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COURT HOUSE.
Brockton can boast of an elegant new Court House built in the latest style, and having all the conveniences of a first-class building of its kind.
During the term of Hon. John J. Whipple, being in the House of Representatives in 1885, he introduced a bill providing for the Superior Court to hold terms in Brockton. There was much opposition from several of the towns in the county. The Court held its sessions in a building owned by Henry L. Bryant on Main street, corner East Elm street, until in 1890, an effort was made to have a new Court House building. The effort was successful and the present elegant building on Belmont street is the result. This structure is an ornament to the enterprise of the citizens as well as of great benefit to the county. In this building are all the conveniences for holding sessions of the Superior Court, Probate and Police Court.
Much credit is due to Judges W. A. Reed and L. E. Chamberlain for their untiring efforts in procuring the bill from the Legislature allowing the same to be erected.
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CITY FARM. -
CITY FARM.
Previous to the incorporation of the town of North Bridgewater, now Brockton, it was the custom of the different towns of Massachusetts to " vendue the poor; " that is, to sell the support of the poor to the one who would do it the cheapest. The last vote we find on record in re- lation to selling the poor in that town was April 1, 1822, as follows : " Voted that all paupers who cannot by themselves or friends procure a home, to be put out at public auction or private sale, for one year from the 15th inst., the remainder to be provided for by the selectmen."
In 1830 the propriety of building a house for the use of the town, and to provide a place for the poor, was brought to the attention of the citizens in town meeting April 1, 1822, and a committee appointed to examine and report concerning the expediency of purchasing a poor- house. Mark Perkins, Caleb Howard, Esq , Eliphalet Kingman, Jona- than Cary, and Bela Keith, Esq., were the committee who reported that the subject of purchasing a town farm was worthy the attention of the town. Accordingly, April 4, 1831, Benjamin Kingman, Micah Pack - ard and Abel Kingman were appointed a committee with full power to purchase a house and land for the use of the town's poor. April 25, 1831, a farm was purchased of Benjamin Kingman, Esq., in the east- erly part of the town, consisting of ninety-four and three quarters acres of land and buildings thereon, formerly known as the Deacon Jacob Fuller farm, for the sum of $2,625. A superintendent was appointed yearly to manage the farm, and take proper care of the poor. Deacon Jacob Fuller was the first person placed in charge, followed by Theron Ames, Josiah Dunbar, Weston Simons, Colwell, Jones, Nathaniel Fuller, Royal J. Peck, Ocene E. Ellis, and John E. Taylor, the present incum- bent. A board of faithful and trusty Overseers of the Poor are annu- ally elected who have the general oversight of the poor and provide for their wants and see that they are well cared for.
The above farm, which has had some additions by purchase at va- rious times, constitutes the present city farm, now consisting of one hun- dred and twenty-five acres. The old buildings having fulfilled all the uses for which they were intended, having become unfit for an alms- house, the subject of better accommodations had been thought of for
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several years. On the first of January, 1882, the number of inmates had increased so fast that new buildings were a necessity. The board of overseers recommended to the city council of 1883, that new build- ings be erected at once, and asked for $12,000 for that purpose. Ten thousand dollars was immediately voted, which was soon increased to $12.500. The joint standing committee on public property and the overseers of the poor were authorized to choose a location on the farm, and erect a house and barn for their use. A location on the west side of Thatcher street opposite the old house was selected. John F. Beals was the builder, for $11. 300, and R. G. Shepard received the contract for the steam heating, at $750. The old house was vacated December 31, 1883, and the inmates became comfortably situated in the new one in the early part of 1884. The City of Brockton is to be congratulated that the management of those needing assistance has been entrusted to such faithful and competent person as have had charge of erecting the new buildings, and attending to the interests of the city. To Francis B. Gardner, especially, is the city indebted for much of the improved condition of the town poor at the present time. He has had large ex- perience, and is a good manager. The late Isaac Kingman and Henry A. Ford were on the Board of Overseers during these changes and re- building and they exhibited excellent judgment in the whole matter of location, as well as in the arrangement of the entire establishment. When the Massachusetts Association of Relief Officers held their an- nual meeting in Brockton, they visited the almshouse and declared it a " model institution."
The present overseers are Francis B. Gardner, (who is also clerk of the board), has served in that office since Brockton became a city gov- ernment, Ellis Brett, who was elected in 1886, and Warren T. Copeland, elected in 1889.
The management of the house, under the care of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Tyler, is very efficient, and is kept in first-class condition; the in- mates are well fed and clothed, and the entire farm as well as the house is a great credit to the warden and matron as well as to the city of Brockton,
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PUBLICATIONS.
CHAPTER XXXV.
PUBLICATIONS.
Rev. Jolin Porter-Rev. Asa Meech -- Rev. Daniel Huntington -- Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D. D .-- Rev. Huntington Porter -- Rev. Theophilus Packard, D. D .- Rev. Joshua Cush- man -- Moses Cary -- Rev. D. Temple Packard-Rev. Edward L Clark-Rev. James Andem-Rev. Jonas Perkins, D. D .-- Rev. Paul Couch -- Rev. Warren Goddard -- Bradford Kingman -- Hon. Ziba Cary Keith -- B. Winslow Packard-D. Hudson Howard- Rev. Austin Cary -- Jacob Noyes -- Dr. Loring W. Puffer -- Rev. Warren Goddard, Jr .-- S. L. and F. C. Loomis -- The Press of Brockton -- Town Maps -- City Seal -- Ship Canal Survey.
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IST of publications by the people of Brockton :
Rev. John Porter.
" Evangelical Plan ; " or, an Attempt to form Right Notions in the Minds of the Common People, and to establish them in the Minds of the People. Republished by Dr. E. Alden, of Randolph.
Rev. Asa Meech.
Ordination sermon, delivered by Rev. Lemuel Tyler, A.M., October 15, 1800. Col- league pastor with Rev. John Porter.
Oration by Rev. Asa Meech, delivered in North Bridgewater, July 4, 1805, in com- memoration of the anniversary of American Independence.
Valedictory sermon. By Rev. Asa Meech, A.M., December 1, 1811. Preached at the North Church in Bridgewater.
Rev. Daniel Huntington.
Sermon at the funeral of Alphens Packard, delivered in the North Meeting-house in Bridgewater, May 12, 1812.
Discourse delivered in the North Meeting-house in Bridgewater, December 22, 1820. Being the second centennial anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Published by Ezra Lincoln, Boston.
Sermon on the occasion of the death of Rev. R. S. Storrs's wife, April 9, 1818.
Discourse delivered before the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. May 26, 1824.
A memoir of Mary Hallam Huntington, his daughter. Published by the American Sunday-school Union, Philadelphia.
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A full account of the Great Revival in 1816 was published by him in the Boston Recorder of June 10, 1818.
Address before the Pilgrim Society at Plymouth, Mass.
Discourse delivered in the South Church in Campello, October 31, 1852, it being the fortieth anniversary of his ordination.
A pocm on the Pleasures and Advantages of True Religion, delivered before the United Brothers' Society in Brown University, on their anniversary, August 31, 1819.
Rev. Eliphalet Porter, D.D.
Thanksgiving sermon. 1783.
Sermon before the Roxbury Charitable Society. 1794.
Sermon on the occasion of the National Fast. 1798.
Sermon on the death of Gov. Increase Sumner. 1799.
Eulogy on the death of Washington. 1800.
Sermon, New Year's. 1801.
Sermon before the Humane Society. 1802.
Sermon at ordination of Rev. Charles Lowell. 1806.
Sermon before the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians in North America. 1807.
Sermon before the Convention of Congregational Ministers.1 1810.
Sermon on the occasion of Artillery Election. 1812.
Sermon at the ordination of Rev. John G. Palfrey. 1818.
Rev. Huntington Porter.
A discourse on "Sympathy with the Afflicted." Occasioned by the death of his wife, Susannah Porter. Delivered February 27,-1794, the Sabbath following her death, which took place February 24. Text, Job xix. 21 : " Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me."
A discourse delivered to his people at Rye, N. H, Thursday, January 1, 1801, being the commencement of a new year, and a new century. Text, Psalms lxxvii. 10-12.
A eulogy on Washington. 1800.
A discourse delivered June 5, 1803, occasioned by the late remarkable sickness and mortality in the town of Rye, N. H. Text, Psalms ci. : "I will sing of mercy and judg- ment ; unto thee, O Lord, will I sing."
Two discourses delivered at Rye, N. H., January, 1825, on the occasion of the closing of the fortieth year of his ministry in that place, and the commencement of a new year. Text, 1 Peter i. 12-14.
A funeral discourse. August, 1800.
Two discourses delivered on first Lord's day after President Madison's declaration of war. Upon Peace, and War. Another on the Present Unhappy and Perilous Situation of the Country, and the Duties of Ministers and People in such a Time as this. Deliv- ered on the National Fast. Text, Ecclesiastes iii. 8. August 20, 1812.
A New Year's address to the people of Rye, N. H. January, 1836.
1 This sermon is spoken of as being of singular merit.
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Rev. Theophilus Packard, D.D.
Sermon at the ordination of Rev. Josiah W. Cannon.
Sermon before the Hampshire Missionary Society. 1821.
Sermon on the death of Elisha M. Case, at Williamstown, Mass. 1831.
Two sermons on the Divinity of Christ. 1808.
Sermon before the Hampshire Missionary Society. 1813.
Sermon on the Evil of Slander. 1815.
Sermon on the life and death of his son, Isaac T. Packard. 1820.
Rev. Joshua Cushman.
Sermon, Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1804.
Oration, July 4, 1807, at Augusta, Me. Pp. 23.
Oration at Wiscasset, Me., July 4, 1808.
Oration at Waterville, Me., July 4, 1814.
Discourse delivered before the citizens of Winslow, Me., on National Thanksgiving Day, April 13, 1815. Dedicated to James Madison, then president of the United States. Published at Hallowell, Me.
Moses Cary.
A genealogy of the families who have settled in the North Parish of Bridgewater, to which is added an historical sketch of North Bridgewater. By Moses Cary, Boston. Printed by Bannister & Marvin, 1824.
Rev. D. Temple Packard.
Sermon preached at Somerville, Mass., on the National Fast, entitled "The Dawn of the Morning," December 28, 1862. Published by Rand & Avery.
Rev. Edward L. Clark.
Daleth ; or the Homestead of the Nations. Egypt illustrated. Published by Tick- nor & Fields, 1864.
Rev. James Andem.
The Rise and Progress of the First Baptist Church, North Bridgewater, Mass. Being the first annual sermon. Preached on Sunday, January 26, 1851. Published by J. M. Hewes & Co., 1851.
Rev. Jonas Perkins, D.D.
Sermon before the Palestine Missionary Society, on the "Constraining Love of Christ," June 20, 1828.
Sermon before the Norfolk Educational Society, on the "Treasure in Earthly Ves- sels," June 8, 1831.
Sermon preached to his own people, on the "Condition of a Happy Life," December 9, 1838.
Thanksgiving sermon, on "God's Blessing on his People," November 30, 1843.
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Sermon, published in the National Preacher, vol. 23, No. 11. " This Life Man's Season of Probation for Eternity."
Two Tracts, published by the Congregational Board of Publication No. 10, on the "Personality and Offices of the Holy Spirit." No. 22, " Immortality of God."
Reports of the Doctrinal Tract Society, from the commencement, June 24, 1829. Published by them. (Secretary of the same twenty years.)
Farewell sermon, October 21, 1860. " Christ's Design in the Institution of the Min- istry."
Rev. Paul Couch.
Two sermons, preached December 23, 1849. Published by Damrell & Moore, Bos- ton. 1849.
Temperance sermons, on different occasions.
Sermon preached at the funeral of Rev. Daniel Thomas, former pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Abington, on Friday, January 8, 1847. Published by T. R. Marvin, 1847.
Sermon preached in the First Congregational Church of Stonington, Conn., August 6, 1863, on National Thanksgiving.
Rev. Warren Goddard.1
An address delivered before the County Lyceum of Worcester county at their an- nual meeting in Worcester, October, 1831.
A sermon. Text, Luke ix. 24. Delivered before the Convention of the New Church in America, at its meeting in Boston, June, 1836.
Two discourses on the Commandments respecting the Sabbath, from Exodus xx. 8-11. Published May, 1837.
A discourse from Zechariah ix. 9. Published May, 1839.
A discourse from John xxi. 6. Published November, 1839.
A discourse from Matthew xviii. 1-4. Published May, 1840.
An address to the receivers of the doctrines of the New Jerusalem in the United States. Written at the request of the General Convention. Published September, 1840.
A discourse from John xiv. 2. Published February, 1844.
A discourse from Matthew xvi. 24. Published December, 1845.
A discourse from Matthew xiii. 45, 46. Published October, 1846.
A discourse from Matthew vii. 13, 14. Published June, 1847.
A discourse preached before the Maine Association of the New Jerusalem at the meeting in August, 1851. Published April, 1852.
A discourse, in two parts, from Psalms cxxxvi. 1-3, cviii. 4, and xxxvi. 5, 7, 9. Pub- lished April, 1853.
A discourse preached at the dedication of the temple of the Society of the New Church in Gardiner, Me., August, 1855, from Revelation xxi. 9-17.
A discourse preached at the dedication of the temple of the New Church Society in North Bridgewater, January 22, 1857, from John i. 1, 3, 4, 11-14.
1 In addition to the foregoing Mr. Goddard has contributed to various journals, magazines, and newspapers, upon the doctrines of the New Church.
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A discourse from Psalms xxxvii. 5. Published October, 1858.
A discourse preached before the Massachusetts Association of the New Church at its meeting October 7, 1858, from John xvii. 3.
An address to the General Conference of the New Church in Great Britain. Writ- ten at the appointment and in behalf of the General Convention of the New Church in America, June, 1860.
A discourse from John xvii. 24. Published September, 1860.
A discourse from Isaiah lxiv. 4. Published November, 1861.
A discourse from Kings v. 9-14. Published March, 1862.
An address delivered before the Massachusetts Association of the New Church at its meeting in October, 1863.
Response of the ministers of the Massachusetts Association of the New Jerusalem to a resolution requesting their consideration of what is usually known as " Modern Spirit- ualism." Published by George Phinney, 1858. Pp. 50.
Bradford Kingman.
Contributions to the Congregational Quarterly, 1864 and 1865, being historical sketches of the churches in North Bridgewater. Illustrated.
Memoir of Deacon Lewis Bradford, of Plympton, Mass.
History of Andover, Mass., and North Andover, in the history of Essex county.
In 1866 he published an elaborate history of North Bridgewater, with a register of families 700 pages.
In 1870 he became the pioneer of newspaper publication in Brookline, Mass., pub- lishing a paper called "Brookline Transcript."
An extensive "History of Brockton" in the history of Plymouth county in 1884.
A "History of Brookline," in the history of Norfolk county, 1889.
In 1892, Epitaphs from Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass., illustrated and containing over 2,200 names, pages 330, with biographical and historical notes.
History of Brockton, 1894, with portraits of many of the leading citizens of that city. Historical Collections of the Ancient and Noble Family of KEITH. Brookline, Mass., 1895.
Mr. Kingman has also contributed to various magazines and newspapers.
Hon. Ziba Cary Keith.
A genealogy of the descendants of Benjamin Keith, through Timothy, son of Rev. James Keith, together with an historical sketch of the early family and personal remi- niscences of recent generations. Brockton, 1889.
B. Winslow Packard.
Honesty. A poem delivered before the Phi Beta Society of the Adelphian Academy, North Bridgewater, February 8, 1853. Published by J. B. Chisholm, 1853.
He has also written many poems for special occasions,
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D. Hudson Howard.1
Journey of the Israelites in the Wilderness, considered in its spiritual meaning. Published by T. H. Carter & Co., 1864.
He published a collection of poems on miscellaneous subjects, with a portrait of the author, pages 125, 1879.
Rev. Austin Cary.
Prize Tract, on dancing, by the American Tract Society.
Jacob Noyes.
Genealogical account of the Noyes, Dike, Fuller and Edson families. Printed at the Abington Standard office, 1869.
Dr. Loring W. Puffer.
Records of John Cary, the first town clerk of Bridgewater, Mass., from 1656 to 1681. Published by Loring W. Puffer, Brockton Mass. William L. Puffer, steam book and job printer, 1889. .
Rev. Warren Goddard, Jr.
Address of Rev. Warren Goddard, jr., at the funeral of Miss Harriet F. Woods, Thursday, October 18, 1879. Printed at request of friends, Brookline Chronicle Press, Arthur & Spencer, 1879.
Silas L. and L. F. C. Loomis.2
The Messrs. Loomis of the Adelphian Academy published a literary magazine entitled "The Adelphian and Mirror." The first number was dated October 11, 1850. How long this publication continued we have no means of knowing. Various persons as- sisted as editors.
THE PRESS OF BROCKTON.
The first newspaper published in Brockton was commenced by George H. Brown, Esq., of East Bridgewater, August 22, 1835, under the name of the Bridgewater Patriot and Old Colony Gazette, in the hall over Maj. Nathan Hayward's store, in what is now the south cor ner of East Elm and Main streets.
Mr. William H. Burleigh and Rev. E. Porter Dyer assisted Mr. Brown in the publication of the paper till its removal to East Bridge- water.
1 Mr. Howard has contributed a large number of articles for the " New Jerusalem Magazine," to which the reader is referred. There are but a few numbers of that magazine that do not contain something from his pen, either poetry or prose, since 1845. He has also contributed poems for various public gatherings.
2 For the publication of the Messrs. Loomis, see Biographical Sketches on pages 111-112.
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THE PRESS OF BROCKTON.
Among the present generation of Brockton people but few remem- ber that great champion of temperance and liberty who was once a resident of old North Bridgewater. In 1835 he was the editor and proprietor of a paper called the Amaranth, which survived for a year and went out, not on account of any lack of ability in management, but for want of patronage. He came from Schenectady, N. Y., where he was in the newspaper business, to North Bridgewater and remained only a short time.
Mr. Burleigh was a native of Woodstock, Conn., where he was born February 2, 1812, the same year and month as Charles Dickens, with whom he was quite intimate during Dickens' stay in this country. He was an indefatigable worker in the temperance canse, who, with the tongue of an orator, the pen of a poet and the heart of a philanthropist, devoted his best early years to the advocacy of total abstinence. As a matter of boyish wit it was said that he was " dying to live," as he was apprenticed to a dyer, to learn the trade, where he stayed only one year and then at the age of seventeen went to Norwich Conn., to learn the printers' trade.
Mrs. Celia M. Burleigh, widow of William H. Burleigh, was the well-known graceful writer and an eloquent lecturer. Mr. Burleigh was a direct descendant of Governor Bradford.
The next paper in town was entitled the Old Colony Reporter and North Bridgewater Union, and was published by Messrs. F.W. Bartlett and Thomas D. Stetson, of Kingston, Mass., under the firm name of Bartlett & Stetson, commenced October 27, 1848. Mr. Bartlett left the firm after a term of one year, after which Mr. Stetson and Rev. William Whiting continued the paper in Col. Edward Southworth's hall till 1851.
The first instance of illustrations in the newspapers of Brockton was said to have been in the Old Colony Reporter October 19, 1849, where may be found a three-column wood engraving view of the furniture warehouses of Josiah W. Kingman, Esq., in Campello, furnished by, and now in the possession of Bradford Kingman, Esq., of Brookline.
About the same time there was a small sheet published at the office of the Reporter, devoted to the temperance cause, edited by young people.
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HISTORY OF BROCKTON.
During the latter part of the winter of 1850 and 1851, one Dr. Cawdell commenced the publication of a paper called the Bay State Clipper. A few numbers were printed, and the paper, press, types, and one form of the paper were left in the hands of Colonel South - worth, the owner of the premises occupied by the doctor, for expenses.
The Adelphian, a literary paper, was published for two years from October 11, 1850, by the Messrs. Loomis, late principals of the Adelphian Academy, which was edited by the young ladies of the academy, and was especially devoted to the interests of the young.
On the 16th day of May, in the year 1851, the North Bridgewater Gazette was commenced in the hall over Col. Edward Southworth's store, by George Phinney, Esq, late of the Waltham Free Press, who continued to publish the same till July 25, 1855, when he removed his office to a new building on Franklin street. Mr. Phinney continued to edit and publish the paper till 1863, when he sold his interest in the paper and printing office to Mr. Augustus T. Jones, who removed to the old stand in Southworth's hall, opposite the First Congregational church, and continued to publish a weekly paper until April 1, 1884, when the management was for a time under the care of F. H. Buffum & Co. On the first of September Mr. Jones sold the paper to A. M. Bridgman, a person well known among the newspaper fraternity as connected with the Haverhill Gazette and other papers.
In 1874 Mr. G. F. Andrews, of Plymouth Mass., started a paper called the Old Colony Press, which had but a short existence. The material was closed out by E. Y. Perry, Esq .. of Hanover, Mass., who held a mortgage on the entire property.
Mr. Albert H. Fuller, thinking the time had come for a second paper in an enterprising town like Brockton, purchased the material and pub- lished the first number of the Brockton Weekly Advance, May 6, 1876, under the firm of A. H. Fuller & Co., Walter L. Hathaway having an interest in the same, and W. J. Jenks editor. Mr. Fuller sold the paper to Isaac Folger and S. Heath Rich, of Nantucket, who conducted the same from September, 1878, to May, 1879, reaching a circulation of about 2,200. This enterprise not meeting the ex- pectations of its proprietors they surrendered it to their creditors and the material was sold March 15, 1882, to Arthur E. Fessenden, who published the same a few months only.
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THE PRESS OF BROCKTON.
Albert H. Fuller, mentioned above, started the Brockton Weekly Enterprise July 5, 1879, and is now the publisher of the same, assisted by an able corps of journalists. This paper is in a prosperous and thrifty condition, S. Heath Rich, editor, having a circulation of 700 copies. Mr. Fuller started the first daily newspaper in Plymouth county, January 26, 1880, and has a circulation of over 700 copies. S. Heath Rich, editor ; Herbert S. Fuller, city editor.
The Enterprise Publishing Company was incorporated January 26, 1886, with Albert H. Fuller, treasurer ; S. Heath Rich, president ; Herbert S. Fuller, clerk. The above officers hold nearly all the stock.
The Enterprise has been a success from the commencement and the following figures may be of interest to our readers. Circulation, daily average for
1885 2,543
1886
.3,826
1887 4,177
1888. .4,524
1889
.5,108
1890
. 6,067
1891
6,702
1892
6,940
1893.
7,275
1894.
.7,393
Mr. Fessenden started a penny paper in 1880 which had a short ex- istence. It was called the Daily Advance.
In 1872, the Brockton Trades Bulletin, a paper printed at the Senti- nel office, in Stoughton, had a short life, and was soon forgotten.
Several years since G. A. Goodall published a miniature paper called Campello Press, which was sold to Augustus T. Jones, of the Gazette. It was an advertising sheet, and given to the public.
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