Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-08-10

patches from Gen. John {. Robinson. late
Lieutenant Governor, of New York, (from
lS7 to 1879 and now the Grand Comman'
der of the G. A. X. of the United States
and from Cll. James Tanner, Commander
of the Department of New York, &. A. H.,
stating that they will b. at the Bennington
Centennial and army r'union. These
MANNED soldiers-t;ov. K ,hlu~on lost leg
at Gettysburgh w.i.r L. ",nrr,ari OF a
division of the III corps, and Commander
Tanner lost both legs in the war-wil! have
hearty reception from the Vermont yttaT.
ans at Bennington.
Mr.. Charles G. Leland. the author OF the
Hans Breitmann Ballads, has presented to
the British Museum a copy of President
Lincoln's Proclamation of Emancipation on
the lst of January. 1863 The copy il one
bearing the autograph signature OF the
President himself and cOuntersigned by
Secretary Seward.
Mrs. Eliza c. Collins, only sister OF the
late Senator Foot, died on Saturday morn
ing at the residence of DR.. Cyrus Porter, in
Rutland. The remains were taken to Port
Henry for burial be 10 those of her hus-
band. the late Eben, ;er Collins, OF that
place. Mrs. Collins was an old resident OF
Rutland, and q teacher in the schools there
for many years.
Intelligence has been received Of the death 4,
at Tabor, Fremont county, Iowa, on the
9th ult. of Mrs. Mary Peabody Wright.
Mrs. Wright was one of ten children,
among whom were the late Judge JOnn
Colburn, Of Fairhaven, and William X. Col
burn, formerly of Castleton, Vt. Mr., Char
les T. Colburn. of Pitt>ford, is the only sur
vivor of this large family. Her eldest son.
who died In May, was II clergyman and
professor in the college at Tabor. Another,
George +. Wright, is pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Andover, Mass, and an
another. Walter Eugene, is pastor of the
Congregational church at Danvers,. Mass.
Her only daughter is the wife of Rev. Mr..
Hawley, at present pastor of the Methodist
church at Shelburn. Vt.
1t is announced that Mr.. Jules G. Lum
bard will retire from the practice of the law
in New York, and in the early Fall COM
mence concert tour under the manage
ment of the Boston Lyceum Bureau. The
New York Independent says of him MIR.
Hubbard was horn in 1881 in Mon
roe county. New York. His parents, who
were musical, were blessed with ten chill
dren, all musical, of whom Frank (now in
Chicago) and Jules were the most gifted.
When eleven years Of age, the latter sang
leading alto in church choir. In 1919,
he was appointed choir master in Trinity
church, Chicago, where he continued for
fifteen years. In 1868, be removed to New
York. and shortly after was appointed basso
in Grace, and subsequently in st. Thomass
(EpiscopaD. and the Broadway Tabernacle
(CongregationaD choir. During this period,
while appearing at great number of con-
ccrts, ne sang in oratorio with Parepa- Rosa,
Simpson, and others, on which occasion the
former pronounced his the best base voice
she had ever heard. 1t is a bass voice with
a baritone register. having a compass ex-
tending from low ID to F. including twenty
eight consecutive intervals. Although lack
ing somewhat that thorough and artistic
training so necessary to the effective render
ing of classical music, his delivery is always
intelligent and with expression. Had Lum-
bard been favored with the training of Carl
Formes he would have excelled any repre-
of " Leporello" ever witnessed in
America.