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KERLEY, 408
Fay, 47
Goodnow, 38
Davis. Eager, 2
Goodwin, 33
Howe, 38
Maynard, 2
McAllister, 16
KEYES, 409, 410
Rider, 52
Bigelow, 47, 48, 98, 116, 144 Bowker, 3 Brigham, 6, 22, 43, 95, 131, 150
HUNTER, 401, 402
Weeks, 22 Wilder, 30
Church, 55
Moore, 1, 6
Bush.
Coats, 71
Temple, 8
Ward.
Crosby, 137
Cushing, 63
Rice, 9
LORING, 410, 411 Allen, 14
Cleveland, 10
Beaman, 7
Giles, 7
Clisby, 17
Howe, 4
Maynard, 5
Smith, 2
Walcut, 4
Howe, 9
Newton, 13
Bellows, 51
Tainter, 8
Bruce, 57, 61
Viles.
Bush, 42
Wilkins.
Crafts, 1
Williams, 8, 15 Woods, 2
Morse, 75 Newton, 105, 117
Hedge, 25
Oakes, 67
Parminter, 141
Rice, 8, 23, 40, 44, 62, 74, 157
Lamb, 9 Matthews, 20, 50
MARBLE, 411 Witt.
Sherman, 78
Smith, 39
Stow, 77, 93, 127, 134
Wetherbee, 10 Woods, 43
JONES, 406
MARTIN, 412 Amsden. Church. Gove. Stevens.
MASON, 412
MATTHEWS, 412 Bigelow, 4 Garfield, 1 Johnson, 1
Hastings, 16
Heyman, 1
Hitchcock.
JOHNSON, 403-405
Nurse, 11
MANSON, 411
JEWELL, 403
Kuhn.
Rice, 3
Flagg, 27
Brigham, 37
487
Morse, 5 Munroe, 10 Rice, 12
MAYNARD, 413-415
Balcom, 28 Barnes, 53
Belcher, 43
Borden, 61
Maynard, 18
Wright, 116
Moore, 65
OAKES, 426
Crosby, 22
Falkner, 27 Gates, 1
Phelps, 70
Maynard, 5, 6
Haggate, 11
Pike, 68
Hapgood, 87
Puffer, 80
PACKARD, 426, 427
Hayden, 65
Rice, 3, 17
Blake, 16
Horn, 24
Robbins, 36
Carter, 17
Howe, 21, 41, 82
Shattuck, 2, 4, 44
Hooker. 15
Sherman, 61
Howard, 2
Mills, 76
Stearns, 3
Perkins, 4
Morse, 15
Stevens, 50
Quincy, 8
Peters, 77, 83
Stow, 15, 45, 46, 80, 83, 100
Richards, 11
Priest, 52, 107
Stratton, 71
Stowell, 10
Prue, 12
Temple, 48, 107
Thayer, 12
Rogers, 42
Thomas, 42
Trask, 18
Sergeant, 58 Smith, 76
Ward, 49
PARKER, 427 Beaman.
Stow, 74, 76
Warner, 11
Tainter, 44
Warren, 91
PARMINTER, 428
Walcut, 81
Wheeler, 59
PERRY, 428
Ward, 5
Whitney, 105
Weeks, 84
Wilson, 93, 94
PERCIVAL, 428
Whipple, 40 Wilkins, 108
Woods, 19
Woodward, 7
PETERS, 428 Maynard.
MIXER, 415
MOSEMAN, 420
PHELPS, 428, 429
Garfield. Gibbs.
MUNROE, 420
Allen, 6 Atwood, 5
Newton.
Lamb.
Adams, 6
Boyd, 3
MOORE, 416
Allen, 81
Dudley, 13
MORRIS, 416
MORSE, 416-420
Balcom, 31
Goodnow, 16
Amsden, 86
Brigham, 30
McBride, 12
Austin, 97
Brooks, 3
Morse.
Baker, 23
Bruce, 56, 146
Rice, 1, 10
Barnard, 13
Burnham, 171
Russell, 12
Barnes, 16, 109
Cutler, 183
Ward, 6
Eager, 11, 161
Warland, 9
Eames, 48
Wilson, 4
Felton, 4
POTTER, 429, 430
Garfield, 69
Angier, 1
Brigham, 51, 89, 90, 97
Goodale, 13, 165
Bruce, 2
Brown, 107
Greely, 23
Stone, 7
Bullard, 5
Howe, 1, 17, 71
Walker, S
Church, 15
Joslin, 3, 23
Walkup, 9
Cotting, 73
Larkin, 2, 3, 27
PRATT, 430
Crosby, 78
Lenard, 24
Fay.
Eager, 20, 77
Lenardson, 18, 20
PRESCOTT, 430
Fay, 2, 108 Felton, 79
Morse, 5, 7, 8, 41, 149
Forbush, 24
Orcutt, 19
PRIEST, 430
Gilmer, 55 Green, 62
Rice, 21, 49, 58
Eaton.
Hager, 85
Ripley, 36
Jones, 9
Hale, 103
Rugg, 14 Smith, 47
Whitcomb, 6
Hapgood, 33 Hayden, 76
Hinds, 17
Howe, 1, 2, 35, 49, 66, 67 Hunter, 99 Johnson, 30 Joslin, 10
Taint, 128 Taylor, 42 Tomblin, 62, 72
Tozer, 4!)
Ward, 12
Kendall, 78
Watts, 166
Keyes, 21, 32
Weeks, 5
Matthews, 29
Wilson, 63
Brigham, 13, 46, 59 Church, 23
Newton, 14, 23, 39, 56, 84, 104
Fay, 4 Holloway, 1
Pierce, 1
Rediat, 1
Jewell, 51, 79 Johnson, 10
Smith, 3
Lathrop, 3
Thompson, 92
NEWTON, 421-426
Brigham, 4, 8
Amsden, 46
Gates, 4
Axtell, 10
Gleason, 15
Bartlett, 1 Belcher, 97 Bigelow, 100 Boyd, 53
Cooper, 6
Knapp, 33
Marble, 163
Ward.
Parkhurst, 43
Bruce, 12
Longley, 9
Stow, 2, 130, 150
Wilkins, 10
488
RAY, 430 REDIAT, 430 Miles. REED, 430
RICE, 431-441
Adams, 29 Albee, 273 Alden, 274 Allen, 33
Bailey, 161 Baker, 145
Banister, 112
Barnes, 111, 212, 231
Barrett, 72, 78
Payson, 129
Bartlett, 208, 232
Perkins, 213
Phelps, 222, 265, 268
Robinson, 51, 106
Russell, 16, 262
Carr, 23
Cogswell, 37
Bond, 136, 229
Smith, 138
Bowker, 103
Stevens, 240
Boyd, 230
Brigham, 1, 73, 82, 125, 161, 209, 220. 221, 223, 263
Brown, 7, 10, 63
Burnett, 144
Burroughs, 244
Weeks, 170
Parker, 31
Carrico, 276
Wetherbee, 271
Carruth, 206
Wheeler, 17, 84, 87
Cazneau, 179
White, 26
Shattuck, 16
Cooledge, 48
Whittemore, 152
Corey, 51
Willard, 56
Darling, 184, 191
Williams, 172, 174, 224
Derby, 54
Wilson, 64
SMITH, 446, 447
Alexander, 3
Barnes, 4
Brown, 4
Felton, 215
Bruce, 6, 9
Fletcher, 62
Clough, 2
Forbush, 21, 23
Fosgate, 217
Gates, 255
Gerry, 12
Gleason, 260
Goddard, 178
Goodnow, 94, 114, 117
Goulding, 45
Brigham, 3, 5
SOUTHER, 447
Graves, 22
Fay, 6
Barnes. STANLY, 447
STEVENS, 447-450
Hayden, 198
Haynes, 31, 37
Hersey, 270
Heywood, 110
Hosmer, 7
Howard, 112
Howe, 27, 71, 76, 79, 119, 151, 159, 165, 166, 178, 234
Hubbard, 38, 41
Moore, 4
Munroe, 1
Haywood, 18, 36
Hunt, 1, 241 Hunting, 253 Jennings, 68
Rice, 7
Hemenway, 17 Holmes, 9
Kerley, 51 Killam.
King, 7, 8 Knights, 187 Lamson, 6 Lee, 218 Maynard, 149, 207 Matthews, 162 Merrick, 67
Moore, 2, 35, 140, 251
Morse, 144, 182, 214
Mutzenbeeker, 248
Newton, 57, 77, 100 Oakes, 83, 113
Newton, 4
Parminter, 7
Pease, 3 Underwood, 3
Whitney, 2
SHERMAN, 444, 445
Axtell, 26 Bowman, 3
Bent, 3
Bigelow, 80, 210, 216, 275
Sawin.
Binney, 160
Seaver, 245
Davis, 37
Fairbanks, 31
Stone, 13, 28, 32, 34, 53, 148, 177
Stow, 60, 272
Taylor, 58, 146
Ward, 17, 50, 137, 171 __
Warren, 95
Livermore, 19
Maynard, 30
Bush, 214
Wells, 11
Parkhurst, 10
Perrum, 21
Porter, 1
Clapp, 42
Whitney, 235
Temple, 24
Wait, 33 Winship, 7
Drury, 5
Eager, 105, 147
Fairbanks, 44, 183
RIPLEY, 441
ROBINSON, 441 Amsden.
Howe, 5
RUDDOCK, 441, 442 Brimsmead.
Maynard, 5 Whitcomb, 10
RUGG, 442 Newton.
SNOW, 447 Joslin.
Hapgood, 157, 227 Hardy, 93
Howe, 1
Rice, 4
Hastings, 194
Robinson, 1
Williams, 1
SAMPSON, 442
Bailey, 20 Barnard, 15, 25 Barnes, 19 Brigham, 25, 26, 28, 29, 40 Dickerman, 3 Felton, 2
SAWIN, 442, 443 Bigelow, 20 Cotting, 4
Fay, 20 Howe, 2
Jones, 20
Gates, 41 Hale, 37 Hartwell, 39
Stratton, 17
Temple, 8 Wood, 9
Kendall, 34 Martin, 9
SAWYER, 443, 444 George, 6 SEAVER, 444 Rice, Weeks. SHATTUCK, 444 Allen, 4 Fairbanks, 11 Jackson, 10 Johnson, 9 Morse, 6
Palfrey, 179 Parker, 40 Partridge, 81
Beaman, 123
Beers, 8
Fay, 28 Frost, 37 Hawkins, 4
Howe, 34
Knight, 35
Witherbee, 126 Woolcot, 102
Jewell, 3
RUSSELL, 442
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Rice, 32, 35 Robinson, 1 Stow, 12 Trowbridge, 38
Mills, 7 Newton, 6
TAINTER, 456, 457
Arnold, 28
Kendall, 63
Weeks, 23
Barrett, 8
Whipple, 6
Bond, 29
Moore, 5
Brigham, 16
Morse, 56
Bush, 26
Oakes, 50, 51
Goodnow, 23
Osgood, 62
Gould, 24
Palmer, 43
Grey, 1
Phelps, 41
STEWART, 450
Howe, 19, 21, 39
Prescott, 49
Knight, 44
Rice, 14, 15, 38, 58
Loring, 23
Stone, 13-
Ward, 9
Weeks, 45
Warren, 4
Wheelock, 35
STONE, 450
Woods, 12
Williams, 3, 57
STOw, 450-454
Bailey, 67
Adams, 1
WARREN, 462, 463
Baker, 60
Arnold, 17
Arnold, 18
Barnes, 69, 70
Baker, 24
Barnes, 17
Brigham, 16, 68, 82, 89
Balcom, 29, 30
Bloys, 2
Brown, 52, 81
Barry, 5
Bonney, 35
Burnham, 94
Bush, 2
Brigham, 4, 14, 29
Eager, 40
Cloyes, 16
Eager, 20
Felton, 57
Dadman, 12
Fiske, 3
Gilbert, 98
Goodnow, 2
Garfield.
Gleason, 66
Holland, 4
Goodale, 36
Hager, 46. 48, 62
Hayden. 23
Howe, 30, 36, 44, 71, 74, 90,91
Johnson, 12
Sawin, 19
Mixer, 7
Manson, 97
Sherman, 3, 9
Morse, 29
Maynard, 62, 76, 84
Stearns, 10
Nixon, 28
Minot, 21
Stow, 1
Stevens, 21
Moore, 80
Stratton, 6, 15
Stone, 6
Morse, 13, 41, 45, 72, 78
Walcut, 22
Weeks, 32
Williams, 16
Ray, 55
THAPING, 458
Allen, 25
Smith, 31
THOMAS, 458
Ames, 40
Snow, 11
Barnes, 1, 26
Stevens, 14, 53
Bigelow, 21, 22
Temple, 61
Bowker, 16
Ward, 42
Brigham, 19
Welch, 95
TOWNSEND, 459
Brown, 39
Whitman, 59
Williams, 63, 73
STRATTON, 454, 455
Barnes, 8, 10
Brigham, 5, 7, 9
Eager, 19
Keyes, 6
Hervey, 18
Maynard, 41
Howe, 3
WALCUTT, 459
Newton, 22
Parker, 1
WALKER, 459
Parker, 36
Traine, 2
Temple, 6
WALKUP, 459
Patch, 47
TAYLOR, 455, 456
WARD, 459-462
Rice, 23
Barnes, 38
Sawyer, 20
Bigelow, 38
Seaver, 32
Bowker, 55
Sparhawk, 15
Brigham, 30, 53
Stevens, 18
Cleveland, 29
Tomblin, 3
Davis, 54
Trescott, 1
Walcutt, 43
Eames, 8 Goodale, 61
Haskell, 60
Howe, 7, 9, 31 Jackson, 2 Johnson, 6
Warren, 27
Bailey, 27
Knapp, 44
Mixer, 4
Wilder, 9, 11 Willard, 4 Witherbee, 40 Woods, 21 Wright, 21
Adams, 11 Ayers, 13 Parminter, 7 Witt, 3, 8
Wilkins, 25
Wilkinson, 46
Woods, 12
TEMPLE, 457, 458
Howe, 7, 8
Goodnow, 27
Joslin, 1
Harrington, 3, 5, 22
Maynard, 11, 20, 21
Hastings, 3
Morse, 13
Hunt, 31
Newton, 19, 28, 34, 49 Puffer, 72
Wilkins, 27 Williams, 28
WEEKS, 463-465
Rice, 15
Bigelow, Eager, Morse.
TOMBLIN, 458 Newton, Wait.
Clark, 34
Felton, 30, 42
Goodale, 20
Goodnow, 17
Hager, 49
Holland, 1
TROWBRIDGE, 459 Barnes, Stevens, Symmes.
VOCKARY, 459 Newton. WAIT, 459
Parminter, 46
Banister, 11 Barrett, 2 Greely, 4 Hapgood, 2, 8 Johnson, 1 Joslin, 5
Lakin, 1 Lamb, 3
Ward, 8
490
Warren, 37 Wheeler, 48 WELLS, 465
WHEELER, 465, 466
Buck, 7
Potter, 3
Buckminster. 10
Randall, 29
Estabrook, 12
Fairbanks, 25
Freeman, 15
Gates, 17
Tenny, 23
Hammond, 33
Wood, 9
Howe, 7, 13, 18
Woodbury, 16
Hudson, 29
Woods. 9
WHITCOMB, 466 Brown.
WHITNEY, 466, 467
Rice, 6, 11, 19
Allen, 6
Russell, 7, 10
Austin, 14
Smith, 20
Barnes, 18
Stow, 3, 14
Henderson, 17, 25
Bridge, 4
Travis, 23
Cutler, 17
Ward, 1, 4
Goodale, 8
Warren. 11
Hapgood, 2
Woods, 2
Stratton, 18
Kendall, 2
WILSON, 472 Angier, Ward.
Turner, 19
Lawrence, 3 Livermore, 12
WINCHESTER, 472 Farwell, Smith.
WOODS, 477-480
Smith, 9
WITHERBEE, 472, 473
Barnes, 29, 42, 60 Bellows, 5
Barnard, 14 Brigham, 48, 51
Rice, 10
Bruce, 16
Brown, 46
Bruce, 4, 7, 10, 44, 47
Stevens, 7
Bush, 2
Wheeler, 5 Woods, 4
Gates, 11
Cranston, 3
WITT, 473-475
Howe, 38
Darling, 9
Adams, 25
Johnson, 30
Dunn, 15
Baker, 2
Maynard, 75
Felton, 53
Bayley, 17, 28, 38
Moore, 13
Fox, 7
Bigelow, 20, 33
Parminter, 1 .
Gates. 16
Breed, 8
Rice, 53
Holman, 54
Dexter, 23
Smith, 59
Knight, 22
Dike, 11
Stevens, 46
Loring, 41
Dunn, 31
Stow, 52
Maynard, 43
Eames, 21
Tainter, 40
Priest, 14
Eaton, 34
Ward, 4
Randall, 13
Estabrook, 37
Wheeler, 45
Smith, 3, 26
Goodale, 13, 19
Williams, 51
Taylor, 6
Goodnow, 22
Taynter, 11
Hapgood, 30
Temple, 49
Howe, 32
Whitcomb, 24, 42 Wood, 50
Hunter, 26
Lamson, 16
Longbridge, 12 Marble, 12 Matthew, 7 Pierce, 8
Barnard, 21 Bowker, 10 Hapgood, 4 Holloway, 6 Morse, 9
Thompson, 23 Wells, 3
WHEELOCK, 466 Flagg.
Johnson, 1
Loring, 8, 20
Arnold, 26
Payne, 14
Bush, 29
Buss, 9
Cooledge, 21
Cox, 22
Barrett, 4
Temple, 19
Higgins, 29
Howe, 13
Priest, 29
Sawin, 16
Joslin, 10
Wheeler, 7
Wilkins, 20
Reed, 1
Wheeler, 5
WILDER, 468
Amsden, 7 Bellows, 6
Bent, 38
WILKINS, 468, 469
Brigham, 1, 2, 3, 10
Boyd, 77
Johnson, 2
Brigham, 34, 41, 76
Sennet, 8
Dexter, 43, 73
Eager, 29
Fairbanks, 3
Cox, 27
Hapgood, 54
Witherbee, 8 Witt, 61
WYMAN, 480 Brigham.
WILLIAMS, 469-472
Ball, 33
Beaman, 2 Bigelow, 34
Spofford, 23 Stewart. Swan, 27
WOOD, 476, 477
McPherson, 12, 17
Brigham, 15
CELEBRATION
OF THE
TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE
INCORPORATION OF MARLBOROUGH.
AT a Town Meeting of Marlborough, held March 7, 1859, under an article in the warrant, having reference to that subject, it was
" Voted, That the Town notice the Two HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY of its Incorporation, by a public Commemora- tion.
" Voted, That a Committee of five be chosen to invite some suitable person to deliver a Commemorative Address on the approaching Bi-centennial Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town ; to aid the one so selected as he may need and they may be able, in collecting materials for his Address ; and to com- municate with the neighboring 'Towns originally included in Marlborough, in reference to their participation in the Commem- oration ; and to take any other measures, in relation to the Celebration, which they may think necessary or desirable."
At the adjournment of the meeting, April 4, the following persons were chosen to constitute the Committee :
Rev. Horatio Alger, Rev. S. F. Bucklin, Stephen Morse, Esq., Hon. O. W. Albee, and Edward Wilkins.
Soon after their appointment, the Committee engaged Hon. Charles Hudson, of Lexington, a native of the Town, to prepare a Commemorative Address for the proposed Celebration.
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At a Town Meeting, held March 5, 1860, it was voted that the Committee already chosen, nominate a Committee to make further arrangements for the coming Celebration in June next.
At an adjournment of the meeting, held April 2, the Com- mittee made the following Report, which was accepted by the Town :
" Your Committee recommend that the Committee already appointed by the Town be enlarged to nineteen, and that the following persons, with those already chosen, constitute that Committee, viz. : Samuel Boyd, Hollis Loring, Charles M. Howe, Elbridge Howe, Lambert Bigelow, 2d, J. S. Witherbee, Samuel B. Maynard, David B. Goodale, William Hagar, Wil- liam Wilson, George E. Manson, Charles Brigham, B. F. Underhill, and Eber Howe .*
" Your Committee further recommend, that the Town appro- priate not less than one thousand dollars, for the purposes of the Celebration, and that they authorize their Committee of Arrangements to draw on the Town Treasurer for this amount, provided said Committee find the printing and other expenses necessary to give weight and dignity to the Celebration, comporting with the ancient reputation of the Town, require that sum.
" The Committee further nominate Hon. Francis B. Fay, of Lancaster, (a native of Southborough,) as President of the day ; Col. William H. Wood, Chief Marshal ; Sylvester Buck- lin, Winslow M. Warren, Edward A. Gay, Henry O. Russell, John Chipman, and Francis Brigham, Assistant Marshals.
" The Committee recommend that the appointment of Vice
* A vacancy which occurred in the Committee of Arrangements through the lamented death of Rev. S. F. Bucklin, who had taken a deep and active inter- est in the proposed Celebration, was filled by the appointment of William Gib- bon in his place. The following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously passed at a meeting of the Committee.
" Whereas Rev. Sylvester F. Bucklin was an active member of this Com- mittee, and manifested a strong interest in the coming Bi-centennial Celebration, as well as in the interests of the community at large, therefore
" Resolved, That, in the death of the Rev. S. F. Bucklin, this Committee has lost a most useful member ; the social circle in which he moved, a kind adviser and most urbane friend ; and the community at large, a revered citizen.
" Resolved, That we tender to the widow and family of our respected friend, our deep and heartfelt sympathies in this hour of their great bereavement."
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Presidents, and such other Committees as shall be necessary, be left to the Committee of Arrangements. The Committee further recommend that Wednesday, the 13th day of June next, be fixed upon as the day for the Celebration.
" All which is respectfully submitted. "O. W. ALBEE, for the Committee."
In the discharge of the duties assigned them, the Committee of Arrangements held numerous meetings, at some of which delegates from neighboring towns were present, by invitation, to co-operate. Sub-committees were appointed, and the fol- lowing persons were designated as Officers of the day.
President.
FRANCIS B. FAY, OF LANCASTER.
Vice Presidents.
HENRY RICE, JABEZ RICE,
STEPIIEN R. PHELPS,
DWIGHT WITT,
ISAAC HAYDEN,
LAMBERT BIGELOW,
SOLOMON WEEKS,
WILLIAM L. HOWE,
STEPHEN POPE,
JOIIN GOODALE,
EZEKIEL BRUCE,
ALDEN BRIGIIAM.
Rev. HORATIO ALGER, Chaplain.
SAMUEL B. MAYNARD, Treasurer.
WILLIAM II. WOOD, Chief Marshal.
Assistant Marshals.
SYLVESTER BUCKLIN,
HENRY O. RUSSELL,
WINSLOW M. WARREN, JOHN CHIPMAN,
EDWARD A. GAY, FRANCIS BRIGHAM.
HOLLIS LORING, Toastmaster.
Wednesday, the 13th of June-one of the pleasantest days of that pleasant season-was ushered in by the firing of one hundred guns, and the ringing of bells. At an early hour, citizens of Marlborough and the neighboring Towns, with those who had come from greater distances, assembled at the Townl House, to exchange greetings of welcome and congratulation.
At about ten o'clock, a Procession was formed, under the direction of the Chief Marshal, and moved through the
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principal streets of the East and West villages, to the pavilion on Ockoocangansett Hill, where the Commemorative Exercises were held. The public buildings and the tents were elegantly decorated, at the expense of the Town, by Col. William Beals, of Boston. Many of the private residences, and places of · business, on the route of the Procession, also presented appro- priate mottoes and tasteful decorations.
The Marlborough Rifle Company, under Capt. Henry Whit- comb, performed escort duty. The Committee of Arrange- ments, heading the Procession, were followed by the Officers of the day, the four oldest men ,of Marlborough,-Mr. Willard Newton, Capt. Jedediah Wood, Capt. Aaron Stevens, and Mr. Stephen Rice,-and the invited guests. The citizens of the several 'Borough Towns followed in the order of their incor- poration, each headed by a band of music. To the Free Masons, the Sons of Temperance, and the several Fire Com- panies, each also having bands of music, places were assigned in the Procession. The services in the Pavilion commenced with an
Invocation, by Rev. JOSEPH ALLEN, D. D., of Northborough.
The following Hymn, written by WILLIAM C. BRYANT for a similar celebration, was then sung by the Musical Association of the 'Borough Towns, to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne."
Two hundred years has June renewed Her roses, since the day When here, amid the lonely wood, Our fathers met to pray.
Beside this gentle stream, that strayed Through pathless woodlands then, The calm, heroic women prayed, And grave, undaunted men.
Hymns on the ancient silence broke From hearts that faltered not, And undissembling lips that spoke The free and guilelesss thought.
They prayed and thanked the Mighty One Who made their hearts so strong, And led them towards the setting sun, Beyond the reach of wrong.
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For them he made that desert place A pleasant heritage,- The cradle of a free-born race, From peaceful age to age.
The plant they set-a little vine- Hath stretched its boughs afar, To distant hills and streams that shine Beneath the evening star.
Ours are their fields,-these fields that smile With summer's early flowers ; Oh, let their fearless scorn of guile, And love of truth, be ours !
Prayer by Rev. HORATIO ALGER, Chaplain of the day.
After Music by the Band, Hon. FRANCIS B. FAY, President of the day, spoke as follows :
Ladies and Gentlemen :
In obedience to the kind and generous invitation of the citizens of Marlborough, and of the Committee of Arrangements, I assume the duties of the Chair. For this token of their friendship, for this distinguished honor, I wouldl tender my grateful acknowledgments, my sincere and warmest gratitude.
We have assembled here, at the call of the citizens of Marlborough, on a very rare, interesting and momentous occasion,-an occasion resembling the revolution of some of the heavenly bodies, which require a century to re-appear. While we rejoice, while we mingle in the festivities of the day, it is natural for us to take a retrospect of the past, and contemplate the changes that have taken place here in the last century,-and the far greater changes we shall find, if we go back to the day we now propose to celebrate. Well may we ask, " Our Fathers, where are they ?" What scenes, what changes, what im- provements have been presented and passed away, even here, since 1660 ! Who is there among this vast multitude that was an eye- witness and can describe the state of things here, and give us an account of the ceremonies, on a similar occasion, one hundred years ago ? Not one. No, not a single individual is able to say, in the language of Scripture, " I only am escaped alone to tell thee."
Is it in our power to realize the changes during the last century ? What alterations and improvements ! What increase of comforts and population ! For one, I can look back some fifty years upon this L
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ancient town, and the population has nearly quadrupled in that time. At the same ratio of increase, what will it be one hundred years hence ? and which of us will be present to witness a similar ceremony to the present ? are questions which, I presume, none here will under- take to answer.
Let us now carry our minds baek a century farther, and contem- plate the condition of our ancestors here two hundred years ago. In place of this landscape before us, now so beautiful to behold, these stately mansions, these fruitful fields, waving grass, and flowers of every hue, there was at that time one vast forest, through which the savage beast and not less savage man roamed undisturbed, with here and there a rude log cabin, or a block-house surrounded by palisades, to protect the inmates from the stealthy attacks of a ruthless foe.
These were times that emphatically tried men's souls,-aye, and women's souls, too. And here I wish to remark, that I am one of those who believe that women have souls as well as men, and quite as valuable, notwithstanding some crotchety old bachelors have pretended to doubt it. But let me say to my fair auditors here, that their grand- mothers of that day had no erinoline, no satins and cashmeres ; they had no catalogue of a wardrobe, consisting of a morning dress, an evening dress, a ball dress, a riding dress, a walking dress, a traveling dress, &c. &c., but their wardrobe comprised one single dress, carded, spun and woven by their own hands. Moreover, they were their own mantua-makers and milliners. Their jewels were the robust children growing up around them ; their piano was the wheel and loom ; and their promenades were over burnt logs, briars and thorns, . and through the forest.
Such was the condition and character of the first settlers of this an- cient town, such the venerable matrons who raised up the noble sons, the dauntless band who resisted the oppression of the mother country, and achieved our glorious independence. Have we not reason to be thankful to Heaven and to them for the numerous blessings which they have transmitted to us ? May we not emphatically say : "Our grand- fathers planted, our fathers watered, and we are reaping the increase." But I am trespassing npon your patience, and encroaching on the rights of the Orator of the day. You will permit me, therefore, to introduce to you the Hon. CHARLES HUDSON, one of Marlborough's most distinguished sons, whose name has been associated with the Councils of the State and Nation, for the last quarter of a century.
When the President of the day had concluded his remarks, which were received with great approbation, and quiet was
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restored in the capacious tent, Mr. HUDSON addressed the assembly as follows :
Ladies and Gentlemen of Marlborough,
and of the Borough Towns, here Assembled :
After the unavoidable delays of the morning, and the fatigue necessarily attendant upon a long march under the scorching rays of a summer's sun, you need not apprehend that the pleasures of this joyful occasion will be marred by listening to an Address fearfully dull and fearfully long. When your Committee honored me with an application to prepare an Address for the approaching Anniversary of my native town, I was fully aware, as they must have been, that the history of such a town as Marlborough, covering two entire centuries, could not be compressed into an Address of suitable length for a festive occasion ; and believing, with them, that the records of the past would furnish a fruitful field of instruction for the present generation, I have prepared an account, somewhat in detail, of the settlement, rise and progress of' the town.
I hold in my hand a voluminous manuscript, recounting the deeds of our Fathers, and the development of Republican principles in this place, -of which I will say, as Mark Anthony said of the Will of Cæsar, " I do not mean to read it." And when I assure you that this comprises hardly one moiety of what I have prepared, I have no apprehension that I shall be called upon by you, as he was by the citizens of Rome, to " read the Will."
We have with us distinguished gentlemen from abroad, connected nearly or more remotely with the good old town of Marlborough ; and it would be not only out of taste, but out of character in me, so to monopolize the time as to prevent them from laying their offering at her feet, or to deprive you of the privilege of listening to their elo- quence. I shall therefore hold this manuscript subject to the order of your Committee, and shall say a few words which I hope may not be deemed inappropriate to this interesting Anniversary.
We stand here, to-day, on the isthmus of the present, connecting the vast continents of the past and the future. On the one hand may be seen, with more or less distinctness, the events which have trans- pired in ages gone by ; and on the other, through a hazy atmosphere, the vain imaginings of what may occur in ages to come. Each of these might afford an ample field for meditation and reflection. But it is our business, on the present occasion, to inquire into our origin, rather than speculate upon our destiny as a people.
The sons and daughters of Marlborough, now resident within her borders, have assembled here to-day, to converse with the generations
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