1 10 16 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12165/archive/files/b0b25d249ba1246aecdf139361326f7e.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=uO2A4fdqRmDbp9SkjjPqdpP0hoX94goADdUbYYtmPnnXLhTAZbTek2lkp2bjMhN-xWuPh1MkRBlAr5Yxntnb9Bdi8FbzttFY97OBVW7n9GQna7RCxNx1ZXdSwxqL5YfNcVj%7EoqeRCMwZhSavnokLnY16ZLGFHcY0Sk9HBvxPxV6HKiJm-6bt1Mjh2R1RfgOPQSbZZFcjZVyoEVh7JEphkp8GHGMTySLLylwgl2o2KRIf62pZL0hbXR-5ne-qeVCqK1p0-tCdvl5bhtLyBHwf787Gx7FXntM8G4VaBRJxxPBLQ3QmadtZmI1dZj0qPrjEumGil3FNve0PC7ZeVlMdAQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 2bd32678ecfe2bc4361b065453ae7eb7 PDF Text Text 'APRIL 2 8 , K &Z- * ^ i ^ ' ^ ^ i l i i i i r ^ ?n. , . - Carrie C « w ' « Jonnsoa Jonnsou has moved - Fr»tVrniivC^Ur^No.^»«Ko^S--'»»'; / * ' the Frank Pearl hoiwe on 1 t rfl r a ' wertfKU«»i« & < f o k n ^ ^ ~ C & * r ' »treot to'the Oeoree Harrllast T U u r ^ A ^ e f e n f i i ^ d ' T ^ ; > « i ^ JJS? hone* on •**•«• plimontary Ve^ira;i?;Vhi»r4'.o«.«n'»-'?/Alice E . 8 b a w ot Warren will pay entertainment " v m & & ^ ^ $ & $ .?> official visit to Mlnnenaba ltcDefcAll Odd Fellows ana-IUbeici'liV.'irS ajt'Lougo, N o . 1 1 , April 3 0 . Bupper reaueatod to meet a t t - 0';"0;'Fl:'£ai}. served In the banauot ttau V. next Sunday morning: a t 10£.o'clock io'^o'doclc Tit 6.30. morning at to attend services a t the Congregra-.j Chester W .Doe, superintendent ot tlonal,church In commemoration ot local schools, was In attendance at f- I annual spring conference ot I the 1 1 0 t h anniversary ot Odd F e l -the | school superintendents or the state 'lowBhlp. Mrs. Harry M . Jackson ot W o o d - at Plymouth last Saturday Mr autl Mrs. Irving T Youland 'brldge, N . J., Is In town taking charge ot the home ot her daughter] havo remuved Irom Manchester to an* husband, M r . and Mrs. Fred 1. this village and are occupying an Thayer, during their absence w i t h | apartment In the Pellotlor block on the senior class party In Washington. Orange street. Those not already aware ot the A ball to be held by Fraternal Chapter, No. 2 4 , O. E . 6., In t h e t o w n death of a former resident, Mrs. hall on Friday evening, May 2 4 , Is Marthu Harmon, at the home ot her an event being looked forward to son, Harry C Harmon, in Portland, with keen anticipation (or all lovers j Me., last month, will regret to re­ of good music and dancing. ceive the aad news. Eugeue Class, (or several years a The many friends ot Dr. and M r s . I Daniel Ellison of Lowell, Mass., will resident of this town, left here Mon| be grieved to hear of the death o f l " ? t-rceasburo. N C , his old their son John, aged eleven years and home, where he has purchased real estate aud expects to settle It is eight months, on A p r i l 1 6 . Many trlends regret to learn t h a t hoped t h a t ho will return occasion­ Maurice Gellnas and family party ally to renew Irlendshlps ot which were victims of a quite serious auto he has many accident In Saugus, Mass., last Sun' It has been reported to the day, afternoon, when returning from "News" that the cottages ot Norman Boston. Mr Gellnas' aunt received Kimball and John Stevens at Mer­ a fractured j a w a n d other injuries, rymeetlng Lake have been broken as a result of which she is a patient Into during the winter and theft of PERSONAL M r . and Mrs. R. B. Currier have I a t the Melrose hospital. small articles committed Apparent­ entertained recently the latter's sis­ considerable There will b e a M a y party a n d ly the culprits speul ter, Mrs. Ida Dayklns, and Dr. Henry sale of fancy articles and aprons In time In the premises tor itiey were Bitter of Springfield, Mass. the vestry of the Congregational lett In a very slovenly condition Mr. and Mrs. George Marston of church on Wednesday evening, May Owners ore investigating DEDICATION OF TOWN T T A T . T . AND Athol, Mass., were In town over the 1, at 8 o'clock, at which time t h e Clarence L . Ferkius Post, Ameri­ GOODWIN PUBLIC LLBBAB.Y holiday week-end and visited Mrs. rainy and sunny penny boxeB will be can Legion, will hold lis annual con­ MAY 10th Marston's brother and wlte, M r and brought In and opened. There will cert and b a l l in the town ball audi­ Final details of the program tor Mrs. Fred U. Knox, and Mr. and Mrs, be an entertainment. The ladles are torium on Tuesday evening. May 1 4 , W . JR. Stacey. requested to bring box lunches to be with Ferdinandos orchestra In at­ the dedication of the new u m n hall and the tendance. Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Emerson sold during the evening, This will be the first auu Irvodwln public library, w i t h a are spending a week In Manchester | donors are asked to put their names dance date in the new b a l l and with vioit troiu His Kxcelleucy, the Gov­ inside ot the boxes. with their daughter and husband. ibis drawing card, combined with ernor, on May l u , were completed Mrs. Nellie Earle »of Haverhill, The official spring change ot time the popularity ot the Legion and this twin lull acceptance of plans a t a JIas3., was a week-end guest of her In the passenger service department tamous orchestra, there should be no epeciui meeting ot ttie committee on parents, Mr and Mrs. Oscar Dudley.] of the Boston & Maine railroad wi)l question about tbe success ot the general arrangements, held a t tbe new library rooms Monday evening Charles Elklns, who con­ be In effect Sunday. April 28 and affair fined to his home several Weeks as j patrons of the local station on the Oscar A i k e n , son ot Mr and Mrs. itxe general outline of program, as to K J Aiken of Ibis tuwn, left Mon­ ouolisbed in tbe NewB of last is­ the result ot a broken leg, has been Lakeport branch are requested able to bo down town In the past note and observe tho following on day tor N e w York, w h e r e h e will sue, was leli practically intact, with and after that date. TrainB to Bos­ take charge of a department of the cue tzcepuou that Fred I 'I riayer, week. cuairmuu of both the town hall and Norman Hayes of Wakefield, ton week days, 6.62 a. m., 3 02 p. m U. T Grant chain store system Boston to Lakeport, Mr Alkon is a graduate ot Farm­ library building commliieea, will Mass., was a week-end guest of his ] Trains from 10 17 a. m., 6 37 p. m. Trains t o lngton high school and the Univer­ make the presentation at the town mother, Mrs. Georgia Hayes. M r and Mrs. Ralph Nedeau ot Boston, Sundays, 6 3 7 p. m. Prom sity of N e w Hampshire, In wblcb ball Instead of Kred W Browne, as 10 22 a. m. Patrons also By this hatter Boston were called -here last Friday, Boston, latter school he completed special lurmerly announced with other out of town relatives, t o | are requested t o note that beginning training that fits Mm eminently for arrangement, Mr Browne, chairman attend the funeral of Odule Marcoux. Monday, April 29. all business in the work ho Is to undertake H i s of tbe general committee, will act Mrs. Odule Marcoux Is spending a Massachusetts and some points In success will be watched with much as master of ceremonies for both oc­ casions and Mr Thayer will xnoke few days at Sprlnvale, Me., with her Maine will go on daylight—sajrffig Interest by many friends Tbe only other sister and husband, Mr and Mrs. time, which Is one hour ahead of Koad Agent Walter Hammond and both presentations Fred B e n o l t standard time, and be governed ac­ crew of workmen bavo done a very alteration was tbe excusing ot tbe of tbe local Miss Esther Adorns Is spending tier cordingly commendable piece of work on Or­ U'uohera and pupils in the vacation with her father in Hamll' The apprehension and conviction ange and Orovo streets this week. schools from participation ton, Mass. In Rochester last Friday night ot a The drain at the toot of Orange duty of escorting tbe governor from Miss Shirley Roberts at Spring­ Farmlngton' lad, whose minority sireet, which was BO badly clogged the library to the town ball, it hav­ field, Mass., Is In town visiting her gives him considerable immunity as to cause frequent uashouts, has ing been decided that tbe very short the two points mother, Mrs. Errol S. Hall, and fam­ from a publicity standpoint, no been opened, thoroughly cleaned, distance between ily doubt will set at rest much ot the bricked up and top-grated Also the would permit of no attempt a t par­ Miss Helen Collins of HyannlB, anxiety felt by business men, and drain along tbe foot of Grove sireet, ade and tbe escort of tbe Governor will be com­ Mass., was a week-end guest at the especially garage keepers In this sec­ which conducts tbe large volume of and tbe few officials home of Mr and Mrs. Elmer Knox tion, whose places of business have water from tbe Hayes meadow manded to Henry Wilson American band and a color guard from Clar­ Mrs. Isadoro Wood entertained been broken and pillaged on repeat­ brook has been opened and cleaned over the week-end Miss Evelyn Par­ ed occasions for several weeks. T h e This work should effect a gTeat Im­ ence L Perkins I^osl, American Le­ Tbe final selection by the ker ot Andover, Mass., formerly of young man was captured at a garage provement of drainage In this area. gion the local high school faculty In Rochester in the act of pilfering The civics committee of the Farm­ ound at the library dedication will Miss Catherine Ouay has enjoyed the place. The automobile which lngton Dedication association, wbuse \ oe America, and the final selection a recent visit from her father the offender used was searched and duty It is to cooperate \ i l t h the tow ut the town ball. T h e Star Spangled llanenr Both will be accompanied Miss Dorothy Burbank, a teacher found to contain a rather rich har­ olllclals In securing t b e best pusslbl twih singing and as no special prepa­ In Bennington, Is at borne tor a vest of pillage, and later much of aspect of the town for tbe visit ration will be required, except for brief vacation. the stolen goods collected from local the governor and t b e dedication Miss Evelyn Jones is at home for garages w a s recovered. Thus, w h a t the town hall and library on May the teachers of tbe respective gTades and schools to assemble their stu­ a vacation from her teaching duties for a time looked to be a successful 10. respectfully call attentlou In Proctor, V t . career In the night prowling busi­ property owners and request that dents In groups and to lead them In Mrs. Earle Cummlngs has been ness was brought to light before a the clearing up of winter debris b e singing these patriotic numbers. It vwis decided to ask them to assist In confined to her home by Illness for a court of Justice. started as soon a sposslble Dale It was voted further to few days. which town trucks will call for all ibis way secure the K H S orchestra to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Durgln ot This is the last issue ot the rubbish t h a i cannot bo disposed Portsmouth called In town Sunday 'News" before May first All sub­ with safety on tbe premises will be furnish music at the town hall dur­ ing the public InspecUon Exercises to visit relatives when returning scribers whose date expires on M a y published n e x t week Health Ofil first will receive expiration notices for both dedicatory ceremonies will from a fishing trip at Merrymeetlng Immediately following this Issue. cer John H Lelghton also wll lake. operate u l i b the committees and be observed in tbe open air, with weather permitting, and the pro­ Mr and Mrs. Jesse Slmonds and JOSEPH LUND, Tailor. Alton. town ofllcerB In having tbe town op gram will open from the library son Clifton ot East Rochester were N H. Special attention given to re­ pear at lis best steps at 2 p m A t its conclusion, Sunday guests of relatives in town modeling of ladles' suits and coats. the town hall dedication will take FOR SALE Kohler and Camp The many frlonds of Clarence W i l l call In Farmlngton once a week. Telephone Alton 6-31 bell piano In good condition place immediately, so that both Goodwin sincerely regret to learn quire at News Office buildings may be open to public in­ that he Is 111 at hlB home In W e s t ANTIQUES W A N T E D - W h a t have spection with proper attendants In Milton. you to dispose o t ? Call on, write or FOR SAL.E Lot of ben manure ihargc until 5 3 0 p m This ar­ Mr and Mrs. Leo D. Oilman of phone Isabelle A. Evans, 1 School | Jl 00 per barrel S VV Hayes, Hlg rangement has been agreed upon In St , Fanningion Everett, Mass., were In town over St., Farmlngton - Tel. 62 order to give ample time for the the week-end, guests of Mr and Mrs. public and guests to gain a respite WANTED Woman or girl fo Adjustable curtain rods, single B. C. Oilman and Albert 8. Wallace. laundry work Apply at the Centra aud rest and. of still more import­ They returned home Sunday, accom and double, round and flat, big va­ House, Farmlngton riety, 6c, 10c, 15c. 26c pair ance, tu afford time for the final ar­ panled by their son Dalson, w h o Bellnsky's Bargain Store. rangement of properties and respent last week wltlh his grandpar­ SHETLAND PONIES free to boy and girls as premiums Write fo hearsal for tbe production of Denents. particulars Wakefield Extract Tom man Thompson's beloved rural pany, Sanbornvllle. N H drama. The Old Homestead. ' w b l c b FOR R E N T . A 3-room, furnished will be presented for the benefit of kitchenette, central location, also a TO LETT One large room suit 4-room tenement on Church S t A p ­ able for light housekeeping Also Henry Wilson American band, b y a ply to W J. Vlckers. Electric Shop. fully equipped barber shop Inquire local veteran cast, directed by Her­ of Mrs Joseph Parshley or at Corner bert I) Brown T h i s play will be Store, Farmlngton Kemp's Salted Nuts, the fresh. staged on an elaborate Bcale a n d Its Crispy kind, a t Knox Pharmacy orlgfnal excellence and atmosphere Leave your orders now for Pink Try our sanitary window ventila­ tor Mother's Day at Roberts' Drug carefully preserved to tradition of Cloverbloom Batter 60o lb. Store. tors. Frank: H. Mooney America's favorite drama. T h r o u g h Holland's Boll Butter 60c lb. FOR S A L E Sixty-acre farm, with Special values In Ladies Rayon the courtesy of the Now Hampshire 60o lb. Hose, fine quality, with the favored Pythian Home at W e s t Swanzey, the buildings; plenty of wood, some t i m - Hation-Wide Butter Bolls ber, fruit and berries; on Mountain -Coxuitry S a n e r 60o lb. pointed^heels, 50c pair wonderful status of Venus, the orig­ Road, W e s t Milton. Price l o w f o r V e a l Steaks Perkins' Stores. inal sacred shrine around which 50o quick cash sale. A . H . Bareantee, tbe dreams of D e s m a n Thompson 130 Central S t , Farmlngton. P" May first may be the date of 40o of your subscription to the wrought "The Old Homestead." will I a m b Fores 35o plratlon "News" Let this be a reminder to be among tbo settings of the play to BUILDING MATERIAL. Giles & I a m b Loias renew your subscription 40c Langley hare Justroceired two cars w « t i m T M I Roasts add glamour and mystic charm to 35o lb. of building material/ consisting of PIANOS sold, tuned and repaired. Its Bucress. The gueBts of hooor Idaho pirn; sheathing, pine finish I a m b l e g s 45o lb. Write or telephone. will be Governor and Mrs. Toboy a n d spruce flooring, siding and Joist rolled no W . C. Swan, Dover. N. H. Charles Carter of Osslpee. the im­ 35o lb. Orders w i l l be delivered promptly a t ^ ™ personator of the original "Cy *hort> notice. ' T o p Bound Steaks . . 50o Si. Silent Glow Oil Burners, the Ideal Prime" In "The Old Homestead range heat for year around cooking 65o S). Ned Parker is quoting especially " 4 ^ f No ashes to s i f t , no fuel to prepare. Besides the Oovernor and Mrs T o attractive prices for a week's sale. A r m o u r s Star Bacon 35o lb. Clean, safe, positive service Cash bey. the guest of honor for the p u b ­ Swifts' Premium Bacon ( . . 26o pkg. price, J66, installed. P W Bragg lic library dedication will be George -Dr: Hunt's New Corn Cure has the _, Strawberries H Goodwin, the library donor. In largest sale ot any 10c foot remedy iettac© UOKcs Considerable publicity has been in the world. Removes corns with- Spinach Bermuda Onions given 83rd birthday to various stores In tho state deference to whose out .pain or soreness. Dr. Scholl'a Jr o n . . O K „that are eligible to celebrate a 75th he dedication ot two noteworthy Zino Pads take the pressure off the Bananas 3 I D S . ^oo anniversary,. T h e Lothrops-Farnham public buildings has been set for F i t sore spot and'Temove the" cause with- Oranges . . . . . . t , . . . . . . . . 26o doz. Co. business, which was established out—pain,—^soreness- or protracted- —_ . ., - , • . in 1854 at Dover and has spread to day. May 10 treatment For corns, callouses and Maolaren's Imperial Salad Dressing surrounding towns, enjoys this dis­ bunions', they have no equal. Pint bottle Zoo tinction of longevity as woll as a The new fast color Percales a n d reputation for reliability and a high 1. B.- Hayes, Footwear for AIL Welti's Erankforts . . . . 25o lb. grade W a s h Fabrics at Ned Parker's are" service that is unsurpassed W e cordially solicit an opportunl- Tulip Brand Bears and , _ attracting early buyers. Lothrops-Fdrnbam Co.. Inc 3 ty to furnish-free estimates, without Tulip Brand Fruit Salad 2 for 26c Send Mother a W e are agents for the Famous Spalding Gloves, Bats and Balis b Greeting a 1 W e also carry the 8palding Line of Card Golf Clubs in Various Models priced from $2.00 to $15.00 on Kro-FJite Golf Balls 50c and 75c Spalding Tennis Rackets and Balls Mother's Day Sunday. May 12 For All Kinds of Fishing Poles, Reels, Nets, Baskets, .Artificial Baits, Etc, 4 I o r and m a k e your selection from our "Quality Line" Leave Your Orders For Pinks Now NEW •7, Chocolate Crispettes Peanut Butter Chips Raisin Clusters Peanut Clusters 39c Fancy California Naval Oranges 16 tor 25c and SOc doz "Seal Sweet" Juicy Grapefruit ,3 for 25c Bananas 3 pounds for 25c ,Pitted Dates 1-lb packages 25c Cocoanuts 10c and 15c each Fresh Roasted Peanuts in the Shells 15c qt C . W . WHITEHOUSE W e have Just been appointed distributors for the big 3 Speed Queen Washer Sells for Less Than $100 Ask for«jdemoristration Full size standard make. Time payments if desired* T h e Electric Shop William J. Vlckers o n o H J, jg-gB&e ,;.yea£8prince we, graduated, •Dooesn't seem so, * And how we've scat* a W r e t e v e a l fn, v B o n t w m 0 u 1 we used to have. r * $ " & ,% -"Seems ;tp^'mer we made some | /^prbofc&J? To]3^itjwhen' we could. Jg-^rite^where^c'TOuldri'.t.,. -^ayhtair,. iff *• to-keep the old'friendships 'alive. .-• r i: •{<*>.•<• >JL ,•- . • ,fifty miles, and I Haven't seen one of them in ages. '. ' I . , "No use, blaming them. I haven't done my part either. . ? p.-~r.-j'fl m going to start a reunion now !'"~ ? PT~J?7' telephone. ../^^^ ISP nc .•.i i?i-.','V. £ - -- <> -' j - „ •*tf'i'i?£j.ffidoeaa.'t'c~oat ' rateV* Writing Pads much at these new " '~"\ 0Eri$CJLiukTelephone a fflinJ^tStt e a S t e a f a KarahmaUowHoff . . . . . . . 19c Iipton's Famous Teas; 1-2 Pound Bed label 43c . „ • „^^ r^ i.-. .v,i « . 1-* Pound Yellow. Label « o Home-made, Sliced' Tomato-Pioiles CARD of THANKS It Is beyond tbe power of words to express my thanks and apprecia­ 7 Dn 1 T tion to -the many sources that h a v e overwhelmed me with sympathy a n d assistance during m y illness and c o n ­ 1 1 Orange St.Tel. 91-3,Farmlnston. < 15 or, j a r 15o valescence. I am impressed, m o r e than ever, with the bond of brother­ Fresh Haddock) -Halibut. Cheeks hood embraced in t h e spirit of f r a ­ ADKNISTEATBU'S K0TJCE _ To oloie estate. Double house, ternity and I have cause to testify The subscriber has been duly ap; Oysters*! t o m y faith in fellowship a n d pointed by'XMoJudge' of Probate for stable and about 10,000 feet of land friends. Everything that I h a v e the county! of. Strafford, "administra­ at 23 Glen street, Farmington, and ever been able to g i v e or do In t h e trix of tie."estate bt Fred A. Horno,( cause of faith has been more t h a n late of Farmlngton, In said county, being the residence of the late rewarded during m y illness, and f o r deceasedi' testate.'' W. H. W.^olomy. For particulars t h e abundance ot k i n d l y thought a n d All pereong.-Imving claims agwnet assistance that h a s reached m e , I said esUte?areifequestei to exhibit call upon or" address S. S. Parker, wish, through the columns ot t h e thorn for adjustment, and all Indebt­ Agent -for '£icecutor, at Farmington, 'News" to make acknowledgment t ed to."m»Ve.p»rmentt and pledge unforgettable g r a t i ­ Aprllj20>"A.-D.,..l»l*. X . K...'?.T. V . Pickering; Exeoutor. tude to eachan end every gburce t h a t Tor*. C . -Borne," AdmlnUlJralrijc. Close4.AU Hay Thursday, p u t Daj' contributed. A r t h u r It. Jones. work and decoration. ~We -can save you money with a guarantee -of satisfactlon. New 1928"line, of wall paper samples Just in.-Phone or write, for a call. Leach &, Donahue, MARKET: i Residence For S a l e Envelopes to M a t c h Plain and Linen Finish Ruled and Unruled S p e c i a l Box P a p e r Linen Finish a t 2 5 c a box Waterman and Parker Fountain Pens New Books of Fiction DRUG has/Seen riends to^frust «c.\ Pound Paper Books ROBERTS - %k Box Papers in All the New Styles and Tints — „„ 7 5 c Leave Your Orders For Pinks Now i m STORE *Sj£fA***mm*t%mm4f+ Famous "Maine Maid" Sweets in Pound Boxes tor 39c tSociety" Assorted, Chocolates 1-lb Boxes 49c Chocolate Covered Cherries, Extra Fancy 49c lb 'I •<t STATIONERY]! wi^fs\ We Put the RIGHT KIND of Lubricant In the RIGHT PLACE You don't fill your radiator with muddy water, and— You don't fill your gasoline tank with crude oil. Why risk the life of your car by having its "vital spots" lubricated with soapy lubricants which will become rancid and necessitate large expenditures for repairs. We use Genuine Alemite Lubricant a solidified oil made especially for use with the Alemite and Alemite-Zerk Systems. Alemite Lubricant Resists tremendous bearing pressures Is an excellent lubricant at 400 degrees F Eetains its lubricating values at 30 degrees below zero. Will not cake or become rancid. Let us help you eliminate 80 per cent of your repair bills by Alemite-ing your car "Every 500 Miles." symouth's Battery Station East Grove Street, Farmington PAN - DANDY DREAD is rated highly in nutritional value. For your health's, sake, say Pan-Dandy to your grocer Bergeron Baking Co. Rochester, N. H. rtsU oar S p e c i a l .Spring A s new and different now as it was when introduced ill the scene. A New Oakland lerican Six. Making its bow to the public. And now you see it here . . . there . . . everywhere you go. Other ears have appeared in bewildering succession. But the distinction of the Vnicrican continues . . . unaffected. It's as new and refreshingly different toda> as it was when introduced. Like a good friend . . . it grows on you... impressing > ou more favorably with every passing veek. The better you know it the more you will re­ spect the New Oakland VII-American Six. Frict $11 l f b > tlS7i,f o- b. Tenriar. Michigan, plus (felir**-* rhar*«>». Spring ivvmB and Lov^Joy llvdrautir Shark 4b«orbrr. inrludrd in tut p r i m . S u m p n i ami rrar f*t\ilrr guards esfra i.rnrral Motors Ttm« r o y m . n l Plan aroiloble at minimum rate. C o n s i d e r t h e delivered p r i c e n s well an t h e list p r i c e t.hen c o m p a r i n g a u t o m o b i l e vajurn OafclTtd-rnmilMO dalltcrnj prloe* Include only ceMon*bl*> charge* for dvjjrerr mud financing. J. E. RICHER, OAeMw Farmington, N. H. OAKLAND ALL-AMERICAN SIX PRODUCT OF G E N E R A L MOTORS S h e l f P a p e r 25 x 38in 30c Dozen For Sale at The " N e w s " O f f i c e � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Digital File Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Town Hall & Goodwin Library Dedication Article Farmington News, Page3, 1929-04-26 Description An account of the resource A Farmington News article, page3, from April 26, 1929 of the Town Hall & Goodwin Library dedication event. Details of the article include when and where events will be held, speakers, songs and music to be sung and played, and other general information. 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F . Safford, E . p . f o u n d t h e s y s t e m t h e n In u s e v e r y M c F a r l a n d . C o n c o r d . N . B . : l . ' B w e e t , C . W . Talpeyi unsatisfactory. A c c o r d i n g l y , Chamberlain. Maiden. M a e * ; R-.-tte rtejj«pjt^tte^wrajy building MUM. W W h e a t l e y , S. S. .Barker, p ' . t e j a w e r e t a k e n , t o r e c l a s s i f y a l l B . Bartlett. Plttefleld; M r s . G r a c e a t t w o j o o t o c k , Rowing- a p r e v l - H . P . w i HarVlson ous inspection ot the fcullding b y W. Dorlng, H. B . W h i t e , A . R . t h e b o o k s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e n e w B r o w n , Natick, Mass.; M r . G e o r g e H . B e r r y , A l b e r t G a r l a n d , F B . Edg. D e w e y Decimal system. A s a r e - Strohsahl, W o o d b r l d g e , N . J.; a n d t h e t o w n s p e o p l e , e r l y , J. B . S. H a l l , H e r v e y B . suit, d u r i n g t h e fall o f 1 9 2 2 t h e m a n y valuable c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m G o o d w i n , d o n o r o f t h e l i b r a r y . W h i t e , William Herring, p g! l i b r a r y w a s c l o s e d .from S e p t e m - t h e P u b l i c L i b r a r y C o m m i s s i o n at t o o k a n I m p o r t a n t p a r t I n t h e e x - M o o n e y , W . L . P e a v e y , E . D . Dls. b e r 9 t o N o v e m b e r 3, n i n e C o n c o r d , N H . erclsea, q u o t i n g from S c r i p t u r e , b r o w , N e d L . P a r k e r , E . H . Thornw e e k s In a l l , d u r i n g w h i c h t i m e , Immediately f o l l o w i n g t h e Are, custom. Governor Toba s , J D . S m i l e y , H e n r y S. Davis u n d e r the c a p a b l e d i r e c t i o n o f M r a n d Mrs. F J Hanson g e n e r - f o l l o w e d w i t h a s p l e n d i d a d d r e s s . Til M r s . L e o n a S a v l t h e s , l i b r a r i a n a t o u s l y offered their commodiouB l i b r a r y w a s o p e n e d J o h n W a l d r o n , F r e d I. T h u y Som era w o r t h , t h e w o r k o f r e c a t a - h o m e for a l i b r a r y w h i s t p a r t y c i r c u l a t i o n t h e f o l l o w i n g a f - J. G . H a l g h , H e r b e r t D . Browne, l o g l n g w a s satisfactorily c o m - a n d under t h e c h a i r m a n s h i p o f t e r n o o n a n d h a s e n j o y e d u n l n t e r - D . E . B d g e r l y , C e c i l L o o n e y , fay p l e t e d a n d a d i c t i o n a r y a n d c a t - M r s . Bessie D o l e , ably assisted b y " i P t a d s e r v i c e t o t h e p r e s e n t t i m e . G e o r g e Clark, A l l i s o n TuttU, ^W.^^^^^^^ A c c o r d i n g l y . at directors were period o f elected t o e e r v e f o r a two years. T n e r e m a i n i n g t h r e e , elected t h e previous year, ibad'another year to serve. Dr. H . P . Wheatley w a s elected fourth d i rector. George H . Davis w a s e l e c t e d treasurer t o s u c c e e d P e r c i val H . Safford. M r s . J F Safford presented the L i b r a r y Association with a c r a y o n p o r t r a i t o f M r s . BBlen Rant m a n , w h i c h w a s h u n g In ot s i x d i r e c t o r * this t i m e tour Farmington Public Library A history from its beginning in Dec. 1890 until 1935 Written by the late Ethel B. Nason, Librarian for twenty years 8 8 w f o r a o n ° t n ^ o e w M | F o r a b o u t twenty y e a r s begin- bera p o s s i b l e tor the a s s o c i a t i o n , l a d b y Mrs. L . H . Palmer a n d M i s s ^ r e a d i n g room _ «_ 1*1r|~. U U TV UK3 «» c \ yov > —* M . GWo Uo d TV w i1 n w as a nis* t« al *n* ut fcCv h- —a r l e--— s A y e r e ,' C—• . ^ * PsSttUbOrU, n l n g In 1 9 2 5 , t b o late Ethel B . T h e y w e r e a s f o l l o w s J E . S. A g n e s L. B e r r y , d a n c i n g w a s enIn 1900, F E. Bdgerly became °* stalled, Mrs. Maude P l a c e a n d M r s . V i o l a ^ ^ e l e m e n t s , A n n i e ThayMiss E t h e l T h a y e r , the L i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n Nason w a s librarian a t the Oood- H a l l , W i l l H e r r i n g , P e r c y S a n o r d , J o y e d until m i d n i g h t , treasurer, f o l l o w i n g t h e r e s i g n a In December, 1922, death o n January 23, 1 9 3 0 , p a rt o e W . eR, , FSrtaanc ce iys, MHoeolneeny Nute, w i n P u b l i o library, a n d f o r sev- J o h n B e r r y , J., Ned P a r k e r , W . I A n o t h e r b i g event was h e l d beGeorge H . Davis. Nason, having substituted f o r received $60. d r ,B r o wn e r a l years (previous t o that time H a y e s , Sadie C o o k e , A g n e s Berry, g i n n i n g M as „ . „a y 6, * 1893. T h i s w— \ n D e c e m b e r i xsos, . . M r s . NelHe D a v i s o n s e v e r a l o c immediately, g i f t s o f m o n e y b e Q u e s t s t o t h e l l - D o n o r s T o T h e Glial s h e had s e r v e d a s substitute or C o r a P l e r s o n s , M r s . W a l t e r Ed- t h e C o l u m b i a n Bazaar, a t h r e e - P a r k e r president o f t h e a s s o c i a - c a n o n s , w a s a p p o i n t e d a s s i s t a n t n t o arrive, a m o n g t h e first b e o w a r d a a maintenance A n n i e B./Thayer 11000 assistant librarian. g e r l y , M i n n i e Hussey a n d Alice affair a n d netted t h e l i b r a r y tlon s i n c e 1 8 9 3 , p o s i t i v e l y d e - l i b r a r i a n . M i s s N a s o n first b s - i a c h e c k .from Mrs. B . F T h a y , r , Frank E. Bdgerly 1O00 L i k e a l m o s t everyone w h o Is B o r n ham, a s s o c i a t i o n o v e r $200 1000 c l l n e d t o serve a l o n g e r time, a n d <"»°<:«»ted ' " » » " b r a r y e r for $1,000 S o p h r o n i a J. G o o d w i n . D o w n i n g V Osborne o c c u p i e d In a position serving T h e p u b l i c library a s s o c i a t i o n A t the b e g i n n i n g o f t h e l i b r a r y r>r p H . W h e a t l e y w a s elected t o 1 9 1 9 d u r i n g t h e severe fllneas c o m m u n i c a t i o n from t h e C a r i September, 1931, t h e L i - A g n e s L. Berry 1000 500 the p u b l i c , s h e gave m a n y hours ^ m , f o r m a l l y o r g a n i z e d o n ManxiS3, t h e a s s o c i a t i o n re- a k e h i s place. F E . B d g e r l y a l SulbBtitutlng l n t l o n brought forth b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n again suffered W . D . Allen of w o r k (beyond the prescribed d a y e v e n i n g , D e c e m b e r 8, l s » 0 l u c t a n t l y a c c e p t e d the r e s i g n a t i o n ^ w i s h e d t o be r e l i e v e d of h i s d u - t e r m i t t e n U y u n t i l September. , n e a t e s t F l o r e n c e Nutter 500 500 hours o f duty. It w a s t h o u g h t that t h o s e reslt h president and first libraritreasurer a n d W L. P e a ' assistant 11t o help t o w a r d s a w o r k e r s . M r . S. S . P a r k e r h a d I d a B T h a y e r 500 Illustrating b e r d e v o t e d Interp a y i n g t h e fee o f o n e dol- a n . Isaac E. P e a r l Mr P e a r l toad c h o s e n t o fill h i s p l a c e . annual meeting b u i l d i n g a t t h e t i m e h e l d s o m e office s i n c e t h e b e g i n - L u c y P e r k i n s 500 est ln t h e l i b r a r y and i t s value to r e c e i v i n g a c a r d w h i c h would b e e n president since the l i b r a r y tihe a n n u a l m e e t i n g In 1 9 0 4 , December, 1925, when she w a s But, h o w e v e r , t o use F r e d I n i n g o f t h e U b r a r y l n 1 8 9 0 a n d N F . R o b e r t a E s t . 250 the c o m m u n i t y , she c o m p i l e d a p e r m i t t h e m t o take o u t books a d Its b e g i n n i n g back l n 1 8 9 0 , i g E m i l y G o o d w i n w a s e l e c t e d e l i b r a r i a n , f o l l o w i n g t h e T h a y e r ' s o w n w o r d s , he a w o k e i n i t s w e l f a r e h a d a l w a y s . b e e n a J W . P i c k e r i n g 200 valuable h i s t o r y of t h e Instltuid be w i l l i n g to s i g n t h e c o n - i „ , t h i s removal t o another t o w n t a r y and librarian and c o n - resignation of Mrs. Davis. M i s s the n i g h t a n d t h e t h o u g h t c a m e m a j o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n w i t h h i m . A t O . N . H u s s e y N u t e w a s a p p o i n t e d a s 100 R . Copp t l o n from t h e date o f its lncep- s t l t u t l o n a n d b e c o m e t h e r e b y au- p r e v e n t e d t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n o f his t l n u e d h e r f a i t h f u l s e r v i c e s f o r l t o h i m that G e o r g e H . G o o d w i n , a t h e t i m e o f h i s d e a t h h e w a s o n e F " " " 1O0 R . Stacey t l o n in D e c e m b e r , 1890. u p to t h e t h o r l z e d t o v o t e l n r e g u l a r meet- ioya.1 service t o the l i b r a r y and t e n years, a t w h i c h t i m e 111librarian. c l o s e friend, - w a s Just t h e o n e t o o f t h e t r u s t e e s a n d w a s a l s o t r e a s - W 1O0 F. W Browne 0 0 8 3 l n h e r ta,mly f 0 r C e d h e r 1 , 1 aTbeen mac"eT4llib?e t o T e Ty t b ^ t f u l V Z t o it oltfr ^ ° ^ ^ T T f ^ tlremeDt ° D^ ^ ^ ^ Fa mlngt'on a public 11- u r e r o f t h e association. F r e d W 100 F B . Mooney ' W a n d l ^ I are berol h ^rary A n d s o S e n e x t morning J .B r o wne w a s elected t o flU h i s u n - W . C . L o r d 100 t whZth? S ingTubltahed for the benefit of ^ £ V^yonTJZl^ IreT ^ ^ « t a b ' s lauad-r. M t a h e w e n t t Q M r Q o o d w l n . 6 homrexplred t e r m a s director, a n d 100 Eugene Adams t h e M R 100 i J ' ^ T m m ^ m t o consider " h o s e ^ h o wteTed t ^ e n ^ o y ^ » e ^ u nl " » ' ' ° *" ^ ^ T ^ t e r m a s treasurer M r e A C W M r o a b e e n U a l 100 now v e r y m u c ^ e W w n s p e o p h , bolk d o ^ J e n t ^ ^ . T , - "" ° 1 ^J'*** "V**™™** t h e appreciation the t o w n o f E a c h y e a r t h e library h a s seen J. L . M c L a u g h l i n 16 100 X t e d forTllbrary a n d h o w be^shS ^ m e m b t a b T p Se H " K T ' ' ' F a r m i n g t o n wouVd have f o r h i m an increase i n circulation until W i l l i a m V . W a r e 100 Tart many peoX worked to a c totZto^lnM ? ° ° * " " " ™ f o r such a n a c t of benevolence, i n the y e a r 1 9 3 6 a t o t a l o f 2 6 . 3 0 7 F r e d I. T h a y e r 1M L i r S . tna7were the ^ ^ o l ZL ^ ^ L T ' a . M h t« ^ ^ e r . y w a s chosen t o s u e - creased t h e s u m b y 70 The ^ ^ „ „ , . . . 1O0 foundation^fTe effort 2 t » ~ S ^ ° A v o t e o f t h a n k , w a s fund now amounted C to library corded. T h e circulation d u r i n g W i l l T B a r k e r i t o u DtH * 1 1 3 5 a X t e n d e d 1 0 M r E H T h m a 8 > T h l B 50 M ^ N a s o n ' s record showed ex- ^ v o u d a ? S l m e to O P T U the ^ H"' " " ° """l «»r F a r m i n g t o n h e w o u i d b e c a r - 1 9 2 7 . t h e last f u l l y e a r In t h e M y r a B d g e r l y 50 50 Harry F Nutter 50 J o h n H . Jenness 50 K a t h e r l n e R i c h m o n d a n d learning M r G o o d w i n , as Presidents, Isaac B . Pearl, S S 50 H e r b e r t B r o w n e hours t o compile. F o r most p e o - the library room, each person ateocretary. h a d served a s li- president, Mr 8 S P a r k e r w a s nations w i t h n o strings attached w a s his c u s t o m , w i s h e d t o h a v e P a r k e r , H . P W h e a t l e y , S. S P a r 50 Hie this w o u l d have b e e n a tedi- tending being at liberty o n this brarlan following the resignation o g a l n prevailed u p o n t o assume a n d a l l interest a d d e d , soine time " t o t h i n k It o v e r " , a s k e r , E . H . T h o m a s , H e n r y S . D a v - E . H . T h o m a s 5u F e i n e m a n B r o s . ous undertaking, b u t s h e w a s olghttocontribute a s m a n y books o f M)roa A g n e s L . Berry. office. Mr E. , „ January. 1 9 2 4 . it w a s found he expressed It. A n d a e a result, Is, S. S. P a r k e r . E . H . T h o m a s , t h e duties o f t h e 25 N e d L . P a r k e r f o n d o f t h e library a n d all It ag h o y w i s h . A c c o r d i n g l y , a N o w , M r s . Mary B . P a r k e r , D . D l s b r o w w a s e l e c t e d treasurer, t h a t after a l l bills w e r e paid, t h e the Library association w a s a d v i c e Presidents, F W Doring, 25 s t o o d f o r . I t l a w i t h respectful er o f t h o s e present helpful a n d aDways w o r k i n g b u t h i s s u b s e q u e n t r e m o v a l t o a n - s u m o f $ 2 0 0 c o u l d b e s p a r e d f r o m his very favorable deel- Mrs. A . C. W a l d r o n , D. E . E d g e r l y , J e r e m y W a l d r o n 25 H a r r y E. T h a y e r pleasuro that this history I s i g n e d t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a n d be- f o r the a d v a n c e m e n t of t h e 11- o t h e r t o w n p r e v e n t e d h i m from t h e a s s o c i a t i o n treasury, s o t h i s their behalf. E. H . Thomas, D B. Bdgerly, H 25 p r i n t e d therewith, c a m e members. b r a r y , c o n s e n t e d t o a c t a s librari- s e r v i n g h i s term a n d M r D . W w a s a d d e d t o t h e b u i l d i n g f u n d . A c c o r d i n g l y , o n March 3 1 , 1928 S. D a v i s , H e r b e r t D B r o w n e , F r e d F r e d e r i c k C l e m e n t s 25 Harrison Waldron B o t h t h e r e a d i n g r o o m a n d the a n temporarily, b u t in F e b r u a r y , K i m b a l l w a s e l e c t e d t r e a s u r e r m a k i n g in a l l . i n c l u d i n g Interest 25 Mr G o o d w i n turned . o v e r t o t h e I. T h a y e r . D u r i n g t h e fall o f 1 8 9 0 some o f M a r y B r o w n opened 1 8 9 4 , felt u n a b l e to have t h e oare A t t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g ln 1 9 0 8 , $ 1 3 7 3 10 the c i t i z e n s o f the town o f Farm- b o o k department were Library association $22,000 ln U T r e a s u r e r , F r a n k Pearl, N e d L. Sarah Waldron Isaac E . o f t h e office f o r a longer t i m e and Mr B . H . T h o m a s was elected E a r l y In t h e c l u b y e a r o f 1 9 2 4 S. g o v e r n m e n t b o n d s t o b e used P a r k e r , P e r c l v a l S a f f o r d , F . E i n g t o n h a d b e e n Interesting them- J a n u a r y 1, 1 8 9 1 , a n d Bequests and Trust Funds selves l n a m o v e m e n t to establish P e a r l c o n s e n t e d t o a c t a s librari- w a s succeeded b y Henry S. Davis, vice president o f t h e a s s o c i a t i o n Thomas, chairman o f d t h e Immediate e r e c t i o n B d g e r l y , W L . P e a v e y , E . D . D i s a ' p u b l i o l i b r a r y a n d reading a n u n t i l t h e affairs w e r e r u n n i n g w h o with t h e a i d of M r s . Davis, a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r .became Its , e l i b r a r y c o m m i t t e e of t h e W o e q u i p m e n t o f the G e o r g e H b r o w . D W K i m b a l l , D E . E d g - M r s . Ellen E a s t m a n 1200 r o o m , a n d o n election d a y , thanks s m o o t h l y . s e r v e d the l i b r a r y for m a n y years, president. D u r i n g this y e a r t h e i i , , had made announce- (jcodwin ubrary M r . G o o d w i n , r l y , J o h n P K u r d , S. S. P a r k e r . M r s . Josie Busselil 500 to the S0O4 i n t e n t o f MM> v o ere . H . P . W h e a t l e y . a t that A few w e e k s later, o n A p r i l 1 2 . F a r m i n g t o n W o m a n ' s c l u b preMrs. Sophronia Fernald 500 E t h e l Nason. a l w o a h t l o n o r t M r s a e a g e o f g < h e y e a r 8 > H l a l I n l a 8 t m o w U i a 1 s g d h a h y n c a m l n 8 w n g r f a u n r y d > t n t n a m e o o f l a t h e e n o y e o t a r o r f M r s D a v l s t n e g l t 1 e t l e 8 a 9 a e n t n B v e y a W A 4 s n e 9 e r v e a 0 8 a r l a n u n U 1t h h C o r p o r a e r e p y t h a t t n e y t e w e r e u t n o t l n t n o l o B N a J o f o n e t 8 8 a r n y p o B l t l o n r y e B n i a 2 s b e e w u b l l r a n t l o c t e < 1 h M TOU a 8 e c r e M a o Z O Z££ D Z ™LT»rT«T I T LT? ' ' ZT T TZ, ST t u ^ ™l H . 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M e a n - a s they posed o n t h e s t o p s o f t h e June, i 8 6 0 , a n d e x t e n d i n g to Jan, „ i o g In o b - A r m y a n d N a v y b u i l d i n g l n W a s h IT J , „ ' A s In 1921 a t t h e a n n u a l m e e t - t a l n l n g t e m p o r a r y q u a r t e r s In t h e ington. c o n t r i b u t e d toy B l a n c h e fii°»«R ' ttrt h November , a g o o c u t o n . J. P . B . Rdberts block dlrecUy R o y George C R o b e r t s contrl« M i °A ° 7 Selectman Frank Adams s u g - a c r o s s t h e street from t h e b u r n e d buted t w o c o p i e s o f t h e B i b l e ; *aoo to the liibrary Association. putting $260. w h i c h was structure. several v i e w s o f F a r m i n g t o n w e r e T h e p r e s i d e n t . 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M o w i n g to t h e departure c r e a t e more interest than a n y o p e n e d with about 70O b o o k s close the very lmpresive exercises, R e r. t sP, a lM r n eMlas P r i c e .A M Lo. bH mresr., O sabno d g nres ,s ° ' - * d Mrs. H e n r y D a v i s f o r ' o t h e r w a y . T h i s s u g g e s t i o n w a s r e a d y f o r c i r c u l a t i o n . A t t h e t i m e A t the annual m e e t i n g l n D e - D r . W . P. B l a k e , y e a r t h e f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s , w e r e A . I . NMuot eG, i b bJamea H . P o w e rosn , v e li ec cat e dp:r e s iPdreens ti ,d e nM t , r sI s a a c P e a r t ; James o n . Committee . 0.PW by-'lawa: -B. P. N u t e , J. B . Davis, d r o n ; s e c r e •t o r y— , MrB. O.A*W. r i ca el -. B T Wlttsbn, B. S . PaTker. I. E . t r e a s u r e r . N e d L . P a r k e r ; t r u s Peari R e V G . L . W h i t e , R e v . W t e e s . F . W . D o r l n g , O . W . T a l p e y . I. Sweet. - W h e a t l e y , S. 3 . P a r k e r It ' T h e first b o o k s d o n a t e d t o t h e was v o t e d t o m a k e " ^ h e l i b r a r y l i b r a r y w e r e c o n t r i b u t e d b y M r s . Xreo f o r t h e next year. Don't Worry, Scotty, n o — Jt must be Christmas. 0 1 A A d e l a i d e 0 . W a l d r o n , a n d were a s tollowa: T h e G r e a t e s t T h i n g In the W o r l d , b y P r o f . D w i m m o n d , "" " ~ " * O n ' t h e H i l l , toy F r e d e r l o S t a r r ; H o w N e w E n gHlua m n dp hW r eaya. Made, A n ibnyF r a n c e s A . Heuxm t epnhdreedy . t oAanl l l tnovltation waa . donate b o o k s or gifts. As e v i d e n c e o t g r o w i n g interest in t h e n e w library, a large g a t h e r l n g o f cltUenS w a a present at; a moating on November 28, 1890. ono w e e k later, T h e f o l l o w i n g g e n t l e m e n were J. E \ Safford, E u g e n e P . Nute, w'. I. S w e e t , t o serve f o r o n e y e a r : O n i r i c s W Talpey, H . P. W h e a t foTana 8barker to serve t w o years. T w e l v e y o u n g [people w e r e appointed to secure all the m e m - 1 Jt looks like Christmas. Jt smells fifce Christmas. Tt sounds fife* Christmas. ft tastes like Christmas. Jt feels like Christmas. to c e m H 1 e 0 f a B . Oarleton, Christmas ha* everything—hasn't it? Christmas holds tightly many happy memories, is loaded with joy and good cheer right now, and pierces uncertainties of the future with the bright twinkle of hope. Christmas lifts yon out of your ordinary self and pushes you up into being a person far nicer than you u have thought you were. *L Christmas opens up friendships more numerous, more delightful and more heart-warming than you knew you had. Christmas appeals to allfiveof your senses. Is there any sight lovelier than gaily wrapped gifts, multicolored candles, shiny holly and decorations on a Christmas tree? Isn't mere contentment in the fragrant smell of fir balsam in the living room and of spicy odors in die kitchen? Wouldn't the days seem empty without hear­ ing again the universally-loved carols and the laughter of happy children? Isn't self-control overstrained by the taste of festive, tempting foods? And don't we respond to the invigorating touch of the sweet air outdoors and die welcome warmth of home and family within ? a m o t o e a t e A t n towni n a t o l 0 t u p o n t o t h a t a p c h . . . your house didn't burn down! 1 1 1 M r n D » •t»h• »e niii-.fion Aomrdinsry favorably received a n d t h e ~Berry, librarian. According- t h e south. It became necessary t o aecure s o m e o.n e to a n cbouni sl di di ne g aa urged t o l y » « > ^ o n t a Program of F i naacl tl ya sNl ei bl lriaer iM. r cs eo rmi omuistltye e aw ny suitable t e r t a l n m e n t was p l a n n e d for t h e c o n s e n t e d to s e r v e tempor- l o t . w i n t e r o f 1 8 9 3 . One,ol: t h e first f » v ^ o f the major undertaking^ w a s ^ ^ ^ t e d as f o l held o n February 2 8 . 1893, a S. 8 . P a r k e r . F r e d I . T h a y v M m t M X h l f^^tSSL^SZ l y b r M a r r l 8 r 8 a n t h e p l e a s i n g ^ e a t u r e s ^ ^ ^ l i v i n g ly offered t o c o n t i n u e h e r services library Thla w a s brought t o successful termination as n i n e t y secretary. s i x P e r s o n s formed I n line, e a c h In 1*99 t h e a s s o c i a t i o n mem. om m ee b b o o k o r bera d aeoaaea t o aamena m » b»Jone r e p r e s e n Ltlng tAfter ing ssao m esnedv e nthe y. g r a n d o omk a r cohr bera taws seoc iadae dtot oelect Instead character. 8 e T t l U e e l m e a n e w t r a p p o l n "SETS \ l m Tt^r^ unfavorable comment h a d been forthcoming c o n c e r n i n g the mehod ot cataloging booto. metnoa 01 ataloging • » c— Teachers and students especially W a M r o f t h e iflre a b o u t 2 0 0 b o o k s w e r e c e m b e r , 18-28, It w a s v o t e d to a c o u t o n c a r d s . A s a b o u t t h r e e - c e p t t h e offer o f H e n r y W i l s o n f o u r t h s o f t h e total n u m b e r o f G r a n g e t o install l n t h e v e s t i b u l e b o o k s h a d b e e n c o m p l e t e l y d e e - o f the n e w l i b r a r y r o o m s a b r o n t e d i n t h e A r e It b e c a m e n e c - tablet tn m e m o r y o f V i c e P r e s i easary e c al itbarl aorgy w a la l abp oo dent T h u s , a t on e rw r akcs -, W i l s oonf. t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s H e n r y tically started. Valuable contrlT h e n e w b u i l d i n g waa ready o y e b u ^ o n . "of b o o k s w e r e r e c e i v e d f r o m p e o p l e d of town^. wel a s local citUens. Those from o u t o f town i n c l u d e d Mrs. K a t h e r l n e o n B r a i n t r e e ; M_r . W .„K . W a l d r o n , B r a i n i r e o . aar. w m v for occupancy o n Ma,^ 1 0 On this f » f f * ^ " ™ curred. w i t h t h e g o v e r n o r o f t h e state. Charles W . T o b e y . a n d m e m — ^ , „ attendance. bers t 8 n j B It's Scotry's a m m who'll do the worrying. That fire la going to coat them a lot m o r a than It should have. 7A«y wen under-Insured! How about you? How lonf nfto waa It that you set a value on your house? . . . and what you have In It? Head this Hartford warning aa published In leading magazines. Gall on ua today. Lst ua bring your Insurance Into line with today's In­ creased values, so that afirewon't cost you needless w o r r y and expense! Farmington Insurance Agency NEWS OFFICE I I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Digital File Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Farmington Public Library History 1890 1935 Farmington News, Page4, 1952-12-12 Description An account of the resource Farmington Public Library- A history from its beginning to in 1890 until 1935. This account is from the Farmington News, Page 4, December 12, 1952. Written by Ethel B Nason, longtime librarian. The account covers how the library was formed, who formed it, the first books it held, how it was managed, and how it was designed. Also included are details of incorporation in October of 1891, work of librarians and volunteers, further donations, fundraising over the years, and celebrations and attractions. Additional accounts include the fire that destroyed the Opera House building and the library within. Ending accounts include the fundraising for the new library, donation of the Goodwin library land, and construction of the new library building, and finally the opening of the new library in May of 1929. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photography & Streographs Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Goodwin Library Hand Colored Souvenir Postcard Description An account of the resource A hand colored souvenir postcard Farmington, NH with face featuring The Goodwin Library looking at the building's front, side profile from North Main Street. This two story Neo Classical, brick building is as it was originally built and does not have the back addition that would come later in the twentieth century. The Barker Block extension has not been built, so the north side of the library building does not touch the southern portion of the Barker Block building to the north. The windows in that north side are still in full view in this photo. The Pyhthian Block still stands behind the library building and the side of that building can be seen to the west side, behind library. Divided back postcard. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Media-Film, Video, Digital Representation Description An account of the resource This collection focuses on media. Tapes, film, digital video, digital audio, or other digital media representations that do not have physical components would be examples of items from this collection. Digital File Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital Copy -General Farmington History As Told By Alan Drew, Margory Drew, Twink Osgood, & Joe Bean Description An account of the resource <p>A digital copy of a VHS video recording of a basic, general Farmington History, from the 1800's up to the 1980's, as told by Alan Drew, Margory Drew, Twink Osgood, and Joe Bean. The recording was created by John Nolan and features not only those residents talking about town history from their perspective, but also a class of Farmington High school students asking them a few questions. The original video was found in the historical cabinet at the Goodwin Library by Director Tami LaRock. The VHS video was donated to the library, long ago, by Dottie Bean, the daughter of Joe Bean.<br /><br />This is a digital file in the collection. To view the video you will need to make an appointment to view this file.<br /><br />FHS-Kyle Leach<br /><br /><br /></p> <p></p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Nolan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980's Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1980's Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Tami LaRock Bean digital Drew Farmington Farmington High School Goodwin Library history LaRock Osgood students video https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12165/archive/files/4e3d80e74863d628051a08e8bec13818.jpeg?Expires=1789603200&Signature=Wb2ngk75ekdIlyEkjxn5G9AUMrXE5l5R2hlf3JQEwTEKHVLqdmhk8-LKlr5LJ35Ildu8nTULdf5tMzVe2k-5Zm4Rwqxla3b1XnAMaEByikAsaXeIFotnlhaezJydD5RM1F85OEbDZLyw7qbyyzATKpqr3cJjOMGBgm0UnwXdXd9rq-LQBZnrLWcb5ROgC4RAuuYUcasNxXECXin8v-eNGmmh1Hu9IBATjYiWUOadZ6Hypp3N1N0-mxSnuIJXXsJcx-VOFM3hqMVrgJCBy9IYdvAvRWZEN5ib5rN12RkL%7E0qG96aA%7EjwQFodA09oyAKMsfP%7E87HOre9ODK1vC%7EmvDDQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d3b49ba3a8f0319c92cb3bddbf2214e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Digital File Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Article-Farmington News-George H Goodwin Library Cornerstone 1928 Description An account of the resource An article covering the public announcement that the cornerstone at the George H. Goodwin Library was to be put in August 3, 1928. the Trustee were to be there and the general public was asked to come out in force to honor the gift of the library. This is a digital file and does not exist in the physical museum collection. FHS-Kyle Leach PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods. 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Seme s c h o o l i n g and independent study. Works a t v a r i o u s j o b s , i n c l u d i n g p r i n t i n g and as o f f i c e boy t o a lawyer. Has access t o a l i b r a r y , p r a c t i c e s oratory. Marries Martha Day Ayer of Plaistow, NH. Journeyman p r i n t e r . Attempted newspaper f a i l s . Wife d i e s , 1846. Health g i v e s way, s u f f e r s from melancholia. Marries Miriam C. Tewksbury of Wilmot, NH and moves to Wilmot. J o i n s Free W i l l B a p t i s t Church. Gives f i r s t sermon, 1850, and begins leading prayer meetings and o c c a s i o n a l s e r v i c e s . L i c e n s e d and preaches two y e a r s i n N. Wilmot Ordained i n Wilmot. C a l l e d t o S t r a f f o r d , VT. C a l l e d t o Farmington, NH Free W i l l B a p t i s t Church Z^^pointed " b u i l d i n g agent" of a new meeting house, "with f u l l power t o r a i s e t h e necessary funds, and t o proceed t o b u i l d the house with a l l p o s s i b l e d i s p a t c h " . B u i l d i n g dedicated, October. S u f f e r i n g mental exhaustion, Babcock r e s i g n s a t Farmington. Preaches a t Effingham, NH and W. Buxton ME over the next two y e a r s . Autobiography ends. Post-1860 Babcock s e r v e s U n i t a r i a n churches i n L a n c a s t e r , NH and Groton, MA. E d i t s a reform newspaper. The New Age (1875-1877). L e c t u r e s and w r i t e s i n support of temperance, workers' r i g h t s , women's s u f f r a g e and wcxnen's r i g h t s . R e c r u i t e d as a p o l i t i c a l speaker f o r l i b e r a l candidates. Writes novel. The Dawning, 1885. 1894 Dies i n h o t e l f i r e i n Boston. Buried w i t h second wife and daughter i n N. Wilmot, NH. ���AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF olm Martin Luther Babcoc TOGETHER WITH A Discourse delivered at the Funeral, and Addresses given at the Memorial Service. . Published for the F a m i l y . 1894. �CHAPTER IV. MINISTRY. The 1 '. " r e v i v a l " in w h i c h I was " c o n v e r t e d " was a sort of union affair, as it is termed ; that is. F r e e w i l l Baptists, T r i n i t a r i a n Congregationalists and Methodists were engaged in it. I t was intimated to me that I should be w a r m l y welcomed to churchmembership in either of these sects. w i l l Baptists, on two grounds. I elected to j o i n the F r e e - F i r s t , this denomination had at an early day in the abolition movement taken an anti-slavery position, and borne testimony against " t h e sum of all v i l l a i n i e s . " Such was \s voice as a denomination, though a large portion of its churchmembers i n New H a m p s h i r e at least, stilj^ remained firm i n their pro-slavery prejudices. I did not, it is true, k n o w this at the time ; but i presume if I had I should have chosen that sect all the same, because it was the only religious body (besides the Q u a k e r s ) that h a d at that day the decency to protest against putting women on the auction-block. Second; though I then k n e w very little about theology, I did know that there was such a thing as C a l v i n ism ; and i.n the fervor of my newborn zeal I loathed the monstrous dogma that God had doomed a " c e r t a i n but indefinite numb e r " of tlje human race (so says the creed) to an eternal h e l l , — and made, too, that characteristic and godlike decree before the "foundation of the w o r l d . " Now the F r e e w i l l Baptists were A r m i n i a n in their theology,— had rejected the " p r e d e s t i n a t i o n " and " e l e c t i o n " free." nonsense, and proclaimed that " s a l v a t i o n was I was therefore inclined to this sect by the force of my natural tastes and impulses. For some months after this my thoughts puzzled and struggled over the personal problem whether I should continue to cultivate ^ the soil ( a noble and honest occupation in itself), or whether I �3i • should attempt to do something else. I had not yet recovered from the shock of my first defeat, and still sorely distrusted my own abilities. A t the same time I had an intense yearning for some form of intellectual life, and feared that my brain would i , stagnate, as it evidently had i n the case of most of my neighbors, ^ in the simple but wearing toils of a farmer's existence. I n this state of doubt and perplexity, it happened, the next \ summer, that an opening was accidentally offered to me, and, with not more than an hour's notice, I jnounted the pulpit, and gave my first sermon,—an entirely extemporaneous effort, without any'previous preparation whatever. D f c o u r s e l went through, and talked the usual length of time without stumbling. did not settle my doubts. But the performance I still could not bring myself to believe that I was made for a preacher. I n this state of uncertainty I passed' several months of the succeeding winter in Boston. I set types in Mr. B u t t s ' office for the family subsistence, and used my evenings to renew some former associations, and to reawaken, if I could, my mental energies. ' ,rCi ' I returned to Wilmot in early spring, to meet the sorrow of laying away in the grave the dear form of the lovely babe, the first that was born to me in my second marriage,—little M a r y L o u i s a , aged fifteen months. H e r mother sleeps beside her now. O n the question that h a d been engaging my thoughts for months, my mind not many weeks after this came to a decision. I could not settle down to a farmer's life ; what, then, should I do ? I had a definite purpose,—I was bent on making myself of some use to the world. What c a l l i n g or occnpation could offer opportunities than that of the Ministry ? H e r e was a better profession that, by its very nature, could have no connection with selfishness or pride. I t could take no counsel of policy or expediency. I t is devoted to the noblest objects, a n d must be controlled and guided by the highest moral considerations. I t could listen to nothing but the voice of absolute T r u t h , — c a r e for nothing but the eternal R i g h t A person of moderate abilities might do some service to his race in such a work as this. T h e die was c a s t , — I would be a minister. �T h e next question w a s , — M u s t I prepare myself by a course of study i n some theological school ? H o w did I learn to set types ? I learned without a master,—by m y own unaided practice. way to learn to set types is, clearly, to set types. to learn to preach is—to preach. The T h e n the way Of course, if there were techni- cal or scientific secrets to be learned, it would be necessary to go where they were revealed or taught. But how m u c h science must a man be master of before he could learn to say what he thinks. I am now twenty-eight years of a g e , — I will waste no time i n the schools. I w i l l make the needs, the prejudices, the passions of my fellow-men my school; if I cannot learn how to preach in such a school, I could not from a professor of d i v i n i t y . So I began. I gave sermons here a n d there, for awhile, as I had opportunity,—sometimes holding forth in a schoolhouse, and sometimes taking the place of a minister who was i l l . The F r e e w i l l Baptist churches were arranged in groups of neighboring bodies, periiaps twenty churches i n a group. These associations were called Quarterly Meetings, and met in religious convocation four times a year.' A t one of these, in J a n u a r y , I was formally licensed to preach the gospel. years I preached i n Wilmot. 1852, F o r the next two T h i s period of my life is rather bar- ren of interest or incident. I^ ' I '5 S'^ T h e r e was one episode that I w i l l recount, because it will tend to show how I had my eyes opened to the_actual state of religious character and quality in the people among whom my lot was now cast, and how some of the fond illusions with w h i c h I set out were too suddenly dissolved. E a r l y in the spring I wished to purchase a cow. I had no s k i l l in judging of an animal's qualities by external examination, an art i n which some old farmers are exceedingly expert. So I went to one of my deacons, a man who, for t h a t locality, dealt largely in cattle, and stated my want. fidence in his Christian integrity. A t this time I had full con- I had indeed heard some hints that he was not trustworthy in his business transactions; but he was so loud in his professions, a n d so zealous i n prayer-meeting. �33' that in my simplicity I h a d dismissed these innuendoes as u n worthy of belief. So when he told me that he had just the cow I wanted, that he would sell me below her value, I fully believed him. I t is true it was some slight shock to my confidence when he went on to expatiate on the very excellent qualities of his c o w ; but, putting the matter on the very lowest ground, I reflected that no m a n would, for the sake of a few dollars, gravely damage his reputation among his neighbors by a dishonest transaction. I paid h i m his price, which was as high as a first-class animal would command. A s it turned out, it was the meanest and most nearly worthless of any domestic a n i m a l ever reared. But I said noth- i n g ; I only thought that I might profit by the lesson in the future. Some others, who could not help knowing the facts, made talk about it, much to the deacon's discredit. some But I took my punishment l i k e a little m a n . I t did, however, have the effect of convincing me that the education of this people in the principles of Christian morality had been sadly neglected, and impressed me with the necessity and importance of giving these C h r i s t i a n s more " p r a c t i c a l " sermons. A n d i n this way my attention was turned to this line of instruction. M a n y months afterwards, when I had seen more evidences of the moral obtuseness of this people, I remember that I prepared my.self with a " strong " sermon on the urgency of the requirement that C h r i s t i a n s should be truthful and honest in their dally lives, if they would not bring dishonor on the gospel they professed. Now I most solemnly affirm that in this sermon I did not have the deacon in my m i n d . grievance I was not disposed to put a personal into a discourse; a n d , besides, some more recent cir- cumstances had driven the thought of the deacon's cheat out of my mind. I could not help noticing, however, that the deacon was very uneasy during the service ; and, as soon as it was over, one of his sons went out of the c h u r c h , and said, in the hearing of many, " T h e r e ! he said everything he could say without saying ' c o w ' right out." T h i s revealed to me how much this family had suffered i n their feelings about the " c o w trade," and it was encouraging �34 to know that t h e j were not insensible to the_lash. T h e r e is some hope of a man's moral renovation as long as a good degree of sensibility remains. I had got tlie best end of the " trade " after a l l . I n the course of two years I had made some advancement i n the art of preaching, and now felt some confidence I might j u s t l y ' attempt to be useful in a larger field. I n J a n u a r y , 1S54, I was at a session of the Quarterly Meeting, held at Wilmot, formally o r d a i n e d to the work of the ministr}', and now became a full-fledged clergyman. I soon received a " c a l l " to Strafford, V e r m o n t , and, after preaching there for one Sunday, I accepted the invitation, and removed to that town with m y family. H e r e I passed two pleasant years ; but nothing occurred worthy of special r e c o r d . slavery sentiment was m u c h more vigorous V e r m o n t than it was in N e w H a m p s h i r e . T h e anti- and wide-spread i n I n my church or audi- ence there was none of that besotted prejudice i n favor of slavery that I h a d found i n W i l m o t ; and there was no necessity for those anti-sla\ery sermons that h a d been a source of irritation to some of my hearers in my first m i n i s t r y . I n the elections of the autumn of that year the victory for anti-slavery was practically won i n Vermont. I t was here that I sought to prepare myself for future usefulness by m a k i n g an experiment. M y parish was extended a large t e r r i t o r y ; and, according to the custom of those I appointed meetings, on the evening of week-days, for over days, the benefit of the aged or infirm i n the outlying districts, who could not come four or five m i l e s to c h u r c h very often on Sunday. H i t h e r t o I had not been able to preach without considerable preparation. * But, to be fitted for emergencies, I wanted to be to preach off-hand. able So I adopted the plan of going out to these evening meetings, and g i v i n g a " p r e a c h " without the slightest preparation. I wanted to get the ability and habit of " thinking on my feet." I f I have ever had any facility in purely extempo- raneous speaking, it is due to such efforts as these, more than to any natural gift. I n my original power of speech I was not fluent. �35 T h e r e is, indeed, such a tiling as extemporaneous speech, the main part of which has been thoroughly thought out beforehand. W h a t I desired was to be able to think as I went along. Besides the fact that I was one year in StrafTord elected to have charge of the public schools, there is nothing in particular to set down i n my life there. T h e r e was no " leligious revi\l " in the town while I remained there. M y next ministry was in the town of Farmington, in New H a m p s h i r e , where I removed i n the summer of 1856. A village had been built up here by a thriving shoe industry, and a small F r e e w i l l Baptist church h a d been organized. I not only had a " c a l l " to go there, but had been urged by the brethren who managed affairs at the headquarters of the denomination in Dover to accept it. T h e substance of this advice was, that the village was growing, and, by the hard work of an earnest and able man a flourishing church might be built up there. T h e first point was to get a church built there, for the F r e e w i l l Baptists had no fit place of worship. A n old and decayed meeting- house, built in the old times before a village was thought of, was all that the church had to meet in ; and as this gloomy house was three-fourths of a mile away from the village it was impossible to gather an audience within its w a l l s on Sunday,—ah audience large enough to give any hope of the future. One of our leading m.inisters had been my immediate ecessor. pred- H e had devoted his ministr}'of two years to the special object of building a new meeting-house in the village ; and had given up the work in despair. I went there under these conditions, i soon saw that for some months at least a new meeting-house was not to be thought of, much less openly advocated. I n fact some members of the church " e n c o u r a g e d " me from the first by saying that the F r e e will doctrine had no chance i n that community, and a new house of worship could never be built there. I thought I would consic;;r the matter for myself, and said nothing. B u t what forced the postponement of any meeting-house enter- �36 prise was the fact that the entire community was terribly stirred up and excited over politics. mont cainpaign of W e were in the midst of the F r e - 1856. I have witnessed and passed through fifteen presidential elections, and the campaign of 1856 surpasses any of them, or all of them, for its purely moral effectiveness and grandeur. T h e cam- paign of 1840 was fully as glowing in its e.xcitement; but it was a merely thoughtless craze, a n d nobody kne.v what the hullabalo was all about. '* W i l l go for O l d T i p , therefore, Without a why or wherefore " was a quite accurate description of the spirit of that canvass. T h e election of 1S60, when L i n c o l n was elected, was very quiet and inanimate indeed, for the contest had been practically decided four years earlier, and it was seen to be a foregone conclusion from the beginning of the canvass. B u t i n 1856 the political conditions were entirely unlike any which di.^iinguished a campaign before or since,—at least in my remembrance. T h e anti-slavery sentiment that had been slowly gaining in force and volume as a political movement since 1840 now appeared in the field with a strength a n d vigor that threatened or promised to sweep the country. T h e outrages which the border ruffians," the tools of the slave power, were infliciing on the free settlers of K a n s a s , and the horrible atrocities of midnight raids on the homes of peaceable emigrants, borne on every Western breeze, aroused the pity and indignation of the N o r t h . W h e n these emigrants at length arose to oppose the invader, and John Brown's war-cry at Ossawatomie was heard throughout the land, the excitement blazed with intensity of heat. B u t the impulse which set the multitudes in polidcal array was a purely moral impulse. No question of dol- lars and cents entered into the conflict; no man's pocket was appealed to. I t was only the claims of R i g h t against Wrong, of Freedom against Slavery. I t was into the whirl of such a political tempest that I was cast j p the sumiiier of 1856 in F a r m i n g t o n , Of course the people h a d �37 no ear for the abstract dogmas of religion. E v e r y t h i n g was inter- preted with reference to the political situation. I f the preacher happened casually to say that no man should be the " s l a v e of his passions," the phrase was caught up and discussed as to its bearing on the affairs of " b l e e d i n g K a n s a s . " I n my constitutional cau- tion I delayed m a k i n g a public avowal of my convictions till I could gain some insight into the state of the public mind, and the nature of the prevailing sentiment. and how to strike. I wanted to know just where I never felt more deeply impre. .,ed with the importance of m a k i n g a right use of my abilities and my opportunities. So I preached as if unconscious c a l m l y the general doctrines of religion, of the storm raging around me. I contented myself with the increase i n the number of my small audience, from Sunday to S u n d a y , — a n increase which usually marks a new preacher's advent, and w h i c h it depends on his own abilities to hold. So matters went on for weeks. A t the beginning of October I felt I must no longer delay. was time I should fire a shot. effect. It M y preaching was having no visible I could not content myself to be " Dropping buckets into empty wells, A n d growing old in drawing nothing u p . " But I had been treasuring up such a volume of " wrath against the day of w r a t h " that I w a s impelled to say more than I then thought I could properly say as a part of a religious service. So one Sunday I quietly gave notice that on the following T h u r s d a y evening I would state my views on the political situation. I went down to the old meeting-house on that evening in a mental state the very calmness of which surprised me. I found about twice the number of my usual audience, but the general aspect was very quiet. 1 besran by stating the general grounds on which c h a f e l slavery was shown to be a monstrous wrong, and the giant sin of permitting it to e x i s t anywhere, as well as the absurd disgrace of continuing the iniquitous s3-stem in a land formally dedicated, as ours was, to liberty. A l l this I might properly have declared in a sermon on Sunday. B u t then I went on to apply thq �38 principles I had laid down to the existing position of political parties. T h e Democratic party, w h i c h had for forty years stood as the abject tool of the S l a v e power, h a d in the present campaign taken a position in defence of s l a v e r y . I t was true they had attempted to mask their batteries ; but in spite of a l l attempted disguises, the fact was evident that the success of that party would be regarded, South and North, as a triumph of slavery, and a blow at the hope of freedom. I n the conflict then raging in K a n s a s , the Democrats were manifestly a i d i n g the effort to fasten the evil of slavery on those virgin prairies, and i f the election went in their favor that infamous effort might possibly succeed. T h e R e p u b l i c a n party, with its watchwords of " F r e e S o i l , F r e e M e n , and F r e m o n t , " were in political array against slavery, and their triumph would at least check its extension. T h e i r platform, I said, it is true, does not come up to my ideal. T h e y said, " N o extension of s l a v e r y ; " but my platform w a s , " N o slavery a n y w h e r e . " However, as the party that was l o o k i n g towards liberty, and proposed to strike at least a partial blow for freedom, it was immeasurably to be preferred to the other party. A n d I said it was inconceivable to me how a faithful C h r i s t i a n could support a party that had raised the black flag of slavery. I spoke one hour a n d thirty minutes, and the meeting closed quietly. I went home that night with the impression that my effort had not caused the sensation, or produced the effect, that I anticipated. IJut I s a n k to sleep with the comfortable consciousness that I had done what was right, and the consequences might take care of themselves. five gentlemen came to my house. They were prominent citizens as w e l l as leading R e p u b l i c a n s . T h e next forenoon They came to say that they had j u s t le.irned that I had given a masterly lecture the previous evening ; that they were sorry they h a d not heard it, but the fact was they had not k n o w n it was to be given. ( T h e fact was, I suspect, that my denomination was so small and so despised in that c o m m u - i t y that it was not recognized as an appreciable forcp. T h e y d j d not see that any gopd pould come �39 out of the " N a z a r e t h " of a F r e e w i l l church ; and so my notice had been treated as of no account.) Now, from what had been told of the lecture, the whole village was anxious to hear i t ; and would I do them the favor to repeat it, on any evening I might name, at the large hall in the village which was used as the R e p u b l i can headquarters. I told them, politely, that I could not do that, because I had spoken as a minister and not as a politician ; and, speaking i n my own c h u r c h I was free to say just what I thought; that if I should speak under Republican auspices I might say some things they would not indorse,-and I did not wish that the party should be responsible for my utterances. T h e committee tempted to controvert both of my positions ; they argued persuaded at some length ; but I did not yield. atand I told them, finally, that if they desired it I would repeat my speech, on any evening they might choose, in my own church. After demurring to the place, on the ground that it was a pity to take the people a mile away from their homes when a much better place could be had at their ov/n doors, they finally thanked me for my willingness to repeat it anywhere, and an evening of the next week was fixed upon. T h e next morning posters were up everywhere, announcing the meeting. Now I began to see that my first meeting had not fallen fiat. A new b r a n d was thrown into the political flame, and the excitement seethed with added fury. What were we coming to if minis- ters must go into politics like t h a t ! religion woul4 be destroyed. W h y , the very foundations of I n such an excitement passions seize men of w h i c h they are afterwards ashamed. So violent may men become under such conditions that there were even hints of personal violence to myself,— though this I did not hear of till afterwards. B u t it was supposed that there was so much danger, that a large number of Republicans went early to the church, and surrounded the pulpit, to protect me from assault. I went to the meeting as calmly as I went to the first, without anticipating what I saw. I have never known a church or h a l l to be more densely packed. E v e r y inch of sitting or standing room �40 was fully occupied, and the c r o w d surged up the pulpit stairs, so it was with some inconvenience that I gained my place. Besides this, every window was open, and crowds were standing at t h e m , and there were hundreds who could not get so near. I began my speech, and went through with the general line of remark that I h a d tised on the first e v e n i n g ; then I prepared to close. W h e n t h i s w a s perceived, the cry went up a l l over the house, " G o on ! go on ! " I was now thoroughly warmed up. All the pent-up thought that }:ad been gathering force for weeks was now let loose, a n d facts and illustrations found utterance as fast as I could speak t h e m . A n d I w a s not permitted to stop till I h a d talked for more than three hours. T h o s e who never m a k e speeches do not know how much help the extemporaneous orator receives from the enthusiasm of an aroused and largely sympathetic audience. evening as if some I t seemed to be that invisible power were near me, thoughts and i n s p i r i n g me with irresistible force. experiences on other occasions afterwards. suggesting I had similar I do not believe that such an afflatus is caused by any occult or spiritual influence. It is simply the effect of that sympathy, that magnetism (for want of another name), w i t h w h i c h one m i n d acts or reacts on another, and i s only a revelation of that " t o u c h of N a t u r e " that " m a k e s the whole world k i n . " Such is the account of my first political speech. • I t is amusing after all these years to think of the ferment into which that village w a s t h r o w n by this speech. I t was the one topic of discussion in the shops and the stores. I t is one of the superstitions that a clergyman is to be treated at least with outward respect. I t had always previously been accorded to me. B u t for a few days even this seemed to be forgotten. M e n in their rage did not hesitate to say to me, " A s soon as election is over, you w i l l be d r i v e n from this t o w n . " sponded. " W h y not b e f o r e ? " I re- O f course I was not indifferent to this sort of t a l k . About half of m y usual audience on Sunday were D e m o c r a t s . B u t , through a l l the nervous s t r a i n and excited feeling to which I �41 was subjected, I was at peace with myself; and quite happy in a l l the turmoil, i n the consciousness that I was not an entirely useless stick in the world. But, the battle once begun, I had to keep it up for the few weeks that intervened before election. mons flamed with abolition. E v e r y Sunday my ser- A very prominent and able Demo- crat was brought to F a r m i n g t o n to speak, who made a direct attack on me as a " black-coated v i l l a i n . " H e referred to the efforts of the Democratic party early i n the century to establish religious ' toleration i n New H a m p s h i r e , and claimed that the F r e e w i l l Baptists were therefore under great obligations to that party, and that it was ingratitude i n them to t u r n against their best friends. I h a d to reply to him ; and among other things, call to m i n d the fact that the F r e e w i l l B a p t i s t Book Establishment at D o v e r h a d been year after year denied an act of incorporation by the Democratic legislature of New H a m p s h i r e because the " M o r n i n g S t a r , " the denominational organ, was an " abolition sheet." People thought his own guns were turned upon him. One incident w i l l show the bitterness of feeling that now possessed the more violent partisans. One evening I had an appoint- ment to preach in a neighboring town. ride out of the village i n the afternoon. Of course I was seen to O n my return the next morning, I was met at the entrance of the village by a friend who told me that a report was b u z z i n g about the shops that I had refused to shelter an escaping s l a v e , — w i t h the comment that it was now to be seen what all my abolition zeal amounted to. (This was my friend's report, not his own opinion.) I hurried home. I t turned out that rather late the evening be- fore my wife was called to the door by a knock, and saw a colored man standing there, who a s k e d if he could be kept for the night, as he was r u n n i n g away from slavery. She was alone in the hoi'.se, with three little children, and another expected very soon, and did not think she ought to have a stranger, black or white, stay a l l night. So she directed him to the house of a brother i n the c h u r c h , near by, who was a good anti-slavery m a n , — a n d the �44 succeed by any form of indirection or deceit. I t is true that this provision proved lo be the salvation of that society. makes the matter no better. P.ut this A dishonest man, clothed with such exclusive authority, might have swamped the church by saddling it with a heavy debt for a costly building, or ruined it by embezzling the funds. T h e end does not justify the means.] W h e n the articles were adopted, the first question was on the choice of a business or building agent. intention of t a k i n g that position. ing, nor experience in details. Now I had no thought or I had no knowledge of build- Besides the dpubt I had as to my ability in business would have driven the thought away if it had occurred to me. T h e r e were two or three carpenters in the society, and I supposed that the choice would naturally have fallen on one of them. B u t to my surprise they a l l declined the honor. T h e t r i "h was, they had none of them much if any faith that the enterprise would succeed, and they did not w i s h to be identified with failure. I n this state of the case, they began to declare, one after another, that I was the only man lo be chosen the building agent. A l l that h a d so far been done had been done by me, and there was no one else so w e l l qualified to carry it through. W e l l , after a long talk, I saw clearly that if I did not take up the burden the whole thing must fail, and I consented. I t brought upon me the most wearing, irritating, and thankless labor of my life. I at once went to w o r k with all the pushing energy I could command. O n e of the members had a saw-mill and lumber. In getting his subscription he had offered to supply all the timber for the frame ; a n d , with the understanding that he should do this, he had put against his name a sum sufficient, as he thought, to cover the estimated cost. up. After securing the.^ite^ I went to hurry h i m I t was still winter, an unfit time lo begin building operations. But I got h i m to promise that the timber for the frame should be on the ground at a c c : tain time. Some of the members advised me to let the whole job by contract, I took counsel of my instincts. I told thein that a coo- �45 tractor would probably either make or lose money ; I did not w a n t any man to lose a cent of money by us, and we could not aiTord to Jet one grow rich out of us,—so I should build by the day. I happily selected the right k i n d of a man to put i n the stone foundation and underpinning. H e did his work well, and at a reasonable cost. I took one of the carpenters with me, and went away ten miles to another saw-mill, and bought a pile of pine boards, some of it clear and some knotty, that I hoped would be enough of such material as we would need. I made a bargain for a large quantity of nails, of sizes, at a uniform price of $3.75 a hundred pounds; a price then very low,' but since then the cost of this material has been much reduced. M e a n t i m e , and before spring opened, I was unremitting in m y efforts to fill up my subscription. I had already e.\hausted a l l chance of r a i s i n g money among my church-members and their f r i e n d s ; and I must now try what could be done among outsiders. H e r e my success exceeded my expectations. ness to help me than I had counted upon. I found more readiT w o things aided me. Some men had an ambition to see the village built u p ; and they contributed in the belief that a new-church would add materially to the appearance of the village, as well as to the value of their property. " M a k e to yourselves friends of the mammon of un- righteousness." sonal nature. T h e second cat'se of success was of a more perS o n x of the villagers had already begun to look upon the projected meeting-house, as not so much the work of a church society, as my own individual enterprise. I I t appeared that had secured the sympathy of the Republicans, in the previous campaign, 10 such an extent that they were disposed to help me in the w o r k to which I was so warmly devoted. A s my well-wishers they urged others to come to my assistance when they had not the means to contribute themselves. A n active canvass was, to my surprise, spontaneously going on in my favor. cans I received valuable contributions. So from R e p u b l i - I even, then, ventured to 3sk Democrats for subscriptions ; and here, if I did not meet with �46 much success, I received no angry rebuff. O n e leading and wealthy D e m o c r a t did, indeed, give me a small subscription ; and surprised me, as he did so, by saying, " I have told our folks that I had more respect for you than I had for our minister ; for i n the campaign you hit us as hard as you c o u l d , and tried lo plaster it o v e r . " I am inclined here to pause, to note a reflection : I t is safer as well as in other ways better to do what you think is right, than to be guided by the suggestions of expediency. Some of my brethren, who professed to be opposed to slavery themselves, said to me i n the heat of the battle that I was ruining a l l chances of building a meeting-house by exasperating the pro-slavery people, a n d advised that I should at once tone myself down. T h i s advice h a d no other effect than to make me more outspoken. A t the same time, young as I was, I was not sure that I w a s not putting it out of m y own power ever to achieve the ultimate purpose I h a d at h e a r t ; but I d i d not permit this fear to cause me to waver i n my obedience to my convictions. B u t as it turned out, my course was, with one side, a great help to the meeting-house p r o j e c t ; and, with the other, it secured a good measure of personal respect. T h e t i m b e r for the frame of the house was delivered on the ground promptly according to promise. T h e brother, a carpenter, who had prepared the schedule of the timber, came to me one morning, and startled me by saying that he had hastily looked over the timber, and thought that it was not lit to put into a frame. I went with him to the spot, and he pointed out to me some large sticks, designed for heavy beams, that were " wany-edged " and otherwise u n f i t ; and he said the only thing to do was to condemn the whole lot, make the man who furnished it take it b a c k , and get a new frame at a good mill. A n d this was said i n apparent un- consciousness that such a procedure might ruin the whole enterprise, by involving me in a quarrel with the brother who had furnished the timber as his contribution ; by causing great delay and greatly i n c r e a s e d c o s t ; and by the nameless injury of paralyzing the faith of a l l who were interested i n the work. A n d this was the man I was at one time ignorant enough to believe would make �47 a good building agent; and who was by this time sorry that he had not taken the post when it was offered to him. W h a t an escape for us that he did not foresee that the project would go forward. Of course such senseless talk did not affect me for a moment. But I engaged h i m , at wages, to take the schedule and overhaul the t i m b e r ; to check off every defective stick, so that I might know if any of it would answer the purpose, and report as soon as possible. A b o u t two hours after dinner be came to say that if six new sticks for beams were procured, those s l i c k s whose places they would take might be used i n place of some shorter ones in the schedule, and a good frame might be made. his report. I was overjoyed at I at once drove to the mill, ten miles away, where I h a d bought the pile of pine boards, and laid down a memorandum of the six beams I wanted, and asked if they could be sawed and delivered in Farmington before the next Saturday. could be done, and it was done. I was told it A n d $60 were added oiitright to the cost of the building. I had an idea, when I began the work, that it would be wise for each depaitment to get if I could some man specially adapted to the work to be done. A carpenter may be a very good work- man in finishing a building, who would be almost worthless in framing it. I was again exceedingly lucky in hunting up tlie man who was one of the greatest geniuses in the way of framing a building ever known. H e lived twelve miles distant, on his own farm. T i e did nothing i n the trade except framing; and was i n great request for this w o r k . I drove to his house, and was happily able to engage him, at wages which would now seem low. I t was agreed that he should begin the next fabulously Monday,—the very next Monday after the day on which I h a d been sagely advised to condemn the timber. I n how many ways should I have been involved in difficulties if I had followed that advice ! T h e framing was begun at the appointed time, rapidly pushed to completion. T h e entire men force of the village, almost, came to the r a i s i n g ; and it was pronounced the best frame ever put up �48 in town. ' T h e master framer h a d not made a single m i s t a k e ; every measurement had been accurate, and every ten.-int fitted the right mortise. I must add that he had framed it without plans. I was determined to avoid, if I could, the expense of an architect. I gave to this superior man a l l the dimensions I had decided upon, and described to h i m the general character of the structure as I had designed i t ; _ w i t h this scanty data he went on and put up the substantial skeleton. H e finished his work, and took with him my respect and admiration when he left. I h a d a carpenter already engaged to superintend the work of boarding and delay. finishing, a n d the construction proceeded without I gave my own time entirely to the building. I was at^ a l l times about it, except when away procijring m a t e r i a l . h a n d to everything I could do. I put my I " s p l i t " nearly a l l the boards used into their necessary dimensions. I did this w o r k , in advance of its being called for, on all the boards required for pew construction. A s soon as any outside finish h a d been completed, I applied a coat of " p r i m i n g , " — t h i s being a more economical method than keeping z painter on hand for that purpose, as he could be employed only a few hours in a day. W h e n the shingles were to be put on, 1 was lucky again in finding the man specially fitted for such work. with great rapidity. H e did it well, and I have since seen three regular carpenters lay a less number of shingles i n a day than were faithfully put on in the same length of time by that one m a n . I never w o r k e d harder, except at a period later in life, than I did that summer. I gave my whole time and thought during the week to the building. W h e n Saturday night came, after 1 had paid off the w o r k m e n , and written up my accounts, it was twelve o'clock ; and I sank to slumber a thoroughly man. usually exhausted I arose on Sunday m o r n i n g entirely listless and inert, with no preparation whatever for preaching. A t the appointed hour I went, with tired step, nearly a mile to the old shell where we then h e l d our meetings, and mumbled over some form of words, in the place of preaching, and let it go at t h a t I t must have been from �49 habit or from sympathy that people came to my meeting that summer. F o r , as I now remember it, a more lifeless and dis- j o i n t e d style of talk was never sounded from the pulpit. T h e fact was that I had set my heart on the completion of that meetinghouse ; my whole soul was bound up in it,—and 1 could think of nothing else. I am now inclined to think that in a l l that time the thought that the purpose of the gospel was to save souls never occurred to me, only, finish the church, if the heavens fall ! E a r l y i n September, of that eventful year, the panic of struck the country, and " d r i e d up realms to deserts." weeks tfie meeting-house would have been finished; seemed that my enterprise would be paralyzed. 1857 I n a few but now it F o r the conven- ience of the subscribers, I had been collecting their subscriptions in i n s t a l l m e n t s ; but, in the conditions brought on by the panic, m a n y could not pay me a farthing. But I would not despair. I went to the churches of l i k e faith in neighboring towns, a n d beg: ged for the Farmington meeting-house. I raised money out of town, i n small sums, on my personal credit. I pressed through a l l difficulties, and saw the end at length. T h e edifice was dedicated early in October,— all paid for, but I was without a penny. A t the final casting up of the items of cost, the sum total amounted to $2.50 less than the estimated cost, $3,000. I have no disposition to boast of this achievement. I had trouble enough and annoyance enough as I labored i n it to take the conceit all out of me. But it is worth putting down that a church edifice was built, by one entirely inexperienced i n such a n undertaking, and built by days' work, within the am.ount it was estimated to cost. I t is proper to say, that among the people of the tow;., more, perhaps, than by the few members of the church and society for whom it was built, it was recognized as a work to be placed to my personal credit. I could hardly go out on the street without meet- ing a man who would say, " W e l l , E l d e r , you've done what no other man c o u l d . " T h i s was repeated till I was tired of hearing i t . Of course I appreciated the kindness of feeling w h i c h prompted the �50 expression ; but I l^new it was overdrawn. A n } ' man, with the same devotion to the object, and the same determination in prosecuting it, could have accomplished as much. I easily accounted for the l u k e w a r m n e s s of gratitude my own " peculiar " people, and it did not disappoint me. among E a r l y in the progress of the work, serious disafEection began to manifest itself. Some, when they saw that success was probable, felt mortified that they did not ha\ charge of the work. A n d when they at- tempted to interfere w i t h my methods, they were disgusted to find that the articles adopted by the society ga^e me full authority. In this respect, as already indicated, I do not hold myself entirely blameless. B u t they had only themselves to thank that one of themselves was not chosen b u i l d i n g agent. I certainly used all my powers of persuasion to get some member of the society to accept the trust. B u t I do not care to discuss the details of any disagreements that arose. I t would only be dabbling in the baser caprices of h u m a n nature. T h i r t y - s i x years have passed since t h e n ; and whatever feelings might then have disturbed me have long since subsided and disappeared. serious debate with myself. I w i l l only add that one night I had a T h e r e had been developments that day which convinced me that those for whose benefit I was undert a k i n g a work of great hardship would be constantly throwing obstacles in my w a y ; that wliere I h a d aright to expect co-opera- tion I should find only opposition ; that I bitterly felt that I had better drop the whole thing, and quietly go away. I walked the floor far into the night while wrestling with this question. I A t last thought that the work I proposed to do might be a benefit to a future generation of Christians, however those then on the stnge might see fit to act. inspire me now. fate. I do not think that such hopefulness would But then it proved decisive, a n d I accepted my I imagine that the real truth was, that where it was " b r a v e to combat " I could not " l e a r n to fly." I must not omit to say that three or four of the church-members were faithful to me throughout, and gave me manful help. �51 A s was to be expected, when we began our incetin£S in the new building the audience largely increased. tion to sermonizing. ov.n conceptioHS. I now gave atten- But I soon found I could not come u p to my No complaint on this score was heard for months ; but I was painfully conscious of my own shortcomings. T h e fact was, that after the terrible s t r a i n that had taxed my nervous energy for six months, there came the inevitable reaction, and my powers v.ould not rally. I suppose my personal manner during the week revealed my mental condition ; for an old and retired p h y s i c i a n , meeting me one day, told me I was not looking well, and advised me to take opium as a tonic. that. Of course I did not do B u t I had considerable of " that tired f e e l i n g " all through the. winter. I am scarcely conscious of more mental feebleness now in m y old age than I was at that time. T h e next spring I exchanged pulpits with another minister, and at his request, who was then seeking another settlement. H e was a man not of any special depth of thought, but he had a polished and charming manner, and made an immense impression. Then those who h a d been nursing their disafTection towards me since the agitated times of the building, broke out into a loud outcry that he was the man whom the L o r d designed to fill that pulpit. I pre- sume that if I had made a fight, with the moral support of the public of that village, I could have beaten them. But though I would confront any opposition in defence of my convictions, I had no taste for a personal contest, and abandoned the field. I revisited Farmington three years ago, and found the church apparently prosperous, and the c h u r c h edifice much enlarged. I estimated that they had spent in improvements three times as much as the original cost. So, for good or evil, my work did not fail. I n v i t e d to speak in the c hurc h, I said such things as to liov.' men should try to live, whether C h r i s t i a n s or not, that the minister was shocked, and had to attempt a reply. Personally, I was cor- dially and k i n d l y received, and enjoyed my visit. �CHAPTER V. MINISTRY—CONTINUED. W h e n I closed my work at F a r m i n g t o n , in the spring of I was offered a pulpit at Effingham, N e w H a m p s h i r e . 1858, I t was a small and secluded place, and the meeting was supported jointly by orthodox and F r e e w i l l people. I chose to accept this place be- cause of m y jaded m_ental condition, and the work would be light. I could preach there easily, and at the same time have some chance to rest, and some hope to recuperate. of my ministry there. T h e r e is nothing to be said T h e people were easily satisfied ; and, more wonderful still, there was no fighting between the two sects who were joined in one meeting. I preached one sermon there w h i c h was so much admired that it was put in print,—the first of my sermons to have the honor of being embalmed in type. people heard him gladly." poor production. I t had for a text, " A n d the common I look it over now, and find it a very I f I should make a sermon now it would not be at all like that. T h e r e was one trifling circumstance that occurred at Effingham, that had some slight bearing on the question that had already begun to trouble me, " D o e s preaching do any good ? " I would give a sermon that people would praise, but I could not perceive that it had any effect on life or character. I t did not seem that it was expected to quicken k i n d l i e r feeling or awaken nobler purpose. I f it only incieased the audience and built up the church, that was enough. One afternoon I called on a family in the parish. " the lady of the house " at home. I found only- I had been there but a few minutes when she s a i d , — " plder, I knew who y o u were hitting last S u n d a y . " �53 Now I did not dream that I was hitting any one in particular. But I asked,— " W h o was I hitting ? " " I don't know how you found it out," she rejoined. " But you described exactly the quarrel that M r s . Jones and me have been carrying o n . " ( N o w Jones was not the other woman's name ; but I have been careful to give no names in these recollections.) " I assure you, m a d a m , " I s a i d , " that I never heard the slightest hint of any misunderstanding between you and M r s . Jones. But now that you have mentioned it, you may tell me about it, if you w i s h . " T h e n she gave me the details, which I have forgotten. She said it h a d long been a trouble on her m.ind, and she wished the could " make u p . " Now it had seemed to me that the other woman was the most placable and gentle of the two, a n d I thought it worth while to try and end the feud. So I gave her some " instructions " as to her duty in the matter, and a d v i s e d her to make the first advances towards an understanding. T h e next afternoon I took occasion to call upon Mrs. Jones. I made some general observations on the happiness of a com- munity where the people l i v e d i n sympathy and at peace with each other ; and then went on to say that as there seemed to be a general state of good feeling in the neighborhood at the time, it would be delightful, if any were at variance, they should take advantage of the opportunity to compose their differences. Upon which she s a i d , — " I guess you have been told that M r s . Brown (name fictitious) and I do not speak to each other." I said I was not ignorant of i t ; but I thought the matter could easily be arranged, and felt sure that if M r s . Brown came to talk it over, she ( M r s . J o n e s ) would meet her more than half way. 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Son of James Babcock and Hannah Rice Husband of Meriam C. Tewksbury and Martha D. Ayer Father of Mary Eva Babcock; Mary Louisa Babcock; Milton Howard Babcock; Lilla Ann Babcock; Alice Maria Babcock and 2 others Brother of Hannah Elizabeth Babcock; Sarah Ann Babcock; William Gilbert Babcock; James Sidney Babcock; Ellen Emerson Babcock and 2 others Size: 8.5" x 11" FHS-Kyle Leach Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1894, 1822-1894; 1856-1858, 2009 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Letter: Ogmundson Autobiography: John Martin Luther Babcock Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Letter: Ogmundson Autobiography: Clark W. Bryan Co. (1894) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Autobiography of John Martin Luther Babcock: Together with a discourse delivered at the funeral and addresses given at the memorial service https://www.geni.com/people/John-Babcock/6000000001915576472 autobiography Babcock Free Will Baptist Church Goodwin Library LaRock library religion spirituality https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12165/archive/files/b352a0be9a831e059ebb668f1a08c1a3.pdf?Expires=1789603200&Signature=LAgWERhuhTR76JeDZM144lbDIh4aNJNuFe7hixghMFtc5qQkG0JDqd5Sud2oP0X%7EfUwHo%7EzIbaiYwxQobKJUhOMNBbPp88teC0vFHWBBPIumK6sVHo9x5xuk%7EO1XDBMTqAoCgjHGKj0z-yE07LvieSYzizXMMcb1gXXij0GdxkzyMGKQDplQdklstC2VAAuOLwXT4J5bLflVpprjvga4OBi0xi3kj7n-sACLwVHTe5cn6nQ1wlIKX%7ELGdofiWomy6flo8TGNAMep3gLjqHQ2j2K67v3uT6XT2eqJzApu64eFCGiBs-waFVlDquxE0mfhPdL-o8NYXifKJpL3bTfXNw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 86f21d87d8472900c79de09535b3a4d1 PDF Text Text DEDICATION OF THE GOODWIN PUBLIC L I B R A R Y AND T H E NEW TOWN HALL WITH VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY, G O V E R N O R C H A R L E S W. TOBEY FRIDAY, MAY TENTH, NINETEEN TWENTY-NINE * F A R M I N G T O N , NEW H A M P S H I R E �T H E G E O R G E H. GOODWIN P U B L I C L I B R A R Y PROGRAM OF DEDICATION Two Master O'clock of Ceremonies, t- t Fred W. t Selection Henry Invocation Presentation Brotrne Wilson Rev. Stanley of Library Band R. Heypper Fred I . Thayer Acceptance E. H. Thomas, President Library Assn. Selection Henry Remarks George H. Goodioin, Donor Address Governor W. Tobey Wilson Band "America" Charles Henry Library building open for public t Escort t Color Guard, Clarence Band inspection. t to His Eircellency, Henry Wilson Wilson L . Perkins the Governor Band Post, American Legion �NEW TOWN HALL PROGRAM OF DEDICATION Master of Ceremonies, Fred W. Broivne Selection Henry Wilson Band Invocation Rev. W. D. Callender Presentation of JVeiv Tovn Hall Fred I . Thayer Acceptance Harrison G. Waldron Selection Henry Wilson Band Historical Address Samuel S. Parker Address Governor Charles W. Tobey "Star Spangled Bannei-" Henry Wilson Band Benediction Rev. F. E. Brooks Building open for public inspection until .5.S0 p . m. t t t EVENING PROGRAM \ Eight Denman Fifteen Thompson's O'clock Beloved Rural Drama " T H E OLD HOMESTEAD" Benefit of Henry Wilson Band Frank I . Hayes, Leader Local cast, directed by Herbert D. Browne �George H. Eighty-third Goodwin, Donor Anniversary of of Goodwin Mr. TAbrary COMMITTEE FRED ON GENERAL t TOWN HALL t 1929 ARRANGEMENTS LEFAYOUR t BUILDING COMMITTEE I. THAYER FRANK R. GOPP GEORGE C. ROBERTS FRED W. BROWNE ALLISON E. TUTTLE HARRISON G. WALDRON ERROL S. HALL ERNEST E. LEFAYOUR. ROGER H. MORRISON t LIBRARY FRED 10, W. BROWNE, Chairman CHARLES A. KING, Secretary JOHN P. HVRD, Treasurer EDWIN H. THOMAS FRED I. THAYER ORRIN N. HVSSEY JAMES B. HAYES ERNEST E. • FRED Goodwin May Public I. t BUILDING t COMMITTEE THAYER EDWIN H. THOMAS FRANK R. COPP � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1929 Goodwin Library & Town Hall Dedication Booklet Description An account of the resource A four page, 1929, Goodwin Library and Town Hall dedication booklet. The dedication took place on Friday, May 10, 1929. A special visit with "His Excellency" Governor Charles W Tobey was a prominent feature on the cover. It also includes drawings of the new Goodwin library building, the New Town Hall, a program outline for remarks by notable figures, a photo of George H Goodwin, donor of the Goodwin Library and acknowledgements for the Goodwin library and Town hall arrangement and building committees. The Henry Wilson band played and the Color Guard was present. In the evening, a production of "The Old Homestead" by playwright and theatre actor Denman Thompson was scheduled. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1970 Article Clipping Of Goodwin Library Accepting Henry Wilson Photograph Gift Description An account of the resource 1970 article clipping(with photograph) from the Farmington News, detailing the gift of a 9x12 photograph of an engraving of Henry Wilson to the Goodwin Library. The item was being gifted by the Farmington News co-publisher, Fred Noyes. The head librarian at the time was Mrs. Kathleen Dolliver, who was accepting the gift. FHS-RKL Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Farmington News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Farmington News Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 Dolliver Farmington News Goodwin Library Henry Wilson librarian library https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/12165/archive/files/9e9d0c52ef4e6eb7d3883da11a83483e.jpg?Expires=1789603200&Signature=b7of6pRdZN9Wr3ZISPIuOWbqquNeyF1buQMm5qyMfdVqtxY2s5Ecq8usP0o3IvNkhtapXtHQNjpAiMFeRwPSAvJati8czBKkcb817KlVIw7nbeoAahLq6PSFy-7j2pB%7E2p83HUO1RyUELALkR7XvKRcGyJeE141Tr8SfZd8JCvw5AXzFqtemeuTsyRvUqccI-va-oL3FvZPIhyYIr1KjcV6cqna9AImLJv9dLRT4TfUYsdDzyJKJ3UC9WX%7E1rDzpUuybmYVwcl6II-CxZ1c13BfPV7M1iQyQ2lIQ4x3Rdgjthjxl3CXEirtUFcHLKhS51gP08FkFfe2WX83DrwnWNw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6346d0814762f63a1135c2f84faef29b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents, Papers, & Articles Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Abstract Of Title From E. T, Willson To The Farmington Public Library Description An account of the resource Abstract of title from E. T, Willson to Farmington Public Library. The consolidation of three land transfers to Edward T. Willson, who transferred the land to the Farmington Public Library in 1928. AEM & RKL-FHS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Strafford County Registrar of Deeds, E. T, Willson Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1928 deed E. T. 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