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In 1904, there were two hotels at the village of North Wind- ham, kept by L. S. Freeman and F. E. Yates. Mr. Freeman is still in the business.
It is possible there may have been other public houses in town, but the above were the principal ones.
ASSOCIATIONS
The first secret society organized in this town was known as the "Reehabites." This was a temperance society, having sick benefits attached. A lodge (or as they called it, a "tent") was organized at South Windham, about 1845. It was, we think. the only one in Windham. For two or three years they held stated meetings and did a good work for temperance and morality in general ; but, at length. the enthusiasm died out, and the society here disbanded.
About 1848, a lodge of "Temperance Watchmen" was or- ganized at Little Falls, and, at about the same time, lodges of the order were instituted at Windham Hill and at East Wind- ham. This was, as the name indicates, a purely temperanee organization, and it was very popular through New England for several years. However, in the process of time, this society became a thing of the past, being succeeded by the "Good Templars," another temperance organization whose member- ship included people of both sexes. This order flourished for several years and was successful in the work of saving men from the evil effects of intemperance. It at length ceased work as an organization, and we think there is no lodge of the order now existing in town.
Presumpscot Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was char- tered May 3. 1866, at Windham Hill. There they built a hall, in which they met for a few years ; but as many of the members lived in Raymond, the building was moved to North Windham. They have a fine location there and at present are prosperous and increasing in numbers. Their lodge number is 127 on the list of Maine lodges. They hold stated meetings the Saturday on or before the full moon in each month.
On March 8. 1878. Oriental Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was instituted at South Windham, with 27 charter members. It is numbered 17 in the list of lodges of the order in Maine. This is a fraternal and benefit order, and, from the first, has been
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flourishing and deservedly popular. They have a large and com- modious hall at Little Falls in which they hold regular meetings.
The other associations in town, at the present time are: Patrons of Husbandry at Pleasant River; the Woman's Relief Corps: United Order of the Golden Cross, and Improved Order of Red Men (Nagwamqueeg Tribe).
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CHAPTER XIII
WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION
We have no need to reeite the causes that operated to pro- duee the war between the North and South. They are matters pertaining to American history, and, as such, have been fully discussed. Suffiee it to say that its principal cause originated in the well-known political doetrine called "State Rights," which asserted that the States had a legal right to secede from the Union.
During this war Windham promptly honored every call for men for the Union Army, until there went out from this town 374 of her citizens. The following is a list of the men who served in the Union Army from Windham :
FIRST REGIMENT, MAINE VOLUNTEERS
Three-Months Men
Albert Lowell, Company C.
Isaac Whitney, Company C.
Benjamin F. Whitney, Company C.
William H. Brown, Company D.
Amos H. Hanson, Company I.
Mark S. Varney, Company I.
THIRD REGIMENT
John Pettengill, Company H. James Murphy, Company A. Leon Duplais, Company A. Walter Wells, Company A.
FOURTH REGIMENT Seth C. Hunkins, Surgeon.
George Johnson, Company H. George F. Johnson, Company K. Antonio Lopes, Company H.
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FIFTH REGIMENT
Daniel M. Weseott, Regt. Band.
Franeis A. Cloudman, Regt. Band.
Joseph W. Doughty, Regt. Band. Luther W. Wiswell, Regt. Band. Osgood W. Rogers, Company A. Clinton B. Hooper, Company A. John Rogers, Company A. Almon Shaw. Company A.
Charles H. Wheeler, Company A.
John G. Anthoine, Company G. Ambrose Anthoine, Company G.
Benjamin C. Watson, Company G.
Elisha W. Wallaee, Company G.
William K. Austin. Company H.
Samuel Y. Shaw. Company I.
SEVENTH REGIMENT
Eben M. Field, Company G.
Mark D. Swett, Company E.
Adrial Leighton, Company E.
Augustus Ardman, Company G.
Gustus Herrick, Company G.
George F. Hawkes. Company I.
TENTH REGIMENT
Benjamin F. Whitney, 1st Lieut., Company B.
William R. Mabury, Company C.
Amos K. Hodsdon, Company E.
Moses Little. Company I. Frank Paine, Company I. Alonzo H. Quimby, Company I.
Jeremiah P. W. Roach, Company I. William Bodge, Company B. Solomon Mains, Company G.
Charles H. Wentworth, Company H.
Franeis G. Boody, Company C. Leonard Boody, Company C.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT
James W. Little. Company F.
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Albert Maxfield, Company H. John Jones, Company B. Michael Ryan, Company B. Joseph A. Graffam, Company G. William P. Knight. Company G. Albert L. Matthews, Company G.
Charles A. Dalton, Company K.
William P. Nason, Company F.
Robert H. Jackson, Company F.
EIGHTH REGIMENT Nelson Mabury, Regt. Band.
NINTH REGIMENT Sargent S. Freeman, Company K.
Amos II. Hanson, Company K.
Robert Graffam, Company K. Albert Graffam, Company K. Warren Howe, Company K.
Stephen Libby, Company K.
Elbridge Libby, Company K.
Joseph K. Manchester, Company K.
Frank Morton, Company K. Charles E. Morton, Company K.
Nathan A. Strout, Company K. James L. Small, Company K. Estes Strout, Company K. George H. Nason, Company K. Michael MeGrath, Company B. Lewis D. Knight, Company B. John Brown, Company I.
TWELFTH REGIMENT
Hamilton S. Lowell, Company E., Lieut. promoted to Capt. John W. Lombard, Company G. Charles M. Akers, Company E. Edwin W. Thompson, Company E.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT Moses Hunt, Company F.
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FIFTEENTH REGIMENT
John C. Cobb, Company D., Lieut. promoted to Colonel.
Elvin J. Maxwell, Company D., promoted to Captain.
Jason Hanson, Company D.
Lyman W. Hanson, Company D.
Ephraim Legrow, Company D. John Mears, Company D.
James L. Mabury, Company D.
Daniel Tyler, Company D.
Albert Authenrieth, Company D.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT
Oliver H. Lowell, Company F., Capt.
Isaac R. Whitney, promoted to 1st Lieut.
Lorenzo D. Libby, Company F.
Albert Powers, Company F.
Edward L. Varney, Company F.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT
Stephen T. Morton, Company B.
George R. Cobb, Company B.
Joseph Wescott, Company B.
Daniel Cobb, Company D.
Richard L. Libby. Company F. Charles J. Bond, Company H.
Thomas H. Jordan, Company H.
Uriah Cobb, Company H. Joseph G. Elder, Company H.
Oliver R. Gallison, Company H.
William S. Hanscomb, Company H.
Meshach P. Larry, Company H.
Elias H. Libby, Company H. Paul E. Little, Company H.
George W. Rackliff, Company H.
Royal Rand, Company H.
Emanuel Thomas, Company H.
Renselear Morton, Company H.
TWENTIETH REGIMENT
Randall B. Morton, Company D. Andrew D. Mabury, Company D.
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Eben F. Manchester, Company I.
James R. Cash, Company I.
George T. Bacon, Company A. Harrison Brazier, Company A. John A. Knight, Company A. Nathan Mason, Company A. George Brickett, Company A.
TWENTY-FIFTH REGIMENT
Samuel T. Johnson, Company F, 1st Lieut.
Charles Jones, Company F, 2d Lieut. J. Doughty, Company F, Band. Webb Hall, Company F.
Charles B. Hooper, Company F. Peter Stuart, Company F.
Sumner C. Bolton, Company F.
Charles L. Cobb, Company F. Franklin Hanson, Company F.
Charles E. Emery, Company F. Henry W. Allen, Company F. Alvin Allen, Company F. George W. Anderson, Company F. Thomas Anderson, Company F. George C. Andrews, Company F.
James W. Anthoine, Company F. Joseph H. Anthoine, Company F. Cotton M. Bradbury. Company F. Isaac Cobb, Company F. Charles A. Cobb, Company F.
Charles H. Dial, Company F. Daniel H. Dole, Company F. Nathaniel Dolly, Company F. Stephen W. Elder, Company F. Robert Estes, Company F. Willard Fairbanks, Company F. Ezra D. Felker, Company F. William A. Field, Company F. John N. Graffam, Company F. Jason Hanson, Company F.
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Warren Hanson. Company B.
Samuel V. Haskell, Company F.
David A. Hatch, Company F. William H. Hawkes, Company F. Joseph Hill, Company F. William H. Irish, Company F. Bela P. Libby, Company F.
Joseph Libby, Company F. Charles Lombard, Company F. Samuel Mabury, Company F. Nathan G. Nash, Company H. Charles Nash, Company K. Jason N. Pride, Company F. Alonzo Smith, Company F. Josiah W. Smith, Company F. David Stevens, Company F. Richard Sylvester, Company F.
Daniel R. Tukey, Company F.
Edwin H. Walker, Company F.
David H. Watson, Company F. George N. Wheeler, Company F.
TWENTY-NINTH REGIMENT
Greenleaf Manchester, Company C.
Isaae Cobb, Company E. Daniel Libby, Company E. William Bodge, Company F. Jesse Bishop, Company C. Orchard N. Crummett, Company C.
Charles L. Adams. Company G.
Francis E. Butters, Company G.
Samuel Hasselton, Company G. Henry Hill, Company G. Gorham M. McAllister, Company G.
Warren M. McAllister, Company G. Benjamin H. MeAllister, Company G. Sewell W. Mason, Company G. Myrick F. Palmer, Company G. Andrew Hill, Company G.
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THIRTIETH REGIMENT
James Larry. Company C. Josiah B. Ward, Company C. John G. Shaw, Company C. William S. Bessey. Company C. Edwin Legrow, Company C. George D. Hodsdon, Company C. Asa C. Cross, Company C.
Robert A. Littlefield, Company C.
Charles H. Dial, Company C.
Samuel F. Simpson, Company C.
Roswell P. Greeley, Company C. Joseph P. Tripp, Company C.
James F. Tenney, Company C.
John T. Brackett, Company I. Luther Wiswell, Jr., Company K. Emery O. Walker, Company F.
THIRTY-SECOND REGIMENT
Howard F. Robinson, Company C.
Reuben Robinson, Company C. George W. Cobb, Company C. Joseph A. Graffam, Company C. James M. Cook, Company C.
FIRST REGIMENT VETERAN INFANTRY William A. Boyd, Company A. Ambrose Anthoine, Company B. William P. Nason. Company F. William P. Knight, Company F.
FIRST REGIMENT MAINE CAVALRY Joseph Small, Company B. Wendell T. Smith, Company F. Albert Lowell, Company A.
SECOND REGIMENT MAINE CAVALRY Solomon H. C. Bailey, Company I. Levi Bragdon, Company I. Christopher C. Hunt, Company I.
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William H. Mabury, Company I.
John C. Stevens, Company I.
Daniel M. Wescott, Company I. Samuel K. Doe, Company B.
William F. Hoyt, Company B.
George C. Hoyt, Company B.
O. F. Jenkins, Company B.
Jerome S. DeWitt, Company I.
FIRST REGIMENT D. C. CAVALRY Nathan D. Dolly.
FIRST BATTERY MOUNTED ARTILLERY Edward Manchester.
George C. Andrews.
SECOND BATTERY MOUNTED ARTILLERY Cyrus T. Parker.
FOURTH BATTERY MOUNTED ARTILLERY David Martin.
John M. Hawkes.
SEVENTH BATTERY MOUNTED ARTILLERY
Benjamin R. Legrow.
Joseph H. Anthoine. Ashley C. Riee.
Citizens of Windham who enlisted in the organizations of other States and in the Regular Army and Navy : Oliver HI: Lowell, Co. F, 16th Regt., Gorham Quota. Solomon Mains, Co. G, 10th Regt., Gorham Quota. Joseph Small, 1st Cavalry, Gorham Quota. Luther Wiswell, Jr., Co. K, 30th Regt., Gorham Quota. Francis G. Boody, Co. C, 10th Regt., Portland. Wendell T. Smith, Co. F, 1st Cavalry, Portland Quota. William Bodge, Co. A, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Isaac Cobb, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Daniel Libby, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. Almon L. Varney, Co. D, 13th Regt., Brunswick Quota. Edward L. Varney, Co. F, 16th Regt., Brunswick Quota.
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George T. Bacon, Co. A, 20th Regt., Westbrook Quota.
Randall B. Morton, Co. D, 20th Regt., Standish Quota. John T. Brackett, Co. I, 20th Regt., Searboro Quota. Charles H. Dial, Co. C, 20th Regt., Raymond Quota. Arthur Libby, Co. B, 3d Regt., Vermont Regt. Isaae W. Parker, U. S. Engineers.
John Larry, Co. A, Mass. Regiment.
Josiah F. Little, Mass. Regiment.
Charles Graffam, Co. C, Mass. Regiment.
Edward H. Trickey, Co. B, Mass. Regiment.
Enoch Graffam, Mass. Regiment.
Josephus Hudson, U. S. Army. Samuel Dolly, U. S. Army. Charles Anderson, U. S. Army.
Ephraim Legrow, U. S. Army.
William N. Little, U. S. Navy. George R. Read, U. S. Navy. Elias Elliott, U. S. Navy. Alphonso Merrill, U. S. Navy.
Recruits for Windham, not native citizens :
Henry Johnson, U. S. Navy. John Robinson, U. S. Navy. John Boyd, U. S. Navy. Michael Lanehan, U. S. Navy.
Barnard Mooney, U. S. Navy. Edward Pryor, U. S. Navy. Andrew Shannon, U. S. Navy.
July 17th, 1863, the government ordered a conscription and Windham's quota was 69 men. Of these, none entered the ser- vice. The town voted to raise the money and hire substitutes, which was accordingly done. 24 furnished substitutes of them- selves ; 28 were exempted for physical disability ; and 17 for other eauses ; but the town's quota was filled.
Windham men killed in action or died of wounds and disease contracted in the service:
Solomon Maines, mortally wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17 and died Sept. 18, 1862, aged 44 years.
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Amos H. Hanson, killed at Morris Island, July 17th, 1863, aged 27 years.
Paul E. Little, wounded at Chancellorsville, died in the hos- pital at Alexandria. Va., July 24, 1863, aged 33 years.
Royal Rand, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, aged 38 years.
Stephen T. Morton, wounded at Fredericksburg. Dec. 17, 1862; died in Falmouth, Va., Jan. 5, 1863, aged 19 years.
Frank Morton, died of wounds received in battle. Died in hospital at Hampton, Va., Aug. 9, 1864, aged 20 years.
Alonzo Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, in the hospital at Arlington Heights, Va., Dec. 3, 1862, aged 19 years.
Albert Lowell, died of disease contracted in the service, Oct. 23, 1863, aged 27 years.
Andrew D. Mabury, mortally wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, died in hospital July 5, 1863, aged 38 years.
Joseph K. Manchester, mortally wounded in the assault upon Fort Wagner on Morris Island, S. C., died in hospital at Beau- fort, S. C., Ang. 3, 1863, aged 21 years.
Elias H. Libby died in hospital at Falmouth, Va., of disease contracted in the service, Feb. 17, 1863, aged 22 years.
Stephen Libby, killed at Fort Wagner, July 11, 1863, aged 21 years.
Arthur Libby died in Windham, Feb. 28, 1865, of disease contracted in the service, aged 25 years.
Almon Shaw died of disease contracted in the service, April 2, 1863, aged 19 years.
Sargent S. Freeman died at Fortress Monroe, Nov. 1, 1861, aged 23 years.
George H. Nason died of disease contracted in the service, in the hospital at St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 5, 1863, aged 19 years.
Samuel Y. Shaw, killed in action near Fredericksburg, May, 1863, aged 44 years.
Charles H. Bodge died of disease contracted in the service, Nov. 29, 1863, aged 25 years.
Oliver H. Lowell, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, aged 33 years.
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Hamilton S. Lowell died of disease contracted in the service, Jan. 17, 1866, aged 24 years.
Howard F. Robinson, killed in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va., May 18, 1864, aged 17 years.
Meshack P. Larry, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864, aged 31 years.
James Larry. wounded in action, died in hospital at New Orleans, July 6, 1864. aged 38 years.
Wendell T. Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, in hospital at David's Island, N. Y., July 21, 1864, aged 29 years.
Joseph Wescott died of disease contracted in the service, Dec. 11, 1864, aged 44 years.
James R. Cash died in U. S. service, of disease. Mar. 27, 1865, aged 18 years.
James M. Cook died in Windham, of disease contracted in the service, Feb. 24, 1866, aged 21 years.
Nathan D. Dolley, killed in battle near Richmond, Va., April 6, 1865, aged 23 years.
Charles H. Wentworth, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. aged 26 years.
William P. Knight, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, aged 19 years.
Harrison Brazier, killed in the battle of Five Forks, March 31. 1865. aged 44 years.
Greenleaf H. Manchester, died in the hospital of disease, at New Orleans, Ang. 10, 1864, 35 years.
Ambrose Anthoine died of wounds received in the battle of the Wilderness, May 10, 1864, aged 22 years.
Josiah B. Ward died in General Hospital, Va., Mar. 25, 1865, aged 25 years.
Eben M. Fields, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness and supposed to have died May 6, 1865, aged 27 years.
John Y. Shaw, taken prisoner Apr. 8, 1864, at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La., and died of wounds in rebel prison four weeks after capture, aged 34 years.
George D. Hodsdon died on board a transport near Cape Hatteras, July 15, 1864, aged 19 years.
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George F. Johnson, wounded at Gettysburg, leg amputated, and died immediately after, aged 20 years.
Elisha W. Wallace, killed in action May 12, 1863, aged 22 years.
Charles Nash, wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864, died in the hospital at Richmond, Va., Aug. 10, 1864, aged 2.6 years.
Randall B. Morton, wounded Sept. 30, 1862, died Oet. 15, 1862, aged 21 years.
William S. Bessey died of disease contraeted in the service, Mar. 6, 1865, aged 42 years.
Edwin Legrow died of disease contraeted in the service, May 17, 1865, aged 22 years.
Edward L. Varney, taken prisoner at the battle of Gettys- burg and died in rebel hospital, Jan. 10, 1864, aged 21 years.
CHAPTER XIV
EARLY HOMES, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. NOTABLE INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP
The first settlers of Windham were men of limited means, financially speaking, whose only ambition was to make homes for themselves and families in the wilderness; hence they were often compelled to face difficulties that would have discouraged men of less sturdy mould. They were destitute of all the com- forts and even lacked the necessaries of life; they had no roads, save mere foot paths through the forests, that everywhere sur- rounded the little settlement.
So we find that the first four pioneers erected their dwellings on the banks of Presumpseot River, that being the most con- venient route to the white settlements. Several years later the Main Road was partially cleared and rendered passable to Sae- carappa Upper Falls, the Proprietors believing that their grant extended to that point. The settlers, however, for a long time continued to use the river as their principal highway.
The houses which they built were of logs, roughly hewn on three sides, and firmly locked at the ends. The walls rose to the height of a single story. The roofs were covered with strips of birch bark, over which were laid long shingles, or splints, split from straight-grained pine logs. The doors were of rough boards; the windows small in size and few in number. The floors were constructed of small sticks of timber hewn flat and laid after the manner of boards; these were called puncheons, for want of a better name. The interior was divided into rooms, sometimes by boards, but more frequently by bed-quilts sus- pended from ropes,-a very convenient arrangement, we should imagine, in eases of emergeney. The loft, or attic, which was reached by a ladder, was used for various purposes, but usually as a sleeping place for the children. At one end of the main, or living room, was a capacious fireplace built of flat stones laid in elay mortar, and, at a safe distance above the fire, was placed
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a stout pole from which hung the pots and kettles wherein the good wife cooked the family meals. Underneath the floor was the eellar, a simple excavation of sufficient depth to insure safety from the frost and cold of winter, while over the fireplace, on stout wooden hooks, reposed the settler's best friend, the old flintlock musket, ready to be taken down at a moment's warn- ing, for defenee against the savage red men, or to slay some four- footed denizen of the forest.
The furnishing of these early homes was simple in the ex- treme. A few cooking utensils, common chairs, and home-made benehes, a table or two, and a rude "dresser," on which were displayed the coarse crockery and pewter ware of each family, was about all.
Remains of this old-time settlement still exist, as the cellars of the first four, viz .: Thomas Chute, William Mayberry, John Farrow, and Stephen Manchester, are plain to be seen, the best preserved one being that of Manchester on Home Lot No. 32. Here the original door-stone still remains, as he placed it more than one hundred and seventy years ago.
Abraham Anderson was the fifth settler and located his dwelling on the Main Road, where, as Thomas L. Smith, Esq. says, "He lived nearly two years before any other families eame into town."
We have no record that these first settlers possessed any do- mestic animals whatever, and probably they did not; but by 1740 or a little later, several new families moved into town, and we find that a few neat cattle, sheep, and swine were owned here. These increased slowly at first ; but, in the course of a few years, the settlers had several herds, especially of sheep; and now began to be heard the music of the spinning wheel and loom in nearly every dwelling throughout the settlement.
Each year saw more land eleared and brought under culti- vation ; bridges were built and roads cleared and made passable for wheeled vehicles; horses were introduced; and large erops of corn, oats, barley, and vegetables were raised on the newly- eleared land. Rude plenty prevailed.
This state of prosperity continued until the summer of 1745, when the Indian War broke out, and the settlers were compelled to take refuge in their fort, and leave their farms. If they
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attempted to cultivate them at all, they were obliged to have the protection of an armed guard.
During this period the affairs of the little colony were almost at a standstill; communication with the outside world was largely cut off. and the people here suffered severely. They maintained their rights, however, and taught the savage enemy to respect their prowess.
At length, in 1756, the war closed, and they returned to their long-deserted farms, where, as the record tells us, they found their houses "Rotten down." Nothing daunted, they set about repairing the waste places. Fortunately, during this period, a sawmill had been erected and put in operation at Horse Beef, which enabled them to build better houses, and the settlement rapidly recovered from the ravages caused by the long and bloody wars.
At this time a dense forest surrounded the settlement on every hand, through which roamed, in unrestrained freedom, the lordly moose and timid deer; and here, too, the black bear, wolf and panther sought their prey in its gloomy recesses, undis- turbed by the hand of man. Some of these animals gave the settlers no end of trouble and compelled them to keep an almost constant watch over their floeks and herds; while others, like the moose and deer, were regarded as a constant food supply. So we find, that, at the annual meeting, on March 28. 1771, John Stevens and Nathaniel Evans were chosen "Informers of Deer and Moose this year." These men were chosen the next year as "Dear Reeves." At the March meeting. in 1773, Richard Dole and William Maxfield were chosen "Deer Reeves;" and, at the annual meeting held Mar. 6, 1776, Robert Mugford was chosen "Deer Reaf." So far as we know, he was the last man to hold the office. We suppose that the duties of these officials were to prevent the indiscriminate slaughter of these valuable animals.
In the case of wolves and wild cats, the town paid a bounty for their destruction. Thus, on Mar. 22, 1784, it was "Voted, two Pounds for a wolf's head this year;" and, at the same time, "Voted one Pound for a Wild Cat's head this year." In 1786, at the annual meeting, a similar vote was passed. How much longer this bounty was continued we are unable to say, but it doubtless had a tendency to alleviate the evil.
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The swine must have multiplied rapidly, and become a sort of nuisance, which the citizens sought to abate in some measure, by putting the unruly quadrupeds under guardianship. We find, by the old records, that, at the first meeting held after the town was incorporated, in 1762, they elected Mr. Thomas Trott as "Hog Reeve." From that time until 1804, they annually elected men to that office, and as regularly voted to "let the Hogs go at large being yoaked and Ringed according to law." It is presumable that the duty of these officials was to see that the law was carried into effect. In the above year, they voted "not to let the Hogs run at large," and in 1805 and 1806, they voted again "not to let the hogs run at large," but chose four men as hog reeves during that time. In 1807, we find the same vote recorded ; but in 1808, it was "Voted, to let the Hogs run at large, being sufficiently yoked and Rung." The last vote which we find recorded referring to this swinish matter was in 1820, when the town elected five men to the ancient and honorable office of "Hog Reeve." April 7, 1806, it was "Voted, to give twenty cents for Crow's heads all the year round," and a similar vote was passed the next year.
"Tything men " were annually chosen to see that people kept the Sabbath after the good old Puritan fashion. The first ones of whom we find any record were "Capt. Caleb Graffam and Mr. Joseph Starling," both elected July 5, 1762. Afterwards it became the custom to elect all the men in town who had con- tracted matrimony within the year as Tything men. The num- ber varied. Sometimes there would be five or six; again, two or three ; and many amusing stories of the aets of these old-time officials are yet related.
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