Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-04
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Charles O'Conor. the great lawyer o
New York. is now nearly we'll, and b
hopes soon to be about. His extraordinary
recovery is attributed to his refusal to per
NIT himself to be drugged or mangled.
1t is reported that Mr.. B. F. Stevens. sor
of the late Mr.. Stevens. the Vermont anti.
quarian. who is the United States Agent al
London. has. in addition to his salary and
expenses of $25. 900 year, an income from
commissions on purchases of books .or the
Congressional Library. Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, Department of Justice, etc.
President Buckbam has been supplying
the pulpit Of Bethany church. Montpelier,
for several Sundays, during the illness of
DR.. Lord. DR.. Lord has been suffering
from lung fever. He is convalescent.
Charles Fairbanks. OF London. England
a member of the scale firm at St. Johns
bury, has given $50 to finish a new
hall for women students at Drury college,
Springfield. Mo-. and the building is to be
called Walter Fairbanks Hall. in memory
of a son Of the donor who recently died.
Reuben Daniels died at Woodstock. on
Saturday, the 22i ult., at the age of seven
ty-twO years. He was the inventor of
spinning jack called the Roll Jack" and
the first one made was put up in wooden
mill in Springfield, Vermont. He next in
vented !" shearing machine" which come
to be extensively used in the woollen mills
of this country. lie next invented rag
machine" so-called, being a machine for
making shoddy. which is now extensively
used. He invented also /" straw cutter"
much in use, and used also extensively in
paper mills for cutting up rag, also a
a - brush cutter" cider mill " and
numerous other machines for which he
obtained patents. Mr.. Daniels had great
genius for inventions, and they were mostly
OF practical nature.
Hon. Ii. Ii. Starkweather, of COnnecti-
cut. who died at Washington. Friday. was
native OF Connecticut, and was born in
1926. After a common school education
he studied law and began its practice in
Norwich. In 1856, he represented that
city in the Legislature He was a
which nominated Mr.. Lincoln in 1860, and
General Grant in 1868 From 1851 to 1866
he was Postmaster of Norwich, resignipg
his position because he was unwilling to
ollow the fortunes of President johnson
after his apOstacy. For the past nine years
he has represented the Third Connecticut
District IN Congress, serving upon some
of the most important committees, and
being known a. a man of great ability
and energy. Mr.. Starkweather was prOmi-
nent in the Republican party IN Connect
cut from the time of its organization, and
few men in its ranks had more influence
or were regarded with so much respect.
lie was an able speaker and an lndomit-
able worker.
CoSsUMPTIvEs, TAKE NoTIcE.-Every moment OF
delay makes your cure mere hopeless, and much
depends upon the udieious choice Of 4 remedy. The
monte syrup, as n cure for consumption, far ex-
ceeds all that be brought 20 support the pretne
sions o. any other medicine. See DT. Schencks Al
manac, containing the certificates OF many persons
OF high respeciahility, who have been restored to
health. after being pronounced incurable by
physicians Of Acknowledged ability. Schencks
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, these
evidences Will show; but the Is often promoted
by the employment o. two o:heS remedies which
DR.. Scheucz provides for the purpose. These ad
ditonal remedies are Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills. By the timele use Of these
medicines, according to directions, DR.. Schenck
certides that most any case % consumption may he
cured
Dr.. schenck is Professionally at his principal
Office corner sixth and Arch Streets. Philadelphia,
every Monday, whore all letters for advice must pe
addressed. FeoI-deodxwl