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Mr. Andrews was a man of uncommon talents, as a preacher, although having never enjoyed the advantages of a public education. He is reported to have been re- markably happy, in the expository style of preaching. In 1805, he preached every fifth Sabbath, and IS08 every fourth Sabbath.
March 12, 1809 it was voted, that Bro. Gates take
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the lead of the meeting 2 Sundays, and Bro. Allen one, in the absence of Mr. Andrews."
Oct. 22, 1807. Voted "to send a letter and request to be dismissed from the church in Templeton and be formed into a separate church,"
The minutes of the organization of the Bap. church follow entire.
" Holden Dec. 31 1807. At an Ecclesiastical Count cil, holden at the dwelling house of Brother Abraham Gates. [David Parminter, present owner. ]
Present .- From Harvard-Elder George Robinson, Dea. Ephraim Emerson, Charles Chase, Jeremiah Dyer From Leverett-Elder Elijah Montague, Peter Ripley,
From Sutton-Elder Samuel Waters, Dea. Moses Put- nam, Solomon Marble, and Jonah Golding.
A moderator and clerk were chosen and after solemn prayer, by the Moderator, proceeded to business. After mature deliberation and careful examination the Council voted unanimously to constitute into a distinct church, the following Brothers and Sisters, viz :--- Aaron Perry, Ephraim Mirrick, Hezekiah Walker, Abraham Gates, John Hubbard, Solomon Parminter, Asa Howe, Silas Walker, Charles Brooks, Eli Hubbard, Benj. Hubbard, Jotham Howe, Thomas Howe, Samuel Abbott, John Walker, Paul Colburn, Thomas Marshall, Daniel Shepard, Pelatiah Allen, John Brown, William Everett, Polly Sar- gent, Lydia Parminter, Lydia Hubbard, Mehitabel Col- burn, Hannah Howe, Sally Howe, Polly Walker, Lydia Parminter, jr., Polly Ilubbard, Elenor Howe, Polly Hen- ry, Lucretia Howe, Nancy Brooks, Polly Buck, Patty Caldwell, Sarah Pratt, Sarah Mason, Rachel Walker, Dorothy Howe, Tabitha Perry, Thankful Mason, Lucy Walker, Eunice Metcalf, Judith Gates, Persis Walker, and Nabby Shepard.
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And the said Brothers when constituted into a church aforesaid, shall be known by the name of the
BAPTIST CHURCH, IN HOLDEN.
Voted that the Moderator of the Council give the right hand of fellowship, to the aforesaid Brethern in token of our Fellowship with them as a church in SISTER RELA- TION.
Signed by order of the Council,
GEORGE ROBINSON, Mod. Elisha Andrews, Scribe."
AARTICLES OF FAITHY.
1. We believe there is one God, who is a spirit eter- nally the same. A Being infinitely holy, just, and good, filling all space with His goodness; essentially happy in the possession of himself. John 4: 21. Deut. 6: 4. Ps. 90: 2. Gen. 17: 1. Ps. 115: 3.
2. That he has revealed himself in his word to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit in which word He hath given us a perfect rule of Faith, and Practice. 1 John 5 : 7. Matt. 28: 19. 2 Cor. 13: 14. John 1 : 14, and IS : 15. 26. Gal. 4: 6. 2 Tim. 3: 15. 16. Gal. 18: 9.
3. We believe that God did in the beginning create worlds and beings by the word of his power, and doth up- hold the same : that he created man holy, but man did willingly rebel, and transgress the law of his Creator, and thereby has lost his moral rectitude and has become sin- ful in all his parts, both of soul and body, and his pos- terity have by natural generation derived the same sin- ful dispositions and have become by nature the servants of sin, and subjects of temporal and eternal death, and that God by his kind providence doth overrule all events for his own glory. John 1: 1.2.3. Rom. 1: 20. Col 1 : 16. Gen. 2: 1.2. Ileb. 1 : 3, Isa. 46 : 10. 11. Ps. 13: 5. 6.
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Gen. 1: 17. Eccle. 7: 29. Gen. 1: 27. and 3: 12. 13. 2 Cor. 11 : 3. 1 Tim. 2: 11. Rom. 3 :23. and 5 : 12. 'Titus 1: 15. Gen. 6: 5. Jere. 17: 9. and 6: 17.20. 23. Hleb. 2: 1. llosea. 1: 6. 7. Isa. 25 chap.
1. We believe that man being thus dead, his recovery is only in God, and that by his eternal purpose of Election did choose a number in Christ to eternal Salvation, and that Christ did in the fulness of time take on him human nature, (sin only excepted) lived a holy life, died an ac- cursed death on the cross, was buried, rose, accended [and] ever livith to make intercession, for us. Hoses, 13: 9. Eph. 1: 4. 1 Pe. 1 : 2. 2 John 1: 14. Rom. 8: 3. Heb. 2: 14. 15. 16. 17. and 7: 26. Gal. 3: 13. Luke 23: 53. and 21: 6. Acts 1 : 9.
5. We believe that the Holy spirit of God proceeding from the Father and the Son, only ean and doth make particular application of the merits of Christ to every elect soul, and that he hath by the same Spirit convinced us of our lost, sinful, and undone condition and gives us grace to believe in Christ, who is made of God unto us, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and eternal redemp- tion. Jolm 16: 7. 13. 14.
6. We believe that the life of religion consists in the knowledge of God, and conformity to him in the inward man, which necessarily produces an external conformity to his laws and ordinances and union and fellowship one with another. John. 17 : 3. Eph. 3: 10.
7. We believe that baptism and the Lord's supper are institutions of Christ to be continued till his second con- ing and that the former is requisite to the latter, that is, such only are to be admitted to the communion of the church as have on profession of their faith, been baptised by immersion. Matt. 28: 19. Mark 16 : 15. 16. Acts 9 : 36. 37. 38. Rom. 6: 3. 4. 1. Cor. 11 : 23. 21.
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S. We believe that the sole government of the chh. is in Christ and that it is he and he only that can qualify and send forth laborers into his vineyard ; and doth call his ehh. into the kingdom of his grace and by his spirit doth gather them in particular churches ; and hath given them power under him to govern their own members. Isa. 9 : 6. Gal, 1 : 12. 15. 16: Rom. 8: 30. Ezek. 34 : 11. Eph. 2 : 17. Acts 26: 18. Rev. 3: 7. Heb. 3: 7. Eph. 2 : 19. 22. Mat. 16 : 9. John 20: 23.
9. We believe that brethren in christ ought not to go to law one with another. 1 Cor. 6 : 1-7.
10. We believe that a Bishop or Elder by virtue of or- dination hath no right to be moderator or scribe of the chh. or to claim or exercise any more power'in the gov- vernment of the chh. than any private brother, from the nature of his office as described in scripture .* Matt. 28 : 19. 20. Mark 16: 15. 16. 1 Tim. 4: 12. 16. 2 Tim 4: 2. 1 Pe. 1 : 2. 3.
December 17, 1810 --- The chh. " voted $20,00 a year for 5 years, to Thomas Marshall for the use of his shed chamber, to meet in, for worship."
Mr. Marshall lived in the house now occupied by Far- mer White in Eagleville.
" Ang. 30. 1812. Bro. Marshall consented to preach one half of the time."
In 1813, Mr. Andrews preached 1-8 part of the time, and during the same year, such members of the chh. as belonged to Sterling and West Boylston withdrew to form a church.
'Thomas Marshall was ordained Sept. 15. 1813.
Number of members in the chh. at different periods ..
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Admission.
Number.
Admission.
Number.
1811
96
1826
134
Aug. 1820
161
1830
162
1821
171
May. 1833
151
1822
111*
Ang. 1835
168
IS23
112
1836
176
1924
115
1833
221
1825
1-15
IS40
200
The first Baptist Meeting-House was built 1819-20. 'The building has since been refitted for a dwelling-house.
'The Society was organized agreeably to the laws of the Commonwealth, March 15, 1828.
No person regarded as member of the society who does not pay annually the sum of $1,00 or more into the trea- sury.
" Feb. 16. 1838. Voted to build a new meeting house." which was dedicated Jan. 1836. In the year 1839 Mr. Willard M. Hubbard died, leaving $1000 to the society. 'The interest of $400 to be paid for the maintenance of singing and of the remaining $600, for the support of the gospel.
PASTORS OF THE BAPTIST CHI. IN HOLDEN.
1. Rev. ELISHA ANDREWS .- sce history of the Chh.
22. Rev. THOMAS MARSHALL preached during the years intervening between, 1813 and 1818.
3. Rev. JOHN WALKER. Mr. Walker was born May 20, 1789. ( His father resided in the north part of Hlol- den.) The early part of his life was passed upon his father's farm. During the autumn of 1804, his mind be- came interested in the subject of personal religion, and in March, 1805, he made a public profession of his faith in Christ. In Oct. 1812, commenced preaching, licensed Aug.
1 65 had been dismissed who belonged to Leominister, Princeton &a ..
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2, 1313; ordained Oct. 30, 1816. and Feb. 2, 1818, was recognized as Pastor of the chh : which relation contin- ned until April 1, 1831.
Mr. WALKER, soon after his dismission removed to West Sutton, where be labored in the work of the gospel min- stry until April, 1836. From a letter addressed, by Mr. Walker to the compiler, the following is an extract. "1 took up my Pastoral relation [West Sutton] with an expectation of emigrating to the far west ! but a long and tedious journey of nearly 4,000 miles satisfied me that my constitution would not bear the climate. My la- bors commenced with the first Baptist chh. in Barre, in October, 1836. My Pastoral relation, in Nov. of the same year. About 200 were added by baptism to the chh. in Holden and its branches while my ministry continued there, and I have been privileged to baptize over fifty up- on a creditable evidence of their faith in a risen Savior during my relation with the chh. in West Sutton and m this place."
1. Rev. APPLETON BELNAP, was ordamed to the work of gospel ministry and Pastor of the Bapt. chh. in Hol- den, June 13, 1532. He preached his last sermon in town Oct. 27, 1833, having relinquished the duties of a Pastor to continue his theological studies.
5. Rev. GEORGE WATERS, was ordained Pastor of the chh. Sept. 25, 1834, and resigned his office here, March 31, 1833. He is now settled over the Bap. chh. in Sterling. 6. Rev. SAMUEL EVERETT, recognised as Pastor of the chh. Ang. 9, 1838, and dismissed April 19, 1839.
7. Rev. ANDREW POLLARD, is the present Pastor of the church. He is a native of Harvard, Mass. For a time he was Pastor of the Bap. chh. South Gardner. He was installed here, Aug. 12, 1840.
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GENTLEMEN'S AND LADIES' MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
'The object of this Association is to collect money which may aid the operations of the American Board of Com. for Foreign Missions. It was established in 1824, by the active exertions of the Rev. Mr. Bardwell. Col- lectors are annually appointed to solicit subscriptions from all persons disposed to favor the object of Foreign Missions. This Association is Auxiliary to the Worces- ter Co. Central Missionary Association.
The collections taken at the Monthly Concert pass to the treasury of the American Board through the officers of this Society.
'The following sums have been contributed during the last ten years:
A. D).
Gentlemen's Association.
Ladies' Association. $105 00
$ 75 33
1839
137 75
96 00
127 35
1833
90 09
81 62
123 45
1534
106 63
82 30
86 17
1835
85 12
71 40
125 73
1836
104 72.
81 50
74 60
153 48
105 81
117 71
1838
96 09
77 85
85 06
1830
89 52
77 00
79 79
1810
186 56
136 84
88 58
$1211 51
$915 32
$983 77
Total, $3110 GO
1831
$161 40
Month. Concert.
The average annual amount contributed by the Con- gregational Church and Society, for Foreign Missions, during the last ten years, is $311 06.
Norr. The above statistical account of the annual contributions for the cause of Foreign Missions, will in- dicate the exertions usually made by the citizens of
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Holden, in behalf of such objects as are worthy the con- sideration of an enlightened and Christian community.
The compiler has not the materials necessary to make a fair and average account of the annual contributions in aid of the Bible, Tract, Education and other benevo- lent Societies.
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JUDAH WRIGHT.
At the Centennial Celebration a hymn was sung. "composed by Mr. Judah Wright, a venerable citizen of Holden, seventy years of age, suffering under, the infirmi- ty of blindness from infancy." **
Some reader of these pages may be desirous of ac- quiring additional information respecting the blind man who wrote those verses.
Mr. Wright is a native of Holden, and was born April 1. 1734. His father then lived upon the farm now owned by Mr. Timothy Parker. He was deprived of sight in infancy, in consequence of a disease of the eye. called the cataract.
His father died when he was about twelve years of age, and his mother was left with slender means of support. For many years she was dependent upon her blind son Judah, who was able to obtain a comfortable livelihood for himself and widowed mother, by making baskets. The trade of basket making and a kindred employment, bottoming chairs, he has laboriously pursued through a long life.
Hle has ever exhibited an intense desire to acquire knowledge. It may be confidently asserted that few per-
* See page 6.
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sons have been better acquainted with the passing events of the age. Mr. Paul Davis, (who lived upon the Land- lord Paul Davis's hill,) for nineteen years, was accus- tomed to read the Massachusetts Spy to Mr. Wright.
The compiler heard him make the remark, that " du- ring that long period, nineteen weeks were not omitted. Mr. Davis would begin and read the paper through " like a book," omitting only a few advertisements. It was often my practice to bottom a chair while the paper was read."
The years intervening between 1801-6, Mr Wright humorously styles as his Collegiate Course. During this period he often visited the family of the Rev. Mr. Avery, whose amiable and accomplished daughters were ever ready to assist a noble mind struggling with difficulties. They exhibited the treasures of their father's library to the view of their sightless visitor. Numerous persons have been found who have kindly rendered him similar aid, and some have acted as his amanuenses. For the aid thus rendered, he expresses the most unfeigned gratitude.
His theological and historical reading is quite exten- sive. He was lately heard to remark, "I don't think much of making baskets only to make them : my thoughts are generally occupied upon theological subjects, or the history of the world." In conversation, he exhibits a familiar acquaintance with the best English poets.
In 1812 he published a pamphlet entitled "POEMS UP- ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS," and in 1823, " ALONZO'S DREAM : Or un Allegorical representation of the light in which faults and misfortunes are frequently viewed by the unthinking part of mankind."
The following are selections from his printed and manuscript productions :
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THE BLIND MAN.
Though darkness still attends me, It aids internal sight, And from such scenes defends me, As blush to see the light.
No villain's smiles decieve me ; No gilded fop offends ; No weeping object grieves me ; Kind darkness me befriends.
Who painted vice desires; Is blind, whate'er he thinks; Who virtue not admires, Is either blind or winks,
Then hence these useless railings ; ; I know no reason why- Mankind to their own failings Are all as blind as 1.
ON SPRING.
Hail! joyful Spring, at thy return, The fields and forests cease to mourn; All nature bids thee welcome here: The northern winds and snowy squalls Forbear to blow, or cease to fall; And kills long covered now appear.
The sun dissolves the ice and snow ; The streams their channels overflow, 'To cheer and fertilize the soil: The trees assume their summer garbs- The earth bedeck'd with flowers and herbs, On all her children seems to smile.
The cattle from the barn releas'd, Partake of a delicious feast ; The playful lamb, and sprightly calf~ 'The stately ox, and bounding steed,
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In flow'ry pastures sport and feed, And from the chrystal fountains quaff.
The feather'd songsters now return, And join to usher in each morn With music in harmonious lays; With joy through fields and groves they fiy, Each with the other seems to vie, In chanting their Creator's praise.
While beasts and birds with insects join, To praise munifieence divine: Let man the lord of all below, According to his station raise, The saered song of solemn praise, 'To him from whom all blessings flow.
The plants and trees in gayest bloom, To beauty add a sweet perfume; And form delightful walks and bowers, Protected from the seorching heat, Where friends and lovers fondly meet, And sweetly pass their leisure hours.
The meads with grass and flowers adorned -- The verdant woods and fields of corn- The floeks and herds upon the plain; Meandering streams and purling rills, Descending from adjacent hills, Conspire to beautify the scene.
ON THE MILLENNIUM.
Alas! to what a wretched case Has sin reduced the human race! ! This world though once pronounced good, By sin became a field of blood.
Ambition, pleasure, lust and pride, With avarice our time divide ;
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Reserving none for us to spend, In duties to our God or men.
But for our comfort we're informed, A lasting calm succeeds the storm. Events foretell the time is near, When these dark scenes shall disappear.
When Satan's power shall be restrained, And peace on earth in triumph reign, 'The righteous then shall here enjoy, True happiness without alloy.
Religion then shall be refined,
From error freed in lustre shine: The Jewish outcasts gather'd in, And own, with Gentiles, Christ their king.
Tipostures and idolatry i
Shall cease, and Christians all agree; The young and old, with one accord, Delight to serve and please the Lord.
Those weapons which have long destroy'd, The human race, shall be employ'd To cultivate a fruitful soil, And plenty shall reward their toil.
The fertile plains shall be no more Delug'd with floods of human gore; For war throughout the world shall cease, And this creation live in peace.
The cow, the bear, the wolf and sheep, Together safely feed and sleep; Their young ones shall lie down at rest, The strong shall not the weak molest.
A little child shall also lead The leopard, fatling, calf and kid ; And play with safety near the den, Where pois'nous serpents lurk within, For none shall injure or destroy, But all promote each other's joy :
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For truo benevolence and grace, Shall actuate the human race.
The weak no more the strong shall dread, And knowledge shall the earth o'erspread, As waters fill the spacious seas, And gladness fill each heart with praise.
ON DRUNKENNESS. (1312.)
Oh! how disgusting is the sight,
When drunkards reeling through the street, In laughter fawn or anger fight, And pour contempt on all they meet.
If ardent spirits fail at home,
To shops or taverns they repair, And drink till sense and strength are gone; Then reeling homeward bound they steer.
But injured limbs and bruised heads Forbid them farther to proceed, The open street becontes their bed; This is a dismal sight indeed. Exposed to danger, here they sleep Until their faculties revive; And then with slow and awkward steps, At length each at his home arrives.
With clothes bestear'd with filth and mud, See how they shiver with the cold! Their faces bruis'd and stain'd with blood, What horrid figures to behold!
But oh! the feelings of a wife, Whose heart is pierc'd with sorrow through, To see her dearest friend in life, Himself and family undo.
Bat her entreaties, tears and sighs, Will not his vicious heart restrain: 11
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In vain his neighbors all advise; He feels no sense of sin or shame.
His children, wearied with abuse, Provok'd and driven to despair; Of freedom make improper use, And soon forget to love or fear.
At length the wretched man becomes A burden to himself and friends; Yet still this sinful race he runs, Till like a brute his life he ends.
Ye who indulge your appetite, And laws of temp'rance daily break, Take warning by this awful sight: May you this fatal snare escape.
Will you destroy yourselves and friends- Exchange your honor for disgrace- Expose yourselves to endless pains, And all to gratify your taste?
Poor are the pleasures which you gain At such a vast expense as this; For hours of pleasure, years of pain, If not the loss of future bliss.
A lady once asked Mr. Wright " if he could exercise as strong AFFECTION for others as though he could see them?" In a few days he made the following reply:
Were you by some arrangement plac'd Where with propriety you might By sundry persons be address'd, Without the privilege of light, Some miglit be bold, in manner rude, And some the fop, or fool display, Some calculating, cold and shrewd, And others gallant, brisk and gay, Bomne sprightly, affable and kind,
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Unblemish'd by seductive art, Evincing cultivated mind, With warmth and purity of heart. Could you do otherwise than make A preference, though you did not see? I may, as well, your method take; Remember 'tis but dark to me.
The rosy cheeks and piercing eyes, The skin that with the lily vies,
The slender form and graceful step,
These beauties all are hid from me, Save by imagination's light, By which I easily can see The charms they must present to sight. But there are beauties of the mind Which form and features far excell, The feeling heart and taste refin'd, On these with pleasure I can dwell.
These fade not with the charms of youth; In frost of age they still are green; And are to those who relish truth, As sweet at sixty as sixteen,
ON PRESENTING A ROSE TO A CHILD,
Fair as the rose which I present, May your unfolding mind expand, With virtues grateful as the scent, As apt to please, as free from stain.
Like this among the thorns you are, Expos'd to raging winds and storms, And foes who will not beanty spare, Tho' in the most engaging forms.
With care I did the rose protect, Lest any should my hope destroy; Aud prudence must your steps direct, If you would happiness enjoy.
By yonder verdant bush behold,
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A rose which yester morn like these, Its beauties promis'd to unfold,
And smiling visitants to please.
But plucked ere 't was fully blown, Disrob'd and rudely thrown away;
It lies forsaken on the ground, A useful monitor to thee.
So I have seen a blooming maid, Like Eve in Eden's grove beguil'd; Thoughtless she listen'd, was betray'd, And then received frowns for smiles.
O, may it never be your lot, To fade untimely like the rose; Or prove by folly's shades, or spots, The grief of friends, or sport of foes.
Tho' youth and beauty's fairest forms, Like roses transitory are; Yet virtue has unfading charms, Which time itself cannot impair.
SOCIETY FOR DETECTING THIEVES.
'THE object of this Society may be learned from the preamble to the Constitution .--- " As energy, vigilance. and union are highly expedient to suppress the sons of violence, often found in society, the persons whose names are hereunto annexed, do agree to form themselves into a society for the purpose of detecting thieves and recov- ering stolen property."
The Constitution was adopted Feb. 23, 1818.
Persons are admitted by vote of the Society, or appro- bation of President, Secretary, and one of the Standing Committee, and when admitted, each individual must
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pay the sum of seventy-five cents into the hands of the Treasurer for the use of said Society.
Clergymen in town have usually been elected honora- ry members of the Society.
'The Constitution has been variously modified since its adoption.
The Society at present, when duly organized, consists of a President ; the duties of Secretary and Treasurer are performed by the same person ; a Standing Committee and a Pursuing Committee.
The funds of the Society, (January 4, 1811; ) $123.86 ORIGINAL MEMBERS.
James Estabrook,
Paul Davis, jr.,
Doct. John Smith,
Caleb Kendall,
Asa Greenwood,
William Drury, jr ..
Asa Broad,
Joseph Crosby,
Benjamin Davis,
John P. Maynard,
Lemuel Davis,
James Estabrook, jr.,
Samuel Damon,
James Winch,
George Flagg,
James Davis,
Silas Flagg,
Jonathan Estabrook,
Jervis Abbott,
Ethan Davis,
Francis Winn,
Artemas Dryden,
Samuel 'Turner,
Farnum White,
Daniel Knowlton,
Ebenezer Estabrook,
Samuel W. Hubbard, Joel Glezen,
Jonas Chaffin,
Royal H. Chaffin,
John MI. Smith, 11%
John Chaffin
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TOPOGRAPHY.
This township originally had a diamond or rhombic figure. Its four sides were all straight, and those oppo- site nearly cqual; its angles, two obtuse and two acute. In 1765 some hundreds of acres were taken from the S. W. side to form the township of Paxton; and in 1808, mother portion was taken from the Easterly side to form the town of West Boylston.
Its present bounds are as follows :-- commencing at the N. W. angle, (at a stake and stones in a swamp, wes- terly from E. & E. Mead's house:) thence North 56 deg. East, 899 rods, by Rutland line, to a stone post at Princeton corner: thence N. 56 deg. 1. 1204, (making a straight line 2103, ) thence S. 12 1-2 dag. D, C30 rods, by Sterling, to a stone post on West Boylston: thenee 71 1-2 deg. W. 104 rods, by West Boylston, to a stone post : thence S. 5 deg. E. 1652 rods, by West Boylston to Wor- vester : thence the Worcester line runs S. 57 deg. W. 1521 rods, to a stone post at Paxton: thence, by several small angles on the Paxton and Rutland lines, to the first mentioned bound.
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