Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-03-20
From the Green Mountains 60 the Rng-
IIsh PeeraRe.

The Boston journal OF last Saturday had
the following sketch of a man whose career
reads like a chapter of fiction:
"Among the Green Mountains Of Vermont there
was born on the 2lst OF September. 1906, boy the
announcement of whose death was eabled to this
country yesterday from London under the title Of Sir
Curtis Miranda Lampson. Tue place Of his birth IL
not definitely given, and little 1. known Of his parent
age, and less Of his early fe That he early In
clned 10 bunting, and earned from time to time an
honest dollar by selling the skins Of bis booty, there
can be little doubt. The traffic he found profitable,
for at the early age OF nineteen he arrived at the port
OF London in a Canadian lugger called the Betsy.
heavily laden with peltry. The year previous he had
Joined party OF trappers aud hAlfbreefs in Canada,
aud falling to nda ready sale for their skins either
in Montreal or IN Boston he embarked for London.
His indomitabe energy enabled him to fnd pur-
chaser for his cargo prices remuneatve that he
repeated the voyage several times. His business in-
terests kept him in London aud there, on tue east
side Of Queen street, 10 four-stored warehouse be
established what became the largest depot In Petry
10 Europe.
at was here in this rather dlngy store that the Yer
mont boy passed many years Of his business life
through active manhood to middle age. He retained
the cut aud pecuarities OF his At the OF 65
thin, tall man, with a smooth-shaven face and
gray hair His personal Appearance rather COM
handing, aud though he became q natnralized Brit
sh subject 10 ls4s he never lost his love OF his
tive land and loyal to her interests during the
civil war. He built mp large fortune on principles
Of strict integrity and became great friend Of Mr..
George Peabody.
"Mr Lampson was, next to the indefaHgable Cyrus
W. Field, the most efficient promoter Of the laying of
the Atlantic cables. He was never discouraged.
when the hrst cable lost, sinking for him thous-
Ands of pounds he was alive for the second. When
that ceased to transmit aud De Sautry believed to
be a myth he came again TO the rescue. Down the
stock tumbled Till shares that had cost a thousand
sovereigns would not buy dinner, but Mr.. Lampson
stood unmoved others bad sold, but not he. The
disaster twice repeated, discouraged the dhec-
tors. They had lost money, credit aud faith, and
for abandoning hopeless enterprise. So not
Mr. Lampson He called meeting 10 his counting
room, urged a public meeting Of the stockholders,
expressed his profound belief not only In the sue
cessful laying Of another cable within twevemonth,
but in the recovery and restoration Of this and at
subsequent public meeting carried without dissent
ing the series Of resolutions he had prepared
Success crowned the persistent efforts of the Green
Mountain boy, and when the Queen recognized bis
energy and his sacrifice by creating him baroDet,
thus placing him 10 the highest rank beneath the
peerage, there none to deny that the recogni-
ton was most honorably deserved.
HE was a charitable mau, aud many unfortunate
Americans have experienced the benent Of his help
ing hand. He was one OF the directors Of the cable
company, he deputy governor OF the Hudson
Bay company aud trustee Of the Peabody fund.
He celebrated bis golden wedding Home few years
since. One Of his daughters is the wife Of Fred
Locker, the poet"