Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-01-13
PARSON WASHINGTON.
Fales Told Of tho First Pres.don+..
Ancestor.

haS taken century and 4 half to do SO
ms grateful countryIacn arc row try
ing to prove that this gentleman, Pcv
L;:Wrc-lcc Washington, rector. of Pur-
leigh in LSScX, Was not Il GrunlIard unt.
naliSncnt in the English revolution
OF lG40. And my college classrnatc, Mr.
H. L. Waters, who is always discover
tag something, has found {, letter in the
Eodlcian library speaking we'll of Par
son Washington, writes Il. L. SanLorn
In the Boston Advertiser.
The writer, ono kir. Aylofrr, about
1906, says: II doc not remember that
ever l:ncv or heard of FIR. E'aslinc-
ton before he had been scqucStcrctl, bu;
there was t,lcn one N:r. Roberts, .
nciyhbor CT r1inc, who Was owner and
patron OF C parish so small thcr
nobody would accept CT Lis church Cbut
with Gii-ic2lty) and Mr.. Roberts enter
tanned -lr. Warrington, where he was
suffered quietly to preach. / have
heard him and tooIe him to DO vcr:,
worthy piouG man. havc been in Iii"
company there, and he appeared . ver"
modest sober rcr"on. and L heard Lii.
recommended 10 GIc,! By several rcnt!c-
mca who knew him before l did. IL
was loyal person. and h2d orc Of tho
best bcncIec3 il tlcac partS. and til;
wc9 tho oHcly cause OF his expulsion H.
verify believe"
Let 1T DC Remembered by 'Scuucst-
ercd' Fir. AyloE;H meant Turned out or
Els parish of PSrlri;l by TIC Puritans.
at soI1c tine before 1873, when this
Lawrence Washington died. AS Til
was nearly SIXTY yc"r3 before Llr.
Ayi~E-A wrote, tho .cHr mutt haze
been young man ~,!ca he heard e..
parGol r"c chs lie lived IS Gree
Br2!;tcd il Ea>c:,, ,:Il thH little p:!,i.,...
of NIr. Roberts v'&3 il tic uGiGi,i,. e.
district of E:':::s~l p!rva, or L:..y.
Er"-;cca. Pr"i-; u i net far OF, 81:
Maiden (for whi2h OFT laden is mn -
IS three miles mort, OF i'uylai y. I,rGo:>
Washington was biIri,d at EIallcn i:
January, 1913, and ioIr or live year
later his two Sons cn!,rrutc;l 10 ".
GINA. Ey piccilg al these tri4!c
together ~ cot ~ IL sort OF history
this Lawrence N23.u.l gtoa, thu:l.s; t.
Mr.. W,.t>7m
Tho LAr.i3h arccst"v Ct Daniel We!
stor IS partly l.r IA. but there is yCo:.
for la. N'.:t2r:j 70 lool; it I'D further.
both on TIC Wcb3t@" side aud i;!:.tc.
Rev. Stephen B".',iI"r. from when
through his f7ra.!t.:aGt.!cr, lie Was &c
seconded. T.:ia clergyman KS "l&.
tuHA2d ont OF his pI"i Il, but for being.
Puritan, which could hardly lie c!larr.c,
a"a!nSt Webster. \ writer il t.!
'taljcri2t tells one Of the nui:lcrou.
: tories LA@t l have heard about Web
atcr'a neglect to pay lis debts. lie SAYS:
Wien | was . clerk il IN c::cl;::a,-;
Office VIC received :. ,l'.tt Of :. fc;y Eur-
drcd dcllari ca III. ,,cb3tAr on Gight
for collection. We were Instructed To
present it to TIC eminent man Tor IT,
ccpt2ncc, payable It any fGIturo ti!lc
nc ChOG"; It'll him 10 specify his own
time This wa3 rather unus..@l and
showed the great rcjp2ct tl2 creditor
had for tho d&5i1Tai%hcd Gt:ltc3,nan."
Th!% respect was natural cnou n, for
Wcb"tGr W&3 ID That time Utmost idol
iEcd by many. Eat it did not sacuyn
IRON tho TrC&t El2n the payment OF thc
dr@Et, CitICr tACn or GfLGrWard. Thc
ir2H i3TlDt c3rrr5noIlcnt Goc3 on: IL
pOitGiT "Ji!: 'GOl Md not p,y thg
draft 1T once; take your own It.2c; a:-
cert it paJ2blo when conv23i2nt. o.
ThcI Yen lca&c.' lie Ht:'.i.'!!tclcH
b:2c!7. H,>l, his penetrating cycs aliaoa;
ht2z.ia.E m, D2i.l: 'Hou go tA>, p ,liS,@,
BROKER have ever rlnt.' and caan,to& !.
at once, 'r:,T&lIo il !,i::1T drr@' Alvin.
&t"uoLioE5 were "l2h tl@t ii he h"A G"ii
ca A. face, 'iay&bl3. on tho rrY:lrrnc.i-.,
dSJ,' @.io'lll hove t:l;2H il aid co.ia::l-
ed it h"a"rcd. 10 2ttcntioI ua3 p":d
TO 1t wHHa Tho sixty days expired aad /
rct turned it under protest. u the sender
IL VIC TIC frequent occurrence Ct i.
lilo Ills which G.vc point 70 ("
st G"il to have Eacu 1aa.,c Sol
Years c;JriicrEy II winners il court WHO
"Cb@tcr WIS cro&|-2Xarlini2G. Bcii
asked his occupation Tie witncsa q
c!inCd t. answers this rouccd Webster
sarpici0ns end be- insisted on Il rcpl
which The judy tod the w:.:lcss nc h
b ter give. "TfclI." Baid the witness
Nif ] mus tell You ray means Of supper
il Is thia: 1 mako notes, Cct them in