Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-05-16
ThG SIRE Dress.
NOTABLE vEHuoNrERS ~ CIR.
CAGD.
Who they are, where phey came
From, what they are Doing aud
now hey do IL PIuasunIriCs and
I'm birDUD


In chicago.
Correspondence Of the Burlington Free Press ]
Chicago, April, 1881 The sons of Yer
mont now in Chicago recently held theil
seventh annual banquet and reunion, and {
most enjoyable affair it was. Several hun
bred Nermontcrs aud Their friends gather,t
70 renew acquaintance and pay their anuua
homage to the great little Green Mountain
State The association OF the sons of Yer
mont Is larger in point of numbers aud othcl
wise, by a large odds, than any similar asso.
citation in Chicago There are about three
hundred aud fifty absolute members of this as
ISOLATION aud about eleven hundred names OF
Nermonters III Illinois registered at the head
quarters Of the association, besides many who
are neither members nor registered. just
where they came from in the small state OF
Vermont and whether any are left there 70
take care of the old homesteads, is matter
of wonderment to those who know but little
about the State aside from the KNOWLEDGE
they have gained from the Biographies as to
its dimensions ami physical conditions they
sufficient standing room, even can be found
But they don't know as much about the
brave and grand little State as you and DO
Mr. FREE Press. Vermont has ample room
and capabilities for rearing thousands of
most excellent men and women to aid in
peoplng the newer States formed from the
broad cypIuses of the West, who prove an
unseen moral and intellectual power
which is known and realized only by its ie-
suits.
Vermont may be small in geographical
sense 1t may be- rough and rugged III physi-
cal contour aud may not POSSESS the wealth,
or resources from which to obtain it, which
some States and Territories have, yet is rich
III heroic history, in grand and sublime
scenery. flvorlte climate, aud tue full free
dom 81 hand and thought which makes no
Ill .A"u .d Women This is her glory and
her pride aud she can never be rob BED of
these.
purpose to make mention of few moro
Nermonters in Chicago who arc credit to
the state of their nativity and an honor to
the city and State of their adoption.
col. Richard y. Tuthin.
notable son of Vermont parenta. who
has risen to high position in Chicago is
Col. Richard S. Tuthill, the recently ap.
pointed United States attorney for what is
known as the Northern district of Illinois.
He is the son of Daniel b. and Sally (Stronc)
Iuthlll, who migrated to Illinois many years
ago from Nergennes, Addison County, Vt. and
located 90 IL beautiful and fertile prairie III
Southern Illinois, afterwards named from the
family IuthIli's Prairie, and known by that
name to this day. The township organic I'd
later 10y Mr.. Tuthiil was named Nergenues at
the request OF Mrs. Iuthlll, mmemoratiye
vi her native town in Vermont Mrs. Iuthill
was the daughter OF Luke Strong, II prominent
lawyer in Nergennes, widely known in his
day. Mr. Tuthlll, the father of Richard
was educated for an Episcopal clergyman
but on acc unit of poor health he came west
and engaged in farming on that prairie
Several Vermont families either accompanied
him to that locality or subsequently followed
him, and, formed a settlement composed
quite largely OF Nermonters, which wa, rs a
handful Of salt. so to speak, cast into the
midst OF the people down there, (otten called
Egyptiaasl. He was one of the oldest set.
tiers III that part of the State and one of the
most prom n-nt. He was postmaster of
that town for many years, held other posi-
tione. and was looked up to g2nerally rs a
light in the midst Of the intellectual darkness
which is said to have prevailed down there
to an extent, in those days. Being an intel
hgcnt and hospitable man, and his wife
equally so, hlS house was the resort of the
noted men Of Illinois at that time who had
occasion to visit that section Of the State
such men as Abraham Lincoln, Judge Bruse
bishop Cnose aud others known to fame
Mr. Iuthiil aud his eStimable wife entertain
I'd in the good, heartfelt New England fash
Ion-vo!l Of artitce or Discrimination. The
l,urC ltg If RIpIor1 fTptbin ,n hath %; Il