Millbur Fisk.*

WILLBUR FISK was born at Brattleboro', in the State of Vermont, on the thirty-first day of August, 1792. His ancestors were of the old Puritan stock, and maintained the virtues and piety of that peculiar people. His father, Isaiah Fisk, was stripped of his patrimony by unfortunate business connexions, and compelled to seek a residence in the wilder and less cultivated portions of the state. He accordingly removed to Lyndon, within about forty miles of the Canada line, where he resided respected and beloved by all who knew him. He filled important legislative and judicial offices, and discharged the duties they imposed with severe virtue and untarnished honour. The region of country in which he resided after the birth of his son Willbur, is described as being peculiarly adapted to excite emotions of beauty and sublimity. "The house is situated on a considerable eminence, overlooking a wide extent of country. Around it the tops of the hills are seen peering one above another, like the caps of the ocean billows in a gale; while, at the distance of forty miles, are discerned the summits of the White Mountains of New

This memoir has been chiefly compiled from Dr. Holdich's Life of Willbur Fisk, and extracts not otherwise noted are to be accredited to that work.