Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14

Now. It happened that Marsh had |
been all his life studying the languages. |
the scenes. and tho legends OF northern |
Europe and his friends intimated that it |
would be agreeable to him 20 represent
this country at Copenhagen. Recollect
that all this about vinlnnd and Thornnn
aiid Thorvald ard the rest had .uat como
10 light. But they said they could not
send him to Copenhagen, but that they
would send him to Constantinople. |
Scandinavian or Semitic what difference
did that make es the dicc-bcx Of pat
ronaRo thrcy out its six or it's I'VE. And
indeed that happened IL anything hap
pens; SO that this master Of Northern
literature tool, in as matter Of course
the oriental questions and added the
treasures of the Fast to the stock which
50 emed ample before. He afterwards
travelled in the north Of Europe; nc
spent a year in Italy. TO the great adj
vantage Of use all, and in our pathological
matters which relate to our own
language he is one of the ereat leaders.
But do not like to speak of him with
out speaking of his charming wife, who
made additions not to hc forgotten to
the literature Of the century.
think that the young men and young
women Of Vermont who want cole GO
training arc apt to 60 To their own col
lrges. Burlington and Middcbury. and
that they are wise in doing so. I dare
not 20 into tho successes of Vcrmont's
SONS ard daughters in literature. Every
body remembers not to speak of persons
now living in this country whose names
and works We read every day, SAKE, and
the Stevenscs. Henry and Benjamin
Franklin. to whom We owe inestimablc
contributions to American history. YER
mont adopted Mr.. Kiplinr, though he
has run away from us for the moment.
Take care. while you are in Vermont,
IN sec tho great Proctor Marble Quar-
rics. There is a town of Proctor. where
some Of them are. Eut I do not know
how far their marvellous enterprise ex.
tends. do know that Richard Grecn-
ongh told me that the "tatuary marble
Of Vermont was equal to any in the
world. And I thing one OF two of his
best works preserve tho memory of
what shall say'--thc blush or the sun
SGT hue which Just redcems the pure
hitc from chill. Senator Proctor's ser
vice to the country when the Cuban War
began will never be forgotten.
And if YOU visit him this summer. let
mont gave the Morgan horse to the
country. For the Senator has highly de-
tcJmned that that race of horses shall
not die out from the land.
(a) If the occupation OF n part OF Isle
La Motto by the French IN 1866. the con-
structon Of fort. and its occupation by
a French garrison for twenty years, con-
stituted settlement" then the settle
ment at Fort Drummer was not the first
white settlement in Vermont.
o. The offer of land in Vermont or Con-
| by Sir William Howe not to Ira Allen,
but to Ethan Allen, during his captivity
| at New York The latter narrates the
transaction in his Narrative in which
he says: II replied that l viewed the
offer of land to be similar to that which
the devil offered Jesus Christ TO give him
all the Kingdoms of the world If he would
fall down and worship him-when at the
same time the damned soal had not ono
inch of land upon earth"
| (c) There have been special sessions nj
three or four days duration but the reg
ular mot annual but biennaD sessions of
1.-THE Vermont Legislature commonly last
about seven weeks.
I'D Who this governor was VIC do not
know: but as the constitution OF YER
mont provides that in the absence of the
governor the executive power is to be
Exercised by the lieutenant governor, 1t
is not likely that all or most of the bust
ness Of the State of Vermont" pertaining
to the governors Office was being trans
Iacted by letter Tho governor no doubt
was keeping in touch with some especial
matters during his absence.
Co OF course this is not an accurate
statement The Vermonters constituted
perhaps one fourth of the army with
which St. Clair evacuated Ticonderoga
Colonel Francis's Massachusetts regiment
fought calamity by the side OF Seth War
ncr's regiment at IIubbardton. and Of
were Vermontcrs. The Green Mountain
Boys fought Burgoyne at Hubbardton
land Bennington and Bcmiss Heights ant
Saratoga, and a company under Captain
Ebenezer Allen, harrassed the rear of th'
. British garrisons OF Ticonderoga ant
Crown Point, on their retreat to Canada
after Burgoyne's surrender; but Burgoyn'
and his opponents were not In daily oil
continuous collision and the service o.
: the New Hampshire, Massachusetts ant
other troops in that campaign deserve!
mention no less than that of the Yer
monters.
little life may be sacrificed to q
, sudden attack of Group If you don
have DIR. Thomas Eclcctric Oil on hant