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Upon the announcement of the first vote the excitement was unbounded and each party commenced to beat around for stray voters. Each turn of the ballot-box was keenly watched, and first one party would come within one or two of a majority, and then the other. The Democrats sent to various towns in Connecticut for men who had left New Marlborough, and their votes were counted under protest.
Two old men in advanced years who did not care to go to the polls, Mr. Fairbanks, a Whig, who lived near Lake Buel opposite the George Gibson farm, and Asa Coles, a Democrat living on the Mill River road, had faithfully agreed to "pair off" their votes. On the last day the Whigs went to Mr. Fairbanks and finally made him believe that he had been double-crossed by his neighbor, so he marched into the meeting-house amid a great
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cheer, and cast his ballot. The Democrats immediately hastened after Mr. Coles and brought him a distance of more than eight miles, arriving just in time to save his vote. Aaron Stevens, an ardent Mill River Democrat, had been terribly injured by a trip- hammer just a few days before the election and had been confined to his bed. His face was so terribly bruised that he could not see. The Democrats propped him up in a wagon, drove to the meet- ing-place, and carried him to the polls. He was carried to the ballot-box and there was told to drop the ballot, which he did, unable to see what he was doing, but trusting his Democratic friends. As he was being carried into the hall, Squire Sheldon said with amused horror, "What grave-yard did they get that man from?"
The story was one that did not stop within the confines of New Marlborough, and Postmaster Gideon Molles of Hartford often told the story with the addition that grayel-stones from the grave were rolling from the voter's body. The Whigs, not.to be outdone, sent a wagon for Jesse Woodworth of Mill River, who was in the last stages of consumption. He was carried on a bed and that night died.
On the morning of the last day a Democratic hatter by the name of Wilson was found drunk in Captain Adam Kasson's barn. He had not voted and it was openly charged that the Whigs were responsible for his condition and had placed him in the barn. After considerable work he was partly aroused from his stupor and assisted to the polls. A ballot was placed in his hand which was held over the box. His arm was then given a good shake by one of the assistants and he dropped his ballot into the box and was hurried from the hall.
This, the last ballot, left the election still undecided. The managing politicians, Squire Sheldon, Captain Catlin, Seth Nor- ton, Adam Kasson, Harvey Holmes and Noah Gibson, did not sleep a wink during the three days and nights of the voting, but spent their entire time, both day and night, prowling around after the few scattered voters.
The finding of the above record preserves for future gener- ations the account of what was probably New England's most famous town election.
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(The above was quoted from the Springfield Republican of March 3, 1935.)
The following we believe to be a correct list of New Marl- borough citizens who have occupied seats in the General Court:
Jabez Ward, 1776; Captain Zenas Wheeler, 1777; Jabez Ward, Esq., 1780; Noah Church, 1782-'83; Jabez Ward, Esq., 1784; Capt. Daniel Taylor, 1785-'90; Col. Daniel Taylor, 1791; Obadiah Ward, Esq., 1792-'95; Ebenezer Smith, Esq., 1796-'97; Benjamin Wheeler, 1798-'04; Zenas Wheeler, 1806-'08; Benjamin Wheeler, Benjamin Smith, 1809; Benjamin Wheeler, Edward Ste- vens, 1811; Edward Stevens, Elihu Ward, 1812; Ebenezer Hyde, Elihu Ward, 1813-'14; Ebenezer Hyde, Isaac Tur- ner, 1815; Elihu Ward, Edward Stevens, 1816; Ebenezer Hyde, Benjamin Wheeler, 1817; Ebenezer Hyde, 1818; Edward Stevens, 1819; Benjamin Wheeler, 1820; Zenas Wheeler, 1821; Benjamin Sheldon, 1822; Solomon Kas- son, 1823-'24; Isaac Turner, 1825-'26; Edward Stevens, 1827; Warren Wheeler, 1828; Benjamin Sheldon, 1829; Warren Wheeler, 1830; Benjamin Wheeler, Jr., 1831; Newton Kasson, Benjamin Wheeler, Jr., 1832; Elias J. Werden, Benjamin Wheeler, Jr., 1833; Aretas Rising, Elias J. Werden, 1834; Levi L. Smith, 1836; Samuel Evans, Levi L. Smith, 1837; Noah Gibson, 1838; Joseph W. Howe, 1839; George Smith, 1840; Linas Catlin, 1841; John P. Wadsworth, 1842; James Hyde, 1843; Zenas Rhoades, 1844; Joseph W. Howe, 1850; Benjamin Smith, 1851; Ammi Warner, 1852; Emmons Arnold, 1853; Edwin Adams, 1856; John P. Wadsworth, 1857; James Hyde, 1858; Cyrus L. Hartwell, 1861; Grove Gay- lord, 1864; Andrew J. Freeman, 1868; Henry D. Sisson, 1871; William B. Gibson, 1874; Andrew J. Freeman, 1877; Lorrin P. Keyes, 1880; Lorrin P. Keyes, 1884; Henry D. Sisson, 1895; Charles G. Smith, 1899.
Two New Marlborough men have been sent to the State Senate, viz .: Joseph Fitch, 1836-'37, and Lorrin P. Keyes, in 1904-'05.
In the south part of the town there is a limestone cave, known for years as the "Cat Hole," which extends down into the earth for a distance of perhaps eighty feet, in a sort of letter S. This cave is about a quarter of a mile east of the road between Southfield and Canaan, on the road to Canaan Valley. The en- trance is a gradual slope through a quite narrow opening. Then
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comes a sudden drop of about fifteen feet into a large chamber. The ceiling of this chamber is probably thirty feet or more from the floor and yet it is possible to make out initials painted or scratched on this ceiling. It is somewhat of a puzzle as to how this might have been done. The cave doubles under its upper part and with another drop which requires a ladder or a pole to negotiate, one comes to another room. This second room has a very low ceiling and gradually dwindles to an aperture so small the one can wriggle down it no further. But from far in the subterranean depths there float up to one the tinkling sound of running water.
In the Huxley district, within a few feet of the Connecticut line, is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in New England, long known as Campbell's Falls. The water of Whiting River tum- bles down in two drops, a distance of seventy-five feet. Massa- chusetts and Connecticut have jointly planned state parks which include the falls and the surrounding area. There are picnic tables, stone fireplaces, even wood ready-cut for your fire.
Another beautiful waterfall is that near the point where the Umpachene joins the Konkapot, known as Umpachene Falls. This is on land now owned by Mr. Robert K. Wheeler.
Another strange and unforgettable natural phenomenon near the village of Southfield, on land of Henry A. Beers, is the "Tipping Rock," a boulder taller than a man and twice as long which must weigh many tons, and yet which is so delicately bal- lanced on the stone beneath that one may tip it with one's little finger, so that it rocks back and forth.
In the first history written of New Marlborough occurs the following description of events which led to the naming of Lake Buel:
In the north-west part of the town is a pond about two miles in length, called Six-mile Pond. It was so called first by several families of Indians who resided six miles distant in what is now Great Barrington and (who) resorted to it for the purpose of fishing.
"A most melancholy event occurred at this pond, July 23, 1812, the day of the National Fast. on account of the war which had a little time before been proclaim- ed against Great Britain. Seven persons were upset in a boat, viz .: Almond Benton, Solomon Jackson Tracy and
FIRST STEAMBOAT ON LAKE BUEL
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Ruth Mills, of New Marlboro; Cynthia Garfield, Abi- gail Buell, Lucy Upham and Cynthia Upham, of Tyr- ingham. Almond Benton, aged 19, Ruth Mills, aged 18, and Betsey Garfield, aged 21, were drowned. The others were saved. For his great exertions in rescuing these, Mr. Buel was honored with a medal by the Wash- ington Benevolent Society of Berkshire."
The town of New Marlborough further honored the young man by naming the pond Lake Buel. The old history by Rev. Harley Goodwin continues:
"It is sometimes observed that sudden and alarming providences are seldom followed with saving benefit to the subjects. But it ought to be noted here, to the honor of divine grace, that the four persons just named who were delivered from death, have since made a public profession of religion. They all date back to this time of peril and of mercy. Mr. Tracy is now a candidate for the holy ministry."
THE CENTRAL SCHOOL
The name of A. L. Terry should go down in New Marl- borough history, for he it was who first suggested that the town build a new Central School building, modernize its teaching methods and do so at once. This statement was made in 1930 at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association held in Southfield.
The interest of the P. T. A. being aroused, at the town meet- ing there was appointed a committee "on the needs and advisa- bility of a new school building," consisting of Harriet E. Tinker, secretary; P. A. Brennan, Robert C. Stevens, Alton S. Dinan, and Linwood J. Corser. Their report was that a new building should be built and that it could be built for $35,000.
The town warrant for 1931 carried an article: "To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the construc- tion and equipment of a new school building." At the town meeting the article was carried, and the project was soon started.
A building committee was chosen, consisting of H. A. Cook, P. A. Brennan, Raymond Whitney, R. I. Rhoades, and L. J. Cor- ser. The Central School was planned to take care of all the children in the town, through the high school grades. The build- ing was constructed of brick and the aid of competent school architects resulted in a building functionally designed and mod-
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ern in every respect, with air-conditioning, its own water supply from a driven well, a large play-room in the basement, and a lab- oratory with the latest equipment available. The State Depart- ment of Education considered the new school in New Marl- borough and the Pittsfield school the two best plants in Western Massachusetts.
In 1932 the School Committee, consisting of Ralph I. Rhoades, Alton S. Dinan and Hadley K. Turner, decided that the school system itself needed changing to keep pace with the new building, and authorized the Superintendent, Charles Stephen- son, to re-grade the school so that there would be six grades in the Lower School, two grades in the Junior High School, and four grades in the Senior High School. In the Lower School, teachers were to teach two grades only. . As a result of the new set-up, the scholarship, as shown by Standard U. S. tests, began to improve. In a year's time the average had jumped from far below the nat- ional average to a little above. When another year had passed, the tests showed that the scholarship had gained again and was far above the national average. At that point the State of Mas- sachusetts gave the New Marlborough Central High School an "A" rating, one of two in Berkshire at that time.
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THE NEW FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN MILL RIVER, MASS. Proposed, Promoted, and Carnegie Gift obtained by MARCUS H. ROGERS, who, in addition to sharing in buying the site for it, has provided, by trust fund endowment, [more than equalling the cost of the building,] to "share with the town" forever, in its maintenance. The walls are of gray concrete brick, with slate roof. The four attractive fluted columns in front are made of white concrete, cast in 'sections' by the Promoter, the last one of the twenty 'sections' required having been cast on his 85th birthday, Oct. 14, 1920. Mr. John A. Lowe of the Brooklyn Library, regards the columns as "the crowning glory of the otherwise handsome building, rarely equaled in a rural town."
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On the opposite page is a copy of a paragraph written by Marcus H. Rogers explaining his gift to the town of the New Marlborough Free Public Library. This picture is an etching which Mr. Rogers made after he had passed his 85th birthday, with hand tools, and which he printed over the paragraph as re- produced on the opposite page. This press was made before Mr. Rogers had ever seen a printing press. It is on exhibition at the library building. This press was made when Mr. Rogers was a boy, living in New Marlborough.
This paragraph by Mr. Rogers, less than a hundred words, tells, better than your author could in a thousand, the story of New Marlborough Free Public Library.
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FOOTNOTES
(1) Many arrowheads have been discovered in plowing on the old Kasson farm in Southfield, also at the other end of the village in the "big meadow" above the bridge at the north end of the village. The writer's father told him that Umpachene used to come to "the big meadow" on the Umpachene River and make his summer camp there. It has always been my understanding that it is for that reason that the stream bears Umpachene's name.
(2) Edwin Brewer, A.M., writing the history of Tyringham in 1826, penned the following: "The history of this town and indeed of all the towns in the southeastern part of the County, may be traced to the com- mencement of the year 1735, when it became an object to cut a road across the Green Mountain range between Westfield and Sheffield and thus open a direct communication between Boston and Albany."
(3) All the historians that the writer has read on the subject of New Marlborough make a great deal of the mystery of this river being called "Iron Works River" at a date previous to the iron works at Mill River and Hartsville having been constructed. Apparently they missed out on the fact that Colonel Ashley had constructed such a project at the point at which the Konkapot (Iron Works River) enters the Housatonic and from which it probably received its early name of Iron Works River.
(4) In those days church was held all day long with an "Intermission" in the middle of the day at which time luncheons were brought out and eaten. The text in this case sounds as though the New Marlborough church may have lasted into the evening.
(5) The proposition which the church accepted was as follows: "voted, that no person shall be admitted as a member of this church except he shall appear, in the eye of Christian charity, to be a true and sincere friend of religion and to have visible qualifications of a real disciple of our blessed Redeemer."
(6) Deacon William Ellis read a very interesting paper on the South- field Congregational Church at the Centennial Celebration, November 11, 1894.
(7) It is said that this is the first case in American history in which neither rum nor tobacco made up a part of the purchase price, and the New Marlborough settlers were so proud of it that they especially mentioned it in their report to the General Court.
(8) The "Widow Howe's Inn" at which the New Marlborough proprie- tors habitually met for their meetings is now known as the "Wayside Inn" at South Sudbury and has been beautifully restored by Mr. Henry Ford. It should be a shrine for the people of New Marlborough. South Sudbury is the adjoining town to Marlborough.
(9) Apparently the backers of the new church which was being built in Mill River had convinced Mr. Crowther that he should be the pastor of the new church and that he should bring his congregation along with him. From the record one assumes that Mr. Crowther held a "rump" meeting on the subject which voted to attend worship at the new Mill River meeting house, and that a subsequent meeting of the full membership rescinded .the action.
(10) In suggesting that Gov. Belcher, with the aid of the Provincial General Court, was preparing for the struggle that he felt was to come with the French, with particular reference to the forts on Lake Champlain, the author calls attention to the following inter-related events. The Mis-
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sion at Stockbridge, with its four white mission families, to Christianize and make friends with the Indians; the four white families to exhibit to the Indians the white man's way of life, (1734). The project of "the Great Road," (1735). It would be a way to move armies and heavy weapons to attack Ticonderoga, and was so used in 1744. The formation of the four townships to protect the flanks of "the Great Road," (started in 1735). The commissioning of Chief Konkapot and Chief Umpachene in the Provincial Militia. Undoubtedly this was a move to hold the Indians to the cause of the British, or perhaps we should say, of the Colonies. Later Konkapot did become a scout in "Roger's Rangers" and also raised a company of Indian soldiers.
(11) Research makes it seem doubtful that Paul Revere actually canie to New Marlborough to install the lodge, but Masons whom we know have told us that Paul Revere's name is affixed to the charter. Family tradition has it that one of the Deane boys went to Boston as a messenger on this affair. And, on the other hand, the tradition of another family as well as the pen of one historian, indicates that Revere did come to New Marl- borough. The reader may take his choice.
NEW MARLBOROUGH VILLAGE EXTENDS A CORDIAL WELCOME AND GREETING TO ALL OF ITS FRIENDS-OLD AND NEW- ON ITS TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
In Appreciation
for the work done by New Marlborough, Southfield and Mill River for "The Little House of Saint - Pantaleon"
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WE CAME TO NEW MARLBORO IN 1791
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