Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-09-05
PERSONAL,

| We are glad to hear that Hon. Robert 5
Hale Of Elizabethtown, Y Y. is in greatly
restored health, and considers himself sub
stantially well mnn.
The venerable Father Moses Parmelee OF
Oswego, n. Y, now approaching his CEN
tenary, retains remarkably his vigor of
mind and body and attends church regularly
every Sunday.
MIR. Jerome Hopkins has returned to New
York from his summer tour of lecture con-
certs, which included Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Maine. His opera of
Samuel" is to he given in about dozen
cities next winter, including Boston.
The body of the Rev. Henry Ortan Finch,
pastor of the First Congregational church of
Guilfori, Conn, was found on the beach AT
Sachem's Head, Wednesday lie passed
the night with II friend at the Head, and
went out carly in the morning for sea moss.
| Not returning, search was made, and the
body was found half covered with water and
sand by bathers. Mr. Finch was native Of
| Keeseville, n Y, his father being a promin-
ent lawyer and ex-member of Congress He
was Il graduate of the [ University Of Vermont
in the class of 1874 and of Yale divinity
school. He had been pastor of the Guilford
church since June. 1873, and was to have
been ordained in September. He was &c
years old. Mr.. Finch was lover of flowers
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the pursuit of his favorite study, evidently,
that he lost his life.
The New York Commercial says the story
about Rev DIR. Thompson and Mrs Deland
referred to in our Geographic dispatches is
false and scandalous. Mrs. Thompson her
sell has been an intimate friend of Mrs. De-
land. The latter's husband is dissipated, and
the charges were probably made by him be-
cause Mrs. Deland refuses 10 support him.
The corner stone of the girls seminary
which Mr. Moody, the evangelist, is erecting
at Northfield, Mass, was laid, the other day,
with appropriate ceremonies, including adj
dresses by Messrs. Moody and Sankey, Henry
F. Durant and Rev. Mr. Pentecost of Bos-
ton. Among the articles enclosed in the cop
per box placed beneath the corner stone were
Cuplcs Vi NiTlDuS secular anu Tcll1lOus pa
pers Mr.. Sankey's uOics in Hold the
Fort, geographically preserved on a sheet
of tin fail, piece of the gravestonc of Rev.
Benjamin Doolittle, the first minister of
Mortified, who died one hundred and thirty
years ago, skein of yarn spun by Moody's
mother fifty years ago a copy of the Gospel
Hymns, etc.
The Boston correspondent of the Detroit
Free Press remarks of the Massachusetts
claimant Mr.. Butler isaman of quiet litera-
~ tastes, and some experience in public life,
having served term or two in Congress, and
seen some military service-Peter like, afar
off-during the war. He is no. ambitious of
political honors, but would be content to fill
the executive chair, if solicited to do so, for
a term or two. He is lawyer byprofession,
but fonder of quiet office work than the bus
tie and confusion OF the courtroom He
possessesa moderate competency acquired by
the legitimate pursuit of his profession Few
men are more conscientious or ayeTsc to I'M
profitable controversies In politics he is
noted for his urbanity modcsty and intieXible
integrity His personal appearance is quite
preposscssing, and his manners unairectedy
retiring and gentle. He has probably the
finest collection of plate in the country, the
voluntary offerings for the most part of his
admirers in the southern States. whose good
will he Won while in command OF New Or
leans.