Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-14

Notes ana Gossip Picked UP on tho
street

Burlington can point with PRIDE" as th
l. stump speakers say, to goodly number G
literary men, or men who have dropped int
a authorship as Silas Wegg did INTO poetry
y and the list is probably longer than mos
people imagine. One of our first lterar
Ii men was Ethan Allen, who prided hmseI
o not less on his authorship than on his mlltar
# aOility-an opinion in which the world la
not conceded. Ills principal works were hi
treason the sole oracle of man." and HI
| Narrative OF his captivity" of the second o
= which four editions were printed here. lr
. Allen also INDUCED in authorship, and hi
"Parliculars OF the capture of the shil
Olive Branch" was printed here 1t
, lSO2 a more important work by the sam,
author, National and political history o
, the State Of Vermont" had previously beer
published in London (17gS). Coming dowt
"A little later Rev. DIR, George L. Chapman
the well known historiographer of the Epis
copal church, published (lS32) II solid vol
umc OF discourses during his incumbcncY OF
The rcctorutc OF st Paups church. Jonathan
Lamb, IA graduc of the University in the class
of 1899, compieda spelling book which was
published in that year and subsequently
wrote several books Nathaniel Chapman
wrote an elaborate treatise on the principles
OF government. Chauncey Goodrich, the
| bookseller and publisher, wrote very sue
ctsslul treatise on fruit culture. Right
Rev. John Henry Hopkins during his
long episcopatc wrote and published scores
OF books. covering wide range of
thought. Rev. jeremiah OCullaghan, the
first Catholic priest of Burlington, published
| two solid duodcclmos, one on banks and
| usury and one on Professionalism, mntrlmony
etc. Rev. Oliver w. b. PEABODY OF the
Unitarian church was well-known writer
| OF tie knicktibJCker era. The first books or
at least one of the first books, OF our late
lllusirlOus townsman George l.. Marsh was
not only written but printed and published
htre-a grammar OF the old Northern or Ice
landic language. Mrs. Marsh published IL
volume OF poems, The Wolf Of the VOID"
John Godfrey SAKE wrote and published tue
greater portion of his poetry while resident
here.
From the University has come goodly num-
berof solid works. President Daniel Haskell
compiled gazetteer which is still on Tho
Messrs. lIarpcr's list. President Marsh was
one Of the most eminent of American philOs-
ophers. Ills works include annOtatiJns of
Ccleridgc (wholn he first introduced to Amer
lcan readers, a translation Of llcrdcl's
spirit OF Hebrew poetry" etc President
Marsh's literary remains were edited, with n
memoir ty Prof Joseph Torrey, who was
also the author of Il Theory of fine art,
and the translator Of Neander's church his
tory. President Samuel Austin published
an edition of Jonathan Edwards works.
President Willard Preston published two
volumes Of sermons. Prof. Zidock Thomp-
son was an interchangeable writer, the subjects
on which he wrote including history, geog-
raphy, geology, mathematics, natural
history nr.l
W. &. Il. Shcdd is voluminous author
aud the editor Of the Standard edition of
Coleridge's works published by the Harp |
ers: Prof. James Dean published (1S0S) the |
earliest gazetteer of Vermont. Prof. ROYAL |
Tyler (wbom, however, we can hardly claim |
Tor Burlington, though he was for several |
years professor in the University was "a |
well known wit and the author OF the first |
American comedy. Prof. Leonard Marsh |
was voiuminous author on great variety |
OF subjects. Prof. Frederick Robinson wrote |
during his residence here "1hc seven gray
essay, really on tine irish land |
question. VI the present faculty, several are |
not lnirequent contributors TO the current |
literature of the day and the members of |
Medical faculty, present and past, have pub
llshed professional works almost without |
number. Of the graduates of the University |
VINO nave won literary distinction the list is |
100 long 10 be even attempted, at this time.
OF law books, Edmund IL. Bennett, Dor
man Il. Eaton, Lucius f. Chiltenden and
Chauncey Smith annotated and published
standard treatscs during their residence here.
William G. Shaw published an edition of
Ellis on Insurance and compiled the state laws.
Daniel Roberts has published mdgnium 0puS
IN Inc shape OF digest of the reported de-
clsons OF the state courts. Edward j.
i'helpss lectures on medical jurisprudence
have been collected and published. and n
number OF his. occasional addresses have been
printed.
The ldler's friend and everybody's friend
ii. {. Johnsoh, Esq, left town last week
to take up his permanent residence in Fort
Wayne, Indiana. Mr.. johnson has been en-
ployed ''at the lake" for nearly thirty-four
years, having begun work therein December.
lS40, ami has been foreman successively for
tlit old New York aud Canada line of boats,
MT. u. w. Beckwith, tue Messrs Wilkins
aud Elias Lyman Esq. lie had charge of
the piling of The first consignment
OF Cunana lumber ever received in
TINS clty-two hundred thousand feet,
which II TOOK the COnsignces two years TO
sell. Mr. johnson also recalls one of the
Hisl cohsIsHlIcHls OF coal eighty tons,
which wasn't all sold for year and halt.
AT present, over one hundred million feet of
canada lumber is received here every season,
ana our dealers sell well up to seventy-fiv
thousand tons of coal every year Mr.. John
son has seen not only these branches of
trade increase to their present vast
proportions, but a corresponding in
crease in the facilities for doing
business. When he began his active
ca'eerthere were but three docks at the South
end, the transportation of goods was effected
almost entirely by teams. travelling was
done by stage the telegraph had but Just
entered Vermont, and Burlington had only
about 3ooO Inhabitants and two score stores
MIR. johnson has wide acquaintance, it
Including every one in town, very many
farmers aud business men all over Northern
Vermont, and all the lake men and all of
them, we are sure, while regrctting his de-
parture from among us, will wish him many
happy ana prosperous years in his new
home at the West.