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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...after living two days in this apartment that the Rev. Jenkyns Phillpot told his wife that to know the Butterfields was a liberal education. Phillpot's great trouble at home is that he cannot keep his own wash-rag; if the children get into the bath-room before him in the morning, they invariably use his wash-rag, and the consequence is that Phillpot's heart leaps for joy whenever he visits strangers and has a wash-rag all to himself; and then Phillpot has been strongly impressed by the portrait of Mrs. Butterfield over the mantel-piece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

...large square apartment on the first floor, and is kept solely for the use of visitors, such as members of Mrs. Butterfield's family, delegates to the conference - when the conference is held at Saug Centre - and an occasional minister from a neighboring town who may exchange with the Rev. C. Alexander Dingley, the present pastor of the M. E. Church at Saug Centre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

While the discussion of Benjamin's future is going on in Mrs. Butterfield's room, Benjamin himself is in the parlor reading a book entitled, "Notes on the Reiterated Amens of the Sons of God," published by subscription, and left as a parting gift by the Rev. Jenkyns Phillpot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

...readily answered only by members of a graduating class, he innocently admitted that he did not know what he did know or what he did not know. Mr. and Mrs. Butterfield were in despair, but retired happily to rest when Mr. Butterfield, aided by the larger experience of the Rev. C. Alexander Dingley, came to the conclusion that Benjamin could easily enter the Law School, and Mrs. Butterfield was appeased by the statement of the Rev. C. Alexander Dingley that he would, no doubt, soon be able to enter the Divinity School with the additional opportunities for culture offered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 4/3/1882 | See Source »

...meeting of the trustees of Colby University at Waterville last night, Rev. Geo. D. B. Pepper, D. D., was unanimously elected president in place of Rev. Dr. J. H. Robins, who is obliged to resign on account of ill-health. Dr. Pepper is a graduate of Amherst, 1857, and Newton Theological Seminary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. | 3/28/1882 | See Source »

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