Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-06
OBITUARY..

Mrs. Jane G. CLARK Robbins, wife Of !
T.. r.. Robbins, died at her home in Corn |
wall December 81, 1892. She was born
in Rockingham, VT, June 3, 1909, the
oldest of eight children. She was mar
ried September 10, 1882, and during these
sixty wears has been an esteemed citizen
of Cornwall. She leaves Il husband, one
son, three grandchildren, three sisters,
one brother in Brushton, n. Y, one
brother in Mitchell, 5. d., and one in
Melbourne, Australia.
Henry C. Burwell, one of Bridports
st-kuOwn citizens, died Friday, Dec.
30, of heart disease, from which he had
suffered for several years MIR. Bufwell
was born in BridpOrt, March lG, 1876.
His father, Allan Burwell, died when
Henry was seven years old. lie ana his
brothers aided in the support of their
mother till her death, when he was IL
years of age. So he began life less than
empty handed. His marriage, Aug. 81,
1853, to Miss Amanda Il. Ilndes, was IA
fortunate union, and from it are two
surviving descendants, George ii. Bur-
well aud Mrs. Herbert Jackson. Mr..
Burwcll's first start in the business, in
which he so wonderfully succeeded, was
in the purchase of MerinO eve for
which he paid the then great price of
$50. From that time to his death, in
prosperity and in adversely, he continued
steadily in the same business, which
many others, less perseverng, ADAM
doned. This persistence was character
istic of the man. He was never obsti-
nate, but always persistent. lie sue
ceeded so well that at the Worlds fair in
Philadelphia his sheep" Bismarck, took
the sweepstakes prize, being the best OF
| i Df al fhn
wool took medals in Paris in 1873; and
at New Orleans. in 1885, several first
prizes were awarded him for the best
sheep in the world. The products of his
industry were widely known throughout
the West and in Australia, where he
went two years ago, with his usually
good financial results. His interesting
and valuable letters, written from Aus
tralia, will doubtless be published in
short time. 1t is no small thing for a
man, competing with the whole world,
to stand first in any honorable business,
as Mr. Burwell did in his at his death;
thus evincing an excellent intellect. Mr..
Burwell's religion was of high order.
He professed his faith by his works
rather than by his words, like st. James.
He believed profoundly in the golden
rule, "Do unto others as we would that
and the prophets" the whole duty of
man. lie so believed this that he lived
it. He believed, as few do. that "All the
law is fulfilled in this one word, namely,
Thou shalt love thy neighbOr as thy
self. lie believed, "Inasmuch as ye have
done it unto one of The least of these, We
have done it unto me-" But creeds or
dogma could not bind him. As he read
the Bible of humanity. men are pledged
according to their deeds" and not accord
ing to their creeds or dogmas. But he
was not merely moralist. He thought
a man might "keep the commandments
from the lashingS of conscience, or from
fear, and yet it be said. cone thing thou
lackest, Sell and give. In other words.
loves demands are higher than those of
ordinary morality. He thought the ser
vice of man, Gods needy child, was the
the best worship of God, who needetl
nothing. Whittier has we'll expressed
it for him:
AS If the pomp of rituals and the SAVIOR
OF gums ana spices could the Unseen one
= please;
As il his ear could bend, with childish ia
vOr,
To the poor flattery of the org an keys"
"Not sach the benignant Father
Requireth at his earthly chidrens hands;
Not the poor Offering OF vain rites. but rath
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The simpl, duty man from man demands"
go brother man! fold to thy heart thy
brother;
Where pity dwells, the peace OF God L:
there;
!, To worship rightly is to love each other,
, Each smile Il hymn, each kindly deed II pray
err"
"Follow with reverent steps the great eX
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OF him whose holy work was doing good
SO shall the wide earth seem our Father
temple,
Each loving life II psalm of gratitude"
! NJ.
For pains in the chest there is nothing