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Bigelow preaching at Holden, who received a call to be set- 

 tled over the church there, but he did not accept the invita- 

 tion. Without much doubt he was the same person who a 

 year later was preaching at Groton, as at that period most of 

 the ministers were graduates of Harvard College. 



Isaac Bigelow was the seventh child of Abraham and Abi- 

 gail (Bullard) Bigelow, and was born at Weston, on May 2, 

 1750. He graduated at Harvard in the class of 1769, stud- 

 ied for the ministry, but never was ordained. His death 

 took place on April 17, 1777, at so early an age that he 

 did not become prominently identified with any church. 

 While his father wrote the surname " Bigelow," he himself 

 dropped the middle letter, writing it " Biglow " ; and thus 

 the name appears in the Quinquennial Catalogue of the 

 College. 



A TRIP FROM WORCESTER TO LOWELL. 



The following extracts are taken from " The Massachu- 

 setts Spy, and Worcester County Advertiser," June 11, 1828. 

 They give an account of a trip from Worcester to Lowell, 

 made by the editor of that newspaper (John Milton Earle), 

 and they contain allusions to events of a long time ago, which 

 will be interesting to the present generation. The " institu- 

 tion of some note for the education of females," mentioned 

 therein, was Miss Susan Prescott's school for girls, which in 

 its day had a wide reputation. According to a catalogue 

 printed in the year 1826, there were then 102 scholars in the 

 institution, and they came from far and near. There may be 

 a few persons in town, but certainly not many, who still re- 

 member the theological controversy referred to, which raged 

 at that period between the two religious societies. 



On a pleasant morning, a few days since, we found ourselves com- 

 fortably seated in one corner of the Worcester and Lowell stage. 

 Whether it was the mail line or accommodation, can be of no possi- 



