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The central station or headquarters of this company is at the corner of Montello and Lincoln streets, where the company are provided with a commodious brick building and steam-power of the most improved kind.
JENNY ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, of Brockton, organized May 2, 1884, capital fifty thousand dollars, located at the corner of Montello and Crescent streets. George E. Keith, president ; Henry E. Lincoln, clerk and treasurer ; George E. Keith, Henry E. Lincoln, Ziba C. Keith, Col. John J. Whipple, directors. Works in a building one hundred by thirty- five feet, on Montello, south of Crescent street.
BROCKTON STREET RAILWAY COMPANY .- This corporation was duly organized January 8, 1881, with the following officers : George F. Hall, Henry Towle and Fred. Nourse, of Boston, Charles R. Ford and Ziba C. Keith, of Brockton, directors. George F. Hall was elected president, and Fred. Nourse clerk. The capital stock was forty thou - sand dollars.
The cars ran over the road for the first time on Wednesday, July 6, 1881, and commenced regular trips from the beginning, being well pat- ronized. Cars were decorated on the occasion of opening of the road, which at first extended from Clifton avenue, near the southerly boundary of the town in Campello, through the main thoroughfare of the city as far as the manufactory of Enos H. Reynolds, at the north end. Trips were made every twenty minutes. At first six box and three open cars,
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and thirty-nine horses, were required to run the road in a proper manner.
At the commencement of running the horse-cars, there was a line of large omnibuses running from Campello to Brockton, which the railroad company purchased, including the horses, coaches, harness, etc., belong- ing to Pendar & Rogers. The company also leased the stables of the proprietors for five years for the purposes of the new railroad. Horace B. Rogers immediately took the management of the road as superin- tendent, for which position he was admirably qualified, and under whose direction the road has proved a success. In the early part of 1884, the people of East Stoughton wishing for accommodations and convenient connection with Brockton, the company extended their track to the Randolph line, thus making a complete line from Randolph, through the main streets of East Stoughton and Brockton to West Bridge- water. This corporation is very judiciously managed, has proved re- munerative to the stockholders, and tends very much to equalize the different sections of the city, by opening up the vacant lands, and add- ing to the growth of the same.
EAST SIDE STREET RAILWAY COMPANY (Electric) -This company was first talked of in 1887, and was so far completed as to run to the corner of Main and Crescent streets, and also to the corner of Ward and Main streets, from Bumpas' corner and Shaw's corner, at the east sec- tion of the city. It was organized with a capital of forty-five thousand dollars, divided into four hundred and fifty shares, with the following officers : Albert F. Small, president ; Ira Copeland, vice-president ; Lester F. Holmes, treasurer and clerk ; Albert F. Small, Ira Copeland, Lester F. Holmes, George I. Sylvester, Joseph C. Snow, Wallace C. Flagg, and Everett C. Hall, directors.
The cars run on the above lines till 1890, when the company were given permission to run on Main street, thus making a complete circuit line. When this had been completed, and the cars began running on Main street, everybody seemed to be in a happy mood, and the day was celebrated by a grand jubilation, Friday, September 5, 1890. Invita- tions were given out to about one hundred people, who gathered at the Metropolitan Hotel at six o'clock P. M.
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A few minutes later two of the handsome motor cars of the entertain- ing company, each with an extra car attached, came coursing down Main street before the curious eyes of hundreds of pedestrians, who re- alized then for the first time that the East Side had finally " got there." The large company and Martland's band filled the cars, and, with sound- ing of trumpets and a few sporadic cheers from people along the street, the cars bowled along for the first formal trip over the completed road. The first train was in charge of Asst. Supt George Morse and G. B. Austin, the road's electrician, while L. R. Porter, the Centre street fish dealer, handled the second train.
Everything went off merrily. The cars rode easily, the band played inspiringly, and the houses of the East Side gave up their inhabitants to gaze at the party. The trip was made without accident or hindrance, and the Metropolitan Hotel was again reached thirty-five minutes after the start, the distance covered being four and one-half miles.
The parlors of the hotel were full of social life for the next half hour or so. Here are some of the gentlemen who were present : Mayor Douglas ; Ex Mayor Whipple and Wade ; Ex-Aldermen Thompson, Connolly, Jackson, Gruver, Weston, Hall and Monk ; Aldermen Pack- ard, Harris, Morse, Low, Jones, Wilbar and Jordan ; Pres. W. W. Cross, Treas. C. R. Fillebrown, and Supt. H. B. Rogers of the Brockton Street Railway Company ; President Thompson ; Directors Leach, Perkins, Flagg, George H. Kingman, and A. F. Small, and Supt. M. E. Peter- son of the East Side Company ; City Messenger Gardner ; J. W. Brett, representing the Sprague Motor Company ; A. A. Dunbar, superin- tendent of streets ; H. A. Balkham, general manager of Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brockton ; A. B. Loring, E. O. Noyes, Clin- ton M. Packard, D. B. Edson ; Messrs. Thayer, Hand, and Daly, select- men of Randolph ; Messrs. C. D. Nash, Hersey, and Jenkins, of Whit- man ; Mr. Pierce, of Texas ; Mr. Mansfield, of the Thomas Houston Company of Boston ; H. C. Bush, Alabama ; Mr. Barnes, superintend- ent of the electric road at Plymouth ; W. B. Ferguson, of Boston, one of the largest holders of East Side stock; J. N. Taylor, of Boston, a di- rector of the East Side Company ; C. E. McElroy, C. Ellis Stone, W. H. Shaw and Mace Gay.
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When the dining room was opened the tables were quickly filled. They were arranged in horseshoe form, and looked very handsome with decorations of flowers and the prettily trimmed fancy dishes with which the table was filled. The moment that the company was seated there was a fusilade that sounded like firecrackers, but which was produced by the pop of the corks from the bottles at the plate of each guest. But it wasn't champagne. The menu embraced several kinds of salads, cold meats of all kinds, a great variety of relishes, and a large list of sweets, ices and fruits. It was satisfactory in a large degree, and Landlord Wade was congratulated on the spread.
Mayor Douglas was the first to speak. His opening expression, that the East Side had "got there," struck his hearers just right, and they pounded the tables and applauded to express their indorsement of the sentiment, It had taken energy and enterprise and perseverance to get the road where it is to-day, he said, but he believed the company would be very successful in the future. He considered the East Side street railway a great benefit to the city of Brockton. It helped the working people get to and from their homes and shops, stimulated building and increased land values. For the remarkable increase of last year the railroad deserved some credit. He hoped the day was not far distant when the East Side would reach out in every direction and bring the neighboring towns closer to us. The greatest objection to day to the electric roads were the poles and wires, and these he believed would be done away with in time, science was advancing with such rapid strides.
The next speaker was Mr. G. W. Mansfield, of Boston, who is con- nected with the Thompson- Houston Company, and is also a member of the syndicate which has taken the East Side road. He is a young man of pleasing personality and pleasant voice, and he must have discovered the weakness of the inhabitants of the city of Brockton in the short time that he has been here, for he tickled the assemblage by telling them what a remarkable place the city of Brockton is. Seriously, Mr. Mansfield said, the syndicate never realized the magnitude of what they had undertaken until they had driven about the city of Brockton. Then they saw so much building going on, so many evidences of energy, en- terprise, thrift and success, that they realized that they had taken quite
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a burden upon themselves, and one under which they would have to band to give the public of such a place what they would want.
He had in the line of his business-the examining of railroad proper- ties-traveled extensively throughout the United States, but he had never been so impressed with the possibilities of any city as he had with Brockton. All sections have their centres, and Brockton was the nat- ural centre of this section. He believed that in the future Brockton would be the largest centre in Southeastern Massachusetts, if not the largest between Boston and Long Island Sound. He felt there was a tremendous future before the city, and was certain that it would be im- proved and taken advantage of by the live class of workers that make up this community.' Brockton's present standing was due in a large degree to the fact that everybody works here. It was observation of all these potent facts that impressed the syndicate, and made them feel that they had got to do something commensurate with the enterprise of the city, The syndicate had put their money into the East Side road with the expectation of getting an honest profit, Every man in it is convinced that his dollars are well invested, but that to remain so the company must keep pace with the growth of the city. The outside capital thus brought in was bound to be an influence for good for the city.
The road proposed to extend in different directions ; to reach out and bring the towns which naturally look to Brockton for assistance and ad- vice nearer to her. These towns connected with Brockton would en - hance the value of both, and their interests, now foreign, perhaps, would soon be common. The street railroad was the great modern developer of real estate, as it makes property accessible. He believed the prop- erty on the East Side would double in value. He trusted the authori- ties of the towns near by would be as liberal with them as possible, else the roads could not be built. In closing he said, electrically speaking, that he had never met 27,000 people exhibiting such high potential as the people of Brockton, and the syndicate would try to keep their po- tential to the same point.
Messrs. Daley and Hand, of Randolph, and C. D. Nash, of Whitman, spoke of the desire for an electric road in their towns and closer con- nection with Brockton, and hoped the day was near at hand when it
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would be accomplished. Ex-Mayor Whipple spoke pleasantly of the prospects of having the near-by towns connected.
It was a jolly time and a very happy christening of the now fully de- veloped road.
The officers for 1892 were as follows ; A. Cranston Thompson, presi- dent ; Alfred A. Glasier, clerk and treasurer ; Fred B. Howard, assist- ant treasurer ; Wallace C. Flagg, A. C. Thompson, G. H. Campbell, Alston Burr, and G. H. Mansfield. directors.
Since the above was written the desires of those present from Ran- dolph and Whitman have been realized by a line to both places, and many more lines are contemplated to the adjoining towns and villages, which will soon be built, thus making Brockton a centre of street rail- way travel.
CHAPTER XXII.
MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES CONTINUED.
North Bridgewater Board of Trade -- The Swedish Benevolent Society -- United Order of Independent Odd Ladies, Cascade Lodge No. 13 -- Laurel Lodge No. 21-Northern Legion, Hancock Lodge No. 2 -- New England Order of Protection, Mayflower Lodge No. 4 -- Banner Lodge No. 81 -- Order of the Helping Hand, Brockton Tent No. 15 -- United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, Howard Colony No. 69-Order of the Iron Hall No. 890 -- Sisterhood Branch No. 897 --- Campello Branch 932 -- Grand Army of the Republic, Fletcher Webster Post No. 13, Patriotic Dead -- Temperance-Sinclair Band of Hope -- North Star Division No. 88 -- Independent Order of Good Templars, Fraternal Lodge No. 24 -- Temple Lodge, Campello -- Old Colony District Temperance Union -- Brockton Temperance Union -- Good Samaritan Society -- Woman's Christian Temperance Union Crystal Rock Juvenile Templars-St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society-People's Temperance Union -- Good Samaritan Division No. 60, Sons of Temperance -- Harrison Lodge No. 248, I. O. of G. Templars-St. Patrick Total Abstinence Cadets.
N JORTH BRIDGEWATER BOARD OF TRADE. - This was an organiza- tion having for its object the following: " In order to promote the efficiency and extend the usefulness of the business men of North Bridgewater, and in order to secure unity and harmony of action in reference to any initiated or prospective enterprises affecting its welfare,
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and especially in order to afford a fund of counsel to secure the proper consideration of all questions pertaining to the financial, commercial and industrial interests of our community, this association on this 29th day of March, 1871, is hereby formed." Meetings were held in Mercantile Building.
At a meeting held on Wednesday evening, April 5, 1871, the follow- ing officers were elected : Ellis Packard, president ; Henry W. Robin- son, Albert Keith, vice-presidents ; Ira Copeland, secretary ; George E. Bryant, treasurer; directors, Oakes S. Soule, E. L. Thayer, Edward Southworth, jr , Rufus P. Kingman, Enos H. Reynolds, Eben G. Rhodes, Charles F. Porter, Nelson J. Foss, Edward Crocker, Charles R. Ford, William W. Cross, Davis S. Packard.
THE SWEDISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BROCKTON, organized January 3, 1882. The aim and object of this society is to promote friendship and true patriotic love between all of Scandinavian birth or nationality, to encourrge virtue and honesty, to promote honor for our- selves and our native and adopted countries, to advise and assist each other in need and sickness, according to circumstances governed by a code of by-laws adopted by this society January 11, 1882.
The following were the officers of the society March 29, 1882 : Frank H. Lawson, president; Sophia Johnson, Andrew Benson, vice-presi- dents ; G. H. Olstrom, secretary ; Charles Hellberg, assistant secretary ; A. J. Rydqvist, treasurer ; Hugo Slettengreen, Gus. A. Hellberg, Sigrid Wennström, reception committee; Martin Lofstrom, musical director. Meet in Clark's block the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, at eight o'clock P. M.
UNITED ORDER OF INDEPENDENT ODD LADIES .- CASCADE LODGE, No. 13 .- Organized February 29, 1888. Miss Melinda H. Dickerman, P. W. L .; Mrs. Darius Howard, N. L .; Mrs. Henry H. Bromade, V. N. L .; Mrs. Isabella Simmons, chap .; Mrs. Ada Pratt, R. S .; Mrs. Alvin Sears, L. R .; Mrs. Rachel Kingman, F. S .; Mrs. Lucinda K. Holmes, treas .; Mrs. Carrie Nevins, con .; Mrs. Etta Faunce, guard; Miss Minnie Hodge, S. W .; Miss Annie Thomas, J. W .; Mrs. Susan Hall, R. H. S .; Miss Eunice Church, L. H. S .; Mrs. Alvira Packard, S. R .; Mrs. Mary F. Ripley, J. R. Meetings are held in Red Men's Hall, 36 Main street, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
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UNITED ORDER OF INDEPENDENT ODD LADIES -LAUREL LODGE, No. 21 .- Organized March 17, 1890. Mrs. Amelia V. Sturtevant, P. L .; Mrs. Ellen M. Keith, N. L .; Mrs. Abbie J. Puffer, P. N. L .; Mrs. Letitia Moore, chap .; Mrs. Mary Winson, R. S .; Mrs. Agnes Moody, F. S .; Mrs. Edith J. Kelley, treas .; Mrs. Frances Braley. con .; Mrs. Wheeler, guard ; Mrs. D. Anna Garvin, S. W .; Mrs. Mary Temple, J. W .; Mrs. Annie F. Bosworth, R. A .; Mrs. Kate Gould, L. A .; Mrs. Helen R. Bird, S. R .; Mrs. Emily W. Lothrop, J. W. Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, at Good Templars' Hall, Centre street.
NORTHERN LEGION .- HANCOCK LODGE, NO. 2 .- This is a branch of the Northern Legion organized by Porter B. Hancock, December, 1888. Its officers were as follows : Charles F. Porter, past chief com- mander ; James W. Brown, chief commander ; Myron C. Van Hoosen, viceroy ; Samuel Crowell, chancellor; Thomas G. Nye, jr., recording secretary ; Charles F. Prentice, financial secretary ; Portus B. Hancock, treasurer ; Charles Sanders, chaplain; Edward T. Tremaine, guard ; George Stoddard, sentry; Jerry C. Gray, Nathaniel D. Toppan and Charles Perkins, trustees. Meetings were held in Pythian Hall, Centre street, on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
NEW ENGLAND ORDER OF PROTECTION .- MAYFLOWER LODGE, No. 4 .- Frank B. Stevens, J. P. W .; Robert P. Turner, W .; Mrs. Lizzie F. Swallow, V. W .; H. F. Burrill, secretary ; Orlando B. Bray, financial secretary ; C. E. Eldridge, treasurer ; Mrs Lottie L. Eldridge, chap .; Herbert F. Wheeler, guide ; Mrs. Carrie F. Small, G .; Irving A. Minzy, sen .; Alfred E. Woodward, John W. Hayward, Rufus T. Ellis, trustees. Meetings on the second and fourth Friday evenings, at Canton Hall, Main street
BANNER LODGE, No. 81 .- Organized March 21, 1889. Thomas M. Orr, W .; A. M. Bosworth, V. W .; Andrew H. Baker, secretary ; Lee L. Farnham, financial secretary ; W. D. Winston, treasurer ; Mrs. Sarah A. Fullerton, chap .; George E. Leonard, guide; Fred. W. Fuller, G .; Mrs. Lucy A. Macomber, sen. Meets first and third Fridays in Canton Hall, Savings Bank Block, Main street.
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ORDER OF THE HELPING HAND .- BROCKTON TENT, NO. 15 .- Organized February 25, 1890. William D. Hanlon, jr., P. G .; William A. McKendrick, G .; E. B. Battles, asst. G .; M. F. Beard, R .; George L. Whitten, P .; C. E. Perkins, M .; F. Elmore Constans, physician ; L. A. Smith, E. C. Hall, J. J. Whipple, trustees. Meets fourth Friday of each month, at room 5, Savings Bank Building, 13 North Main street.
UNITED ORDER OF PILGRIM FATHERS .- HOWARD COLONY, NO. 69 .- Instituted May 16, 1886. George W. Holbrook, ex .- gov .; Henry Clayton, gov .; Lilian B. Knight, lieut .- gov .; Henry F. Burrill, sec .; Mrs. Rachel A. Kingman, coll .; Charles E. Eldridge, treas .; Mrs. Ella M. Cushing, chap .; Thomas Farnum, S. at A .; Mrs. Thomas Farnum, D. S. at A .; Chandler Ross, S. inner gate; Herbert L. Kingman, S. outer gate ; William L. Puffer, Emil Lagergren, John W. Hayward, trustees. Meetings held first and third Monday of each month at K. of P. Hall, 57 Centre street.
ORDER OF THE IRON HALL .- BRANCH NO. 890 .- Instituted Oc- tober 31, 1888. C. W. Potter, P. C. J .; W. E. Fosdick, C. J .; Thomas Lavin, V. J .; A. E. Smith, P .; R. E. Leavitt, acct .; Fred M. McCauley, adj .; A. M. Brigham, cashier ; L. Warren Howard, H .; F. S. Frazier, W .; A. W. Place, V .; W. O. Carver, M. A. Kingman and E. C. Cahoon, trustees. Meetings were held on the first and third Thursdays of each month at Good Templars' Hall, 40 Centre street.
SISTERHOOD BRANCH, NO. 897 .- Instituted November 13, 1888. Helen R. Bird, C. J .; A. V. Sturtevant. V. J .; H. M. Clarke, adjt .; Pauline R. Nutting, acct .; Lucy C. Knowlton, cashier; Grace Kingman, P .; Laura A. Tinkham, H .; Ellen M. Keith, W .; Annie M. Davey, V .; Elizabeth B. Battles, P. C. J .; Dr. Lucy S. Carr, med. examiner ; O. R. Tallman, A. Pettingill, C. B. Newcomb, trustees. Meetings were held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 13 North Main street.
CAMPELLO BRANCH, NO. 932 .- Instituted December 31, 1888. Fred R. Hayward, C. T .; Brice H. Waugh, V. J .; Winsor S. Knowles, adjuster ; H. Earnest Knowles, acct .; Arthur H. Knowles, cashier ; Joshua Reed, prelate; Bernard E. Waugh, herald ; Charles D. Pitts, watchman ; Frank M. Haven, vidette. Meetings were held the first
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and third Fridays in each month at Franklin Building, 1102 Main street, Campello.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- Department of Massachusetts .- Fletcher Webster Post No. 13. This post was named in honor of the colonel of the Twelfth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, in which there were a large number from Brockton in the army.
It was organized July 1, 1867, with the following charter members : Uriah Macoy, James A. Packard, Amasa S. Glover, Ephraim Tinkham, E. Z. Stevens, Howard Keith, Charles L. Sproul, Asa F. Crosby, George W. Andrews, Thomas Doyle, Herbert Phillips, Clarence E. Hartwell, L. B. Andrews, William F. Robinson, J. T. Lurvey.
A. S. CUSHMAN. [L. S.]
Following are the names of the executive officers of the post since its formation :
Term of Office.
Commander.
Adjutant.
1867
Uriah Macoy
C. E. Hartwell.
1867
A. B. Holmes.
E. T. Cowell.
1868.
A. B. Holmes.
J. P. Chipman.
1869
George W. Leach.
Charles W. Mitchell.
1870
George W. Leach.
Charles E. Osgood.
1870 1871
George W. Leach.
Thomas Clarkson.
1872
. George M. Skinner.
Charles E. Osgood.
1873
George M. Skinner.
Charles E. Osgood.
1873
Henry A. Willis.
Charles D. Packard.
1874.
William H. Wade.
Charles D. Packard.
1874.
George H. Fullerton.
W. W. Kidder.
1875.
George M. Skinner.
W. W. Kidder.
1876
W. W. Kidder.
Henry R. Brosing.
1877
W. W. Kidder.
Henry R. Brosing.
1878
W. W. Kıdder.
Henry R. Brosing.
1879.
Alfred C. Monroe.
Edward A. Trask.
1880
Alfred C. Monroe.
W. R. Bunker.
1881
Alfred C. Monroe.
W. R. Bunker.
1882
Alfred C. Monroe.
W. R. Bunker.
1883
. George A. Grant.
W. R. Bunker.
Ezekiel Packard.
Charles E. Osgood.
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MEMORIAL TO THE PATRIOTIC DEAD WITH THEIR RESTING PLACES.
UNION CEMETERY-CENTRE STREET.
Charles E. Atherton,
Albert D. Hunt,
S. T. Packard,
George E. Allen,
Harry Hunt,
Richard Packard,
W. A. Allen,
George E. Holmes,
Morrill Perkins,
James F. Andrews,
L. M. Hamilton,
W. F Packard,
Lyman Allen,
Alex. Hitchborn,
George F. Packard,
John Burns,
L. P. Howard,
- Randall,
Thomas B. Broadhurst,
A. S. Hamilton,
Dixon Rochester,
H. A. Barnes,
John E Hollis,
Gardner Reynolds,
J. N. Brett,
Orrin O. Holmes,
W. F. Robinson,
George F. Bunker,
Walter Holmes,
John S. Stoddard,
Willard Bryant,
Ellis Howard,
Charles Strummett,
Horace Clark,
J. Johnson,
John Sanford,
J. W. Crosby, -- - Crapo,
H. M. Jackson,
Frank Sanford, S. A. Smith,
Frank Dunbar,
Thaddeus Keith,
A. A. Spaulding,
Frank Drake,
M. M. Keith,
William Stevens,
Leander Durant,
George W. Leach,
Henry Edson,
J. Leavitt,
George H. Story, J. S. Tannatt,
Josiah Edson,
Fred Moan,
Albert Thompson,
Walter T. Fuller,
R. E. Mathews,
George Thompson,
Charles Fraunce,
H. Henry McClure,
Franklin Ward,
Asbury Foss,
Charles E. Nelson,
Willis Whipple,
D. F. Fullerton,
Henry F. Nash,
Henry L. Winter,
B. N. Gardner,
Charles E. Osgood,
Richard Wilbur,
John W. Filoon.
ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY -COURT STREET.
Christopher Brannigan,
William Griffin,
Michael McDonald,
Philip Burns,
James Grady,
Edwin McGrane,
Patrick Collins,
J. Hannigan,
Thomas Monahan,
Timothy Connolly,
T. J. Kneeland,
William O'Brien,
James Donahue,
Thomas Maloney,
D. O'Brien,
Philip Donahue,
David McGuire,
Timothy Regan,
E. Duvire,
David Murphy,
Philip Russell,
Michael Early,
Patrick McIntee,
P. Riley,
William Flannigan,
John McIntee,
John Sullivan.
OLD BURIAL GROUND.
Caleb Badger,
Daniel W. Ross.
CEMETERY-ASHLAND STREET.
Charles T. Packard, George A. Perkins.
Austin Packard,
L. F. Kingman,
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THOMPSON CEMETERY-SUMMER STREET.
William Shepardson,
Fred Robinson.
MELROSE CEMETERY, BROCKTON HEIGHTS-PEARL STREET.
A. G. Drake,
Frank Goodwin, C. H. Philips,
A. J. Frost, Augustus Hall, Hiram Thayer.
E. L. THAYER'S CEMETERY-PLEASANT STREET.
Joseph C. Estes,
Thomas Dean.
CEMETERY AT MARSHALL'S CORNER.
Clarence Calkins, John R. Mills,
Nathan Packard,
David W. Graves, George W. Pope, Daniel W. Willis,
Arthur Humphries, J. H. Packard, George H. Williis,
Galen Manley. Stillman Dunbar.
The post have assisted at the following ceremonies and celebrations : Dedication of soldiers' monument at Boston, September 17, 1877 ; dedi- cation of soldiers' monument at West Bridgewater, July 4, 1879; dedication of soldier's monument at Easton, May 30, 1882; Webster centennial at Marshfield, October 12, 1882.
TEMPERANCE .- Previous to 1800 it was a common custom to use liquors as a beverage ; and even till about 1830 it was the practice to have it at public gatherings, weddings, ministerial associations, auctions, raisings, military parades and such occasions were not complete with- out their punch.
It was also indispensable that those who acted the part of bearers at funerals should have something to stimulate or keep up their spirits. All the grocery stores in the country kept liquor for sale as much as they did molasses. Upon an examination of some of the old account books of those who kept groceries, we found about one-half the charges were for rum, gin, brandy, etc., which were included in the list of neces- saries of life.
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