Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-10

\ singular and not altogether pheasant
experience. was tina, of Mr.. ll,ury l.. C'app,
manager Of the New York ug'rcy # Fair
banks X Co., the giea, scaic-l a&ars lie
went down - The bay On a EUiuWal slram-
cr TO bid frjcud farewell. AMI WIS CONF
PEELED ID 50 aCro.s the ocean, the boat IN
which he cXrcctc! 10 return r., the -h,;c
having left him in Nh lurch. In The mem
lime report Of his mysterious disappc ~
anCe' was tclrgriphcd all OVER The country
and created no end ul talk and tiUuhlr.
Professor X. d. {. Robbins died at New
ton Highlands, at Mas, Nov 3, Al the age
of seventy years. The deceased Was grad
nate of Middcbuty COLLEGE and AnGoycr
seminary and Tor many yeats professor Of
Latin and Greek ri the loimer place. sub
sequcntly hc filled the position OF lh,Alan
al AndOvor Seminary, wli,rc hc also taught
Hebrew. He was the author of large mum
Der Of articles in the "BihliuthccI ~gori
aud other publications.. also ,dit,r Of the
works OF Professor S'uui. owing 10 the
uncertainty Of his hcalth lac never applied
for ordination. The deceased had liv,d fY,
niue years past al Newton Highlands. lie
leaves II widow, The daughter of PufFsH
stuart, aud also an ad'p daughter.
Lieutant frederick Robinson, 5lh I. :
Artillery, died at lmura,l,r IA Nov, /.
He had been alling Ton some years past aud
sought relief IN various climates, but with mo-
avail. At the time al his death Ar wa lu
sick leayc.frum Fort SuhuNiCr Lieut. Robin
son was born in llthud. lie came tu this
county aud entered The I y, Army as Il
private in 1919. and rose by gradual promo
ton to the rank of first llculunlaui, 10 which
hc was appointed IN 1855 Ia i-,l lac Nas de-
tailed, as Professor Of Military Tactics ia 10,
University ut Vermont, aud held hat chair
with credit iur TLrtc years, He Was d sen
tlemln of Literary tastes, tue autLul II a
novel entitled The seven Gray Plgrims,
"A meritoiious officer and respected by all
who knew him. His funeral took place
saturday, Nov + At Lancaster WG Was
largely attended
rev. L. Van Nordrn, pastor oil the Con-
greg itiUnal church at -. Alhau-, hus in press
IA little theological treatise emitted The
Outermost Kim aud Beyond which will
shortly be issued by A. y. f. Randolph Of
New York. This work is addressed chiefly
10 the class OF earnest dlub,ers and is de
fence of the essentials Of the Christian faith,
urged from the authors peculiar theological
standpoint. Mr.. Van Nurdn aims, more
over, to do somewhat toward iiNiu. the thee
logical method If the future for evangelical
Christianity.
Daniel kilbun and wife celebrated their
golden wedding II, their home IN Wardshoio,
the Both, some .cvCuty-tivc relatives and
friends being present Deacon Wiuslow of
rownshUnd and nv Mr.. MetClll OF Lon
dondcrry made speeches, anI considerable
sum OF money was gwen the honorable
couple.
Mr. jeremiah ESSEX, Il prominent manu-
facturer of Bennington, who was taken i'll
with violent disease of the kidneys about
two months since, while on his way To the
MiddlcseN street station, died at the ST.
Charles Hotel, in which he took refuge Octo-
and was in the city on business connected
with u mechanical Invention which was being
tested by one OF the corporations, -L0c(A
(NaSs,) courier
The beautiful estate OF William NJ. Evars
at Windsor is delightful family colony.
Four pretty villas now adorn il, which are
occupied by Mr. Eyarls and his three mar
ried children, The newest of these is the
pretty house erected for his daughter Bessie,
who was married this summer Mr. Evarts
and his entire family are still at Windsor,
but are preparing 10 return to New York fOl
the Winter. Boston .Sdtmddy gazette.
The Long Island Farmer says: "Hop
james II. Plat presided at the Republican
Congressional convention with decided ahil
ity We have seldom seen a more ready
and courteous presiding officer. Mr. Plat
has been much in public life He was
member of Congress from the second distric