Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-11-13
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Senator Morrill, and his family left STRAIT :,
ford for Washington on Thursday.
a private letter from friend of the .
Rev. Dr. l.. q. BrAstuw, formerly OF the ,
First Congregational church III TINS cily' /.
says that the doctor is very enthusiastic /
and successful in his work with Young /
theologucs in the Divinity school at Yale. /
The Lowell courier very pleasantly no.
tees the singing of our townsman, NJ. d.
Fuller at the FIRST Baptist church III that
city, last sunday: "A duet; In the Cross
of Christ Cory by Mr.. Lamb and Mr.. |
worthy especial praise. MIR; Fuller has
rich bass voice, which blended well with
Mr.. Lambs clear tenor"
A Washington correspondent of the
New York NGU and Express says sell
ator EdmundS wears beaming face just
now. There was n great now against
the insulficiency of the Edmunds anti
Mormon law. 1t was denounced as un-
constitutional, and variety OF other
things. always ending with the prediction
that it was doomed To failure. The tan
commission last week pronounced the
Edmuuds law entirely practical and Oper-
utive and in their report said it was only
IA question Of time when it would suffice to
bring the MOrmOuS within the pale OF the
law. Hence these smiles on the part oil
the junior Senator from Vermont. HIS
new home in the West End Is finished ana
he will take possession of it shortly Inc
health of his family having been restored,
he has built Il charming residence here
where they will reside in future.
We are sorry to chronicle the death OF
Captain G. H. SeatOn of Washington, ID.
! &. Captain SeatOn was a son OF the late
Rev c. NJ SeatOn of this county. lie en-
| listed from Charlotte in Captain Weston :
company of sharp-shooterSswr,Co lrat
! T. :. :. Sin August, 1851, and was
chosen first lieutenant of the company at
| its organization. On Captain Weston ;
resignation Il year later, he succeeded MN
as captain of the company, and served
! with HIGH credit, till Obliged to resign III
| May, 1868, in consequence OF dlsabllity
from wound received at Malvern Hill,
where the sharp shooters rendered cspe-
cially valuable service. since the war
Captain Seaton has been the efficient SUI
Derintendent of the census Office bureau,
at Washington. Citizens of Burlington
will remember that when the census OF
1850 developed such a peculiar result IN
this city, Captain Seaton was sent mere,
to rectify the error, if any had been made,
and speedily discovered the entries OF
fictitious names, by which the previous
census had been swelled far above the
true count. He was Il worthy gentleman
and Il faithful official and had the esteem
of all who knew him. His remains have
been brought to Vermont and his funeral
takes place to-day from the residence OF
his brOthcr-in-Iaw, NJ. Edward Whitney
of WillistUn.
\ correspondent of the Boston 1rHll-
script gives the following pleasant sketch
of Mrs. Mary T. lathrap, the Temperance
evangelist. who recently labored SO sue
cessfully III our city; Her laborS nave
been more largely ut the West, but sht
is star of the first magnitude IN tht
brilliant galaxy of women which has ADD
ed lustre to the w. y. G. T. |. Born and
bred IL Presbyterian, she had ample fielo
for her divine Gift for public speakln4
in the Woman'S Missionary society ant
other boards of Christian and charitable
work \ public school teacher in Detroit
she also wrote much for the press, begin
ming at the early aye Of fourteen. one o
her temperance poems, The Dead March,
has been rcpubished in most of the papers
OF the country, and is frequently reclte,
by elocutionistS. After her union witt
the Methodist church of her husband, Dr
Iathrap, at her marriage, her ability re
ceived recognition from the quarterly con
= ventOn in a license to preach. No chill
dreu having come to their household, sh,
e has been able to give her lie To SaNlu.
e others. In this She has been aided il
' every possible way by her husband, with
out regard to personal sacrifice, such wa
his reverent faith in her high special mis-
sion. Her success i'll evangellstlc ms
sionary and temperance work has beef
very great. She ha, often held six o
seven thousand people standing for owe
an hour, such is her ardor clear logic an'
wit