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GENEALOGY 974.402 B65HY
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J. KEITH, VARIETY STORE,
CROCKERY,
Glass and Agate Ware, Tin and Kitchen Ware, OF ALL KINDS,
VASES, FANCY CUPS AND SAUCERS, LAMPS,
Toys in Great Variety, STATIONERY, JEWELRY, BAS- KETS, WAGONS, CARTS, and WHEEL-BARROWS, etc.,
At the lowest Boston prices.
KEITH'S BLOCK,
Cor. Fairmount Ave. and Pierce St.
HYPE PARK Steam Laundry
Opposite N. Y. & N. E. Depot.
Fine Laundry Work of All Kinds done at short notice.
Collars and Cuffs a Specialty.
L. M. BICKFORD, Prop.
C. P. VAUGHAN,
Watches, lamonds, Jewelry,
SILVER-WARE, CUTLERY, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, POCKET BOOKS, OPTICAL GOODS, ETC., Fine Repairing of all kinds. Watch Repairing a specialty.
No. 3 West River Street, Odd Fellows Building, - Hyde Park, Mass.
"A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER."
NG SUNS
MORSE
STOVE POLISH TRADE MARK
BROS. Proprietors
PRICE
10 CENTS
CANTON MASS
For beauty of polish, saving of labor, freeness from dust, durability and cheapness, truly unrivalled in any country.
CAUTION .- Beware of worthless imitations under other names, put up in similar shape and color intended to deceive. Each package of the genuine bears our Trade Mark. Take no other.
Established in 1871. GEORGE MILES, - DEALER IN
ROCERIES AND
ROCKERY,
KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Silas Pierce & Co.'s Selected Teas and Pure Spices, Flour, Crockery, and Wooden-Ware; a complete assortment of Canned Goods; Silas Pierce & Co.'s Canned Corn and Tomatoes a Specialty.
The Celebrated Plymouth Rock Gelatine.
Would respectfully invite the public generally to try my COFFEES, as for the past year my coffee trade has increased more than 100 per cent.
Take particular pride in making my selections, and patrons can be assured of uniform quali- ties, as I purchase only of SWAIN, EARLE & Co.
BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS,
Of best qualities and reasonable rates. Also a complete assortment of all articles to be found in a First-Class Grocery Store.
CORSON'S Hack, Livery, Boarding, Baiting, and Express -STABLE,
All kinds of Heavy Teaming,
Pianos and Furniture Moved.
Express leaves Hyde Park 8.30 and 9.30 A. M. Express leaves Boston
2, 3, and 4 P. M.
HACKS FURNISHED ON TELEPHONE ORDER.
BARGES: ETHAN ALLEN Seating 30 People,
TWILIGHT Seating 12 People,
FURNISHED FOR PLEASURE PARTIES, etc.
Telephone No. 9105. Boston Telephone, No. 440.
BOSTON OFFICES : 15 Kilby Street. 79 Kilby Street. 67 Franklin Street. ORDER BOX: 10 Faneuil Hall Sq. OFFICE AND STABLE: 39 Central Park Avenue. BRANCH OFFICE: Thompson's Cigar Store, at N. Y. & N. E. R. R. Depot.
Carriage Painting and Blacksmith Shop rim in connection with the business. Orders solicited.
HOWES . & HOLBROOK.
We are pleased to announce that we are in- creasing our line of
FANCY GROCERIES
And are now able to supply the best family trade.
-ALSO-
FINE MAPLE SYRUP AND SUGAR,
WITH FINE GRADES OF
PRINT AND TUB BUTTER
From VERMONT Daily.
Would especially call your attention to our
STRICTLY FRESH CAPE EGGS.
Orders taken and delivered free of charge. Your patronage solicited.
HOWES & HOLBROOK, 43 FAIRMOUNT AVE., HYDE PARK.
QUINCY DYER,
DEALER IN
HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL GOODS,
GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, JAPANS,
BRUSHES,
SCREEN DOORS.
Also, a Full Line of
STREET AND GARDEN HOSE.
2 & 3 FAIRMOUNT AVE.,
Opp. Baptist Church.
J. W. HAMMOND & CO., FISH DEALERS,
37 FAIRMOUNT AVE. 37
ALL KINDS OF
Fresh, Salt, Smoked and Pickled Fish
IN THEIR SEASON.
OYSTERS A SPECIALTY.
Omnia Vincet Amor. Manibus Pedi-
1868. busque. Ita est. 1888.
OMI POULTRY YARDS.
The Omi strain of Plymouth Rocks, Black Breast- ed Red Games, Scotch Creepers, and Bantams are specialties.
Can supply any popular breed. Your patronage solicited. EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS.
Eggs for Hatching securely packed for shipment to any civilized spot on earth. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. PRICES REASONABLE.
Breeding Pens, trios or single birds, for sale. Write for what you want. D. F. WOOD, P. O. Box 973,
OMI.
HYDE PARK, Mass.
N. F. BERRY,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
Plans, Estimates, and Material Furnished.
Alterations and repairs personally attended to, and none but the best workmen employed. New houses for sale.
SHOP ON STATION STREET.
Also, desk room at Balkam & Co.'s new coal office.
A. G. CHILDS, Druggist Apothecary,
No. 20 FAIRMOUNT AVE.,
HYDE PARK, MASS.
Special Attention given to Preparing Physicians' Prescriptions.
MANUFACTURER OF
BEEF, IRON AND WINE,
A Nutritive Tonic. Equalled by few. Excelled by none.
OUR SARSAPARILLA
Is the best Spring Medicine.
Books ! Books !
LARGEST VARIETY.
LOWEST PRICES.
All the New and Popular Books, together with a full line of Standard and Miscellaneous Works in every department of literature, Bibles, Prayer Books, Albums, etc., etc.
OUR PRICES ARE NOTED FOR BEING THE LOWEST.
DeWOLFE, FISKE & CO., 361-365 Washington St., Boston. "The Archway Bookstore." C. F. FISKE, Milton Ave., Hyde Park.
A. H. HOLWAY, Everett Sq., Hyde Park; and 309 Washington St., Boston,
DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,
CONTRACTOR AND APPRAISER,
INSURANCE AGENT AND BROKER,
Most of the time for twenty-two years, and am prepared with State and Local Licenses to place Fire Risks in any Company doing business in this State. Lowest estimates given for
PAPER HANGINGS.
MONEY TO LOAN on Real Estate Mortgages at all times.
LICENSED AUCTIONEER.
Began business in Hyde Park in 1868; have been a resident of the town since 1870.
Have introduced to Hyde Park a large number of the resident families, and done all in my power to promote its true interest ; and hope by strict attention to business to merit a share of business in my line.
NEDEMORA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Zenas Allen. Benj. F. Radford. Henry Grew.
Wm. J. Stuart.
Martin L. Whitcher.
FIRST BOARD OF SELECTMEN.
( From an o inal photograph in the possession of Mr. Wm. J. Stuart. )
1 868.
MEMORIAL SKETCH 1 888.
OF
HYDE PARK, MASS.,
1868-1888
FOR THE
FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF ITS CORPORATE EXIST- ENCE ; ALSO ITS INDUSTRIES, STATISTICS, AND ORGANIZATIONS,
TOGETHER WITH THE
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESSES, DELIVERED BY REV. PERLEY B. DAVIS, AND REV. RICHARD J. BARRY.
COMPILED BY JOS. KING KNIGHT, D. D. S., EDMUND DAVIS, EsQ., HENRY B. HUMPHREY, Committee.
BOSTON : L. BARTA & CO., PRINTERS, 54 PEARL STREET, 1888.
To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts in the General Court assembled :
The undersigned, citizens of the portions of Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham, called Hyde Park, believing that the common interest will be promoted thereby, respectfully petition your honorable body to pass an act incorporating the town of Hyde Park, to be composed of such portions of the territory of each of said towns of Dorchester, Milton and Dedham, as may seem most proper and expedient.
(Signed) ALPHEUS P. BLAKE.
DAVID HIGGINS.
WALDO F. WARD. WILLIAM ROGERS.
WILLIAM J. STUART. C. F. GERRY.
HENRY S. ADAMS.
ROBERT BLEAKIE.
BENJAMIN F. RADFORD.
GEORGE B. PARROTT.
GORDON H. NOTT. E. P. DAVIS.
JAMES DOWNING.
S. A. BRADBURY.
C. C. BRADBURY.
W. T. THACHER.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, - SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
BOSTON, Nov. 19, 1867.
I approve the publication of the above petition in the Boston Daily Transcript, Boston Daily Advertiser, and Dedham Gazette.
(Signed) OLIVER WARNER. Secretary.
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CHAPTER 139 OF THE ACTS OF 1868.
AN ACT
TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF HYDE PARK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION I. All the territory now within the towns of Dorchester, Dedham, and Milton, in the county of Norfolk, comprised within the follow- ing limits, that is to say : beginning at the northeasterly side of Paul's Bridge, so called, where it crosses Neponset River from Milton to Dedham ; thence running down the Neponset River by the thread of the stream to a point two thousand and thirteen feet below the lower side of Paul's Bridge ; thence by a line running north sixty-six and one-third degrees east (magnetic) five thousand three hundred and forty-four feet, to a point in the field northwest of E. W. Capen's house, and measuring one hundred and fifteen feet; on a course south, eighty-seven degrees east (magnetic) from an oak tree; thence north ten degrees (magnetic) two thousand seven hundred and eight feet to the boundary wall of land of James M. Robbins ; thence by said wall and a continuation thereof north twenty-five and one-third degrees west (magnetic) one thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven feet to the Neponset River ; then running northeasterly by a straight line passing from said last mentioned point, through a point distant fifty feet northwesterly from the northwesterly corner of the house of Amor Hollingsworth to Neponset River; then running northeasterly, following the said Neponset River to a point where the line of the said river intersects a straight line drawn from a point on the westerly line of Brush Hill Road, distant eleven hundred feet southwesterly from the junction of Brush Hill road and Brush Hill turnpike to a point on the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, distant fourteen hundred feet northeasterly from the railroad bridge over River Street in Dorchester at the station on said railroad now called River Street Station; then crossing the said Neponset River in continuation of the said line, and continuing north- westerly in the same course, and in a straight line, to the present boundary line between Dorchester and West Roxbury; then running southwesterly on the present boundary line between Dorchester and West Roxbury to a monument on the present boundary line between Dorchester and Dedham, being the extreme westerly point of the present town of Dorchester ; then running southeasterly on the present boundary line between the towns of Dedham and Dorchester, one hundred and nine rods, to a monument on a hill, being one of the monuments between the towns of Dedham and
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Dorchester ; then running southerly in a straight line to a point in the centre of the Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad, distant one hundred and forty-six rods westerly from the point where the centre line of said railroad crosses the centre line of the Boston & Providence railroad at Readville, so-called ; then running southeasterly in a straight line to a monument on Neponset River, at the corner of the towns of Milton, Canton, and Dedham, being the extreme northerly point of the town of Canton, then running northeasterly on said river to the point of beginning: is hereby incorporated into a town by the name of Hyde Park; and said town of Hyde Park is hereby invested with all the powers, privileges, rights, and immunities, and is subject to all the duties and requisitions to which other towns are entitled and subjected by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth.
SECTION 2. (Relates to taxes.)
SECTION 3. (Relates to support of poor.)
SECTION 4. (Relates to corporate property.)
SECTION 5. (Provides for choice of State and Federal officers.)
SECTION 6. (Provides that certain streets may be extended, and, when completed, to be public ways of Milton.)
SECTION 7. Any justice of the peace within and for the county of Norfolk may issue his warrant, directed to any principal inhabitant of the town of Hyde Park, requiring him to notify and warn the inhabitants thereof, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the time and place appointed, for the purpose of choosing all such town officers as towns are by law authorized and required to choose at their annual meetings ; and said warrant shall be served by posting up copies thereof, all attested by' the person to whom the same is directed, in three public places in said town, seven days at least before such meeting. Such justice, or in his absence, such principal inhabitant, shall preside until the choice of modera- tor in said meeting. The selectmen of the towns of Dorchester, Milton, and Dedham, shall, before said meeting, prepare a list of voters from their respective towns within said Hyde Park qualified to vote at said meeting, and shall deliver the same to the person presiding at such meeting before the choice of a moderator thereof.
SECTON 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 22, 1868.
AMENDMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows :
SECTION I. Chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, is hereby amended by insert- ing, in the tenth line of the first section thereof, after the words, "thence north ten degrees," the word "east"; and by striking out, after the words " to the Neponset River," in the fourteenth line of said first section, the words " then running northeasterly by a straight line passing from said last mentioned point, through a point distant fifty feet northwesterly from the northwesterly corner of the house of Amor Hollingsworth to Neponset River."
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved May 1, 1868.
INTRODUCTORY.
To the Citizens of Hyde Park :
Your sub-committee on statistics are, unfortunately, very busy men, and the time given to prepare this little volume exceedingly limited, so the work has necessarily been very hurried, and no one can be more cognizant of its defects than are its compilers. We put it forth, however, trusting that it may receive your approval and serve as an aid to future historians of our attractive town.
We were fortunate in having as a basis the excellent article written by one of the committee, Mr. Edmund Davis, for the history of Norfolk County, and are thus enabled to present a much more complete sketch than we could otherwise have done.
The plan has been to present a concise history, followed by condensed statistics taken from the official records, and a grouping of all the organiza- tions which have existed here since the incorporation, so far as we have been able to gather such information. As the family is what the individual members make it, so we feel a town is largely influenced by the organiza- tions which are found within its borders ; and we certainly have no reason for complaint as to the number or character of those which have found a lodge- ment here.
The addresses by Rev. P. B. Davis, Rev. Richard J. Barry, and the pio- gramme of exercises of the twentieth anniversary which are appended, will serve as interesting mementoes of the occasion.
We are pleased to be able to produce a number of fine illustrations which we believe have never before appeared in print, and which add very materi- ally to the permanent value of the book. The first Board of Selectmen, the view of Fairmount in 1857, and old Sumner Hall, will carry us back to our early days, while the other views of the town, of the Grew School, and some of the various churches, will indicate a measure of the prosperity which at- tends us to-day.
We return our grateful thanks to the many who have assisted us, but we feel that we are under special obligations to Mr. H. A. Rich, who placed be- fore us a large amount of local historical matter, to Mr. Wm. H. Barritt, who put at our disposal a large selection of photographs, and to Messrs. H. S. Bunton, Chas. F. Jenney, D. F. Wood, Chas. S. Norris, C. G. Chick, Mrs. C. Stewart Weld, Mrs. H. A. B. Thompson, and Mrs. A. E. Giles, who have each contributed articles of special worth.
To the active efforts of Mr. Henry B. Humphrey we are indebted for the production of the book in its present form. We earnestly hope that we have merited your approbation, and that your criticism will be tempered with charity. That the twentieth celebration may blossom into the quarter- centennial, and that be the forerunner of the semi-centennial and centennial, and that you all may be here to enjoy them, is the humble wish of your Chronicler.
J. K. K.
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VIEW OF FAIRMOUNT IN 1857.
HISTORICAL POEM.
READ BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON THE NINETEENTH ANNIVER- SARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN.
BY E. I. HUMPHREY.
'Tis but a generation past, And yet there lingers in our thought The light and shadow time has cast On this the land our Pilgrims sought ; Like other pilgrims, ages past, Who fled from Egypt's blighting curse, So journeyed they, and found at last This modern Canaan of our verse.
No " milk and honey " lured them here, No " grapes of Eshcol " met their sight, No frowning walls awakened fear, No battling hosts suggested flight ; From the fair heights they viewed the land, Its native beauty charmed and cheered, With prophet's eye they clearly scanned, Our town in embryo appeared.
Beneath their feet the vale revealed A wealth of foliage interlaced, While here and there a shattered field Disclosed the culture nature traced ; The flowing river glistened through The myriad windows of the wood, While over-arched, the heaven of blue Hallowed the ground whereon they stood.
Gently there rose beyond the vale The mounded verdure to their view, Just faintly seen, and flecked with sail, The land-girt hem of ocean blue; The hill and valley, sky and sea, The stream, the foliage and field, Together made their graceful plea, And forced our pilgrim band to yield.
When homes ideal thrill the mind, If hearts are seeking love's abode, The willing hand will surely find A way to lift life's heavy load. Daily they toiled with new born zeal To find within the woods' embrace The treasure of the common weal, A peaceful, love-lit dwelling place.
Give honor to our youthful sires Who laid the waiting forest low, And kindled here the gleaming fires, Which shed on us their after-glow ; Who built in vale, on slope and hill, The homes which are our sure defence, And safeguards reared to baffle ill, And give to toil its recompense.
We cannot picture with the pen The steady march which centered here, Of gracious women, noble men, With quick'ning step from year to year ; Never before in three decades, Within the confines of our state, Has population pierced the shades, And swung so wide the social gate.
They brought the seeds of wealth's increase, Of art, of poesy, and song ; They brought the never-ending lease Of blessing to our later throng. Invidious praise is oft unwise, And yet we cannot well forbear To look into life's dreamy skies For names which fame has written there.
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Could we but mention name by name Those who have yielded us renown, Our list would fill a scroll of fame Lustrous with glory for our town. We only jot theni here and there, To hint of genius, worth, and skill, And leave the page so bright and fair For truer hands to later fill.
The name of Blake, the pioneer, Stands forth on our historic scroll, Circled by those we hold so dear, The " Twenty " on our early roll. Among our veterans, Henry Grew, Grown dearer with advancing age ; Our royal list has Weld the true, Scholar and patriot, friend and sage.
The honored name of woman brings A glorious list in all the years ; Wherever vice or ruin clings, She gives her words, her deeds, her tears. The " Grimke Sisters," human rights Found in their lives a service strong, They join with her who nobly smites In our own day our present wrong.
Our Reverend Davis, as of old, Is ringing still the Gospel Bells, The heavenly chime which has foretold The home where love eternal dwells ; In clearer tones may they proclaim The advent of a purer day, When Christ-like lives shall be the flame To light us on the better way.
In glint of sunlight, bloom of flower, We find the artist Enneking. In " Poets' Corner," here we cower, Just mindful that the time is spring. The pages of romance reveal Sylvanus Cobb, of " Ledger " fame ; Impassioned youth has set its seal Beside our story-teller's name.
Gerry and Stuart, Cable, Stark, Moseley and Jenney, in the list Who've borne the legislative ark, Why not let some of us assist ? Our lawyers ? No, 'twill never do To " cite a case," we pass them all, And " clear the docket "; life were true If 'tweren't for them and Adam's fall.
We stay our muse, for words would fail To sketch the picture of our thought ; We will not try to " rend the vail " For words with inspiration fraught. Enough for us to touch the springs Of recollection's mystic power, To wake the voice that sweetly sings, And charm away the present hour.
Return and stand upon the height, Behold the glory of the scene, Look where the shadow and the light Are drifting in the vale between. Hear once again the river's flow, The melting note of woodland bird, Bathe in the morning, evening glow, And list to Nature's quiet word.
HISTORICAL.
HYDE PARK lies in the eastern part of the county, and is about seven miles from the State House in Boston. It is bounded on the north by the part of Boston which formerly constituted the town of West Roxbury, on the east by the part of Boston which was formerly Dorchester, on the southeast and south by Milton, and on the west by Dedham. Two lines of railroad -the Boston & Providence, and the New York & New England - run through it, being about one and one-third miles apart where they enter the town on the northeast, and gradually approaching and crossing each other on the southwest near the Dedham line. There are seven stations within the limits of the town ; four on the Boston & Providence Railroad, and three on the New York & New England Railroad. The Neponset River flows through the town in a course approxi- mately parallel with the railroads, part of the way forming the boundary between it and Milton.
Mother Brook, a water course partly a stream and partly a canal, leading from the Charles River, enters the town on the west and empties into the Neponset near the centre of the town. Further natural drainage is afforded by a small brook running toward the northeast and emptying into Stony Brook, which has given our neighbors of Boston so much trouble and expense.
The area of the town is two thousand eight hundred acres, of which about two hundred acres are devoted to streets or ways. This fact argues a pretty close settlement, which is, indeed, the case, there being fifteen hundred and twelve houses, containing upwards of nine thousand inhabitants.
The surface of the land is somewhat diversified by hill and plain ; enough so to please the eye, without causing much in-
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convenience to road-makers or builders. None of the hills are so high that they cannot be easily surmounted; none of the valleys so low that good drainage cannot be obtained. Be- tween the railroads the surface is for the most part quite level, the beautiful little eminence of Mount Neponset being the most noticeable exception.
East of the Neponset River the land rises somewhat abruptly, forming Fairmount Heights, the place where the pioneers of this new town first founded their homes, and which to-day is closely covered with pleasant, and in some instances elegant, residences, bordered by wide and well-shaded streets and avenues. West of the Boston & Providence Railroad the surface again swells into slight knolls and elevations, upon which stand many fine residences. This portion is known as Sunnyside, and still farther beyond this is a considerable tract of hilly and rocky territory forming a part of the rugged, woody wilderness, known as Muddy Pond Woods. These extend far beyond the town limits and into Dedham and Boston. They are a favorite resort of pleasure-seekers, traversed as they are in all directions by numerous wood-roads, and it has been well said that, "immersed in this maze of sylvan delights, one hardly realizes that he is within a few miles of the metropolis of New England, and requires but little imagination to persuade himself that he is among the primeval forests of Maine."
Readville is the name of the southeast portion of the town, and is for the most part a level plain, not so closely built over as the other parts.
In this section, however, and the territory adjoining it, the greater part of the manufactories are located. A branch rail- road to Dedham Centre leaves the Boston & Providence Railroad here. Towards the northeast part of the town, on the same railroad, are the pleasant and thriving districts of Hazle- wood and Clarendon Hills.
Opposite the former, at about a quarter of a mile's distance, on a gently rising hill; stands the residence of Mr. Henry Grew, the house and its grounds on the sloping hillside backed by the forest, forming a charming landscape. Still another
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small village is clustered around the paper mills of Messrs. Tileston & Hollingsworth, at the eastern extremity of River Street, and near the River Street station, on the New York & New England Railroad.
These several districts, though thus distinguished by distinc- tive names, are by no means isolated and separate villages ; one touches upon another, the rows of houses continue unbroken, and there is nothing in the way of unoccupied territory to mark the end of one section or the beginning of another. The town is compact, and its divisions thoroughly welded together.
Hyde Park is a town of to-day, and its history is the history of to-day. Incorporated in 1868, anything which is to be said about it prior to that time belongs to the history of those adjoining towns from whose territory it was made up. The writer is thus deprived of the greater part of that material which age in the subject affords. As mists and vapors in the atmosphere lend to the outlines of objects at a distance more graceful and pleasing, and at the same time larger and more imposing, proportions, so the mists of time constitute media through which the men and events of long ago, though in- distinct and shadowy, seem all the more grand and impressive. We spiritualize the old, we rigidly keep the new down to hard practicality.
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