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SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 CHAS. DAVISON 
 
 POEMS, 
 
 W. S. KNOWLTON" AND T. N. LORD, 
 
 ETC., 
 
 MONSON, APRIL 22, 1872. 
 
 PORTLAND : 
 
 HOYT, FOGG & BREED, 
 
 1872. 
 
Monson, April, 23, 1872. 
 Charles Davison", Esq. 
 
 Dear Sir : — In accordance with the wishes of the citizens of 
 
 Monson, we respectfully request you to furnish for publication, a 
 
 copy of the very interesting historical address delivered by you 
 
 at the Semi-Centennial Anniversary yesterday. Hoping that you 
 
 will make a favorable response, we remain, 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 R. W. EMERSON", 
 
 L. C. FLINT, }■ Committee. 
 
 W. S. KNOWLTON", 
 
 Monson*, May 1, 1872. 
 Gentlemen: — I have received your note of the 23d ult., 
 requesting a copy of the address delivered by me on the occasion 
 of the fiftieth anniversary of our town's organization. As 
 historical addresses are considered to be, more than other pro- 
 ductions, public property, I do not feel at liberty to decline 
 furnishing a copy for the press. I am conscious that the address 
 has nothing to recommend it to the public favor, other than the 
 interesting facts it contains; it being deficient in more than one 
 particular. 
 
 It will afford me great pleasure if my efforts shall perpetuate 
 the memory of the early settlers of our town, and of the privations 
 they were called to endure in establishing the pleasant homes we 
 now enjoy; and also awaken a deeper interest in those things 
 which will contribute to the permanent welfare of the place. 
 With great respect, 
 
 Yours truly, 
 to Messrs. CHARLES DAVISON. 
 
 R. W. EMERSON, 
 
 L. C. FLINT, 
 
 W. S. KNOWLTON, 
 
 r%^ 
 
SEMI-CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION. 
 
 The citizens of Monson, Me., met in Academy Hall to celebrate 
 the semi-centennial anniversary of the organization of the town, 
 on Monday, April 22, 1872. 
 
 After singing by the choir, "Anthem for Easter," the Chairman, 
 A. Chapin, Esq., called the meeting to order and made the 
 following remarks : 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: — I suppose the purpose of this 
 gathering of our citizens here to-day may be well understood by 
 most, if not all of you. Yet it may not be improper for me to 
 say that it is for the purpose of celebrating, or doing something 
 to keep ii* remembrance, the semi-centennial anniversary of the 
 organization of the town of Monson. Fifty years ago to-day, 
 and about this hour of the day, a few persons, most of them in 
 the prime of life, with a few boys looking on, had assembled in 
 the " east room," not the famous east room of " Old Hickory's" 
 time, but the east room of the residence of Capt. Samuel 
 Whitney. This room, though not so famous as the former, must 
 have been quite as useful, as it constituted the cook-room, kitchen, 
 dining-room, parlor and perhaps various other rooms of the 
 Whitney mansion. In this room had these true-hearted men 
 assembled, for the purpose of organizing the " 'cademy town," as 
 it was then called, into the corporate capacity of the town of 
 Monson, the Hon. Samuel Pingree, of Parkman, presiding, and 
 officiating as Justice of the Peace, on that occasion. 
 
4 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 Prayer was then offered by Rev. R. W. Emerson, and after 
 the singing of "Lenox" by the choir, the audience listened to 
 to the following historical address, by Charles Davison, Esq. 
 
 Fellow Citizens: — The occasion which calls us together 
 to-day is one of no common interest. Half a century has elapsed 
 since the Legislature of this State passed " an Act to incorporate 
 the town of Monson," from which Act I make the following 
 extract: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- 
 tatives in Legislature assembled : That township numbered nine 
 in the eighth range of townships, North of Waldo Patent, in the 
 County of Somerset, and bounded northerly by township num- 
 bered nine in the ninth range; easterly by number eight, in the 
 eighth range; southerly by number seven, in the seventh range ; 
 and westerly by Bingham's Million Acres, with the inhabitants 
 thereof, be and hereby arc incorporated into a town by the name 
 of Monson, and the inhabitants of said town are hereby vested 
 with all the privileges, powers and immunities which the inhabi- 
 tants of towns within this State do or may by law enjoy." 
 
 This act was approved Feb. 8, 1822 ; and on the twenty-second 
 day of April following, just fifty years ago to-day, the inhabitants 
 of this town, in response to a warrant issued by Samuel Pingree, 
 Esq., of Parkman, met at the house of Whitney, Hyde & Co., 
 for the purpose of completing their organization, as a town, by 
 the choice of the necessary officers. This they did by choosing 
 Andrew Cushman, Moderator; Samuel Whitney, Town Clerk ; 
 Samuel Whitney, Andrew Cushman and Abel Goodell, Selectmen 
 and Assessors; Lucius Hyde, Treasurer; Austin Newell, Con- 
 stable and Collector; Abel Goodell, Lucius Hyde and Chauncey 
 L. Colton, School Committee ; and filling the other offices by the 
 choice of good and true men. The number of voters in the town 
 at the time of its organization, was twenty-one, namely : Amos 
 Atkinson, Wm. Blunt, Amasa Chapin, Calvin Colton, Justin 
 Colton, Chauncey S. Colton, Benj. Collins, Andrew Cushman, 
 Geo. Doughty, Abel Goodell, Wm. A. Hyde, Lucius Hyde, Joseph 
 Jackson, Austin Newell, Abial Packard, Shepherd Packard, Asa 
 Piper, Horatio Sherman, Isaac Tyler, Samuel Whitney and 
 
COMMEMORATION. 5 
 
 Samuel Weymouth. Six of these .ire still living : Isaac Tyler 
 and Horatio Sherman in this town ; Chauncey S. Colton in 
 Galesburg, Illinois : Austin Newell in Monson, Mass.; Wm. A. 
 Hyde in Portland, Me., and Shepherd Packard in Aroostook 
 Co., of this State. 
 
 The wives of three of these persons are still living, namely, 
 Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Newell. 
 
 The whole number of inhabitants at that time, as nearly as can 
 now be ascertained, was ninety. Of those who were then here 
 and were then young, a few remain among us; some are living in 
 other places ; but the most of them have gone to " that country 
 from whose bourn no traveler returns." 
 
 The first settlements in this town were in the west or 
 south-western part of the town. This part of the township, six 
 miles by three, prior to the year 1811, had been granted by the 
 Legislature of Massachusetts to Hebron Academy, in this State. 
 Subsequently, the remainder of the township was granted to the 
 Academy in Monson, Mass. It was expected, indeed I think its 
 was a provision in the grants, that a certain number of settlers, 
 within a specified time, should become residents of this township ; 
 and the trustees of Hebron Academy offered fifty acres of land 
 to any one who would come on to their portion and perform 
 "settler's duty," as it was called, which was to clear a portion of 
 land, build a house and occupy the same. 
 
 The first settler in this town was Joseph Bearce, who came from 
 Hebron in 1816, the year known throughout New England as the 
 cold season. He had been here the previous year and felled a 
 few trees. He commenced on lot numbered nine in the second 
 range. During that summer, 1816, he cleared a field and built a 
 small log house. This was the first house in town. It was 
 situated a few rods north of the road now leading from our 
 village to Blanchard, and near where the road formerly known 
 r.s the " Dudley road " leaves the Blanchard road. 
 
 Mr. Bearce at this time was a young man, and doubtless was 
 building bright hopes for the future. He remained here that 
 season, and then Avas away for the winter, returning the next 
 spring and raising a small crop on the land he had previously 
 
6 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 cleared. In the spring of 18J.8, he married Nancy Ricker, of 
 Paris. But they were not permitted to enjoy each others com- 
 panionship long, in the home they had chosen for themselves in 
 the forest ; for in the autumn of the same year, death claimed 
 him for his victim, and he was called away from earth. 
 
 This was the first death in town, God, it would seem, intending 
 to remind those who were then here, and others who should come 
 after them, how uncertain are all earthly prospects. This young 
 man, full of life and hope, who so recently came far into the forest, 
 guided only by the spotted line of the surveyor, to establish for 
 himself a home, so soon cut down by the ruthless hand of the 
 great destroyer, should certainly remind us how transient and 
 uncertain are all human things. His funeral was attended by 
 Elder Hall, of Parkman, long known through all this region as 
 an earnest preacher of the gospel. The text chosen by Mr. Hall 
 on that occasion is found in Isaiah 40: 6-8. "All flesh is grass, 
 and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The 
 grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the Lord 
 bloweth upon it ; surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, 
 the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand forever." 
 This was the first sermon ever preached in town, and the first 
 funeral sermon ever preached by Elder Hall. 
 
 While Mr. Bearce lived in this town, the path from Abbot to 
 the settlement here diverged from the path leading to Million 
 Acres, now Blanchard, and Mr. B. finding a pair of Moose horns, 
 placed them upon a post as a guide-board. Moose horns have 
 ever since been used in that place for the same purpose ; conse- 
 quently, the place is designated Moose Horns. 
 
 In 1816, Geo. Doughty, from Gray, and Simeon Irish, from 
 Hebron, commenced to fell trees in what has since been known 
 as the " Witham neighborhood." Mr. Irish built a small house that 
 fall, and moved into it in 1817. This was the first framed house 
 in town, and was covered with shaved clap-boards, without any 
 boarding. It was situated on what was afterwards known as the 
 Fogg place, near where J. B. Draper now lives. Mr. Doughty 
 raised some crop on his land in 1817, and built a log house, into 
 
COMMEMORATION. 7 
 
 which, with a wife and five children, he moved in March, 1818. 
 These were the first children in town. 
 
 The same year — 1818 — Samuel Rowe and wife came from 
 Hebron, and commenced clearing land in the same neighborhood, 
 living in the house with Mr. Doughty until he could erect a log 
 house for himself. 
 
 In the fall of 1818, James Stanchfield came from Albion, and 
 commenced to clear land ; and in February, 1819, moved with his 
 family, eight persons in all, into the house built by Mr. Bearce. 
 In this house he lived until he could erect a log house upon the 
 land where he intended to, and did make for himself a farm and 
 a home. This was the first house built in the east half of Monson, 
 or on that part granted to Monson Academy, and was the place 
 where, for some length of time, the people were accustomed to 
 meet for religious worship, and for other purposes ; indeed, this 
 house was for some two years dwelling-house, meeting-house and 
 school-house. It stood on the spot where Joseph Daine's buildings 
 now stand. 
 
 In the spring of 1819, Joseph Jackson and wife, with a family 
 of eight children, came from No. 7, now Abbot. He had been 
 here the fall before, and felled some trees on the place now 
 occupied by David B. Cotton. Here he erected a log house, and 
 lived several years ; after which he moved into the east half of 
 the town, living on the farm now occupied by H. C. Pullen. 
 The same season Samuel Weymouth, Amos Atkinson and Abial 
 Packard came with their families, and commenced making for 
 themselves homes. Mr. Packard bought Mr. Irish's house, and 
 Mr. Atkinson located on the north side of Hebron Pond ; this 
 was the first settlement north of the pond. Here Mr. Atkinson 
 and his wife commenced housekeeping in a small log house, at 
 least one and a half mile from any neighbors ; and they were 
 obliged to cross the pond, a distance of nearly a mile, to call on 
 any friend. The wants of those early settlers were few, and were 
 easily supplied. Instead of the spacious houses that we now 
 think necessary for our comfort, they were contented and happy 
 when they had erected a small house of unhewn logs, and had 
 thus secured a comfortable shelter from the inclemency of the 
 
SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 weather. Their furniture was of the plainest sort, and of this 
 they possessed but a scanty supply; their food was such as they 
 raised on their new farms, coarse but wholesome; their clothing 
 was such as their wives and mothers manufactured with their 
 own hands ; gold and silver they had none, or but little ; but with 
 strong hands and determined hearts they toiled on, looking for 
 the better time coming. Little do we realize, my friends, what 
 privations, hardships, toils and sufferings it has cost to purchase 
 for us the comfortable homes and the many privileges we now 
 enjoy. But of these I shall speak more by and by. 
 
 The first birth in town was a child born to Simeon Irish and 
 wife, in the summer of 1818. The second was in the family of 
 Samuel Rowe, the next summer; and the third was a son of 
 Amos Atkinson, in the Autumn of 1819, while they were living 
 so fiir from neighbors, on the north side of the pond. When this 
 child was between two and three months old, Mr. A. found it 
 necessary to go to Foxcroft to procure supplies for the family 
 As tins journey of some twenty miles was to be performed on 
 foot, he would be obliged to be gone over night. He left his 
 wife and infant child alone, little thinking but that he should find 
 hem safe on his return. The wife and mother was busy with 
 her household cares, and happy in them and in watching and 
 caring for the little one God had given to comfort and cheer her 
 in her forest home. As night came on, not a fear, or hardly a 
 thought of loneliness came over her. She retired to rest happy 
 and contented; but who can imagine her feelings, when on 
 awakening in the middle of the night, she found her infant child 
 dead by her side! During the remainder of the night she 
 watched over her dead child. In the morning she laid it out as 
 best she could, dressing it for the grave; and during all the lone 
 hours of that lonely day, how anxiously she watched and waited 
 now busy about some household care-now gazing, with feelings' 
 a mother only knows, upon the face of the dead-and now waiting 
 and wishing for the return of the husband and father. The lone" 
 hours of that lonely day wore away at last. The sun had sunk 
 to rest behind the western hills, and the shades of night were 
 gathering around her humble home. Long had she been watching 
 
COMMEMORATION. 9 
 
 and listening for the coming of the absent one, and she began to 
 tear that another night she must watch alone with the dead ; but 
 now she hears his footsteps approaching; she hastens to meet 
 him ; not a word is spoken, but the look on his wife's face tells 
 him that sorrow has come to their home, and the strong man 
 bursts into tears. Neither of them can find words to express 
 their thoughts, and silently, and in tears, they enter their cabin 
 and gaze upon the cold, lifeless form of their firstborn. 
 
 In the summer of 1818, the trustees of Monson Academy, 
 anxious to procure settlers to locate on their grant, sent Abel 
 Goodell to explore the township, and thus be able to recommend 
 to others to come here to find or rather to make for themselves 
 homes. He came for that purpose, but was prevented by a 
 severe freshet from making such an exploration as to satisfy 
 either himself or those who sent him. He, however, concluded 
 the next year that he would move here himself, and did some- 
 thing to influence others to the same resolve. The trustees 
 offered one hundred acres to actual settlers. 
 
 In the fall of 1819, Capt. Amasa Chapin traded with the 
 trustees of the Academy for one mile square of land, in the east 
 half of this town, taking the same in part pay for his farm in 
 Monson, Mass. He at once set out with his family for the place 
 which was to be his future home. He came as far as No. 7, now 
 Abbot, and there found a house which he could purchase, where 
 he lived until the spring of 1820. In the meantime, he selected 
 his lot of land and commenced to clear his farm. He felled ten 
 acres of trees in 1820, and raised a small house, which was so far 
 finished that they moved into it the March following. This is 
 the place now owned by his son and always known as the Chapin 
 farm. 
 
 In May, 1820, Capt. Samuel Whitney, Justin Colton and 
 William A. Hyde, with their families, and Calvin Colton and 
 Lucius Hyde, leaving their families behind until the next winter, 
 and Royal Day, Austin Newell and Horatio Sherman, single 
 men, seventeen in all, came from Monson, Mass., and commenced 
 a settlement, where the village now stands, and in the south- 
 eastern part of the town. With the coming of these men and 
 
10 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 others that soon followed, the prospects of the place brightened. 
 They were men of character and of influence, and were possessed 
 of more means than those avIio had before settled in this town. 
 Their homes had hitherto been homes of comfort and refinement, 
 and they were determined to establish similar ones in the place 
 which they had chosen for their future residence. 
 
 They left Monson, Mass., in April, part of them taking a sail 
 packet at Boston for Bangor — for this was before the days of 
 steam navigation — and part coming all the way by land. They 
 were about three weeks on the way, both parties arriving about 
 the same time and spending the Sabbath, May 7th, at Capt. 
 Chapin's, in Abbot, where they left the women and children for 
 a few days, coming here on Monday, May 8th. They stopped a 
 few days in Mr. Stanchfield's house, and then went to Mr. 
 Atkinson's, where they found a home until they could clear 
 away the forest sufficiently to build a house, which was soon 
 ready for their reception. This house stood on the spot where 
 H. G. Sherman's house now stands, and was the first house in 
 this village and the second framed house in town. It was the 
 home of Capt. Whitney as long as he w T as a resident of this 
 town, and for several years was a temporary home for quite a 
 number of other families, they stopping here until they could 
 construct some sort of a house for themselves. 
 
 In the winter and spring of 1822 and 1823, no less than five 
 families found a home in this house at the same time. These 
 were the families of Samuel Whitney, James Whiting, William 
 A. Hyde, Lucius Hyde and Alexander Greenwood, in all twenty- 
 four persons, and this in a house twenty-two feet by thirty and 
 unfinished. In this house, the first birth in the east half of the 
 town, and the first in the families from Massachusetts after their 
 arrival here, occurred on the first day of January, 1821. This was a 
 daughter to William A. Hyde and wife. This child is now Mrs. 
 Catharine M. Giddings, of Portland. 
 
 On the first Sabbath after this colony from Massachusetts arrived 
 here, they had a meeting for religious worship. This meeting, 
 which was hold en in the house built by Mr. Bearce, was, as nearly as 
 
COMMEMORATION . 1 1 
 
 I can learn, the first religious meeting in town, with the exception 
 of two funerals ; the first that of Mr. Bearce, which has been 
 mentioned already; and the other, that of a child of Samuel 
 Rowe, which was attended by Elder Macomber, of Guilford. It 
 was soon seen that meetings in the south-western part of the town 
 would better accommodate the settlers there, and also afford an 
 opportunity for some families who had settled on Million Acres — 
 now Blanchard — to attend. Arrangements were therefore made 
 for a meeting at the house of Abial Packard on the first Sabbath 
 in June. Of this meeting Mr. Newell, who assisted in conducting 
 this and all the meetings until a minister was obtained, in a letter 
 recently received, says : " The house was filled to overflowing, 
 men, women and children. Some of the women came five or six 
 miles barefoot, with their best on, which we should think at this 
 time was rather plain." The next Sabbath they met again at the 
 same place, and finding the interest unabated they organized a 
 Sabbath School, and concluded to continue the meetings at the 
 same place through the summer. After this, for some two years, 
 the meetings were held in the house of James Stanchfield. Then 
 a school house having been erected near the centre of the town, 
 the meetings were held there until the erection of a church edifice 
 afforded a still more convenient place for public worship. 
 
 It is pleasing to look back and see that those early settlers, 
 amid all the privations of frontier life, found comfort and 
 happiness in the worship of the great Creator ; that as soon as 
 they arrived in this then wilderness, notwithstanding all the 
 cares that were pressing upon them, they had the disposition, 
 and found time to assemble on God's holy day ; and to establish 
 in the early history of the town the public worship of God, and 
 the study of His word in the Sabbath School ; which, I am glad 
 to be able to say, have been sustained to this day. In relation to 
 the coming of these men, and to the influence which they exerted 
 upon the people, one who was here when they came, recently said, 
 " It now seems, as I look back upon their coming, like a light 
 shining in upon a dark place. Before they came there was but 
 little regard for the Sabbath or for anything sacred ; but after 
 their coming all was changed. Soon, instead of hunting and fishing 
 
6 SEMI-CENTEXXIAL 
 
 on Sunday, we formed the habit of goiag to meeting; and I 
 believe that the good influence of those men still lives here/' 
 
 In the summer of 1820, the ,1am across the outlet of the pond 
 flowing the pond and thus rendering more valuable the water- 
 power in this place, was built. At this time, the water-power 
 with one mile square of land-lot No. 10-was the property of 
 Whitney, Hyde and Fay. In the summer and autumn of 18*1 
 they erected a saw-mill and grist-mill, near where the present 
 nulls now stand. The present grist-mill was built by T. Davee 
 in the year 1841. Mr. Fay never came here to live, and soon 
 after sold out his interest to Frederic F. Gates, who, with his 
 family, came here in the spring of 1823 to make a home. Soon 
 after this the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Whitney keeping 
 the mills, Mr. Gates the northern and Mr. Hyde the southern 
 part of their tract of land. 
 
 In the spring of 1820, about three weeks after the first 
 emigrants from Monson, Mass, arrived, Isaac Tyler-whom we 
 all know-then a young man, came from New Gloucester, and 
 commenced to clear land near where he now lives On the 
 tenth day of March, 1S22, he moved into town with his wife 
 whom he had just married, and lived about two months in the' 
 bouse with Mr. Atkinson, until he had erected a part of the 
 house which he now occupies. 
 
 In February, 1822, Andrew Cushman and wife, with a family 
 of seven children, came from the town of Oxford. Mr C had 
 been here the year previous and felled trees. He commenced on 
 the farm now occupied by Jeremiah Daine. Mr. Cushman's was 
 the fifteenth family in town. The same spring, Austin Newell 
 brought his wife, whom he had returned to Monson, Mass., to 
 marry; and with them came Hiram Vinton, and that year 
 commenced operations where he now lives. He returned to 
 Massachusetts in the fall, and did not move here until the spring 
 
 In the spring of 1822, there also came from Oxford County, Cvrus 
 Packard, William Bowker and Cornelius Barrows. They com- 
 menced farms, raising some crops that season, and preparing 
 
COMMEMORATION. 13 
 
 places to live in, which they soon after occupied with their wives. 
 Zibeon Packard came about the same time. Abel Goodell, who 
 came in 1818 to explore the township, left Mcmson, Mass., in the 
 spring of 1821. Leaving his family in Harmony, he came here 
 and commenced to clear his farm. The next winter he moved 
 his family as far as Guilford, wh<*re they staid one year. He 
 seems, however, to have been considered a resident in this town, 
 voting and holding office in 1822, though his family did not 
 arrive here until May, 1823. 
 
 Although there appears to have been but twenty-one voters 
 here in April, 1822, and only twenty-five votes cast for Governor 
 in September of the same year, yet upon an old tax-list of 1822, 
 sent me by Mr. Newell, the first collector, I find the names 
 of thirty-two resident tax-payers. The names on that list, not 
 already mentioned, are Nathaniel Bennett, Reuben Cushman, 
 Samuel Tobin, George Hathaway and Isaac Stone. Hathaway 
 and Stone were young men employed to work that season for 
 Capt. Chapin. The others lived here with their families and 
 probably came in 1821 or the spring of 1822. 
 
 In October, 1822, James Whiting and family, five in all, came 
 from Monson, Mass., and lived with Mr. Whitney and Mr. Atkinson, 
 until Mr. Whiting could build a house, when they moved on to 
 the place since known as the Whiting farm. 
 
 In the spring of 1823, Alexander Greenwood, Esq.* who had 
 been employed by the trustees of Hebron Academy in 1811, to 
 lot their portion of this township, and afterwards by Monson 
 Academy to survey and lot the remainder of the town, moved 
 from Hebron and settled on the farm now occupied by Llewellyn 
 Moore. 
 
 In the same summer Samuel Robinson, Zenas Scales, Abel 
 Janes and Daniel Wallace came and settled in this town. la 
 October of the same year, Joseph Goodell and Dr. A. Davison, 
 came from Vermont, Mr. Goodell commencing on the farm where 
 he now lives, Dr. Davison moving into Dea. Hyde's house; which 
 
 ►Killed by the falling of a tree in the spring of 1827. 
 
14 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 had been built that summer. Ihis is the house where J. P. 
 Haynes now lives, and was the second house bnilt in this village. 
 Here Dr. Davison -lived until 1825, in the summer of which year 
 he built the house where James and J. C. Stanchfield now live, 
 and moved into it in the autumn. Some time during this year 
 Samuel and Zebedee Thomas am] John Packard, settled in the 
 west part of the town. Daniel Briggs also came the same year. 
 
 In 1824, I find that William Conner, Simeon Davee, John 
 Crafts, Solomon Cushman, John Morton and Oliver Eveleth, 
 became residents of this town. 
 
 In May of this year, a fire, which started on what is now the 
 common, where the forest was being cleared off, threatened to 
 destroy what buildings there were in the vicinity. All the help 
 that could be mustered, men, women and children, were obliged 
 to work hard for a day and night to save the mills, two dwelling 
 houses ami one or two out-buihlings then starting where the 
 village now is. 
 
 In the year 1824 or 1825, the Post Office in this town was 
 established. Before this, all the mail matter designed for this 
 place stopped at Sangerville, and the inhabitants here were 
 obliged to go twelve miles to mail or to get a letter or paper. 
 Frederic F. Gates Avas the first Post Master and Hiram Doughty 
 the first mail-carrier. Mr. D. was succeeded, in a short time, by 
 Benj. Stanchfield, who, every Saturday for two years, went on foot 
 to Esq. Kelsey's, in Guilford, returning the same day, with the 
 mail, and being obliged to cross the Piscataquis river twice each 
 way, in the best manner he could — for there was no bridge — in 
 order to leave the mail at the Post Office in Abbot. For this 
 service the government paid these men two shillings a trip, or a 
 little more than one cent for each mile of travel. They usually 
 had some errands to do for the inhabitants, for which they received 
 60me trilling compensation. As they approached the Post Office, 
 and sometimes as they passed the houses, they sounded a trumpet 
 before them, not as did the Pharisee of old, to parade his religion, 
 but to . inform the people that the mail was coming, and that 
 there was an opportunity for any one who wished to send 
 errands. In 1827, the mail was carried by Deacon Fuller from 
 
COMMEMORATION. 15 
 
 Bangor to Monson, once a week; and in 1831, it commenced to 
 be carried three times a week. 
 
 In 1825, also, the first minister was settled in this town. This 
 was the Rev. Lot Ryder. The ordination took place in the barn 
 of Capt. S. Whitney. There were present to assist in the 
 ordination five clergymen, namely, Rev. Mr. Fargo of Solon, 
 Prof. Smith of Bangor, Rev. Mr. Peet of Norridgewock, Rev. 
 Mr. Williams of Foxcroft and Rev. Mr. Sheldon of Brownville. 
 Mr. Ryder did not labor long here, for in September following, 
 only about six months after his ordination, he was called away 
 from earth to enter into his eternal reward. 
 
 In the same year, 1825, the first store was opened in this town. 
 Oliver Eveleth, who came here the year before, built his store 
 that summer and commenced trade in the autumn following. 
 Solomon Cushman commenced trade about the same time. They 
 were the only traders here until 1830, when T. S. Pullen, from 
 Winthrop, came and commenced trade; since which time there 
 has been no lack of traders in the place. Mr. Eveleth continued 
 to trade where he first commenced for more than twenty-five 
 years, when he moved to Greenville, where he still lives. 
 
 In the autumn of this year, 1825, the great fire which swept 
 over so large a portion of this State, occurred. In this town, 
 though no buildings were destroyed, great damage was done by 
 the burning of large tracts of timber land. Many of the 
 buildings were in great danger, and it was only by the most 
 strenuous efforts, and in some cases it seemed only by a direct 
 interposition of Providence, that they were saved. 
 
 In 1826, no less than nine men, most of them having families, 
 moved into town. They were Capt. J. Matthews, R. K. Packard, 
 Joseph Barrett, Roland Taylor, Warren Dudley, Joshua Buck, 
 David Goodell, Benjamin Ward and John B. Packard. In 1827, 
 came Joseph Booth, H. G. O. Harmon, George Dunham, William 
 Goding and Abel Jewett. In 1828, Abner Brown,* William D. 
 Hoar, Milton Hoar, Thomas Towns and Solomon Bray. Mr. 
 
 •Mr. Brown fell dead in the street, Aug. 7, 1854. 
 
16 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 Bray probably had the largest family ever living in this town, 
 fourteen children, seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom 
 lived to be men and women. I have thus far endeavored to give 
 the names and the date of their coming of all the settlers in the 
 town. Some names have probably been omitted, and there may 
 be some errors in the dates, but I think they will usually be 
 found correct. 
 
 It would be interesting to continue the history of the town in 
 its particulars to the present time, but we have space now only 
 to glance at a few incidents. 
 
 In the spring of 1831, the village was threatened with entire 
 destruction by fire. The fire originated on land of William D. 
 Hoar, where he was burning off the wood, preparatory to a crop. 
 Most of the men were away to a raising, and the women turned 
 out en masse, and successfully contended with the destroying 
 element until help arrived and the dwellings were all saved. 
 
 In the summer of 1831, the first church edifice in town was 
 completed and dedicated to the worship of the Most High. The 
 nearest meeting-house at that time was at Bangor on the one 
 hand, and at Skowhegan on the other; and the church bell, sum- 
 moning the people to the service of the sanctuary, was heard 
 over these hills and through these valleys, when for a distance of 
 forty or fifty miles on either hand no such sound broke the stillness 
 of the Sabbath morn. This church — which was framed by R. K. 
 Packard, and was the first building framed by him by square rule 
 — was destroyed by fire in 18G0, and rebuilt the following year. 
 
 In 1840 the population had increased to five hundred forty-eight. 
 
 In the year 1845, the Baptist meeting-house was built and 
 dedicated to the worship of God in the autumn of the same year. 
 In 1850 the number of inhabitants was six hundred fifty-four, 
 and in 18G0, it was seven hundred and eight. 
 
 May 27, 1860, will long be remembered as an eventful day for 
 Monson. Soon after noon on that pleasant Sabbath day, a fire 
 was discovered issuing from a stable attached to the hotel of 
 Nelson Savage. In the short space of two hours, about forty 
 buildings were entirely destroyed, with a large portion of their 
 
COMMEMORATION. 17 
 
 contents. Among the buildings destroyed were two hotels, two 
 stores,.one meeting-house, shops, dwelling-houses, barns, &c. Sel- 
 dom has a village the size of ours suffered so severely by fire. 
 Four dwelling houses had been destroyed by fire previous to this 
 time: that of Samuel Rowe, in the winter of 1818 and 1819, 
 Calvin Colton's in the spring of 1823, George Doughty's in 1830, 
 and A. G. Houston's in 1853. 
 
 When the war for the maintenance and perpetuity of slavery 
 in our land, and for the destruction of our country, broke out, 
 and was being waged with such desperate fury, the town of 
 Monson was not slow to hear the calls for men to enter into the 
 service of their country, and hazard their lives to preserve and 
 transmit to posterity the institutions and blessings of a free 
 government. During the four years of that fearful conflict, no 
 less than eighty-four of our citizens left their happy homes, 
 many of them leaving behind dependent families, and, entering 
 the army, braving all the dangers and privations of the camp 
 and of the battle-field, devoted themselves to the work of saving 
 their country. The names* of these men should be remembered 
 with gratitude and affection, and their devotion to the cause of 
 liberty should be sacredly cherished by us and by those who shall 
 come after us, as worthy of imitation. Twenty of these men 
 returned to us no more. They fell on the battle-field, or sickened 
 and died in camp or hospital. Three returned just in season to 
 die with their friends, and they sleep near us in the grave. 
 
 In the summer of 1870, discoveries were made which promise 
 to be of no little advantage to the financial interests of the place. 
 I refer to the discovery of rich deposits of slate near the centre 
 of the town, the manufacture of which has but just begun. 
 
 Four persons have met with death by drowning in this town; 
 three in Hebron pond and one near the outlet of the same. 
 John T. Delano was drowned Dec. 4, 1822 ; Alfred Ely, son of 
 Samuel Robinson, July 4, 1831 ; Streeter Strout in the autumn 
 of 1840, and Charles M. Tarr, July 10, 1858. 
 
 The oldest person who has lived in town was Mrs. Stephenson, 
 
 *See Appendix. 
 2 
 
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 who lived in the family of Capt. Mathews, and died in August, 
 1841, aged ninety-six years. 
 
 There are two couples now living in this town, who have been 
 married more than fifty years and have been residents of this 
 town during the whole of their wedded lives. I refer to Horatio 
 Sherman and wife, whose golden wedding should have been 
 celebrated on the sixth day of January last ; and to Isaac Tyler 
 and wife, who should have received a like token of affection and 
 respect the twenty-second day of last February. The couple in 
 town who have been longest married are Moses Crafts and wife, 
 who were married in 1816, fifty-six years ago ; thirty-nine years 
 of this time they have been residents of this town. 
 
 During the first years of our town's history, as money was not 
 so plenty as grain, most of the taxes were paid in grain; the 
 town at its annual meeting' each year establishing by vote the 
 price at which grain should be received in payment for taxes. 
 And the town officers, school teachers, &c, were expected to 
 receive the same in compensation for their services. This practice 
 was continued until the year 1831. The usual price of grain was 
 wheat seven shillings sixpence, rye i\xe shillings, and corn four 
 shillings sixpence. 
 
 Let us now consider the character of the men who were foremost 
 in conducting the affairs of the town in its early history, and who, 
 in doing this, left the impress of their own minds and lives upon 
 the inhabitants; exerting an influence which is still felt, and will 
 be, far into the future. The first and most pleasing thought in 
 my mind, as I remember these men and think of their early history, 
 is that they were men of piety. This will lead me to speak more 
 particularly of the religious history of the place; of the first 
 meetings and Sabbath School I have already spoken. For some 
 two or three years but very little preaching was enjoyed by the 
 inhabitants, yet they did not neglect the assembling of themselves 
 together for religious worship. Says one who came here in 1822, 
 "It was nothing unusual for men to yoke their oxen to their sleds 
 or carts on Sabbath morning, and take their families four or five 
 miles to meeting, and get there in good season. If they owned 
 a horse, almost always two would ride at once, the woman seated 
 
COMMEMORATION. 19 
 
 behind her husband. I can think of not more than one or two 
 men who did not go to meeting when we came here." When 
 they had no preaching, a sermon was almost always read, Deacon 
 L. Hyde usually reading. Occasionally, Elder Hall, of Parkman, 
 preached in the place, and his visits were always, welcomed. 
 Elder Macomber, of Guilford, and others, also came occasionally. 
 In August, 1821, Rev. John Sawyer, better known as Father 
 Sawyer, visited the place. At that time the Congregational 
 Church was formed. This church was composed at first of but 
 seven members, viz: Amasa Cliapin, Cynthia Chapin, Lucius 
 Hyde, Achsa Hyde, William A. Hyde, Marcia Hyde and Austin 
 Newell. This was on Saturday, the eleventh of August. The 
 next day Abel Goodell arrived, having come from Harmony — 
 where he was stopping with his family — on purpose to be here at 
 the formation of the church, but was not able to get here in 
 season. He was received as a member, and he and Lucius Hyde 
 were chosen deacons. Of the original members of this church 
 only two are now living, Austin Newell, of Monson, Massachusetts, 
 and William A. Hyde, of Portland. In the autumn of 1822, a 
 man by the name of Stone was sent here by the Maine Missionary 
 Society, and preached some six Sabbaths. The following winter 
 Father Sawyer was here, teaching school during the week and 
 preaching on the Sabbath. In December, 1823, Rev. Henry 
 White came and spent nearly six months. 
 
 • The first pastor settled over this church and people was Rev. 
 Lot Ryder, who commenced his labors here in November, 1824, 
 was ordained in March, 1825, and died in the September fol- 
 lowing. 
 
 The next regular preaching enjoyed in this town Avas that of 
 Rev. Anson Hubbard, who commenced his labors in September, 
 1827, and was dismissed in August, 1834. He was succeeded by 
 Rev. John Baker, who was ordained in September, 1835. This 
 relation continued about four years. Rev. Horatio Usley com- 
 menced preaching in this place, in July, 1840, and remained 
 pastor of the church fifteen years. He was succeeded by Rev. R. 
 W. Emerson, in May, 1S56. The events which have transpired 
 since that time are within the recollection of nearly all present. 
 
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 The whole number connected with.this church since its formation, 
 is two hundred fifty-three; present number ninety-two. 
 
 The Baptist church in this place was formed Aug. 10, 18*27, 
 
 consisting - at first of fourteen members, viz: Daniel Wallace, An- 
 drew Cushman, James Stanchfield, Elijah Briggs, Daniel Briggs, 
 Benj. Ward, Asa Piper, Hannah Stanchfield, Harriet Cushman, 
 Mary A. Wallace, Olive Wallace, Anna Cushman, Lovey Day 
 and Dorcas Atkinson. Of these, only two are now living, viz : 
 Mrs. Hannah Dow, formerly Hannah Stanchfield, and Mrs. Harriet 
 Howe, formerly Harriet Cushman. This church was without any 
 stated preaching for several years, occasionally enjoying the 
 ministrations of some neighboring minister for a few Sabbaths. 
 Rev. Mr. Page, Rev. II. Seaver, Rev. II. Hunting and Rev. E. 
 C. Cressey labored with them, each for a short time. The first 
 pastor settled with them was Rev. Lebbeus Kingman, who com- 
 menced his labors here in September, 1842, and remained nearly 
 three years. He was succeeded by Rev. Lucius Bradford, in 
 October, 1845, who remained six years. Rev. D. P. Bailey 
 commenced his labors with this church in November, 1853, and 
 as you all know has recently left us, having labored here eighteen 
 years, a longer time than any other minister has sustained the 
 relation of pastor in this town. The whole number connected 
 with this church since its formation is two hundred and thirty; 
 present number eighty-seven. 
 
 Thus have the people of this town, for more than fifty years, 
 enjoyed the stated worship of God on the Sabbath, and most of 
 the time the preaching of the Gospel. Nor have these privileges 
 been in vain. Often have those who have labored to sustain the 
 institutions of religion felt that they were abundantly rewarded 
 by I rod's blessing on their efforts. Early in the history of religious 
 meetings in this town, two of the first settlers, Samuel Whitney 
 and wife, became deeply interested in the matter of personal 
 religion, and embraced the first opportunity to unite with the 
 church of Christ. Often has there been a deep and general 
 interest in religious matters, and many have been savingly benefited. 
 The first of these seasons was in the spring of 18*25, during the 
 labors of the first minister; again in 18*28; in 1831; in the 
 
 
COMMEMORATION. 21 
 
 winter of 1837-8 ; the winter of "1841-2 ; the winter and spring of 
 1843; next in the winter of 1847-8; again in 1849; the spring of 
 1856 and in the winter of 1862-3. And who can doubt that the 
 interest felt at the present time in these matters, is in part the 
 fruit of the seed sown in the early settlement of our town. 
 
 Again, these men were men of correct moral lives. Their 
 example was good. The influence they exerted was felt for good 
 upon those who came within the circle of that influence. No 
 immorality was countenanced by them ; nothing that would have 
 a tendency to lead the young in the paths of dissipation and vice 
 was tolerated. Thus early did our town acquire a name for 
 respectability and morality which has always been an advantage 
 to us. It is a matter of gratitude, and one for which we as 
 citizens of Monson have reason to rejoice, that for the last ten 
 years there has been no place in town whdre intoxicating drinks 
 have been kept for sale. 
 
 The hotel here during that time has been conducted on strictly 
 temperance principles, by one * of the early settlers of the place, 
 who came here when a boy, more than fifty years ago. Who can 
 doubt that the correct moral sentiment which prevails among us, 
 and the comparative exemption from dissipation and vice with 
 which we have ever been favored, is due largely to the example 
 and influence of those men. They were men of intelligence. 
 They knew and felt the importance of infusing into the community, 
 and especially into the minds of the young, a knowledge of the 
 world and of the things which were transpiring in the various 
 walks of life ; and so much of a knowledge of the arts and 
 sciences as would fit them for the various positions in life which 
 they might be called to fill. And, after caring for their own, and 
 the spiritual interests of those around them, one of their first 
 efforts was to provide schools suitable for the proper instruction 
 of the young. The first school in town was kept in the house of 
 James Stanchfield, in the winter of 1821-2. ' This was before the 
 incorporation of the town, and I infer must have been sustained 
 by private enterprise. It was, however, free to all who were able 
 
 *A. Cliapin, Esq. 
 
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22 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 to avail themselves of it. It was* taught by Lucius Hyde, and I 
 learn that there were about twenty scholars in all. The second 
 school was held in the same place the following- winter, and was 
 taught by Father Sawyer. In the summer of 1823, a school-house 
 
 was erected near the centre of the town, and the succeeding 
 winter the school, taught by Dr. Davison, was in that house. 
 For some years there was only one school in town; many of the 
 scholars going two or three miles to attend. Cut in those days, 
 and by those hardy pioneers, such a walk was not deemed the 
 hardship which it would now he considered. 
 
 In the year 1827 or 1828, a school was commenced in that part 
 of the town known as the Day neighborhood ; and soon the 
 various parts of the town had schools of their own. From that 
 time to the present, all the scholars in town have enjoyed a 
 convenient opportunity of attending school a part of each year. 
 
 In the year 1848, the first Academy was erected, thus affording 
 the scholars of this town and vicinity an opportunity to attend 
 school at seasons of the year when the district schools were 
 not in session, and also to pursue those studies not taught 
 in the common schools. This building Avas consumed by fire, 
 March, 1860, and replaced by the present Academy building the 
 next year. During the first four years after the organization of 
 the town, the sums raised for the support of schools amounted to 
 $250, while all other taxes, excepting that of labor on highways, 
 voted by the town, amounted to only 8280. Do we not see here 
 the foundation for the intelligence which has ever characterized 
 the inhabitants of our town ? 
 
 Some estimate of the intelligence of our people may be formed 
 from the fact, that at the present time, there are taken in this town, 
 with a population of not over seven hundred, one hundred seventy- 
 three numbers of Aveekly papers, eighty-four of monthlies, six 
 semi-monthly and five daily. Of the weekly papers, one hundred 
 nineteen are published in Maine, twenty-four in Massachusetts, 
 eleven in New York, one in New Hampshire, one in Vermont, 
 one in Illinois, two in Pennsylvania, one in Colorado, twelve in 
 Ohio, and one in Iowa. They were men of courage, energy and 
 
COMMEMORATION. 23 
 
 perseverance ; in a word, the men and women who came into the 
 wilderness*, and by their own labors, privations and hardships, 
 
 laid the foundations of the happy homes we now possess, were 
 plucky men and women. Meeting- obstacles with determination, 
 enduring hardships with fortitude, contending with poverty, and 
 suffering all the privations incident to a new settlement with 
 patience and perseverance. 
 
 These traits of character in these individuals, and their circum- 
 stances, together with the privations, labors and difficulties which 
 were the price paid for the privileges we now enjoy, will be 
 illustrated by a few anecdotes pertaining to the early settlement 
 of the town. But few of the many stories of those early days to 
 which I have listened with so much interest during the past few 
 days, shall I have time to mention now. In the spring of 1817, 
 Mrs. Doughty came from Abbot, and while her husband was 
 laboring to meet the present wants of the family, and clearing 
 land for a future crop, with only the assistance which her small 
 boys could give in piling the brush and burning off the same, with 
 her own hands planted the potatoes which she had purchased 
 with her own labor at one dollar a bushel. To do this, Mrs. D. 
 and her little boys had to walk some four miles. These potatoes 
 Mrs. Doughty watched and cared for with her own labor, and 
 helped to harvest in the autumn ; thus providing for the family 
 a very important part of their living during the first year they 
 resided in town. 
 
 When Mr. Goodell came from Monson, Mass., in 1818, to 
 explore the eastern half of the township, with the view of getting 
 up a colony to settle here, he stopped at Mr. Doughty's. The 
 object of his visit was known, and they were anxious to bestow 
 upon him all the attention they could, in order to make as 
 favorable an impression as possible upon his mind concerning the 
 place. But unfortunately they had no bread nor materials with 
 • which to make any; and their neighbors were as destitute as 
 themselves. Neither could they furnish their guest with any 
 meat, but there were potatoes in the ground, and corn in the field. 
 These thev gathered and cooked for dinner. On this food, and 
 the butter afforded them by their cow, they and company feasted. 
 
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 Neighbors were few and far between. Often many days would 
 pass, and no individuals except members of the family would be 
 seen. At one time, after Mr. Stanchtield's family moved into their 
 house, three or four weeks passed without their seeing any one ; 
 when, seeing some neighbors approaching, they were frightened, 
 supposing them to lie Indians. But these fears were groundless, 
 for the settlers in this vicinity were never troubled by the red man. 
 
 The nearest place where the inhabitants could get their grain 
 ground was Sangerville, and the first settlers were compelled to 
 carry their corn and wheat, often on their backs, twelv< miles, 
 most of the way through the woods, following a spotted line, 
 returning in the same way with the meal. It was considered a 
 day's work for a man thus to carry one bushel -to mill and return 
 witli the same at night. 
 
 Joseph D. Jackson says, when he was a boy it was his stent to 
 go to Sangerville and back with one-half bushel of corn or 
 wheat on his shoulder. As he grew larger he was required to 
 take three pecks, and when any boy could perform the journey in a 
 day and carry a bushel, he began to think himself a man. Much 
 of the time they were required to perform this task as often as 
 once a week. 
 
 In December, 1810, James Stanchfield, Jr., went to Sangerville 
 to null with a horse, carrying about three bushels of grain on the 
 horse's back. He got his grist and started for home about noon ; 
 had to ford the river and one brook, doing which he got wet. 
 This was the day long known as the "dark day, 1 ' when something 
 obscured the rays of the sun, so that soon after noon it began to 
 grow dark. When Mr. S. get as far as Capt. Chapin's, in Abbot, 
 he stopped, thinking to spend the night, but on finding the time 
 of day, he thought he could get home well enough and started on. 
 The remainder of the story I will relate, as nearly as possible, in 
 his own words: "When I got within about five miles of home, 
 I came to the green woods. There was but little more than a 
 spotted line. I found I could not follow the path and trusted to 
 the horse to find the way. I soon became satisfied that we were 
 going wrong. The horse refused to go. The darkness of night 
 now came on. I tried to go forward, but soon got entangled in 
 
COMMEMORATION. 25 
 
 some trees that were blown down, find I could not tell which way 
 to go. I had flint and spunk in my pocket, and tried to kindle a 
 fire, but soon dropped my flint and could not find it. I unloaded 
 the bags from the horse and made my supper of dry meal. I was 
 wet and grew very cold — a sort of ague fit attacked me, so that my 
 teeth chattered against each other. I was obliged to keep myself 
 from perishing with cold by stamping and walking around. In this 
 way I spent the night, not daring to sleep for fear of perishing. 
 As soon as it was light, I tied the horse, and went to look for 
 the path. I found thai I had wandered about half a mile out of 
 the way. I made my breakfast of dry meal and started for home ; 
 reached Mr. Rowe's about nine in the morning, suffering very 
 much with cold and fatigue." 
 
 The mode of traveling through the country in those days was 
 quite different from what it is now. No less than three families 
 came all the way from Monson, Mass., a distance of some three 
 hundred miles, with ox teams. Mr. Hiram Vinton and Calvin 
 Colton were three weeks making the journey, and Mr. R. Day 
 was four weeks, being detained on the road one week by sickness. 
 Deacon Cushman was fourteen days coming with his family from 
 Oxford, with the same means of conveyance, in February, iSiii', 
 finding the roads obstructed with snow part of the way. 
 
 Mrs. Sherman says : " One year, just about harvest time, we got 
 out of breadstuff, and so did our neighbors ; and for some days 
 we were obliged to live on potatoes, until we could thrash out a 
 little rye, which we dried in a kettle over the fire. The first 
 apples I saw in Monson, Mr. Sherman bought in Sangerville, 
 paying a bushel of corn for a bushel of very poor apples, and 
 bringing them home on his back ; and I suppose he carried the 
 corn from home in the same way." % 
 
 Mr. Joseph Jackson at one time went to Bangor with a horse, 
 and bought four bushels of corn. Finding this too much load 
 for his horse, he shouldered one bushel himself, and putting three 
 bushels on. his horse, in this manner transported his corn to his 
 home, a distance of fifty miles. 
 
 One spring, Deacon Goodell, after preparing his land for a 
 crop, was without a sufficient quantity of seed. So, leaving his 
 
26 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 home early in the morning, he went to Sangervill'e, a distance of 
 at least ten miles, and purchased Four bushels of wheat. This he 
 put in two bags, and shouldering one of them started for home. 
 When he grew weary with his load, he laid it down beside the 
 path and rested himself while returning for the other bag. This 
 he carried past the first, and again recuperated, his strength while 
 going back for the other bag of grain. Thus alternating between 
 carrying his load and returning for the same, he reached his 
 home the evening of the same day ; having traveled on foot not 
 less than forty miles, and one-half of fche distance with two 
 bushels of wheat on his back. This seems almost incredible, and 
 I would not relate it here were it not so well authenticated as to 
 leave in ray mind no doubt of its truth. 
 
 In the autumn of 1S'22, Hiram Vinton and Abel Janes, after 
 spending the summer here, started for their homes in Massa- 
 chusetts. They walked to Hallowed, where they took a boat for 
 Boston; arriving there they again started on foot. They spent 
 the night a short distance out of Boston. In the morning, 
 starting before light, they walked to Worcester, a distance of 
 thirty-five miles, before breakfast. Then stopping to buy some 
 gingerbread, they kept on their way, eating as they went. Mr. 
 Janes stopped in Brimfield, having walked only about sixty-four 
 miles, and just as the shades of night were coming on, Mr. Vinton 
 reached the village of Monson, having gone on foot during the 
 day, seventy-five miles. 
 
 Quite a number of families have lived in houses where only 
 part of the roof was shingled ; with only a part, and perhaps 
 none, of the ground covered with a floor ; and with no windows, the 
 light coming in through the cracks or through oiled paper. I 
 have heard my mother say that many times, while in her bed, she 
 lias looked out through the cracks in the sides of the house and 
 seen the stars. I might multiply these instances of hardship and 
 privation on the part of the early inhabitants of this town, but 
 these are sufficient to show us something of the difficulties to be 
 overcome in the settlement of a new place fifty years ago. 
 
 Half a century has passed since our town commenced its 
 existence, and what mighty changes have taken place within 
 
COMMEMORATION. 27 
 
 those fifty years. In the world of letters And of science, great 
 advancement has been witnessed; discoveries and inventions 
 have been made, which would have been pronounced impossible 
 by our fathers. The application of steam to machinery has 
 wrought a complete revolution in the method of traveling, both 
 by hind and by water, ami also in many of the manufacturing 
 interests of our country. The electric telegraph now, on light- 
 ning's wings conveys, from shore to shore, and from land to 
 land, the intelligence, which fifty years ago was weeks or months 
 in being transmitted. The implements used by our fathers in 
 agricultural and manufacturing pursuits, have long since been laid 
 aside as useless, and others, vastly superior both in appearance 
 and utility, have taken their places. 
 
 In the moral sentiments of the community, changes no less 
 important or noticeable have taken place. Fifty years ago, and 
 scarcely one, even in our own New England, had ventured to 
 raise his voice against that oppression which was even then 
 working for the destruction of our political and religious institu- 
 tions. Fifty years ago, and no one thought it any harm to use as 
 a beverage, intoxicating drinks; it was only the man who became 
 entirely drunk that was supposed to be in any danger; the 
 moderate and careful use of alcoholic drinks was then thought to 
 be not only harmless but absolutely necessary. In these and 
 many other matters, great changes for the better have been made. 
 
 It is true, that we cannot speak of growth in population or in 
 wealth, in any measure equal to that of many places, especially 
 of many parts of the western portion of our country. In the 
 rural towns of New England, growth in these respects is com- 
 paratively slow. There is in most of these towns — and that has 
 always been the case with us — a constant drain of the population 
 going to occupy the rich fields that are ever opening in the far 
 West, and inviting our young men to come and occupy them. A 
 very large portion of those who have been reared in our town 
 have gone to other parts of the land and some to foreign countries, 
 to find for themselves homes, while those that have remained and 
 those who have come among us, have but little more than kept 
 
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28 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 good the population of the place*. This constant emigration of 
 our citizens, and especially of the young, seems discouraging ; but 
 we do well to remember that they are gone to exert an influence 
 upon the character of the communities where they dwell; and 
 many of them are helping to form'the sentiment of the young 
 and rapidly growing places in our western States. Thus is the 
 circle of influence which pervades our own and most New England 
 towns, extending itself and being felt all over the land. 
 
 I have often wondered what would be the condition and the 
 prospects of our western States, if the influences which have gone 
 and are continually going from New England, were cut off. We 
 have been considering the condition of our town fifty years ago, 
 and comparing in our minds then with now. Let us look forward 
 as far as we are able into the years to come, and ask ourselves 
 what shall be the future of our community? It is for us largely 
 to shape the destinies, and to mould the characters of our posterity. 
 We have received a rich legacy from our fathers, not of gold and 
 of silver, but rather of piety and of true moral worth. This it is 
 for us to hand down to our posterity, unimpaired and improved. 
 If we cultivate those virtues, and imitate those traits of character 
 which we admire in those who have gone before us, then may we^ 
 expect that those who shall come after us will cherish our memories 
 with affection, and be made better by striving to imitate our 
 examples. 
 
 Fifty years hence, and who will be the actors on the stage of 
 life in this place ? This we cannot tell; but of this much there 
 can be but little doubt: the voice that now addresses you, and 
 most of the ears that now listen to me, will be still and dull in 
 death. We shall most of us have passed away, and others will 
 have taken our places. The seasons will come and go, the sun 
 will shine as brightly and the showers descend as softly as now. 
 The earth will annually yield its reward to the toiling husband- 
 men, but another generation will reap the fruits of the earth and 
 rejoice in the beauties of nature and the bounties of Providence, 
 while we shall be sleeping in our graves and our names perhaps 
 almost forgotten. But the influence of our lives will still live. 
 
COMMEMORATION. 20 
 
 Rev. A. II. Tyler and Hon. S. A. Patten, followed the address 
 
 with happy and appropriate remarks, alluding to the christian 
 character of the early settlers, and the results of their teaching 
 upon the present generation. 
 
 TV". S. Knowlton set the house in good humor by reading the 
 following poem : 
 
 AULD LANG SYNE. 
 
 Would you of the old times hear, 
 The times of Auld Lang Syne ? 
 When gloomy forests, dark and drear 
 With spruce and hemlock, birch and pine, 
 Were hiding place for deer and moose, 
 And wolf and bear and " luncumsloose ? " 
 Where now your happy dwellings are 
 With pastures, fields and gardens fair ? 
 Would you like to hear the story 
 How they fought their savage foes 
 Till with blood the shirt was gory 
 Killing fleas and musquitoes ? 
 
 Their homes they built within the wood, 
 Where lofty pine in beauty stood ; 
 Beside the lake, whose foamy spray- 
 Like bridal vail hung o'er the way ; 
 Where oft, with line and baited hook, 
 To tempt the froutlet from its nook, 
 They sought relief from every care, 
 But oftener sought a breakfast there. 
 
 Well, listen now and I will tell, 
 
 How each performed his labor ; 
 How uncle Joseph dug his well 
 
 For every friend and neighbor. 
 
 From early dawn till darkness set, 
 
 They heard his pickax go ; 
 Not fast enough to make him sweat, 
 
 But force in every blow. 
 
30 SEMT-CEKTENKIAL 
 
 So, when a neighbor was athirst, ' 
 
 In dubious hesitation 
 He sent for uncle Royal first, 
 
 To make examination. 
 
 He felt Dame nature's beating pulse, 
 
 To find her water courses, 
 And made, with pliant hazel sprout, 
 
 A sort of "diagnosis." 
 
 And when he'd found the jugular, 
 
 Straight to the fountain leading, 
 Good unele Joe would seize the bar, 
 
 And soon would set it bleeding. 
 
 For uncle James they next would go; 
 
 He'd put a pump within it. 
 Zounds! how the water it would throw — 
 
 A barrel in a minute. 
 
 How uncle Ben the mail "put through ;" 
 
 Was coach and horse and driver too ; 
 
 And how, for miles, at night and morn, 
 
 Tie waked the babies with his horn — 
 
 Bought sugar, tea and household stuff, 
 
 Tobacco, pipes, and spice and snuff 
 
 For all the town, then homeward tramped in happy glee, 
 
 And echoes waked with sweet "Dundee." 
 
 How uncle O r sold rum, 
 
 Tobacco, gin and candy, 
 Bought shingles, clapboards, wheat and gum, 
 
 And paid for them in brandy. 
 He never aid to runners lent, 
 
 But bought his goods in "Bostin," 
 And always thought that three per cent. 
 
 Meant three times what they cost him. 
 
 Their luxuries were scant and few, 
 But they would .sit and chew and chew 
 
COMMEMORATION. 31 
 
 And chow spruce gum, at work or play, 
 
 From early dawn to close of day; 
 
 And then to bed reluctant creep 
 
 And lie and chew themselves to sleep. 
 
 So when a lover went to see 
 
 Sweet Sally Jane, or Naomi, 
 
 She always smiled to see him come 
 
 If he had pockets filled with gum. 
 
 And they would sit and chew and talk, 
 
 And "cuds" of gum would slily "swop." 
 
 And how those awful "tything men," 
 
 With faces puritanic, 
 
 The idle boys and godless men 
 
 Dispersed in sudden panic. 
 
 And if a beau by chance was seen 
 
 With her he most did care for, 
 
 They sternly asked " Where have you been ? " 
 
 "And what have you been there for?" 
 
 They gave their children scripture names, 
 
 Rebecca, Ruth and Hannah, 
 
 Xehemiah, Solomon and James, 
 
 Naomi and Susanna. 
 
 And sometimes I have heard them tell 
 
 What things at raisings oft befel, 
 
 What piles of pork and beans they'd eat, 
 
 And pumpkin pies and pounds of meat, 
 
 How they would wrestle, dance and jump, 
 
 And use the jug much more than pump. 
 
 If right my memory serves me still, 
 
 It took a drink to lay the sill, 
 
 Two drinks to raise a post upright, 
 
 One to lift and one to sight. 
 
 To raise a beam they needed two 
 
 To keep their nerves both staunch and true, 
 
 And every rafter you must see 
 
32 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 Required not less than two'or three. 
 Thus when they'd got the ridge-pole up, 
 They had to tip the jug straight up. 
 And once when they'd the building raised, 
 A liking took to husking maize, 
 And so they cut the half-ripe corn, 
 And husked and danced till early dawn, 
 But then they found by break of day 
 The cobs were much less corned than they. 
 
 The hoys were taught to chop and hoe, 
 To hold the plough, to reap and mow, 
 To ride the colt, the steers to break, 
 To use and not to play the rake, 
 To pile and burn, and "spud in" corn, 
 And rise from bed at early dawn 
 To tend the pigs, and cows and flock, 
 And go to bed at eight o'clock, 
 And ne'er allowed to " sparking" run 
 Till they arrived at twenty-one. 
 But when a lover felt at last 
 An awful longing for a las-, 
 He'd first to ma' and daddy hie 
 > With blushing cheek and sheepish eye, 
 
 And ask, as though in colic pain, 
 "Please — Sir — may — I — have Sally Jane?" 
 
 The girls were taught to knit and sew, 
 
 To card the wool, and spin the tow, 
 
 And weave the dress they wore to dance, 
 
 Or Church, or school, and when, perchance, 
 
 A lover called, as sweetly looked in homespun tow 
 
 As costly silk or calico. 
 
 They tied their hair up in a knot, 
 
 Each satisfied with what she'd got, 
 
 And never tried their looks to spoil, 
 
 By " rats" or "mice " or " waterfall.'' 
 
COMMEMORATION. 33 
 
 They milked the cow and butter make, 
 In haying helped the old man rake; 
 Drop all the corn and pumpkin seed, 
 The hens, and ducks, and goslings feed. 
 They'd on old Dolly's bare back hop, 
 Take her to mill or blacksmith shop; 
 And then to qnil tings how they flocked; 
 Of household 'fairs so glibly talked — 
 How many skeins had Betsey spun ! 
 What awful washings Jane had done! 
 How many turkeys they had got 
 Besides the ten a skunk had caught. 
 Much better thus the time to spend, 
 Than whispering scandal of a friend. 
 
 Thomas N. Lord, Preceptor of the Academy, who had been 
 engaged to prepare a poem for the occasion, remarking that ill 
 health had prevented him from preparing such a production aa 
 he had intended, read the following poem on Life : 
 
 LIFE. 
 
 The firmament above to firmament 
 Beneath permits, at God's command, the 
 Lain to fall. The venerable hill, stretching 
 Its cloud-capt summit heavenward, detains 
 Ere is begun its course, the water drop, 
 And into that channel to man's mind 
 Comprehensible directs it. To the 
 Hidden spring it hies its way, and there finds 
 The starting point of its terrestrial 
 Pilgrimage. Mingling and commingling with 
 Its kind, it is now one of the ocean bound 
 Necessities; teaching to man the fact 
 That the mighty whole is of little things 
 Composed. And small the beginning 
 Of mighty results. Such, methinks, is man's beginning. 
 From the same source he springs, and by the same 
 3 
 
34 SEMI-CENTENNIAL 
 
 Direction finds himself at the source of 
 Life's boundless ocean — Eternity. Through the rivulet 
 Of childhood, over sandy and flower strewn 
 Courses; through the shady nook which 
 Shields from the sun's too hot rays ; protected 
 From circumstances too harsh and grating, 
 That no compunctious visitings of Nature 
 Rest too heavily upon it ; by its 
 Surroundings admired for its purity, 
 Smoothly it glides on, all too rapidly, 
 Its waters, unnoticed, flowing into and 
 Mysteriously disappearing in the more 
 Turbulent waters of Youth. Here it is 
 Dashed about and thrown on rocks that 
 Fain would stop its course. But still onward, 
 Over fall and cascade, into eddies where it 
 Would glad remain and bask in the sun- 
 Light of misconceived happiness. But its ' 
 Mission is unperformed, and again ! 
 It is whirled into the resistless tide, and beneath 
 The surface of manhood, where alternately 
 It laughs and moans beneath its burden, and 
 With less of novelty it among its kindred passes. 
 Manifold and varied 
 In its course, are its constant changes, 
 Till nearing the mouth of Life's river, it 
 Finds tranquility. More smoothly runs its 
 Tide, broader its expanse, widening for 
 The fuller and more complete crystal drop 
 That shall so soon enter the broad, boundless 
 Deep, where Humanity, forgetful of 
 Itself, shall burst into fullness of glory. 
 As the drop upon the mountain top, whose 
 Cradle is the fountain, seeks for its bed — 
 The ocean, so man, cradled in the arms 
 Of Time seeks rest, and at last pillows 
 
COMMEMORATION. 35 
 
 His head confidently at his journey's 
 End and sleeps lulled by the tide ripple 
 Of Eternity. 
 
 Anecdotes of the early settlers, pioneer life, and " ye olden 
 tyme" Avere related by J. D. Jackson, Dea. Cushman and Joseph 
 Green. 
 
 The choir, assisted by many of the old singers, enlivened the 
 occasion by singing the grand old tunes of "Hallowell, New 
 Jerusalem," &c, and closed the exercises, in the hall, by singing 
 " America". 
 
 The audience were then invited to the room below, and partook 
 of an old-fashioned supper, prepared by the ladies of the place. 
 After the guests had indicated their appreciation of the repast 
 in a satisfactory manner, toasts were drank, responses made, and 
 good cheer abounded. 
 
 Notwithstanding the bad condition of the roads, the attendance 
 was very good ; and each one felt that the occasion had been one 
 lomr to be remembered. 
 
 APPEN DIX. 
 
 Names of those who entered the Army from the town of 
 monson during the rebellion, 1861-1865. 
 t John H. Andrews, George F. Dearborn, 
 
 Elias T. Andrews, Charles E. Dearborn, 
 
 || Thomas Arnold, Wm. H. Dermott, 
 
 George H. Bray, * Ezekiel Elliott, 
 
 || Daniel C. Brazier, Henry M. Folsom, 
 
 Wm. Buck, Jr., Thomas W. Flint, 
 
 * Wm. H. Buck, || Frank Gates, 
 
 •Killed in battle or died from effects of wounds received in battle, 
 t Sickened and died while in service. 
 t Reached home to die. 
 II Wounded in the service. 
 
36 
 
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 John Chick, 
 || Morrill G. Curtis, 
 % David S. Curtis, 
 || Rufus G. Curtis, Jr., 
 
 Daniel Cunningham, 
 | Albert W. Chapin, 
 * George II. Cushman, 
 | Moses G. Colomy, 
 
 Charles E. Coloiny, 
 f Eben P. Davis, 
 || George A. Davis, 
 
 George Doughty, 
 
 Henry A. Ilussey, 
 
 Henry Iliggins, 
 
 Lloyd Howard, 
 || Bradish B. Jackson, 
 | John II. Jackson, 
 
 Joseph T. Jackson, 
 *Favel B. Jackson, 
 
 Albert F. Jackson, 
 
 Thomas W. Knight, 
 
 Jack Lam out, 
 
 Joseph Lambert, Jr., 
 . Charles II. Lord, 
 *Almon C." Morton, 
 
 John MeDermott, 
 
 Daniel McKcnney, 
 
 John II. McKenney, 
 f Granville McKenney, 
 
 W. D. McKenney, 
 t Cyrus McKenney, 
 
 || Charles A. Gates, 
 
 f Dexter Goodwin, 
 
 Samuel Goodwin, 
 
 Albert Goodwin, 
 
 t f George Goodwin, 
 
 Stinson Goodwin. 
 
 Merritt Goodwin, 
 
 Abram Coding, 
 || Ilermon R. Green, 
 
 Tliaddeus Green, 
 ||M.'ircellus W.Hall, 
 
 Jeremiah Hill, 
 
 Sylvan us B. Macomber, 
 f Melvnnder Packard, 
 
 Simeon D. Packard, 
 f Orin Piper, 
 t Simon D. Ranlett, 
 % Seth W. Roberts, 
 
 Adelbert A. Simonds, 
 
 Edwin C. Stanchfield, 
 
 John C. Stanchfield, 
 t Mark P. Steward, 
 
 Moses Steward, 
 * John M. Steward, 
 
 Brown B. Steward, 
 || Sylvanus B. Steward, 
 t William P. Steward, 
 
 Seth W. Steward, 
 f Edward P. Scales, 
 || Win. T. Sibley, 
 
 Nathaniel Swett, 
 || Robert T. Thomas, 
 
 Adoniram J. Townes, 
 
 John Tebbetts, Jr., 
 
 George W. Tebbetts, 
 || Thomas A. Trask, 
 
 Charles A. Went worth, 
 f Dennis II. Witham, 
 
 Win. Watt. 
 
 BKKKY, 1'ltlNTEK, POKTLANO. 
 
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