Qass F'^^ Book_ .VYlWl') ^ d % Ml. oft|< ■jiS^iJr ir^i^_fMi', ' 28, 189^. ! At Rcad^^^ Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Comp'y, HANDOVER, MASS. \V. S. JENKINS, Pi{p:sidknt. J. A. SMART, Secrktarv and Tiieasurer. Incorpouateii Fehri'akv 7, 182S. Insures Dwellings, Barns and Store Buildings, And y>:\\s tin- tollowinji^ Dividends: 70 per cent, on 5-year Policies. < 50 " " 3 " " I © (§) 25 " " I .0) 0) J. D. MANSFIELD, Wakefield, Resident Agent. WM. H. WIQHTMAN, Reading, Resident Agent. INCORRORKTED 1S33. CfljVlBf^lDGE IVlUTUflLi pipelnsuraneeCompany CambridgepoPt, |VIass. Insures dwellings and contents and the safer class of buildings anywhere in Mas- sachusetts. Home office in their new building, •< — 675 Main Street, corner of Inman, Cambridgeport. Dana W. IIvde, President. Ai.eked L. i>\Ki!(>i r, SctrctMiN . Pays 70 per cent. Dividend on 5=year Policies " 50 " " " 3 •• " 40 " " " all others. MSSETS, $230,000. LIABILITIES. $110,000. WAKKKIELD SOUVENIR OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250 ANNIVERSARY TH ■ OF ANCIENT READING, n^ WAKEFIELD, MONDAY, MAY 28th, ,„^, READING, TUESDAY, MAY 29th, ^"^ ' Containing THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE EXERCISES IN BOTH TOWNS; List of all Committees ; and a carefully prepared sketch of the settlement of the old town, its growth and expansion, division into parishes and new towns, incidents and epochs in its glorious history, its worthy institutions, and reminiscences of peculiar interest, including unique and original poems. TOGETIIKH WITH BUSINESS An\-ERTISKMENTS OF LEADING AND PROSPEROl-S MERCHANTS, WHICH UEI-I.ECT THE VARIED MANUFACTURI XG, INDUSTRIAL, MERCANTILE AND PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS OF THE Ml'NICII'ALITV. Ilkistrated b\^ Handsome Engravings of Persons and Places. Published by Chester W. Eaton ^^ Will Everett Eaton, Under Exclusive Authority of the Celebration Committee. r-^4 Wig Oldest House in Wakefield, Prospect Street. Built bv Sergennt John Parker about 1670. Lately owneil and occupit-il by Mrs. Caroline H. Leslie ; now owned by Charles f^. Hanks. Esq. OLD TOWN HALL AND LIBRARY BlilH>IN(i. liiiill in ls:U, ami wnt* first used as a tttwii liall aiui sfliin)l-liinise. Rooms in Ihis huihlinj; were used for tlie purposes of the public lihrary until tlie present town tmll was hnilt. STILLMAN J. PUTNEY, Manufacturer • Heeler, DEAI-KK IN « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ HEELS, nni TOP PIEGIHB. Etc. Main Street, cor Salem Street, WAKEFIELD. Publishers' Greeting. ■ o O o • ,/%/ E have made a faithful ami earnest eflbrt to make this Souvenir ot the 250th celebration of the old town one of tlie attractive ami valuable features of the anniversarv. While we iiave been limited in the time allowed for its prep.uatioii and publication, we liope and trust it will be accepted and prized as a memento worthy of preservation. We oHer thanks to public-spirited citizens, liusiness friends and gentlemen of the celebration committee, wlio bv their favor and substantia! encourag-ement have assisted to ^\\l- to this\(ihmie an historical value far beyond its worth as an elea^ant illustrated proj^ram of the exercises and festivities of the o^reat anniversary CHESTER W. EATON. WILL EVERETT EATON. BOATS TO LET AND FOR SALE ! BOT^TS STORED, CARED FOR AND REPAIRED. ... I have added for the season of '94 a fine .Steam Launch, with seating capacity for parties of twent\- or less ; also a large number of new row boats WILL H. WILEY, Boathouse, Spaulding Street, Lake Quannapowitt, Wakefield. c a it B d is > o < U. =1^ c (3 d «3 ic o O > Z c o in o to o o a tf) u -J < K&jMMi&li FFICIAL PROGRAnnE OF . THE CELEBRATION OF THE 250tlhi Aenlversary of the Settlemeet and Imcorporataoe of Aecleet R SUNDAY, .MAY 27, 1894, The First Congregational Church in Wake- field, connected with the Old Parish of Redding, will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its organ- ization by observances as follows : 10.30 A. M. Historical Sermon by the Rev. David N. Beach, of Cambridge, a former pastor. 3 p. M. Communion Service. 6.30 P. M. Religious Services and Addresses, to which are invited the Christian churches and people of all denominations in the territory embraced by ancient Redding. Memorial Anniversary Services will also be held at the different churches in Reading, on Sunday, May 27. AT WAKEFIELD, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1894, Sunrise. Ringing of Bells and Salutes. 9 A. M. Grand Military, Firemen's, and Civic Pro- cession, during which His Excellency, Hon. Frederick T. Greenhalge, Governor of the Commonwealth, and Staff will be received. Col. Charles F. Woodward will be Chief Marshal, and Fred. B. Carpenter, Chief of Staff; and the procession will include divisions of Public Schools, Firemen, Trades, Militia, Antique Repre- sentations, Hugh de Payens Commandery, Invited Guests with the Second Battalion of Sixth Regiment of Infantry, M. V. M., as escort, under commard of Maj. George H. Taylor. The route of the procession will be as follows, forming on Main Street near the Wakefield Mansion, the column will move through the following named streets : Main, Sweetser, Pleasant, Park Main, Chestnut, Park Avenue, Dell Avenue, Converse, Gould, Albion, Railroad, Yale Avenue, then around the Common and be reviewed by the Governor and other guests on Main Street, south of the Rockery, where the procession will be dismissed. 2.30 P. M. Historical, Literary, and Musical Ex- ercises in the Town Hall, at which Samuel K. Hamilton, Esq., representing the com- mittee of arrangements, will preside. Overture, by Orchestra, Salem Cadet Band. Invocation, by Rev. Noah R. Everts. Singing, "To Thee, O Country," Wakefield and Reading High Schools. Introductory Address, Samuel K. Hamilton, Esq. Address of Welcome. Otis V. Waterman, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Selectmen. Oration Horace G. Wadlin, Esq. Music Salem Cadet Orchestra. Poem, by John S. Eaton, Esq., recited at the request of the author, by Miss Emma Florence Eaton. Address Governor Frederick T. Greenhalge. 12 M. Ringing of Bells and Salutes. 12.^0 P. M. Luncheon for Invited Guests. 1.30 P. M. Band Concert on the Park by the Salem Cadet Band. Singing, " Hymn of Peace," Wakefield and Read- ing High Schools. Address in behalf of Reading, Fred W. Hatch, Esq. Address in behalf of North Reading, Rev. Gilbert R. Bent. SETTLERS' DAY-Continued. Address in behalf of Wakefield, Chester W. Eaton, Esq. Singing, " America," Chorus and Audience. Benediction. 2 p. M. Sports on the Park. The first series of games will be open to resi- dents of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, and the events will be as follows : dory race, 2 prizes ; bicycle race for men, 2 prizes ; bicycle race for boys, 2 prizes ; tug-of-war contest, prize $20, or 4 prizes of ^4 each ; three-mile run, 2 prizes; 100 yards dash, 2 prizes ; pole vault, 2 prizes ; standing jump, 2 prizes; running high jump, 2 prizes. Events for boys only : 1 00 yards dash, 2 cash prizes ; doughnut race, 2 cash prizes. Events open to all comers : One-mile race, 2 prizes; 100 yards dash, 2 prizes; running hop, step, and jump, 2 prizes. Entering in all events should be made to Mr. James F. Garraty, and the lists will be open to within fifteen minutes of the several events. 4.00 P. M. Game of Base Ball on the Park. 5 p. M. Rowing Regatta on Lake Quannapowitt. Sunset. Ringing of Bell and Salutes. 7.30 p. M. Band Concert on the Park by the Salem Cadet Band. 8.15 P. M. Fireworks on the Park. g.30. Curfew. An exhibition of historic articles of rare and curious interest from the collection of the Wake- field Historical Society, with treasured relics loaned by other persons, will be open to the public on the days of celebration and Memorial Day, at Guild Hall, of the Episcopal Society, on the first floor of Wakefield's Block, with entrance on Lincoln Street. Historic spots, as sites of ancient churches, parson- ages, burial yards, schools, mills, blacksmith shops, and dwelling-houses, will be marked by tablets. There will be band concerts on Wakefield Park from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 o'clock, p. m., with a grand display of fireworks in the evening. '■ lJi.,ljl ^ », RESIDENCE OF MR. EVERETT W. EATON, RAILROAD STREET. y; 7,*- \ i ''J MARKET PLACE, READING, ENGLAND, WITH VIEW OF ST. LAWRENCE'S CHURCH. READING, ENGLAND, This old English town, from which it is sup- posed some of our early settlers came, is of great antiquity, and is very pleasantly situated on the northerly confines of the Royal County of Berkshire, close to the confluence of the river Kennet with the Thames. It is the county and an assize town, 39 miles from London, on the main road to Bath. The population is over 60,000. The scenery round about Reading is very beautiful and varied. The Thames and the Kennet afford ample amusement to the lovers of piscatorial art, and many disciples of Isaac Walton assiduously "whip'' the waters. Boating is also one of the favorite pastimes of the inhabi- tants and visitors. The earliest authentic record of Reading is in the year 868, though it is claimed the town formed part of the kingdom of VVessex, of which Winchester was the metropolis under the Sa.xons, toward the close of the fifth century. The town had many ter- rible experiences of battles and sieges during suc- ceeding centuries, and figured prominently in Eng- lish history during the civil wars. Here are seen the ruins of the famous Reading Abbey, once distin- guished for its grandeur and magnificence, and which was frequently the abode of royalty. It was founded in the year 1121, and after flourishing for five centuries, was destroyed by the uncompromis- ing Puritans about the time of Cromwell. St. Lawrence's Church, shown in the engraving, is also a relic of the early days of England. The south wall was built in 1150, the chancel, 1196; the tower, in 1458; and the arcade, or piazza, was finished about the year 1520. The church was thoroughly restored about thirty years ago, at an expense of four thousand pounds, and abounds, inside and outside, in curious and ancient features. In the great tower is a splendid peal of ten bells. The Reading School was founded by Henry VII., and is now a large and elegant structure, and famed throughout England. lecorporatloe Day, AT READ3N0, TUESDAY, MAY 2% 1894, EVENTS OF THE DAY. I2.0I A. II. Bonfires continuing until dawn. Sun- rise Salutes and Ringing of Bells. Salute on arrival of the Governor. 10.30 A.M. Grand Military and Civic Parade, Harley Prentiss, Chief Marshall. Salute immedi- ately after the Parade is dismissed. 12. M. Athletic Sports. 12. .M. to 2 P. M. Collation for Guests at Odd Fel- lows' Hall. School Building will be open to the public May 28, May 29, and May 30. The Regimental Parade of the Second Massa- chusetts High School Regiment will take place on this day at Reading. The Regiment will arrive in town about 9 a. m. and will encamp on Sweetser's Field, Washington Street. Organization will be made as early as practicable with the immediate rendering by company commanders of morning reports, attested by the school principals, to the regimental adjutants. There will follow competitive movements, athletic contests, and drill for prizes. 5.30 p. M. Grand Anniversary Banquet with post prandial exercises. 8. P. M. Band Concert and Illuminations on the Common. An Historical Loan and Art Exhibit at the High General Committee of Arrangements for Field Day Alton E. Briggs, Chairman .... Chelsea Frank F. Coburn . . F. E. Whittemore, Secretary .... Reading A. W. Bachelor Gloucester Frank O. Baldwin Andover C. T. C. Whitcomb Wakefield Field Day Committee. F. E. Whittemore. Lieut. P. J. Flanders. Col. J. E. Marshall. Regimental Officers and Roster of 1st Battalion. Col. J. Elmer Marshall Reading. Lieut-Col. Arthur T. Lego .... Chelsea After dinner there will be a regimental review and street parade, closing with a dress parade about 4.30 p. M., at which time the report of the judges will be announced and prizes awarded. Lowell C. S. Jackson, English High Lynn E. D. Russell, Classical High .... Lynn L. H. Owen Woburn Rg. Adj. Walter G. Nowell Reading. READING, WAKEFIELD, AND ANDOVER HIGH SCHOOL BATTALION. Maj. Howard H. P. Wright. Adj. William W. Greenough. Sergt.-Maj. William O'Connell. COnPANY A (Reading). Capt. Arthur H. Brown. I St Lieut. Edward E. Copeland. 2d Lieut. Samuel E. Killam. 40 Men. COnPANY B (Wakefield), Capt. W. Raymond Emerson. I St Lieut. A. L. Cutter. 2d Lieut. Wm. W. Greenough. 51 Men. COMPANY C (Andover). Capt. John J. Donovan. I St Lieut. Arthur S. Roberts. 2d Lieut. J. Russell Chandler. 41 Men. Other battalions of the regiment are from the High Schools of Lynn, Gloucester, Lowell, Chelsea, and Woburn. George W. Harrington. Daniel Evan?, WAKEFIELD'S SELECTMEN, 1894. Otis V. Waterman, Chairman. Stillman J. Putney. Charles E. Walton, Clerk. QUARTER-MILLENNIAL Aeelvarsary Committee of Wakefle GENERAL COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT. CHESTER \V. EATON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Aaron Foster. Edward Mansfield. Thomas Emerson. Franklin Poole. James F. Atwell, Jr., W. H. Atherton, A. S. Atwood, F. H. Britton, Richard. Beebe, Junius. Boardman, Moses. Bowman, C. B. Buzzell, R. P. Brownell, A. W. Balch, T. E. Barker, Edward. Carpenter, F. B. Coon, W. L Cutter, W. A. Clough, S. A. Clark, F. O. Clapp, F. A. Carlisle, E. A. Dolbeare, H. M. Darling, D. H. Dunshee, C. E. Dearborn, S. B. Dimick, A. D. Day, J. A. Dwyer, T. E. Evans, Daniel. Evans, H. B. Eaton, E. W. Eaton, J. S. Emerson, E. E. Foster, M. P. A. G. SvVEETSER. Thomas Winship. S. O. Richardson. James H. Carter. Emerson, Treasurer. Flint, S. W. Flanders, Levi. Flanders, P. J. Greenough, \V. S. Garraty, Jas. F. Gihon, E. J. Grace, J. W. Hamilton, S. K. Harrington, G. W. Heath, E. N. Hartshorne, C. F. Hawes, W. L. Hawes, C. H. Hussey, C. E. Hawkes, A. A. Kimball, G. W. Kelly, J. P. Lufkin, S. \V. Low, Michael. Miller, E. C. Maddock, G. H. Mansfield, J. D. Mansfield, C. F. McCausland, W. H. Nott, C. E. O'Leary. J. A. Putney, S. J. Parker, J. Fred. Pinkham, H. P. Parker, Sam'l T. E. Sumner Hopkins. J. G. Aborn. Joseph Connell. Everett Hart. Harry Foster, Secretary. Phipps, L E. Perkins, C. A. Roberts, P. S. Rich, E. A. Skinner, T. J. Savage, H. H. Stout, R. S. Spencer, C. H. Stowell, I Tyler, VV. N. Thayer, A. H. Thacher, H. B. Taylor, G. H. Towle, G. H. Teague, G. H. Van Nostrand, W. T. \\'oodward, C. F. Wilson, G. F. Walton, C. E. Wakefield, C. B. Whitcomb, C. T. C. ^^'inship, C. N. Waterman, O. V. . White, S. S. White, E. W. White, J. W. Wright, A. J. Ward, W. M. Young, W. F. Youns, F. W. WAKEFIELD'S SUB=COMMITTEES. Executive Committee. Edwin C. Miller, Chairman. W'm. H. Atwell, Jr. Wm. A. Cutter. F. B. Carpenter. D. H. Darling. Wm. L. Coon. S. W. Flint. Everett W. Eaton, Secretary. M. Low. H. B. Thayer. J. F. Parker. C. F. Woodward. C. H. Spencer. ^\'m. N. Tyler. C. B. Wakefield. SOUTH READING COMMON, SIXTY YEARS AGO. RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM H. LEE, GREENWOOD. WAKEFIELD'S SUB-COMMITTEES— Continued. Procession and Outdoor Music. Decorations and Tablets. C. F. Woodward. S. W. Lufkin. ■ A. S. Atherton S. J. Putney. C. T. C. Whitcomb. R. S. Stout. M. Low. A. J. Wright. W. H. At well, Jr. G. H. Taylor. W. A. Cutter. F. A. Clapp. E. W. Eaton. S. B. Dearborn. L. Flanders. E. J. Gihon. C. H. Spencer. W. L. Hawes. W. M. \\'ard. C. E. Walton. Daniel Evans. P. ]. Flanders. T. P. Kelly. j. A. Day. J. A. O'Leary. 1. E. Phipps. Historical, Literary, and Musical Exercises. C. W. Eaton. E. C. Miller. W. S. Greenough. G. H. Haddock. S. K. Hamilton. G. F. Wilson. Thomas Winship. H. P. Pinkham. Press. W. L. Coon. M. P. Foster. Edson W. White. T. E. Balch. C. E. Dunshee. H. M. Dolbeare. Grand Stand. C. H. Spencer. S. W. Flint. J. F. Emerson. J. Connell. A. W. Brownell. Programme, Badges, and Printing. E. W. Eaton. J. C. Hartshorne. A. H. Thayer. J. W. White. W. H. Atwell, Jr. C. B. Bowman. M. P. Foster. Evening Exercises in Hall. D. H. Darling. E. A. Carlisle. E. C. Miller. S. S. White. R. P. Buzzell. C. T. C. Whitcomb. H. P. Pinkham. A. H. Thayer. Games and Races. Wm. .\. Cutter. M. Low. J. F. Parker. C. E Nott. J. F. Garraty. W. T. Van Nostrand. E. J. Gihon. H. B. Thacher. C. B. \\'akefield. H. M. Dolbeare. S. T. Parker. J. E. Dwyer. Transportation, Carriages, and Barges. W. H. Atwell, Jr. M. Low. E. W. Eaton. J. A. Day. R. S. Stout. C. E. Hussey. H. H. Savage. E. N. Heath. J. F. Emerson. J. F. Garratv. H. B. Thacher. F. H. Atwood. S. K. Hamilton. R. Britton. J. G. Aborn. T. J. Skinner. S. J. Putney. E. E. Emerson. G. H. Teague. A. H. Thayer. S. T. Parker. Invitations. W. N. Tyler. J. W. White. C. F. Woodward. W. L. Coon. Fireworks and Salutes. J. F. Parker. G. H. Teague. J. F. Emerson. G. W. Kimball. Geo. W. Harrington. A. D. Dimick. C. E. Walton. Law and Order. O. V. Waiermax. M. Boardman. W. F. Young. L Stowell. C. F. Hartshorne. C. N. Winship. W. A. Cutter. W. H. McCausland. J. C. Hartshorne. Reception and Entertainment of Guests. G. H. Maddock. F. B. Carpenter. S. O. Richardson. P. S. Roberts. H. B. Evans. A. J. Wright. E. A. Rich. Junius Beebe. T. Emerson. D. H. Darling. F. O. Clark. S. A. Clough. G. H. Towle. W. T. Van Nostrand. C. B. Wakefield. C. E. Hussey. J. D. Mansfield. Locating Historic Spots. C. F. Mansfield. C. F. Hartshorne. E. Mansfield. J. H. Carter. Aaron Foster. S. W. Flint. Franklin Poole. H. B. Evans. A. G. Sweetser. E. Hart. E. S. Hopkins. J. W. Grace. J. G. Aborn. L Stowell. Exhibition of Historic Articles. Edward Mansfield. A. A. Hawkes. C. A. Perkins. ' F. W. Young. T. E. Balch. Charles F. Mansfield. E. Barker. Bureau of Information. Otis V. Waterman. A. H. Thayer. C. B. Bowman. Booths, Tents, and Refreshment Stands, Otis V. Waterman. Daniel Evans. S. J. Putney. Junius Beebe. Charles E. Walton. Charles H. Hawes. Geo. ^^'. Harrington. Philip J. Flanders. ESTATE OF MRS. E. S. NEWCOMB, GREENWOOD. RESIDENCE OF MR. SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, YALE AVENUE. , QUARTER=MILLENNIAL , AnmwerBmy Committee of Readier GENERAL COMMITTEE. James P. Clement. Edmund Eaton, Wendell Bancroft. Washington P. Damon. Francis O. Dewey. Edward F. Parker, Bancroft, Moses. Bancroft, James A. Bancroft, Lewis M. Bancroft, Frank J. Bancroft, Willard A. Barrows, Cyrus M. Batchelder, Alden. Beal, Oliver L. Bickford, Daniel T. Boyce, Benjamin M. Brooks, Edward F. Brown, Charles F. Carleton, James H. Connelly, John. Coons, Arthur M. Crafts, Frank E. Crowe, \^'illiam L. Cummings, Horace E. Damon, Arthur A. Dane, Harry L. Danforth, Alfred W. Dewey, Frank H. Dewhurst, James. Drake, Edward B. Francis, Richard W. Francis, Albert J. Gleason, Joseph H. Gordon, .•\rthur D. Grimes, James W. Harrow, Stephen. Holden, Henry E. PRESIDENT. WALTER S. PARKER. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Fred W. Hatch. Solon Bancroft. Samuel Pierce. Edward Appleton. Ira W. Ruc.gles. Treasurer. Will S. Kinsley, Howes, A. Newell. Hunt, Edgar N. Hussey, Charles E. Jones, Oren N. Kinsley, Stephen P. Kittredge, Henry G. Lee, Charles W. Lewis, John B., Jr. Lindsay, James. Loring, Charles A. Loring, Richard F. Marshall, J. Elmer. Mclntire, Herbert E. Merrill. Fred D. Mitchell, Jacob. Nichols, Edward C. Nichols, Albion G. Nichols, Frank G. Orr, J. Henry. Palmer, Edward H. Parker, George H. Parker, Galen A. Parker, Gilman L. Pendergrace, Jesse S. Perkins, Alfred. Pratt, Frank W. B. Pratt, George L. Prentiss, Harley. Prentiss, H. Lindsay. Prentiss, Archer R. Richardson, William S. READING'S SUB=COMMITTEES. William H. Wightman. Nathan Bancroft. Warren E. Eaton. Charles W. Abbott. James Reid. Secretary. Richardson, Chester C. Richardson, Harry M. Roberts, Jacob W. Roberts, Herbert H. Roberts, John A. Roberts, Arthur E. Robinson, Henry. Ruggles, William L Ruggles, Otis A. Ruggles, Otis B. Scott, Walter i\I. Shannon, John J. Shannon, William H. Shattuck, Fred H. Smith, Frank M. Southwell, R. Dana. Sperry, Fred D. Stinchfield, Charles H. Stone, Merrick A. Swain, Charles H. Temple, Joseph S. Temple, Arthur W. Thomas, Arthur F. Tuttle, Arthur S. Twombly, Willie E. AA'adlin, Horace G. Webster, John W. Whelton, John H. Whittemore, Frederic E. \\'ight, James. Winship, P'rank A. E.xecutive Committee. Walter S. Parker, Cliairman. Daniel T. Bickford, Secretary. Harley Prentiss. Frank M. Smith. William I. Ruggles Edward B. Drake. Albert J. Francis. Gilman L. Parker. Fred W. Hatch. Jacob Mitchell. RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLIAM L. COON, YALE AVENUE. RESIDENCE OF MR. EDWARD DE ANGUERA, AVON STREET. READING'S SUB-COMMITTEES— Continued. Reception and Invitation. Charles F. Brown. James Wight. Horace G. Wadlin. Edward Appleton. Fred W. Hatch. William H. Wightman. Solon Bancroft. Benjamin M. Boyce. Walter S. Parker. Francis O. Dewey. Henry G. Kittredge. Jacob W. Roberts. Frank M. Smith. William S. Richardson. Harley Prentiss. Wendell Bancroft. John B. Lewis, Jr. Samuel Pierce. Nathan Bancroft. James Reid. James P. Clement. Alden Batchelder. Warren E. Eaton. James A. Bancroft. Frank A. Winship. Edward H. Palmer. Henry Robinson. Ira W. Ruggles. James H. Carleton. Alfred Perkins. Procession. Harley Prentiss. Jesse S. Pendergrace. Albert J. Francis. Herbert E. Mclntire. Charles W. Lee. H. Lindsay Prentiss. Stephen P. Kinsley. Edward C. Nichols. J. Henry Orr. Charles W. Abbott. R. Dana Southwell. Arthur E. Roberts. James W. Grimes. Banquet. A. Newell Howes. William L Ruggles. Charles A. Loring. Harley Prentiss. Alden Batchelder. Edward B. Drake. Galen A. Parker. Frank M. Smith. James P. Clement. Albert J. Francis. Cyrus M. Barrows. Fred W. Hatch, lacob Mitchell. Gilman L. Parker. Walter S. Parker. Daniel T. Bickford. Scliool Regiment. Frederic E.Whittemore. Arthur E. Roberts. J. Elmer Marshall. Frank W. B. Pratt. Charles E. Hussey. Alfred W. Danforth. Gilman L. Parker. Moses Bancroft. William H. Shannon. .\lbert J. Francis. .Arthur F. Thomas. Frank H. Dewey. Bonfire. Otis B. Ruggles. Richard F. Loring. Harry M. Richardson. Halls and Tents. Oliver L. Beal. James W. Grimes. Henr)' Robinson. Fireworks. Walter M. Scott. William I. Ruggles. Henry E. Holden. Police. Arthur S. Tuttle. Fred D. Merrill. John H. Whelton. Games and Sport. Charles A. Loring. Arthur D. Gordon. Archer R. Prentiss. James W. Grimes. James Lindsay. Qrand Stand. Horace G. Wadlin. Wendell Bancroft. Arthur W. Temple. Fire Department. Edward C. Nichols. Charles W. Lee. William L. Crowe. Fred H. Shattuck. Frank G. Nichols. Albion G. Nichols. Charles H. Stinchfield. Stephen Harrow. Press. Charles A. Loring. Henry G. Kittredge. Chester C. Richardson. Decorations. Otis A. Ruggles. Harry L. Dane. A. Newell Howes. Herbert H. Roberts. Richard W. Francis. John A. Roberts. Transportation. Charles W. Abbott. Frank H. Dewey. Joseph S. Temple. Printing. Willie E. Twombly. Cyrus M. Barrows. Daniel T. Bickford. Carriages. Frank M. Smith. Willard A. Bancroft. Oliver L. Beal. John J. Shannon. Frank E. Crafts. Finance. Edgar N. Hunt. Jacob Mitchell. James H. Carleton. Salutes and Bell Ringing. Alfred Perkins. Arthur M. Coons. George H. Parker. John Connelly. George L. Pratt. Band Music. Edward B. Drake. Fred D. Sperry. Frank W. B. Pratt. Vocal Music. Charles F. Brown. John W. Webster. Gilman L. Parker. Frank J. Bancroft. Bureau of Information. Will S. Kinslev. Merrick A. Stone. Charles H. Swain. Ambulance, Edward F. Brooks. Booths and Refreshment Stands. Alfred W. Danforth. Lewis M. Bancroft. Arthur A. Damon. Village Improvements. Joseph S. Temple. Ira W. Ruggles. Oren N. Jones. Historic Places. Solon Bancroft. Edward Appleton. Nathan Bancroft. Ira W. Ruggles. Frank J. Bancroft. Joseph H. Gleason. Historical Loan and Art Collection. Mrs. Galen A. Parker. Mrs. Solon Bancroft. Mrs. Rosamond C. Pratt. QUARTER=M!ILLENN1AL . Aeelversary Committer of North Readmg. GENERAL COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT. EDWARD A. CARPENTER. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Joseph D. Gowing. Arthur F. Upton, Treasurer. Martin L. Havward. Willis P. Smith, Seeretary. Abbott, Herbert L. Batchelder, Denis. Batchelder, Leland D. Batchelder, Irving F. Batchelder, A. L. Bacheller, John. Campbell, Henry H. Case, Frank W. Dame, Henry H. Ditmars, Geo. L. Eaton, Warren. Eames, J. Allen. Flint, J. Arthur. Foley, Thomas L. Holt, Solon O. Harris, J. C. McLane, J. B. Nichols, Wm. I. Nichols, Charles H. Parker, Edward D. Parker, Frank. Pratt, Charles S. Pringle, Ralph. Robinson, J. Milton. Strout, Frank F. Symonds, Burton K. Turner, J. E. Turner, Willard P. Upton, Henry A. Upton, W. F. NORTH READING'S SUB=COMMITTEES. Executive Committee. Edward D. Parker, Chairman. Edward A. Carpenter. Martin L. Hayward. Arthur F. Upton, Seeretary. Joseph D. Gowing. Solon (). Holt. NORTH READINQ'S SUB' Invitation and Reception. Edward A. Carpenter. Joseph D. Gowing. Martin L. Hayward. William I. Nichols. Denis Batchelder. Solon O. Holt. Willis P. Smith. Henry A. Upton. Herbert L. Abbott. Burton K. Symonds. Martin L. Hayward. Arthur F. Upton. J. Z. Harris. Thomas L. Foley. Frank W. Case. Irving F. Batchelder. W. F. Upton. Frank Parker. Procession. Frank F. Strout. J. B. McLane. Denis Batchelder. Edward A. Carpenter. Joseph D. Gowing. John Bacheller. Willard P. Turner. A. L. Batchelder. J. Milton Robinson. J. E. Turner. Geo. L. Ditmars. Banquet. Charles S. Pratt. Frank F. Strout. COMMITTEES— Continued. riusic. Henry A. Uptijn. Burton K. Symonds. Edward D. Parker. Bonfire, Salutes, and Bell Ringing. Henry H. Dame. Fire Department. John Bacheller. Burton K. Symonds. Charles H. Nichols. J. Z. Harris. Henry A. Upton. W. F. Upton. A. L. Batchelder. Frank W. Case. Carriages. Burton K. Symonds. John Bacheller. Henry W. Campbell. Printing. Wm. I. Nichols. Charles H. Nichols. Irving F. Batchelder. J. Allen Fames. J. E. Turner. Burton K. Symonds. Edward D. Parker. W. I. Turner. Ralph Pringle. Thomas L. Foley. Henry A. Upton. Chas. S. Pratt. Geo. L. Ditmars. W. F. Upton. J. Allen Eames. Historic Places. Wm. I. Nichols. Henry H. Dame. Joseph D. Gowing. Frank W. Case. A. L. Batchelder. Halls and Tents. Henry W. Campbell. Charles S. Pratt. J. Milton Robinson. Book of Proceedings. Martin L. Hayward. J. Milton Robinson. Herbert L. Abbott. J. Arthur Flint. Leland D. fiatchelder. Historical and Literary Exercises. Frank Parker. Henry H. Dame. J. Milton Robinson. Art and Historical Collection. Mrs. Emma B. Edwards. Mrs. Henry Nichols. Mrs. Harriett N. Flint. Mrs. L. G. Howard. Mrs. Chas. P. Howard. Miss Mary H. Graves. JOINT CONFERENCE COHHITTEE. \\'alter S. Parker, Chair-man. WAKEFIELD. Chester W. Eaton. Charles F. \\'oodward Charles H. Spencer. Edwin C. Miller. Michael Low. Chester \\'. Eaton, Secretary. READING. Walter S. Parker. James P. Clement. George H. Parker. William L Ruggles. Frank A. \\'inship. NORTH READING. Frank Parker. Leland D. Batchelder. Denis Batchelder. John Bacheller. Henry H. Dame. Sub=Committee on Invitations to the Joint Celebration. WAKEFIELD. READING. Chester W. Eaton. Samuel K. Hamilton. \\'alter S. Parker. Charles F. Brown. NORTH READING. Frank Parker. E. A. Carpenter. VIEWS OF PARK AND LAKE QUANNAPOWITT. READING'S First Settlers.. About the year 1640, with knotvn locatio?is. Nicholas Brown, William Eaton, John Damon, Josiah Dustin, Isaac Hart, George Davis, Roliert Dunton, Samuel Dimton, Thomas Clark, William Cowdrey, Jonas Eaton, Thomas Hartshorn, Richard Walker, On eastern borders of " Great Pond." Were near the old " Common " found. [• Exact locations are in the dark. J I On " Cowdrey's " breeze-swept hill. [ On land named " Elm " street still. Thomas Kendall, I Near " Cowdrey's" solid base. William Hooper. John Laukin, Thomas Marshall, William Martin, John Pearson, Zackery Fitch, John Poole, Thomas Parker, Jeremy Swayne, Francis Smith, John Smith, his son, Edward Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Samuel Walker, John Wiley, We truly cannot place. I On " Fitch's Lane," — now Salem Street ; j The way " where two teams could not meet .' ' I Where the Rattan Works stand. I On the East Ward land. ] By Pond that bore his name. I Dwelling near north end of same. Whose dwellings left no sign. i From the Woodville line. Completes the ancient tiveuty-vine ! J. s. E. Note.— It will lie apparent that the first settlement of Reading was commenced, mainly, between and around the lakes, in what is now Wakefield territory. It may also be perceived that in an unsuccessful attempt to render the above list tuneful as well as trutliful, the names of those brave Reading pioneers, (like the vien who bore them,) appear to yield less readily to poetic than to tieroii: measures. FREEMAN EMMONS, <^ At toriieY " at - I3a v, PENSION CLAIMS. 4 State St., Boston. Residence, 602 Main Street, . . Wakefield. . . E. A, Carlisle, Pope & Co, Successors to LEVI BOLLES & SON, DEALKKS IN DOORS, GLIIZED WIHDOWS. BLINDS, Window and Door Frames, Weights, Cord, Etc And Importers of FOREIGN WINDOW GLASS, Haymarl.pashionable Millinery . . . and Small Wares. 386 Main St., Wakefield. OBORCB H. TBHGUB, HOUSE . REPAIRING . IN . ALL . ITS . BRANCHES. 94 1-2 RAILROAD STREET, Opltosito T'pper Depot. Birth of South Reading. The First Parish was separated from the town of Reading and incorporated as a distinct town, under the name of South Reading, in the year iSi j. The causes that induced the First Parish, the old- est and hirgest settlement, thus to separate from her vomiger sisters, to forego, in part, the piestige and charm of its time-honored name, and to surrender all its ancient and honorable archives and records and other municipal property, were principally po- litical ones. The Town of Reading, at that time, consisted of three distinct parishes, viz : — the First or South, then called the "Old Parish ;" the West, often called the " Wood-end ;" and the North, tlicn known as the " Precinct." The South Parish were then al- most inianimously of the Democratic Republican party, while the other two parishes, with similiar unanimity were of the Federal party : and although the Soutii parish was the largest of the thiee in pop- ul.ition, vet was not equal to the other two. Party spirit ran high in those days; war with England had just been declared ; the Republican party were in favor of Madison and the war, the Federalists were opposed to both ; political lines were drawn close; prejudices were strong — stronger than we have ever seen since. Mr. John Damon, a man of wealtli, of position in the West parish, long since dead, was heard to sav at that time, " that if lie was drafted and obliged to fight, he vvoukl commence his bloody work at the ' Old Parish,' for he deemed its inhabitants far worse than the British." On the other hand, Cornelius Sweetser, then a venerable citizen of the South parish, and a soldier of the Revolution, in speaking of the Federalists, said, " Federalists', thev all ought to be dammed — except some few of my acquaintance, who don't know enough." The consequence of this state of feeling was that the leading men of the South par- isli. being mainly of the Republican party, were ex- cluded from public office altogether. For if, as was sometimes the case, a resident of the South parish was elected to important office, it was a Federal resident, and was chosen by the votes of the other parishes, and was not the choice of the voting of the South parish. Under this exclusive system it was that Capt. James Gould and Hav Nichols, Esq., gentlemen of lespectability and capacity, for that matter, but of the Federal clique, were with one single exception for one single year, the constant members of the Board of Selectmen for many veais, and only twice in a period of thirt\-three years next before the separation, was the South parish permit- ted to have a Representative to the (ieneral Court, and then in both instances it was a Federalist, viz : — Hay Nichols, Esq., in 1S05, and Adam Hawkes in iSi I . This state of things of comse did not suit the feel- ings of the ambitious and aspiring spirits of the South parish, and taking advantage of the oppor- tunity when the Republicans were in power, and Gerrv was chief magistrate, they succeeded in ob- taining a charter for a distinct town. — [^Thwn History. South Reading in 1812. In endeavoring to show how South Reading looked in 1S12, and what it then was, let us see how it did tioi look, and how it was >iot. It had no post-office, its letters being received and mailed at the Boston post-office. It received no dai- ly papers. It had no daily or weekly stage to and from Boston ; some attempts had several times been previously made to sustain such an institution, week- ly at least, but they were zvcak/v supported and were soon discontinued. V\'c have a traditional Zinc or two respecting one of these stage lines, that it ran once or twice a week to and from Boston for a short time, and the coach was said to be of a some- what unicjue pattern, being circular in shape, .some- thing like a modern cab ; and partly on accoimt of its form, and partly on account of its hailing from " Bean Town," as Reading had long been nick- named, from the fact, it is saitl, that at the ordina- tion of their early pastors, the main article of food was baked beans, soaked in Reading Great Pond, the coach for these reasons was called the "Reading Bean Pot." This coach was stopping one da}- in the street at Charlestown, waiting for a passenger, (it should be stated that Charlestown from time im- memorial has been called " Pig Town,") and while thus waiting, a Charlestown drayman came along and shouted to our driver, saying, " Get out of the way with your old ' Bean Pot.' " " Hold on," said the driver, " I am only waiting to take in my pork." The Boston weekly and semi-weekly newspapers were left by the publishers at the toll-house on Charlestown bridge, and it was considered the duty of the person first returning from Boston to take the papers for South Reading, and leave them at one of the stores for distribution. This was the custom for several years : there were no railroad giants in those days. J\)e l^fatioi^al Bai^K of 5outl7 l^eadii^i^. RAILROAD STREET, OPP. UPPER DEPOT. CAPITAL, $100,000.00. SURPLUS, JS35,000.00. The Bank of South Reading, as a State Bank, was incorporated in 1854 It was organized as a National 15ank in 1S65. CYRUS G. BEEBE, President. THOMAS WINSHIP, Cashier. F. A. WINSHIP, Assistant Cashier. ^ -DIRECTORS.^ Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, George O. Carpenter, James F. Emerson, Daniel G. Walton, Junius Beebe, Fred'k B. Carpenter. Wakefield 3avings Bank, . . . No. 2 Wal^^Fr^Td^s Block. MaTn St. \A/^AKEFIELD, MASS. Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, s s s s s s from 2 to 5 and 6 to 8 P. M. '%, ^ ^ %, President, THOMAS J. SKINNER. Treasurer, RICHARD BRITTON. Vice Presidents, EVERETT HART, EDWARD A. RICH. .^>i-^s_^-rRUSTEES.— »-J< — Thomas J. Skinner, Everett Hart, Edward A. Rich, William S. Greenongh, Amos W. Chapman, John W. White, George H. Maddock, John G. Aborn, George H. Sweetser, Harvey B. Evans, William W. Taft, Joseph Connell, George H. Smith, Junius Beebe, Richard Britton. There were then but about sixteen public roatls in South Reading. There was then but one single street opening or leading from Main street westerly, from the north end of Reading Pond to Maiden line ; and leading easterly there were but three within the same limits. These streets were generally narrow, crooked, poorly graded, and without sidewalks, ex- cept for a short distance on one side of Salem street, from the corner of Main street to the Baptist meet- ing-house, that stood where Sylvanus Clark former- ly resided. There was no town hall, meetings being held at the centre school-house, and in contested questions thev polled the house out-doors. There was no public library. The population of the town was about Soo. South Reading Common and Its Belongings. The present beautiful Common of Wakefield, with its waving elms, was in 1812 unfenced and ungraded ; an open ditch extended through one portion of it and in the central part was a hollow or basin, partially filled with stones, tin, cliips and other dfltris, in which the water stood at some sea- sons of the year, and where in the winter was quite a skating park. This basin was called " Ken's Pond," so named from Robert Ken, an early settler, who came here from Salem about the year t68o, and built a blacksmith's shop on the westerly side of it. There were then but three trees that we remem- ber, on the Common, — two ancient oaks, with huge trunks, whose tops had been broken and dismantled by the blasts of centuries, and one majestic elm. One of the oaks stood by the side of the road, near the corner of Main and Crescent Streets, and the other stood near where is now the Union Flag Staff"; and both of them in our youth, were the goals of the pla}'-ground, and trysting place of both )oung men and maidens ; and from both of them have we seen, hanging in effigy, public characters whose acts had rendered them obnoxious to the people. These oaks were subsequently cut down by order of the town. The great elm stood near what is now the New High School House, and was prostrated by the memorable gale of 181 i^. A tall "Liberty Pole" had long stood a few rods westerly of the Bryant House ; it was not planted in the ground, as is the present custom, but was supported by long braces, and transverse sleep ers ; and from its summit, on training days and other holidays, proudly floated that glorious Ensign that we then learned to love and admire. This pole was blown down on the wonderfully cold Friday of 1 8 10. On the spot vyhere years ago stood the blacksmith's shop of Abner B. Hart, was then a small low shop, occupied by Jeremiah Bryant, then and long after- wards the village blacksmith. Near it, a little farther west, was the gate of the old Burial Ground. This was the first burial place in which the early settlers of the town were interred. In 1S12, the grave stones, such as had not been broken down, were still standing at the graves to which they re- spectively belonged ; they having since been taken up, and now stand in a continuous row on the east- erly side of the yard. The oldest date upon these monuments is that of Capt. Jonathan Poole, who died in 167S, and the latest date is that of Joshua Gould, who died in 1772, with the inscription : "Not four years old before he found .\ vvat'ry grave, where he was drowned." A little west of the burial ground gate stood the small Engine House owned by the " Rejiul^lican Extinguisher " Engine Company, who, once a month, came out in a uniform of short white frocks and white overalls, made of Russia sheeting, and worked their tub at their pump on the Common, by hand power, and after returning to their house, they put on Steam power, and often poured out a fiery stream, that kindled such a flame of social enthusiasm, as the little Republican Extinguisher could not easily subdue. On the easterly side of the common, on the spot now occupied by the brick house of Ebenezer Wi- ley, was the Town Pound, in the rear of which was Eaton's Frog Pond, where the boys in winter learned to skate. A few rods southerly of the Pound, stood Rayner's hake-house, afterwarils made into a store, where Burnham and Rayner, Gardner and Hartshorne, Henry Knowles, and others suc- cessively traded, and which was burned a few years since. The High School Building lot on the corner of Common and Lafayette streets was purchased in 1871, and in size is 146 x 204 feet, and containing 2S,iS4sq. ft. Ground was broken September 16, 1871. Dedication occurred October 10, 1S72. The History of Reading, by the Hon. Lilley Eaton, was published in 1S73. It embraces a very complete history of Wakefield from its settlement in 1639 to 1S73. THE FIRST DRUG STORE established between Maiden and HaverhUI. Old Corner Drug Store. ...Established 1S47.... J. S. Bonne Y, Ph. G., Prop. Specialty : — Chemical Analysis. 416 Main St., Wakefield. Charles F. Oilman, ••• ••• J^l]arii^cicist^ 92 Railroad gt .-«'»* — -^ . . . Ojjposite Upi)er l)p|ini. — WAKEFIELD, MASS. ♦ * * AGENT FOR LEADING BICYCLES. L. B. EvANS' Son, Manufacturer of Ladies', Misse,"!' and Children's SHOES AND SLIPPERS, SALEM STREET, Wakefield, . . . Mass. Drugs. 5 l'lulii|.t ;iihI r;iT-fruI .'itlflltinn jrivt'll tn ^=— PRESCRIPTIONS. Kinc stnck TOILET ARTICLKS. ^ W'l- draw tlie nioHt lielicidus jfhist* iif . . . SODA ill l.'H II U,r ■! Nii-ki-1. CIOARS, CONFECTIONERY. . . . OUR GOODS ARE A I . Clothey's Drug Store, 380 Hain Street, Wakefield. WM. H. BROOKS, Registered Pharmacist. . . . Manai^t'v. . Drugfs. pine 3hoes,^^ BOOTS, RUBBERS, SLIPPERS, Etc., for all ye Men and Women. POINTERS:— ^ I. We make ."ihoes to order. •J. We do repairing: at lowef^t prieen. :>. Our styles are the latest. 4. We are ajrents for Tims. Eniorsmrs .Sons' (.ieii- tlcnuMi's r>reatn)ns the benefit ol an ex- tensive and snceessl'ul liusiness experi- eiiee. I ;riiiMantee to tfive satisfaelion to my cii-iliMinMs Office, 125 Albion Street, Wakefield. One Hundred Years Hence. " Stf.I' out on the hMlcon\-. Washington, and sijgnal the next hall(wn I I'm sure we've all readv and \vaitin, MA.S.S. • WAKEFIET.n, MASS. OAK GUOVE, >rAI.r)EN, MASS. Dealer in all Umls of ■<^_Rough and Hammered Granite, steps. Fence Stone, Underpinning, Edge Stones, Window Sills, Flagging for Sidewalks, and every description of Block Paving WINDOW CAPS and SILLS constantly on hand. Building Trimmings, Etc. CEMETERY WORK A SPECIALTY. Monuments, Tablets, Curbing for Lots, Etc. ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR HEAVY FOL'XOATIONS. ■:■ ■•■ OF=F=ICES : r r Oak Qrove, Maiden, Mass 35 Hawley St., Boston, Mass. Telephone No. ISW. Granite Works at Oak (»rove. Maiden, MnBS., near II. R. Crossing. An Historic Spot. Thinking of the iemo\al in iSSo of tlie " Qiian- napowitt House," formerly so called, and other huildings on the westerly side of Main street, op- posite Wakefield's block, revives associations con- nected vv'ith the first settlement of this region. On this site, or near it, one of the best and earliest set- tlers of this old town, — Dea. William Cowdrev, — reared his humble dwelling, in 1643. He was a leading and influential man in the infant settlement, and the Town and County records still attest his clerklv skill and general ability. Dea. Cowdrey did not long remain on this location, but in a few years removed to what is now known as " Cow- drey's Hill," the old place passing into the hands of Rev. Samuel Haugh, the second minister of Reading, and descended to his son-in-law and daughter, Capt. Ephraim and Elizabeth Savage, and on their death about 1730, was inherited bv their daughter Mary, wife of Zachariali Tiescott, of Dorchester, who in 1 73S conveyed the estate to Timothy Bryant of the old resident stock. Mr. Bryant died in early life, and iiis large estate be- came divided, the northerly portion, now occupied by Dr. Richardson and others, remaining in his family, and the southerly portion, including the " Qiiannapowitt House," being purchased bv Mi- chael Sweetser, who almost immediately conveyed the same to Capt. Cornelius Wotton, a retired .sea- captain. On his death in 1771, his widow, Sarah Wotton, conveyed the estate of ten acres to Corne- lius Sweetser, who died on the place at a great age in 184^, and who is well-remembered bv the older residents of the town for his intelligence and eccen- tricities. Before his death he conveyed the hoine- stead to his grandson, .Stephen Sweetser. who occu- pied it many years. It was piuxhased by Cyrus Wakefield about twenty-nine years since, and sold bv his administrators to Dr. .S. O. Ricliardson. Wtley'5 Cove. Lake Quannapowitt. looking Northwest from Lakeside. These balmy days I sail for sport The Qiiannapowitt sea. Viewing old Reading on tlie port. Fair Wakefielii on tlie lee. The Island Grove in sunset light Looms beautiful and fair : The fire pines rear their stems of might. Like turrets in the air. Blow on free breeze, and bend tlie mast : Fill strong the snowy sail ; The rudtler-bands are sure and fast. We court the iiDitheru gale. Bear up, strong keel I the eagle's wing Flashes through glittering spray ; The golden stars in beauty swing Above the watery way. j. H. c. k.'%^%^%^%^%^'%^%/%^'%'%^V^/%^^^'%/%^%'%^%^'V%%'%%'%^%^'%^%^%'%^%^' ^ JAMES A. DAY. We extend hearty congratulations to you on your anniversary, and shall be pleased to see you at the 3tandard Clothing Co., 395 Washington Street, -^^BOSTON. Mr. Jas, A. Day, who has so long represented the Standard Clothing Co., in Wakefield and vicinity, is a native, and has ^^ been a life-long resident of Reading and Wakefield. His large personal following proves the esteem in which he is held in his native town. . . . 4/%'%^%'%^%^%^V^^%^%^%^'%/%/%^%/%^%'%^%^%^%^^^'W%--V^^V^^%^'%^%'%^%'%^-V^ Origin of the Waltefieid Historical Society. On the seventeenth of January, 1890, there was issnetl a call for a meeting of all persons interested in the formation of an historical society in VVake- liekl, by publication in the local papers, as follows : A town, in the New England sense, is a little Republic in itself. While it is constantly reaching out, through the enterprise and activity of its citi- zens, and exerting an important influence on other towns and cities all over the land, it yet has an indi- yiduality and character peculiar to itself, the mass of its inhabitants remaining at home, and develop- ing an internal and sequestered life all its own. This municipal life and character is the result of various forces and conditions, as its location, topog- raphy, proximity to the sea, to a river or a large city, its early settlers, its industries, its schools, libraries and churches, its morality and patriotism, its newspapers, .societies and railroads, and the as- sociations and influences that come only with age. We may trace and verify the truth of these reflec- tions in this good old town of Wakefield. Settled in 1639, only a few years after the Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers disembarked on Plymouth Rock, and (inly nine years after the settlement of Boston, this municipality has nobly borne its part in the sacri- fices and achievements of 330 years, and has a his- tory well worth the telling. It is proposed to form an Historical Society in Wakefield, and not only rescue from oblivion what we may of ancient records, documents, portraits, implements, relics, and ■• the traditions of the el- ders," but also gather to ourselves such lessons of import as the Past may teach the Present. All ladies and gentlemen in Wakefield and vi- cinity interested in such n movement, as indicated, are invited to be present at a public meeting to be held on Thursday evening, January 23, at S o'clock, at the office of the Wakefield Citizen and Banner, to consider and act on the proposition to organize a Wakefield Historical Society. Franklin Poole, Edward Mansfield, Chas. A. Perkins, James F. Emerson, Chester W. Eaton, Rev. W. H. Williams, Edwin Sweetser, Everett G. Daland. Harry Foster, Will Everett Eaton, John Ravner, Edwin Sawyer, Frances E. Carlton. Fred W. Young. Thos. J. Skinner, Samuel K. Hamilton, Henry H. Savage, Geo. E. Ricker, A. S. Atherton, Edwm C. Miller, W. D. Deadman, A. A. Mansfield. C. F. Hartshorne. Chas. H. Magoon, William F. Young, Aaron Foster. Pursuant to this call several meetings were held and on February 30, the W.xkefief.d Historical Society was formally organized, witii thirtv-fi\-e members, a constitution adopted, and the first boaril of officers elected as follows : Preside)it, Chester VV. Eaton. ( Edward Mansfield. ( Theodore E. Balch. Recording Secrc/arv, Fred W. Young. Treasurer, Chas. F. Mansfield. Curator, Charles A. Perkins. I ice Pres'/s, RESIDENCE OF MAJOR WM. N. TYLER, PARK AVENUE. mm CONNELL, RELIHBI-E. SE7=?SONHBLE. I FOOTWEAR. I STYLISH. AaZHRRRNTED. Cor. Main and Hechanic Sts., Wakefield. ESTABLISHED 1863. • O • Ol-dest Grocery Concern. EVERETT W. EATON, Choice ^ P^amily ^ Groceries, Flour, Grain, Potatoes, Wheat Groats, Oatmeal, Canned Goods, Etc. Terms Cash COR. RAILROAD AND ALBION STS., opp. Depot. Reading's most remarkable achievement the past 250 years has been the production of the Hub Stoves .^^ Heaters, and of this the town has reason to be proud. These goods are used in every state in the Union, and have done more to advance the Science of Cooking and Heating than any other apparatus. The full line comprises Hub Ranges, Hub Parlor Stoves, Hub Fire Place Specialties, Hub Hot Air Furnaces, Hub Hot Water Heaters, Hub Oil Stoves, and the Celebrated. SANITAS PLUHBING APPLIANCES. OFFICES AND SALESROOMS, 48, SO, 5S <5c 54 XJlSTIOISr ST., BOSTOIST- New York Branch, 56 Beekman St. Chicago Branch, 217 Lake St. Wakefield Agents, S. F. Littlefield & Co. Reminiscences of Rabbit island. More tlian slxtv veavs ago, when a bov from five to eight years old, there was a Fourth of July cele- bration on Rabbit Island, in old South Reading pond, near where are now the Boston Company's ice houses. The great event of the day was a big dinner, and I remember they had what I had never seen before — roast pigs — witii an ear of corn in the mouth of each pig, and tubs full of rum punch, and, I presume, the regular fish-fries, with new rum, cigars and pipes. The cigars were called long nines and sold twentv-five for ten cents. It was the rum punch and cigars that made us boys all sick, and makes me remember about the dinner, as we were given a glass of punch and one cigar each. We had to wailc in the water with trowsers up to the knees from Winn's sandv shore to get across to the Island or back again. When we re- turned we were all sick, and we thought we would strip ofl' our clothes and go in swimming, and per- haps get rid of our inside troubles ; but it was no use, we all had to " throw up Jonah " before we got anv relief. The Island is or was about 300 feet long and about 100 feet wide, antl is surrounded on the west and north sides bv bushes, brakes, mud and water, while at the south and east is the clear water of the pond. In the middle of the Island was a clearing among the trees and brush twenty or thirty feet wide, and running nearly the length of the Island from southeast to north^vest. On the south side under a bridge which appeared to answer all re- quirements for a fireplace the cooking was done. Thev had an old fashioned bake kettle with a bail to it and an iron cover, such as the old folks in that time had in which to bake their biscuit. In pre- paring for the fish-frv thev first fried out the salt pork and sliced the raw potatoes and then fixed the fish. Sometimes thev would have " Rabbit Island stew," made of pork, stewed potatoes, onions, pepper, salt, etc. ; of course thev had the rum and cigars. They had their dinners about once a week in the warm season — generallv Saturdav afternoon. The cooks were Bill Stimpson and John Gould, with about six invited guests, \\ ho did the fishing. One man was sent down to John Ravner's store to get what was wanted, and was alwavs reminded not to forget' the rum and cigars. The parties usually rowed up in small boats from Col. Harts- home's landing, who was in those days ;ibout the onlv one that sailed a boat on the pond, and it al- wavs appeared to be a great pleasure to him to take out parties for sailing or fisliing. There was no Fish Committee in those davs nor •' Rules and Reg- ulations for Fishing in Lake Qiiannajiiiwitt." Co\'E. ''*-^-c..--i:r^jii:+2 liruii anil Krass Foundries of ihe Smith & .\iuhony Compjiny, Wakefield, Mass., manufacturing the Cclelirated Hi'B Stoves, Ranges and Heaters, and Plumbing Specialties. Employing 200 men. Works estalilished in 1854. c. p. HML-eV, DKALKU IN Coal, •'• Wood, -t- [laL|,-'-Lin)e, AND CEHENT. Offices— 96 Railroad St., and Yard, 1 New Salem St. WAKEFIELD, WASS, L. E. HOWLETT, Aaniifactiirer cf ■<^ Ladies' and Misses' White and Fancy Slippers, MECHANIC ST.. WAKEFIELD ID. ^W. HZUHSTT, FURNITURE AND PIANO MOVER. I make a specialty of Teaniin;; in all it.-^ liranclie?. 99 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. EHTON'S Wakefield, Greenwood and Boston Express. OFFlt KS : :i4 and 35 Court Stiuare, iti Kilby and G" Franklin Streets. ORDKR BOXES:— 37 Nortli Market and 70 High Streets, Boston. Wakefield Oflice:— Main, eor. Cliestnut .Street. E. N. SMITH, l.EAI.EK IS Cigars, Tobacco and Smokers' Articles. FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, ETC. LUNCH AT ALL HOURS. OYSTERS IN THEIR SEASON 454 Main Street, Wakefield. MAKKK OF ENGLISH AND AHERICAN HARNESSES. Collar.s Hade on the Premises. .\i.L Stable Requisites (.'Onstantlv on hand No. 125 Albion St., Wakefield. Successor to Lane & Newcomb. Artist in Crayon, Water Color and Pastel, irsA Tr.EnoNT 5T., bostois, aas.?. ROOM 1. FAIRBANKS & MACKENZIE, (ontractors fur HOUSE PAINTING .iid^P^liu. No. 1 1 Pearl St., Wakefield, Mass. p. O. BOX 347. .1. M. Fairbanks. D. Mackenzie. E.STABLISHED ISi-i.'! WAKEFIELD STEAM LAUNDRY, LINCOLN ST., WAKEFIELD. C. U. cox, PUOFKIKTOH. Estalili^lu'd l.'i.'q. JOHN FLANLEY, liEALEH IN EURNITURE, BEDDING, CARPETS, AND WALL PAPERS, UPHOLSTERY AND REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. ('urtain and SIkkIl' work. Agent fur Kddy's Ktd riirt-rators. NO. 20 ALBION STREET, WAKEFIELD. CHAS. A. GARDNER, FLORIST. No. 86 PLEASANT STREET, Near licad ot Lawrenri' street. * * » Grower and dealer in all kinds of Choice Cut Flowers and Decorative Pl.-ints. Wedding and Funeral Flowers, and Floral Designs for all occasions. Take electric cars and get off at Lawrence street. C. LATIMER, I'ltDI'RIKTOI! OF BMRSTOiAZ'S Wakefield, Greenwood and Boston Express. Business Estalilislied Fortv Years Ago. ...OFFICES: Wakkfield:— (i Alliiciii stieet ISosToN :— in.i Arcli strrct, I:i Fancuil Hall Market, 7."i Iligli Street, !.■> Devonsliire stiiTl, 174 Waslilngton street, (■uods f<»rwanied to i\uy part of tlie United States or Canada. Specialty made ol" local jold.ing; ijiano, furniture moving, etc. LHTITVTER'S X. Celebration Hymn. SETTLERS' DAY, MAY 28th, 1894. Since Wakefield joined with Reading's hosts To celebrate their natal day With music, speech, and flags unfurled. Full fifty years have passed away. And now again the people join To mark the swift revolving years ; Their stores, and shops, and farms they leave. And to the winds give cares and fears. Borne on the fragrant airs of May What joyous sounds are these I hear.'' It is the music of the bands Parading slowlv far and near. The long procession through the streets With many banners moves along ; And orators with silver tongues. Speak words both beautiful and strong. Thev tell how our forefathers came Ami dwelt on Qiiann.ipowitt's shore ; Of their hard struggles day and night. To keep the grim " wolf" frojn tlie door. Of all their deeds by faith performed For Truth, Religion, and Free Speech ; For Liberty, and Equal Rights, — Which blessings down the ages reach. And then in glowing describe The progress of this ancient town. In growth, attractiveness, and wealth, — Which has to us brought high renown. Sweet music floats upon the breeze From many voices, voimg and old ; While friend greets friend in joyous mood. And tales of yore again are told. But let us pause and bring to inind Our friends who in these fifty vears Have passed beyond the bounds of time — Beyond the smiling and the tears. Oiu" soldiers who on southern fields Before the rebels firmlv stood. And gave their lives amid the strife. For Union and our coimtrv's good. When fift\' years again have fled. And people meet again once more, To keep their tri-ccnteiniial dav, Shall we iiave reached the shining shore.' Or shall we still be toiling on Amid the changing scenes of time — Calmly awaiting foi' the call To brighter scenes in worlds Mililime.'' .Samuel L. White. EKmEIBB H^^B^BB IB^^^IHOI H^Hi^HV fey^* ^i^KiS^BS mWH^ ^^^^qS ^^^^b Ifei^ ^BKM ^M^^M bHH| By nK^B^BE B^Bini i^^^r^^S BhSkO N^P |l ^hl^^^l' BbB^^ aMj ^^^ HhI ^^9 ^H^^r^.« ^ ' ^'^SlSRiE ^mt 1 1 ^^^^^K 1 ^'^■' f ""i BgP ^H r^E ^B 1 |b ^^Ti^^E^ "rri^jB - I — ~jiH| ■^^^^^ — "^ ^^^1 ' 7 =f,^ p ^v ^ J ^m n ^^ ^^5 hjh m ■ P^xiL'.,:i.. ■i -L' ^ --l^'i '.-'■- -. - ■■*^-' ^^^SH m 1 Main Street. Wakefield. looking westward across Quannapowitt Lake toward Reading. Choice Real Estate Overlooking Lake Quannapowitt, "^^ Offered for Sale by John Q. Aborn, 246 Main St., cor. White Ave., Wakefield, A pdrtion of the estate of the late John White (known as the old White house). Thirty to Hfty thousand square feet (more or less) situated 150 feet on Main street, .and northerly by Aborn avenue. The choice lot. House lots on White avenue from Main to Pleasant street. The above lots are every one high and dry and perfect as to location. Also lots on .Aborn avenue from Main to Vernon street. .Also on Pleasant street, and many others connected with the above; they at:e all near and east of Park extension and Lake (,)uannapowitt, and west of Boston and Maine Railroad, to New- buryport branch. .Also house, stal)le and land I 3-4 acres, 25x11 1-2 rods on Cordis, School and Central streets. .Also 2 1-2 .acres lot of land opposite the above on north side of Cordis street, near Lake Quannapowitt. An excellent lot. Also land on corner of .Sweetser and School streets Sxi i rods. .And corner lot on Cordis and Court streets 10x14 rods. either engraved or printed, go to the well-known es- tablishment of ... . ^^5. B. Dearborn, 14 Bromfield St., Boston. Residence, 14 Park St., Wakefield R.stablished in iS72 M. A. CHESLEY, ^TiET.-lIL GllOCEB.^ 67 Albion St., Wakefield. Established 1832 WM. B. PRESTON & SON, MamilaiMiirfr- m| ;iiiii l)c;iU-i'^ in Patent Balances, Platform k Counter Scales OF EVERY VARIETY Butcliursi' .Siipi(lie.s of all kiiuls, Weigliinj^ Apparatus Repaired ami Scales cxclmiij^oii. 160 Blackstone St. BOSTON. 91 Union Street. l'K.\l,I-,K IN Cigars, Tobacco & Smokers' Articles, FRUIT, CONFECTIONERY, Etc. I.ITNt'll AT .\1,I. HOURS (iVSTKKS IN TKKIH SKASON. 4S4 Main Street, Wakefield. JOS. A. O'LEARY, M. D., PHYSICIAN. RESIDENCE, . . . 77 ALBION ST., WAKEFIELD. OFFICE HOURS : 3 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. Ml IT 1m f rpsl IK rr TT' TTi im ir;;^; irr;;',' r \.^.-nimmr-i rjTJP WargM :^^-^ 1861. CUTLER BROS. WllOI.KSAl.E AN1> KKTAII. 1894. GROCERS, AMJ DEALKllS I.N H.ny, drain. Straw, Farm and Poultry Supplies, Field anil tiar- den Seeds, Paints and Painters' -Supplies, (."rockery Ware. F.tc. Proi.rietnrs of tlip ccli'lpratiMl "BELLE OF WAKEFIELD" FLOUR. Cor. Main and Water Sts., Wakefield. GEO. E. SMITH, Contractor and Builder, 40 Elm Street, Wakefield. South Reading Liberty Association. Verv few among the rising generation will see anvtlilng familiar in the name at the head of this article, hnt fortv vears ago it meant an active and influential organization in this town, that did its ]3ait in moulding and fostering the anti-slavery sen- timent which grew against all opposition, imtil Mason and Dixon's line was wiped out, and LIB- ERTY prevailed from the St. Croix to the Rio Grande. The " Lihertv Association" was organized in 1843, and adopted the following Preamble. " We, the subscribers, conceiving that .Slavery being a mc/a/ aiu\ political evil ^ shoidd be removed bv moral and political action, and not perceiving the wisdom or the consistencv of continuing to act with parties, which, as parties, are pro-slavei'v, hereby associate ourselves for the purpose of more etlectuallv doi?io' soi?iet/iiiig' in behalf of Iiuinan rights." The first board of officers of the society was as follows : President, Jacob Eaton ; Secretary, Franklin Poole; Treasurer, Joseph D. Mansfield; Executive Committee, E. S. Upham, George H. Wiley, Paul Sweetser, Joshua Green, Stephen Floyd, David .Smith, Henry Gray, Caleb Eaton. The influence of this organization was very soon t'elt in the community. The members were very much in earnest. From the record of one of their earlier meetings we make this extract : '' In course of the remarks, it having been suggested that we could accomplish something if we were to trv, it was Resolved, That we zv/11 try." Public meetings were often held with addresses by zealous speakers, and in caucus and town meet- ing the "Liberty" men made themselves known by voice and vote. The first important local victory of the new party was obtained in the fall of 1S46, when Franklin Poole, Esc[., was chosen Representative to the General Coiu't on the third ballot. Following is a statement of the voting : First ballot — James Oliver (Whig), 127; Sam- uel Kingman, (Democrat), 70; Franklin Poole (Liberty), 72. .Second ballot — Oliver, 127: Kingman, 31; Poole, 100. Third ballot — Oliver, 119; Kingman, i; Poole, 147- The last paragraph foimd in the records of the Association is as follows : " A Liberty convention met in Boston in the fall of '48, and voted to merge the Liberty party in the Free Democracy or Free Soil party founded at Buffalo. Consecjuentlv the farther doings of the Liberty men will be found in those of the Free .Soil party." WAKEFIELD TOWN HALL. FRANK L. Norton. asHtoN H. THAVER. <:>^_376 Main Street, Wakefield, INSURANCE. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., of San Krancisco. Cal. Capital, $1,000,000. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford. Conn. Capital, $1,250,000. German American Ins. Co. of N. Y. City, IS. V. Capital, $1,000,000. Boston Office, 105 Summer Street Factory at Wakefield, Mass. Thos. Emerson's Sons==Established 1805, 40 OB Razor 42 OB Emerson. DON'T BE DECEIVED' The original and only genuine EMERSON SHOE has our Irm/,- 111,71k stamped on the sole of each shoe, which reads : . . "Thos. Emerson's Sons-Established 1805." . . None are genuine unless so stamped. Shoes made by us are sold to the trade only. We run no retail stores. ''Everybody Re ads t he Banne r.'' T ▼ T T ▼ THE OLD RELIABLE Citizen and Banner Is the Leading Waliefield Newspaper. IT PUBLISHES A FULL AND CORRECT ACCOUNT OF ALL LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Issued Every Friday Afternoon^ At Rooms 7 and 8, Wakefield's Block. «««♦** Aaitland P. Poster, Editor and Proprietor. ■< A fully equipped Job Printing Office connected. Wakefield — Old and New. It is a long, long time since our forefathers and weekin, sometime of Rumney Marsh, and Abigail their families came up from Lynn, Charlestown, and Watertown, and erected their log-houses on the margins of our lakes and the neighboring hill- slopes. It is hard to realize that many generations have lived and labored, fought and flourished, and had their day, before the present generation came Kunkshamooshaw, wife of David, and Cicely, n/ias Su George, ye reputed daughter of old Sagamore George, and James Quonopohit, of Natick, a/ias Rumney Marsh, and Mary, his wife. Sundry inhabitants of Lynn petitioned the Colony Court for a place for an inland habitation at the on the scene to possess a land and institutions head of their bounds, and in 1639 ^^^ Court prepared for them, with all the comforts and privi- granted the petition, and gave the town of Lynn leges of the glorious nineteenth century. Truly, '■ four miles square at the head of their bounds, or " other men have labored, and we have entered into so much thereof as the place could afford, upon their labors." condition that the petitioners shall within two years It must have been not far from two hundred and make some good proceeding in planting, so as it sixty years ago that the first adventurous spirits may be a village, fit to contain a convenient number pushed out from the of inhabitants, which may in due time have a church there, and so as such as shall remove to inhabit there shall not withal keep their ac- commodations in Lynn after their removal to the said village, upon pain to forfeit their in- terest in one of them at their election." There- upon the settlement be- gan in earnest, the region taking the name of Lynn Village, and in 1644 was duly incorpor- ated as the town of Redding. The loca- tions of the early settlers were mostly on what is now the center of Wake- field, between or near the lakes, and on the slopes of the adjacent high- lands. The forefathers, having erected their hum- ble dwellings and built a church and a iiiill, had laid in faith and works the foundation of a munici- pality which should grow better and handsomer with age, and last while towns endure. The names of these first citizens of the old town I )eeds at Salem. This famous instrument was reveal their English origin, and are still borne by dated Sept. 4, 1686, and the consideration named many leading families of the region, and are as was ten pounds and si.xteen shillings. It was follows: — signed by David Kunkshamooshaw, grandson to Nicholas Krown, Thomas Clark, John Damon, old Sagamore George No Nose, n/ias \\'enepaw- William Cowdrey, George Davis. Robert Dunton, scattered settlement by the sea in ancient Lynn, to occupy the pleasant hunting grounds of the Saugus Indians in the region we now call Wakefield. The early days were full of danger from hostile beast and savage man, but the pioneers of that time were men cast in a rugged mould, and of the same stern stuff that in England " trampled down king, church, and aristocracy," and in Scotland bade defiance to persecutors, and sang Covenanters' hymns among their native mountains. They were full of principle and prayer, and ready to do and dare. They were able to protect themselves from the wild beasts, and lived peaceably with the neigh- boring Indians, agreeing with them to buy their land, which bargain was later consummated by the execution and delivery of the famous " Indian deed," which is duly recorded in the Registry of INDIAN CAVE On land formerly of Dr. John Hart, now of Mr. C. W. Eaton. Samuel Dunton, Josiah Dustin, Jonas Eaton, Wil- liam Eaton, Zachary Fitch, Isaac Hart, Thomas Hartshorne, William Hooper, Thomas Kendall, John Laukin, Thomas Marshall. William Martin, John Pearson, John Poole, Thomas Parker, Francis Smith, John Smith, Jeremy Swayne, Thomas Taylor, Edward Taylor, Richard Walker, Samuel Walker, and John Wiley. The town as first incorporated included what is now Wakefield and Reading. In 1651 a second grant of two miles square was made to the town of Reading, and included, substantially, what is now North Reading. In 17 13 the inhabitants of the last-named territory, '• having become of sufficient and competent numbers to call, settle, and main- tain a godly, learned, orthodo.x minister," were incorporated as a distinct parish by the name of the North Precinct of Reading, the remain- ing portion of the town being known as the First Parish. In 1769, the northwesterly part of the First Parish, the part then called \\'ood- end, was incorporated by the name of the West Parish of Read- ing, forming the nu- cleus of the present town of Reading. In 1812 the old town was divided, and the First or South Parish, then commonly known as the Old Parish, including the present territory of Wakefield, was incorporated as a new town with the name of South Reading. From this point the town took a new departure in steady growth and prosperous development, until, in 1844, it had nearly doubled the number of its inhabitants and the value of its property. Dr. John Hart, the local magistrate, a physician of skill and an extensive land owner, was a leading man of the town during this last-named period. On the 29th of May, 1844, occurred an historical episode worthy of notice. The people of the three towns included within the limits of ancient Read- ing, putting away all jealousies and heart-burnings, united in a grand celebration of the bi-centennial anniversary of the incorporation of the old town. THE OLD POUND. The exercises were held in the village of the West Parish, and included a brilliant military and civic display, with an excellent address by Rev. Dr. James Flint, a gifted son of the North Parish, an appropriate poem by Hon. Lilley Kiton, of the South Parish, replete with sparkling humor, racy anecdote, and historical reminiscence, and con- cluding with a bountiful banquet in a spacious p.ivilion erected for the purpose. It was a day to be remembered for its cloudless beauty, the glad enthusiasm of the people, and the complete success of the celebration. This year ( 1844) was remark- able also for the location and construction of the Boston & Maine Railroad through the west center of the town, displacing the old Boston stage that had for so many years supplied the wants of the " travelling public " : but now, after nearly half a century of rapid tran- sit, electric street cars are running over the same route to Boston formerly traversed by Flanders's tallyho. Following the open- ing of the steam rail- road, the town rapidly adwanced in material prosperity. There came large additions of business, wealth, and good citizens. Old in- dustries, like the boot and shoe manufacture and others, felt a fresh impulse and expansion, while new business enterprises, notably the iron foundry and the rattan works, were soon launched, and under sagacious management steadily grew unto assured success. Oas for lighting streets and houses was introduced in town in i860, by the Citizens' Gas Light Company, and its pipes ex- tended also to Stoneham and Reading. \\'ithin a few years an electric plant has been added to the works of the company, and electricity for illumination is now supplied for Wakefield, and electric power for street railways and other pur- poses. The town of Wakefield has voted to pur- chase the gas and electric works of the company, and negotiations for the completion of the trans- action are now pending. In 186 1 the course of peaceful prosperity was interrupted by the great Rebellion, in which the sons and daughters of South Reading nobly bore their part in sacrifices of property, lacerated hearts, and the best blood of many of the number. 'I"he years succeeding the war was a period of wonderful growth and progress. .A.11 the industries flourished, people flocked to the town, real estate advanced in price, graceful dwellings and business structures rose on every hand. In 1868 the town changed its name. The in- habitants had long felt the desire for a name more simple and euphonious, an identity more clear and distinctive. At this time the late Cyrus Wakefield, Sr., a liberal citizen of the town, descended from one of its older families, came forward and uncondi- tionally offered the town the princely gift of a new and costly town hall. A town meeting was called, and in accepting this opportune do- nation, the voters resolved that the time had come to change the name of the town, and, with unanimity and acclamation, voted in so doing to honor the name of their friend and benefactor. The authority of the Gen- eral Court was invoked, and by its aid, on the i st of July, 1 868, the town e.x- changed its endeared name of South Reading for the new and significant name of Wakefield. The inaugural exercises were held on the Fourth of July, 1868. The day was an occasion of double celebration. Bells rang in the day, cannon awoke patriotic echoes, fluttering flags, wreathed mottoes, and decorated arches appealed to eye and memory ; band concerts tempered and refined enthusiasm with the rhythm and melody of music ; a long procession gave nearly every one active participa- tion in the celebration ; an historical address elo- quently blended the stirring memories of the past and present ; a sparkling poem added the blossoms and fragrance of wit and fancy to the occasion. The grand celebration dinner in the mammoth tent upon the Common, made brilliant by the flash HON. LILLEY EATON, Author of the History of Reading of wit and sentiment, was a notable feature of the occasion. The excessive heat that prevailed was the only drawback to the full enjoyment of the festivities of the day. Races upon the lake afforded pleasurable excitement, and the day was closed by the roar of artillery and the explosion of fireworks The promised town hall was erected in due time, and, with a suitable lot of land, was presented to the town, with impressive dedicatory exercises on the 22d of February, 187 1, and is the same splendid edifice now used by the town for municipal pur- poses, and located at the corner of Main and Water Streets. Until comparatively recent years the town was entirely without any adequate printed history of itself. In 1865 such a work was pro- jected. By invitation of many prominent gentlemen, supplemented by a vote of the town, the late Hon. Lilley Eaton \yas induced to undertake the congenial ser- vice. This labor of love grew upon his hands, as his design for the book enlarged, to embrace in its scope the whole territory and people of ancient Reading. His sudden death in January, 1872, left the work nearly but not fully completed. A committee, of which John S. Eaton, Esq., was the efficient chairman, acting under au- thority of the town, carried forward the work to its proper end, and in 1874 was printed at the town's expense, the "Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., including the Present Towns of \^■akefield, Reading, and North Reading, with Chronological and Historical Sketches from 1639 to 1874." This volume is octavo in size, contains eight hundred and fifteen pages, embellished with fifty portraits and engrav- ings. The matter of a public water supply has greatly interested the people of Wakefield in recent years. On May 4, 1872, the Quannapowitt Water Company was incorporated for furnishing Wakefield and Stoneham with water for fire and domestic purposes. 5S^5i'i^'';.4. . from Crystal and (^uannapowitt Lakes. The name was subsequently changed to Wakefield Water Company. This corporation slumbered for about nine years, but in iScSi it made a proposition to the town of Wakefield to supply its inhabitants with water to be taken from Crystal Lake. After much discussion, some equity suits in the Supreme Court, and many town meetings, the town and water com- pany made a water contract, and before the close of the year 1883, an aqueduct system, having its source in the pure waters of Crystal Lake, was in successful operation in Wakefield and Stoneham. Should this vast reservoir of water, which is fed by cool subterranean springs, for any reason be in- sufficient as a water supply, recourse can be had to the larger Lake Quan- napowitt, co v e r i n g about two hundred and sixty-four acres near the heart of the town. A popular movement is now in progress by the inhabita'nts of Wake- field and Stoneham to purchase of the water company its franchise and works, and supply pure water, a priceless boon, to the people of the two towns, without the intervention of cor- poration or contractor. In former years the boundary line between Wakefield and Stone- ham was within a stone's throw of the upper depot of the Boston & Maine Railroad ; and, on petition to the Legislature, a considerable tract of the territory of Stoneham, in this region — including one him- dred and ninety acres — was in 1856 set off and annexed to Wakefield, with general acquiescence. As years passed by, Wakefield grew largely toward the west, and quite a number of houses were found to be over the line in Stoneham, but occupied by people whose interests and affiliations were mostly on the Wakefield side, their homes being much nearer the schools, churches, stores, post office, and depots of Wakefield than those of Stoneham. Therefore, on petition of these residents of the bor- der land, the General Court, in 1889, set off to Wakefield another strip of land, containing one hundred and forty-two acres, from the easterly por- tion of Stoneham. The territory thus annexed in- cluded sixty-two inhabitants and eighteen houses, with a real estate valuation of forty thousand dollars. Topography and Situation. " Where ancient Reading's slopes of green Outspread her lovely lakes between, — On level plain and hill's fresh crown Stands Wakefield's fair, historic town." Wakefield possesses rare charms in natural scen- ery, and a location especially favorable and conven- ient. Her territory contains four thousand five hundred and sixty- eight acres, with a surface romantically diversified by hill and N'alley, groves and lake. The central village oc- cupies a plain between two lakes, and running up the gentle slopes of Shingle Hill on the east, and Cowdrey's Hill and Cedar rtill on the west. The larger lake, — Quannapowitt, — is a beautiful sheet of water, containing two hundred and sixty- four acres, extending northerly to the borders of Reading, and much enjoyed for its yachting and fishing privileges. Its outlet is Saugus River, forming the boundary be- tween Wakefield and Lynnfield, and flows south- easterly to the sea, emptying its waters into Lynn Harbor. Crystal Lake, just south of the center, contains, by estimation, sixty-four acres, but is re- markably deep, and its waters not excelled in purity by any lake-source of water supply in the State. The outlet is a small stream, flowing eastwardly to Saugus River, and in other years has been found sufficient to furnish water power for grist-mills and saw-mills. On this little " Mill River " was built the first corn-mill of the town, at the very place now occupied by the Wakefield Rattan Works. Follow- ing alone; the vallev of this stream, about a mile THE EATON HOMESTEAD. southeasterly from Wakefield, it expands into a fertile and peopled plain, forming the pleasant out- lying village and school district of Woodville. The central valley of the town extends southerly below Crystal Lake, and there is discovered Wakefield's most flourishing suburb, the village of Greenwood, with depot, chapel, and schools. The highlands to the west of the center, now known to the world as \\'akefield Park, are very attractive for residences, furnishing many prospects of picturesque beauty. Along the easterly border of Lake Quannapowitt are home sites not less delightful, and there are to afforded near the close of an autumn day, as one, standing on the Park, glances across the upper lake and along its leafy margin, and observes how the gorgeous colors of the western sky are reflected in the placid waters, and blended with exquisite effect with the sober tints of the verdure and lily pads, and the flaming hues of the maple and sumac, while the white wings of a yacht becalmed or the lazy gliding of a canoe add a peculiar charm to the allur- ing panorama. The artistic eye is still further delighted by a glimpse, here and there, of an an- cient domicile, a mossy slab in the old burial ground, RESIDENCE OF MR. PETER S. ROBERTS. be seen many tasteful and elegant dwellings. On the eastern plains, toward Lynnfield, is the thriving village of Montrose, with a school, chapel, engine house, and railroad station. The Central Park of Wakefield is one of her chief glories. Beginning at the very center of the town, by the frowning Rockery, the Park, at first narrow, expands toward the north, and, stretching away from the hum of industry and the dust of traffic, extends with its noble elms, its shady avenues, and green beauty, to the shores of Quan- napowitt and still on by the easterly border of the lake for nearly a mile. No more lovely scene in nature could be presented to the eye than is often or a patch of the primeval forest. It is not surpris- ing that on these pleasant lake shores and com- manding highlands, east and west, are to be found the most tasteful and elegant residences of the town. The neighboring waters are favorite resorts for the healthful recreations of sailing, fishing, and swim- ming in summer, and skating and ice boating in the winter season. Pre-Historic Signs. Though the axe and the ploughshare of the English settlers, pushing out from Lynn to " the head of their bounds," were first seen in the wilds of this town in 1639, evidences abound that for centuries before the American red men of the Sau- gus tribe found in this region their favorite haunts. The water privileges of this region, in later times so highly prized, were also irresistible attractions to the dusky men of the early days. The great ponds now known as Lake Quannapowitt and Crystal Lake, and the small streams, now dignified with the names of Saugus River and Mill River, were like magnets to draw the red men to their banks, where even now the intelligent searcher may any day find abundant traces of the aborigines only a few inches beneath the soil, in the shape of hatchets, arrow- heads, knives, pestles, hammers, remnants of pottery, and various implements of stone and bone, fashioned with the curious skill of a lost art. Enthusiastic and patient explorers beneath the slope of Cowdrcy's Hill, and near liarehill Brook at the northwest, on the banks of Saugus River on the east, and on the plains of Greenwood, near the Pit- man estate, at the south. JEcclesiastical. The First Congregational Church. It was in 1644 that the first steps were taken towards founding a church in this region, being in the same year the town of " Redding " was incor- porated. The early settlers were English immigrants, and they found their way hither from Lynn and other towns. They were not unlike the Puritans, who, about a score of years previous to that time, had landed on Plymouth's shore, for no sooner had vk':^j ^ •■ "^ ■'■"tar' THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. surface of things have been rewarded by the dis- covery of numerous specimens of the rude skill of a pre-historic race, and in Wakefield may be found many large and valuable collections of these durable memorials. A comparison of results from these in- vestigations affords satisfactory proof that in what is now the center of Wakefield were located, perhaps for centuries, the villages of Indians, who hunted deer and trapped rabbits in the adjacent forests, and in our brooks and lakes fished for trout, pick- erel, and bass, without fear of fish committee or statute law. Evidences are conclusive that the wigwams of Indian homes were once thickly placed on the solid land between Quannapowitt and Crys- tal Lakes, and the plain westerly of the new upper station of the Pjoston & Maine Railroad, on the they chosen this region as their abiding place than they took immediate steps towards forming a church. It is probable that their first meeting-house was erected in 1644, near the present location of the post office. The principles of the creed and cove- nant which they formulated and which were used by their successors for over a century were Con- gregational in faith. They have until now served as polity of the churcli, with few e.\ceptions, where slight changes have been made. During the church's history over two thousand persons have sought refuge in its spiritual precincts, and there are at present about four hundred persons on its member- ship roll. The First Parish has been associated with the Congregational Church ever since the organization of the latter, and has constantly been of material aid to the church, in providing the means for its activity and usefulness. The houses of worship which have witnessed the meetings of the parishioners, and heard within their walls the supplications of the generations of the past, have been three in number. The first build- ing was that erected very soon after the settlement of the town. It was probably of rude structure, and could it be seen to-day, as it stood then, there would, perhaps, be doubts manifested as to its being properly named. Neverthless, it served for over forty years, and in 1688 a new structure was built very near the site of the present church. The edifice was adorned with a steeple and provided with a bell in the year 1727, after being enlarged, and served as a house of worship until 1768, when the third church edifice was erected. A change was made in this building in 1859 by turning it around, remodelling it, rebuilding a spire, and placing a clock on its tower. It was not until June, i8go, that it received further attention, when it was de- molished to make way for the present stately and graceful house of enduring granite, supplied with every modern appliance and convenience, its tower and turrets pointing toward heaven. The new stone church is of Monson granite in two colors of gray, and is in style a simple, harmonious develop- ment of the Piyzantine-Romanesque, in which form and color, rather than elaborate detail, are relied upon for architectural effect. There have been fifteen pastors of the Congre- gational Church, the names of whom with respective terms of service are presented herewith : Rev. Henry Green . . . 1645 — 1648 Rev. Samuel Haugh . . . 1650 — 1662 Rev. John Brock . . . . 1662 — 1688 Rev. Jonathan Pierpont . . 1689 — 1709 Rev. Richard Brown . . . 17 12 — 1732 Rev. William Hobby . . 1733 — 1765 Rev. Caleb Prentice . . . 1769 — 1803 Rev. Reuben Emerson . . 1804 — 1860 Rev. Alfred Emerson . . 1845 — 1853 Rev. Joseph D. Hull . . . 1853—1856 Rev. Joseph B. Johnson . 1857 — 1860 Rev. Charles R. Bliss . . 1862—1877 Rev. David N. Beach . . 1879—1884 Rev. William H.Brodhead . 1886— 1887 Rev. Robert W. Wallace . 1888 — 1893 The Congregational Church has reared worthy daughter.s, who have since thrived and are now steadily growing in strength. The Congregational Churches at Lynnfield and North Reading are the oldest daughters of the Wakefield Church. They were established in 1720. Nine years later, a colony was sent to Stoneham, and in 1733, the Wilmington Church was formed. The most notice- able departure of the old church's offspring was that of the Old South, organized in Reading or "Wood End," as it was called, in 1770. In its withdrawal from its native home, eighty-eight members severed their connection with the mother church. The Baptist Church. The origin of the Baptist society in town reaches back a century, and came not suddenly, but from small beginnings. It was the result of a slow but steady movement on the part of earnest men and women, who were anxious to obtain knowledge ni Christianity, and who desired to be benefited by the rewards given to faithful and earnest followers of the Lord and wished to help others. History tells us that in 1797 the Baptist society was organized in town. Its formation was the out- come of a marked spiritual revival, which for quite awhile previous to that date had existed in this locality. .About 1789 the Congregational Church of Reading experienced a religious revival, at which several young people from the south part of the town, now Wakefield, showed much interest by attending and taking an active part in the meetings. In the fall of that year, the young persons of this vicinity organized Sunday evening meetings, and in all probability these were the first regular evening meetings of the kind ever held in this place. As a result of the meetings, several persons were spiritu- ally impressed, and many were baptized by immer- sion in Reading Pond. About all of the early Baptists were received into the fellowship of churches located in what are now Boston. Arlington, and Woburn, but a larger number united with the church at the latter place until the formation of a church in South Reading. Previous to 1789, there were frequent lectures and sermons in this locality, and, according to the early history, the first Baptists known to have lived here resided in town in the year 1775. The evening meetings, however, previous to the formation of the society, were not held entirely under the auspices of tlie Baptists, l)ul llicy were opened to all who desired spiritual help, and who were willing to seek the gospel and sing jjraises and ])salnis at eventide. The first Baptist churcii in this town was founded in the year 1S04. Following are the names of successive pastors with THE BAPTIST CHURCH. the dates of installation and of respectively : — Rev. Ebenezer Nelson . Rev. Gustavus F. Davis Rev. Joseph A. Warne Rev. James Huckins Rev. Isaac Sawyer, Jr. Rev. Charles Miller . Rev. Larkin D. Cole Rev. Charles Evans Rev. Paul S. Adams Rev. Daniel W. Phillips, D. 1 Rev. George Bullen, D D. Rev. James W. Wilmarth, D. Rev. Richard M. Nott . . Rev. Charles Keyser, D. D. Rev. R. R. Riddell, D. D. Rev. Roland D. Grant . . Rev. Noah R. Everts . . dismissal or death D, 1804- 1818- 1829- 1832- •835- 1838- 1840- 1842- 1844- 1850- 1864- J867- 1872- •87s- 1878- 1883- 1888- -1815 -1829 -1830 -1833 -183S -1838 -1842 -1844 -1848 -1863 -1866 -1869 -1874 -1877 -1882 -1888 have been as follows. The first edifice was con- structed on land lately owned by Mr. Sylvanus Clark on Salem Street. It was removed to Main Street in 1820, on land now owned by James H. Carter, Esq., and, after being remodelled, was used until 1835, ^^'hen it was destroyed by fire. A new church was immediately built on the same site. It was enlarged in 1853, but was also burned to the ground in 187 i. A lot of land was then purchased by the church at the corner of Lafayette and Main Streets, and work on the present church was com- menced. The church was finished and dedicated in 1872. The building is of Romanesque order, beautiful for architecture, a commodious and splen- did house of worship. Its lofty spire is one hun- dred and eighty feet in height, and the edifice is a worthy ornament to the town. The church has long been enjoying a course of spiritual prosperity. Its past record has been bright, but its present condition is still more hope- ful. The First Universalist Church and Society. The houses of worship of the Baptist society It was in 1813 that the more liberal-minded citizens of the town, theologically speaking, met together and organized what is now the third oldest religious denomination in Wakefield, the Universa- list society. There was not a large membership at the time the society was formed, but religious meetings were successfully conducted for a number of years, until 1833, when the first pastor was installed. The early meetings of the society were held in the Centre schoolhouse, which at that time was located on the Common south of engine house. Meetings were also held in the old Town House, now at the corner of Salem and Main Streets, but which then stood west of the recent engine house. Previous to the erection of the church edifice, and after their first settled pastor, meetings were conducted in what is now .Albion Hall. The hall then stood at the corner of Albion and Main Streets, where Per- kins' block now stands, and was then known as Tavern Hall. Twenty years after the formation of the society, in 1833, the first minister was installed. The meetings previous to this year had not been held weekly or regularly. They were held when it was possible and convenient to secure the services of a preacher. In 1833, however, Rev. Mr. Newell began his labors, and the meetings in this town were conducted once in every three weeks. Rev. Mr. Newell also had charge of the societies in North Reading and Middleton, in connection with the South Reading society, while the services held during the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Morse were fort- nightly, that pastor also having charge of the Uni- versalist Church at North Reading. The names of the pastors are presented below, the figures being the dates of installation and dismission, respec- ti\'elv. Rev. John C. Newell . . Rev. H. W. Morse . . Rev. Henry Jewell Rev. Henry Lyon . Rev. Stillman Barden Rev. John H. Willis . . Rev. Alexander Hitchborn Rev. John H. Moore . . Rev. Benton Smith . Rev. Edwin A. Eaton Rev. Wm. W. Haywood . Rev. Wm. F. Potter . . Rev. Quincy Whitney Rev. Wm. H. Morrison . Rev. William E. Gaskin . Rev. L. L. Greene . . 1833- 1835- 1837- 1840- 1841- 1842- 1846- 1849- 1854- 1858- 1865- 1870- •87s- 1880- i886- 1889 -183s -1837 1840 -1841 -1842 -1845 -1848 -1853 -1858 -1864 -1870 -187s -1878 -1885 -1888 The first house of worship built by the Univer- salis! society was erected in 1839 on the site now owned by the society, on Main Street. The edifice, though plain in architectural design, served the society for twenty years. In 1859, the growth of the society warranted the remodelling of the structure, at which time six thousand dollars were expanded in enlarging the edifice, raising it, and building the vestry, and erecting the tall spire. About a dozen years ago the interior of the edifice was renovated and new pews placed therein. The auditorium of the building is one of the finest in town, and the edifice is an ornament to Wakefield. The history of the church connected with the Universalist society dates from the year 1843. The meeting for the formation of the church was held on May 29 of that year. The present condition of the society is an indica- tion of prosperity and a prediction of progress. It is in good financial standing and its membership is continually on the increase. In many towns there is no church in connection with the society, the affairs of both being conducted under the latter name. Wakefield's Universalist Church is rather small in membership, but the society is large and active, and the interest shown in Universalism, and the support that Christian creed is receiving at the present time is by no means an indication that a numerically small church denotes an unimportant or inferior organization. The society is known for its munificent giving in objects of worthy charity. THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. especially in cases of need, within the limits of our own town or this vicinity. The generosity of the individual members of the society in this respect is likewise noteworthy. The Methodist Bpiscopal Church. In the earlier part of the year 1S65 considerable interest was manifested in the matter of organizing a Methodist Church, and in April of that year a number of the citizens of the town petitioned to the New England Conference, then in session at Cam- bridge, for a preacher, and the call was responded to by the sending of Rev. Thomas C. Potter. For four or five years after the church was organ- ized, meetings were held in the vestry of the Univer- salist Church, but the growth of the society called a meeting-house in 1870. The society continued for a place of its own. Accordingly, Albion Hall. to prosper, and in 1873 it was decided to erect a which was then located on Albion Street, at the church edifice. A lot of land was purchased of THE METHODIST CHURCH. entrance of what is now called Foster Street, was Mr. J. F. Wiley for twenty-eight hundred dollars, purchased at a cost of thirty-three hundred dol- and work upon the church was commenced inimedi- lars, and, after being remodelled, was occupied as ately. About six thousand dollars was subscribed, and Albion Hall, which was valued at ten thousand dollars, was disposed of. The construction of the church was an arduous undertaking, for soon after work had been started on the church the panic of '73, with its disastrous effect to the financial world, cast a heavy cloud over the struggling society. As a result, money was raised by placing a heavy mortgage upon the church, and the edifice was finally completed and dedicated February 27, 1874. The structure cost about twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars, and a mortgage of thirteen thousand dollars remained upon the church. Through the laborious efforts of Rev. G. C. Osgood, the debt was reduced from thirteen thousand dollars to about si.\ty-five hun- dred dollars, and that sum stood until Rev. T. C. Martin was chosen to preside at this church. Anxious as the [society was to clear away the debt, a great effort! was made to raise the amount due, and with the personal solicitations and earnest endeavors of the pastor. Rev. Mr. Martin, the sum was raised, and the debt paid, thus relieving the society from a mighty burden. A grand jubilee, ni honor of the payment of the debt, was held on Friday, April 9, 1886, at which several out of town speakers were present, together with the pastors of the Wakefield churches. The present house of worship of the Methodist society occupies a conspicuous position on Albion Street, and is a beautiful edifice, a worthy ornament to Wakefield. The building is that of Swiss timber construction, adapted to the fourteenth century, with Gothic outline. The Wakefield church has been supplied by fourteen pastors, as follows : Rev. T. C. Potter, 1865 ; Rev. D. Atkins, 1867 ; Rev. M. B. Chapman, 1870 ; Rev. C. L. McCurdy, 1873 ; Rev. John Peterson, 1875 ; Rev. E. A. Howard, 1877 ; Rev. G. C. Os- good, 1878; Rev. E. A. Manning, 1881 ; Rev. D. Richards, 1883; Rev. T. C. Martin, 1884; Rev. D S. Coles, 1887 ; Rev. W. F. Cook, 1889 ; Rev. J. H. Tompson, 1891 ; and Rev. A. H. Herrick, 1S93. The Methodist Church is at present in good financial condition, and is doing valuable work toward upbuilding the moral and spiritual welfare of the community. Its benevolences are generous and the present membership of the church is large. There is abundant hope for the future of the church, and a continuance of good results in the blessed objects for which the church strives. Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Episcopalianisni had its beginning in this town about forty years ago, but the formation of an Episcopal Society in Wakefield did not take place for a number of years later ; therefore, the history of Emmanuel Parish covers a period of about twenty years. In 1869 sufficient interest had been aroused among the Episcopalians of this town for an organ- ization, and a mission was formed Regular ser- vices were at once commenced, and were conducted by clerg)men of the Eastern Convocation of the Episcopal Church of Massachusetts One year later, at Easter, 1870, the congregation organized EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH. itself into a parish and the Rev. Samuel R. Slack, formerly rector of St. Thomas' Church, Newark, Del., and of Frederickville Parish, Va., was placed in charge. The new church was named Emmanuel Church. Rev. Mr. Slack continued as rector of the church until Trinity Sunday, June i, 1873, w'hen he re- signed his trust and removed to Salem. The period which followed, until the appointment of Rev. George Walker in 1875 to the rectorship, was not a flourishing one for the society. Rev. Mr. Walker's labors, however, were fruitful, and abun- dant interest was soon aroused, and within a short time the mission was placed in a position which has proved largely to be the foundation work upon which the society has since been built. Rev. Mr. Walker resigned in 1879, and was succeeded tem-' porarily by Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss, then a lay-reader and student at the Cambridge Theological School, and in 1881 Rev. Mr. Hodgkiss, having been ordained deacon, was appointed as missionary in charge. The efforts of that clergyman witnessed the raising of a building fund, and the present church edifice was erected, at a cost of about five thousand dollars, the amount having been paid in full at the completion of the church. Services were held in the new church on Aug. 20, 1881, for the first time. Following the resignation of Rev. Mr. Hodgkiss in 1882, Rev. Frederick Luson was appointed to take charge of the work, and he remained in town until March, 1884, when he was compelled to resign on account of poor health. Rev. William Hall Williams entered upon his duties as lay-reader in Wakefield in the follow- ing June, 'and continu^d in that capacity until he was graduated and ordained deacon, when he became rector of the church. After an extremely successful ministration of several years, durmg which time he declined many calls to other parishes. Rev. Mr. Williams resigned his charge in Wakefield, to accept the rectorship of the parish at Newton Highlands in January, 1890. Rev. Irving Spencer began as lay-reader soon afterward By his activity and enthusiasm the church increased in numbers and good works. He assisted in opening a mission at Reading, conduct- ing services in that town on Sunday afternoons. Mr. Spencer was succeeded in 1892 by Rev. John A. Staunton, who came from Brooklyn, N. Y., and is a gentleman of marked ability and Christian devo- tion. During the first ten years of the church's exist- ence meetings were held at different halls in town. The larger number of meetings took place at the old town hall, which then stood near the recent site of the engine house. Other meetings were held in a hall then owned by D. G. Walton, Esq., over the store now occupied by Mr. Ira Atkinson. The vestry of the Universalist Church was used for a short time, also the room which is now occu- pied by the Wakefield Steam Laundry, and in G. A. R. Hall in Wakefield's Block. The exterior and interior of the present edifice on Water Street is very attractive. The chapel was remodelled and enlarged in 189 1, with tasteful and pleasing archi- tectural effects, and it is now one of the prettiest and most convenient churches of its size in this vicinity. Emmanuel parish is now in a prosperous condition. The expenses are overcome by the voluntary offer- ings of the congregation, together with a pledge system of weekly offerings. The society is free from debt, and has been since the erection of the church. The communicants are increasing in number, and the interest in the welfare of the society, as mani- fested at present, indicates a still more prosperous future. St. Joseph's Church. It is more than forty years ago that the first Catholic mass took place in this town. It is recorded that the mass was said by Rev. Thomas Shehan, then of Salem, and that it occurred in a house located at that time at Wakefield Junction. A portion of the present site of the Catholic Church was purchased in the year 1852, and work was at once commenced in erecting the edifice. Father Shehan continued to officiate in the capacity as pastor until 1854. He was succeeded by Rev. John Ryan, of Maiden, and by the following named pas- tors at the respective dates : Rev. John McCarthy, 1862 ; Rev. Thomas Skully, 1866; Rev. John Mc- Shane, 1867; Rev. M. L. Carroll, 1868; Rev. Thomas Gleason, 1868; Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrick, 1868 ; Rev. M. F. Flatley, 1873 ; Rev. P. J. Hally, 1884: Rev. J. E. Millerick, 1887. During the last few years of Rev. Fr. Flatley's term he was assisted by Rev. John A. Donnelly. The present pastor is assisted by Rev. D. H. Reardon. In 187 1 it was found that the edifice was not large enough to accommodate the demands of the growing religious organization in town, and it was accordingly moved westerly to Murray Street. It is now known as Lyceum Hall, and is used for meetings of the St. Joseph's Lyceum, etc. Father Fitzpatrick accordingly had plans made for a new edifice, and work commenced on the building. The plans were not carried out fully, as the seating capacity of the new church was about eight hundred, and was then of sufficient size, and fulfilled all demands. The original plan of the church was in shape of a Latin cross, the symbol of Christ's death. In November of that year, 187 1, just nineteen years ago, the services were held in the new struc- ture for the first time, and only a siiort time passed before every seat was hired. The present parochial residence was constructed a few years ago, and it is now undergoing changes, which, when completed, will make it more commo- dious. The former residence of the pastor of the church was at the corner of Gould and Albion Streets. A short time ago the St. Joseph's society church is attractive, and an ornament worthy such a location in town. The tall spire, surmounted with a gilded cross, is a conspicuous landmark. On entering the church, the eyes of the visitor are attracted by the rich appearance of the altar, stained glass windows, and decorations. There are three altars behind the sanctuary rail, a large, magnificent white and gold altar in the center, with two smaller ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH AND PAROCHIAL RESIDENCE. purchased a tract of land adjoining their original lot, in order to meet the demands of the prospective addition. The entire lot is a valuable one, as it is bounded by Murray, Gould, and Albion Streets, and a street recently laid out by the Boston & Maine Railroad Company. The present church structure is of wood, and the entrance faces the street owned by the railroad. The exterior of the ones on either side. The seating capacity of the floor is about nine hundred, while the two galleries in the main body and the third gallery at the easterly end of the church, in which the organ is located, are capable of seating about three hundred, making the grand total capacity about twelve hundred. The decorations or frescoing are indeed magnifi- cent, and it is safe to say tliat the entire work far surpasses anytliing of the kind in this vicinity. This, in brief, is an historical sketch of Catholicism in Wakefield, and a description of the new edifice. Starting over twoscore years ago, with a small hand of followers of the Catholic faith, the adhe- rents of Catholicism have grown in numbers, until now the total number of Catholics in Wakefield reaches about seventeen hundred, including the children of Catholic parents. With hope and renewed inspiration, the society will doubtless continue in its spiritual and material growth, and lead its disciples to a purer and more earnest life in the worship and service of the Lord of all. Greenwood Congregational Society. The history of the Greenwood society covers a period of over twenty-one years, although, previous to its institution, religious services were held in Henry V. Degen, a minister of the Methodist faith, and at that time a resident of Wakefield. The first months of the year 1873 witnessed the taking of the first active steps toward forming a religious society in Greenwood, and on the twenty- first day of January a meeting was held in Green- wood Hall, it having been duly called to order by Ur. Albert Day, a justice of the peace. The meet- ing was well attended and considerable interest was manifested. Dr. Day was elected moderator, and. the following officers were chosen : clerk, Ashton H. Thayer ; treasurer and collector, A. P. Dodge, standing committee. Dr. Day, B. G. Dunbar, G. A. Hardy, L. B. Eaton, and H. H. Savage. Rev. C. A. G. Thurston was the first pastor, and remained about two years. In March, 1875, an attempt was made to unite with the Melrose Highlands Church, and it was voted to liold meetings on the '' union plan " during the rest of the year. The scheme was about to be perfected and the services of Rev. A. S. Garver ^fmi^:-~,,, GREENWOOD CHAPEL. Greenwood for quite a number of years. The earliest services of which anything is known were first held over thirty years ago, and clergymen from Wakefield and out of town officiated when circum- stances permitted. The organization of the Sabbath school at Green- wood was one of the first steps effected by the interest aroused in the holding of the earlier religious services, over thirty-two years ago ; and, in fact, the formation of the school and the commence- ment of the meetings took place about the same time. The school was instituted with a small membership, and the first superintendent was Rev. were secured, but at a later meeting, held July 15, the idea was abandoned, upon the refusal of the Melrose Highlands society to unite with the Green- wood society. The services of Rev. Mr. Garver were secured by the latter society, and was their minister from Sept. i, 1875, to Sept. i, 1879. Mr. Garver was then of the Congregational faith. During the year 1876 another unsuccessful attempt was made to unite with the Melrose High- lands society. For a few years after the resignation of Rev. Mr. Garver, in 1879, there was no regular pastor, but in 1882 Rev. W. H. Morrison was engaged to preach, [under the auspices of the Young Folks' Society, then a flourishing auxiliar}- to the church. Since that time, however, there has been no regular pastor, the services generally being conducted by students from Andover, or by minis- ters in this vicinity. During the past few years preaching services have been conducted alternately by pastors of the Protestant churches in Wakefield. The earlier religious meetings were generally held in Greenwood Hall, or Lyceum Hall, as it was then known, being the room in the second story of the Greenwood schoolhouse, and during the summer time, when weather permitted, services were held in " .Sweetser's Grove." Greenwood had grown to such an extent that in the summer of 1882 it was found necessary for the town to utilize the hall as a schoolroom ; accordingly, the society was obliged to take immediate steps toward purchasing a suitable location for a building of its own. At a meeting of the society on Sept. 4, 1883, it was voted to pur- chase a portion of Mr. Jacob Eaton's lot and proceed to erect a chapel. In November, 1883, the foundation of the build- ing was commenced, and work upon the chapel was begun in the following spring. The final cost of the structure, together with what improvements have been made up to the present date, has amounted to about four thousand dollars. The present condition of the First Congregational Society in Greenwood is decidedly prosperous, with no debt. There are at present about fifty members of the society, some of whom are members of churches in Wakefield, or elsewhere. With pros- pects of " clear sailing " in the near future on life's sea, the society may well feel encouraged with its present standing, and look upon its past history witii a pardonable pride. Montrose Chapel Society. Montrose has a Sabbath school and Chapel Society, which have sprung up and thrived during recent years, and in presenting sketches of both •organizations herewith, the series of articles under Wakefield's ecclesiastical history is completed. Ac- cording to facts which we are enabled to ascertain, it is found that the formation of the Sunday school in the East Ward was a matter which first attracted the attention of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, which about eighteen years ago was a flourish- in"; institution in this town. In 1874, Deacon (reorge R. Morrison was elected superintendent of the school, and the first Sunday under his administration there was an attendance of forty-nine, with seven classes. Deacon Morrison continued in his service until 1879, when Mr. Wil- liam P. Preston was elected. Mr. Preston resigned in April, 1881, and Mr. Everett G. Deland acted temporarily until the election of Mr. William H. Tay in July of that (year. Mr. Tay served until April, 1884, when Mr. A. D. Dimick was elected, followed by Mr. I. Stowell. 'I'he average attendance of the school during the first few years was about fifty, and on January, 1886, there were eighty scholars, and there are now over one hundred members. The object of the society, when it was first formed, was for the purpose of advancing the social MONTROSE CHAPEL. Standing in the neighborhood, but it was suggested that it would be best to have some object in view, so it was decided to start a fund for the purpose of erecting a chapel. In October, 1887, a fair was held in Montrose Hall, at which one hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-nine cents was cleared, and at the end of the first year the society numbered forty-three members, with a building fund of three hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-two cents. During the years 1879 ^^'^ 1880 the Sunday school contributed over one hundred and fifty dollars, and in 1 88 1 it was decided to apply for a charter. At the end of the year 1885, there was one thou- sand four hundred dollars available, with the promise of a building lot. A handsome and convenient chapel was after erected, and dedicatory exercises at the chapel were nelcl April 28, 1886, and were appropriate to the occasion. The Chapel Society was out of debt at the time of its dedication, and has since been fortunate in keeping in good linanciil circumstances. The etTorts on the part of the members in erecting a chapel and conducting the affairs of the society have been successful, fts present condition is encouraging, and gives promise to a prosperous future. The present officers of the society are as follows : presi- dent, Mrs. Hamilton Moses ; treasurer, Mr. J T. Burdett ; secretary. Miss Nellie F. Emerson ; direc- tors, Mrs. H. Moses, Mrs. Jennie Hunt, Mrs. C D. Drury, -Mr. \\". P. Rurnham, and Mr. Issachar Stowell. Educational. Good common schools have been found in town since the early years. The first known teacher of the free school was Nicholas Lynde, of Charlestown, HIGH SCHOOL. a graduate of Harvard College in 1690. It is not known where the first schoolhouse, as such, was erected, but it is recorded that in 1707 the select- men were asked to consider whether the school- hcuse should be removed. This building was a small affair and stood upon what is now the public park, a little northeasterly of the Congregational Church. In 1693, and for some years succeeding, Master Lynde was the only teacher in the whole town, and taught in different parts of the town, as the selectmen directed. Three months were given to what is now Wakefield, two months to what is now Reading, and one month to what is now North Reading. During the eighteenth century, before the Rc\-olu- tionary War, the amount of money annually .tppro- priated for schools averaged about si.xty pounds. Followintf the Revolution, the school appropria- tions gradually increased, educational privileges were expanded, until, in Wakefield alone, the annual appropriation for support of schools is twentv-si.x thousand dollars, which is distributed among twenty- si.\ schools, in which instruction is given by thirty- two teachers to fifteen hundred and seventy pupils, in nine large and well-appointed school edifices. The High School was established in 1845, and is now one of the most highly prized and cherished institutions of the town, occupying a handsome edifice at the corner of Main and Lafayette Streets on the site of the old-time parsonage of the first parish. The Hamilton School Building and the Lincoln School Building are comparatively new structures and models of architecture and conven- ience for the purposes to which they are dedicated. Wakefield has obtained a worthy distinction among the people of the commonwealth for the e.xcellence of her public schools. Long before the establishment of the High School, there was erected, in 1829, on the pleasant elevation easterly of Crescent Street, the South Reading Academy, under fjaptist auspices. It was for many years a flourishing institution of learning, and exerted a valuable and elevating influence on the rising gen- eration of the town, and hastened the coming of the High .School. The academy was discontinued about 1845, and the town in 1847 purchased the building for the use of the High School. Another institution, the Creenwood Seminary, was established about the year 1855, in Greenwood Village, by Rev. Windsor B. Wait, under Universalist influences, and was for a decade a favorite resort for young ladies seeking a finished education. Libraries. There have been in other days libraries of note in the town, including the " Social," " Franklin," " Prescott," and " .Agricultural " Libraries, but all have been overshadowed and practically superseded, except church and school libraries, by the Public Library, instituted in 1S56 by the public-spirited eftorts of leading citizens of the town, including Benjamin Franklin Tweed, Lilley F^aton, Paul H. Sweetser, Edward Mansfield, Franklin Poole, James M. Evans, and John S. Eaton. A large number of books collected by private enterprise and donation were presented to the town. This germ of the library was taken under the paternal wing of the LINCOLN SCHOOL. town, and, receiving generous nourishment and kindly care, has grown and expanded into the pres- ent extensive collection of books, which includes about eleven thousand five hundred volumes, and is regarded as a beneficent and almost indispensable institution of the town. Its name was changed in 1868 to " Beebe Town Library," in honor of the late Lucius Beebe, Esq., a liberal contributor to its funds. Other generous gifts have been made to the institution by Mrs. Harriet N. Flint, and the late Dr. Francis P. Hurd, and the late Cyrus Wakefield, the younger. A public reading-room, contiguous to the library, well supplied with the best papers and magazines of the day, is much used and appreciated by the people of the town. Newspapers. The first attempt to furnish regular news in printed form to the inhabitants of this town was in 1854, through the medium of a South Reading De- partment in the Middlesex Journal, a weekly paper published in Woburn. Invited by a " combination of gentlemen," the editorial duties of the depart- ment soon devolved upon Edward Mansfield, Esq., who for many years continued to furnish items for the South Reading column, with generous public spirit and signal success. In 1858 was begun the publication of the South Reading Gazette, by Mr. William H. Hutchinson, from Boston, which paper for about five years was a welcome visitor in home circles. In 1868, Mr. A. Augustus Foster established the Wakefield Banner, v^\i\c\\\n 1872, was merged in the Wakefield Citizen. At this time Mr. William H. Twombly launched the Wakefield Advocate but soon after picked up the discarded name of " Ba7i- ner," and for nearly two years there was again published the Wakefield Banner. In 1874, Mr. Twom- bly purchased the Citizen, which he consolidated with the Banner, and then was begun the prosper- ous career of The Wakefield Citizen and Banner which has become the leading journal of the com- munity, and found in nearly every home in Wake- field, and is now under the successful direction of Mr. M. P. Foster. The Wakefield Bulletin was established in 1881, by Mr. W. H. Twombly, the proprietor of the Read- ing Chronicle. The Wakefield Record was started in 1886 by Mr. Frederick W. Young, who, in 1887, purchased the Bulletin, and successfully conducted the Wakefield Record and Bidletin, until its recent change of ownership, it being now ably managed by Mr. Carl E. Dunshee. Military. The military record of the town is one of honor and renown. The first corps was organized in 1644, called the Reading Infantry Company, and HAMILTON SCHOOL. commanded by Richard Walker, a noted Indian lighter. This famous conijiany was cherished and sus- tamed until its disbandment, in 1840. The Wash- ington Rifle Greens were organized in 1812, became the renowned company of the region, and went out of existence in 1850. The Richardson Light Guard, so named in honor of the late Dr. Solon O. Richardson, a generous friend of the company, as is also his son, the pres- ent Dr. S. O. Richardson, was organized in 1851. Thrice was this gallant corps called into the service of the Union durinc; the recent Rebellion — as memorable 19th of April, 1775, the "train-band" or " alarm list " of the First Parish was, by express, ordered to Lexington, and they departed very early, accompanied by the minister. Rev. Caleb Prentiss, and met the British troops, returning from Concord, at Merriam's Corner, and, with the men of the Third Parish and others, were among the first to engage the enemy in what might be called the first battle of the Revolution, the Reading men being commanded in this encounter by Capt. John Brooks, afterward Governor of the Commonwealth. The British regulars in their retreat along the Boston turnpike were constantly and fatally harassed by .^jprrw********'*'^' <|,-5(W"5<»; RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN W. WHITE, MAIN STREET. Company B, 5th Regiment, as Company E, 50th Regiment, and as Company B, 8th Regiment Massa- chusetts Volunteers, and always acquitted itself with honor. It still enjoys high distinction under Capt. Edward J. Gihon, as Company A, 6th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. In the French and Indian Wars of last century the First Parish of the old town of Reading nobly bore her part, her sons sharing in the glory of the capture of Louisburg, and fought under Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. When the tocsin sounded for the opening of the Revolutionary War the whole town of Reading burned with patriotic ardor. Several companies of minute-men had been secretly organized for the anticipated crisis, and on the the Provincials, and their retreat became a rout until they met Lord Percy with reinforcements. The town of Reading sent into the army during the Revolutionary War over four hundred men, not including minute-men and privateers men, and there were constantly in the field an average of one hundred men from the town. Perhaps the most noted of the fighting patriots of the Old Parish was General Benjamin Brown, whose homestead was on the easterly side of Lake Quannapowitt where lately dwelt Lucius Beebe, Esq., deceased. In the War of 18 1 2 and the Mexican War, the sons of South Reading were not wanting to defend the nation's honor on land and sea. In 1861 the cloud of rebellion burst in war and blood upon a happy land, and South Reading was not cold or backward in proving her patriotism in the trying crisis, but pressed to the front of the loyal North, as her regiments and battalions rallied to the defence of country and our insulted flag. The Richardson Light Guard, the town's own gallant corps, under Captain John W. Locke, with full ranks and high enthusiasm, amid " tumult of acclaim " left town for the seat of war April 19, 186 1, and were enlisted into the United States service for three months, as Company B, 5th Regi- ment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, and per- formed valuable service in guarding and protecting the national capital. This corps fought bravely in the first battle of Bull Run, in which some of their number were wounded and three taken prisoners. As the larger scope of the terrible conflict became rapidly foreshadowed, another company, recruited in South Reading, under Captain John Wiley, 2d, was enlisted for three years as Company E, 16th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, and left for the seat of war August 17, 1861. This company served in the Army of the Potomac, and sustained a high character for courage and heroic endurance, and is entitled to lasting gratitude and honor. As, during the progress of the struggle, call after call issued from the President for more men, the town nobly and promptly responded and well sustained her part in the time of the nation's exigency, and it points with glowing pride to the record of five hundred and five men sent into the military and naval service of the Republic, of whom more than sixty gave up their lives in the sacred cause. The Horace M. Warren Post No. 12, Grand Army of the Republic, and the memorial hall in the beau- tiful town house commemorate the heroic sacrifices of the living and the dead. Burial- Grounds. The burial-grounds of Wakefield are very inter- esting in their associations and mementos. The earliest graveyard was located in that portion of the new park where lately stood the old town house and the house of Yale Engine Company. Here for more than fifty years the first and second generations of settlers buried their dead. The pres- ent generation can easily recall the appearance of the antique monuments and tablets that marked the graves of the good and true fathers and mothers of the town ; but now, alas, no trace remains to greet the fondly seeking antiquarian eye. The ruthless hand of progress has levelled the hallowed site. In 1688 the town erected its second house of worship and located it a few rods northwest of the present Congregational Church in Wakefield, and around this second church, soon after its erection, in accord- ance with an ancient custom that has made church- yards and graveyards synonymous terms, the later inhabitants began to inter their dead ; and thus commenced their second burial-yard, in recent years known as the " old burial-ground." For more than one hundred and sixty years it was the chief place of sepulture for the town. Here rest the ashes of the greater portion of its former inhabitants. Consequently it possesses a most lively though mournful interest, as the place where many a noble and revered friend, many a loved and beautiful form, has been covered from sight, but not from memory. In course of time the old burial-ground became so fully occupied that the selection of eligible spots for single interments was difficult, and for family lots impossible ; and in consequence, there was or- ganized in 1846 a private corporation under the name of Proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery, which purchased a tract of seven acres of land on the westerly border of Lake Quannapowitt, and laid out the same in avenues, paths, arbors, bowers, and four hundred burial lots. The cemetery has since been greatly enlarged and beautified, and is mourn- fully attractive by the quiet loveliness of its natural scenery, by its marble shrines and graceful memo- rials. The Jewish Cemetery, a smaller enclosure, also on the margin of the beautiful lake, and very near Lakeside Cemetery, is numerously occupied with graves and sepulchres, and is in general use by the Israelites of Boston. Historic Houses. There are in Wakefield many dwelling-houses historic in thtir age and associations, but their number is every year growing less, .\mong these ancient dwellings is one on Cowdrey's Hill, erected considerably over two centuries ago, and known to recent generations as the Leslie place. It was the homestead of the early settler, Sergt. John Parker, and of his son, Kendall Parker, Esq., whose aiighter married James Nichols, and thus the estate passed into the hands of the Nichols family, the late Matthew ¥. Leslie marrying a daughter of the family, and residing there until his recent death. Another old dwelling is the Hartshorne house, on Elm Street, where lived Thomas Hartshorne in the early days, and which remained in the Hartshorne family until purchased a few years since by D. G. \^'alton and G. W. Aborn. Other ancient houses still standing are the Swain house, on Vernon Street, lately owned by David Batchelder, and the one near it now of M. P. Parker, formerly, in 1740, of Joseph Underwood. There may also be named the house on Elm Street, formerly of Deacon Francis Smith, and still earlier of Thomas Hay, now owned by W. A. Carlton ; the later of Tiiomas Evans ; and the house on Main Street, in Greenwood, late of P. H. Sweetser, formerly of the (}reen family, now owned by L. Perry. Many of these ancient mansions and others that have departed have been sketched and painted in oil by l''ranklin Poole, Esq., a resident artist, now over fourscore years of age. By the thoughtful generosity of Mr. Poole, in whose veins runs some of the best blood of the early settlers, most of these invaluable paintings now embellish the walls of the Historical Society's room in the town hall. Men of Note. Many distinguished citizens of the Republic, living and dead, have traced their lineage from OLD SWAIN HOUSE, VERNON STREET. Eustis place, corner of Elm and Prospect Streets, a portion of which house is very old, and formerly of Capt. John Goodwin ; the " Colonel Hartshorne " place, on Church Street, now owned by John G. Morrill, and sometimes called the Lafayette house ; the remodelled house, now of Mr. Thomas Martin, on Main Street by the lake, formerly the homestead of John Brown, Esq., who was born in 1634 ; the spacious old domicile on Main Street, opposite the lake, now owned by Miss Nancy White and Mrs. Mary E. Aborn, formerly of Timothy Nichols, and worthy ancestors of this old town, whether known as Reading, South Reading, or Wakefield. Among the brilliant names in American history, men that can fairly be called sons of the old town, may be mentioned : Hon. George Bancroft, the eminent historian of his native land ; Gov. John Brooks, who so gallantly led the minute-men of Reading at the Battle of Merriam's Corner, on the retreat of the British troops from Concord, April 19, 1775, and who, after serving with distinction through the war, removed to Medford and became Governor of Massachusetts ; Capt. John Parker, who commanded the Lexington men on the same memorable day of April 19, 1775 ; Gen. John A. Dix, ex-Governor of New York, and United States Senator ; Hon. George S. Boutwell, formerly Governor and Senator of Massachusetts, and Secretary of the Treasury under President Grant ; Hon. Timothy Boutelle, famed as a lawyer ; Rev. Theodore Parker, eminent as a scholar and Unitarian divine ; Rev. John Pierpont, clergyman and poet, formerly of Medford ; Rev. Dr. Samuel C. Damon, late of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands ; Rev. Dr. Brown Emerson, formerly of Salem ; Dr. W'illard Parker, of New York City ; Dr. Samuel Hart late of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Gen. Joseph H. Eaton, of the United States Army; Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks, the illustrious divine ; Rev. Dr. James Flint, orator of the day at the bi-centennial celebration in 1844 ; Hon. Thomas N. Hart, ex- mayor of Boston ; Prof. B. F. Tweed, who has a just fame as an educator, and now, full of years, is enjoying a well-earned rest at his home in Cam- bridge ; Dr. William Everett, of Quincy ; Rev. Edwin C. Sweetser, of Philadelphia, an eloquent preacher of the Uni\ersalist faith, and Hon. George A. Walton, of Newton, author of ^^'alton's Arithmetic, and now rendering conspicuous service on the Mass- achusetts Board of Education. Industries, The manufacture of boots and shoes has long been an important branch of industrial activity in Wakefield. As long ago as 1677, the town assigned to Jonas Eaton " the privilege of wood and herbage on a tract of land on condition that he remained in town, and followed the trade of a shoemaker." Hi remained, and many of his descendants and suc- cessors, from that j'ear to this, have exercised that honorable handicraft, but the manner of carrying on the business has greatly changed within the last few vears. Formerly, nearly every shoemaker was his own " boss," that is, " he worked his own stock," he cut, his wife and daughters bound, and his sons and apprentices, with sometimes a few journeymen, finished up the work. His principal market w-as Boston, to which place, sometimes in saddle-bags and on horseback, and sometimes in a shoe-cart, he transported and peddled from store to store his goods. But times are not as once they were, and the boot and shoe business has been revolutionized by the introduction of labor-saving machinery and the establishment of large manu- factories. The leading firm in Wakefield is Thomas Emerson's Sons, and is one of the oldest in the shoe business in this country. It was established by Capt. Thomas Emerson in 1805. The shoe business is also extensively and suc- cessfully carried on in town by Henry Haskell, successor of John G. Aborn & Co., by Harvey B. Evans, under name of " L. B. Evans' Son," Isaac F. Eaton, and E. H. Walton & Son, but the relative importance of the business in the town is much less than formerly. The manufacture of cane or rattan into many forms of beauty, elegance, and utility by the Wake- RESIDENCE OF MR. GEO. H. TOWLE, YALE AVENUE. field Rattan Company is now, and has been for many years, the chief industry of the town. Its factories are located on Water Street, by the small stream from Crystal Lake, called Mill River, at the same place where John Poole, in 1644, ran the first corn-mill of Reading. The late Cyrus Wakefield, Sr., originated this important industry in 1856. The tasteful productions of the company may now be found in nearly every business resort, church, and home of refinonicnt from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and a growing trade exists with Mexico, the states of South America, and other foreign countries. The Wakefield Reed and Chair Company does a smaller business in the manufacture of rattan goods at the " Skating Rink " building, located between Main and Crescent Streets, in the center of the town. 'I'he extensive iron foundry by the side of the Boston & Maine Railroad, between Albion Street and Crystal Lake, now successfully operated by the Smith & Anthony Co., was started in 1854 by Blanchard, Tarbell & Co., who soon after organized as a stock company under the name of the Boston & Maine Foundry Company, which became one of the most important industrial institutions of the town. The policy of the Smith &: Anthony Co. has always been to manufacture a high grade of goods, and thus attract the best trade of the country. The lakes of Wakefield, located so conveniently near the center of the town, and contiguous to the Boston & Maine Railroad, offer unusual facilities for the cutting, storage, and transportation of ice, and these opportunities have been well improved during the last forty years. This business is most extensively engaged in by the Boston Ice Company and by John G. Morrill, whose storehouses are by Lake Quannapowitt, and by Robert Philpot on the borders of Crystal Lake. The manufacturing establishment of the Henry ¥. Miller &: Sons Piano Company is in Wakefield. This business was founded by Henry F. Miller, in 1863. and upon his decease, in 1884, the present company was incorporated under Massachusetts laws with a paid-in capital of one hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. It gives employment to a large number of skilful mechanics, who reside in the town, and many of whom have built for themselves beautiful homes, and are highly prized citizens. The business is now mostly managed by the sons of the founder, one of whom, Mr. Edwin C. Miller, is a public- spirited resident of the town, and much interested in its affairs. The Wakefield Steam Laundry, Charles H. Cox, proprietor, is an industry which in recent years has attained no small dimensions. The printing busi- ness is carried on in all its branches by Mr. M. P. Foster, at the Citizen ami Banner office, from which are constantly issuing abundant specimens of the " art preservative," from the small label to a large poster or book. Mr. A. W. Brownell has also a smaller but well- equipped job printing-office. An industry new to Wakefield is that of the Harvard Knitting Mill, on the third floor of Wake- field's Block, owned by Miss Elizabeth E. Boit and Mr. Charles N. Winship, under the firm name of Winship, Boit & Co. A very active business is done by this firm, which came to this place from Cambridge in 1890. An extensive lumber business is carried on by C. H. Spencer at his largely stocked yard near the upper depot. Railway Facilities. The first regular public conveyance between this town and Boston was established in 1817 in the shape of a lumbering stage, and such means of pas- senger transportation continued until steam-cars began to run, about 1846. The extension of the Boston &: Maine Railroad from Wilmington to Bos- ton through South Reading was opened 1845, and gave a fresh impulse to the growth and expan- sion of the town. As an inducement to lay out the railroad, it was predicted by an enthusiastic promoter tliat South Reading would furnish thirty daily pas- sengers to Boston by rail. This LUopian prediction was more than realized, and now there are at least fifteen hundred daily passengers on numerous trains between Wakefield and Boston. At a later date the Danvers Railroad was constructed through the town, effecting here a junction with the Boston & .Maine Trunk Line. This road connected with the Xewburyport Railroad, running from Danvers to Newburyport. both of which have long been leased and operated by the Boston & Maine Railroad. The South Reading Branch Railroad to Salem was also opened, and thus the advantages of three railroad lines running through the domain of Wake- field afford ample and unusual facilities for trans- portation and communication, with easy and direct access to the great centers of Boston, Salem. New- buryport, Lawrence, Haverhill, and Lowell. There are six depots within the town, and about forty trains running daily to and from Boston. Electric street railways have recently come to Wakefield, and their transforming influence has already been observed on the life and development of the town. The Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway connects with the Woburn and Medford systems, while an extension to Melrose puts Wake- field in electric touch with the cities of Maiden, Everett, Chelsea, and Boston, and another extension through Saugus gives easy access to the beautiful beaches and romantic rocks of Lynn, Nahant, Swampscott, and Revere. The latest addition to the local railway system is the line to Reading along the charming borders of old Quannapowitt ; and chased near the beginning of the present century, and called the " Republican Extinguisher." Its home was in a small engine-house that stood in the ancient burial-ground, a little westerly of the recent location of the brick engine-house of the Beebe steamer. It was a small but ambitious machine, and faithfully served the community in its day and RESIDENCE OF MR. JUNIUS BEEBE, MAIN STREET. ere long it is expected that the system will be com- plete by the construction of an electric railway to Lynnfield, Peabody, and Salem. Fire Protection. The fire department of W'akefield has a very efficient organization and has been constantly sup- ported with liberal outlay and pardonable pride by the citizens of the town. The first engine was pur- generation during about twent\'-five years of useful- ness. " At length the town, grown wiser, richer. Procured a tub of fame ; A strong, dark, homely, savage creature — ' Black Hawk ' its proper name." This engine became noted in its day. It found congenial quarters in the dark basement of the old town hall, from which humid den it often issued forth for a practice .sc[uirt, or rushed out like a mad war-horse to some scene of fiery danger. L!y many deeds of usefulness and chiring, in spite of its un- lovely appearance, it pumped its way to fame and honor. In 1852, by vote of the town, came a handsome, new. double-decker fire-engine, resplendent in finish of rosewood and trimmings of polished brass, and poor old " Black Hawk " went into a decline, and seldom came out of its hole again. The new machine was from Jeffers" works at Pawtucket, R. I., and was named " Vale Engine, No. i,'' in grate- lakes near tile center, reservoirs in all parts of the town, a well-e(|uipped hook and ladder company, several volunteer organizations, and later, a chemical extinguisher, with an enthusiastic body of firemen, the town in 1882 purchased a powerful steam fire- engine of the Silsby Manufacturing Company, of Seneca Falls, N. Y. In the same year the Wakefield Water Company laid its pipes through the streets of Wakefield, and a contract was made with the company to furnish for the town's use si.xty fire- hydrants in desired locations, and this number has since been increased to over one hundred. In RKSIDENCE OF MR. FRED B. CARPENTER, MAIN STREET. ful lecognition of a large gift to the engine company from the famous tin manufacturer of South Reading, Burrage Yale, Esq., whose tin pedler's carts were for many years known all over New England. The " Yale " distinguished herself in many fields, and saved much property from destruction. She is still retained by the town, though occupying a second place, and regarded with respect and appre- ciation. Occasionally, even now, the veteran fire- fighters of other days pull out the machine with strong and kindly hands, and bring home the " old Vale " decked with first prize from some firemen's muster. In addition to this worthv machine, two 1882, also, was organized the Home Fire Protective .\ssociation, which advocated and put in practice the principle of " promptness with small appliances." This association, of whom the leading spirit was Mr. Rufus Kendrick, so demonstrated its value and usefulness that the town soon adopted its principles and methods, and as a result now owns one hun- dred and six Johnson pumps, with rubber hose attached, which, with fire-buckets and cans, are located in houses all over the town. Under recent statutes forest fire wards are annually appointed, who render important service in the prevention and extin^fuishment of forest fires. There is in" success;- ful operation in the town an electric tire-alarm telegraph, with ten miles of wire, an electric clock, five fire-alarm boxes and fire-gongs. Banking Institutions. The earliest savings bank in the town was incor- porated in 1833, with a capital of ten thousand dollars, and called the South Reading Mechanic and Agricultural Institution. The late Capt. Thomas Emerson and the late Hon. Lilley Eaton were active in its formation, and as president and uel Gardner, Edward Mansfield, and Cyrus Wake- field, directors. This bank was reorganized under United States laws, as the National Bank of South Reading, in 1865, with the same officers as before. The president, cashier, and most of the directors remained at their posts until death took them, Maj. George O. Carpenter and Edward Mansfield, Esq., being the only survivors. The present officers of this stanch and important institution of Wakefield are Cyrus G. Beebe, president ; Thomas Winship, cashier (succeeding Mr. Eaton ) ; Frank A. Winship, assistant cashier, and C. G. Beebe, George O. Car- penter, Thomas Emerson, James F. Emerson, RESIDENCE OF MR. GEO H. MADDOCK, LAWKtNLh- b 1 KEET. treasurer, respectively, remained as such for nearly forty years, until their deaths. Hon. Thomas Win- ship succeeded Mr. Eaton as treasurer, having filled the otiice for over twenty years, and Mr. Thomas Emerson, the younger, is now the president of the institution, which is still safe. The South Reading Bank was incorporated as a state bank in 1854. Mr. George O. Carpenter was active and efficient in its organization. Its first officers were Capt. Thomas Emerson, presi- dent, and Hon. Lilley Eaton, cashier, and Thomas Emerson, Lucius Beebe, George O. Carpenter, Sam- Daniel G. Walton, Junius Beebe, and Fred B. Car- penter, directors. The Wakefield Savings Bank was incorporated by the Legislature in .1869, Cyrus Wakefield becoming the first president, and Daniel Allen the first treasurer. It has had a prosperous career until the present time, and is now one of the most solid and useful of Wakefield's institutions. The principal officers are Thomas J. Skinner, presi- dent ; Richard Britton, treasurer and clerk. The Wakefield Co-operative Bank was organized as a corporation under the Public Statutes of the Commonwealth, Jan. 19, 1887, and began business March 5, 1887, with an authorized capital of one million dollars. Its depositors become shareholders in the bank, the plan being to make small monthly payments on their shares, and are thoroughly pro- tected by statute regulations and carefully devised by-laws. Its loans are principally on real estate security. The bank has become quite popular in the town, its alfairs having been intelligently and wisely administered by the managers, with the spirit of accommodation toward borrowers, and a constant regard for the safety of investments. Its chief officers are Arlon S. Atherton, president, and Harry Foster, treasurer and secretary. The Wakefield Historical Society was organized more clearly understand the sources and growth of their municipal life and institutions, and have their feet more surely guided by the " lamp of experience." The members are diligently collecting mementos, relics, pictures, books, and writings, and placing the same in their room for preservation, where they may always be available for examination and study, and represent for the instruction of a rushing and utilitarian age something of the character and work of the fathers. The population and valuation of the town since its separation and incorporation as South Reading, in 18 1 2, have steadily increased, starting out with about eight hundred inhabitants and one hundred RESIDENCE OF MR. T. F. SMITH, CHESTNUT STREET. in February, 1890, and may be mentioned as a semi-municipal institution, inasmuch as it is granted a room in the town hall, and its objects are not for any private advantage, but have in view the pro- motion of the best interests of the town in general. In the spirit of love and loyalty to and for the honor of the old town, the membership of this society seek to shed some light on the path of her progress through the trials and perils, the hopes and fears of two and a half centuries of existence, to the end that the present generation of citizens may thousand dollars' worth of real and personal estate. Following are interesting statistics in this connec- tion : — A. D. POPULATION. \-ALUATION. 1812 800 $100,000 1820 1,000 192,635 1830 1-3 1 1 247,084 1840 1,517 279,409 1850 2,407 755-019 i860 3.207 1,861,319 1870 4.135 2,544.523 A. D. POPULATION. VALUATION. 1880 5,547 ?3.43S.2°S 1885 6,060 3,726,800 1890 7,000 4,623.305 1893 about 7,400 5,607,220 During two hundred and fifty years of liealthy growth Wakefield has made constant and persistent progress toward the ideal of a town for the homes of an industrious, intelligent, and progressive popu- lation, adding year by year something to enrich, improve, or adorn, until she now stands, not perfect, yet beautiful, in the maturity of her charms, and possessing every reasonable attraction and institu- Dr. John Hart. There is coming toward us a striking figure, a man with white hair, clad in a long and broad- skirted coat, smallclothes, with large knee buckles and pointed toed boots. The weather is cold and we feel like buttoning our overcoats to the chin, but he has no outside garment and is walking with a vigorous stride. Who is it .' Oh, that is Dr. John Hart, and he is going to visit a patient, carrying his medicines in the capacious pockets of his coat. He is the king of the doctors and autocrat of most things in this neighborhood. Like Victor Hugo, he despised overcoats and never wore one. RESIDENCE OF MR. EDWARD A. RICH, YALE AVENUE. tion of worth to make suburban life pleasant and desirable. Many fair cities and towns cluster about Boston by the sea, sustaining her varied industries and institutions, and contributing to the lustre of her fame, and Wakefield is one of the oldest and yet one of the brightest of these jewels in the thickly studded tiara resting upon the yet un- wrinkled brow of the (^ueen City of New England. He was a surgeon in the Army of the Revolution, and had, I think, a personal acquaintance with General Washington. Though his opportunities for an education were limited, he came to the front by his force of character, and maintained his posi- tion, exerting through life a wide influence, not only in Reading and South Reading, but in the neigh- boring towns as well. He was " the doctor " for all the region round about. In visiting his patients he either rode horseback or went on foot, never in a sulky, which he despised. wriirm «« i His horse was so slow that persons requirint; his services preferred to have him come on foot. He was moderator of the town meetings, school com- mittee, selectmen, representative in the general court, senator, justice of the peace, etc. Any person desiring to know something of the offices held by the doctor is referred to his tombstone in the cemetery. The in- scription was written by Rev. Reuben Em- erson. He lived in a house upon the site where now stands the resi- dence of Mrs. Ann E. Eaton. The front yard was shaded by large elm trees, one of which still remains. The house was sold and removed to Crescent Street, where, somewhat changed, it stands now, and is owned by Mr. John Day. He owned a large tract of land, much of it rocky and covered with wood. \\'hat used to be Dr. Hart's o.x pasture where we went to gather berries is now intersected by Valley Street and other streets with numerous houses. He had large barns and a cider mill, all which are now gone. There was an apple tree on M^ THE OLD HOPKINS HOMESTEAD. the land now of Mrs. Flint, of which the doctor had high opinion, saying it was as good as the Baldwin and a little better. In those days the road from the south part of the town to what is now Salem Street passed on the west side of the Common to the Con- gregational meeting- house. After a time the road on the east side of the Common was built. The doctor, having opposed the road, re- fused to ride over it. 15ut he had a dog that " knew some things," and when the doctor went to visit a patient on Salem Street, he trotted across the base of the triangle, while his master rode around. He waited at the corner of Salem Street till the doctor came along. After a time, however, the doctor also came to take the short cut, also. One of our oldest citizens does not like the doctor because he would not let the children pick up the sweet apples that dropped from his trees. He says the doctor had an old pugnacious ram that used to run with tlie sheep in the pasture, so M RESIDENCE OF MR. E. SUMNER HOPKINS. that the children were afraid to go there to pick berries. One day the doctor was out in his yard, and the ram was there loose. As soon as he saw the doctor he put down his head and charged. He struck the doctor upon his knee, who went down as if he had been struck by a six pound shot. His men ran to his assistance, but he refused to be helped into the house until they had caught and killed the ram in his presence. The boys used to tell a story of the doctor in town meeting. The doctor was moderator and the State of Qitannapowitt. A NOTABLE LEGISLATIVE SESSION'. The " House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Quannapowitt" originated in the desire of many intelligent citizens to become better ac- quainted with parliamentary rules governing debate, and also to acquire an ease in public discussions in town meetings or in other deliberative assemblies. The town was designated as the Commonwealth, and each street or any particular locality was con- ^='''^^wri i2^^ ' ^^wt ^^^^^^^^^^^^B^Xiyi.*v. "H Tr?"*PI" '" -:l^cw=4.— - ^^^^^^^^^^^^•'^--ii ^t^^BiS^^'- ^^^^B^Sif^^s^^Sv^- * - RESIDENCE OF DR. CHARLES DUTTON, AVON STREET. .Some men were employed in blasting rocks, and a face of intense wisdom and gravity, looked up while they were gone to dinner the drilled hole was and down the line. •' It was that boy with the filled with dirt. M'hen the men returned, nobody feather on his nose," said Mr. Tweed. Up went IjOUIS hawss. CIVIL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEER. SPECIALTIES: WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE. Coiieultation, Investig;atious, Surveys, Plans, Estimates of Cost, Specifications, and Siiperinteiiilence of Coiistructioii. Condition and Prospect of Works reported upon for Bondholders and others. Residence : 20 AVON ST.. WAKEFIELD. Office: 75 STATE ST.. BOSTON. ■■"■ CHJS. F. H8RTSH0RNE J SON, »' FIRE, LIFE, ACCIDENT, PLATE CLASS Strongest companies in the country, either Office, Stock or Mutual, represetued at this CITY HALL, MAIN ST.. agency. Real Kstate bought and sold on commission. Mortgages negotiated. WAKEFIELD. J. HOWARD EAn^S, DEALER IN' Heats, Provlsioins, and Vegetabks. Waketield days: Orders by Postal Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. promptly attended to. Residence, Wilmington. 7X. D. ceccK. DEALER IN Foreion and Domestic Fruits, Confectionery, Cigars, and Tobacco, 418 MAIN STREET, - - WAKEFIELD. i , SANBORN MERHILL. Q. A. B. MERRILL. J. S. MERRILL & SON, WHOLESALE • AND • RETAIL • PAPER • HANGINGS. PROPRIETORS OF Merrill's Patent Picture and Wall Hooks. Resilience, Park Ave., WakefieW. 55 ELM ST., BOSTON. the hand of one of the boys to his nose, and the culprit was discovered. Mr. Tweed was skilled in arithmetic. At the South schoolhonse some mischief was done during the noon recess. Nobody could tell who did it. The only boys about at the time were Jeremiah and Thomas Green and Nathaniel Vinton. Mr. Tweed undertook to find out the offender by ciphering. He took a slate and made figures upon it, with a face of portentous gravity. Looking over the figures, he said, " Now, take Thomas from Jerry, the early annals of the town. The house itself was erected in the early part of the last century, but an humbler and older edifice once stood on this estate, somewhat to the north of the present building. Our readers have doubtless often observed with curiosity this ancient and capacious dwelling-house, not attractive, save for its associations and its antiq- uity, but few have stopped to reflect on the scenes of joy and sorrow, of hops and disappointment, that have been witnessed within its walls. This estate was probably first occupied by William Eaton, one of the early settlers of the town, and suc- RESIDENCE OF MISS E. E. BOIT, RICHARDSON AVENUE. you can't, but take Jerry from Thomas and there remains Nathaniel. Nat, it was you did it." " So 'twas," said Nat, in great astonishment ; "but I don't see how you found it out." F. P. " White's Old House." The time-honored domicile standing in a com- manding and beautiful location on the easterly bor- ders of Lake Quannapowitt, and known to this generation by the name appearing at the head of this article, has quite a histor}-, reaching far back to cessively by his son, John Eaton, and grandson, William Eaton, a weaver, who conveyed it in 1706 to his brother-in-law, Capt, Thomas Nichols, a car- penter, and one of the most prominent citizens of the old town. This deed to Captiin Nichols de- scribes the estate as follows : " About thirty acres on the east side of the Great Pond, with housing, fencing, etc., it being the same my honored father, John Eaton, died seized of, and bounded westerly by town highway, easterly by land of Thomas Burnap and Dea. Fitch, northerly by land of Thomas Nichols that was Jonas Eaton's, southerly by land of said Nichols and of Thomas Burnap, excepting THE HALF-TONES IN THIS SOUVENIR WERE MADE BY C. J. PETERS & SON, 145 High Street, BOSTON. estimates cheerfully furnished. J ^„ &ILU BAKER AND QflTEKEK. 8 DaQinigirt s^iiTd Bv^nyiiog Wn.ril'^s, Wa'di" 4'm% JBreaHfg^ste} apd 1^^° ie®p«i@iij?. Telephone No. 7-3. House, 7-2. Mm STiEET, iELlOSEo Forty Years a PoDlIc Decorator. Knowi) ail over New England. COL WILLIAM BEALS, T o o il Public Dec©irat©r, 98 COURT STREET, BOSTON. TU^HNUFKCTURSR OR RICH SIL-K BANNERS MND FL-HCS. He has accumulated the largest stock of Decorations in the country, and it has been recently replenisiied new. Decorations of halls for banquets and balls a specialty. FLAGS AND DECORATIONS OF Al,l, KINDS TO LET. MOURMXG DRAPING, A SPECIAI.TV. 'he country road that crosses the lot, at place called ' bottom of the lots,' subject to life occupation of my honored mother, Elizabeth Eaton. The con- sideration was one hundred pounds. Release by wife, Mary." In 1729, Thomas Nichols sold the place to his son, Timothy Nichols, at that time described in deed as follows : " The southerly part of my homestead, containing about thirty-six acres, bounded southerly by land of John Dix (now of the Emerson heirs) ; easterly by the highway that leads from Reading to Salem ; northerly by the land I bought of Jonas Eaton, till it comes to land poet. These Boston gentlemen, in 1784, sold the estate to Thomas Evans, who owned and occupied it many years, and by his heirs was sold to John White, Jr., by whose representatives it is still held, and who take great interest in preserving it in as good condition as possible as a relic and landmark of former days. Long may it stand. Personal Reminiscences. John Gould. In "ye olden times," there were in all ourJNew England towns some men of strongly marked RESIDENCE OF MR. HARRY PITTOCK, BYRON STREET. I sold to my son, Ebenezer Nichols ; westerly by the town's highway by the pond, together with the small piece of land lying between said highway and said pond." The consideration was ^150. The estate was held by Timothy Nichols some- what over thirty years, and then passed to the Batchelder family, and in 1777 was sold by Rev. Samuel Batchelder, of Haverhill, to Nathaniel Apple- ton and Oliver Wendell, of Boston, merchants, who purchased it for ;^9o5 6s. 8d, as a refuge in case Boston should be taken by the British forces. Mr. Wendell was a relative of Dr. O. W. Holmes, the characteristics. I remember several cases of this kind ; as I write, the erect form of one of our lead- ing men rises before me, and I can almost hear the tones of his voice. I refer to Mr. John Gould, who resided up a lane near the corner of Main and Salem Streets. Mr. Gould, as I recollect him, must have been si.x feet in height, as straight as an arrow, upright and downright, physically, mentally, and morally. His inflexibility manifested itself in the tones of his voice, in his erect bearing, in his gait. He illus- trated perfectly Spenser's idea, in the couplet : — Jordan ^ s ^^=^^***^ Drug Store. Pure Drugs, Ice Cream Soda, Fresh Fruit Juices, Cigars, Confectionery, Toilet Articles, etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. 428 Main Street. JOHN W. HARNDEN, Halrcatterp ^^:se> 7UTK1N STREET. 1673. 1694. Mass Lizzie T, KeMey, Dressmaker, 458 Hain Street — ^— -WOOD r^is iH % .■O ,,vTX7 MANUFACTURER- [If A«:--- PACTDR^Tf <\v -^^^ FANCY^ CABINET" WORK» 15-LAKE ST..^^"WAKEFiELD.MASS-P|A2ZA-WQS^ "™ ™"^""'" ATTENTION LUCAS BROTHERS. DEALERS IN Watches^ Clocks^ Jewelry, Stationery and Fancy Goods. \yatcb, Clock, and Jewelry Repairing, and Picture Framing. Special Attention tit Fitting Glasses. 406 Main Street, Wakefield. l.iBALEK IN' PROVISIONS, Beef, Pork, Lard, Ham, Eggs, etc. Post Office Building, WAKF.FIELD. L OWSLL STREET GREENHOUSES. L^tadiof Pterift Speciality of Floral Designs aind Interior Plorail Decoration. Bride, Mermet, id Qontier. N. H. I DOlisL, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Of an .orts of "^^TQ I^I^» Residence, No. 4 Spaulding St., Wakefield. looses "^^r: Bulbs atpd Pot Plarjts Day-break, Spray, and Wilder. IN THEIR SEASON. SAMUML T. PARKBR, Florist, 203 Lowell St., Wakefield. ^^fvr-^V*'*-- *^ RESIDENCE OF MR. A. A. HAWKES, MAIN STREET. " For of the soul the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make." Mr. Gould was an ardent admirer of " Young's Night Thoughts," and it is safe to say that no one ever conversed with him five minutes and failed to hear some apt quotation from that poem. In fact, he obtained the sobriquet of " Dr. Young." Mr. Gould was a good citizen, interested in town affairs, frequently heard in town meetings, and was town clerk for I don't now how many years. I remember some charac- teristic remarks made by him in town meeting, on a question of ownership of a small building that had been occupied as a school house by the small children of the North Ward, before that section had been formally sepa- rated from the Centre district. Mr. Gould's brother, Capt. James Gould (I know not on what grounds), claimed the buildings as his prop- erty. The subject of my sketch, regardless of rela- lationship, took a different view and closed his speech thus : " Mr. Moderator : That building no more belongs to my brother James than all the kingdoms of the world belonged to a certain char- acter that we read of in the Bible." T. RESICE.SCE OF MR. FRANK A CLAPP, LAWRENCE STREET. MEMBERS OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY. Dr. Charles Jordan. Dr. Samuel W. Abbott. Dr. John R. Mansfield. Dr. Joseph D. Ma:isfield. Dr. Joseph \V. Heath. Dr. Charles Dutton. Dr. Curtis L. Soplier. MEDICAL MEN> Dr. Joseph D. Mansfield, one of the oldest professional men in Wakefield, was born in Lynn- field, March 22, 1817. He received his education at the South Reading and Reading Academies and the Woodstock Vermont Medical College, from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1841. He immediately entered upon the practice of med- icine in his adopted town and has been one of its prominent physicians. In 1857, in connection with his medical practice, he established a drug store, which he successfully carried on for over forty years. For more than half a century Dr. Mansfield has been a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Charles Jordan, M. D., was born in Saco, Me., Oct. 17, 1S2S, and is the son of Rishworth and Mary Jordan. His early education was obtained in the district school and academy of his native town. He afterward entered a drug store in Saco, Me., in which he served one year, also two years in a Boston drug store, after which he studied medicine with Dr. Charles G. Green, of Boston. In 1857, he entered the medical college of Brunswick, Me., and afterward the medical department of Dartmouth College, from which institution he graduated in 1858, and attended lectures at Harvard Medical School the following winter. He commenced the practice of medicine and surgery in South Reading, now Wakefield, in December, 1858. In 1859, he became a member of the Middlesex East District Medical Society and Massachusetts Medical Society ; served three years on the Board of School Committee and three years on the Board of Health. In 1862 he was examined before a board of surgeons in Boston, and was passed as surgeon at large, but, having relin- quished the idea of entering the army, he remained in Wakefield, continuing the practice of medicine up to the present time. Dr. Samuel Warren Abbott, born in Woburn, Mass., in 1S37, was son of Capt. Samuel Abbott. Dr. Abbott was educated in the public schools of Woburn, at Phillips Academy, Andover, and at Brown University, graduating at the latter in 1858. He then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and at Harvard Medical College, graduating at the latter. He served throughout the Rebellion (i85i-'65) aS a medical officer, three years in the U. S. Navy, regular service, and one year as surgeon of the First Massachusetts Cavalry. He settled in Wakefield in i86g, and practised in the town until 18S3, at which time he was appointed as secretary of the State Board of Health, which position he now holds. He has held other important local offices, as president of the District Medical Society, as a member of the school committee of Wakefield, as coroner from 1872 to '77, and afterward as medical examiner. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Statistical Association, the .American Public Health Association, the Society of Hygiene of France, the Massachusetts Medicg,l Society, and the Massachusetts Medico-Legal SocietJS In 189 1, Dr. Abbott visited Europe as a delegate from the State of Massachusetts to the International Congress of Hygiene at London, in which he took a prominent part. He has contributed papers of recognized value to the Foni?)i, the North American Rairn.!, and especially to many medical and sani- tary journals, both in America and Europe. John Robbing Mansfield, M. D , was born in Car- lisle, March 23, 1832, and removed to Lowell with his parents when a small boy, and was educated in the public schools of that city. He studied medi- cine with Dr. Gilman Kimball, of Lowell, Mass., and graduated at Harvard Medical College March 3, 1859, and the same year became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, practising medicine in Boston until 1861, when he went to New York City. There he became a member of the New York City and County Medical Society. He was in the active practice of medicine until he went into the army as surgeon in 1862. He returned to New York in 1863, and resumed his practice, and was a sanitary inspector for the Board of Health, and an attending physician at the Demilt Dispensary four years, and house physician six months. In 1869 he removed to Wakefield, where he has since been in active practice, and where for seven years was a member of the Board of Health. Charles Dutton, M. D., was born in Acton, June 29, 1839. He studied medicine with Levi Howard, M. D., of Chelmsford, and received his diploma from Harvard Medical College in 1863. He served as assistant physician at the New Hamp- shire Asylum for the Insane, at Concord, N. H., and at the Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Jack- sonville, 111., until 1868, when he located in Tyngs- borough, and has since been engaged in the general practice of medicine, removing from Tyngsborough to Wakefield in 1891. Joseph W. Heath, M. D., was born in Bristol, N. H., March 16, 1854, of parents Pliny E. and Martha E. (Wells). Dr. Heath graduated at the New Hampton Institution, June, 1873. Received medical diploma from Bowdoin Medical College, July, 1877. Immediately began practice of medicine in Rumney, N. H. ; remained there four and one half years ; came to Wakefield, Mass., May, 1881, where he still resides. Dr. Curtis L. Sopher was born at Poland Springs, Me., in the year 1867, and was educated at Hebron Academy, Bowdoin College, and L^niversity of Vermont, at which latter institution he received his medical diploma. After serving a year in the Lynn Hospital, he settled in Wakefield in i8gi. GALL Zi DIGKERnAN, SUCCESSORS TO CALL c*^ XUTTLE. Merchiant Tailors, 28 TEMPLE PLACE, BOSTON. A complete line of everythiing for 2:entleo:ien's dress. REPRESENTED IN WAKEFIELD BY iM. U. TV^cQUIINN EVERY AFTERNOON. PRICE, ONE CENT. A DAILY PAPER devoted wholly to the In- terests of Wakefield, printed and published here at home. Strictly non-partisan, wholly local. Handsomest Daily Newspaper in Middle- sex County. Not a " blanket sheet," but sensibly adapted to the size of the town. A fine advertis- ing medium. EVERY AFTERNOON. PRICE, ONE CENT. CHARLES BUTTON, M. D. OPFICB KND RESIDBt«ICE, 33 K^ON STREET. ^In^KKEFI E L.D. ESTABLISHED JANUARY, 1877. GEO.H. PEIRCE,D.D.8. Hotel Pelham, 74 Boylston Street, Residence, Avon St., Wakefield. Boston. W. A. Cutter's Store, MECHANIC ST., NEAR MAIN. WE have the celebrated PURE GOLD brand of Flour, and ever3-thing necessary to make the table com- plete with good things for your guests and yourselves- ■ COME AROUND AND SEE US RESIDENCE OF MR. SAMUEL A. CLOUGH, AVON STREET. Bi- Centennial Committee of 1S44. Dea. CALEB WAKFIELD, Chairman. FRANKLIN POOLE, Esq., Secretary. Capt. EBENEZER D. BATCHELDER. THADDEUS B. PRATT, Esq. THOMAS PRATT. Dea. EBEN E.\T0N. GEORGE FLINT, Esq. Dea. ELIAB PARKER, Jr. THOMAS SWEETSER. JOHN ADDEN, Jr. CHARLES NEWMAN. Col. JACOB S. RAYNER. CHARLES F. FLINT. AMOS BATCHELDER. J. B. LEATHE. Maj. OLIVER SWAIN. Dr. SOLON O. RICHARDSON. BENJ. B. WILEY, Esq. Capt. AARON FOSTER. JAMES EUSTIS. JAMES EMERSON. JOHN WHITE. Dr. THADDEUS SPAULDING. DANIEL PRATT, Jr., Esq. SAMUEL GARDNER, Jr. LILLEY EATON, Esq. Dea. ADDISON FLINT. An Echo from the Celebration Banquet of 1844. TOAST BY THE POET OF THE DAY. THE READINGS. " South, and West, and North, — Three sisters, born at the same birth, — Have met to-day, 'mid jo)' and cheer. To celebrate their natal year ; And though their age is now ten score. They're fairer now than e'er before ; And though they ne'er had spouse or brother, Yet thousands joy to call them mother ; Long may these sisters fair survive, Together live, and love, and thrive ; Rear up the children for all uses. To make the bureaux and the shoe'es." Personal Reminiscences of South Reading Days. Rev. Reuben Emerson. Rev. Reuben Emerson, so long the pastor of the Congregational Church in South Reading, was a marked character in his day. He was a man of ability and learning ; thoroughly orthodox and entertaining a high idea of the dignity of his pro- Wakefield Mjd Stoijeb^n) Street R^lw^y Conjp^ijy. President, CHARLES F. WOODWARD. Treasurer, JAHES F. SHAW. Clerk, EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH. DIRECTORS. CHAS. F. WOODWARD. DANIEL G. WALTON. EDWARD P. SHAW. JAMES F. SHAW GEORGE A. BUTMAN. EZRA M. SOUTHWORTH. J. WALLACE GRACE. Line from Wakefield Town Hall to Stoneham, opened July, 1892. E.xtension from Wakefield Town Hall to Greenwood, opened December, 1892. Extension from Wakefield Town Hall to Helrose Highlands, opened Spring, 1893. Extension from Wakefield Town Hall to Lynn, opened April 19, 1894. ^^* E.xtension from Wakefield Town Hall to Reading, via Main Street, Lakeside, will open on or before May 28, the first day of the celebration, and cars will be run half hourly or quarter hourly both ways. Fare, 5 cents. Our cars make connection at Stoneham for Woburn, Winchester, and Melrose Highlands. At Meh-ose Highlands for Melrose, Maiden, Everett, Chelsea, and Boston. At Lynn, line for Lynn, Lynn Beach, Revere, Swampscott, Marblehead, and Salem. Fare from Stoneham or Wakefield to Lynn, lo cents. All Reading cars will meet Stoneham, Lynn, and Melrose cars at Wakefield Town Hall. SPECIAL THROUGH CARS CAN BE CHARTERED FOR ALL POINTS, INCLUDING THE BEACHES. Established 1S77. A. R. WILEY, MANUFACTURER OF THE i lA^ILEV i TOVS, WAKEFIELD, MASS. EDWARD E. BIGGS, Builder @ Coxtractor, All Kinds of New Work Done, Includin;; Cellar Contracts. Jobbing and Repairing Promptly Attended To. Reside.nce, 5 Byron Street, Wakefield. S. VI. SEABURV, I^oase, Sign, afie! Fresco Painter, >VAKEFIELL>, MASS. Residence, 7 Gould St. Shop, Rear 61 Albion 5t. Established iS'><>. W. D. DEADMAN, DEALER IN Provisions, ^eef, Porl^, I^ard, Mam, Eggs, Etc. POST OFFICE BUILDING. WAKEFIELD, MASS. EDWARD AIELLETT & SO\S, Sfloirisis. Choice Ferns. Palms, and Rare Exotic Plants a specialty. Fine Pot and Decorative Plants. Cut Flowers and Floral Designs. Selected Bedding Stock in its Season. Greenhouses, No, 140 VernOH St., Wakefield. J. A. McMANUIS, PAPER * HANQER, AND DEALER IN Paper Hangings, Decorations, and Mouldings. p. O. Box 745. Residence, 19 Centre St. \V.\KEFIEL1), MASS. RIPYPI PQ ^^^ ^^^^ DlulULLO On Easy Terms AT AUSTIN'S. Prices Ranging from $55 to $125. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. PluinHiiiii.lealinMoil Ventilating. Best quality of stock and the most skilled workmen I can hire to put it in. Would solicit your patronage and guarantee to give satisfaction. H. K. TXXJSTIM, PRESCOTT ST., Near Depot, READING, MASS. fession. During his life, he carried with him in his loalk and conversation his clerical dignity, with, ])erhaps, a little touch of what would be regarded in these irreverent times as pedantry. He cer- tainly " magnified his office," and by his character " made it honorable." Mr. Emerson took much interest in the schools, always being present at the examinations, and not infrequently visiting them at other times. , I remember his coming to my father's one morn- inn;, with a member of the school committee of a fact that it happened at a time when the Baptists objected strongly to his " catechizing " the pupils in the public schools, as had been the custom. The sectarian lines were then pretty strictly drawn between the two societies, overriding political differences, and giving us yearly a Baptist and a Congregational candidate for the General Court. In fact, young people can hardly realize the strength of the feeling at that time existing between the two societies. Mr. E., as I have intimated, had a high regard RESIDENCE OF MR. CHARLES F. MANSFIELD, OTIS STREET. neighboring town, to recommend my eldest brother as a teacher. Mr. Emerson had known him in school, and testified to his qualifications for the oflice. .Vfter some hesitation, my father and mother allowed him to take the position. Our family were not members of his society, and this act of kindness was never forgotten. This was the more creditable to Mr. Emerson from the for the " cloth," and no doubt looked upon it as an unwarrantable presumption when Mr. G. F. Davis, a voung man of limi'ed education, but of much popular talent, assumed the pastoral relation in the Baptist society. It was then that the touch of cleri- cal pedantry to which I have alluded cropped out. He wrote a letter to Mr, Davis in Greek. Mr, Davis, who was not destitute of wit, went to Haver- OLDEST GROCERY CONCERN IN WAKEFIELD. ESTABLISHED I863. 3 1 Years in tb^ Sarpe Store ! DISPENSING roceraei FLOUR AND GRAIN, WE SELL THE FAMOUS SAUL'S FLOUR. Everett W. Eaton, CORNER ALBir)N AND RAILROAD STREETS, Opposite Upper Depot. VYHKetielCl. Clharies A, Cheiney, DEALER IN PERIODICALS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, CONFECTIONERY. Qerats' Furaislhiiing Goods, Tobacco, aod Cigars, 424 MAIN STREET, Opposite Post Office. BLOCK & CATK, DEALEk^; IN ©ROCERIES AnO PROVISIOMS, 595 Main Street, WAKEFIELD JUNCTION. W. L. BLOCK. A. D. CATE. f^RKNK P. ROSS, DKAI ER I.N Kresh- Kish, Clams, and Oysters. Team calls every Tuesday and F^riday. Geo, Ho Hatlhaway, STABLE. LIVERY, SALE and BOARDING Carriajres meet all Trains. Hacks furnished for funerals, weddings, and parties " . . . Furniture Moving. Also, for sale a large stock of Custom Made and Sale Harnesses, together with a large line of Robes, Blankets, Surcingles, Whips, etc. Repairing in all its branches neatly done. Interfering Boots A Specialty. . . MECHANIC STREET. HUGH MORGAN, ESTABLISHED 1885. riason, Bricklayer, and Plasterer, 20 years experience insures good work. 18 Lake Street, WAKEFIELD. BUILDING LOTS ON LAWRENCE STREET, ONE OF THE FINEST AVENUES IN WAKEFIELD, From $300 to $600, AT Eaton '5 Real Estate Agency. Robert O. Beebe, General Agent New York Life Insurance Co. 131 Devonshire St., BOSTON. RESIDENCE OF MR. SILAS W. FLINT, MAIN STREET, GREENWOOD. hill, where Father Keiley, a very learned Baptist minister, was settled, and returned with an answer to the letter in Sansii-if. This was duly sent in an- swer to his Greek letter. The correspondence stopped here, or, if continued, was carried on, I think, in the vernacular. Mr. Emerson was dignified in his manners, whether in or out of the pulpit, and the young peo- ple regarded him with a respect almost amounting to reverence. In his later years, his apparently austere character was softened ; the old sectarian squabbles were for- gotten, and he enjoyed the respect and love of the whole community. Calling on him, when he was eighty years old, with my uncle, who had known him when young, I obtained an insight irto his charac- ter such as I had never seen before. His genial qualities seemed to have thawed out, and he told some stories, and indulged in some I'ieasant reminiscences with a hearty zest. Among others, he rallied my uncle, who was from New Fane, Vt., by saying that, when he was study- ing for the ministry, his chum said he was willing to labor anywhere in God's vineyard — except / 'ertnoiit. In the course of the conversation, another re- minder of the parson of an old lady that had had a narrow escape, when run away with by a frightened horse. The old lady, in relating the affair to a crony, so excited her hearer by the recital that she ex- claimed, " What did you do ? " " Well," replied the old lady, " I put my trust in God, — till the breech- ing broke, and then I didn't know what would become of me." The moral that the parson drew was that many others put their trust in God in a similar manner. This interview and conversation didn't lessen my respect and even reverence for him ; but it RESIDENCE OF MR. J. WALLACE GRACE, CHESTNUT STREET. showed an element in his character that I had never seen before. After this, he was a frequent* visitor at my house ; and (the ice b.'ing broken) I found him an excelieiM conversationalist and a very agree- able visitor. All honor to his memory. B. F. T. A Glhnpse^of Local Politics Fifty- Six Years Ago. (Letter from a Suulli Reading gentleman to an absent friend on Cape Cod.) SoLiTH Re.-\ding, Nov. 13, 1838. MON Frere : — We yesterday had our town meeting for the purpose of electing state officers and representatives to General Court ; and such a town meeting ! I do not believe there ever has been its parallel since the settlement of Bean 'I'owii. On one of the ballots for representatives two hun- dred and fifty-nine votes were cast, the highest vote that ever was polled in the city. We commenced voting with Thos. Emerson, \A'hig; Jos. W. Vinton, Democrat lor />//////;', as it was most democrati- cally spelled on the printed ticket), and Jacob Eaton a sort of Whig, Temp. A. Slavery, neutral candi- date, as the prominent candidates. Thos. Emerson was elected on the fourteenth ballot by one hundred and twent}-si.x votes, which gave him on that vote a majority of one. Well, on we went with the business of the meeting to elect a second repre- sentative, and, after voting several times, the meeting adjourned for one hour to give the selectmen opportunity to count the votes for governor, etc., and we, the people, a chance to rest awhile and get something to eat if we chose. Baking business looked up, for there was a prodigious consumption of gingerbread on the occasion. At this time it was about a quarter past eight o'clock. .\t the e.x- piration of the hour's reprieve the vote for gover- nor, etc., was declared and stood as follows : E. Everett, one hundred and twenty-si.x ; M. Morton, ninety-four; J. Q. Adams, nine : \\'endell Phillips. THE WAKEFIELD HOMESTEAD, MAIN STREET. sixteen. For lieutiiiant governor : Hull, one hun- dred and twenty-five ; Sedgwick, one hundred and two ; J. W. Browne, sixteen. Representative in Congress : C. Cusiiing, one hundred and twenty-one ; G. P. Osgood, ninety-two : A. G. Sweetser, seven ; A. L. Walton, one ; f )ramge Scott, twenty-one. On the ticket for State senators the average vote was : Whig, about one hundred and twent3'-five ; Van Buren, eighty-nine. This done, at it we went again, balloting for representative to General Court. Candidates, J. M. ^'inton, Jacob Eaton, and B. B. \\'iley. Things went on in this style till we had reached the four- teenth ballot on the trial for second representative, when a motion was made by Mr. Clapp to indefi- nitely postpone the meeting, whereupon I seconded the motion and made a speech, which, I am told, by the way, is the best speech I ever did make. This cooled tile ardor of the voters somewhat, but the)- voted it down and balloted twice more, with the same success as before. Another motion to indefi- nitely postpone was now made and, as the chairman declared, sustained. "Doubted." Chmrman : "If seven freeholders doubt the vote I will tiy it again." Seven men doubted it. "All who are in favor of indefinitely postponing this meeting will take their places On the right side of the alley till they are counted." On counting there were found about one hundred and thirty-seven for postponement and seventy-five against it ; so at a little past eleven o'clock P. M., the meeting was postponed accord- ingly. We had balloted t/iirty times in all. On the sixteenth ballot for second representative the vote stood as follows : B. B. Wiley, ninety-two ; J. W. Vinton, eighty-six ; Jacob Eaton, thirty-seven ; R. C. Wiley, one. Whole number, two hundred and sixteen. Just think of two hundred and sixteen voters sticking Ijv the Town Hall till in between RESIDENCE OF MR. THOMAS MARTIN, MAIN STREET. LAKESIDE. RESIDENCE OF MR. OTIS M. CUTLER, PARK STREET. eleven and twelve o'clock at night ! Hurrah I for 'Loco Foco, in Stoneham, Asa Buck, cold water the elective franchise ! The glorious right of suf- ^^'hig, after a long struggle. frage ! Whether we shall have another meeting, Hall, the baker, sold seventy sheets of ginger- yet remains to be seen. bread during the evening of our contest. In Lynnfield they elected John Swasey, rum, and Yours, etc., T. L. RESIDENCE OF REV. JOHN A. STAUMTON COSNE5 CRESCENT AND EATON STREETS. Some Historic Names and Dates. The " ijrant" to Lynn of " four miles square,"- Where Reading now and Wakefield are, — Ga\e name — '■'■Lynn Village^' — it sIkhiUI hear. This grant, — in sixteen thirty-nine, — Thus furnished Lynn " plantation " fine, I^evond tier former northern line. Around the " Gnat Pond" situate, — From L\nn " first settlers" came, elate. To Iniild tlie town we celebrate. And so, — that name this region wore. Till sixteen luuifired fortv-four. When, legalh', it '' Peddi/ig-" bore. How .i//i;/i/ -.x cliange — from 1^ P ^ $:^,( )( )( ). hree-eiglith acre estate on romantic borders of Crystal Lake. Nice y^w residence and handsome Iniilding lot >< Iv WE ARE LOCAL AGENTS FOR Wal^efteld Parl^ and Cire;envood Parlv ;| and invite the opportunity of showing property. Eaton's Real Estate Agency Main St., opp. Avon St., Wakefield. A«- Write for our Illustrated Book "IN AND ABOUT WAKEFIELD." <'»iir Reading in 1869. Reader I cast \l.: \i Ki;s IN E • FPlLy • BROCERIES. • ElC. No. 460 MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD, I)i) not Inr-i-pt flint \vi' Inmillr " Diamond Medal " the iicst of nil Flours. It ni.akes In-eail that iiIimhcs in all caMea. and no ni.itter what yon havi> UHpil in the i>a»t. try it anil you will use NONE OTHER. iLUCE KiND/VLL» Carnage Painting and Carriage Repairing, MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD JUNCTION. W. S. Greenoup-h. (>eo. E. Aiiams. Then. 1). Fostel'. Walter F. CushlnK. Greenough, Adams & Gushing, Maniit.iitinini;. .Ic.l.l.iiii: anil Uetail Stationers, 168 DEVONSHIRE AND 21 FEDERAL STS., BOSTON. Foreign and Domestic Fruits. ALBERT A. CARLETON, Hot Coffee and Lunch, Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco, CHAS. H. KEENE, .Slate at Depots, PostofHce, and J. C. W. Walton's, on Railroad .Street. • K,.italilislie.l in l.s.-,7. 5. F. Littlef ield & Co. 3team and Mot-Water Heaters, FIJRNACE5, STOVFiS, HARDWARE. TINWARE, Etc. SHEET METAL WORK and PlAJMBlNCi in all their branches. 14 and i6 ALBION ST , WAKEFIELD. D. N. CHADSEV. . . Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician, • • COLD AND SILVER WATCHES. FINE V\/ATCH REPAIRING. Eye-G(asses, SpectteCeSi) Et©.^ ajiways in stock. 411(1 M.MN STIiKKT. \V.\KKFIKI,I>. Miss Ada E. Jones, 1 have recently renmveil my Dressmaking liusiness trom Jt salem •Street to commodious parloi'w at 4:^7 Main street over C. o. -\nder son's .store, where I will be jdeased to serve my patrons. ^4^3 7- 7VV?^IM STREET— 'tST CliEKTE^ST'S block:. Main Street, = = = = Wakefield. Kstalilishi-.l Isil.-i. GEO. L. T\ LER, ,— TniTinHnl Artist, Wakefield, Mass. over I'ost oiiiee. John q. reid, DKAI.KK IN ( IIUK K MEATS, PROVISIONS AND CANNED GOODS. NO. 03 ALBIONS T., WAKEFIELD. Here and there were pnvs of the wealthy "/y spec- Tliat American arnis liad triumphed, and for tlie ial permit of tlie to7vii." return of peace, Tills meetintj-house served the people for eighty Had a civic celebration ; feast, oration ; toasted years — as told. then Distin<;nished men* were its preachers, free sjospel " Our free Laiui .' " and " T//e Brifislt Lion '" thcv ]5roclaimers bold. had " hunted to its den." For an earlv settler's birth-place, the a man of In '76 when that '• Magna Charta " was siirned — a wealth, who came centurv past, — From /\e<7iiii!ii eifv in Enajland, our old town took Reading pledojed both " lives and fortunes to stantl its name. bv it to the last.'' '"'•^" From the close of the Revolution, the old town's In seventeen hundred and thirteen, a distinct parish, progress was slow ; alone. Changes caine, but none important, sa\e in popu- W'as set off as the " North Precinct" — then as lation to grow. ^^ Nortli Reading" was known. 1812. 'Two events in eighteen bundled and twelve — that eventful vear ! — In sev'nteen hundred nine and sixty, the part then War was declared with Enghuxl ; and from our called "Woodend " records appear Became " The West Parish of Reading."— our sis- That another era was noted in our municipal life; tcr town and friend, .. The Old Parish " became South Rea.tim;. when Who " like other maiden sisters still retains her partv spirit was rife • maiden name. Thus " like ancient Gaul divided into three parts" While the eldest of the Readings, like other daugb- ;,g yQj, ^ee • ters, the same— North, West, South,— three flourishing townships; A fair gift in anticipation — did change her name to join in otie to-dav. the three. take A fine new house from her donor* -all for his gen- ^^viftly sped the full years onward, and the old town crous sake ;" g'"^^' ^Pa'^'^ ' So a ReaJu,^ she was no longer, but lV,i/.'efieM \Vn P"P"l='ti"n nearly doubled, and the resources of the to view ; ■ P''^'-"'-< .\an,e changed, but heort as ever, to Mother and ^"^^ *" P"'"'''^ institutions, to its schools, and public Sisters true ; "^^'''-^ ** And to-dav. and on the morrow, the three sisters ^ "^"''^ f'''^'^ support was given in those past, still join to tell early days; Of their ancestors' deeds of valour, and lou.l their ^^ ^"^ Town Hall was first erected. t/>en a hand- praises swell. ■'^""''^ building thought, i___,>_^_ Ao7i' it holds a Main street corner, — mo\ed there . , , , ,, , , , , from its former spot. In seventeen hundred hvc and se\entv, that defen- sive struggle began 1829. The War of the Revolution, — 'gainst man's tvrann\- In eighteen lumilred nine and twenl\ , on the sum- to man ; mit of the hill. For American rights and lilierty, our forefathers Was established " The Academv ;" its inHnence p/eitgeii, tis true, bngers still " Their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor." and In the lives of those who stud\ 'neath its ancient, freelv /ff/^/ them. too. belfry dome, — To the Continental .\rm\ — more than four hundred .\rts, .Sciences, Thcologv — in this True Learning's men home. Old Reading sent ; minute-men lieside ; and diafts ' I'is no-w a cherished monument of the rich and made now and then. stoi'ied past ; When the war closed, our town fathers, thaid^ful Of our noble, brave, dead patriots — a memorial, too, for its surcease, at last. Established 1875.- BRITTON'S SHOE STORE, 443 •MAIN ST.y--443 WAKEFIELD. Goods from the best manufacturers at the low- est prices, quality considered. ReRT^IR SHOP . connected with store. Best stock and work guaranteed Richard Britton, J. W. Poland & Co., Dry * and * Fancy * Goods, WOOL and OIL CARPETS, ^tvato ^^attingjS, pnptx l^angings, •^4-12 TVTt^in Street, WAKEFIELD, MASS. ^•!^Wakefie(d Coal Co., Wood, Coal, Hay, Lime and Cement. nrdcr Boxes at Kelly Bros., Post Ollu-e. ....and T^ceN Stiire. (Jreeiiwond. Office, Main, cor. Railroad St., Wakefield. Kmarlishicii 1s4h i. H. WALTON & SON, iManul;u'Iui'L!rs and DeaK-is in LADIES'. MISSES* AND CHILDREN'S Fine Sewed Slii)i)ei's;iu(l Oxfords. ALSO, WHITE FRENCH KID SLIPPERS. lyi.clN.TOSH BROTH ERS, MANUKACTUKEK.S OF Express, Job and Furniture Wagons, HEAVY CARTS BUILT TO ORDER. Repairing: of all liii|itl.v ami salislactcirily alleMile.l Ui. 447 MAIN ST., Wakefield. i844- In eighteen hundred fiuii- and tort\ , no rcur ci\' was there to fear, l?ut persistent /^(Zf^/z/Zert'orts crowned with \ ictor\ the vear. T/ie construitioii oj ti railroaii tlirougli "ur town was then begun ; I>\ woodetl hills, thro' fertile valleys, the " Boston and Maine " was run ; All business and institutions a new impetus took and start. Then with wealth and talent, new-comers in these good gifts took part. ■ 861. Then the War of the Rebellion burst on us in '61, True it found us to the Union ; and brave father, husband, son. Went forth for oin' Coinitr\ 's honor, so to save our starrv Hag ; Helped to open the Mississippi ; witnessed, too, the flight of Bragg ; Were at Vicksburg, Gettyslnug, Port I Unison : at New Orleans and Mobile ; {between Washington and Richmond. — with true. patiiotic zeal, — Struggled long ; and from Atlanta marched to fame and to the sea ; And upon the Appomattox saw one Hag / Paddle \()ur own canoe I' " Beyond Lake Qiiamiapowitt— fair mirror of the skies ! Our sister town of Reading's home-roofs and stee- ples rise. Above them in grace and m;ijestv, " as in some old- world town Rise turrets medieval " — a massive shaft looks down " lis said, " like one at Niuemberg :" — green mead- ows intervene — This water-tower rises stately, and ■• dominates the scene,"' Spires, tower, woods and meadows, blue lake and winding shore, — In all our land no picture fairer than this liright gem galore. May's fair flowers are in the hollows ; peal the bells of juliilee : 'Tis oiu' old town's honored birthday, present gener- ations see. Peal the bells, ay, louder, louder, for our dear- loved, ancient town ! Ne'er bedimmed will be its glorv, ne'er its Star of Hope go down. Sau.aii Eaton Ii.sley. i'he writer is iiiilel>ted for ail historical facts to the writinj^s and researches of the late Hon. Lilley Katon. * Messrs. Pierpont, Brown and Hobby. t lohn Poole. % Cyrus Wakeheld, Qeo. H. Taylor, ^V4: i DEALER IN Hardware, Stoves, Furnaces, Paints, Oils, Tinware, Garden Tools, Wire Netting, Lawn Mowers, etc. PliTJMBlHG '^^o 450 BRANCHES. AGENT FOR THE SUNOL and CRAWFORD BICYCLES. o • • WAKEFIELD, MASS. Wakefield Water Company. OFFICE HOURS: . 8 a. m. to 4.30 p. m. continuously, and SATURDAY EVENINGS ^ from 6 to 9 p. m. Room 6, Wakefield's Block. -^ J. B, & A, D, Moran, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 23 Court St., Boston. D. S. COLES. A. M.. iM. 1). Physician and Surgeon, No. 30 Chcstiuit Street. WAKEFIELD. OFFICE HOURS : 7 - S a. m. and 6 - 8 p. in. KLL-IE BESSEY, Boarding, Baiting and Livery Stable, Cor. Main and Albion Sts., (near Post-office), Wakefield. Slavery in Old Reading. Amon'g the valuable donations preserved by the Wakefield Historical Society is an original bill of sale of a negro slave called " Jack," sold bv James Kittredge of Tewksbury to Ebenezcr Taylor of Reading in 174S, when this town was a part of Reading. Following is a copv of the bill of sale vcrhatiiii ct literatim : BII.L OF SALE. Know all men by these presents that I Jeams Citredg of Tuksbury in ye county of middle in His majasts province of ve massts Bay in New Eng- land miller: for and in consideration of ye sum of fifty and seven pounds Ten shillings good Bills of ve Newtennor to me in Hand all Ready paid before ensealling Bv Ebenezer Tailor of Reading and county and province afore said Husbandman ve Recipt whare of I Do Acknolidg and my self there- with fully satisfied and contented Have Acquited Discharge and sold to ve said Ebenezer Tailer His Hairs Executors Administrators or Asigns one Cer- tin Negro man caled Jack aged about thirty years to have and tox 51 8. Residfiice, 17 Lafayette St., iAZT^ KO R I e L- D. iM' \iti isiiKo ls,s.;. LUCflS BKOTnERS, llKAI.K.liS IN Watches, Clocks, Jewelry STT^TIOISeRY KND RHINCY GOODS. WATCH, CLOCK AND JEWELRY REPAIRING AND PICTl'RF. FRAMIN(i. 406 MAIN ST., WAKEFIELD, MASS. WAKEFIELD Co-oper(\tive ♦ B^nk. Organized, Jan. ■19, -1887. Be^an Business March 5, ■1887. Authorized Capital, $1,000,000. rilKslDKNT, Arli>n s. AtliiM-ton. \liK-l'HKs., Kniritu-* l>. Wcstiii I)IKE( TOKS. 11' ill ollii-c K. K. KinerHon, Till v E. W. Katiiri, Tlh ' Geo. II. .Smith. Tth s II. Ilijjuins, Tth II. Giiwinn. Till .1 V. I':irkcr. Tth I£. .s. St. lilt, iMh .Tctliii I.ciiiniaii. tltli vear in iilllce. W li. DiiiiiL-l, .-iiir .J.iliii llirUcv, ."ilh Ileiirv Law, .'ith " A. lI.'Tliavcr, 4tli Oliver VVaitiin. :inl " Uiisii'i- Hinvaril, •-M .IiiHcph M. skullcy. -Jii year in otlic.e. ISKCKETAUV AN1> TUEASirRKK. Harry Foster. Aiiirnms. C. W. Pitman, W. S Mason, A. H. Hoanhnan. Attornev, Chester W. Eaton, Ksu Montlily Meeting first Saturday at Union Hall, Post- Office Building, .Albion Street, at 7.30 |5. ni. SALE OF MONEY AT 9 P. M. JHarvard [\nitting ([\\\\, Winship, Bait & Co., Prop's. ■MANUFACTURERS OF- N #4 Jersey -^1^ Underwear. Wakefield, Mass. Memorial Day. South Reading's Solid Men in I860. A circle of flags that flutters In the shifting summer breeze ; Where the walls of the silent city Rise 'neath the dark pine trees. Within that sacred circle, Only the tall grass waves ; And only bmied memories Lie in the clustered graves ! Yet somewhere there are lying Forms that once wore the '• blue ;" Noble, and brave, and daring. Who died for me and for you. In depths of the shadowing forest. Or on sun-beaten plain, Or beneath the rivers' flowing. Are the nameless graves of our slain. We may not deck with flowers Those graves, afar, unknown ; We mav not rear above them The gleaming marble stone ! But //ez'er, while thou livest, O faithful Memorv, Can we forget our brothers Who died to ^rep us free ! And thus, for our fallen heroes Who rest in their nameless graves, The " Red, White and Blue" is floating Above where the tall grass waves! And every wavering shadow Falleth upon some home. Where hearts call in the silence For those who will never come ! If there be o/ie spot more sacred Than another to my heart, 'Tis where those flags are waving On that circle set apart. Bv Georgie L. HeatJi. In 1776 a census of Massachusetts showed that Reading with but one single exception (Sudbury), was the largest town in respect to population in Middlesex Countv. In 178^ the First Parish (what is now Wakefleld), petitioned the General Court, to be set oft" as a separate and distinct town. This petition was not granted until 1S12. The following is a list of such persons and com- panies as pay a tax of $50 or more : Burrage Yale $886.02 S. O. Richardson 520.50 Cyrus Wakefleld 377. 82 Lucius Beebe .^5.3-3S John White's heirs 263.26 F. P. Hurd 254.22 Thomas Emerson 146.18 T. Emerson's Sons 135.90 E. E. Wiley's Estate 137.05 Jona. Nichols 2d 1 21.44 Boston & Maine Foundry Co 11 7.00 Thos. Emerson, Jr 95-63 Edward Mansfield 95-37 Josiah Norcross • • ■ •S9.52 C. W. Green 88.73 Samuel Gardner S5-,35 John Brown, 2d 79-3- L. Eaton, Guardian 74-^3 Jeremiah (xreen 66.76 .Samuel Kingman ''5 --^5 Stephen Sweetser 64.90 Edward Upton 61 .50 Geo. O. Carpenter 60.75 Leonard Walton 58-92 W. H. Willis 58.17 Daniel Nichols 57-57 J. W. Vinton 55-^2 James F. Emerson 56-63 Lilley Eaton 53-63 Ann E. Wiley 5 1 -75 Elias Boardman ^o-44 Oliver Perkins ^'^■-^ The subject of a change in the town name of South Reading was first brought forward in De- cember. 1846. The following is the vote of the town on various names proposeil : Calais, .... Lakeville, . Vernon, W'inthrop, . . • 71 .South Reading. . • 35 Florence. . . . . 6 Shawmut, . 5 Green\ A petition was forw arded to the Legislature ask- ing that the name of the town be changed from .South Reading to Winthrop. The Legislature, ho\\e\er. saw fit to refuse this request, and it was not until 1S6S that a change in the town name was made. HISTORY. af Indians and a tew hard\' settlers. To build even a v crude arms and tools of the time, recjuired much nerve Q HE interest and importance of the quarto-millennial celebration con- sists of the progress and improvement shown to have been made in matters of industry, education, society, etc. //I our particular line mark the wonJcrfj/l strides made I Two hundred and fifty years ago this territory' was a primeval forest, inhabited by lots of Indians and a few hard\' settlers. To build evi log cabin with the and great efibrt. Todav, onlv an occasional Indian appears, oflering medicine — arms are not necessary. Our society is cultured and progressive, and in our yard and in our sheds may be found everything in the line of building lumber, dried, finished and fitted, ready for immediate use, required to build all classes of houses or other buildings and to fence tliem in, which, with the present marvellous means of transportation, can be sold for cash or on good credit, at prices as low as same can be procured tor in an\ market, C. H. SPENCER. p B. ^LE •KND- BREin^ED BY- A. Q. Van Nostrand, BUNKER HILL BREWERIES, ESTT^BLISHED 1S21. C H Pf R L E STO iA£ rs . Robert Rantoul, Jr. Horace Q. Wad/in. The first meeting of the South Readhig Lyceum was held in Adam Wiley's Hall, which stood on tiie place now occupied 1)\' Mr. C. O. Anderson's store. Roheit Rantoul, ]r., was the first President, and he wrote the Constitution. Maving called the meeting to order, those present xoted to invite the President to deliver a speech or lecture. He ga\e them the choice of several subjects, among them "• Tlie Natural History of Man," and the " Protes- tant Reformation." The audience voted for the " Protestant Reformation." Mr. Rantoul spoke upon that subject for an hour and a half without a note, giving a great amount of information. He spoke of names and places and tiates with the most fluent readiness. Mr. Rantoul v\as a very remarkable man. In leading a book he would read three or tour lines at once, and if he read it aloud \ CHI could not tell that he did not read evei\ word as it was printed. In looking over the book one would find that he iiad given e\erv idea. Though he read with such remarkable lapiditv his memory retained ever\ thing tliat he read. He was afterward elected to Congress, went to Washington, and died there, and his death was a great National loss. iVmong the speeches made on the occasion of his ileath in Congress, Charles .Sum- ner said, " Fluent, rapid, incisive, few coukl stand before him." There is a good portrait of him in the Massachusetts Senate Chamber. Horace G. VVadlin, who is to deliver the histori- cal oration on Ma}- 28, is successor to Colonel Car- roll D. Wright as chief of the bureau of labor sta- tistics of Massachusetts, is a native of Wakefield, where he was born in 1851. At the age of four years his parents moved to Reading proper, where young Wadlin attended the public schools. When a young man he entered the office of Lord & Fuller of Salem, where he learned the architect's profes- sion, and in 1S74 he established himself in this busi- ness in Boston. For many years he has taken an active interest in the aflairs of the town of Reading, and has been a member of the school board, and has served as chairman of the board, also as treas- urer of the trustees of the public library and vice president of the Co-operative Bank. He has taken an active interest in politics, and has served four years as representative in the General Court. Dur- ing several terms he has been chaiiman of the committees on education, woman sufl'rage and rail- roads. Mr. VVadlin is thoroughh- conversant with the system and methods of the bureau of labor. He has also performed consideralile literary work in this connection, and has delivered several lectures on the subject. He was joint author with Colonel Wright in preparing the memorial history of Bos- ton's industries during the past 100 years, and wrote the historical sketches of Reatling antl North Read- ing in the History of Middlesex Coimtv recently issued. WAKEPIELD UPPER DEPOT— BUILT 1S90. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Have your houses plumbed with LEAD LINED - IRON - PIPE, TU^T^ISUFT^CTURED BY New England Water Pipe Co. FACTORY AT WAKEFIELD, MASS. SETH E. BENSON, President. QEO. W. HARRINGTON, Treasurer. THE i/\£HKEFIEI_D ^eal Estate t^" ^u\\di\)(^ Assoeiatiop. Organized 1869 Incorporated 1871. HHS FOR ITS OBJECT THE Pitrchasing, Selling, Leasing and Improving of Real Estate. RRESENT OFFICERS: CvRUS G. Beebe, President. E. M. Southworth, Treasiivei . Directors: — Cyrus G. Beebe, Jas. F. Emerson, John G. Aborn, Junius Beebe and E. M. Soutinvorth. ^ FiinriKi^ Lots for Sale, and money advanced to build thereon, if desired. Plans, specifications and estimates for buildinjj pur- poses, if requested. Terms easy, with prices representing actual yalucs. Office, 474 Main Street, Wakefield's Block, Room 3, up one flight of stairs, AS A LOCAL NEWSPAPER IT IS STEADILY GAINING FAVOR. WAKEFIELD RECORD COHP/INT, PVJBLISHeRS. Office, Room 4, Wakefield's Block. i i f i C. E. DUNSHEE, Manager. BKAnm liow ^ CO., steam Engineers and Contractors. STEAM AND HOT WATER WARMING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS, STEAM TRAPS, VALVES, HEATERS, STEAM FITTERS' TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. <^Plan5 and Specifications Parni5t)ed. HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON. 18S6. 1894- Middlesex Mutual FIREjiNSURpCL'CO, OF CONCORD, 7VYKSS. Casl) Assets, $54.9,9^7-06. Liabilities, U57M^-07. Permanent Fund, $327,532.84. INSURES IN MASSACHUSETTS ONLY. GEORGE HEYWOOD, President. RICHARD F. BARRETT, Secy and Treas. W^ILLIAM BARRETT, Assistant Secretary. -^^-^ *^DI RECTORS.- -^- George Heywood, Coiicord. Duni.Ev Foster, Billeiica. Fr.wcis Murdoch, Newton. John S. Keves, Conconl. John S. Sawyer, Cambridge. Rich'd F. Barrett, Concovd. CnAKi.Es F. Stone, W'idthani. Fued C. Church, Lowell. Lorenzo Eaton, Concord. CHAS. F. HART5H0RNE, Agent for this Old and Reliable Company. OFFICE— TOWN HALL, WAKEFIELD. % Ptano-forte AVanafactarincj. I i i i I I I S' fte THE A Wakefield Industry, the product of which goes to all parts of the United States. HENRY F, MILLER i <» <^.A Piano Noted for (ireat Darabilitv;. iiiRTY years a favorite witii music lovers, and at the present time bv manv pronounced superior to all others. All tuners and repairers who have had' anv experience with this piano during the past thirty years, recognize and vouch for its great durability. This long period of time has fully tested and established for the Miller piano of todav this invalu- able reputatif)n for extraordinarj' durability. For twenty-three years, during almost every school term, one or more ha\e been pur- chased for its public schools by the city of Boston, so emphasizing this record for great du- rability as well as a continued popularity. The Miller piano possesses superior musical (pudities and great power, and is especially noted for ils sixrct and lasti7tg singing tone. A pianist will find the action superior in all the points which enable one to iiroduce the ex- tremes of musical sentiment, together with tone coloring and orchestral effects. The cases, in various woods, are original and correct in design, and siiow great artis- tic beauty ; any expert mechanic will vouch for tlie superior stock and workmansldp, and any designer or architect will tell you at a glance that these cases take the higliest rank from an art standiioint. --=— THE HENRY F. MILLER has a great reputation as a concert piano, and is frequently used in concerts with grand or chestra by our most distinguisiied pianists. In musical Boston during the ]iast concert sea- son, 1893-4, tiie Miller has been played before audiences which number more than 100,000 people all told, assuring extraordinary popularity and unequivocal success. Send for Catalogue. Free to any address. I H^nry p. ]V[iIler & Sons Piano Co. Manufactory, Wakefield, Mass. . t^ Warerooms, 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. »>;-r^:^^^^?7i'^3c^j?i'g.?:s*5S^ss*5>^^^ CITIZEN AND BANNBK J-RKSS, WAKEFIELD, MAS