Summers signature
on its face, and Vice-President Wilson, on
the back, would DO desirable autograph.
Col Charles II Joyce. the new member
of Congress from the First District, Yer
mont, and family, arrived in this city. Sat
urday. If the Colonel makes as good a
record in the House as he did in the army.
the star that never sets" will be honor
ed IN selecting him a. her representative
to the National Capital. - Washington
Chronicle
We notice from the catalogue OF the
University o! " sconsin, Madison. WI~.,
that Hon. Geo. ii. Paul, OF Milwaukee.
formerly Of Burlington and a graduate Of
the e. v VI. of the class of AZ, is now
President of the Board of Regents OF that
large and thriving University.
Gen. G. B. Kellogg, a son of the late Hon.
Daniel Kellogg, of Brsttleboro, died recent
ly at St Louis. lie formerly prsctced law
at Sixton's River and Brattleboro. He was
for five Years. from 1855 to 1860, Adjutant
General OF tins State. He was the first
Lieut. Colonel of the First Vt. Cavalry, but
was dismissed the service in Oct. 1852. Since
then be has resided at St. Louis, up to the
time OF his death.
joaquin Miller has been interviewed. 1t
has been before attempted. but failed. He
told the reviewer his whole stery. all except
Of his married life, and that he would not
even allude to. He sketched the emigrs-
ton of his fathers family to California in
the gold fever years of a quarter of a century
since, his capture by, and five years with,
the Modocs. with whom and for whom he
fought in 1888, his escape to Nicaragua
md joining the Walker filibusters. his set
ling in Oregon, election as Judge, pub
ication OF a paper and his leading thousand
men into the Sierra mines; of his marriage
n 1868 and divorce in 1871 of his journey
20 Europe hiswanderings through London in
lain efforts to find a publisher for his poems,
If his printing of fifty copies of Pacific
poems and sending them to London critics,
md of the food OF fame that Immediately
BURST upon him. Three volumes of poems
nave been written by him. and two novels,
he second Of which, The One Fair W0-
nan. Is to appear in January. He men
Toned. too. q new poem. "Adrisnne. a
Dream Of Italy," on which he is engaged.