St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-22
OUR BOSTON LETTER.
Gen. Walkers Death.-The T1oody Meetings.
perian Sodality, Etc.


Boston has again been called upon to
mourn the loss Of one Of her most distin-
guished citizens by the sudden and I'M
expected death Of Gen. Francis A. Walker,
president of the Institute Of Technology.
His death has caused wde-ielt sorrow in
all circles as man, soldier, patriot,
writer educator and general promoter of
science and art, stricken down in the
prime of life, and full tide OF unusual ac-
tivities 1t has fallen to few men to have
arrived at such distinction in so many
and so varied lines, which gives him the
name of an "all-round man." for he was
at home in 50 many societies and inter-
ested in all public lines of work. This
was evidenced in more ways than one,
BY the many resolutions passed by So
cieties and leagues sent to his Borrowing
family; but especially at the large and
representative number of delegations
who were present at the funeral in Trim
ity church upon Friday last There were
at least seventeen of this number besides
many prominent men from other parts
of the country. Governor Wolcott and
Mayor Quincy were among the honorary
pail bearers. Conspicuous among the
colleges were the presidents and profess
sors with which he had been connected,
Harvard, Amherst, Wellesley, Yale, Bos
ton University, the Museum of Fine Arts,
the Massachusetts Historical society, ST.
Botolph club, the Boston Public Library,
Military Historical society and many
Others. Rev. Dr. Donald and Rev. Will
liam Dewart officiated at the funeral ex-
ercises. The church was crowded, and
many students could not gain entrance.
The friends requested that the body
should not lie in state, nor flowers be
sent, but the exercises were simple and
solemn. In later years lie was we'll
known as a statistican having charge OF
the census and later as the president oil
the Technology Institute, which has left
a wide felt vacancy. His father was
distinguished man and his grandmother
was lane Eastman of Concord N. H.
| He was a prominent member OF the
Eastman organization there and the
Walker home there is fine old colonial
mansion. His army experience, espec
tally after being wounded and taken
prisoner and being confined in a south
ern prison doubtless impaired to a GER
tain extent his vitality, although able to
attend to all of his duties for the past
fifteen years in the Technology Institute.
Major b. S. Calef, who was one to have
charge Of the arrangements of the ser
vices, was taken suddenly i'll day later
and died, probably from the effect of a
sudden cold.
Crowds of people are still thronging
fremont Temple to hear the noted Evan
gelist Moody. In fact they seem to in
crease in numbers as the time goes on in
stead of diminishing His method of
giving out tickets Gree for the morning
and afternoon sessions of each day, per-
haps serveral days in advance is an adj
mirable arrangement Tor people living in
adjoining towns, who are unable to come
in early enough to secure a good seat.
The two services begin at 1870 a. m
and at 3 p. m. and seats are reserved for
stockholders until within fifteen minutes
OF the time OF opening the meeting, then
the public are allowed to enter. This al
lows people to come to Boston to attend
the meetings and do considerable shop
ping in the meantime; for the great Jan
uary markdowns attract many people
The old and well-known dry goods store
of Hovey's is selling out all of its goods SC
as to move into new quarters. More
than one person remarked at fremont
Temple, "the singing is an inspiration.
Prof ]. II. Burke OF New York, led the
choir last week and it was not the sweet
ness of his voice only in singing the solos
but in the enunciation of every word o
the gospel songs that rendered it so i'm
pressive. The morning sessions have
been well attended, and Friday last was
one oil the largest. Mr.. Moody had re
ceived a letter from a lady calling him to
an account for his orthodoxy, because {
Boston paper had advertised that hi
photograph and Sam Jones' were to ap
pear in Sunday newspaper He de
clared that he was not responsible for it
for he never wrote Tor Sunday news
paper never read one nor bought one
, But there are 200 900 newsboys break
ing the Sabbath every week by selin,
newspapers, but if you did not buy then
+, they would not sell them. You stol
p buying and that will end the matter
Vie said, II think that the press is dom,
, a grand work six days in the week, bu
like a COW, gives full pail of milk 81,
days and then kicks it all over on Sun
day. Some people claim that they ca
pray all night but he never could, but h
could read the Bible for hours, althoug
he did not understand it all yet, tina
made it all the more fascinating. As h
had been asked to give an expositor
sermon he took the 103 Psalm. VIVA