Arlington City Directory 1869-1870, Part 1

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1869
Publisher: Union Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 302


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SHN HARRINGTON .J., HOSIERY, GLOVES AND TR. .. "


ARLINGTON BELMONT


DIR F


DUDLEY & GREENOU H,


G. W. GOOD


ROOFER


104 WATER STREET, BOSTON.


Sinte, l'in, Copper and Composition Roofs applied un repaired. sole propri tors of the Rogers' Patent Cement Roofing, the only thoroughly Fire Pa of Roofing ev r . vented


FIRE INA


W. S. SEATO, AGENT. 3


STATE STREE


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NORWICH FIRS INSURANCE CO., OCITHA 'RCE INSURANCE OU., ROGER WILLIAMS INSURANCE CO., LIREN UPS PUND INSURANCE


J. D .;


HARNE‹,


Corner Couri Oury .Sts


GEORGE B. HARRI. FON,


MANUFACTURER OF


PLAIN AND FANCY P.A. BOXES,


105 Hanover Stro boston.


S. CONDIT CO.,


HAT MANUFACTURERS


Wholesor


.Mail,


5 and 7 CHANS. NA. BOSTON.


A. nice Stock of Hat. Caps, Gloves a.' S. CONDIT. .


: Estate Agent, 80 Washington St., Bosto: Negotinit , of Notes a" l FRENCH


PasMouhor Attention paid to Care of Real E. 3 and


F& Doranils


Fed Adv't on


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BUY CARPETS -AT- HEAD QUARTERS.


GOLDTHWAIT, SNOW & KNIGHT,


N.


obbins Library,


ARLINGTON, MASS.


REFERENCE ROOM:


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Not to be taken from the Library. AND,


By t.


PRESENTED BY


· Conti Max. Marchall n.


Rice.


Fro: October 1907.


21891


AND THE KENT


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For Reference


RUGS, &c.


ANCIS H. KNIGIIT


JOEL GOLDTII


Not to be taken


from this library


lantities. ises throughout.


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mers,


IRERS.


ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00342 4931


CAMBRIDGE FURNITURE -AND-


CARPET ROOMS.


WHITNEY & BRACKETT,


BRATTLE SQUARE.


W. & B. manufacture to order FRENCH FURNITURE, in Damask, Plush, and Brocatelle. They are also Agents for the sale of HOWE'S PATENT SPRING BED.


A. A. WHITNEY.


J. BRACKETT.


A. MORGAN,


BRATTLE SQUARE, OLD CAMBRIDGE, MASS.


MANUFACTURER OF ALL KINDS OF .


LOOKING GLASS & PICTURE FRAMES,


PASSEPARTOUTS, &c., &c.


IMPORTER OF


Picture & Looking Glass Plates,


OLD FRAMES RE-GILT,


Oil Paintings Restored and Varnished.


T. P. LERNED,


L


DEALER IN


Anthracite and Bituminous COALS, HARD AND SOFT WOOD. Wharf, near the junction of Broadway and Main Street, CAMBRIDGEPORT.


LUKE & BENT,


DEALERS IN


COAL, WOOD,


AND BARK, BENT'S WHARF, NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HARVARD AND MAIN STS., CAMBRIDGEPORT.


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Orders Received by Mail will be promptly attended to. JAMES LUKE, JR. GEORGE H. BENT.


CHARLES MOORE,


15 BRATTLE STREET, CAMBRIDGE, Dealer in all kinds of Kitchen and Furnishing Goods, Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Tin Ware, Hard and Hollow Ware, Cutlery, Builders' Materials, &c., &c.,


The "Peerless," The Best Cooking Stove ever made for Coal or Wood.


With or without Extension Top. Nos. 72, 8, 8}, and 9,


The "PEERLESS" has all the advantages of the popular Stoves in use, together with such NEW FEA- TURES as justify the manufacturers in calling it the BEST COOKING STOVE in the market.


It is the " PEERLESS," because it is superior to all other Cooking Stoves in Economy, Simplicity, Cleanliness, Baking, Roasting, and Beauty. 1st. ECONOMY. A patented method of heating the air and conveying it through the oven, saves fromn twenty to thirty per cent of fuel. 2d. SIM. PLICITY. It is easily managed. The fire can be perfectly controlled, and kept through an entire season without rekindling. 3d. CLEANLINESS. NO dust escapes while shaking or dump- ing the grate. 4th. BAKING. Its large oven, wherein all parts are of equa' temperature, bakes as evenly as u brick oven, and that without turning the article. It bakes quickly. 5th. ROASTING. A current of hot air con- stantly passing through the oven, so thoroughly , ... tilates it that it roasts as well as a Tin Kitchen. 6th. BEAUTY. Made of the best iron, it will not crack. Well moulded, artisti- cally designed, and smoothly cast, it is the most beautiful, as well as the most serviceable Stove in the market. Each Stove is WARRANTED to be and to do all that is claimed for it. In all the requisites of a first-class Cook Stove, the " Peerless," as its name indicates, has no equal in the market.


THE MODEL FURNACE,


MANUFACTURED BY THE BARSTOW STOVE COMPANY, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


All persons in want of Furnaces are requested to call and examine this Furnace, which possesses many advantages over all others, and is decidedly the best in the market.


THE CELEBRATED Oriental Base Burning Furnaces and Stoves.


Also, as large a variety of Parlor, Kitchen and Office Stoves as can be found elsewhere in the city. Particular attention paid to all kinds of PLUMBING, TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK.


ALSO, THE EUREKA CLOTHES WRINGER, Which needs only to be tried to become the pet of Washing-day.


THE


nsurance


MAL Y ALNSE


TUTUM


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OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.


Boston office, - - Nos. 1 and 3 Kilby Street.


Total accumulated fund, - - - $7,500,000 Annual income, - - - 4,000,000 -


Amount held in United States, - 500,000 Above amounts represent GOLD.


Fire Insurance at rates as low as consistent with security to the assured and the Company. Dwellings and Furniture, Barns and contents, Stores and stocks of goods in- sured on favorable terms ; also Buildings in process of erection. Policies made either for short periods or for terms of years. Losses promptly adjusted and paid in Boston, without reference elsewhere.


Parties in want of insurance are invited to call either at the office in Boston, or on


SEVER & FRANCIS, Harvard Square, Agents for Cambridge and vicinity.


THE


SOMERVILLE, ARLINGTON AND BELMONT


DIRECTORY


FOR 1869-70,


CONTAINING A


General Directory of the Citizens, TOWN OFFICERS, COUNTY REGISTER, BUSINESS DIRECTORY, MAP, &C., &C.


COMPILED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY


DUDLEY & GREENOUGH, 8 CONGRESS SQUARE, BOSTON.


SOMERVILLE:


FOR SALE BY A. B. EVANS, PERKINS STREET, EAST SOMERVILLE. W. H. WESTON, UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE. 1869.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869. by DUDLEY & GREENOUGH, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.


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Price $1.00.


10


BOSTON ADVERTISEMENT.


FURNITURE


AND


Upholstery Goods


WAREHOUSE.


BUCKLEY & BANCROFT,


MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN


FURNITURE,


UPHOLSTERY GOODS DRAPERIES,


MIRRORS, &c.,


Of the Latest Design, and of SUPERIOR QUAL- ITY. Also, a Large Stock of medium price Furniture, and WINDOW SHADES, and all at the lowest possible prices.


PRICES ALWAYS MADE SATISFACTORY TO THE PURCHASER.


EXTENSIVE WAREROOMS,


503 & 511 WASHINGTON STREET,


BOSTON, MASS.


JOSEPH BUCKLEY.


CHAS. P. BANCROFT.


21891 917,444 Arlington PREFACE.


WE take pleasure in presenting the FIRST NUMBER of the SOMERVILLE, ARLINGTON, and BELMONT DIRECTORY to the Public. No expense has been spared to furnish such a book as would be a credit to ourselves as well as to the Towns represented.


The Towns have been thoroughly canvassed by compe- tent agents, and the book is compiled on an improved plan, which cannot fail to find favor with all those who may have occasion to use it. We have also added a new map of each place, engraved expressly for this work.


The book is printed with new type, on extra paper, and bound in a handsome and substantial manner, and we do not hesitate to say it cannot be excelled for style and correctness.


We would especially call attention to our ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. It contains the business cards of many of the first-class merchants and manufacturers of SOMERVILLE, ARLINGTON, BOSTON and vicinity.


Many thanks are due to all who have aided us in any way in our arduous duties, and especially to the numerous patrons of the work.


Respectfully,


DUDLEY & GREENOUGH.


CONTENTS.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Abbreviations 33


Index to Arlington and Belmont Advertisements . . 12


Additions and Corrections .


15


Arlington Buildings, Halls, etc . 160 Arlington Business Directory . 191-


Arlington Cemeteries 206


Arlington Churches . 205


Arlington Directory. 155


Arlington Post Office 208


Arlington Railroads .


208


Sketch of Somerville . .


19


Arlington Schools


204


Arlington Societies 206


Arlington Streets . 159


Arlington Town Officers 201


Somerville Directory of Names . 33


Belmont Business Directory . 225


Belmont Churches 229


Belmont Directory 209


Belmont Fire Department 230


Somerville Post Offices 151


Somerville Schools 146


Belmont Schools 229


Somerville Societies . 150


Belmont Railroad Stations 227


Somerville Streets 26


Belmont Streets . 210


Somerville l'own Officers 143


Belmont Town Officers 228


Statistics of Arlington . 157


Index to Boston and Cambridge Advertisements . . 14 Index to Somerville Advertise- ments . 12


Middlesex County Officers . .


153


Sketch of Arlington . 156


Somerville Buildings and Halls . 29 Somerville Business Directory . 131


Somerville Churches 149


145


Somerville Fire Department . Somerville Horse Railroads . 152


Somerville Manufacturing Co's 152


Belmont Halls 230


12


INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


INDEX TO SOMERVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.


PAGE.


Anderson John A. & Co. dry and fancy goods . 31


Angier's Winter Hill Express . 7 Brazillian James S. carpenter 8


Bullard Chas. H. groceries and


provisions 17


Burke S. R. express 13


Carney Hugh A. florist and nur- seryman . 9


Carpenter Bros. grocers .


4


Chase & Austin, contractors and builders . . . 12


Clarke Ramsay, painter 2 Coan Abram, carpenter . 3 Cowdin Geo. H. apothecary . 12 Crane Charles H. druggist, back cover Dane O. B. granite . 8 Daniels E. S. music teacher 7 David James B. provisions . 2


Dodge Seward, horse shoer and blacksmith, front part . 17


Eberle Philip, boots, shoes and rubbers . 30


Edson N. W. & C. F. grocers . 15 Edson & Wheeler, grocers . 11


Evans A. B. dry and fancy goods, etc. . back cover


Foster E. K. dry and fancy goods 30


Frost Bros. civil engineers and


surveyors, opp. Index to ads. 13


George A. P. grocer . 7 Griffin E. K. express, opp. Index to ads. . 13


Hill & Lyon, Real estate agents . 55 Webber & Jaques, patent rights


Horton & Co. fish dealers and bell hangers . 14


Hutchins H. M. whitener 13


Jolinson & Moore, painters . 16 White J. N. & S., Union stable,


Leland John, wheelwright, front


part . ... 17


54


PAGE.


London W. J. express . 5 Marsters G. W. physicians 31 McCormic T. J. oyster and eating house . . McDermott D. W. painter 142 14 Mclaughlin, grocer 7 Merrifield John A. stoves, tinware,


hardware, etc., colored leaf opp. 92


Neves Manuel D. hairdresser . . 9


Pierce Wm. H. & Co. real estate 18 Roberts Bros. groceries and pro- agents . visions, front part. 16


Rollins G. S. baker 1 Sanborn A. L. livery stable 9 Sibley A. M. bricklayer and plas- terer 18


Smith Francis, tailor


8


Snow F. D. & L. H. carpenters . 24


Steele J. H. teamster and express 12


Sturtevant & Co. provisions . . . 6 30


Sullivan C. plumber and gas fitter


Tibbetts' Somerville, Charlestown and Boston Express . 14


Trefren Geo. W. carpenter . 10


Tufts Francis, attorney and coun- sellor . 31


Twombly J. Q. house and sign


painter, front part . . 25 Union Square Market, A. A. Lewis, proprietor, fish and oysters . 54 13 30 17


Weston Wm. H. apothecary . . . White J. N. harness maker, front part


front part . 17 Wood A. H. groceries and provis-


ions, front part . . 16


INDEX TO ARLINGTON ADVERTISEMENTS.


PAGE.


PAGE.


Kimball W. carriage manufacturer 23 Lawrence John, painter . . 25


Locke Henry, provisions 19


proprietor .


22 Arlington Grain Mills, S. A. Fowle, proprietor . . ·


22


and contractor" .


.


26


Bacon Jesse, contractor; builder


26


Baston Jas. A. carpenter and builder 30 Carter I. O. lawyer 25


Speatman R. boot maker 28


Tingley T. C. jr. watches and jewelry . 23 Wellington Geo. Y. insurance 28


West Cambridge Hotel, W. H. agent . .


Whittemore, proprietor . . 24 Whittemore W. H. prop'tor West Cambridge Hotel . 24 Wood Wm. T. ice tool manufac-


Hogan John, nurseryman, Bel-


turer . . 30 mont 25


Maxwell A. P. mason, builder and contractor, Belmont .


23 29


Peirce J.W. coal, wood, lime, etc.


Bacon Henry J. mason, builder


Russell T. H. grocer . 27


Schwamb Chas. picture frames . 23 Shattuck R. W. & Co. stoves, fur- naces, etc. . 20


and mason .


Clark Wm. L. & Co. carriage pain- ters, trimmers, etc. . 28


Currier W. C. stable 224 Durgin James, ice . 22 Fairweather S. A. upholsterer . 18 Fowle S. A. proprietor Arlington Grain and Drug Mills . 22 Hadley Wm. F. grocer. . 21


Lewis A. A. fish and oysters . .


Anderson, Howes & Co. dry goods and clothing . 154 Arlington Drug Mills,S. A. Fowle,


13


SOMERVILLE ADVERTISEMENT.


OFFICE OF Civil Engineering and Land Surveying,


MASONIC BUILDING, UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE.


FROST BROTHERS,


Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors,


Will execute with accuracy and despatch, orders for furnishing maps, plans and sur- veys, or any kind of Engineering work or superintendence.


Mr. W. D. GELETT, at Joshua E. Eldridge's, Washington Street, is associated with us, and will constantly attend to business in this office. Mr. Edward Frost is also in daily attendance.


BENJAMIN D. FROST, EDWARD FROST.


City Office,


No. 68 Cornhill.


Hours at city office, 10 to 11, A. M., and 2 to 3, P. M.


K.


GRIFFIN,


NORTH CAMBRIDGE,


Somerville Boston


EXPRESS.


Two Trips per Day. Leave Boston at 10, A. M. and 4, P. M.


OFFICE, 57 KILBY STREET.


ORDER BOXES AS FOLLOWS :


North Cambridge, Dr. Bailey's Apothecary Store, Gerry's Saloon and Shoe Store. Som- erville, C. A. Mongan's, Eberle's Shoe Store, Prospect Street Station, Edson & Bro.'s Store, Lewis & Co.'s, John Holmes's. Boston, in centre of Quincy Market, Conant & Sanborn's, 17 So. Market St.


Having been engaged in the Express business for the last seventeen years, the sub- scriber returns his thanks for former favors; and in the future as in the past, will give strict attention to all business entrusted to his care.


INDEX TO BOSTON, CAMBRIDGE, AND CHARLESTOWN ADVERTISEMENTS.


PAGE.


Allen Wilkes, dentist, Old Cam-


bridge 35


Ambrose & Sennott, masons, Cam-


American Button-Hole, Overseam-


bridge . 52 manufacturers . . . 189 Harrington Geo. B. paper box maker . . . front cover Harrington John & Co. hoisery,


ing and Sewing Machine Co. 38 Ballou & Co. furnaces, colored


page, opp. 153


Bangs M. furniture, East Cam- bridge 31 Baumeister A. plumber, Cam- bridge . . . back colored page Bay State Flour Co. . 46 Black J. W. photographer 53


Blake Edwin H. grocer, East Cambridge . 34 Bolton J. B. engraver 42


Boston Belting Co. John G. Tap-


pan & Co. general agents, col. page, opp. map


Brazier & Whittemore, soap manuf. top lines on pages


Brintnall & Osgood, paper hang·


ings, Charlestown . . . Brooks Wm. C. & Co. coal, wood,


hay, etc. East Cambridge . . 52


Buckley & Bancroft, furniture,


opp. preface 10 Burrage, Shepherd & Co. lumber, etc. Cambridgeport . 52 Caverly R. B. & Co. insurance agents . . front cover


41 Chase N. E. & Co. stoves · .


Childs A. A. & Co. paintings and


picture frames, foot lines on pages


Clapp Otis, homeopathic books


and medicines .


.


44


Cochrane C. W. & Co. roofers, front cover Condit S. & Co. hat manufactu-


rers . . front cover Cook James M. stained and cut glass manufacturer . . . 45


Crosby, Morse & Foss, jewelers


and silversmiths, col'd page,


opp. . . 153


Cutter & Parker, doors, sashes and blinds . 45


Davenport A. M. & Co. furniture and upholstery, opp. . 152 De Wolfe L. E. merchant tailor, Charlestown, front part . . 32 Dighton Furnace Co. stoves and wrought iron pipe . . 48 . Elliott M. P. hats, caps and furs .


50 Watches 54


Fowle, Torrey & Co. carpet deal- ers . . . 45


French, Bill & Co. prop. Union Business College, front colored page, opp. map


French J. real estate agent, front cover Fuller H. B. publisher Merry's


Museum . . . . inside back cover


Gale Geo. W. lumber, Cambridge- port . 35 Gillmore J. M. photographer, top


lines on pages


Glines J. T. & N. coffee mills . . 44 Goldthwait, Snow & Knight, car-


pets . . . . . inside front cover Gould & Thayer, apothecaries,


East Cambridge 35


PAGE


Guild & Pattee, agts. Phoenix


Mut. Life Ins. Co. . 18 Hamblen I. B. & Co. refrigerator


gloves and trimmings, front cover Harris J. & Son, weather vanes, back colored page


Hawes J. J. photographer . . 231 Hill & Lyon, real estate agents 57 Hofer F. & Co. tool makers, East Cambridge 31


Hollander M. T. & Co. boys' cloth- ing, opp. sketch of Somerville 18 Homer, Caldwell & Co. crockery,


glass ware and paper hangings 46 Howe Improved Family Sewing Machine, Plummer & Wilder 41 Hubbard Appleton, wood and coal, Cambridge 36


Hughes John A. & Co. show cases,


142 etc. . 50 Hutchins, H. M. whitener 13 Jessop's Chewing Candy 40


Johnson & Eaton, window screens, weather strips and rubber mouldings back cover Jones A. J. wheelwright and car- riage builder 51 Jones & Young, flour, tea, sugar,


etc. . 50


Kimball Bros. grocers ·


50 . Kramer Henry, merchant tailor 43 Lenfest Solomon, printer, East Cambridge 31


Lerned T. P. coal and wood, Cam- bridge . . . . front colored page Lincoln & Hopkinson, wooden ware, etc. . 45


Lockhart Wm.L. undertaker, East


Cambridge 36 Luke & Bent, coal and wood, Cam- bridge . . . . front colored page Malden Dye House . . . . . 42


Marston S. R. agent Am. Button-


Hole, Overseaming and Sew- ing Machine Co .. . 38 Mayo H. L. window screens and


190


McCarthy John H. plumber and


gas fitter, East Cambridge . . 32 Merriam Joseph H. seal engraver


and letter cutter . . 43 Mills Wm. & Co. plumbers, back cover


Monitor Mutual Fire Insurance


Co. J. H. Long, Sec'y, inside back cover


Moor James C. grocer, East Cam- bridge 33 . Moore Chas. stoves, furnaces and ranges, Cambridge, front col'd page


Morgan A. picture frames, Cam- bridge . . · · front colored page Morse S. Mrs. millinery, Charles- town, front part . 32


Mudge A. & Son, printers 54 Munroe & West, merchant tailors 39


47


Newell J. A. boots and shoes . .


Norris G. W. pianos . . 43 Page Gilman & Co. hats, caps,


furs and trunks . . 38 Page M. C. boots, shoes and rub- bers, East Cambridge 33


rubber mouldings


42 Flagg & Osgood Drs. dentists . . Ford H. O. & Co. Waltham


15


INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


PAGE.


Parsons & Torrey, furniture, col'd


. 72 page, opp. . . .


Peak John & Son, undertakers . 39 People's Machine Stitching Co .. 49 Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. front part .


Plummer & Wilder, Elias Howe 18


Improved Sewing Machine . 41 Poor J. E. & Co. piano forte and furniture mover . 51 Pratt E. S. boots, shoes and rub


142 bers, Charlestown . . ..


Read J. J. harness maker, front cover Richardson W. T. coal, Old Cam- bridge . . .


32


Roche P. C. boot manufacturer . 47


Rounds B. F. mason 54


Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool, front colored page


Sears W. B. insurance agent, front cover


Smith J. & Co. harness, etc. col'd


page, opp . . . 72 Squire & Co. pork, lard and hams 46


Stearns A. T. gutters, conductors and mouldings . 40


goods . . . . . back colored page


Stevens & Hodgdon, dentists . . 24 % Stickney Lyman, grocer, Charles- town . 142


Stone Joseph & Co. hats,caps and


furs . . · 44 Tappan John G. & Co. general .


agents Boston Belting Co. col- ored page, opp. map


Thiery C. L. watch case manufac- turer 47


Tremont Fire Insurance


of


Boston . . . foot lines on pages


Tyler J. L. trunks


232


Union Business College, French, Bill & Co. proprietors, front col'd page, opp. map


Walker G. W. & Co. heating ap- paratus and furnaces, colored leaf, opp. . . 224 Ware George W. & Co. furniture and upholstery, back cover


Watson D. C. clothes cleaning . . 160 Wentworth Wm. H. & Co. soap-


232 stone and marble . . . · Whitney & Brackett, furniture, Cambridge, front colored page


Wilson John, carpenter, Cam- bridge 34 Wood C. A. insurance agent,front


Stearns N. C. house furnishing colored page


Wood C. C. & Co. stoves and fur-


naces, colored page, opp. . . 72 Woodward & Brown, pianos, foot lines on pages


ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS IN SOMER- VILLE.


Beede James K. cabinet maker, boards S. M. Beede's Beede Silas M. cabinet maker, house Washinston, next to Milk Row station [house Webster avenue Canfield John B. carpenter, Milk, near Union square, Chandler Oscar, machinist, bds. Medford, cor. Greenville Chapman Eliza A. widow, house Washington, next to Milk Row station


Chapman Francis R. clerk, Webster market, boards Wash- ington, next to Milk Row station


Dix A. H. wood and coal and real estate agent, Perkins, corner Lincoln [block, Union square


FROST BROS. civil engineers and surveyors, Masonic GELETT W. D. civil engineer and surveyor, Masonic block, Union square, house Washington, near Web- ster avenue


Ilill & Lyon, real estate agents, Union square


MARSTERS GEORGE W. physician, house Washington, near Union square [con, near Kent Savage Jeremiah J. grocer, Milk, near Park, house Bea- Thorp Harry, clerk, Webster Market, house Walnut, near Highland avenue [Union square


WHITE J. N. & S. hack, livery, sale and boarding stable, WOOD ALEXANDER H. groceries and provisions, Web- ster Market, Wash. house Greenville, near Medford


PAGE.


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SOMERVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.


ROBERTS BROTHERS,


DEALERS IN


GROCERIES;


PROVISIONS,


CORK


Flour & Grain,


Butter, Cheese, Lard, Eggs, Teas, Coffees, Spices, FLAVORING EXTRACTS, BEEF, PORK, LAMB, VEAL, HAM, POULTRY, ETC., ETC. Perkins Street, cor. Franklin EXST SOMERVILLE.


WEBSTER MARKET.


A . H. WOOD,


DEALER IN


FAMILY GROCERIES


AND


PROVISIONS,


Flour, Grain, Butter, Cheese, Lard, Eggs, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Flavoring Extracts, BEEF, PORK, VEAL, LAMB, HAM. &c., &c. WASHINGTON ST., near Prospect, SOMERVILLE.


17


SOMERVILLE ADVERTISEMENTS.


UNION STABLE. J. N. & S. WHITE, HACK, LIVERY, BOARDING AND SALE STABLE,


MILK STREET,


----


Cor. Prospect Street,


SOMERVILLE,


MASS.


J. N. WHITE,


Harness Manufacturer,


Corner of


MILK & PROSPECT STS.,


Somerville, Mass.


SEWARD DODGE, HORSE SHOER


AND GENERAL BLACKSMITH, MILK STREET, near UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE. Particular attention paid to Every Description of Blacksmith Work.


JOHN LELAND, WHEELWRIGHT & WAGON BUILDER,


3


MILK ST., near UNION SQUARE, Somerville, Mass. JOBBING & REPAIRING Done Promptly at Reasonable Prices.


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BOSTON ADVERTISEMENTS.


M. T. HOLLANDER & CO.


BOYS' CLOTHING,


AND MISSES' OUTSIDE GARMENTS,


ALSO A FULL ASSORTMENT OF


CLOTHS AND TRIMMINGS, 32 TEMPLE PLACE,


M. T. HOLLANDER. BOSTON.


L. P. HOLLANDER.


PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.,


OF HARTFORD, CONN. Assets, nearly - - - - $4,000,000


Income for past year, nearly - - 2,000,000


DIVIDEND JAN. 1, 1868-69, 50 PER CENT. Total Amount of Losses Paid, over $700,000.


Life, Non-Forfeiting and Endowment Policies issued on the most favorable terms. This Company is strictly Mutual, giving to its members in equitable ratio, all the profits. Its assets are nearly FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. Annual income TWO MILLION, and increasing. Annual Dividends 50 PER CENT.


· All its ordinary Life Policies are non-forfeiting after 3 annual payments, if surrendered while in force. No restriction on Travel outside the Tropics. Dividends upon the full pre- miums paid on all its tables. Notes taken if desired for 2 of the premium for the first 4 years, and in case of death they are paid by the dividends and given up and not deducted from the policy, and the full amount of the insurance is paid. It has been in operation 19 years and never contested a claim.


JAMES F. BURNS, Secretary. EDSON FESSENDEN, President.


Parties desiring to act as Agents, apply as above, or to


GUILD & PATTEE, Gen. Agents,


134 Washington Street, .. . BOSTON.


J. B. TREADWELL, Med. Examiner.


SKETCH


OF


SOMERVILLE.


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This pleasant town was formerly within the territorial limits of Charlestown, from which it was separated and legally invested with the rights of an independent town- ship in the year 1842.


It contained at that time about 1,000 inhabitants. There was no place of worship in the town until March, 1844, when through the active exertions of Rev. Richard Manning Hodges, with the concurrence and approbation of the Rev. Geo. E. Ellis, of Harvard Church, Charles- town, the first assembly for public worship gathered in a small "upper room" of an unpretending building, situated on the corner of what is now Washington and Prospect streets. The meeting was represented by about thirty families. From this meeting, sprung up what is now the first Congregational church, located on Highland avenue.


The town is pleasantly situated ; abounding in a variety of hill and dale. There are many splendid residences on Spring, Winter and Prospect Hills, from which the most extensive and delightful views of the city and surround- ing country, are to be had. On the top of Winter and Prospect Hills, are still to be seen the remains of the em- bankments thrown up by the Americans, for their defence after the battle of Bunker Hill and during the memorable siege of Boston.


The Schools of Somerville are of a high order,-consist- ing of a High School, and Fourteen Grammar and Primary Schools. Two School-houses have been erected this year, The Bennett School House at a total cost of $12,643.68. The Webster School House, $11,860.20. The town appropriated, in 1868, $41,700 for School expenses. More than $120,000 have been expended for the purchase of land, and the construction and furnishing of school-houses, during the past eight years.


When Somerville was incorporated in 1842, there were only 293 scholars belonging to all the schools, although children were admitted at four years of age.


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There were belonging to the town four school-houses, containing in all, five school-rooms.


The Town since its organization has built 17 school houses, containing in all, 59 school-rooms.


Connected with the High School is an association which was organized in 1864. Several courses of popular lect- ures, free to the public, have been given by this society the past winter.




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