Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-05-12
MORNING.
PERSONAL.

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a dav or two ago. for the first time since the
war.
j. Elliot Smith. formerly of Mortified
and Montpelier, now cspsbly fills the re-
sponsible position of Superintendent of the
Fire Alarm Telegraph Of New York City.
L l.. Durant. Esq. addresses the Mont
pelier Reform Club. of Montpelier, next
Sunday evening, at Trinity Church vestry in
that village.
Misses. Florence and Alice Tilton are to
unite with the Church of the Pilgrims. In
Brooklyn (Rev. DR.. S,orrs), on Sunday. on
profession of faith.
DIR. Samuel Wesley the oreanist and COM
poser, died at Gloucester, England, on the
18th of April. He was organst successive
" at Leeds parish church, and at the csthe-
drals Of Hereford. Exeter, Winchester and
Gloucester. lie was grand nephew OF
John Wesley. and son of Samuel Wes-
ey, the composer.
Mr.. Joseph jefferson, the actor, has sue
ceeded so well as palnter-in water colors
first, and afterward in oil-that he has been
urged by judcious connoisseurs in London
to exhibit specimens of his work. A paint
ing by him will probably find place in the
next Exhibition. Since he went to London
last Summer Mr.. Jefferson has devoted him
self with great zeal to this branch of art, of
which he has always been passionately fond,
and which no has long cultivated as an
amateur.
Rev Ii. A. Spencer, In the new assign
ment Of clergymen of the NJ. T.. Church was
transferred from Montpelier - st. Adams.
The Wdtchman says Of Mr.. $. Ger. in words
of well-deserved praise Selc 1, if ever has
our Methodist church been vored with
pastor who has done better more accept
able service, and never one lid in greater
esteem by our whole community. Exceed
ingly arduous as has been his pastoral la
bors. they have not only been faithfully per
formed. but he has ever been ready to deal
manly blows in behalf of every good cause.
And in his multifarious Christian and
benevolent labors, his estimable lady has
been cheerful and accomplished helper.
Secretary Bristow, when he was colonel
in the army during the war, called on Pres
ident Lincoln in Washington, who received
him cordially, and said Il know you very
well, Colonel - Benjamin Helm Bristow.
Your uncle. Benjamin Helm. Clerk Of the
Hardin County Court, was one OF the best
friends had when | was boy. He used
to take good deal Of trouble to explain
things in the Office to me, and show me how
business was done, and was very kind
otherwise. Once, when | came to town
| barefooted, he took me to store and gave
me pair of shoes, and he was my good
| friend always in those days
Dr. Edward S Peck has been in Berlin
since October. He is now working in the
laboratory of Helmholtz IN physiological
| optics. lmaking microscOpical sections of
the eye under Virchow, and anatomical
sections of the car under Reichert. lie
a. eli IS =
Schweigger, who is Graeie's successor. lie |
is also a correspondent of the Boston Medi- |
cal and Surgical Journal, over the signature |
of Med :" and of the New York Medical |
Record as "Qusnt' He will remain |
abroad another year studying in Vienna.
Paris and London.
Hon. James H. Plat, Jr.. IS contesting
the seat iu Congress of his Democratic op-
ponent, John Goode. and has retained ex
Governor Henry A. Wise as his counsel.
Mr. Nathaniel P Dean, of St Johnsbury.
who died last Friday on his 18th birthday,
had been employed by the Messrs Fairbanks
10 their scale shops for 43 years. But one
man-Mr. Francis Bingham has seen
longer term of service. Aside from Mr..
Bng ham. there are SIX who have been en-
plOyed 30 years.
The Elmira a. " DAILY Ga-etfe. in
recent notice Of d concert given by the Lit
erary and Social Union of that city, says:
Prof. Moore played an instrumental solo,
and was accompanied IN :wO duOs by Miss
Knox. associate teacher in the college, the
execution lacking nothing that thorough
musical scholarship and finished taste could
contribute Prof Moore also accompanied
his niece, Miss Moore, vocal professor in the
college, IN her songs, which were delight
fully rendered, and as determinedly encOred
by the audience. Few sopranos have made
the brilliant impression that belonged to
her very telling and tasteful performances.
The general verdict last evening was that
our female college had made one Of its best
acquisitions IN such a vocalist, and that 1t
were an additional desideratum 10 make the
situation permanent. and that magnetic
voice an accession TO one of our church
choirs, though at the unwilling expense OF
the ST Peters Presbyterian church. Roch
ester.
The Omaha (Neb) Be Of April a9ih has
the following concerning q !urmer towns
man Of ours
Mr.. Van Nance. the landlord Of the Ne
tropOlltar Hotel. has ust completed the ex-
penditure of $1,000 IN the improvement Of
the house, from the basement up The hotel
throughout has been entirely reconstruct
SI I-NIIN b4lAu dppuA Alt uuLHo AuAANAAt1 ,
cleanliness, which is the next thing to god
llness. while the Office register, daily filed !
with arrivals. i evidence that the hotel Is
doing a splendid business under the present :
IL il home-lIke institution. '
and the travelling public appreciate the
recent improvements. Mr.. Van Nance
knows how to run a hotel IN every sense Of
the word. Being temperance man him
self, be has abandoned the sale CT liquors
inside the hotel, a step that no one can find :
fault with.
Mrs. A. T Stewart objects to having any
life OF her late husband published. Messrs. v
Appleton & Co, who announced biogra- a
ply of Mr.. Stewart. by Gen. j. G.. Wilson a
have decided to comply with this request. a
i well written. such book would be in c
eresting and valuable. Mr. Stewart was II
,ften requested to give facts for complete '
ketch, but he declined, and hence the t,
mount Of ridiculous fiction which appeared :;
n some of the New York papers at the time f
f his death. n
Mr. E. q. Burnham, of Lyndonville. lately
ngineer on the Psssumpsic Railroad has
'ecome pastor of the Methodist church at p
Walden. y
The late Dr. Norman Mcleod recorded in -,
is diary that, having been invited to
reach before the court at Abergeldie, the
'rince of Wales begged him in advance
hot to preach more than twenty minutes. St
pom this the stout Presbyterian Dean OF p
he Most Noble Ancient Order of the This til
% plumply replied that the Prince and the kr
curt had nothing better to do on Sunday tn
nan to hear him preach. and he shonld OF
resch as long as be thought good for them.
q did in fact preach ''iOrtyseven min
tes" To the credit of the future Emperor
nd King of England, he adds that the a.
rince listened very respectfully and thank ~
aim atterward -
The New York Herald says Judge Poland, an
Vermont, Is spoken OF lr Chairman of a.
Ie National Republican Convention at Tn
tb
Gen Stephen Mofftt, of Plattsbureh, has dc
ZEN appointed collector of customs for the gil
strict of Champlain, n. Y. de
Rev William Buel Sprague. the we'll lei
lown clergyman and author, died at his II
sdence in Flushing, L. l., Sunday, May Ga
h. He was born in Andover. Conn. in VIC
50. graduated at Yale College in 1915. M
udiei for three years at the Theological IN
urinary at Princeton College, N. j.. and m
August, ISIS. was ordained pastor of the III
-esbyterisn church at West Springfield. sp
ass. He continued here ten years, and in ne ut,
90 was intalled pastor of the Second Pres In'
-terian church at Albany, where be con- 10
lued until 1869, when he retired from the ex
lnistry and settled down in Flushing. DR.. we
'rague was an author of many religious WI
1rks, and of the extensive compilation, as
Annals of the American Pulpit" He also XII
attributed to many periodicals and pub COZ
he'd 40 occasional sermons and addresses. Ou
a clergyman and author he was one of eAl
o oldest and most widely known OF our e. e.
neriean clersymen. .ao
Hon. John Young, OF Montreal. one Of col
e best known men IN the Dominion, is no,
Iiously i'll. yea
ANNE DioAin,9n ilHHo uet ue'u' a, an wO
Iress IN npsspn, aonuay eNehi9s' os'oie lay
W play of Anne Boleyn. The play is o oiI
onounced very fair one. but Miss Anna's me