Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-03-21

joaquin Miller now resides in cabin in the
suburbs Washington. He wears slouch-
ed sombrero when he visits the city, aud
strangers never fail to ask who he is. His
cabin is one story and a half in height, con-
| tains four rooms and is composed of hewn
| logs chinkcd up with plaster The roof IS
Slauting, and nicely singled The door in
kept fastened with common bar, though
the latchstring hangs out. Rough logs COM
| pose the walls there Is no carpet mr. mat on
| he floor; the small, square windows are
shaded by white muslin curtains plain,
| long, 10 pine table, Uttered with Old letters
and n anuscripts, stands in the middle of the
apartment, and high. broad chimney place
emits from its log fire a most grateful
warmth, and rudy glow, that lazily dan
CCs over the mammoth LcarthstOue. Over
in the farther corner of the room is a bed
stead of Embarked posts, straight, stanCh
and heavy, Tith delicate gray MOSES aud
lilipu,ion Iichcns The poet uses bear skins
ana buffalo robes for bedclothng.
The death is announced of Mrs Della Henry
Miller, sister of Gen. W. W. Henry. She
was daughter Of j. VI. Henry of Waterbury.
VT, aad went to North Carolina in 1854 and
engaged IN teaching. She married Dr. \.
Il. Miller ia 1856, and settled IN Kinston.
She was ia Kln-t. during the war, and Wit
messed great distress and plvatiOn, the town
being first IN the hands of one side and then
the ether Having three brothers IN the
northern army aud a husband aud other re-
lNtivcs of his IN the southern army, the ex-
element and anxiety were more than she
could bear, aud ultimately hr Ike her health.
She leaves husband and four children.
Mr.. Shappa, who some months ago tried
to sell pretended manuscript of the Pcnta.
leucn which he said was three thousand
years old at least, to III, British Museum for
one million puuCds, shot himself with pis.
tol in - h}.cl al Rotterdam, and Is dead.
Rry. DR.. Caleb : Henry. who died at
Ncwburg, New York, sunday. in his S0th
year, was BON IN Rutland, Mass. lie was
graduate of Dartmouth college, and passed
u The jl'giC i course at AndOVcr and New
Haven. After several years pastorate If IA
Congregational church, he took orders at
Pro,ystant Episcopal church ia New York
city. He was professor of philosophy aud
history of the New York University from
1889 to 1852 lie published many phloso-
phicsl aud historical works.
Lovers of GERS lie soci,ie will regret to learn
the death of Mr.. Charles Stuart CaNtrley,
which occurred at London recently. 4
man of malk nj Cambridge, Craven Scholar
in 1854, and Second Classic in 1856, he
aftcrward became Fellow of Chrsls col
lege, and WAS lecturer there for some years.
He left the University about 1862, and mar
red in The following year and settled IN Lon
don, where many years before his death
his health failed, owing it is believed,
to severe injury received while skating.
His first work, Verses and Transitions, al
peared in 1861. 1t was followed, five years
latter, by a volume of TRANSACTIONS, chiefly
from Homer and Virgil, and in 1860 by
translation of Theocritus. Three years
itt,rward came the collection OF humorous
rifles by which he is best known Fly
Leaves"
1t is sal! that Mr.. George Jones, the wide.
Y known and wealthy publisher OF the New
York Times, is 10 build country house in
MS native town OF PJultney the present sea-
ION.
In regard to the claim that DR.. Judd of
Mid ilebury was the inventor Of saving mar
Die by sand and water with toothless strips of
ron, Professor Seely has shown them that
ne old r )mans did the same hing, and that
I was done at West Stockbridge, Mass, in
s09 and at New Milford, Connecticut, in
800