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1. Prayer by Rev. GEORGE W. PATTEN of the Unitarian Church.
2. Singing by a choir.
3. Reading of the Proclamation of the President of the United States.
4. Introductory remarks by Mr. PIPER.
5. Singing.
6. Remarks by Rev. G. W. PATTEN of the School Board.
7. Address by Dr. WILLIAM S. LEONARD of Hinsdale.
8. Singing.
9. Remarks by Dr. HENRY H. PIPER of Somerville, Mass. 10. Ode by CLARIBEL BALDWIN.
11. Remarks by Mr. FRANK P. FISKE, teacher of No. 1 school.
12. Recitation by CLAUDE PIERCE.
13. Select reading by Miss EMILY E. DERBY, teacher of No. 2 school.
14. Recitation by CLIFTON RICHARDSON and ARTHUR AP- PLETON.
15. Lesson in geography by Miss INEZ M. FARNUM, teacher of No. 4, with class of scholars.
16. Select reading by MABEL P. ALLISON, teacher of school No. 5.
17. Declamation by FRED KNOWLTON and HENRY W. FROST, of No. 5 school.
18. Reading of letter from Rev. JOHN C. LEARNED of St. Louis, Mo.
19. Reading of letter from Prof. SAMUEL CARROLL DERBY of Columbus, Ohio.
20. Singing.
21. Essay by Miss GRACE THAYER, teacher of school No. 6.
22. Recitation by ANNA B. LAPOINT.
23. Remarks by Mr. JOHN E. BALDWIN.
24. Star-Spangled Banner by choir and audience.
25. On motion of Rev. G. W. Patten, voted to adjourn one hundred years, to October 21, 1992.
GRADUATES OF COLLEGES AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS WHO WERE BORN IN DUBLIN, OR LIVED THERE IN YOUTH
Amos Twitchell . Dartmouth College, 1802
Amos Allen
Dartmouth College, 1808
Ebenezer Morse Dartmouth College, 1810
Frank E. Spaulding
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Samuel Morse
Dartmouth College, 1811
John Bixby
Dartmouth College, 1812
Thomas Hardy
Dartmouth College, 1812
Daniel Elliot .
Dartmouth College, 1813
Charles Mason
Frederick Jones .
Harvard College, 1834 Harvard College, 1835
George F. Clark.
Harvard Divinity School, 1846
Samuel F. Clark
Harvard Divinity School, 1847
Charles Corey, Jr.
Dartmouth Medical School, 1856
William S. Leonard
Dartmouth College, 1856 Dartmouth Medical School, 1860
Samuel A. Richardson
John Foster
Dartmouth College, 1858
John C. Learned
Harvard Divinity School, 1862
Walter C. Frost
Dartmouth College, 1876 Dartmouth College, 1876 Andover Theological Seminary, 1878 Boston Dental College, D.D.S., 1889 Dartmouth Medical College, 1878
Curtis A. Wood
George B. Rice
Boston University Medical School, 1886
William Rice
Boston Dental College, D.D.S., 1888
Fred. S. Piper
Boston University Medical School, 1890
Amherst College, 1889 -
Frank E. Spaulding
Clark University,
James Francis Allison
Leipzig, A.M., Ph.D., magna cum laude, 1894 Dartmouth College, 1891
Arthur T. Appleton University of Vermont, B.S., 1907
Albert C. Gowing
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1913
Henry N. Gowing took the two years' course at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, and Henry W. Frost pursued a course of study at the same institution. Everett D. Learned took a course of study at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Ralph C. Wood studied for a time at the medical school connected with the University of Vermont. As these pages go to the press, Hildreth M. Alli- son is in Dartmouth College, Wayland P. Frost is a senior (studying for the degree of B.S.) in Cornell University, Al- merin Gowing is in Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and Clarence W. Fiske and Alfred E. Woodward are in the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, at Durham.
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
At the annual meeting of the union school district, March 18, 1916, after much discussion, it was decided to build a new schoolhouse in the village. The matter had been agitated for
Samuel Carroll Derby
Harvard College, 1866
Henry H. Piper
Albany Medical School, 1856
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several years. As always happens, in such a case, it was diffi- cult to reach an agreement upon the necessity for such a schoolhouse, or upon the plans for such a building and the location of it. Finally, at this meeting, the following resolu- tion was adopted: -
"Resolved, that Dublin School District accept and adopt Article 7 of the school warrant; -
"That the School Board constitute a committee to confer with J. L. Mauran for suitable plans for the building and play grounds, acceptable to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Board of Health, and cause the same to be erected, graded, fully furnished, and equipped, by September 1 of the present year; -
"That the School District instruct the School Board to borrow a sum of money, not exceeding $10,000, for full payment of the same."
Article 7, to which reference was made in the first clause of the resolution, was, in substance, to see if the School District would vote to build a new schoolhouse and appropriate money therefor.
As this work goes to the press, it is expected that work upon this building will begin very soon.
CHAPTER XIII
LIBRARIES AND SOCIETIES
LIBRARIES
THE DUBLIN SOCIAL LIBRARY was established in 1793. The first meeting was held October 29, and Isaac Appleton was chosen clerk. A committee was chosen for purchasing books, consisting of Reuben Morse, James Adams, Samuel Twitchell, and Isaac Appleton. Moses Greenwood was the first librarian. The cost of the first purchase of books was $56.60. The price of a share in the library was two dollars. In 1795, Eli Adams was chosen librarian, and his successor, in 1800, was Dr. Samuel Hamilton. Other librarians were Aaron Appleton, Moses Marshall, Cyrus Chamberlain, and Joseph Appleton. For several years, the librarian received for his services four dollars per year. In 1805, the vote was "to allow Aaron Apple- ton two dollars for keeping the library." In 1798, the whole number of books was ninety-three, and Moses Greenwood paid Matthew Aikin of Peterborough $11.25 for covering them with sheepskin. The same covers are on some of the books at the present day. A privilege of reading the books was granted to Rev. Edward Sprague and Rev. Elijah Wil- lard. This library was incorporated in 1797, by an act of the legislature; and the members were authorized "to enjoin penalties of disfranchisement, or fine not exceeding three dol- lars, and make, purchase, and receive subscriptions, grants, and donations of personal estate, not exceeding the sum of one thousand dollars, exclusive of the books contained in said library." During the ten years previous to 1824, the society seldom raised any money for the purchase of books; and, of course, the interest of the members was much abated.
In 1824, a society was formed, and called the DUBLIN LIT- ERARY SOCIETY. Its object was, not only to establish a new library in town, but to hold meetings for literary purposes. For several years, such meetings were held during the winter season; and they were found useful for those who were em- ployed as instructors in the public schools. The fee for ad-
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mission was two dollars, and an annual assessment of twenty- five cents was required. In 1825, seventy-one volumes of books were purchased, a book-case procured, and a Gardner's terrestrial globe. The society was incorporated in 1824, and it was allowed "to hold personal property not exceeding two thousand dollars." In 1834, the price of a share was reduced to one dollar and fifty cents. In 1835, the old SOCIAL LIBRARY and the library of the DUBLIN LITERARY SOCIETY were united, under the name of the DUBLIN UNION LIBRARY. Rev. Levi W. Leonard, D.D., was the treasurer and librarian of the Dublin Literary Society and of the Dublin Union Library, from their first establishment, so long as he resided perma- nently in Dublin. Any person in Dublin had the privilege of reading the books in the Union Library for one year, by pay- ing thirty-seven and one half cents. In 1851, the whole num- ber of volumes was four hundred thirty-eight.
Another library, known as the LADIES' LIBRARY, was founded in 1799, and contained, in 1851, one hundred sixty-one vol- umes. Mrs. Lucy Marshall, well known to all the older resi- dents of Dublin, was, for many years, the librarian.
Still another library, known as the DUBLIN JUVENILE LI- BRARY, was instituted in 1822. The use of its books was FREE TO ALL PERSONS IN THE TOWN. In 1852, it had on its cata- logue the titles of nineteen hundred ninety volumes. In time, however, some were lost and others were worn out. After 1825, this library was sustained by the voluntary subscrip- tion of persons in the several school-districts.
Rees's Cyclopaedia of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, con- sisting of forty quarto volumes, was purchased by a company organized for the purpose, in the winter of 1824.
At the annual March meeting, in 1884, the town voted to establish a TOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY. At the annual town- meeting, in March, 1890, the Dublin Union Library and the Dublin Juvenile Library were united with the Town Public Library, as a part of it. From remarks made at the dedica- tion of the library building, it would appear that the Ladies' Library was also included.
Peterborough, as well as Dublin, has claimed the honor of having the first free public library. The word first may be viewed from several angles. The Dublin Juvenile Library, established in 1822, and which had, eventually, over nineteen hundred volumes, was free to all the citizens of Dublin. It was, therefore, not only a free library, but a public library. It was,.
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so far as known, the first library free to the public, that is, to all the citizens of a town. About 1833, Peterborough estab- lished a free library to be supported by public taxation. This appears to have been the first town-supported free public library. If, by a free public library, one mean a library sup- ported by a municipality, the Peterborough library would be the first from that viewpoint. If, by a free public library, one mean a library that is open to the use of all the citizens of a town, then Dublin can claim the honor of having the first such library.
Dublin had a library which, in 1900, contained about twenty-five hundred volumes, but there was no secure, or per- manent, place in which to keep them. A worthy lady came forward to supply this need. In 1900, Mrs. ELIZA CAREY FARNHAM graciously decided to build an edifice, of a substan- tial character, for housing the books, as a memorial of her late honored husband, HORACE PUTNAM FARNHAM, M.D., of New York City. Dr. Farnham, after his health declined, built a fine summer residence in Dublin, on or near the site of the second meetinghouse of the town, an engraving of which has been preserved in the town history. The situation of this resi- dence commanded a fine view of Monadnock and the pic- turesque landscape around it. Dr. Farnham did not live to enjoy it for a great length of time.
Mrs. Farnham selected for her architect Mr. John Lawrence Mauran of St. Louis, also a summer resident of Dublin, and, for the contractor and builder, Mr. A. L. Ball of Dublin, who has since died. The building is of a beautiful design, unique in many respects. It is constructed of stones carefully selected from the adjacent fields, and finished inside with hard pine. The apartments are well furnished, conveniently arranged, and afford ample accommodations for the purposes of such an institution.
The corner-stone of this building was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, July 10, 1900, in the presence of a large audience, including the larger portion of the summer residents of the town, among whom were distinguished persons from various parts of the United States. As is customary, the north-east corner was selected for the stone, which was a large block of native granite. In a cavity of the stone was deposited a sealed metallic box, containing a copy of the Town Reports for 1900; a copy of the Invoice and Taxes of the Town of Dublin for 1900; an obituary notice of Dr. Horace P. Farnham, in whose
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memory the structure was to be built; a written programme of the exercises on this occasion; a roll of autographs of all the school children in town; a copy of the "New Hampshire Sen- tinel" for July 4, 1900; and a written statement of Mrs. Farn- ham, explaining the object of the building and her intentions regarding it.
The President of the day was Mr. HENRY DWIGHT LEARNED, who called the assembly to order at 3.30 P.M. The order of exercises was as follows: -
1. Scripture Reading and Prayer by Rev. ROBERT COLLYER of New York, N. Y.
2. Remarks by the presiding officer.
3. Statement of Mrs. FARNHAM regarding the purposes of the building, read by the presiding officer.
4. Letter from WM. S. LEONARD, M.D., of Hinsdale, read by Mr. LEARNED.
5. Vocal music, by a quartet, consisting of Mrs. LAURA W. PIPER, Mrs. MINNIE E. LEFFINGWELL, Mr. W. B. KIRK, and Mr. R. A. DOBSON.
6. Depositing the box and laying the corner-stone by Mrs. E. C. FARNHAM, using a new trowel and hammer.
7. Placing.a mass of fresh pond-lilies upon the corner-stone, by school children.
8. Address by Rev. ROBERT COLLYER, D.D., of New York, N.Y.
9. Original Poem by Miss EMILY E. DERBY of Dublin.
10. Singing of America by the audience. The following is the poem of Miss Derby: -
"In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part, For the gods see everywhere."
- LONGFELLOW.
Build faithfully, O workmen, For the structure that ye raise Shall be viewed of men unborn, And shall bring ye blame or praise.
Not the eyes of fabled gods, But the eyes of men well skilled, Shall in future years take note, Asking how and why ye build.
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Build reverently, O workmen, For within this house of stone There abideth deathless spirits; Think not there are books alone.
Thoughts of saints and thoughts of sages Speak from out the printed page. Guiding, cheering, helping, leading, Ever on from age to age.
But the thoughtful reader seeth Something more than printed word; Visions that elude the artist In his heart a chord have stirred;
Reverend forms and earnest faces Of the little band of yore, Generous pioneers of learning Giving from their scanty store,
That the needs of a rude people, Struggling for their daily bread,
Might by them be satisfied And the mental hungry fed.
Gone from out our narrow earth-life. Entered on another sphere, Still their influence remaineth, And we think of them as here.
Here abiding still in spirit, With the work that they begun; 1 Work committed to our keeping; Be our part as nobly done!
Build joyfully, O workmen, "Tis no common house ye build, Not a house of idle pleasure, But a mine with treasure filled.
Treasure rich beyond our reck'ning, Wealth untold of human brain, Make the casket worth the jewel; Sure your labor is not vain.
Build worthily, O workmen, As the sculptor lends his skill, Cunning hand and trained eye Doing well the master's will;
1 Rev. Dr. Leonard founded the Juvenile Library, and, in its early years, largely supported it.
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When he chisels out the marble That shall mark the resting-place Of one whom men love to honor, Some benefactor of his race.
Know ye not, O honored workmen, This shall such memorial be? Rising upward, pointing Heavenward, Speaking plain, to you and me,
Of a life so pure and spotless, Of a gentle soul so strong That it bore with sweetest patience Hopeless suffering, cruel, long.
One who loved his fellow-creatures; Served them well in word and deed; Was for them the Good Physician, And the faithful friend in need.
Then proudly build, O workmen, With these blocks that Mother Earth Freely offers from her storehouse, Giving without stint or dearth.
'Tis as though she smiled upon you, Ope'd her arms with granite filled, Crying loud from hill and valley, "Build, O workmen, nobly build."
The building, known as the Farnham Memorial Library, was completed in the following spring. It contains a tablet of bronze, in the rear of the hall, opposite the entrance, on which is inscribed: -
HORACE PUTNAM FARNHAM. BORN IN SALEM, MASS., 1824. DIED IN NEW YORK CITY, 1886. ERECTED BY HIS WIFE.
The structure was dedicated, June 20, 1901, in the presence of a large audience of permanent residents and summer visitors. Mr. HENRY DWIGHT LEARNED was the master of ceremonies and called the assembly to order at three o'clock in the after- noon. The order of exercises on this occasion was as follows: -
1. Scripture Selections and Prayer by Rev. ROBERT COLL- YER, D.D., of New York, N. Y.
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2. Remarks by the chairman, referring to the dedications of former public buildings in Dublin.
3. Presentation by Mrs. FARNHAM of the papers conveying the building.
4. Acceptance of the papers by Mr. LEARNED, to be handed by him to the proper authorities.
5. Brief address by Rev. ROBERT COLLYER, D.D.
6. Oration by WM. S. LEONARD, M.D., of Hinsdale, a son of Rev. L. W. Leonard, D.D., the founder and pre- server of the Juvenile Library, now merged in the col- lection to be stored in this building.
7. Presentation, through Dr. COLLYER, of eleven volumes of books from Mr. William B. Weston of Milton, Mass.
8. Original Poem by Miss EMILY E. DERBY of Dublin.
9. Benediction by Dr. COLLYER.
Mrs. Minnie E. Leffingwell has served as the librarian of the Town Public Library since its establishment in 1884. She has served, and is still serving, the public very efficiently in that capacity. The building presented by Mrs. Farnham serves the needs of the town admirably, and has proved a great blessing to the community.
DUBLIN LYCEUM
The Dublin Literary Society having united its library with that of the Dublin Social Library, and entirely upon a new organization, it was voted, at a meeting on the 7th of October, 1836, that the society resolve itself into a lyceum, and retain its present form of organization and its present officers for the ensuing year, viz .: Levi W. Leonard, President; Thomas Fisk, Vice-President; Jonathan K. Smith, Secretary.
The lyceum thus instituted held meetings from November to March in each year. Its last meeting was March 18, 1844. A town Common School Association having been organized, its exercises superseded those of the lyceum. The exercises of the lyceum consisted of lectures, debates, and reports on vari- ous subjects previously assigned. A paper called the Rural Repository was read at each meeting, containing voluntary communications from different persons of both sexes. The persons who officiated as presidents of this lyceum were Rufus Piper, Hervey Learned, Thomas Fisk, and Jonathan K. Smith.
In 1839, the young people of Dublin formed a "Society for Mutual Improvement," which was usually called the "Young
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Lyceum." They held meetings every other Wednesday eve- ning, alternating with the Dublin Lyceum, which in the pre- vious years had met every week. The exercises in the young people's society were - a lecture occasionally, declamations, the reading of a paper called the "Ladies' Miscellany," an- other called "Wednesday Evening Post," which was fol- lowed by a debate on some subject previously announced.
The following are the names of some of the persons who gratuitously delivered lectures before one or the other of the above-mentioned lyceums: Rev. A. A. Livermore of Keene; Charles Mason, Esq., of Fitchburg, Mass .; Roswell D. Hitch- cock, preceptor of Jaffrey Academy (Melville Academy); Amos A. Parker, Esq., of Fitzwilliam; Rev. Stillman Clark and John Conant, Esq., of Jaffrey; Harry Brickett of Melville Academy, Jaffrey; Rev. C. Cutler, Dr. Albert Smith, Hon. John H. Steele, Mr. Addison White, David J. Clarke, Esq., Frederick S. Ainsworth, and George Walker of Peterborough.
The meetings of the Common School Association were held during the winter months in the several school-districts, two or more in each week. The meetings of this association were often well attended; and they have been regarded as exerting a favorable influence upon the schools. Lectures were deliv- ered on educational subjects; and a great variety of topics. relating to the instruction, discipline, and improvement of common schools, were discussed in a free and social manner. The meetings of this association were continued in the winter of 1853-54 and, for a short time, afterwards.
The annals of Dublin, for a series of five years, beginning with 1839, were prepared by the pastor of the First Congre- gational (Unitarian) Church, Mr. Leonard, and read, at the close of each year, before the Dublin Lyceum. Although the events of a town "remote from cities" may prove of little or no importance in the history of a state, yet many things valua- ble and interesting for the descendants of the people may thus be preserved. Had the annals of Dublin been written and preserved from the time of its first settlement, they would have saved the committee of publication a great amount of time and labor, and have prevented most of the errors which may be discovered with regard to dates. The records kept by a town-clerk contain only a small part of what is necessary to a full history of a place.
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ALTEMONT LODGE, A. F. & A. M.
The charter of Altemont Lodge, No. 26, which was estab- lished in Dublin, was granted, June 14, Anno Lucis 5815 (June 14, 1815), by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, to Amos Heald, Stephen Harrington, Richard Strong, Adam Johnson, Levi Fisk, Joseph Hayward, Jr., Asa Fisk, Benjamin Hills, and Alexander Millikin. A dispensation from the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire "empowered the said Amos Heald and others to assemble at Dublin as a Lodge of Masons, to perfect themselves in the several duties of Ma- sonry; to make choice of officers; to make regulations and by- laws, and to admit candidates in the first degree of Masonry, all according to ancient customs of Masonry, and to be called Altemont Lodge." This warrant of dispensation was to con- tinue in full force and authority till the second Wednesday of June, Anno Lucis 5816 (June 12, 1816), unless the Lodge was sooner installed. The first meeting, by virtue of the dispensa- tion, was held at Freemasons' (Cyrus Chamberlain's) Hall in Dublin, July 3, Anno Lucis 5815 (July 3, 1815). That hall was in the house now owned and occupied by Wilfred M. Fiske, but which stood, at that time, on the site now occupied by the Unitarian meetinghouse. When this edifice was built, in 1852, that dwelling was moved a few rods to the east, to its present location.
The first officers of the lodge were: Amos Heald, Worship- ful Master; Stephen Harrington, Senior Warden; Richard Strong, Junior Warden; Asa Fisk, Treasurer; Peter Tuttle, Secretary; Levi Fisk, Senior Deacon; William Warren, Junior Deacon; Aaron Lawrence, Joseph Gowing, Stewards; David Ames, Jr., Tyler.
At this meeting, Asa Fisk, Richard Strong, and Levi Fisk were chosen a committee to report by-laws for the government of the lodge; and, at the next meeting, the by-laws were en- acted as reported by the committee. The by-laws contained thirty-two articles, and were signed by the officers and mem- bers of the lodge.
On the 18th day of September, Anno Lucis 5816 (September 18, 1816), the lodge was consecrated in form by Right Worship- ful Broughton White, Deputy Grand Master, and the officers duly installed. A sermon was delivered on the occasion by Rev. Thomas Beede of Wilton, who, at that time, held the office of Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.
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At a meeting of the lodge, May 7, Anno Lucis 5816 (May 7, 1816), the following vote was passed: "Voted to exclude the use of ardent spirit in this lodge, and substitute therefor crackers, cheese, and cider."
The subject of removing the lodge from Dublin to Peter- borough began to be agitated at a communication of the lodge, held at their hall in Dublin, May 15, Annc. Tucis 5825 (May 15, 1825); when Worshipfuls Amos Heald, Peter Tuttle, and Levi Fisk, and Brothers Henry Whitcomb and Oliver Heald were chosen a committee to report whether, in their opinion, the interest of Masonry would be promoted by a removal of this lodge from Dublin to Peterborough. This committee re- ported, "that, if the lodge can be removed from Dublin to Peterborough without disturbing the harmony of the lodge, it will be for the good of Masonry to have it removed." The report was accepted and measures were taken, which resulted in the removal of the lodge to Bernard Whittemore's Hall in Peterborough. Few, if any, of the Masons in Dublin continued to be regular attendants of the communications of the lodge after the removal. One after another, as appears by the rec- ords, withdrew his active membership. It is said that some never met with the lodge again. The old Dublin members were Richard Strong, Adam Johnson, Joseph Appleton, Henry Whitcomb, Eli Greenwood, Jr., Jonas Clark, Robert Muzzy, Asa Fisk, Joseph Hayward, Jr., Samuel Davison, Asa Heald, Charles Mason, Moses Marshall, Joseph Gowing, Cyrus Chamberlain, Elijah B. Kimball, Benjamin Perry, Simeon Stanley, and Gilbert Tuel.
June 24, 1822, St. John's day, was celebrated by Altemont Lodge, on which occasion a discourse was delivered by Rev. Seth E. Winslow, then a minister of Troy, N. H.
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