Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-02-21
PERSONAL.

DR.. A. Caswell has accepted the PresideD.
cy of Brown University. He is also Pres.
dent of the Baptist Missionary Union.
"Willie " Kettles is now the chief orer,.
tor of the Western Union Company in Wash
ington, and modestly wears his reputation a.
the smartest operator in the country.
Another Burlington boy, Mr.. B. F. Robv
is now in charge of the wires in the ..Go5
Room" New York city.
Among the nominations sent in to the =,
ate, within two or three days past. is thu.
of Charles Robinson, of Vermont, for Con...,
at Quebec, and Charles II. TGckcrman or
New York, Of literary celebrity to be Mini.
ter Resident in Greece.
The cable announces the death Of Sir D,r
id Brewster, the celebrated English rI,..;..
and scientific discoverer and author atG.u
don, at the venerable age OFFS.
Mr.. George I. Byington, Of the las, .,..
OF Andoyer, has accepted call from ,.s
Congregational Church and Society in Ben
son, Vt. Salary $1,000 and parsonage.
The Hibernean Society of Montreal, which
expelled Thomas Darcy Niece, reconsider-
ed their action, at their last meeting. where.
upon Mr.. McGee publishes a spunky carl
stating that under no circumstances sh.-
of a thorough reformation of the Society
would he consent to his name being aeai1
placed on their books.
Romeo H. Stephens, Esq, is candih.s
for Councillor to represent the West Warl
in the Montreal City Council, upon the rs.
quest of some 200 leading citizens Of ID.
Ward.
The friends of Rev. DR.. 5. Parmelee. now
at Oswego, n. Y, viii be pleased to lean
that at the age Of eighty-siz, he is still yislr
Gus and preaching nearly every Sabbath.
We find the following notice of the late
| Q. A. Edgell in the Vermont Record
s. Rev John Quincy ADKINS Edgeu, saa Z
Abel and Susanna (Holden) Elgell, was born
in Westminster, Vt, August 18th, 1902. Hs
was descended in the fourth generation fru
William Edgell, who came to New Engll1i
| about 100, and lived in WOburn and in Lex
ington, Mass. The line Of descent was. VII
liam John, Abel, John Q. 4. He worked % o
farm till he was 70 years old, then fitted flr c,-
lege at Thetfori and Peacham Academies, AMI
was graduated at the University Of Vermont In
1927, and at Andoyer Theological Seminary il
1881.
He was ordained pastor Of the Congregational
Church in West Newbury Mass. 10 September
1882. Rev. George Cowles Of Dracut preached
the sermon. On account Of falling health be
was dismissed 9th October. 1893. and did no,
again settle in the ministry. He soon becams
agent and assistant secretary Of the society fol
promoting collegiate and theological education
at the West, and continued 70 labor IN that ca
pacity during the remainder Of his active life
He died in Burlington, Vt, september 18th
1867.
Among the oldest settled pastors IL The
State are Rev. c. \. Thomas. pastor Of Tie
Baptist church, Brandon, who was settled 10
1885, and Rev. II. Fletcher, pastor Of Ii.
Baptist church. Townshend. settled In Isl
Rev. \. Sabin, who has recently remove.
from Georgia, was the pastor Of the BaEu,
church there, for 43 years having been Sd,
tied in 1924, and retiring in 1867.
| Gov Burnside has consented to be d can't
date for reelection as Governor of Rhode I-
land.
The last accounts from the traitor Breck-
ridge represent him in as in a melanch
plight He is travelling in Asia Minor az
says he will not return to America until b
can do 50 in safety, but no other country TIL.
America can be his home. Jake ThuIs
and other rascals Of like caIibre are aIsl va
dering in Turkey From the days of CIR
down to the present such men have '--
doomed to wander
Among the nominations confirmed in BE-
Senate on Friday was that of Lemuel A. A.
bott, late Captain of the 10th Vermont va,-..
10 be ID Lieutenant in The 9th Cavalry.
Noah Holt. Esq. one Of the oldest and
most respected citizens Of Castletln, died last
Saturday, in the Slst year Of his age. lie
was born in Castleton, and always lived and
finally died, on the same spot of ground neal
the village.
Some six years since, more or less, Na''
Aldrich. of Newfane. left town without
fishing his future headquarters, subsequer,I
tie body Of man frozen to death, was l-
covered in the valley of the Connecticut, All
presumed to be that of the missing man
February 9Th, 1868, to the joy Of his frien-
he reappeared alive and well, having te-
laboring within 90 miles of Boston since Iaa7