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

every department of effort Whatever may
be It's origin there is n fine essential quality,
| principle behind everything else, which
hres the power of youth, and impels the
energies OF manhood, in every well marked,
successful career. An instance of this is
found in the Hon Thomas f. Ill., another
notable Nermoutsr in Chicago whose name
is familiar in all parts CT the country where
ms books are read, and that is far apd wide
lie was born at SYNDICATE Bennington county,
in 1892, on farm, attended schools there IN
| his early boyhood and obtained higher edu-
! cation subsequently in the academies, taught
! school IN the meantime to pay his way,
as his father was poor, later he attended the
academy at Cambridge, New York State !;
stlll later went to Boston and fitted himself
in the art Of penmanship and kindred
branches, making speciality, while in Pay
| son Duntons institute, of acquiring Il
knowledge of and teaching forms, and follow
cd that profession for fifteen years, giving
| instruction during the time to more than
fifteen thousand students. In 1866 he came
west. located at Aurora Illinois, about forty
miles west of Chicago, where he established
the Aurors LrdH, which he published three
years making an excellent paper. BE then
sold 1T out and accepted the management OF
Silver Plate ESTABLISHING mt which he, by his
slrewd and able management, soon eXtricated
from the precarious financial condition in
which he found it. and made of a comparative
wreck successful and profitable business
the result OF his act, energy and careful at
tention. He established Hills Purchasing
Agency also n success, and was engaged in
other enterprises tending to develop the
resources of that locality aud to build up
Aurora. He was mayor of that beautiful city
for two terms, and to protect its Latural and
artificial beauty he introduced the plan of
DOING AWAY with fapppG obout rosi1apccc
[settlng the example in his own easel and he
organized the Aurora Improvement Assoc
citation He is gentleman of natural love
for the beautiful in nature and art and has a
critical taste, which is evidenced in his home
surroundings, as they were in Aurora and
are here in Chicago. He moved to this city
in 1870 and has built aud beautitied model
home-one of the most refined and elegant
In Chicago a prominent center OF healthful
aud refining social influence. lie received
the Republican nomination for Alderman in
his ward at the late election but the ward is
overwhelmingly Democratic and he was de
feated, as he expected to be.
MIR. Hill Is entitled to n conspicuous place
in the photography of Vermont being the
author and publisher of some valuable works. |
Seeing the general need of a book of forms
for letter writing, rules Of etiquette and mat
tiers OF nSthetics, in 1873 he published "Hill's !
mechanical execution and subject matter
and has since issued several editions which
have had large sale and made his name
widely familiar He has recently issued a
large quarto vOlumu called Hills Album
an interesting aud instructive work, in ele-
CANT binding. 1t is n profus ly and finely
illustrated works of biography, art and his
tory brief, pointed, but comprehensive
biographies of noteworthy and eminent in
bentors, clergymen humorists poets, law
yers, physicians, explorers, artists, statesmen
and men and women who have been benetac- |
tors of their race, with succlnct histories Of
their teachings and acts and of their lives |
and times i'll intelliglbe language. Vermont is
llberably represented in it, rhe work contains
chapters relating to religious evolution,
astronomy, phrenoiogy, household and land
scape decoration and much other important
an valuab ie information. Mr.. Hill is an
accomplished writer and business man of
remarkable tact, energy and enterprise. He
has become wealthy from the proceeds of his
publications. tie Is an esteemed citizen of
Chicago,