Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-16

| Hon. L. s. Dana of New Haven, who has
been seriously i'll since November, is graf
ually failing.
DR.. Burdick Of Win,oski has presented
the Baptist society at Essex junction with a
very beautiful black walnut pulpit desk.
We regret to learn that Ex-Governor
Julius Convrrsu's mind has become 50 i'm
| paired that his family find it necessary tn
to Keep constant CHI over him.
IL sce," says Mr.. Lqbouchere in London
| Truth. "that di-cn-sion is going on IN the
| United States respecting tlr mode in which
Washington Irving wrote his books. re-
member visiting him at his country house
on the HUDSON thirty Yeas ago. He then
| told me that he had acquired ease and
elegance il writing Ivy a careful study OF In
essays of Addison lie used, he said, t.
real an essay, then write it from memory
and cpmpare his pharases with thps. OF the
| original"
The report comes from Florida that Heath
er Island has been sold for Sl00,0O0 to n
syn 'icate Of capitalists, prominent among
| whom are ex Governor Horace Fairbanks
| and Hon. franklin Fairbanks OF Vernon
Francis b. Knowles of Worcester, and
Charles IL. Morse, Chicago capt. alists.
This syndicate has formed company with
5000 900 capital, and proposes making a
mammoth orange grove on this large and
fertile island The island contains about
1900 acres of very rich land, 100 acres OF
bearing grove.
Social circles in Milwaukee have not re-
COY d from the surprise OF the marriage OF
Mi, Ella Wheeler, the pnetess. At the
tin O. uf the reunion Of The Army of the Cum
ber,lll in tina city, on" of the Gro vd of
strange WIS r ,bcrt NJ Wick wealthy
manufacturer If Connecticut He was a
college man Of literary tastes, and had read
much of Miss Whptler's poetry, "a well rs
the published gossip concerning the Wisconsin
portrss, and conceived n s'rons liking for
her when sh" read a poem at the soldiers
meeting They wer' not introduced, hui
upon his return home he wrote he a letter,
and pleasant correspondence followed, r..
sutirg in meeting in Chicago later on
The wedding was set for Spptember next,
mt at the earnest solicitation Of the lover,
the ceremony WAS performed last week.
The story published in the ctv papers. and
telegraphed ont of town, that Henry Nilltr
Intended 10 return to journalism here. is en-.
'irely unfOnnd d. He has never dreamed #
such n move and nobody acquainted witt
him eve could have thought so II has
,st hi fortune, hut his brain. with It's extrs-
| ordinary financial capacity, is unimpn'r d
and he C u'h make more m my in An h mr
by its exercise than by writing for nrws
narer for ten wears. The story Of his pnr
pose to grt Europe as agent Of The Edison
electric hight, is equally basel Sc He has
never entertained tn" idea for m lmeni.
and, ind.ei, the subj 'ct has never her'
m ntionrd to him When he sails for Ger
many, Mt the 81 So Of eumm'r wi h his fam
lily, his sole obi ct will be recreation, chang
and rest ". Y CT.
Gen Grant went to William II. Wander
bilt SUNDAY week AID askel HIM to lend
him $50 600. which. he said, was t. help
the firm ct Grant j. Ward tide over III.
aif IRIS Of the Marine hank which, he said
| nerd-fa little aid Mr.. Vanderbilt loaned
the money tn Gen. Grant. an on the Tues
day following both the Narinc h,nk aud
the firm ~ Graot e Ward filled. On Wed
| nesd4v Mr. Vanderbilt had an interview
wi h Gen. Graot, and asked him to explain
| the affair The General had little to saw
He hat been asked to borrow the money for
the firm and did it in good faith. The fail
nrc was rs much a surprise to him rs to any
one. and h" felt his position keenly. II"
said he would make all thrr-psration possible
and he assigned all his prooCrtv to Mr. Van
derblt, Mrs, Grant inclndng her Nnwnor
property. Two hours before Mr. Wander
h'lt sailed for Europe SATURDAY.. he sent for
General Grant, handed him all the deeds
| that had been assigned to him and told the
General that he had no uSe for them. told
him to paw him the s 80. 900 when he gor
q nod and ready and said he hon"d the Gru.
eral would come ont of his difficulties, aun
| babe him a cordial good by.
Mr.. Wilson Flagg. the well-knowr
ra'urast and author, died at his home i,
| Cambridge, Mass. on Wednesday,. Mr.
! Fiagg was born in Beverly in 1905 II
| rec lived his education at And0ver Phillip
| academy and at Harvard College, and after
| wards studied medicine, hut never practice
| the profession. II" removed from AndDver
to Chmb idg" in 1855 where h" had sine,
resided. Mr.. Fags was wellknown to the
pubic through his vikings. He WAS A.
enthusiastic almirer of Nature, So ing a
thousand charms rot disclosed TO indiff-ren
eyes, and wrote of these with an ard,r Of
real affection. In his prrficc to his Wood,
AID By-Wavs of New England" he SAYS
"Mv book diff RS from learned works as .
| lnver's drsCril zion Of his ladys hand would
differ from Bells anatomical discretion of
| it " The charm of his style is that h. wrnt'
| from the heart rather than the head, ano
described natural ohj"cts faom the stand.
point of close a d loving observer. rattle
| than that of a scientist. In his "Birds and
Seasons Of New England" his Classification
# birds WAS entirely arbitrary; He neve
killed bird to inves ipsIe IFS structure OF
pecu~ritirs. He simply watched them i,
he trees and fields stu iri all tn, ir wav,
and habits, especially their songs, aid thu
became acquainted with their distinctive
traits, HIS knowledge was an ont dr"
krowledg", with fresh flavor Of the field
and woods, stead II the musty smell o.
books. No one could read hrs works with
out "A feeling of genuine enjoyment. H.
WIS an acut" observer, and, hstand-
ing his ind ference 10 scientific melhnds,
| made discoveries that hal been missed by
rrsined scientific observers. He had h'e'
= frcQNent contributor to the htldntc
H0Hthly from the hrginning, and ha n,s'
written for other i aiding PERI deals. Iii
| first book was "Trc Field amt Forest "
This was followed bv The Wopis m,
| BY Wnvs Of NV Euglard' and "rh,
Binds and SeasO, Of New England" Thes
three books, tor ether win uurh new maj
ter have lately been re'uhll-h, d IN rhr'
volumes. Mr.. Fmgg leaves a widow an'
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