Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-17

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The Strongs, Famous Natives of
Bloomington.
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the front had experiences varied and
most trying. His surgical skill and
the power of his own personality won
for him the position of Medical Di-
rector of an Army Corps and he rem
dered service second to that of no
surgeon of corresponding rank.
Having marked ability he became a
war correspondent and wrote, almost
daily, for the Chicago Tribune, thrill
ing accounts of the siege of Vicksburg
and the battle in that vicinity.
Although he lived several years after
the war, the effects of his strenuous
army life were abiding, and he was
as truly martyr to his patriotism as
any officer wounded in battle. His
home city has bestowed his name
upon hospital. school building and
an avenue.
The second son, James, chose
different profession and, securing the
highest honors in his collegiate and
theological courses, entered the min
istry and after pastorate of nearly a
decade, became the first president of
Carleton college at Mortified. Mime
sofa, continuing in that Office for
thirty three years and raising for the
institution several hundred dollars.
. For whole generation students felt
his inspiring power and thousands of
them hold him in highest esteem. In
the councils of his denomination he has
} been prominent for more than four
decades and he is accorded a place
in "Who's Who in America" The
honorary degrees of Doctor of Divinity
and Doctor of Laws were conferred
. upon him many years ago.
! The third son, William, boyhood
playmate of Montpelier's distinguished
son, Admiral Dewey, entered upon a
business career, beginning as a tele-
O graph operator and station agent at
= Milton. Wis, in 1858. By virtue OF
his ability and integrity he steadily
e advanced through various positions on
y the McGregor Western, the Michigan
f Central and the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy until he became president
}. of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
J. with headquarters in Boston. Under
J. his administration as general manager
q or president that company extended
= it's lines from Chicago to San Diego
l. to Los Angeles and to San Francisco
;. That was gigantic work covering
[. many years and requiring executive
:. ability of the highest order. Tht
. strain was tou great for even his irol
't constitution and several years sine,
is i'll health compelled his resignation
a In his retirement, in 1.-THE land o.
!, sunshine and flowers he now sees hi
- own far-sighted plans carried out b.
{, his successors. Although laid asid
a. from business activities he has tn
n satisfaction of knowing that he di
something worth the doing in bearing
l.. westward true Christian civilization
I'd So great is his love for the mountain
IS and valleys of his native state tina
in each summer finds him in his favorit
retreat within few rods of hi
~ birthplace in Bloomington from whic
al one can see, in the mountains at tn
a. East, the Notch" where lie tn
II placid waters of Willoughby lake
Few men have served their generatio
I'd selfish devotion, or with greater sue
DO cess.
70 1t is certainly worthy of gratefu
- mention that the sons of one family
humble in its origin but inheritin
from strenuous pilgrim ancastr
earnest and noble qualities, shoul
I'd make themselves so widely known an
re SO manifestly useful. They illustrat
;, the power of high ideals when thes
- are enforced by the altruistic law c
"a love, which is always the law Q
he the noblest life. Argus.
S. DR.. James w. Strong is still activel
lie useful at seventy-fve, supplying pu
i. pits in the city Of Los Angeles, wher
ed he spends his winters lecturing, givni
at his "reminiscences of distinguishe
ne people, who were his acquaintance
ed and friends. Few people are no.
e. living who have had ds many, Anon
in them Abraham Lincoln, Robert an
is Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Samue
lie Adams, Clemens and many others.
a William B. Strong, the great raiIroa
o. protector and ex-president of til
oy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. spenC
OF his winters in California and comes I
he his summer home in Browningto
as whenever it is possible for him to eros
r. the continent. He is at present, a,
ne complishing his greatest task, til
e. greatest which comes to any huma
ad life, and that is. enduring permaner
nd invalidism, the result of overworl
with a Christian bravery. hope an
er cheerfulness amounting to real here