Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14
Personal.

The Leath Of Rev Bernice D Ames. oi
Mechanicsyille, y. y. is announced Mr..
Ames was native of Shoreham. Vt. and a
graduate Of Middlebury College lie was
the faithful and successful pastor success
| sively Of the Methodist churches in Dorset.
Brandon ana Charlotte. After leaving the
active work of the ministry in consequence
of i'll health. he was for time Principal Of
Providence Conference Seminary, Rhode
Island At the breaking out of the late
| civil war. be entered with his whole soul
| into the work of the Christian commission.
| In the wear 1865 be became Principal of
Mechanicsville Academy, with his accom-
plished wife, who survives him, Is precep-
tress His mind remained clear TO the last
moment He talked calmly Of his depar-
ture, and expressed his strong trust in
Christ. Prof Ames's death occurred just
one wear from the day or which his daugh-
ter Florence died.
Alva Morris Holbrook, editor and propri-
etor of the New Orleans Pioay1ns. died at
Blalen Springs, Ala, Wednesday. in the
si1ty-third wear Of his age. Mr.. Holbrook
was born in Vermont. and went to New Or
leans in 1896. where be became connected
with the Picay1ns. Although dying in
Alabama, whittier he had gone for his
health few days previously. be literally
died at his post-the editorial chair of the
PicayIae. which be had filed for thirty-six
years.
George G. Hunt. ESD, of St. Adams.
paymaster of the Central Vermont road.
lies at the point of death with an incura-
bic cancer A painful operation TO which
he submitted last summer at the White
mountains. by which portion of his lower
Jaw bone was removed. failed TO remove
the disease. a. was hoped at the time. For
some weeks past he has been gradually
falling.
Prof Henry W Haynes. formerly of
Burlington. presided at the meeting of
Americans. held the other day in Munich,
to protest against the charges of some OF
the German papers that Thomassen. the
dynamite fend, was a necessary product
of American institutions.
The widow of Major General George II
Thomas publishes letter DENYING the re-
port that at the outbreak of the rebellion
the General was a States-rights man and
sought employment in the military service
of Virginia. She declares that from the
time the actual fact of war was upon US,
General Thomas's - course was clear be-
fore him.. whatever others may assert TO
the contrary, without influence OF any
kind =" being brought to bear upon him
by any one, or offers of promotion except
what he was entitled to in his own regi-
ment. he was loyal to the United States,
and never applied for service in the South
ern army.
Mr.. Charles A Hoyt, formerly of Bur
lington, has become one of the senior part
ners of the firm of Poppenhuser Il Co.. of
New York city, the elder partners retiring
on tie first of January.
The awards of the judges in the Inter
Collegiate literary contest. held last month.
by competitive examinations, were awarded
at the New York Academy Of Music. on
Tuesday evening. number of College
Presidents were present on the stage, and
there was a large audience. The awards
were as follows For the essays, one prize
was awarded 10 F. f. Heath. of Cornell
University. and one was divided between
Nelson S Spencer, of the College of the
City of New York, and F. A. Hills, OF the
Northwestern University. of Illinois. The
prize of 500 offered by Mr.. Gregory. of
Marblehead, Mass. was awarded to Wilbur
Lawrence, of the College Of the City of
New York. In mathematics the first prize
was taken BY George 5. Palmer, of Cornell
University the second BY G. Is. Halstead.
of Princeton and honorable mention was
made of Thomas Craig. of Lafayette. In
Greek the first prize was given TO Miss Julia
j. Thomas. of Cornell. the only young wo-
man who competed /; the second to Henry
Veghte, of Rutgers and honorable men
ton was made of II. E. Crosby. of the Uni
versity of the City of New York. The prizes
in oratory were awarded, the FIST to Julian
NJ. Elliot, of Hamilton : the second to ID.
j. Tompkins, of Cornell. Eleven colleges
were represented.