Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-02

John G. Whittier s !ys ne has beea written
about so much in the last year or two that he
breads to see his name in print. lie is an
moved tv the "Hriting up" which the home
of his cousins in Dinvcrs, where he spends
most Of his tiGc, receives, becllis3 be fears
an invasion of their afr airs which would O.
fend them.
Gen. Neal Dow It achedhis eli lhtielh birth
day two weeks age. This announcement
will surprise many, fo' Gen. Dow still trav-
els from one end of the country to the other
in response 10 calls foc lectures from law and
order lcasues and other prOhibitory orGanza-
tons, aud imple ses most hearers as phe-
nom3nally wel-preservcd iGt mat aaSe.
Though fully aplc to do 81, he shows no sign
of retiring either from the Lla,ivm or from
business affairs. He is large property
holder in Portland, Me-, and resides a wild
over, in a substantial old-fashioned house in
Congress street, the main thoroughfare Of
that city
James Payn, in his literary recolections,
published in the Independent, says he has
no doubt that Robert Chambers wrote the
"Ve5tigcs of Creation," which caused so
much excitement forty years ago. William
Chambers was the original Of Hounderby N
"IIard Times" He was always talking of
the poverty of his youth, and limited very
broadly at the genius which had raised him
toeminencc. He used to give. lectures dcscrib.
ing the miseries of a poor lad who had had
10 'thole" OoiD for his livelihood, and had
afterwards, bv diligence and merit, mGde a
great figure III tho world and the perora
uon-fOr which everybody was quite pre-
pared. l. e with their handkerchiefs, not at
their eyes, but stuffed in their mouths
used to be always, Il was that boy"
DR.. Willard Parker of Few York. who
died in that city on Saturday at the age OF
80, was one of the most eminent physicians
In. the country. lie was a native OF Lyndes-
boro, N. H., IA graduate of Harvard, profes-
sor in the Medical College at Woodstock.
VT, in 1880; subsequently for over thirty
years professor of surgery in the New York
College of physicians and surgeons; presi
dent of the New York State incbratc asylum
! in 1895 the inventor of various improved
methods AMI dlscov cries in practical sursery
! The possessor of the most valuable private
practice in his profession in America, anc
universally respected and esteemed.
Mr.. The Ddole Roosevelt, who is one o.
| the Edmunds delegates sat, large from New
| York to the Chicago Contention is enc OF
! the most remarkable young men OF his day
Although but % years OF age h. is thu
, leader OF The KcpuOllcans III the lower ilous'
Of the New Y rk Legislature, and has mad'
a record that veteran might be proud OF
lie has introduced and carried through
both Houses of the Legislature several bill
to reform municipal government in thu
city of New Yo k; among others bein!
those ab1shIng the fee system for county
officers ana dcpriving the Board of Alder
men Of ME right to pass on the Mayors ap
pointmcnt. The bills are all known as tn
Roosevelt bills and young Roosevelt is a
object of intcnse hattei 10 the Tamman
men and their ''ueclcrs." He is a ready dc
batter, fiue ptrlamenrarian, aud has in
telectual eudOwments of the highest order
Ills career has been phen 'mcnal, and he i
the ak OF New York city. He is a grac
nate of Harvard His case is a standin
reply to those who consider a college iralr
ing of no practical service.