Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-07

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the chief working position in connection with
such an organization; he has been foremost
in promoting the interests of the organiza-
tion and is active on all public occasions in
connection with it. The county commits
sioners have recently elected him inspector
of toll-roads for Cook county.
Being an experienced electrician he has
been very active in extensive experiments
with Telephones, microphoncs. etc, having
eight wires radiating from his residence AT
| RavenswOod TO Chicago, Milwaukee and
| several other cities, and has wide reputa-
ton in connection with his experiments. He
has large number and variety of telephones
| and kindred instruments at his house which
have been sent him for the purposes of
testing andexporimenting. lie hastelephonic
connection with over 4 900 points in Chicago
has made the longest connection ever made
by tecphone--to Toledo, Ohio, $50 miles
| He has led an active and useful life here and
| secured public confidence by his uniformly
honorable and candid demeanor and upright
ness in all business matters. While these
statements will not, | presume, surprise his
friends or he news to them, yet | believe
they will be pleased to read them, because
they are true and deserved,
l. y CAMP.
Still another Vcrmontcr las been success
full in business in Chicago and attained TO a
position among business men and in society,
which should be put down To his credit in
these plcasantries and personalities abou,
''Vcrmontcrs in Chicago" ! refer to Mr.
l. \. Camp, of the firm of Story X Camp,
dealers in musical instruments and the largest
dealers west of New York in the
United States. Mr.. Camp was born in the
town of Elmore, Lamoille county, in the
year 1881. His father was II farmer in that
rock and stone bound region, and Young
Newton, as he was called, worked on the
farm until about eighteen years of age
worked hard, too, the year round, and
when he counted up his assets at the end of
n year of blowing, piling stone, planting
hoeing, moving and harvesting, the credit
column footed up a total of rair of ovcralls,
blouse, cap, shoes, and, | presume, shirt . :.
During these years of almost constant toll he
often felt that there was something in the fu-
ture for him higher better, more congenial
to his nature and more in accord with his
ambition, which feeling would assert itself
nvoluntarily. His father, for many
years town clerk, represented IL
wealthy real estate owner in Burlington
paid his taxes on lands in the town
of Elmorc and vicinity and did such other
business for him as circumstances put in his
way This man mad come in possession of Il
scholarship in the University of Vermont and
bethought himself in II moment of involun-
tary generosity to present it to the father of
young Newton for the use Of one of his
sons if it should be wanted. lie accepted the
scholarship and prodosed TO Newton to give
it to him and give him his time, about three
years, if he desired TO go TO college, but
could do no more for him. This was
Ncwton's long-looked-for opportunity, and
he accepted the proffer with avidity and
this gave to him new ambition rather, it
stimulated the old ambition-which welled
up in the heart at the prospect of having at
his command the means, or partial means at
least, of gratifying his desire 10 obtain Il
liberal education. The result of his struggle,
mainly unaided, was the fitting for college,
entering, and graduating six hundred dollars
in debt, among the first in the class of 1852
in the University of Vermont. After grad
uating he WAS offered and accepted the posi-
ton of assistant principal in Barre Academy,
and at the end of one year took up his note OF
5000 and stood even with the world in the
matter of dollars and cents. He remained
there four years, and by teaching singing in
addition to his teaching in the academy, he
had saved up $4,000 during the four years.
He was then offered and accepted the posi-
ton of principal of the Burlington High
School, and taught it seven years, proving
one of the most successful and efficient prln-
cipals that excellent school ever had. MIR.
Story, his partner, was in the music business
in Burlington and was seized with Il violent
attack of the Western fever Undermined
to go to Chicago and open store for the
sale of musical instruments, and proposed To
Mr.. Camp to 90 with him and share In the
business ON some terms. lie hesitated, mol
knowing what the result might he-was con-
sentative and cautious. The idea OF paying
81, 200 annual rental for Il store, which they
did, was something he could hardly fathom
800 wear for rent was considered some
thing notable in the way of magnitude in
some places where he had lived. lie con
scented To go out and investigate, and after a
few DAYS investigating he eagerly accepted
the proposition 10 take half interest in the
business, sold out his property in Burlington
and removed to this city, where he has been
since doing successful and lucrative bust
ness. They have store in st. LOUIS
AS large ~ the one here, and in
the two do business of over
800, 600 annually the largest business
in the line, rs ! have stated, west OF New
\ FORK Mr.. Camp is Il gentleman highly re
5pected IN society, among business men and
among his friends, ncighbors
md more immediate acquaintance lie is
an honorable and upright man in all the rea
ions of Industrious attentive To his
business and cnierprising.
lie married Miss Flora Carpenter of Barre,
IN January, 1862. and has Il pleasant home
md family and surroundings, all of which
believe his friends in Vermont will read with
ratification. He is prominent in the Union
Park Congregational church-one Of It's pill
urs sand has contributed To its construction
md support quite rs much rs any other IN
lividual, perhaps more than any one else;
laying annually from five hundred TO twent- |
y-fivc hundred dollars. lie is a prominent
,iiicer and one Of the leaders in everything
which is calculated to promote and forward |
Is well-bcng. lie is one OF the notable |
,ermontcrs here, SO many of whom are |
'l"','ii' ~ ,i n",u ,,,,'i '' a, pa I'LL ,',,
nonwe,Ith This much | have 10 say of
lcrmonlcr |. n. Camp.
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q yornoo,er widely known in his native .
,,a,o ho,,;,., h,,, rr,,,;,.r,lv identified
With its legislation and general interests, and .
ctive in politics. lie will he remembered
=, h,nIrod, i, y.rrnr, u,, will read this
,,o,,io, ,r lin, i, tho Frrr prrss many
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u "hom are ais" aware III '''' l"'' ''''' Nv
$ now in Chicago and has come 10 the front
~ n, o,tnrr.,, and nuhlic man He was
So,
'orh III peroy' 'rl'aiis county o'' ''4 IT. VI
curse, and worked there until ah"n' siNleeh
ears of ace, when he determined To get an
,,uc,,;o,, ami could ,J,,,ir if in no other
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