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Elder, a famous early American Baptist minister, flourished in Maine in 1804. He was uneducated, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but was called "a son of thunder" on account of his boldness and ability. He was extremely eccentric, and many curious incidents in his personal history are told, but nothing can be related here of any interest to the general inquirer.