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In closing, permit me to express my appreciation to the teachers and committee for the cordial relations existing.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW S. THOMSON,
Superintendent.
Sunderland Statistical Table, September, 1918-June, 1919
Name of School
Number Enrolled
Total Average Mem'ship Mem'ship
Average Per Cent Attend. of Attend.
Name of Teacher
Grade VII and VIII
24
24
21
20
94.4
Lillian Dill
VI
35
35
28
26
94.1
E. Evelyn Nugent
III
38
38
32
30
92.6
Mary L. Crocker
Il
35
40
30
30
92.6
Eunice F. Smith
IV
40
43
36
33
90.9
Ethel M. Garland
I
50
54
46
42
89.6
Katherine Fairchild
¥
V
28
33
26
23
89.3
Florence Jeffers
Totals
250
266
219
204
92
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Statistical Table, September, 1919-December 20, 1919
Grades VII and VIII
29
39
28
27
97
Lillian Dill
III
35
35
34
33
96.6
Mary L. Crocker
II
39
39
35
34
95.7
Evelyn Nugent
V
38
38
36
35
95.6
Laura Dixon
IV
29
29
28
27
95.3
Ethel Garland
VI
33
33
39
28
94
Margaret Depping
I
30
28
28
26
92
Josephine Kerr
I
37
37
35
33
91.7
Vera Andrews
Totals
270
270
253
243
94.6
Lyle B. Chandler
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Report of Supervisor of Music
The same teaching plan in general has been followed as in previous years, this year having been uninterrupted showing a steadier progress than is always possible. Music has been prepared for graduation, Memorial Day, Christmas and for other special days. There have been decided gains in sight read- ing which all agree is the most important feature of school music, developing in the child as it does, a power which in later years will make for his betterment.
This fact was brought more strongly to mind while attend- ing the Eastern Conference of Music Supervisors at Hartford. Among much that was of value was a demonstration of sight singing in one of the large schools, beginning with the little ones in the first grade and going on through the grammar grades. The results obtained with these children were wonderful and inspiring.
Among so many of course one encountered many ideas. One declared all teaching of Keys, chromatic scales, definitions and the like a waste of time-study should be confined to the few things a child must know to sing from the printed page. Another equally in earnest believed in teaching everything that could be taught calling the other plan narrow as it trained only those who wished to sing making no allowance for the ones who might choose instrumental music. Between the two extremes were a
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large class who would suit the teaching of music to the particular set of children under consideration, adding or eliminating as the case might require, never forgetting the aim of the whole matter, -to encourage a love for music.
I wish to thank the teachers for their interest and co-opera- tion.
Respectfully submitted,
BELLE T. BULLIS.
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Report of Supervisor of Drawing
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS:
Work in drawing this year in Sunderland has gradually improved, in spite of having no drawing supervisor during the year '18-'19. The children are very much interested and I feel that a foundation has been laid for successful work in the remaining school year.
I have endeavored to present such work as will lead to con- structive thinking and originality, combined with accuracy and good workmanship. In drawing we teach the pupil to express himself pictorially and to develop his imagination and apprecia- tion of beauty in nature, civic and home life.
Credit is certainly due the grade teachers who carry on the work and plans laid out with hearty co-operation, and we hope to correlate the work with the other subjects of the curriculum even more fully in the coming months than in the past.
BESSIE DAVIS BANTELLS,
Supervisor of Drawing.
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Report of Inspector of Animals
Our dairy cattle continue to disappear. At my annual in- spection in February I found not hardly one-third as many as was found in these same barns fifteen years ago. Number of swine kept is fully as many.
Sixty-three barns and stables were examined at which time there was found 381 cattle, 257 swine and 16 sheep.
During the year 8 cows were quarantined upon suspicion of having tuberculosis, seven of which were condemned and killed.
No cases of other contagious diseases among our animals, has been brought to my attention.
Respectfully submitted,
M. H. WILLIAMS, Inspector.
Sunderland, January 10, 1920.
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Forest Warden's Report
During the year 1919 we had no fires to do damage or make any expense. This was due more than anything else to frequent rains. I have issued five permits for fires. We have bought two and a half dozen large hoes for use in fighting brush fires.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. WARNER, Fire Warden.
January 10, 1920.
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Library Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Balance in treasury
$ 21 26
Town appropriation, 1918
100 00
Town appropriation, 1919
100 00
Interest
266 00
Dog money
21 30
Treasurer of Woman's club, 1918
15 0
Treasurer of Woman's club, 1919
15 00
Fines
9 00
For cement blocks
4 00
From Mr. Gunn
4 50
$556 06
PAYMENTS
Librarian's salary and assistants
$78 75
Balance of salary of 1917
22 50
H. W. Wilson Co.
15 00
Wood
22 75
Water rent
5 00
On history
6 00.
For coal
38 65
Labor
4 25
Old bill
11 95
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For magazines
$ 40 75
Forbes & Wallace
10 00
For printing slips
5 50
Lighting building
13 50
For books
174 04
For supplies
1 75
Express on books
1 20
Care of building and grounds
100 00
$551 59
Balance on hand
$4 47
$556 06
RESOURCES
Graves fund
$2000 00
Juliette Montague Cook fund
1000 00
Taft fund
500 00
Other funds invested
2453 40
$5953 40
BAXTER N. FISH, Treasurer.
Sunderland, Mass., Dec. 31, 1919.
I have examined the above account of the treasurer of the Sunderland Public Library and find them correct and all the payments properly vouched for. I also find the securities listed to be in his possession.
SYLVESTER P. ROBERTSON, Auditor. Sunderland, Mass., January 8, 1920.
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Report of Librarian
Two hundred six volumes have been added to the library during the past year, thirty-four of which were presented by the state through the Free Public Library Commission. We give the title and authors of these books.
ETTA L. ROBINSON, Librarian.
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Books Added to the Library 1919
FICTION
Magnificent Ambersons. Tarkington
Desert of wheat Grey
Pawns count. Oppenheim
Light in the clearing Bacheller
Son of the middle border Garland
Girl named Mary Tompkins
Joan and Peter Wells
The source Kelland
Sheriff's son. Raine
Good Shepherd Roland
Making her his wife. Harris
The threshold. Cooke
Indian drum. MacHarg
Balmer
Every soul hath its song
Hurst
Wishing ring man
Widdemer
Bent twig
Canfield
Barnabetta.
Martin
At the foot of the rainbow Porter Bobbie-general manager
Prouty
Martie-the unconquered. Norris
Lapse of Enoch Wentworth Curtis
Old Dad.
Abbott
Jimmie the sixth Sterrett
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Long live the king. Rhinehart
Unfinished portarits Lee
Girl in his house McGrath
The boomerang Gray
White morning Atherton
Foes
Johnston
The earthquake Train
Abington alley.
Marshall
Statue in the woods
Pryce
Girl next door
Seaman
Daughter of Jehu
Richards
The graftons
Marshall
Home fires in France
Canfield
My boy in khaki
Luets
Adventures and letters of Richard Hard-
ing Davis
Davis
Kentucky warbler
Allen
Roving and fighting.
.O'Reilly
In the heart of German intrigue
Valsa
Crusader of France
Belmont
Amazing interlude
Rinehart
His second wife
Poole
Enchanted barn Lutz
Indifference of Juliet Richmond
Josselyn's wife
Norris
Star in the window
Prouty
Michael
Benson
Tin soldier
Bailey
Extricating Obadiah. Lincoln
U. P. Trail Grey
Miss Pim's camouflage Stanley
Huts in hell Poling
Viking tales Hall
Shavings Lincoln
Fifty famous fairy tales Kingston
City of masks Mccutcheon
Crack in the bell Macfarlane
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Hills of refuge Harben
Mary Regan Scott
A woman's woman. Bartley
Daughter of the land Porter
Diary of a German soldier . C
Undying fire Wells
Mirror and the camp Maxwell
Impossible people Maxwell
Valley of vision Van Dyke
Apple tree girl
Weston
Rasty Miller
Gray
Kathleen's probation
Gray
City of comrades
King
Cheerful by request
Ferber
Golden bird
Daviess
Adventures of a freshman
Williams
Sonia
McKenna
Miss Minks' soldier-other stories Rice
Dere Mable
Streeter
That's me all over, Mable. Streeter
Ma Pertingill
Wilson
Rainbow Valley
Montgomery
Capt. Lucy and Lent Bob
Harvard
Buccaneer farmer
Bindloss
His friend Miss McFarlane
Bosher
Too fat to fight
Beach
Red signal
Lutz
Re-creation of Brian Kent
Wright
New senior at Andover Ward
Clutch of circumstance Cooke
Judith of Blue Lake ranch Gregory
Private wire to Washington MacGrath
Dream life for children Foster
Standard bearers. Mayo
Nature stories to tell the children Seers
Nature myths of many lands . Farmer
Four horsemen of the apocalypse. Ibanez
A smile a minute Witner
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RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY
An American physician in Turkey
Ussher & Knapp
By an unknown disciple
Rising Japan
Sunderland
Seven purposes Cameron
Land of fair play Parsons
Have faith in Massachusetts Coolidge
Danger signals for teachers Winship
HISTORY AND TRAVEL
From the front Andrews
Mayflower pilgrims Carpenter
America and great war for humanity and freedom Johnson
Modern European history
Hazen
Russia and Japan.
Anger
Appomatox to Germany Fitzhugh
History of Yankee Division
Benwell
With the Yankee Division in France Sibley
War with Germany
Ayers
Story of Pilgrims for children Usher
The great war Allen
Stories of the Pilgrims Pumphrey
What happened to Europe Vanderlip
Old-time Hawaiians
Lawrence
Cartoon history of war Raemaekers
BIOGRAPHY
Theodore Roosevelt Life of John Hay, (2 vols) Thayer Life, death, virtues and exploits of General Washington Weems
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PHILOSOPHY
The years between Kipling
LITERATURE
Adventures in indigence Porter
POETRY
Patriotic selections Shurter
Winning declamations
Shurter
NATURAL SCIENCE
Ways of the six footed Comstock
JUVENILE FICTION
When I was a boy in Russia
Mokrievitch
Dave Porter's great search Stratemeyer
Patty Blossom. Wells
Keeping his course Barbour
Sunbonnet babies in Holland
Grover
Mark Tidd
Kelland
Blue bonnet debutante.
Richards
Wide awake girls
Ellis
Young Alaskans in far north Hough
Great Sioux trail
Altsheler
Golden goose and three bears Brooke
Little cuba libre Duggan
Coops Burgess
Aboy of Burges Cammaerts
Kay Danforth's camp Dix
Champion of the foothills Theiss
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Sandsy
Hunting
Over the seas for Uncle Sam Sterne Indian Legends Washburne
Early sea people .Dopp
Cat stories
. Jackson
Sonny Boy's day at the zoo
Arthur
Adventures of Paddy the Beaver
Burgess
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue Hope
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's city home Hope
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue at Camp Rest- awhile . Hope
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue on Grandpa's farm Hope
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue playing circus. . Hope
Bobsey twins Hope
I am an American Bryant
My Antonia
Cather
Happy Jack Burgess
Serbian fairy tales Myatovich
Blackie-a lost cat
Barnum
Slicko-a jumping squirrel Barnum
Don-a runaway dog
Barnum
Squinty-a comical pig Barnum
Lightfoot-a leaping goat
Barnum
Flop ear-funny rabbit Barnum
Tinkle-trick pony. Barnum
Dido-dancing bear Barnum
Tum-Tum-jolly elephant
Barnum
Mappo-merry monkey
Barnum
Eskimo stories Smith
Tree dwellers
Dopp
Chat in the Zoo Weiner-Jones
Joan of Juniper inn Elliott
Joan's jolly vacation
Elliott
Ramsey Milholland
Tarkington
Dave Porter's war honors Stratemeyer
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Under the blue sky Meyer
Liberty reader Sheridan
Stories for the 7-year old. Chisholm
Stories for the 8-year old. Chisholm
Irish twins
Perkins
Home and country readers (4 vols.) Laselle
English history story book Blaisdell-Ball
Little tailor of winding way
Crownfield
John Bunyan's dream story
Baldwin
Mighty animals. Mix
Tom Slade on a transport Fitzhugh
OTHER JUVENILE BOOKS
Knights of the air Molter
Stories for every holiday . Bailey
Boys' military manual Collins
Boys' book of engine building . Collins
Boys' life of Theodore Roosevelt . Hagedorn
Poems my children love best of all Johnson
Lest we forget. Thompson-Bigwood
Makers of many things . Tappan
Our flag in verse and prose. Schauffler
Stories of other lands Johonot
Peeps at many lands, Belgium Omond
Boys' life of Napoleon Foa
Wonder of war in the air Rolt-Wheeler
Four great Americans Baldwin
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BRIEF REPORT OF THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVER- SARY OF THE TOWN
In the warrant for the annual town meeting held on Feb- ruary 5th, 1918, the following paragraph appeared: "Art. 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to celebrating its two hundredth anniversary."
This was the beginning of a modest, fitting, intensely in- teresting and inclusive progran for the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the Town of Sunderland which was successfully carried out on the days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1918.
We were in the midst of the World War and from a patriotic motive it was the sense of the Town that a large amount of money which in time of peace might have been deemed fitting, ought not to be spent when money was so much needed for Liberty Loans, the Red Cross and for other organizationas doing wel- fare work for the soldiers and aiding suffering humanity in Belgium and elsewhere. The Town accordingly, in connection with the above article, voted and appropriated the sum of two hundred dollars. Moreover, with the same sense of patriotism which dictated a small appropriation, it was decided, not only to use as little money as possible in connection with the cele- bration, but to enlist local talent to give a pageant in connection with the anniversary, the proceeds from which were to be given to the Red Cross and the Polish Relief Fund, thereby making the affair an actual aid in war work.
Acting under the above article the Town also appointed a committee consisting of the Selectmen, Mr. Charles F. Clark,
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the Town Clerk and the Minister, with the suggestion that the committee enlarge its membership by inviting each organiza- tion in Town to furnish one additional member. Accordingly a Central Committee met and organized as follows :- Selectman William L. Hubbard, Chairman; Rev. Sylvester P. Robertson, secretary; Mr. Charles F. Clark, treasurer; Selectman Dr. Milton H. Williams; Selectman Mr. Luther C. Warner; Mr, Baxter N. Fish, Town Clerk; Mrs. Eloise T. Fairchild for the Grange; Mrs. Abbey H. Smith for the Dorcas society; Mrs. Florence G. Hubbard for the Woman's club; Deacon George P. Smith for the church.
The following invitation was sent out by the Committee on invitation:
"You are cordially invited to attend the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Church and of the Incorporation of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, August 2, 3 and 4, 1918. The old home week feature is to have a large place on the program and your presence will greatly contribute to its success.
Mrs. Eliza P. Abbey, Miss Mary L. Hubbard, Baxter'N. Fish, Chairman.
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Below is a condensed program of the celebration which at a glance will afford to posterity some idea of the nature, tone and extent of the happy event:
CELEBRATION PROGRAM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 Sports, Ball Game, 10.00 A. M. to 12.00 M. Clam Bake, Noon After Dinner Speaking, 1.00 to 2.00 P. M.
Address, Channing Cox, Speaker of the House of Representatives 4 P. M.
Pageant, 8.00 P. M.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3
Sports, Ball Game, 10.00 A. M.
Pageant, 4.00 P. M.
Reception (Orchestra) 7.30 to 8.30 P. M.
Old Folks' Concert, 8.30 to 9.30 P. M.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
Sermon and Communion Service, 10.45 A. M.
Historical Papers, 3.00 P. M.
The Beginning of the Sunderland Church, Dr. Milton H. Williams.
The Meeting Houses and Parsonages,
Mrs. Clara D. Whitmore.
The Ministers of the Town Deacon George P. Smith. The Church Choirs, Deacon A. Fayette Warner.
The Church Customs of the Early Days, Mr. William L. Hubbard.
The Sabbath School, Mrs. Eliza P. Abbey.
Sermon, 8.00 P. M. Dr. Frederick E. Emrich of Boston.
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The Clam Bake Dinner was in charge of a committee consisting of Dr. Milton H. Williams, Mr. William L. Hubbard, Rollin E. Fairchild, Robert D. Hubbard and Elwood B. Clark and it was a long and excellent menu, well cooked and well served. The Clam Bake with the After Dinner Speaking, and the Pageant and Masque, were both held on the farm of Mr. Harry H. Woodbury which is located on the Sunderland to Amherst state highway. Mr. Woodbury is a descendant of one of the early proprietors. The tables were set in a small grove well up the brook and far removed from the noise of traffic. The pageant and masque were given in the field across the back road and east of Mr. Woodbury's house, the stage being a natural elevation just east of the brook on the east side of the lot. Many former residents attended the dinner exercises and a considerable number responded with brief remarks when they were called upon. Among those present from out of town were: Frank Whitmore and family of Valley, Neb .; Henry Fish of Worcester; Clinton Fish from New York state and Fred A. Hubbard of Carthage, Mo.
The followng responded to the invitation by writing: Mr. L. A. Puffer of Colorado Springs, Col; Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Banister of Montreal, Can .; Mr. Alpheus M. Smith of San Diego, Cal .; Mrs. Charlotte G. Leach of Richmond, Va; Mr. Lewis L. Fish of Oakland, Cal; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Davis of Sawtelle, Cal .; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fairchild of New Haven, Conn; Dr. and Mrs. Gardiner of Evanston, Ill .; the Rev. E. H. Burt of Milford, Conn .; and Miss Josephine Delano of Larchmont, N. Y.
Through the efforts of Mr. Albert M. Darling, who with Mr. Fred L. Whitmore and the Secretary were a Committee on Speakers, the Hon. Channing Cox, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives in our General Court and at present Lieutenant-Governor, was secured as the orator of the day. Mr. Cox delivered an inspiring address touching chiefly on the war and the ideals for which the United States and her Allies were fighting.
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The Pageant and Masque were given three times and drew large audiences from both nearby towns and cities and from distant points. It is needless to say that the townspeople loyally supported it; in fact a large part of them had, directly or indi- rectly, some part in it. There were about one hundred and forty males in the cast. This number was made up of some seventy-five native sons; thirty Polish men and boys and thirty- five high school boys from Somerville, Mass., who were temporary residents and members of a high school boys working reserve camp of fifty boys maintained by the State as a source of agri- cultural help for farmers during the war.
The fair sex was also well represented there being about seventy in the cast including some of our Polish young ladies. It might be added that our Polish neighbors performed their parts splendidly and that this common interest which extended over the rehearsal period of several weeks has served to increase the mutual respect which has for a long time existed.
The pageant was written and directed by Miss Margaret MacLaren Eager, who, we regret to say, has passed into the life beyond since the time when she was so large a factor in making this affair a success for Sunderland. It was entitled, "Pageant of Sunderland," "The Call of Democracy."
After a prologue representing the early settler of the New World as being sought after by both Autocracy and Democracy but determinedly cleaving unto Democracy, a number of his- torical incidents were portrayed. First, the pioneer settlement at Sunderland with the signing of the deed by Mishalisk, the old Indian squaw, and then the coming of the Thirty-nine Proprietors. Then followed the arrival by ox cart of the first settler of the second settlement with his family and house- hold goods. Next was the bringing of his bride, Susanna Lynde, by the first minister, Rev. Joseph Willard, and the public wel- come and reception upon their arrival.
The Revolutionary period was marked by two episodes, first, Sunderland responding by sending specie to the Call for Help from Boston whose port had been closed by General Gage; and the departure on horse back of Daniel Montague who was
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sent as a Delegate to the Provincial Congress in Cambridge. Second, the March of the Minute Men: their review upon the green and their departure for Cambridge under Colonel Daniel Whitmore, Major Caleb Hubbard and Captain Noadiah Leonard.
Apart from the report of the celebration, we take the liberty to insert at this point, at the suggestion of the finder, a copy of some original documents containing the names of some of those from Sunderland who without doubt served in the Revolutionary War. The papers alluded to were recently discovered by Mr. Fred L. Whitmore while examining the con- tents of an ancient desk in the possession of his family. They are papers once belonging to Col. Daniel Whitmore above men- tioned and we are sure that the Town will approve of such val- uable historic matter being preserved in this form.
The order appended is dated 1786 and no doubt issued at the inception of Shay's Rebellion which began at Springfield about 1786 by an attempt to prevent the holding of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth.
General Orders for the Militia of the fourth Division under my Command :---
Whereas the riotous, violent and unconstitutional conduct of some persons in the County has arisen to such an alarming height as to threaten the total ruin and Subversion of Govern- ment and our happy Constitution and the Citizens of this Commonwealth with the horrors of Anarchy and Confusion.
And whereas their object seems to be the destruction of all law and Administration of civil Justice, no less than the sitting of the supreme Judicial Court in this County which by law is to be holden in Springfield on Thursday next.
And being duly called upon to afford my aid and Assistance in support of the Civil Authority and the Court aforesaid, I therefore in Conformity to the Governor's proclamation and the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and to prevent the evils which might otherwise ensue do require and Command
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the Colonels of the several Regiments of the Division under my Command to march with the Officers and Men, both Train Band and Alarm list of their respective Regiments to the Court House in Springfield so as to be there by Nine o'clock on Tues- day next the Tewnty-Sixth of this present Month without fail, completely armed and with three days provisions. And I further request and enjoin my Fellow Citizens as they regard their lives and property, their Posterity and Country, strenu- ously and unanimously to enlist themselves against any Design that may be framed to interrupt and destroy our national existence and happiness.
Northampton, Mass., Sept. 1786
WILLIAN SHEPARD, Major Gen'l of the 4th Division. To Col. Daniel Whitmore.
The following muster roll shows the men from Sunderland who responded to the above summons or one a few months later. No doubt many of these men had seen service in the Revolutionary War, but then lately closed.
A muster Role of the men that Turned out on the Requi- sition of General Shepard of the 24 of January from the Sixth Regiment, Commanded by Col. Daniel Whitmore:
Names
Towns from whence they came
Rank
Time of entering service
Travel
Time of service
Dan'll Whitmore
Sunderland Collo.Jan.24
20
14
Noadiah Leonard
Capt.
26
20
12
Miles Alexander
Lt.
26
20
4
Dan'll Clapp
Montague
Lt.
26
24
60
Natn'll Gunn
Ensign
26
24
6
Elijah Field
Sunderland Ensign
26
20
12
Martin Cooley
Sergt.
26
20
12
Rufus Graves
Adjutant 26
20
12
Cotton Graves
private
26
20
12
Nat'll Smith
Serg+.
26
20
5
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Abraham Saunders
Sunderland
private
26
20
5
Eben'zr Barnard
26
20
5
Dan'll Montague, Jr.
"
26
20
5
Eleazer Warner
26
20
3
Benj'n Graves
"
26
20
3
Lem'll Graves
"
"
26
20
3
David Montague
Corp.
26
20
3
Wm. Dillino
private
26
20
3
Solomon Clapp
Montague
Sergt.
26
24
5
Solomon Gunn
,
Sergt.
26
24
5
Rufus Smeed
private
26
24
5
John Chandler
"
"
26
24
5
Cornelius Gilbert
26
24
5
James Warnsted
26
24
5
Asa Larrabee
26
24
5
Samuel Wardwell
26
24
5
To resume concerning the pageant. "Sunderland in the Nineteenth Century" was portrayed by an episode styled, "The Knight of the Whip." "Erastus Pomeroy," Driver of the stage coach in 1820 and "Knight of the Whip" arrives with his four horse coach bringing the mail, passengers and express and is greeted by a host of young people and adults at the post-office. The "Warner and Ashley girls" sing a new song which they have been practicing while "Erastus" courts the postmaster's daughter, "Miss Delano," and later announces to the group their betrothal. All declare a dance to be in order and an old fashioned cotillion is merrily executed. Meanwhile the mail bags are brought out, the passengers for points beyond find their places in the coach and the "Knight of the Whip" drives off, waving a last good-bye to his lady love as the coach disap- pears into the woods.
In the next scene, "Peace after the Civil War," Democracy appears with her trumpeters on the hill as the towns-people gather on the green. A Union officer rides in on one side and a Confederate officer on the other. As they meet in the center, Democracy rides forward between them, and all sing "Yankee
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