The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12

Unanimous vote conferred the freedom
lof the city on him In recognition OF his
great learning Tie was friend Of the
King, who made him Supreme Court
Judge Of New Jersey. Still he cast his
lot in with the American patriots, saw
his great State seized and ruined, and
finally died from the effects OF brutal
treatment while he was . prisoner IN the
hands OF the British.
4 To how manv persons is Il known that
Josiah Bartlett. OF New Hampshire, be-
ing one OF the fret members Of Congress
to vote for the Declaration OF Independ-
lence. was also the first American ply
lsician 10 discover the virtues Of the now
universally used drug. quinine- lie WAS
.Ieminent for his surgical skill before the
war broke out. and was afterward Su-
preme Court Judge in New Hampshire
and that States fret Governor.
There vas Williom WhippIe, also or.
New Hampshire. who started - poor
cabin boy and was sailor until he was
twenty-nine years old. lie educated
, himself. became prosperous merchant,
raised and commanded troops for the
Revolutionary Army. rose to be Briga-
',ldier General, fought bravely at Saratoga,
and aftes the Revolution became . Judge
: in the highest court Of his State, and was
; president OF the commission which set
: tied the Wyoming spute between Penn
J sylvania and Connecticut.
n stephen Hopkins, whose tremuIous
-Isignaiure is familiar 10 every person Who
has seen the Declaration, was Chief JUS
'-ltics of Rhode Island before the war, and
= Ihe vas the fret aboIitionist. lie intro
y |duced q bill in the Colonial Legislature
I 10 prohibit the importation Of slaves, and
:. .|carried out his ideas practically BY Civ
ling freedom TO all the slaves be owned.
: Besides eli this he was . great mathema-
NJ ticisn. and his name will 90 down In
h, Iscientific history a. the observer - the
!. Transit Of Venus in June. 176l he wa'
!; |one OF The founders Of the public library
!. ii Providence. . member of the Ameri'
!, can Philosophical Society and the found
a ler and patron OF the free schools o
u Providence.
4. The trembling Of bis hand when b.
! Isigned the Declaration was not due Y
! ,Ifear-to which he was . stranger -bu
!. Ito palsv. He was . sufferer from tina
he malady for many years.
ksI SCHOLARLY sIGSERs.
.ir
wi william EIlery, another Rhode Island
n-ier. was one OF the foremost Greek an
oflLstin scholars Of his day. His familia!
ec-l,ty with classical literature was conslt
cal cred extraordinary, and be died with
volume OF Cicero in bis hand. lie, 10
eenI a On abolitionist After the war
lee vas Judge or the Supreme Court
the Rhode Island
The WiIliam Floyd. the rich farmer o. .
ar-ffsuket. l. J.. who was the nrst s'gn'
of|from New York. bad great business 2
o. Insritv. He saved the State OF Ne
inc YORK from bankruptcy Ia 1779. restore
Iits credit. and put its financer on sul
of flfoupda,ion. He was Presidential ele
md |tor n 1870. when he was s6 years old.
nd- There were college graduates amor
osthe s;vners. Robert Treat Paine. who
~ m.,errsI grand father vas Gov. Treat.
,erl Cocnecticus. was graduate OF Harvar
~ "a A. common with John Adams %
emf John Hancock. hsd been tutored
~.sII ove,i one Of the famous coaches Of III
mi line Paine. besides holding Lcgisl
,er- t;vs and other State places OF honor, "
, 10 noted Wit and the prosecutor OF CaT
are prss,or ana his men. He WAS one
rms shose who helped to frame the Constit
, - lion of Massachusetts,, which was adopt
the In 17So.
led Another Harvard graduate was
His bridge Gerry. whose social prom'nen
IN, ~ heen maintained by the Gerrys
New York and other cities 10 the prese
,er- 'dsv Elbridge Gerry especially attra'
80 - the hatred OF the British BY advoc'
tin ling resolutions against uoveruo, Nv,
In I,uson which ultimately resulted IN
the ro&nI0fi0
The Ifcr vhich BENJAMIN Franklin argu
ison before the English Privy council, and
lille Icause be was greatly insured
.cd Ic,ees;u0 took off the suit Of clothes viii
andIhe wore. declaring he would not I
Ishem on again until America Was rece
veat Inized. II WIS just ten years before
: ~ Ihsd The pleasure OF donning that q
J toIa0ain. Gerry Inadvertently caused
litu- lof the hottest political wars OF sn's 9
sideIby remaining 10 France = : repsesen
end-Itive Of the Joint Cvnmiss'ou
~ alCharIes CoIesworth Pinckney and 20
Iogy n srshall while his confreree c.
the home indignant, This resuned ~
bat lbiuer Fedcralist and Republican g
NM Renjsmin Rush, the famous Pnilsd
phis physician. was graduate o. rrln
lion. When the yellow fever scourge
'kks 1898 almost depopulated Philade'phia
she'd founded the Philadelphia Dispcnsa
oflstiIl one Of the noted institutions Of
'rses Kind. he was also . distinguished .
that IIege professor. occupying three chairs
era Dickerson College, the Medicsi Collie
'Thelo Philsdelphia and the Pennsylvs
q in University.
= q Oliver Wolcott, Who after signing
and Declsrs,ion, was appointed BY Cove
= in ~ TurnbuIl TO command the Conne
cus militia aud consequently aided IN
vas capture Of Burgovne, then wss made
ord general and later Governor Of Conne'
4 in cut, was graduate Of Yalc College.
been FARMERS AND sHoExAKERs.
pro-| Roger Sherman, on the other ha
r- - ---.--s;~~1 A., = sh0emaker and I