, 1879-03-08


proper but strictly .just. Most Of hfs
Lectures M ,,' were % iree TO ai nnu What No. h1a to
M ,sd ~ Mvsnn. Tno. " n,, ,s,,s,at tscs
prof. Sawyer, n warm but Just enl.;gist, says
TINT htr. Burrltt's was ono Of tic swcctest
charaeters l1e % ever Know: Als hlc "asa perfect
e.,n,od sta NV, ~ ,ronrai tpp mmo
md thorough rood d.hcartttincss charactrrizci
hi. !cclirga towards atl mankind, whom )1e
truly looked Upon as brothcrs.
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hloe4tsAthiCAA'
Aulspa'cu an"oa"eea tt'c aea.ti. h'Eot oeiofe
last, as Se" or1a!n, Conn.,, OIL Ellnn bnfrits' 80
wei known III taa country una III t.ufope as
"tne scafnca oiacksh'itn."
He vas bo1n IN NeW bEitaln DEC ., lelo' nnd
was ucseenuant Oh william bnfr,tt, who died
Ut strat'oro' Conn., IN 1ool. Ills iatier, Elihu
Burritt, sr., wns n shoemaker, mud supported
l,,o Youngest Of flyo sons, Ills mother was E,.z
49,. f11a.,,n,. .roa ,.sa.. Ca.,-.1". 49,
uoo.'1 '@'oouu'e' Ruou' uontet' e"s'ss'1h
woman, whose plots Instincts were
Occupying this position, IL was bis privilege to
-our,in n, hono .g1th n. ra.a,,s mi .',,t.;,
-, .... .s.. w., ~ I .,1,N ~, 'ou.'
70 tne support anu comIofs OF tnelT oid age.
s.rcugth Of man. ne then united hlmsalf
Win = f,orpr,r,.,onn, Chrrcl, i, Nn,r pr,,oIn
49,, s.,.. e.. ,as,.ae" ~. ~" n."" .,.
es H. nsnrv ss ~e.r u" T s' ,a,asa .usss
through tho day in tic field or the forest, md
wntchc1, through half tho night At tl,c bct,s,f,o
~ ~. ts,h"a 49,. ,,.s 49, usa0'ao
,,a 10 s.at ~
take tlo necessary rest. Alter his fathers death
he appronticcd h[msof to blacksmith OF tho
ec,yctt IN to tlat nerJoa vas threc months M y, n
district school during The winter before he was
IL years old, But, what wns OF far greater
Importance. he had keen appetite for reading,
which kept bis mnd awake, anl whicl, was
doubtless stimulated by tho tllf}lru,tg h. ho1 In
procuring books; Ille intela passion for read
Ing he attributed less to the innate forcc OF Ills
own mind than to tho mere advcnt!tious cir
cumstancc in his carly youth.-tho
earng o s sSS' hG Of a3s 9a Ry9 T.
nn.r art - ~ rrnnI ''ia % ~. ~
cnvcry Tim lint to1c. NJ .n"r charn.nT rbt S ps t
i,, IN soa,s IN r"nh .,e ~ III, ,,n ~ ~
i, oo, ~ h,.n t IT, !u,o @
,.a IooH wv W LILY, ~ 10 W h.ss oia
ir',hnnI1 "n a rs. - ot,, .t1 'r;,f, !,
p,,nr II. ar'm. u" nm, u cyop ~ ~ escSl T,M hia, II
,ric an T., pen motnsr fnv WI" .,oa zGsr f
rc,ras Mi s E hnm w ,,h'e s a1s
Vilase nere eoatansa n s p pars ti s brary, IN nd nd
AI,f. L. afr
aap;hcr ,u1 nn onv hao aMJ tien n ,sv
Ser,oss GUAM W. & an5 punn} "a .HSn ony t%o
encc With Ills mother thcy comnromIsefl vii,
regard tn a selection, he being allowed to
choose ouc-Elalr, according to his own particular
tasto for hts own particular reading, md she tic
Ha picked out books Of history while bis
mother selected sermons md homi.ics,
Two little duoiecimo volulnos wero,
sSweys' n ssi,y Of fps9 f%s o, i9s ,r ~, s
gallty Of reading meyer lastcd him bcyond Tho
tirss month, 70 Tint, 10 use ila own ul.rasc, for
tile last month he Has in q state intellectual
famine. somctlmcs, but not often, he pcr-
rs thcy Ind enc small volume Of srrn,o,is u,ight
suffice for her spiritual ncccasitics, In this way.
by tte tine he Was III, be was master uf tho cod,
roilcct3on. md m,nny of which hs
lad read two or threa tines aver. When
he apprcnt.ecd himself to d blacksmith he took
II s.: hs. Tssdsass Nth IL 51stSs% E VIZ
Of u suanteon % tat 1T Ia eo a % oniuIo"s " iaworaLIc
to tho totai abolition of slovnry. By Eliinh,s
adyice when Ills term OF apprenticeship Ind ox-
st,,!cnt. with lila brn,hcr f,,r linlf a yenr. IIis
ain va, 10 be abie 10 manaee a SURVEYORS com.
mss md neri,ans read Virrii in Latin.
After thta half year Of study be
sono ss Tire tIroch s''t Vrc NH reaa seyers
French works We'll satisfied, ho rcturmeti to-
tl.e forge determined 10 make in Tor lost time,
TO acc!nuplsl tb,s he upcaccd himself TO do
1na WORK or TWO MIN,
thus receiving double wages. Severe us thls
stlll found t!tne 70 read a little Of VIRGIL or .
ct this t1mu also tret began TO look Into thu
Spanish, which to bis delight 1la found he could
rcad without much dtsllculty. Ills was not
mind tn. To- to sta,d stii noF to 1e satised