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contains a population of 855. It was incorporated in May, 1847, being formed from Ashford. The grand list amounts to $203,127, the principal industries being agriculture and twine making. It contains post offices Eastford, Phoenixville and North Ashford. Hampton, situated in the western part of the county, was incorporated in October, 1786. It was formed from parts of Windham, Pomfret, Brooklyn, Canterbury and Mans- field. It has a population of 827, and a grand list of $339,104. The principal industry is agriculture. Its post offices are Hampton, Rawson and Clark's Corner. Killingly was incorpo- rated in May, 1708. It lies midway of the county, on the east- ern border. It has a population of 6,921, of which 2,210 are in- cluded in the borough of Danielsonville. The grand list amounts to $2,144,153, and that of the borough of Danielsonville tc $1,200,717. Agriculture and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods are the leading industries. Post offices in the town are Danielsonville, Killingly, Ballouville, East Killingly and South Killingly. Plainfield, situated in the southeastern part, has a population of 4,021, and a grand list of $1,735,640. It was incorporated in May, 1699. The principal industries are agriculture and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods, bricks, carriages, and other articles. Within its limits are post offices Plainfield, Central Village, Moosup, Wauregan and Pack- erville. Pomfret lies in the central part of the county and has a population of 1,470. Its name appears as early as 1730. The principal industries are agriculture and entertaining summer boarders, the beauty of its scenery being famous. Its grand list amounts to $801,711. Post offices in the town, Pomfret, Pomfret Center, Pomfret Landing, Abington and Elliott's. Put- nam, formed from parts of Thompson, Pomfret and Killingly, was incorporated in May, 1855. Its population is 5,827, a consid- erable part of which is in the compact village. The grand list is $1,995,008. The principal industries are the manufacture of cotton, woolen and silk goods, shoes, steam heaters and other goods, and agriculture. The town lies near the northwestern part of the county, and contains the post offices Putnam and Putnam Heights. Scotland, taken from Windham, was incorpo- rated in May, 1857. It has a population of 590, a grand list of $267,423, and its principal industry is agriculture. It lies on the southern border, near the southwest corner of the county. Ster- ling, taken from Voluntown, which was then a part of this
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county, was incorporated in May, 1794. Its population is 957 and its grand list $259,263. The town now occupies the extreme southeast corner of the county. Its principal industries are ag- riculture, dyeing and bleaching and some other manufacturing, and granite quarrying. The post offices Sterling, Oneco, Ekonk and North Sterling are in this town. Thompson, located in the extreme northeast corner of the county, was incorporated in May, 1785. Its territory was taken from the northern part of Killingly. Its population is 5,051 and its grand list $1,713,420. The princi- pal industries are agriculture and the manufacture of cotton and woolen goods. It has post offices Thompson, West Thompson, East Thompson, Grosvenor Dale, North Grosvenor Dale, Wil- sonville, Mechanicsville, New Boston and Quinebaug. Wind- ham, occupying the extreme southwest corner of the county, was incorporated in May, 1692. Its present population is 8,264, being greater than that of any other town in the county, while in territory it is one of the smallest. Its grand list amounts to $4, 146,127, while that of the borough of Willimantic, which is included within its limits, amounts to $3,505,044. The principal industries are the manufacture of spool cotton, silk twist, cotton fabrics, silk and other machinery, carriages and other articles, and agriculture. It contains the post offices Willimantic, Wind- ham, North Windham and South Windham. Woodstock, in the northwest part of the county, is the largest in territory of all the towns of the county. It was incorporated as a town of Massa- chusetts in March, 1690, and annexed to Connecticut in May, 1749. Its population is 2,639 ; grand list $943,536. The princi- pal industries are agriculture and the manufacture of cotton twine. Its post offices are Woodstock, North Woodstock, South Woodstock, East Woodstock, West Woodstock and Woodstock Valley.
Some idea of the growth of the towns of this county may be gained from the following figures which show the population of each town at various periods : Ashford-1756, 1,245; 1775, 2,241; 1800, 2,445; 1870, 1,242; 1880, 1,041. Brooklyn-1800, 1,202; 1870, 2,355; 1880, 2,308. Canterbury-1756, 1,260; 1775, 2,444; 1800, 1,812; 1870, 1,552; 1880, 1,272. Chaplin-1870, 704; 1880, 627. Eastford-1870, 984; 1880, 885. Hampton-1800, 1,379; 1870, 891; 1880, 827. Killingly-1756, 2,100; 1775, 3,486; 1800, 2,279 ; 1870, 5,712 ; 1880, 6,921. Plainfield-1756, 1,800 ; 1775, 1,562; 1800, 1,619 ; 1870, 4,521 ; 1880, 4,021. Pomfret-1756, 1,727; 1775,
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2,306; 1800, 1,802; 1870, 1,488; 1880, 1,470. Putnam-1870, 4,192; 1880, 5,827. Scotland-1870, 648; 1880, 590. Sterling-1800, 908; 1870, 1,022; 1880, 957. Thompson-1880, 2,341; 1870, 3,804; 1880, 5,051. Windham-1756, 2,446: 1775, 3,528; 1800, 2,644 ; 1870, 5,413; 1880, 8,264. Woodstock-1756, 1,366; 1775, 2,054; 1800, 2,463; 1870, 2,955; 1880, 2,639.
Citizens of Windham county have often been honored with positions of importance and trust under the state government or the colonial government in pre-revolutionary times. Some of those we shall notice in the following lists, which are in some in- stances complete, and in others as nearly so as accessible mater- ial will allow. Among the governors of the state were Samuel Huntington, Jonathan Trumbull and Chauncey F. Cleveland. Among those who have been lieutenant governors are the names of Samuel Huntington, Jonathan Trumbull, Ebenezer Stoddard and David Gallup. Among those who have held the office of state secretary are Marvin H. Sanger, of Canterbury, who served four years, 1873-77; Charles E. Searls, of Thompson, who served two years, 1881-83; and Charles A. Russell, of Killingly, who served two years, 1885-87.
It may not be amiss to mention in passing, while having in mind the sons of Windham who have come into prominence, that some associated at least with this county have aspired to the presidential chair of the nation. We have already seen that General George B. McClellan was a descendant of Windham county stock. If we have been rightly informed, the ancestors of ex-President Grover Cleveland were citizens of Windham county. And the late candidate of the prohibition party for the presidency, General Clinton B. Fisk, in a speech at Roseland Park during the campaign, said : "I count it no light honor that my father and mother were born in Windham county; that but a few miles from here, on the Five Mile river, the village black- smith in the first decades of this century was my father; that in the little church at Killingly my mother was one of the sweetest singers in the choir." If this reference to men of prominence be considered a digression here, we trust our charitable reader will pardon it, while we briefly mention others who have been honored in other than political fields and other localities county wise. Scattered throughout the land, in almost every state, are found the descendants of Windham, among the solid, sterling citizens who have built up society and maintain civil and relig-
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ious institutions. The world has heard of our Morses and Holmes, Generals Eaton, and Lyon and Commodore Morris. Dartmouth, Williamstown, Union, Andover, Yale, Middlebury and Bangor honor the memory of the good men that Windham has given them-Presidents Wheelock, Fitch, Nott, and Profes- sors Adams, Kingsley, Hubbard, Larned, Hough and Shepard. Rhode Island will never forget the services of Lieutenant Gov- ernor Sessions. William Larned Marcy and Elisha Williams hold a high rank among the great men of the empire state. Ohio gratefully remembers Doctor Manasseh Cutler and Gen- eral Moses Cleveland. Edmond and George Badger won suc- cess and honor in North Carolina, and New Orleans still bears witness to the eloquence of Sylvester Larned and Chief Justice Bradford. Colonel Craft, of Vermont; Governor Williams, of New Hampshire ; Senator Ruggles, of Ohio; Hon. Thomas P. Grosvenor, of Maryland, has each an honorable record in his adopted state. New Haven owes to Windham her respected Whitings and Whites, and the late excellent mayor, Hon. Aaron Skinner, while Hartford is indebted for distinguished and use- ful physicians-Doctors Coggswell, Welch and Sumner. Wind- ham is largely represented in the ministerial ranks, sending out the ancestors of Dr. Bacon, of New Haven ; Dr. Storrs, of Brook- lyn ; Dr. William Adams, of New York; Dr. George L. Walker, of Hartford, and a host of lesser luminaries. She has given to art Miss Anne Hall, Samuel Waldo, Frank Alexander, Henry Dexter and Ithiel Town, architect of national fame. The Gros- venor Library of Buffalo perpetuates the name and munificence of the son of one of Windham's honored families, Hon. Seth Grosvenor, of New York. The works of E. G. Squier, Alice and Phebe Cary, Mrs. Botta, Mrs. Lippincott (Grace Greenwood), and E. C. Stedman, do honor to their Windham ancestry. And here we should not forget the name of Henry C. Bowen, the indefat- igable publisher of the New York Independent, whose interest in Windham county is "known and read of all men." Then we find among the residents of the county also those whose literary works are known beyond the limits of the county, among whom may be mentioned Miss Jane Gay Fuller, of Scotland; Mrs. C. N. W. Thomas, of Killingly ; Mrs. Corbin, Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, whose summer home is at Pomfret; Mrs. Charles Thompson of the same place, and Miss Sarah S. Hall, of West Killingly.
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Of those who have held official positions in the state we may mention state treasurers Jedidiah Huntington, 1789-90; Ezra Dean, 1861-62; Henry G. Taintor, 1866-67; Edwin. A. Buck, 1877-79, and Alexander Warner, 1887 to the present time. Of comptrollers may be mentioned Roger Huntington, 1834-35; Mason Cleveland, 1846-47; Jesse Olney, 1867-69; James W. Manning, 1869-70 and 1871-73.
State senators from this county since 1819 have been as fol- lows, the number directly following each name being the num- ber of the senatorial district represented by him: William Alexander, 14, 1843; John C. Ames, 13, 1849; Thomas Backus, 14, 1835, 38; Clark E. Barrows, 16, 1883, 84; Joseph D. Barrows, 14, 1869, 70 ; Ira D. Bates, 16, 1887, 88 ; Eugene S. Boss, 17, 1882, 83; Lucius Briggs, 14, 1875 ; Calvin B. Bromley, 13, 1863; William Brown, 13, 1857; Edwin A. Buck, 13, 1876; Edwin H. Bugbee, 14, 1865, 68 ; Ichabod Bulkeley, 14, 1836, 37; Gilbert W. Phillips to January 7th and Richmond M. Bullock succeeding, 14, 1880 ; Mowry Burgess, 13, 1844; James Burnett, 13, 1872; Harvey Campbell, 13, 1861 ; Elisha Carpenter, 14, 1857, 58; George S. Catlin, 13, 1850; William H. Chandler, 14, 1867; Thomas G. Clarke, 17, 1884, 85; Mason Cleveland, 13, 1842; William H. Coggswell, 13, 1860 ; James M. Cook, 11, 1886; S. Storrs Cotton, 14, 1871, 72; Edward L. Cundall, 13, 1864 ; Albert Day, 13, 1873 ; Ezra Dean, 14, 1852,53; John S. Dean, 14, 1877, 78; Archibald Douglass, 13, 1848; Edwin Eaton, 13, 1852; Joseph Eaton, 13, 1840, 41 ; Edward Eldridge, 14, 1841, 42 ; Samuel M. Fenner, 14, 1873, 74; William Field, 14, 1849, 50; Archibald Fry, 13, 1853; Amos J. Gallup, 13, 1858, 67; David Gallup, 13, 1869 ; John Gal- lup, 13, 1856; David Greenslit, 13, 1866; Edwin C. Griggs, 13, 1868 ; Charles W. Grosvenor, 17, 1886 ; Dixon Hall, 13, 1821, 22 ; Henry Hammond, 14, 1881 and 16, 1882; Whiting Hayden, 13, 1874; Thomas Hubbard, 1829; Joseph Hutchins, 17, 1887, 88 : Andrew T. Judson, 13, 1830; John Kendall, 13, 1843; David Keyes, 1823, 24; Samuel Lee, 13, 1855; William A. Lewis, 13, 1880, 81 ; William Lyon, 3d, 14, 1844, 45 ; Thomas S. Marlor, 13, 1875; Charles Matthewson, 14, 1854, 56; John McGregor, 14, 1866 ; Chauncey Morse, 13, 1865 ; George S. Moulton, 13, 1877, 79; Faxon Nichols, 14, 1847; John Nichols, 1828, 29; Jonathan Nichols, 14, 1833, 34; Daniel Packer, 13, 1831 ; George A. Paine, 14, 1859, 60 ; Stephen F. Palmer, 14, 1830, 32; Philip Pearl, 13, 1832, 33,39 ; Porter B. Peck, 13, 1859; Gilbert W. Phillips, 14,
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1862, 63, 79 to January, 1880, when he resigned ; Elisha Potter, 13, 1845 ; Hezekiah S. Ramsdell, 14, 1851 ; Jared D. Richmond, 14, 1848 ; William S. Scarborough, 14, 1846 ; John H. Simmons, 14, 1861, 64 ; George Spafford, 13, 1834, 38; Bela P. Spaulding, 13, 1837; Ebenezer Stoddard, 1825, 27; Elliot B. Sumner, 13, 1871 ; Henry G. Taintor, 13, 1851 ; James B. Tatem, 16, 1885, 86; Oscar Tourtellotte, 14, 1876; John Tracy, 13, 1862 ; Peter Webb, 1819, 20; Samuel Webb, 13, 1846; Joel W. White, 13, 1835, 36 ; Job Williams, 14, 1839, 40; Walter Williams, 13, 1854; William Wit- ter, 13, 1847 ; Ebenezer Young, 1823, 25.
This county has furnished the following presidents pro tem. of the senate: Ichabod Bulkley, of Ashford, 1837; Elisha Carpen- ter, of Killingly, 1858; Gilbert W. Phillips, of Putnam, 1863 ; Amos J. Gallup of Sterling, 1867; Edwin H. Bugbee, of Kil- lingly, 1868; David Gallup, of Plainfield, 1869 ; S. Storrs Cotton, of Pomfret, 1872, and Gilbert W. Phillips, of Putnam, 1879, till his resignation in January, 1880. Windham has not been so popular a field for the selection of clerks of the senate, the only one of whom we have any knowledge being Edgar M. Warner, of Plainfield at the time, later of Putnam, who held the position in 1880. The following speakers of the house of representatives (state) have been selected from Windham county: Ebenezer Young, of Killingly, 1827, 28 ; Chauncey F. Cleveland, of Hamp- ton, 1835, 36; Alfred A. Burnham, of Windham, 1858 ; Chauncey F. Cleveland, of Hampton, 1863 ; David Gallup, of Plainfield, 1866; Alfred A. Burnham, of Windham, 1870; Edwin H. Bug- bee, of Killingly, 1871; John M. Hall, of Willimantic, 1882. Clerks of the house from this county have been as follows: Jonathan A. Welch, of Brooklyn, 1840; Edward B. Bennett, of Hampton, 1870, and Edgar M. Warner, of Plainfield, 1878-79.
The senators for this county in 1888 were: Ira D. Bates, of Thompson, for the Sixteenth Senatorial district, and Joseph Hutchins, of Plainfield, for the Seventeenth district. The pres- ent representatives from this county are: Vine R. Franklin, Brooklyn; Davis A. Baker and Newell S. Delphia, Ashford; Marvin H. Sanger and C. S. Burlingame, Canterbury ; William A. Clark, Chaplin ; Charles A. Wheaton, Eastford; Joseph W. Congdon, Hampton ; William P. Kelley and Milton A. Shum- way, Killingly ; Edwin Milner and Edward G. Bugbee, Plain- field; Charles O. Thompson and Charles F. Martin, Pomfret ; Charles D. Torrey and Gustavus D. Bates, Putnam; Caleb
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Anthony, Scotland ; William C. Pike, Sterling ; Byron S. Thomp- son and Alonzo O. Woodard, Thompson ; J. Griffin Martin and Albert R. Morrison, Windham ; John M. Allen and Albert A. Paine, Woodstock.
There are within this county two commissioners of the United States court, viz., Abiel Converse, of Thompson, and John M. Hall, of Willimantic. In its relations to the supreme court of errors, this county is a part of the First Judicial dis- trict, which comprises all the northern counties of the state, the courts in which are held at Hartford on the first Tues- days of January, March, May and October. The superior court is deemed to be open in each county for certain purposes at all times. Stated terms and sessions are provided for by law in the different counties. Those provided for Windham county are : a " term and session " for civil and criminal business, opening at Brooklyn on the first Tuesday in May ; session at Windham on the first Tuesday in December. A criminal term also begins at Brooklyn on the first Tuesday in September. The probate courts of this county are divided by districts co- incident with the towns, with the exception that the Windham district comprises with that town the town of Scotland. The judges are: Huber Clark, Windham ; Davis A. Baker, Ashford ; William Woodbridge, Brooklyn ; Marvin H. Sanger, Canterbury ; C. Edwin Griggs, Chaplin; Stephen O. Bowen, Eastford; Pat- rick H. Pearl, Hampton ; Arthur G. Bill, Killingly ; Waldo Til- linghast, Plainfield ; Edward P. Mathewson, Pomfret ; John A. Carpenter, Putnam : Gilbert C. Brown, Sterling; George Flint, Thompson ; Oliver H. Perry, Woodstock.
The county officers are as follows : Commissioners-Edwin H. Hall, Windham, 1888; John Kelly, Killingly, 1889; A. A. Stanton, Sterling, 1891 ; county treasurer, John P. Wood, Brook- lyn ; state's attorney, John J. Penrose, Central Village ; clerk of courts, Samuel H. Seward, Putnam ; assistant clerk, Huber Clark, Willimantic; sheriff, Charles B. Pomeroy, Willimantic ; depu- ties-Frank E. Baker, Brooklyn ; Nathaniel P. Thompson, Cen- tral Village ; William W. Cummings, Thompson ; Oliver W. Bowen, Danielsonville; E. C. Vinton, Woodstock; Henry A. Braman, Eastford; coroner, Arthur G. Bill, Danielsonville ; medical examiners-Windham, Scotland and Chaplin, Charles James Fox, of Willimantic; Brooklyn, Alfred H. Tanner ; Ash- ford; John H. Simmons; Canterbury, W. A. Lewis; Eastford,
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E. K. Robbins; Hampton, H. H. Converse; Killingly, Rienzi Robinson, of Danielsonville ; Plainfield and Sterling, William A. Lewis, of Moosup; Pomfret, F. G. Sawtelle ; Putnam, J. B.Kent ; Thompson, Lowell Holbrook; Woodstock, George A. Bowen ; prosecuting agents-D. S. Simmons and Joseph Snow, Daniel- sonville ; George U. Carver and John Davenport, Putnam ; George A. Conant and E. B. Sumner, Willimantic.
Before closing this general review of the county, we shall turn aside, even at the risk of being charged with digression, to notice an institution of a literary character, which had its beginning at a time when the ripened literature of the world was not scattered, as now, about every man's door almost as plentifully and as free as the autumn leaves are borne to us on the winds of the dying year. The institution to which we refer was the United Library Association. As early as 1739 the as- pirations of the people were reaching out after more extended opportunities of reading the best authors, and a more complete culture of the mental powers of the people in this new country. A meeting was held September 25th of that year, at which the ministers and leading men of the northern towns of the county especially were present. An organization was effected, with a dignified and perhaps rather severe set of laws and regulations, and a title which ran as follows: "The United Society or Com- pany for Propagating Christian and Useful Knowledge." Its field of operation was to be the towns of Woodstock, Pomfret, Mortlake and Killingly, and the west part of Thompson par- ish. The names of the original members of this society and the amount subscribed by each to the funds of the library were as follows : John Chandler, Esq., £20 ; Abel Stiles, £30; John May, £15; Benjamin Child, £10; Penuel Bowen, £12; Thomas Mather, £15; Abiel Cheney, £10; Ebenezer Holbrook, £20; Joseph Bowman, £20; Joseph Dana, £10; Ephraim Hide, £15; Eph- raim Avery, £20; William Williams, £20; Ebenezer Williams, £40; John Fisk, £20; Marston Cabot, £20; Joseph Cady, £16; John Hallowell, £16; William Chandler, £15; Samuel Morris, Jun., £10; Hezekiah Sabin, £10; Noah Sabin, £20; Edward Payson, £10; Joseph Craft, £10; Timothy Sabin, £10; Jacob Dana, £10; Isaac Dana, £10; Darius Sessions, £20 ; Seth Paine, £10; Samuel Perrin, £15; Nehemiah Sabin, £10; Samuel Sum- ner, £10; Benjamin Griffin, £20; John Payson, £10; Samuel Dana, £10. Two of the first books obtained for the foundation
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of the library were " Dr. Guise's Paraphrase on ye 4 Evangelists," which was presented by the author, and "Stackhouse's Body of Divinity." About forty books were obtained, all but those named above being sent for to England. In 1741 the library was much increased, though it still numbered less than a hund- red books. The scheme of conducting a library for the
benefit of so large a field, however, was found to be inconvenient, and in 1745 the library was divided. Woodstock and Killingly now received thirty-nine volumes, and the remain- ing books were given to Pomfret and Mortlake, the latter so- ciety now numbering twenty-one members.
One of the first agricultural societies in the country, possibly the first in existence here, was organized at Pomfret as early as 1809, and how long before that time it existed we are not able to learn. It was in operation then, and on December 19th of that year, the following officers were elected: Benjamin Duick, president ; Amos Paine and John Williams, vice presidents ; Syl- vanus Backus, Esq., treasurer, and Darius Mathewson, of Brook- lyn ; Benjamin Duick, of Pomfret; James McClellan, of Wood- stock, correspondence committee.
Nothing further is heard of its progress until 1818, when it doubtless had been revived by the incoming of fresh residents, and a step forward was taken. Premiums were in that year of- fered for the largest and best fattened animal for beef, $10: next best, $5; the best or most valuable crop of flax, $5; next best, $2.50; most fruitful acre of clear spring wheat, $5; for the largest yield of barley on an acre, $5; the largest or most val- uable crop of potatoes, $6; best pair of working oxen, not more than five years old, $5; best lot of pork made from spring pigs, not to exceed ten months old when killed, and not less than six in number, $6; and for the best fattened and largest spring pigs, two in number, of a different lot, $4. Stimulated by this society, new inhabitants and fresh importations of stock, the dairy business was now pursued to an extent and with a success that was said to be "scarcely surpassed." Not only were cheese and butter among the surplus productions of the farmers, but pork, lard and beef, as well. Wool had also been added to the agricultural products of the locality, and consid- erable rye, corn and oats were raised.
An institution, which for the good work it has done in the county should be held in grateful remembrance, is the Wind-
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ham County Temperance Society. Beginning with the year 1828 local temperance societies were organized in the different towns, and April 20th, 1829, a meeting was held at the court house in Brooklyn at which a county society was organized. The first officers of this society were: Darius Matthewson, pres- ident; Daniel Frost, George Benson and Hon. Ebenezer Stod- dard, vice presidents; Reverend Ambrose Edson, secretary ; Edwin Newbury, treasurer; Reverend Samuel J. May, Thomas Hough, Uriel Fuller, Esq., John Holbrook, Esq., and Major Asa May, executive committee. In the organization of the county society local societies were represented, having an aggregate membership of four hundred and seventy-five, from the follow- ing places: Canterbury, Brooklyn, Pomfret, Killingly, Hamp- ton, Chaplin, North Woodstock and West Woodstock. A year later the membership represented was increased by some three hundred more, and additional societies were represented from Ashford, Eastford, North Killingly and Plainfield.
It would be interesting to recite many of the episodes of that attempt of progressive men to bring under subjection the great curse of intemperance. Earnest work was done, and the friends of sobriety rallied to the support of the cause. Temperance lectures were delivered, the pledge circulated and personal in- fluence of men and women enlisted in the work. A marked change was discoverable ere many months had passed away. The quantity of liquors sold was very perceptibly lessened. But the advocates of temperance had much to contend with both from the rum-drinkers and rum-sellers and those who professed to be favorable to sobriety and good order as well. Tippling was not then as unpopular as it is now, and those who took a stand to oppose it were obliged to face popular notions of long standing and firm hold upon the appetites, interests or prejudices of the people. Public quarterly meetings of the society were held successively at Ashford, Pomfret, Woodstock and Canter- bury. At the meeting held at Pomfret the celebrated lecture by Doctor John Marsh, entitled "Putnam and the Wolf, or the Monster destroyed," was delivered. This was immediately pub- lished and very widely circulated. The proprietors of factories and factory villages were generally temperance men and they encouraged their employees, as much as possible, to sign the pledge and to become accustomed to temperance habits. In Eastford the people had occasion to move their meeting house
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