Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-11

Harry Bradley.
As VIII have been noticed nearly all the
stores oh Pearl street were of brick That
Of Harry Bradley was the largest build
ing on the street. Above 1t was the small
wooden house of Mr.. Bradley. Adjoining
stood "a small white building, the tin shop
of William X. Villas, where later was the
residence of Harry Bradley, and still later
of Lfcut.-Gov Levi Underwood, now the
Medical college. Probably more business
was transacted on the upper part of Pearl
street than In any other quarter OF the
village.
At the store of ]. & j. II. Peck and at
the old stone store at the foot of King
sSeet was carried on the chief amount of
wholesale business Of the town. The stone
store then stood as at present and was
conducted by Follett & Bradley, the firm
being Judge Timothy Follett and John
and Harry Bradley, brothers.
This firm owned the King street wharf
and all the business of the dock was I'M
der their supervision. The business car
ried on at the store was in heavy goods
of about the same nature as the present
business.
The lumber trade was not in existence
then to any degree Harry Bradley dealt
more in lumber than any other but The
site of the Central Vermont station and,
indeed. almost the entire district known
as under the HILL" was nearly destitute
of Improvements and business.
The north part of the city in 1895 was
mostly Il barren waste. The Battery then
was a reminder of the recent war OF 1912.
On the east side of the Battery stood
a glass factory. doing a fair business.
Any mention of the Bloody Third"
ward then would have caused a stare Of
amazement almost great as that Of
Rip Van Wink.e on behoding once more
his native town. The lower road to Wi
noosk was being built thus opening a
now avenue into the city. and one into
adermanic litigation over rights of way
to the Traction company. But traction
companies were unknown; railroads were
unknown and boards of aldermen had not
touched the future Queen City" yet the
village fathers gathered upon occasions
with dignity and wisdom which through
the vista of s. years would seem to sur
pass the deliberations of the mod I'm
municipal board Among the most promi-
nent men of the town were Judge Tim
othy Follett, a prominent candidate for
United States senator; Ieman Allen, for
some time member of Congress, the two
Iradleys, Harry and John: John n.
Pomeroy John and John II. Peck; Sion
f.. Howard; William r. Villas; Horace and
Luther LOOMS, WHY'S Lyman promi-
nent lawyer; eX-Cov. Cornelius L. Van
Ness; Charles Adams a lawyer ard faith
or Of the noted Sullivan Adams; President
John Wheeler; Prof George w. Benedict
and George =. Marsh.
The name of Judge Follett connects it,
self with an anecdote of a few years later
which introduces the rames of two other
famous Vermonters, Judge Folett and
solomon Foot were oppos ton candidates
for election to the United States Senate.
Al a meeting Of prominent Burllng on
ans, who composed the charmed cir
Gle" of local whig politics, as a prelm.n-
AIRY to deciding whether the town should
send F'ollett or Foot representative
to the Legislature. Judge Samuel 8.
Phelps, father of f. ]. Phelps, and himself
a United States senator, spoke in adVocat-
ing Judge Follett, IF you want to light
up the city of Washington with gas. said
he, send Sol. Poot but If you want
to send a man that can add up a column
OF figures and do 1t right, send Tim.
Follett."
1t was during the year of which I write
GSSO that the fist abolitonist speaker
in the State and one OF the first i'll the
Union came to Burlington and address ed
Il large audience in the Unitarian church.
! was seated in the pew OF Sion l.. How
ard. Anti-slavery agitation was then uri-
popular everywhere. even in Vermont,
and the people We're unaccustomed 20
abolitionst talk, which seemed directed
against one of the institutions of govern
ment.
However. the church was crowded when
the speaker whose name / have forgot EN-,
arose at the appointed hour to address the
audience. At this point the noises in the
house. before considerable, increased, ana
a ruinor went around that me sPeahSr
was 10 be mobbed. A considerable l.0dy
OF the rougher clement Oh tne to"i! h"o
gathered III inc pack put oi 'he clui ''i
ana IN the gaHerg' eViuert'S "eht VI,
trouble lhey were alueo u! seNetai ..
the more prominent cltiZens VINO "isheu
10 stamp out ahu-SidNeiy uiacuss'o'''
TWO or three or the younger BUSINESS M ).
OF the city VINO are sun awe thoueh Oh
course very o.L, apetted the movement
hut would be ashamed TO see thcir name"
mentioned IN that connection to-day'
The speaker had uttered hardIy dozen
words when a man in the gallery shout :
ed at him, Sir. are you going TO preac n
an apoh'lonlst sermon! betore me
speaker could reply, Charles Adams me
lawyer, lcaped upon the seat or MS pew
ana, waving MS cane toward the rowuy
III 'he SalerN' shou1eu, or, you ave ou
of order there Mr. Adams mad Darcly
spoken the words when hon hcmah
Allen, then memper OF congress- Hllu
of large, powerful. frame ana some go
pounds aVolrdupois' VINO was siltihe III
one of the SIDE pew 5, arose IKE non
disturbed in his lais' rushed 10 the front,
while he gazed around over the huSn"'i
audience as though he would search out
and tear into fragments any Violator OF
the rights OF free speech, ana raising MS
voice 30 that the very berry tremheu'
said. IF there Is anyone here that doesh t
want to hear the man speak, wish lie