Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-19
JOHN BROWN IN VERMONT
A journey In 1857 with "Reminiscences
of the LIberntor.

CTrom the Springfield Republican,
We take what is most valuable fr n
letter of w. H. Mitchell Of Belot in the
Kansas City journal. He Is now a resi-
dent of Kansas, but not before 1865 and
his only Acquaintance with John crown
was at North Elba and I'm Vcrgennes, Vt,
In February 1857 He came from there to
Boston before addressing the Massachu-
sets Legislature, February 49, 1861, reach
ing Boston February Is, and must have
crossed Lake Champlaln on the ice about
February 70. Mitchell the son of resi-
dent of Essex county, VINO was in Deem
Der, 1859 a pallboaror a. Browns fun.ra..
was the driver who took Brown and his
son Owen over in his private carriage
While crossing, o snowstorm suddenly
came up and Brown said to his son,
"Owen, does not this remind you Of the
Kansas billiards ?" Yes" said owen,
"but it does not bite Ike them that is,
because Of the terrible fierce winds Of
Kansas" But he added kansas Is 60
ing to be one Of the greatest States IN the
Union. if we succeed in keeDing slavery
out Of it." Mitchell then adds:
! As we were going into Nersonncs in the
evening, roads being bad from recent
'la""' mamma ''''N" "''o S'''iN III 9l'''7
anu hecesSltaui nS $40" u'''l'F up a'ohB
'le o''er 'reeN' =" '"i'eS' many OF the
country S'noo's "''' At V.'sS anu NO
uceu 'nu' !, 'o"" was ~ ~ ''',e ms
ha' " me poSs anu S'i's amt anu say
| 9"o' O. ''' '''V'' SUI" evening
with extreme poiteness.
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n'S .r"e'u'
H' iIi"T e'N'H'eS' uHe IoHs mn from
'"' pl'Use "P was 'o''Iy DARE VI SNOW
"uu pio"" s"'u ne "oulu walk ana dIu'
lelt MS sun at INC hotel n' uesi-ualed'
anu ! MY SUI put up at dno'ner' BENG
very ousN ''a' evening III" not see tnefn
"-"'" '""' "'S"" ou' NH'' was IcH"E
10 re'ire lor the nlsnl the clerk or lahd-
fora Salu 10 me mere was me Ola
s'n'le'ila H. Gaining H'''lse'l brown mere
looNihs LOT YOU 'HlS evening les'
Salu' tha' olo 1ohh Brown OF pSa"a-
Tonne IaH'e put nus nome Is IN my county
Essex IN YORK state at North Eliza.
Iheh had TO tell MIN all knew about
m. lhey had all read about OsaWatomia
IN Kansas ana quite crowd gathered al
the hotel the Stevens House to see them
OF next morning
The next morning was up early DOING
errands Tor the folFs IN YORK state we
had no railroads on our side OF the lake
was passing along the sidewalk some
what hurfedly' but hearing someone call
Ing loudly 'Mitchell} Mltchell! looked
around ana saw brown running TO over
take me Good gracious man. you came
near losing your rare FOR bringing us
across the lake yesterday" l said Mr..
Brown ald that mere accommodations
charge you nothing But Brown re-
pied i won nave IL So ana grasplh8
my hand he said: "Goodoy; give my love
to your father ana thrust MS other
hand into the breast OF my coat, leaving
something IN my BOSOM Whlch' FOUND
on nnbuttoning my coat and vest to be
," note on the nahk o. NerRehhes' brown
was more than honest. Inc rare IRON
Nestport TO NerEehhes' w. was only 81
by the man stage winch he haa missed
AT Nestpoft the "ay before yet ne iorceu
"|oh me N'''o LOT niiil-e' ana owen ah0
nearly lost MS tram 10 Boston py rlShln4
the loss oil time IN huht'hI me up 10 see
that was honestly PAID. Brown wa
honest PERSONNEL
am very tam!'lar WIN t"!s city OF YER
eehnes on Otter Cfeek-hahed oy 81 JONI
de Crevecoeur for his friend the Coun
de Nergennes' VINO IN the tFehcn ministry