FOLSOM. dier-general of New Hampshire volunteers, served at the siege of Boston, and was pn major general by the i louncil of Slew B mid served as such throughout the war. He was a delegate from New Hampshire to the Conti nental Congress in 1771. and again in 1777 and 1778. In I7*:i lie was president of the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention. FOLTZ, foils. I'rm.irr (1805-77). A Ger n painter, born al Bingen. He was the pupil of his father, Ludwig Foltz, and studied al Munich under Cornelius. Their he was employed to paint the fresi s in the Glyptothek, and afterwards the Schiller-Salon in the new Royal Palace, He finally became professor of the Veademy oi nieh mid director of the Royal Galleries i L865). His pictures include two large hunting seem Maximilian II.. and various historical paintii such as "Frederick Barbarossa," "Henrj the Lion." the "Century of Pericles," and "King Otho Leaving Munich for Greece" (1832) — a fine cartoon. "BOX/WELL, William Watts (1833—). An American educator, born a1 Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y. lie graduated at Hobart College in 18S7, and in 1859 was appointed adjunct pro- fe-sor of mathematics at. Ilobart. In Isiiiiill he studied philologj at the University of Berlin. When lie returned to the United States I nlist- ed in the Fiftieth New York Volunteers (engi- neers), and attained the brevet rank of lieu- tenant-colonel. In 181.0 he accepted the chair of mathematics at Keiiyon College. Ohio, and in the same year was chosen president of the University of Minnesota, a position which he occupied until his resignation in 1884. In 1871 he was appoint- ed professor of political economy, which position he retained after his resignation from the presi- dency. His publications include: Public ln- struction in Minnesota (1875), and Lectures on Political Economy. FOLZ, folts, Hans tc.1478-c.ir.ir.). Oneofthe famous Meistersingers, and a writer of rhymes and dramatic pieces. He was born at Worms, Germany, and spent the greati r part of his life in Nuremberg, where he worked as a barber. His serious songs are spirited, graceful, and moral in tone; but hi- comic writing- are quite the reverse. FOMENTATION (from Lat. fomentatio, from fomenta/re, to foment, from foment urn, fo- mentation, from /ore/,, to keep warm). An ap- plication of warmth and moisture to a part by means of cloths wrung out of hot water, some- times medicated infusions of vegetable f'lbstances, calculated to relieve pain or, stimulate the surface. Thus, opium, belladonna, chamomile, turpentine, etc., are used in various forms in connection with fomentations, which arc of very great ser- vice in the treatment of several painful local disorders. FONBLANQUE, fAn-blank'. ALBANY (1793- 1872). An English journalist. He was born in London in 1793, and first studied for the bar. but afterwards drifted into journalism. As edi- tor of the Examiner, the leading Liberal weekly journal of the time, Fonldanque exhibited a singu- lar keenness of both wit and intellect, and exer- cised great influence on public opinion betwi 1826 and 1830. In 1837 he republished in book- form his leading articles, under the title England
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FOND DU LAC. I ndt r St i , ,, {dm inque be- to that -in. ill group ol journal i I worl them. In lsi7 I..- relinquished the editorship of the J . d i nt< n d in i 1 1. a , rl i oj the Bi He died i I I, L872, Con nil Fonblanque (editoi tie ' London, i s7 1 1 FONCIN, fo.N Vi', I'iii:i 018 CHABLE8 (1841—). A French geographer and educatoi born at Li He -t udied at thi male of Pai is, and in 1878 bi i i profe oi ol raphj in the facull 1" 1879 he i he Douai Academy, in 1881 i ry ed ica tion in the Mini-try of Public Cnsti hi tion, and in 1882 inspector-gem ral ol eo nda ■ educat ion. I le was a founder ol I he Mli ince I rani a i je, ol which he became successively general secretary and president. His publical ion- include : Tea ■ i ridts d'histoire di Franci (1872), for use in primary schools; /.>/ prCmiere anne •/■ aiogra phie (1874) ; a GtograpMi «■ ru rati I 18 Lea pays </■ Franci I I s!i8). FON'DA. A village and tl ounty- Montgomerj County, X. N '., 27 mile- ' west, by north of Schenectady; on the Mohawk River, anil on t he 'M N ork Cent ral and the Fonda, Job town, and Gloversville railroads l. Map: N'cw York, F 3 i . It, is the centre of an agricultural region, and has knitting-mills, flouring-mills, a broom-factory, etc. Population, in 1890, 1190; in 1900, II 15. FONDI, fon'de. The ancient Fundi, a town in South Italy, in the Province of Caserta, 7 miles from the sea and 87 miles southeast of Rome (Map: Italy, II 6). The ruins of tl which in the sixteenth centurj belonged to the Colonnas, testify to its former splendor. In the Gothic Church of Santa .Maria there are Bome eleventh-century mosaics, and Thomas Aquinas once taught in the chapel of the Dominican mon- astery. Fundi was burned by the Saracens in 846, laid waste in 1">34 by the pirate Khaii Din (Barbarossa)^ as the church records -how, and again destroyed in 1594 by the Turk-. Popu- lation, in 11)01, of commune. po.'in. FON'DLEWIFE. < hie of the principal char- acters in Congreve's Old Bachelor. He is a -enile husband, so much in love with his apparently docile wife that she finds little difficulty in de- ceiving him. FOND'LOVE, Sir William. In Knowles's Love Chase, a foolish old baronet, the chosen prey of the Widow C.rcen. FOND DU LAC, f.m' do 14k' (Fr.. bead of the lake; so called from the situation of the citj I. city and the *ounty-seat of Fond du Li unty, Wis., 63 miles north by west of Milwaukee: on Lake Winnebago, at the mouth of the Fond du Lac River, and on the Chicago and Northwestern, the Wisconsin Central, and the Chicago. Milwau- nid Saint 1'aul railroad- (Map: Wisconsin, E 5). Through Lake Winnebago and Fox River there is communication by water with the Great Lakes. The city is picturesquely situated, and has the Grafton' Hall School for Girls taut Episcopal), Saint tgnes Hospital and Sana- torium, a public library, and Lakeside and Taylor parks. There are important manufactures, and a trade in lumber, grain, tlour. paper, macliin-
