Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-02

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on the Cornish hills cast and north Of
Blow-me-down, till the sheep pastures
slipping toward Windsor blossomed like
a "down-country" rose of Sharon. Italian
gardens and Scotch gardeners appeared
and 1t Is no wonder that the settlement
became known as Little New york.;
the wonder is that it was not called
Little Athens"
Lastly. though much later. came Wood
row Wilson, president of the United
states, and settled for three summers
with "A Windsor postoffice address, a lit
~ iurthcr over the hills at ~Harlakenden.
NO" If any reader does not recall. or
dhSoody want to know, just who Angus
JUS ~ 'audens was, let him 90 to look
at 'Hc heroir statue Of Parnell that
''"n"s NJ inc corner of Upper Sackville
r'' ''eat britain streets, Dublin, or at
i''acoh 'hapin In his greatcoat stand
III near the public library building in
'''''tiloId' MASS, or Peter Cooper Sit
.nE III front OF Cooper Institute, New
,"rN' or Abraham Lincoln standing be-
I"'c ms chalr at the entrance of Lincoln
am 'h'caGo. TO one backward about
"hl"ie' 'olors' a view of the magnificent
i'cS'o wa king Cole" in the Knicker-
""'Nrr hotel New York, will tell who
NaNileId Parish is. 4 few days or nights
IN II cosy corner or a hammock with
Nohls'on or "The Crisis' or A Mod
erh 'hrohlcl" or The Far Country will
mako one acquainted with Winston
'hurchiIL Charles a. Platt is the arcbi.
tect or Harlakondcn and of many ola.
giant country houses around New York
Read all about English pleasure ga rdons
ana You will know who is Rose Standisb
Nichols. Search for a 'character poo.,
tlIl You come to an ode entitled 'Ticon-
~d"rora,' and you will meet IN with
Percy Mackayo. Norman fIangood is tho
Harper who edits TIarpcr's Weekly. Anv
stirring Far West picture is. or should
be, the work Of Frederic Remington
Mrs. John Elliott is the daughter Of
Julia Ward Howe.
THE BROOKLYN OF WINDSOR
Little New York. forsooth, We mirb,
as well say with a local swaln-The
Brooklyn of Windsor. as all these neonIe
receive their mail at Windsor. and here
they may be seen shopping and DRIVING
and paying toll twice every trim thev
make to Vermont at the old wooden toll
bridge which spans the Connecticut at
''t' olI''l. IdlnlpG uDOn
the toll board, worn almost to the thick
ness of "A shingle by the weather. are
exhibited the toll rates. which announce
among other things that the rate for
sheep is - cents a hundred. Every
time we see this sign We want to ap-
pear at the bridge with either 80 or 1O1
sneep ana see how the perplexed old
Keeper would make change.
Two o+bo- Nt-;.l---
be spoken Of, namely, the unique Glaz-
'ers folnt Driver. manufactured by
George w. Hubbard, a peculiarly in
sehious machine or tool. pistol-shaped
IN FORM and when loaded with GLACIERS
points and placed against the sash.
upon pulling the trigger, shoots points
INTO the frame in the quickest and slick
est fashion. No other similar contriv-
anrH' we are told, is at present manu-
factured anywhere in the world. though
the principal part of the business is the
making of the points rather than the
pistol.
The other business. the manufacture Of
PaIne's Celery Compound. was the Joint
adventure. in a way, of Col. NJ. X. Paine
and DR.. Edward +. Phelps. a Yale grad.
uate and for many years professor in
the Medical College. and.
as We suppose, one of the c~ruffest vet
wisest doctors who ever practiced. DR..
Phelps believed in celery as a nerve tom
10, and Milton Kendall Paine, the local
druggist, procuring the Phelps recipe.
entered upon the manufacture of Paine's
Celery Compound. This he continued
for some years when he sold out to the
Wells & Richardson Co., of Burlington.
who speedily made the name "Paine's
Celery Compound' as we'll known around
the world as bread and butter.
NOTED MEN ENTERTAINED.
When the Evartses and ~Stourhtons
were in Windsor residence. and entertain
ing their great friends, no par of the
country oun could begin to match
Windsor in a personal exhibition of
worthless. For instance, We remember
driving from Windsor toward Claremont
Junction camp meeting one day when
what should we meet but a f~our-horse
brake carrying among others President
and Mrs. Hayes, Secretary of State and
Mrs. ENartS, Acknowledgement and Mrs.
Devens and Postmaster-General and Mrs.
Key. If this wouldn't tend to take a
young fellows mind off religion. what
would" President Roosevelt also visited
Windsor three times. and it's not
stretching the truth to say that more
presidents. cabinet officers and great
folk have been seen on the streets of
Windsor, at one time and another, than
on the streets of any other Vermont
village. ten times over. and in Windsor
cemeteries sleep to-day not only Senator
Evarts and Charles c. Beaman. but
numerous governors, congressman and
judges, including Chief Judge Isaac F..
Redfield.
Three distinguished residents Of Wind
sor fifty years ago We're Capt. Simonds,
Mai. Fay and Fancy" Daniel Stearns.
Capt. Simonds kept the Windsor House,
Mai. Fay had retired from the dry
goods business and Mr.. Stearns had also
Won in life's battle. These fine old
gentlemen" looked so much alike that
people had to distinguish between them
by their manner" The hair and hin
whiskers of each was pure white, their
clothes pure black and each showed a
large eNpanse of shirt bosom in which
constantly doomed a heavy single dia-
mond. Each wore a stovepipe hat and
gold-headed cane, and each delighted in
meeting and talking with all who lived
in town or came to town. There was ",
difference at all between them except
their gestures and their titles.
Among Burlington people who formerly
resided in Windsor We might mention
President Wheeler of the University Of
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