Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-08-21

trict from 1861 to 1864, OF the Springfield
district from 1866 to 1869, OF the Lynn
district from 1870 to 1873, and OF the Boston
district from 1874 to 1877. He received the
degree Of d. d. from Wesleyan university In
1879. His "New England Divines" was Is
sued in 1860, "History Of the Discipline" In
1874, and "History of the Wesleyan
Academy" in 1893. He was one OF the
earliest aud m ut active aboitionists In the
state. He was among those who aided John
Brown both In Kansas and in the Inflated
attempt in Virginia, where he lost his iifc
| Since his retirement from the pulpit DIR.
Sherman had made his residence ut Brook
line, whore he engaged In literary work.
RYE BEACH, N. H., Aug. 19-Judge
William Lawrence Foster Of Concord. n. H.,
He was one OF the widest known and most
eminent jurists in the state. He was born
in Westminster, VT, June 1, 1923, and came
Of sturdy New England stock. His great
grandfather, Abraham, participated In the
battle Of Bunker Hill. Judge Eos.
Yale Colle:a, joined the minute men OF
Reading. Mass, and fought ut Lexington.
While living at Keene, Judge Foster, then but
II years old. commenced the study OF law
with Levi Chamberlain. During 1874 and
1915 he attended the Harvard law school.
In the latter year he was admitted to the
with John J.. Baxter and afterward with Mr..
Chamberlain. From lS45to lS40 he was post
master at Keene. The next four years saw
him clt rk of the New Hampshire SON.
ate, as we'll as a member of Governor Dins-
more's staff BY that executive he was
appointed In 1850 state law reporter, posi-
tion he held until 1906. The late judge re-
moved to Concord, N. H.. in 1858, where he
spent the most active years of his busy life.
He formed partnership with Col. j. IL.
George, the Hon. G. p. Sanborn being sub
sequently admitted to tbs lirm. from which
Colonel George retired In 1857, and which
was continued by Messrs. Foster and San.
born until 1859. In 1854 Colonel
Foster was appointed commissioner OF
the circuit court of the United States
which important Office he filed until
1862, when he was elected member
of the House of Representatives. He was
reelected in 1868. Oct. l, 1862 he left his
law practice to sit upon the bench of the
supreme court. He was appointed chief
Justice OF the circuit court Oct. l, 1874, but
ON Oct. l, 1876, he was again appointed a
Judge OF the supreme court. The duties of
the bench were given up In 1881, when
Colonel Foster resumed the practice of law
In 1884 he was appointed United States COM
missioner. Judge Foster married the daugh-
ter OF Judge Hamilton Perkins Of Concord.
He Is survived by his widow and four
children. William Foster, Roger Il. Fos-
ter, Mrs. Edgar H. Woodman and Mrs. Will
liam A: Marshall, all of Concord. The lat
of the Asiatic squadron, but now stationed
at Annapolis. Lieut.. Marshall, with his
wife and daughter, WAS visiting ut Judge
Fosters summer home VIII an the latter died.
The funeral and burial was at Concord.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Aug 19-Ashley
Bascom Wright, representative In congress
for the First district has just been found
dead on the floor of the library by his wife,
who had come In from an evening visit. He
was in his usual health during the evening
and ate his supper without any remarks
about illness. Apoplexy was the cause OF
death, and Mr.. Wright had probably been
dead an hour when found. He traced his
descent, on his mothers side, back to
Israel Putnam of revolutionary fame.
He was born in Hinsdale, Mass. In 1871,
and was the son of Charles Wright, who |
was prominent in the free soil and anti
slavery movements and one of the
foun iers Of the Republican party In Berk-
shire county. The early years of Hon. Ash
he was educated In the public schools OF
that town and In Professor Lincoln's acad-
cmy. He went to North Adams at the age
OF 20 and became chief deputy internal
revenue collector under Collector Tinker.
who had charge OF the 10th district, compris-
ing Hampshire and Berkshire counties, and
also of the home Office In North Adams from
its organization until the close OF the war.
At that time the internal revenue taxes were
very heavy, and hundreds OF thousands
of dollars were collected, Mr.. Wright
performing the duties Of the Office with great
fidelity and care. After the war closed he
resigned the office of internal revenue col
lector to engage In business in North
Adams, which he continued with success up
to the time of his death. Mr.. Wright filed
many important Offices and was nominated
for Congress by the Republicans of the first
district in September, 1892, by reclamation.
Aside from his political offices Mr.. Wright
and trust In the commercial and fnan-
cial world. He was II director in
the Adams national bank of North
Adams and member OF the investment
committee of the North Adams savings bank.
He was exceedingly popular among the
people Of forth Adams, was philanthropic
to marked degrees, and had assisted many
of the poor people Of the city. Mr.. Wright
was also churchman Of high standing hay
ing been prominent in the affairs Of tho
church of North Adams and a
teacher In the Bible class. He was a trus-
ZEE of the Troy conference seminary Of
VT, and Of the Drury academy,
North Adams. The burial was at Hinslale.
OLCOTT. vt. Aug. iS-Mr. Charles Il.
Wilder Of Wellesley Hills has Just died at his
summer home near this town He was born
It Attleboro, Mass. in 1881 but when he was
quite young his parents removed to Chelsea.
n early manhood he was admitted to the
lrm Of Wilder h Co., of )ston, paper deal
rs, established in 1910 by his father, the late
has. b. Wilder. A few years later his broth.
n Herbert A. Wild, entered the firm, and
ince 1861 the two brothers have conducted
he business. They have been large manu-.
acturers Of paper for newspaper printing,
laving mills nj Olcott VT. and Ashland, N.
L., being the principal owners OF the Olcott
Falls company, Charles T. giving his chief
Ittention to the manufacturing and spend.
ng most OF his time ut OlcOtt, Vt. The de.
leased Was man Of great business
mercy. His constructive work at OF.
'Ott, utilizing. great water power be.
ore unemployed. danming the Conner.
lieut. river, AM putting up extensiv,
Mills. evinced thorough workmanship ,,
plendid design and courageous purpose.
assessed OF the best qualities OF New Eag-
md manhood, modest retiring. but aggres- r
i've, liant. of few words, constant
urpose, and unfailing integrity. h. COM =,
handed respect, conf ience and high cs- J
'em. He was exemplary in word, char I
cter and business conduct. He married !
larry l.: Ware Of Wellesley In 1867. She /
led In January last. Their only child died i
the age of three years. Mr.. Wilder is +.
lrvived by his only brother, Herbert A., ,
nd three sisters-Mrs. J. II. Campbell, Miss !
sther +. Wilder and Mrs. J. F. Spauliing. :
NEW YORK, Aug. 19-Musical circles i
ere and in England will learn with deep y
'gret that Albert l.. King, the famous ora $
rio tenor, Is dead. Mr.. King. considering a
Is long and brilliant career. was a compar- Y
lively young man, being barely A. years Of
20 at the time of his death, He WAS
Urn In Snffleld, Conn. Probably America a
u never produced n more remnrk nhlo |