The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-09-25
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VERMONT. AS "A NATAL STATE.

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VERMONT. AS IA NATAL STATE.
Sons Of the Green Mountain State VIII
Have Reached Distinction.
Vermont, as has often been observed, ha
no slender representation In the natal !ist o
prominent men and women, though 1t Is no
until the facts are collected that we ruiz
realize them. Though having an electora
vote of but four, 1t has thrice had representa-
tton In the cabinet. In the present ADMINS
tration one OF It's citizens. Redheld PROCTOR
occupies the office OF secretary OF war, and II
former administrations secretary. post
master general. ga Encouragement ana tnre'
presidents pro fempore of The senate. How
ever, two OF these cabinet offices were occu
pied by one man, he being transferred IRON
the one to the other. Chester Allan Arthur
the twenty. first president, was born October
5. 1880. In Fairfield, Franklin Co.. Vt. Lew
P. Morton, the present vce-presdent, was
born In Sh0rehsm. He recently erected q
handsome hotel pdifice In Washington, NAM
Ing 1t In honor Of his birthplace, The Shore
ham.
John Godfrey SAKE deserves, perhaps, to
rank among American humorists as Inferior
only to the late James Russell Lowell and
Oliver Wendell Holmes. He was born 10 1916
In this state. Among his hest poems Is one
entitled "The Suffering Lass," In which his
suffering spouse Is made to exclaim:
You're cuscus.cus.a
You were always accustomed to labor"
To which he replies:
"ONt of temper at last with the insolent dame,
And feeling that Madam was greatly to blame,
To scoh instead of caressing,
mimicked her Speech churl as am
And angrily said, You're dam. dam. dam.
damage instead of blessing"
Horace Rukbe, writer, born at Berkshire,
Aug. 10, 1929, emigrated with bis fathers
family to the then territory OF Wisconsin,
1910. became editor of the Wisconsin State
journal In 1858 and continued as such, also
serving as Wisconsin State librarian, until
1869, when be left this country as United
States minister to Switzerland, serving for
eight years in this capacity. In 1882 he be-
came editor Of the Milwaukee Sentinel, md
be still holds this position. Among the
sculptors of this country perhaps none ranked
higher than Hiram Powers. lie was born In
Woodstock 10 1905. On many occasions In
his youth be displayed considerable skill In
!nventing toys, building dams and bridges.
Beholdng in 1929, for the first time in his
life, bust In marble, Powers, after gazing
1t it awhile slept and motionless, said, quiet
y but empbatically, as If to himself, "That is
what 1 shall do"
There were many sons Of Vermont conspic-
lous as brave soldiers In the late war. T. E.
i
vich. He 8snt into the war as maJo- and
anne out asSBrigadler General. He was
nan of unquestionable military skill and of
personal character. His father, |
Truman B. Ransom, wss also a soldier. |
among other military sons were Israel Il. |
born 1912, Amos Beckwith. Ben.
amin Stone Roberts, Orville E. Babcock,
and Truman Seymour of Bur-
ngton. OrviIle E. Babcock was born
Franklin In 1885. He entered the war,
srved with distinction, and when General
rant became President, Babcock was made
Is private secretary. Geo Grenville Ben
dict was born In Burlington in 1926, and
vtte% OF vernon" IL II re @ersysears ana
Vermont In the Civil War;" Horace b.
awyer of Burlington was prominent naval
fieer. Hon. Philetus B. Sawyer, the genial
,nator, and bondsman of PnDllc Printer
alme-, was born In Whiting, Vermont.
William Slade was an eminent statesman
,d governor. He was born In Cornwall.
oy. Barry was born In this state In 1902.
as elected governor Of Michigan in 1S4l and
az twice reelected. Abraham B. DIN,
L. D., a lawyer and judge Of the supreme
,urt of the District Of Columbia. was born
SALISBURY In 1872. III
Among the lawyers were Oscar Lowell
,after, the eminent iurlst, born in Athens
barles Adams, born In Arlington In 1855
. A. Ramney; Heman Allen, born In Poult-
" In 1888; and Joseph Mead Bailey of )
iddlebury, born In 1888.
Among the authors and writer's: James
mmons of Mlddlebrrv was well known as
law reporter; Henry Mills Alden, the man
ing editor of Harper's Magazine In 1869, r
as born In Mt. Tabor In 1906; Otis A. Skin a
r. of Royalton: Edmund f. Slater; Nathan j
rgent. writer and lawyer, was born In
and Prince Saunders, writer aid 0
iician, was born In Thetford. i
Edward Carlisle Benton was born In this S
tie In 1925. At the beginning of the war he g
cupied the position of professor OF chem a
ry In the university of Mississippi. which II
held until ordered to resign In 1861. for u
incing a want of attachment to the govern. a
,nt of the confederate states. He Is the a.
thor of numerous books. A. Leighton n
wson, author and artist. was born In Ches- II
In 1929. During the years 1912 he made N
grimages from Cairo to Mecca with the
nual pilgrim caravan. In the disguise of a re
student of medicine. Another OF
list was Julian Scott of johnson. Frank 81
son, eX-mayOr of New York city, and eX. bt
ssident of the Produce Exchange OF that to
y, was born In Chester. Among those pub. ca
benefactors designated as educated are the q
lowing from Vermont, Cyrus 5. Richard 81
!. Charles Kendall Adams, born at Derby, tn
Is; and Geo. Allen of Milton, born In 1908. or
MEL Bliss was born IN Georgia, and soon nc
,ame actively engaged as missionary. an
nong the clergymeu we're: Chas. Sey mour ne
binssn. Joseph Sanford of Vernon. Orange fu
ut and Thomas T. sawyer Of Reading, m
notify +. Allen Of Westminster, was born In
1887. He hada large and eminent practice mi
a physician. Edmund Andrews, the sur Of
10, was born In Putney, In 1924. fa
Alvin Adams the well. known expressman, an
$ born In Andover In 1904. In 1910 he es- mi
lshed an express between New York and iol
ston and made the first trip on the 4th OF or,
y of that year. fie
Dean Richmond, the capitalist, was ma. ed
Of this state. arr
II the inventors, James Sargent was born sol
Chester and David NJ. Smith In Hartland. be
.er wellknown Eermonters were William He
PIcknell, James Reid Spauding, William
liter Porter OF Newbury, Truman NJ. Post
Shearjashut Spooner, born at ,
ndon In 1903, Rensselaer, Robbins, the lin.
It; Edward NJ. Ruttenber, the antiquary; CAV CAV
phen A. Schoff of DanvIle. the expert en-. Iou
YER; Stillman w Robinson, the civil engi- al
r, and truman II. Stafford of Royalston, Ia, VA,
pal
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