Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-17
Among the letters received was one from

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John G. Whittier, in which he says
More than thirty years have interviewed
between my first meeting him in the bloom
of his youth and hope and honorable ambi-
ton, and my last parting with him under
the elms of Boston Common after our visit
to Richard Ii. Dana, on the occasion of the
9Oth anniversary of that honored father of
American poetry, still living to la
ment the death of his younger
disciple and friend. How much he has
accomplished in these years The most in
dustrious of men, slowly, patiently, under
many disadvantages he built up his splendid
reputation. Traveller, editor, novelist,
translator, dplomatist, and through
all and above all, poet, what he was
he owed wholly to himself. His ma
tive honesty was satisfied with no half
tasks. lie finished as he went, and always
said and did his best. 1t is perhaps too
early to assign him his place in American
literature. His picturesque books Of travel,
his Oriental lyrics, his Pennsylvania idylS,
his Centennial ode, the pastoral beauty and
Christian sweetness of Lars. and the high |
arguments and rhythmic marvel of Deuka-
lion, are suretles OF the permanence Of his |
reputation. But at this moment my thoughts |
dwell rather upon the man than the author. |
The calamity Of his death felt in both hem
spheres is to me and to all who intimately
knew and loved him heavy personal loss.
Under the shadow Of this bereavement. in
the inner circle vi mourning, We sorrow
most Ot all that We shall see his face no
more, and long for 1.-THE touch Of Il vanished
hand and the sound OF voice that is still g."
The Passumpsc Road and the faIrbankscs.
Rutland man-perhaps Hon. Geo A.
Merrill, who was formerly superintendent
OF tie Pa.sumpsIc road-at any rate one
who evidently knows what he is taking
abOut-writes to the Spring field Republican
to correct some of the miscellaneous of its
Newport correspondent to which We have
once before alluded, in regard to the man
agement of the Passumpsic road under
Gov. Erastus Fairbanks and his successor.
lie says:
IL think you should tell your readers
more than Newport stand point enables
you TO do. Little inquiry rs to who the
were, who comp leted and made
a connection with the Grand Trunk, by the
of the MassiwippI Valley road, :
would be Interesting a. 1t might transpire
hat 'the admirable business man, Henry
ksyes, with two or three Others-One u
'O-tirectOr set the example in "disas-
irou- tasco," and that the ruad when built
.Ywas accepted by another director, acting
~ II committee, himself also one of the CON
tractors and partner with the admirable I
business man, making not only faScO l
tut farce this road being per "a. a. much
IN elephant as the ''transalplno line" b
know something about tho concessions
I-ked OF the PaSsumpsIc road in rates Of Il
reIghts by f. I. Fairbanks II Co and =
low met By the managers OF 1t. Iou will o
.dmit. think. that 81 90 per ton for pig r
ron. and SO and Sli for compactly- boxed v
Gales, was more than 202 miles haulage e
ould reasonably demand And vet. under fl
he management Of the "oid Governor" 81
hese were the rates charged and paid. A T.
mall Concession from these cxOrbItant rates o
you'd have enabled the PasSumpsIc road To 4
ay dividends Tor all time, and, had simplc I
u~tice been accorded, the Portland and Oy- :;
enshurg road would never have been built II
he hostility ~ attached 10 the wrong [,
arty. ii
! am not worshipper of the Fairhankse4, u,
nd certainly they do not worship mo- but Il
cannot agree with the estimate Of Frank la
IN Fairbanks Your correspondent says in hi
pcaking OF their world renowned manu- ie
,ctory that 1t Is probably one Of tho hest RI
rganIzed in the world For the last X or in
D years no one of the company has had l.
~ to do with its active Management than SC
he ''reccnt governor" his time, almost Ia
zclusIvely. being taken up with the
line, while Sir rhaddeus has
we'd IN world apart-cum ofiun. ciun
yHitdie from active care OF the business, a. III
A. long been his wont Somebody, then, al
~ tecn the progressive controlling spirit l.
thus great enterprise, and that man has ~
zen franklin Fairbanks peer Of his -
-Othor Horace IN general Intelligence more ~
IAN peer IN the speciality to which he has ~ ~
voted his life. ~ r.,
A Saratoga despatch saws the failure of I'M
lc1b II. birmingham and John 5. Leakc, Nv
rtncrs in the United States Hotel Livery ~ ~
,mpany, il the probable cause of the re ~,
mt suspension Of the First National Bank pe
that place, of which they were directors, snl
d Leake was also cashier Their liabilities wa
e about S75,0O0, OF which S57 900 arc oh,
ties discounted by the bank. OIL