{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2808", "width": "1887", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Glass\\nBook\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2537", "width": "1690", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": ".0;\\nTHE\\nt\\ni\\n0,\\nI:\\nI\\nOF THE TOWN OF\\nBI\u00c2\u00a5lLllil\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE\\nBY\\nREV. SIMEON BOLLES\\nWOODSVILLE, N. H.:\\nENTERPRISE PRINTING HOUSE\\n1883\\ni\\nm EARLY HISTORY i\\nm\\nm", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2475", "width": "1664", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE\\nEARLY HISTORY\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094OF THE\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nBETHLEHEM,\\nNEW HAMPSHIRE\\n-BY\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nREV. SIMEON BOLLES\\nw^\\nWOODSVILLE, N. H:\\nENTERPRISE PRINTING HOUSE.\\n1888.", "height": "2548", "width": "1659", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "Entered according to Act of Congress, June 23, 1883,\\nBy Rev. Simeon Bolles, Bethlehem, N. H.,\\nIn the Office r.f t -ie 1 ihrr.iian if Congress, at Washinaton,", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PREFACE,\\nThe interest felt by many in preserving the early\\nhistory of Bethlehem as well as the importance of these\\nrecords and the opportunities for obtaining such infor-\\nmation is annually decreasing. It was apparent that\\nunless soon collected and put in form to be retained they\\nwould be lost to view in that darkness that follows close\\nly the march of time.\\nAs no one seemed willing to undertake the task I\\niiave secured what facts I could in so short a time and\\nI now present them to the public. The style of writin-\\nmay vary but the facts presented lose none of their le\\ngitimate importance or interest.\\nS. B.\\nBethlehem, August 3. 1883", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "E. B. Wallace, Publisher and Printer,\\nWoodsville. N.H.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE\\nEARLY HISTORY\\nOF\\nTHE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H.\\nCHAPTER I.\\nWhile somn parts of our country are fuvnisli-\\niii^- conclusive proof, in the form of mounds, for-\\ntifications and other relics of various kinds, that\\na race were dwellers in the Western World long\\nl)efore and superior to the red man in develop-\\nment, if not by nature, we have no proof that\\nBethlehem was ever inhabited or even known to\\nexist by any human being prior to the existence\\nof the North iVmerican Indian; and w^e failto find\\nconclusive evidence that the red man ever chose\\nthis spot for a permanent home. N b doubt the\\nuncultivated children of the forest (being lovers\\nof nature,) came at times to hunt and fish or to\\nenjoy a few wrecks of pleasure in nature s wild\\nretrvai, and it mav be that these commodious", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "2 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nstructures that furnish pleasant homes for the\\nmany tourists who annually visit this lovely sj^ot,\\nhave been erected on the same grounds that were\\nonce utihzed by the red man on wliich to con-\\nstruct his wigwam. Who can say that on the\\nsame identical spot beneath the overhanging\\nbranches of some forest king, in twilight hour, a\\nwood-nymph being the only witness, the dark-\\nskinned warrior did not woo and win his dusky\\nmate?\\nWhile the mound builders were unconsciously\\nmaking records that would reveal the fact to fu-\\nture generations that they once existed, that\\nwhich is now Bethlehem was clothed with prime-\\nval upland grandeur beautified by nature s own\\nadornments. No sound of the woodman s axe,\\nno crack of the hunter s rifle, no merry laugh of\\nhappy children were heard and no familiar bell\\nawoke the echoes of Sabbath morning calling\\nthe people to church. The morning and evening-\\nstars saw no change and setting sun bid adieu,\\n(not a final farewell,) kissing tree-tops and hill-\\nside with his departing rays to greet them again\\non the morrow. Thus things continued without\\nany essential change during periods of ui^^xnown\\nlength. Could an observer have been permitted", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, K H 3\\nto look upon this enchaiitino- spot from his home\\non some planet far off in the regions of space,\\nhis thoughts might have been something like the\\nfollowing: Thou Invisible One! Why such lav-\\nish display of Tiiy creative power in that unin-\\nhabited region with gradual sloping grounds,\\nmore conspicuous elevations, plats and valleys\\ncovered with forest kings with giant forms inter-\\nspersed with various specimens of the floral king-\\ndom? No human beings enjoy the beauties of\\nthis favored spot for none are there. Why is it\\nthus? Echo repeats, Why? and the sound\\ndies away in ethereal space.\\nAfter the lapse of ages the question is answer-\\ned. In harmony with the Creators wise arrang-\\nment of things his plans are gradually unfolded\\nto the comprehension of man. Things created\\nfor the benefit of our race and the uses that the\\nCreator designed that man should make of them,\\nare made known to him as fast as man s upward\\nprogress and development require such knowl-\\nedge. The North American Indian had no use\\nfor oar, coal or petroleum stored away by their\\nCreator beneath the surface of the globe and he\\nknew Uiit Httle or nothing of their existence.\\nBut when society became civilized and enhghten-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "4 THE EARL Y HISTOIi Y OF THE\\ned there were correspondiiijjf needs to be sup-\\nplied, and in harmony with the Creator s plan\\nmans knowledge of these hidden *treasiires, with\\nability to obtain and iitihze tliern, was co-extensive\\nwith the demand for them. Crowded cities, close\\napplication to business and unhealthy climate\\nnecessitated rest, a change of scenery and atmos-\\nphere. While causes were creating a necessity\\nfor such a change, causes were preparing places\\nwhere such changes could be obtained. Civiliza-\\ntion was on the march, and hardy pioneers found\\ntheir way to this hilly region, gradually the pop-\\nulation increased and usurped the laws of nature\\nand woodland glor}^ disappeared before the state-\\nly tread of civilization. The hand of industry\\nutilzed the primeval forest and flowing streams,\\nwhile the virgin soil yielded an abundant harvest.\\nAt this point we leave the subject and go back\\nto an ealiier date in the history of the town. It\\nwas early dawn in the beautiful morning when\\nthe feathered tribe were stopped and startled in\\nthe midst of their early songs, wild beasts were\\ndisturbed in their lairs and old Bruin sat upon his\\nhaunches, while the nimble squirrel ascended to\\nthe top-most branch of some stately tree to un-\\nderstand, if possible, the meaning of those strange", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 5\\nsounds and wonderful sights but being new to\\nthem they could not solve the mystery, for they\\nnow beheld for the first time, the camp of the\\nwhite man, with its ascending smoke they heard\\nthe sound of the wood-man s axe as stroke after\\nstroke was vigorously appHed, and the meaning\\nof all this was that the wild occupants of the for-\\nrest could no longer hold undisputed sway over\\nthat part of natures wild domain and more, it\\nwas the precursor of important events, a link in\\nthe long chain of cause and effect by which the\\nCreator governs the world. It was a harbinger of\\nthe day when Bruin must live a more retired life\\nor retreat before the advancing tide, when game\\nof all kinds must for their own safety keep a\\nsharp lookout for their new but deadly foe, when\\nthe beauties of well cultivated fiields would sup-\\nplant woodland glory, when log cabins would dis-\\nappear before an increasing number of more com-\\nmodius and better constructed framed buHdings\\nwhen school and meeting houses shuld dot the\\nplace, standing like so many guardian angels to\\nprotect the best interests of society, when rail-\\nroads, telegraph and telephone would connect\\nthis town with Boston and other great cities,\\nwhen Bethlehem Street would witness the com-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "6 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\ning and going of the majestic iron horse, when\\nthis locaHty would become a theme of conversa-\\ntion in all parts of the civilized world and thous-\\nands be attracted hither b} its natural scenery\\nand the wonderful powor of its atmosphere to re-\\nstore health to suffering invalids.\\nKnowledge and fame of the real value of Beth-\\nlehem as a summer resort is increasing in this\\nand foreign lands with a corresponding increase\\nof annual travel to this place of beauty and won-\\nderful sights. Looking far back into the past\\nand peering away into the comparitively unknown\\nfuture, who can define or limit the resources and\\nability of Bethlehem to accommodate guests, or\\nthe demand that shall be made upon her? Who\\ncan tell what the ultimatum will be?\\nCHAPTER 2.\\nFrom various sources we gather the following-\\nrelative to the early liistory of Bethlehem.\\nAdventurous spirits are never lacking in num-\\nber or willingness to explore unknown regions.\\nEestless and daring with great physical powers\\nand constitution like iron, they were adapted by\\nnature for fultilling their important but hazard-", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, K H 7\\nous mission. They find no charms in city life or\\nin a quiet rural home, they court hardships and\\ndelight in dangers connected Avith a forest Hfe\\nfar beyond the boundary of civilization. It was\\na iDart of the Creator s wise arrangement of things\\nthat forest grandeur would yield to superior pow-\\ner which could not be accomphshed without the\\naid of bold and energetic characters whose names\\nand individual deeds of daring, to a great extent,\\nare now unknown, being buried in the debris of\\nthe past, but the results of their labors continue\\nto exist.\\nBethlehem was not exempt fi om those restless\\nfeet and keen searching eyes that sought to pen-\\netrate to the depths of nature s secrets and reveal\\nthe mysteries of her most secluded abodes, and\\nwhen success had crowned their efforts they pic-\\ntured in glowing terms and picturesque language\\n(though lacking in those rhetorical adornments\\nthat might embelish the writings of Hterary men,\\nyet with great power being inspired by enchant-\\ning surroundings,) what they found recorded in\\nthe great book of nature. News of its discovery\\nwith its many advantages of beautiful scenery,\\nforests and flowers, its ripphng streams and nat-\\nural water power, productive soil and puritv of", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "8 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nnever-failing springs, spread with great rapidity\\nalong the borders of civilization and soon became\\nthe theme of conversation at public gatherings,\\nwith laboring men in their daily toil and at the\\nfamily hearth-stone children sat on father s knee\\nto hear the wonderful story aud lovers gravely\\nconsulted together as to the feasibility of begin-\\nning a wedded life in the promised land.\\nThe tirst to awaken slumbering echoes by es-\\ntablishiu*2; permanent homes mid the grandeur of\\nprimeval beauty, were Benjamin Brown aud Jo-\\nnas Warren from Massachusetts. This was in\\n1787 or 1788. For a time there were only three\\nfamilies in town, the two above named and an-\\nother the name of which, from whence they came,\\nhow long they resided here, or whither they went,\\nwe can find no trace. Mr. Warren located on^\\nthe place now occupied by Charles Blandin they\\nhad four children, Otis, Betsy, Jonas and Anna.\\nMr. Brown settled on the farm known as James\\nBean place on the South Road. They had eleven\\nchildren, named Abigail, Frances, Marcus, Benj-\\namin, Ida, Cynthia, Anna, Susannah, Triphena,\\nOliver and Mahala. Marcus died in Bethlehem\\nleaving one son and one daughter who now re-\\nside in town. Two of the eleven children above", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 9\\nnamed, Benjamin and Ida were twins, the first\\npair born in town.\\nIn the spring of 1790 James Turner began his\\nsettlement on Lloyd s Hill, there being at that\\ntime only two families in town; afterwards dur-\\ning the same year others came. In March, 1794,\\nLot Woodbury settled in town, he came from\\nRoylston, Mass., bringing his family and effects\\non an ox sled.\\nThe shorter month of February had lived out\\nits time and the longer days of March with their\\npiercing cold were now in line of march following\\nclosely its predecessor. The ground was clothed\\nin its pure white garments so beautifully adapted\\nto the winter season in this northern clime. The\\nrippling brook and murmuring rill were hushed\\nin silence bound by fetters of ice and clothed\\nwith a silvery sheen. The cold breath of frozen\\nnorth with icy coldness penetrating every nook\\nand corner. Its chilling influence caused fond\\nmothers to be more careful of their little ones and\\ntravelers instinctively wrapped more closely\\naround tlemsalves their outer garments. Snow\\nbirds continued to come daily to doors and win-\\ndows of friendly dwellings in quest of food in the\\nform of bits of bread or cold potatoes from the", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "10 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nremnants of a well-spread table that chanced to\\ntind its way to the exterior of the buildings, and\\noccasionally a group of little children with eyes\\nsparkling with delight and showing extreme\\npleasure, might have been seen with busy hands\\nfetching crumbs to their charming little visitors,\\nwhile a solitary crow might have made his pres-\\nence known by his accustomed haw, moving\\nlazily on the wing as if in search of food or signs\\nof warmer weather but the time had not come for\\nthe warm blushes of spring to dispel that frigid\\nlook that covered the face of Nature.\\nIn the town of Roylston, Mass., at the time of\\nwhich we are writing, there might have been seen\\nan unusual stir that showed conclusively that an\\nimportant event was near at hand not unlike\\nthose scenes transpiring to a greater or less ex-\\ntent along the borders of civilization. Neighbors\\ngathered at this central point of attraction not to\\nconverse on the general topics of the day, but to\\nshare in those scenes and witness those events in\\nwhich they felt a special interest no pleasing\\nstory WAS rehearsed or jovial language used, no\\nmerry peals of laughter or songs of mirthful im-\\nport saluted the ear, but solemnity bended over\\nthis little group of anxious friends, for their", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLUHEM, N. K 11\\nhearts were sad and their eves were filled with\\nflowing tears.\\nThe wood in the old fashioned tire-place had\\nnot been replenished for some little time, the large\\nfore-stick- and huge back-log had been converted\\ninto glowing enjbers by the devoui ing element\\nand a small tallow candle was burning low in its\\niron socket, whose dim and flickering light gave\\na dreary aspect to various objects within the room,\\nharmonizing with the feelings of the little compa-\\nny. Warm grasping of hands, a fervent parting\\nkiss, and ejaculations of my best wishes I leave\\nwith 3 ou, don t forget us, and may God bless\\nus all ends the scene within. Before the door of\\nthe dwelling stood a yoke of oxen attached to a\\nsled on w^hich might have been seen household\\neffects, provisions, and a small amount of farm-\\ning implements, the family now coming forward\\ntaking their allotted seats, the load was complet-\\ned, when all being ready the team moved on. The\\nsky was cloudless and the twinkhng stars still\\nshown in all their glory for twilight had not come\\nto dim their heavenly beauty.\\nSlowly and silently the subject of our narative\\nmoves onward and when day dawned they were\\nbeyond the sight of their once hapi)y home", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "12 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nThis family consisted of Lot AVoodbury and wife,\\none pair of twins named Zariali and Oliver, about\\ntwo years old, and Asa about six weeks of age.\\nAsa died in this town loved and respected by all\\nwho knew him, being a prominent man and a\\ngood citizen, leaving behind him an influence for\\ngood which none but a kind, benevolent, true-\\nhearted, and practical Christian can. We can\\npicture in our imagination the feehngs and emo-\\ntions of those anxious parents as they journeyed\\nin the twilight of morning; fields and gardeiis\\nwere being left in the rear, familiar objects and\\nloving friends had been seen by them (it might\\nbe for the last time) and the certainty of what\\nthey left behind and the uncertainty of that\\nwhich was before them made it a moment of in-\\ntense interest to those thoughtful travelers.\\nWhile contemplating the hardships that await-\\ned them in their forest home, the j^ossible dan-\\ngers from wild beasts, cold, and hunger, they\\nwere cheered with the thought that warm hearts\\nand welcome greetings awaited them on their ar-\\nrival. As the cold increased with the rising sun\\nthe fond mother cared for the twins as best she\\ncould, at the same time hugging her babe more\\nclosely to her throbbing bosom. Slowly and wear-", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 13\\nilj the day wore on, nigtit was approacliing, twi-\\nlight came silently on as the brightness of day\\nbegan to recede. The sun had gone to rest in\\nits far off western liome, giant forms stood mo-\\ntionless in tlie piercing cold of the evening air,\\nwhile their branches moved to and fro like spec-\\ntral forms in a stirring breeze far in the frozen\\nnorth, but the children heeded it not being wrap-\\nped in bonds of quiet slumber. In a short time a\\ncomfortable shelter was secured for the night\\nand thus ended the iirst daj s journey.\\nIn the morning, refreshened in body and spir-\\nits, they continued on their way. Day after day\\nthey moved slowly on surrounded by the same\\ngeneral scenery, good and poor roads, forests\\nand cultivated patches of land with here and\\nthere a lonely dwelling, hills and valleys met\\ntheir sight, while the sameness of the teamster s\\nvoice and language, the likeness of the cries and\\nprattling noise of the little ones and calm, sooth-\\ning voice of the fond, careful mother all combin-\\ned to make their long tedious journey a monoto-\\nnous one.\\nIn due time they reached the brook in the\\nlittle valley about a mile west of Bethlehem\\nStreet and began to ascend the hill. The oxen,", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "14 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nweary and worn by the heavy load they had\\ndrawn and great distance they had come, moved\\non mindful of the fact that the end was near,\\nbut by much and constant urging with a vig-\\norous given imperative command of Gee Star,\\nHaw Line, or Walie up my boy, which awoke\\nmany slumbering echoes, the jaded team was in-\\nduced to obey the driver s voice and to move on,\\nstopping every four rods to rest.\\nThe knowledge of their near proximity to their\\nfuture place of residence acted on the minds of\\nMr. and Mrs. Woodbury like magic power: for\\nthe moment forgeting their hardships and weari-\\nness of body and mind, they were exultant\\nwith joy at the near realization of their long\\ncherished hopes. The children seemed to catch\\nthe inspiration, for the twins talked more gladful\\nin their childish way and baby came in for a\\nshare with an increasing prattle. In their frame\\nof mind the parents descanted on beauties of\\nNature that surrounded them on either side, and\\nso charming to them was the scenery that Mrs.\\nWoodbury likened theu journey up the hill to\\nthat of ascending the hill of Zion. They soon\\nreached their place of destination. Halting be-\\nfore the cabin door of Jonas Warren where", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 15\\nthey were to stay until a home of then* own\\ncould be prepared.\\nThe twins referred to in this narrative were the\\nfirst brought to Lloyd s Hill. The only surviv-\\ning member of Lot Woodbury s family is widow\\nWilder, the mother of Horace W. Wilder, the\\nproprieter of the poj^ular Centennial House.\\nMrs. Wilder was born in Bethlehem, which place\\nhas been her home up to the present time she is\\nthe oldest person born in the town who is living\\nthere. She is cared for by her son Horace W.\\nThe oldest person in town is Isaac Newton\\nGay, born in Massachusetts in 1796.\\nThe part that Mrs. Woodbury acted in estab-\\nlishing a new home in a distant forest seems\\nmore like the work of vivid imagination than\\nof stern reality, but from the landing of the pil-\\ngrims on the ice-clad Rock of Plymouth, bold\\nand brave women were ready to share in all the\\nprivations of a pioneer life. To much cannot be\\nsaid in praise of those women who acted so con-\\nspicuous a part in laying the foundation for the\\nfuture prosperity of Bethlehem. They were not\\nonly resolute and fearless but also persons of\\nstrong mind with good moral, christian character.\\nThey faithfully performed their duties as wives,", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "16 THE EARL Y HIS TOR Y OF THE\\nmothers and daughters at the same time render-\\ning material aid in clearing, putting seed\\nin the groand in the spring-time and in\\ngathering their scanty harvest in the autumnal\\nseason in fact there was no labor in which they\\ndid not have a hand to a greater or less extent.\\nThe light and cheer imparted by the females of\\nthose early times was not confined alone to their\\nown cabins, but it extended to every family in\\nthe little settlement, they imparted life to social\\ngatherings, and their hopeful word and strong,\\nsympathetic feelings imparted comfort and new\\nlife to the sick and disheartened. The names\\nand deeds of those self-sacrificing women, who\\nso patiently and heroicly contended with great\\nhardships and perils in planting the germ of civ-\\nilization and in fostering the growth or enlight-\\nened society amid the the primeval forests that\\nthen covered our now well-cultivated uplands and\\nvalleys, deserve to be held in grateful remem-\\nbrance by those who now enjoy the benefits of\\ntheir labors and when the last vestige of their\\nnoble deeds shall have disappeared and time\\nshall have rendered epitaphs illegible and even\\nthe headstone has crumbled and lost its identity\\nin the great whole from wiiich it was taken, and", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 17\\nwliile the undying inilnence of those truly noble\\nwomen shall silently continue to work out its glo-\\nrious mission, may recollections of them be en-\\ngraven on the mind to the latest posterity.\\nIsaac Newton Gay came into town in 1800.\\nOf a Balm Gilead tree near the residence of A.\\nS. Phillips, J\\\\Ir. Gay says, On my seventh birth-\\nday, June 6, 1803, I set it out with my own\\nhands; there were two of them, but one died.\\nNathaniel Snow, father of the Nathaniel Snow\\nwho died in this town, originally surveyed Beth-\\nlehem, and tiie compass used is now in the pos-\\nse sion of Reuben Baker.\\nCHAPTERS.\\nBethlehem was incorporated Dec. 27, 1799. It\\nwas originally called Lloyd s Hill; the first town\\nmeetings were in 1800, and the following are\\ncopies of their records\\nAt a legal meeting of the legal voters of the\\ntown of Bethlehem, held on Tuesday, the fourth\\nday of March, A. D. 1800, voted as follows:\\nSworn 1. Made choice of Moses Eastman for\\na moderator.\\nSworn 2. Made choice of Moses Eastman for\\na Town Clerk.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "18 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nSworn 3. Made choice of Moses Eastman ior\\nthe tirst select man.\\nSworn 4. Made choice of Nathaniel Snow for\\nthe second ditto.\\nSworn 5. Made choice of Amos Wheeler for\\nthe third ditto.\\nSworn 6. Made choice of Edward Oakes for a\\nConstable.\\nSworn 7. Made choice of Edward Oakes for a\\ncollector.\\nSworn 8. Made choice of Simeon Bui t for a\\nHighway Surveyor.\\nSworn 9. Made choice of John Gile for a\\nHighway Surveyor.\\nSworn 10. Made choice of Edward Oakes for\\na Highway Surveyor.\\nSworn 11. Made choice of Lot Woodbury for\\na fence viewer.\\nSworn 12. Made choice of Amos Wheeler for\\na Sealer of weights and measures.\\nSworn 13. Made choice of James Noyes for\\na Tithing-man.\\nSworn 14. Made choice of John Eussell and\\nEdward Oakes for hogreefs.\\n15. Voted to dissolve the meeting.\\nA true copy,\\nattest, Moses Eastman, T. Clerk.\\nMoses Eastman, Moderator.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHE3I, N. K 19\\nAt a legal meeting of the legal voters of the\\nTown of Betlileliem, held on the tenth of April,\\n1800, voted as follows, viz:\\n1st. Made choice of Edward Oakes for a mod-\\nerator.\\n2nd. Voted to raise Twenty-four dollars for\\nSchooling.\\n3rd. Voted to raise four dollars to defray\\nTown charges.\\n4th. Voted to raise Sixty dollars to be w^orked\\nout on the road,\\n5th. Voted to raise twelve dollars to defray\\nTown charges.\\n6th. Voted to dissolve the meeting.\\nEdward Oakes, Moderator.\\nA true copy.\\nAttest, Moses Eastman, T. Clerk.\\nAt a legal meeting of the legal voters of the tow^n\\nof Bethlehem, held on May the 8th, A. D. 1800,\\nvoted as follows:\\n1st. Made choice of Lot Woodbury for a\\nmoderator,\\n2nd. Voted to raise three hundred and ninety\\ndollars to repair Highways and Bridges.\\n3rd. Voted to allow eight cents per hour for", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "20 THE EARL Y HIS TOR Y OF THE\\neach man and six cents per hour for each yoke\\nof oxen.\\n4th. Made choice of Lot Woodbury, Amos\\nWheeler, Isaac Batchellor, Simeon Burt and Na-\\nthaniel Snow as a committee to look out a place\\nwhere to build a bridge over Ammonoosuc Riv-\\ner above Wm. Houghton s mills.\\n5th. Voted that each man shall appear on the\\nBurying ground on Wednesday, the fourth of\\nJune next, to clear and fence said ground.\\nLot Woodbury, moderator.\\nA true copy,\\nAttest. Moses Eastman, T. Clerk.\\nCHAPTER 4.\\nLove of wild scenes and exciting adventures as\\nwell as a desire to acquire wealth caused immi-\\ngration hither to continue, and various parts of\\nNew Hampshire and border states were repre-\\nsented by men and women of strong mental\\npowers and great physical strength in this grow-\\ning settlement. Increase of population was not\\nconfined to immigration, children were born\\nhere at an early date. Inquiring and curious\\ni", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM N. H 21\\nminds love to penetrcate the far off past, and froin\\nthe gTaduaUy thickening gloom gather relics of\\nbj -gone days. However interesting recent events\\nmay be, tliere is a cliartu in those gieamings\\nwrenched from the relentless hand of decay or\\nsnatched from the iron grasp of obscurity.\\nNearly a century ago there might have been seen\\nin Bethlehem a lonely cabin surrounded on all\\nsides by dense forests, a mere speck in that com-\\nparatively unknown wilderness. There was noth-\\ning peculiar in this rude structure, being in\\nmaterial plan of make and general features\\nlike all cabins erected by the pioneers of civiliza-\\ntion. What a scene for a painter s brush! A\\nhome with walls of unsmoothed logs shaped and\\nfitted by the woodman s axe; the roof like the\\nwalls, was of rough material being made of poles\\nand covered with bark in whicli might have been\\nseen an uncovered spot through which the curling\\nsmoke might pass in its ethereal w^anderings.\\nThe aspect of the interior of this dwelling was\\nmuch like the exterior, rough and unadorned;\\nno carpeted floors or walls adorned with paint,\\npaper or works of art, and no centre table laden\\nwith poems, histories or popular novels, organs\\nand pianos were alike strangers in this woodland", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "22 THE EARL Y HIS TOR Y OF THE\\nbut happy home. Now additional joy has been\\nadded to former hapjHuess and new jileasures\\nsuffuse the entire household. New hopes and\\nfears have found a place in then- meditations\\nand conflicting emotions reveal their existence in\\nlooks and actions. Welcome sights greet the\\neyes of hajDpy parents and pleasant scenes come\\nlike music to the ear. A babe was born, the\\nchild of Mr. Mrs. Benjamin Brown, whose name\\nwas Abigail, the first child born in this town. As\\ncares and anxiety increased naturaUy the mother\\ncontemplated the liabilities and probable events\\nthat would a^ttend the progress of her little one\\nfrom the cradle to mature years, and v/ith true\\nmotherly instinct she anticipated the training of\\nher new charge to fill vvdth credit the responsible\\nposition she might be called upon to occupy in\\nafter-life. She hoped to bo able to impart to her\\ndaugliter nil the information and skill in those\\nbranches of industrj so necessary for women to\\nhave in those early times. They were expected\\nto know how to convert raw material into needed\\nfood and clothing. A young lady that could not\\nwith success roast potatoes, make bean porridge\\nor bake on a board before a roaring fire, a corn-\\nnieal cake, or could not skillfully use the cards.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 23\\nconvert toe and flax into yarn, weave it into cloth\\nand make it into garments, patch, darn, or, milk\\na cow, was regarded as having a very imperfect\\neducation and not prepared to cope with real\\nhardships and the ever-changing fortunes of life.\\nWe now change locations, retaining essentially\\nlike scenes, and go to the cabin of Jonas Warren,\\nto whom a son was born, named Otis, this was the\\nfirst male child born in Bethlehem. With pleas-\\nure and jo^ ful anticipations those happy parents\\nlooked forward to the time when developed phy-\\nsical strengtli and unfolded mind would lit their\\nson to share in the laborious work of apiDlying\\nthe axe, piling logs and clearing land, be a bless-\\ning to the household and occup}^ an honorable\\nposition in society. New hopes cheered them in\\ntheir daily toil and many dark clouds that skirted\\nthe horizon ominous of coming evil, disappeared\\nbefore the rising sun of prosperit}^\\nThose hardy, self-denying pioneers, dwellers in\\ntheir humble home, were destined to share the\\ncommon lot of all our race. No constitution so\\nstrong or physical power so great that it will not\\nyield to the great Creator s mandate. Mrs. Whip-\\nple sickened and it became apparent that she\\nmust soon bid farewell to loving friends, yielding", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "24 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nto that iuherent principle of decay wlnoli is a con-\\nstituent part of all organic life. The angel of\\nmercy, a never-failing friend of suffering human-\\nit}^ came to the afflicted famiW bringing the\\ncheerful thought that the fatal moment might be\\nlong delayed, but hope and love could not roll\\nback the gathering gloom soon to gradually deep-\\nen into darkness of death. One last, lingering\\nlook, one more soft pressure of the hand, a faint\\nGood bye, a gasp, the heart no longer beats,\\nah is silent as death itself. She had f?one beyond,\\npassing through the mystic gate to that which is\\nto us comparatively unknown, we call it Eternity.\\nThe antagonistical principles of life and death\\nhad long and strenuously contended for the mas-\\ntery, but the latter finally triumphed, wjiich must\\nalways be the result in all like conflicts. Life\\nceased to animate that once active form, death\\nfollowed as a natural result life and death are\\nopposite to each oth^r, death is Avhen the life that\\nwas, is not.\\nAmid tlie wild grandeur of Nature s scenery,\\nloving friends with tearful eyes and sorrowful\\nhearts silently consigned the cold, inanimate\\nform to the mother Earth and all that was visible\\ndisappeared from sight. But the invisible, that", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 25\\nm\\nimpress of cliarac-ter and iniiuence left on the\\nfamil} circle, and to a greater or less extent on all\\ntlieir associates, can never die. Seeds of morality\\nand Christianity sown b}^ an affectionate mother\\nand loving- wife must silently but unceasingly\\nwork out their important mission, producing a\\nlegitimate harvest through rolling ages, and in\\nthat boundless expanse, that immeasurable and\\nfathomless unknovv-n, that which had its begin-\\nning in a rudely constructed cabin, must con-\\ntinue to fulfill its mission through the cycles of\\neternity. This was the first death in Bethlehem,\\nand on a tombstone, worn by the ravages of time\\nin the old burying ground on the street, are the\\nfollowing inscriptions: Mrs. Lydia Whipple, died\\nMarch 17, 1795; Mrs. Elizabeth Warren, died\\nMarch i\\\\ 1797.\\nt-^-.\\nCHAPTER 5.\\nThe first inhabitants of Bethlehem shared the\\nlot common to all first settlers. TJiere were cab-\\nins to be erected, a heavy growth of timiier to\\nbe removed and the soil to be prepared to re-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "THE EABL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nceive the seed. To do all this requh-ed time. As\\nthe annual productions of the soil for the first\\nfew years must necessarily have been far below\\nthe demand, a large portion of the food used\\nmust have been supplied by forest and streams,\\nand when every effort had been made to secure\\nsuitable sustenance they were forced to live on\\nhumble fare and none too much of that, even\\nwhen prepared with skill and economy by a pru-\\ndent housewife.\\nTo be secure from cold, hunger and wild\\nbeasts, who were constantly on the alert to invade\\ntheir barnyards, pigstyes and harvest grounds,\\nAvas paramount. The near proximity of hunger\\nwas no strange thing, and strong men and wo-\\nmen shuddered at future prospects and increas-\\ning cold. The nearest place where grain could\\nbe obtained or ground into meal was in the town\\nof Bath, a distance of about 25 miles from Beth^\\nlehem street.\\nIt was the month of June, bright stars were\\npreparing to veil then- nightly splendors and ajar\\nwere the warning gates through which, softly\\nand silently, were creeping rays of mellow light\\nharbingers of coming day wiien a man of\\nmedium size, wdth a knapsack strapped to his", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 21\\nback and trusty gun on liis shoulder, stepped\\nupon the threshold of a small log cabin sur-\\nrounded on all sides by primeval forests. He\\nwas strong and muscular, and care had left its\\nmark on his honest but sunburnt face. His gar-\\nments, though made of coarse material, showed\\ntlie skill of well- trained hands; his hat, though\\nsomewhat worn, gave evidence of having seen\\nbetter days. He stopped a moment, as if to\\nspeak to some one within, and then stepping\\nforth into the open air, in a lovv tone soliloquized\\nthus: It looks a little like rain. That belt of\\nreddish (;olor stretched across the eastern sky\\nforetells a change in tiie weather, or I have failed\\nto read correctly signs that precede coming\\nstorms in this hilly region; and then, looking in\\nthe opposite direction, said: -It is a long way\\nand ma} be I shall have to come back without it,\\nbut I must go; I see no help for it, and started\\noff in a westerly direction. With quick but steady\\nsteps he soon passed through the clearing that\\nwas before him and was lost to view in the great\\nforest beyond. Guided by marked trees and\\nother familiar signs, fast becoming visible by in-\\ncreasing dayHght, he commenced to sing, in a\\nstyle i: eculiar to a woodman, the folio win p-;", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "28 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nI love to roam mid giant trees,\\nAnd dwell in Nature s bowers,\\nWith silvery streams and pure cold springs,\\nAdorned with fragrant flowers.\\nI dearly love my mountain home,\\nIts many cares and toils,\\n1 love to fish, to pile the logs,\\nAnd till the virgin soil.\\nI labor hard, day after day,\\nForgetful of my sorrow.\\nMy dreams at night are sweet with thoughts\\nOf better times to-morrow.\\nThe bread I eat, the bones I pick,\\nThe remainder of his song was lost, for at that\\nmoment a noise in close proximity stopped short\\nhis sinp:ino-. Immediately bringing his gun to\\nhis shoulder, his eyes penetrating the thick\\ngrowth of tijuber from which the noise came, he\\nheard the sound fast dying out in the distance.\\nHe had been so absorbed is his own thoughts h\\ndid not discover old Bruin, who was quietly tak-\\ning his morning nap beneath the branches of a\\nstately maple and v.diose ears, being quicker than\\nthe woodsman s eyes, had been alarmed b}\\nstrange sounds, and started off on double-quick\\ntime without waiting to hnd out who the intru-\\nder was.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 20\\nOur hero gave one glance in the direction the\\nbear had taken, exclaiming as he did so:\\nGood bye, good bye, my happy sir,\\nI m in a hurry now.\\nBut we will meet some other day.\\nAnd then I ll show you how.\\nSo saying, he turned and walked away, none\\nthe worse for his early adventure.\\nNature was in her most pleasant mood,\\nclothed in her best garb and adorned in the\\nmost lavishing manner. Tali trees were con-\\nspicuous in the broad sunlight which was pene-\\ntrating nook and corner and fastening itself on\\nevery available object; gentle zephyrs sighed in\\nthe thick foliage and wild flowers, catching the\\nins23iring influence, gracefully bowed their heads\\nto the passing breeze, while feathered songsters\\nacted a conspicuous part in filling the air with\\ntheir sweet melodies.\\nAmid such surroundings one might be led to\\nexclaim: O, Nature! thou great enchantress; the\\nembodiment of the visible beauty and material\\nmanifestations of the glory, wisdom and grand-\\neur of the Great I Am, ever directing our", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "30 THE EAB.L Y HIS TOR Y OF THE\\nthonglits to the vastness, incomprehensibleness\\nand pov er of the Invisible, thy Creator\\nOn reaching the Ammonoosuc river, the sub-\\nject of our sketch crossed over on a large tree\\nthat connected the tv^^o banks, directing his foot-\\nsteps down the stream, making no stop until he\\nreached the town of Lisbon; here he halted and\\nseated himself at the foot of a large pine tree.\\nAfter placing his gun in an upright position\\nagainst the trunk of the same tree that he might\\nbe able to grasp it at a moment s warning and,\\nremoving the knapsack from his back, j^ausing a\\nfew minutes to rest his weary limbs and while his\\nthoughts were busy about the inmates of the\\nhumble home he had left at early dawn, he\\nopened his sack and soon had spread before him\\nhis humble fare, which consisted of dried meat*\\nsome cold potatoes and a slice of bread made of\\nthat obtained by sifting bran the second time,\\nwhich he ate with a relish born of necessity and\\na keenly sharpened appetite. No murmuring\\nthoughts disturbed his mind, no words of com-\\nplaint escaped his Jips, but he felt very gTateful\\nfor this humble meal and was truly thankful that\\nhis condition was no worse. Having finished his\\nrepast and replaced his gun and knapsack, he", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 31\\nstarted on liis journey and in due time reached\\nhis place of destination, which was the grist mill\\nin the town of bath.\\nThe sun had passed the meridian when the\\nwoodsman, placmg his newly-ground grist in\\nhis commodious knapsack, started homeward-\\nReaching the top of a small eminence a short\\ndistance from the mill, he turned his head to take\\na hurried glance at the western sky, as he did so\\nwdth some anxiety on his countenance, he ex-\\nclaimed; I was right in my opinion this morn-\\ning about the weather; I must hasten. 7\\\\.nd in\\nanother moment he was suiting actions to his\\nwords with increasing pace. He did not pause\\nagain until he reached the pine beneath whose\\nshady branches he had eaten his frugal meal a\\nfew hours before here he halted to rest and take\\nanother survey of the heavens.\\nThe distant cloud that bounded liis vision at\\nthe time he stopped to view the sky when not far\\nfrom the mill had so increased in size that it now\\nextended to the north and south as far as the eye\\ncould reach and w^as high up in the heavens.\\nHe was about to start when a frightened rabbit\\ncame hopping b} calling his attention to the\\nground, revealing the footprints of some large", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "8-2 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nbeast and his skillful eve at once told him that\\nthey had been made by old Bruin only a short\\ntime before, and which, for ought he knew, might\\nat that very moment be in close proximity to\\nhim.\\nBeing in a linrry he had no time to investigate,\\nand, thinking it best to postpone an interview\\nwith his shaggy enemy, again started homeward.\\nThe sweet loveliness of morning was fast dis-\\nappearing, being suppressed by the more solemn\\ngrandeur of declining day and rapidly gather-\\ning showers, giant kings, nodded in the increas-\\ning breeze while their outstretched arms waved\\nin graceful recognition of coming changes. The\\ndense foliage trembled in anxious suspense, wild\\nflowers were closing their petals while their tiny\\nforms seemed to seek shelter beneath the thick\\nshrubbery and interwoven, overhanging branches\\nas if preparing for approaching rain and night-\\nfall. The feathered tribe had retii^ed to a place\\nof safety except a few .venturesome ones not car-\\ning for storms, and lovers of darkness could no^\\\\\\nbe seen on the wing enjoyhig gloom. Having\\nreached the locality now the site of Littletoi\\nvillage, our traveller recrossed the Ammoonoosu*\\nat the same point and on the same tree used b;", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 33\\niiiin in the morning. Guide-marks on the trees\\nwere now partially obscured bv the darkness that\\ncovered the forest; but he had no doubt of his\\nability to move in the right direction. He had\\nnot proceded more than half a mile when a sud-\\nden flash of lightning lit up the tree-tops and in\\na few moments a peal of thunder came rolling on\\nthe clouds from no great distance in a westerly\\ndirection. The shower was now at Haverhill and\\nlashing Warren Heights with maddened fury.\\nFortunately for our traveller the shower at this\\npoint divided, leaving between the two parts an\\nintervening space of considerable width that did\\nnot receive the full force of the storm. As soon\\nas he became aware of this fact he felt assured\\nthat if he could reach home before the two di-\\nvisions united, which tJiey might do at some\\npoint to the east, all would be well. With those\\nthoughts he hastened forv/ard as fast as his\\nweary limbs and the thick darkness would\\npermit.\\nThe almost unceasing Hash of lightening whose\\nlight penetrated the now appalling darkness pre-\\nvented him from losing his way. He had now\\nreached a point about a mile fi om home when\\nhe became conscious that the neutral ground", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "84 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nover wliicli he was passing was fast yielding to\\nthe powers of w^arring elements narrowing down\\nto a mere line, and that he was near the spot\\nwhere the divided shower would coalesce.\\nGiant tr^es were now bending before the blast\\nwhich threatened to uproot and prostrate their\\nnoble forms. The forest was stripped of its fo-\\nliage and hurled in all directions, while broken\\nbranches filled the air with their mutilated forms.\\nGreat drops of rain fell thick and fast on the\\ncarpet of green that covered the ground. Nearer\\nand nearer from either side came the unceasing\\nroll of deafening thunder, while at no great dis-\\ntance a blaze of light penetrated the heavens,\\nshowing that the electric current had split and\\nignited some large tree venerable with age.\\nHowling wind, terrific thunder and wild confus-\\nion, lit up by lightning s vivid glare, all conspired\\nto make more grand and sublime this mountain\\nstorm.\\nAt the moment when the warring elements\\nwhich had been marshalling their forces for a fi-\\nnal struggle, came in contact in all the madness\\nof their wild fury and rain began to fall in tor-\\nrents, the traveller, whom we have followed", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, K H 35\\nthrough the day, entered the humble cabin from\\nwhich he came at early dawn.\\nBenjamin Brown had returned to cheer an\\nanxious wife with his presence as well as with the\\nmeal made from a i^eck of corn, which cost its\\nmarket price at the grist mill in Bath and a jour-\\nney of fifty miles.\\nFanciful as it may seem, kind reader, that one\\nwould journey on. foot a distance of fifty miles\\nto obtain the meal of a peck of corn, neverthe-\\nless, it is true, as persons will testify who were\\nborn here or came with their parents to mingle\\nwith the trying scenes of pioneer life, who are\\nnow venerable with age. The contrast between\\na life in Bethlehem as it then was and now is,\\nbeing so great and the time between the two so\\nlong that w^e cannot full} realize the dangers and\\ngreat hardships surrounding every-day life and\\nconnected with every transaction pertaining to a\\nhome in a vast wilderness. The real struggle to\\nsustain life in the cheapest and most simple way\\nand in every manner their ingenious minds could\\ndevise, so familiar to them are to us unknown,\\nand as we read the records of those far off days\\nwe have only a slight conception of w^hat the\\nreality must have been.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "3C THE EABL Y HISTOB Y OF THE\\nCHAPTER 6.\\nNames and worthy deeds of those who figured\\nso conspicuously in their sphere of action are\\nrapidly becoming obscured by gathering gloon:\\nthat follows in the footsteps of adyancing time\\nNot only are names and deeds lost to memory\\nbut those marks of respect erected to show the\\nexact spot, the last resting place of loved one?\\nare fast disappearing before the merciless j^owei\\nof unyielding fate. Not many years hence\\nnames, deeds, and once sacred graves will all be\\nforgotten, and feet of careless strangers wil\\nthoughtlessly press the grQuncl where once greAA\\nthe fragrant flowers planted by loving hands and\\nwatered by many tears of sorrow. When i\\nknowledge of those worthy sons and daughters\\nfathers and mothers, husbands and wives who sc\\npatiently and heroically endured the hardship?\\nand braved the dangers of a wilderness lionn\\nshall have lost its place in memor}^ and all his\\ntoric record of them become obsolete, the lasi\\nepitaph obliterated by the march of time, anc\\nthe headstone which has stood so many years at", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 37\\na faithful seiitiDel to guard the sacred spot shall\\ncease to be; then will all record of them be buried\\nforever in the darkness of oblivion. Inscriptions\\nmay become illegible, the plain uncarved stone,\\nthe marble slab engraved by skillful hands, and\\ncostly monumental piles will crumble and pass\\naway, but influence never dies; and wdio can tell\\nto what extent those influences that germinated\\nin those early cabins are interwoven in the des-\\ntiny of our town Notwithstanding the untold\\nhardships and many sufferings the iirst tillers of\\nthe soil enjo^^ed life. The causes that would le-\\ngitimately produce happiness existed within\\nthemselves; coming from the land of the de-\\nscendants of the Pilgrims they possessed many of\\nthose qualities characteristic of the Pilgrim Fa-\\nthers. They were an honest, industrious people,\\napplying all their energies to the accomplishing\\nof laudable objects and contented with the lot\\nthey had chosen, they cheerfully performed their\\ndaily labor. Peaceful and quiet were their hours\\nof slumber, undisturbed by those frightful de-\\nmons that might arise from idleness, overeating\\ntoo richl} prepared food, or a conscience dis-\\nturbed by many crimes. Not that this people\\nwere perfect, but they had good intentions, de-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "88 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nsiring to know their duty and then to do it.\\nThey had strong minds and positive convic-\\ntions, teaching their children that strict integrity,\\ngood habits, industry and economy were essen-\\ntial to success. A spirit of true friendship en-\\ntered largely into the makeup of their hap2:)iness.\\nNot a friendship that blossomed in prosperity\\nand vanished on the first indication of adversity,\\nthat exhausted itself in sympathetic expressions\\nand flattering words, but a friendship that\\nbloomed in poverty and sorrow, that shone most\\nconspicuously where it was most needed in the\\ndarkest hours of life. If one of their numbe\\nwas sick or by accident disabled the nei :^hboi\\nv/ould all go and do him a substantial kindnes\\nin cutting wood, sowing the seed, or gathering i\\nhis harvest. A knowledge of this fact was\\npowerful element in their every day life, for the,\\nwere confident that if they or their s should b\\nunfortunate neither of them would suffer or di\\nof starvation, if the others could prevent it, ant\\nthis feeling of security kept from their mind\\nthose fearful thoughts that otherwise would de\\nstroy present happiness and bJight their fondes\\nhopes. Sociability was an important factor i;\\ntheir eventful lives. When, at times, weary an^", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 39\\ndespondent from mam^ cares and heavy burdens,\\nas any mortal would be in like circumstances, the\\nsocial element would come to their rescue, like\\nthe green oasis to a weary traveller in a barren\\nland, or when fear for a moment would reign su-\\npreme and their frail bark seemed to be at the\\nmercy of every rolhng wave on life s stormy sea,\\na social chat would be to them like a fertile gem\\nin mid ocean to .the storm-tossed mariner. Its\\ninfluence had a power for good on the minds of\\nthat overtasked people. It would calm their\\ntears, dispel their gloom and reinstate those\\nbright gems Hope, Confidence, and Cheerful-\\nness in their proper places. To be social was\\nnot an exception but the general rule. When\\nor where they met, whether by appointment, in-\\nvitation or othermse, in field, forest, or at th^\\nhearthstone in their humble dwellings, the glad-\\nness expressed on their countenances and warm\\ngrasp of the hand (not the tij) of the fingers),\\nwere conclusive proof of the existence of warm\\nhearts and true, loving sympathy. Together\\nthey toiled and lived in the bonds of real friend-\\nship, sharing each other s joys and sorrows. Un-\\nlike those societies of to-da^^ the germ of which\\nwas planted one hundred years ago, tliat little", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "40 THE EARL Y HIST OR Y OF THE\\nsettlement had no castes or dividing lines. No\\nmoney-grasping misers, rich in land, stock and\\ngovernment bonds to domineer; no self-con-\\nceited petty tyrant to look upon the honest la-\\nboring class as mud-sills of society; no idlers in-\\nfested those industrious homes. No dandy, with\\nartificial polish, his lily-white hands covered with\\nfancy colored kid gloves and clothed in all the\\nstyles belonging to his kind, was present to live\\non the earnings of honest toil, there being no\\nnecessity for that class of men.\\nThis secluded settlement had not only the ele-\\nments essential to happiness and development\\nbut they were fi ee from those counteracting in-\\nfluences to which thickly settled localities are\\nsubjected.\\nCHAPTER 7.\\nThe desire to acquire and enjoy homes of their\\nown being inherent in human nature, was as\\nstrong with our ancestors as with this generation\\nand the necessity of marriage relations in ac-", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "i\\nTOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 41\\neDiiiplisliing the desired object was as great then\\nas now, and the circumstances under whi(5h love-\\nmaking ccnmienced and ended in matrimonial\\nbonds were as varied in the days when our nar-\\niTive commences as in futui e times.\\nin the spring time of 17(J0, in the tovrn of Bar-\\ni^irdston, in the state of Maine, at early dawn\\nu man might have been seen coming from the\\nuwelling which had been his place of abode,\\niae was of medium size and well porportioned\\nwith a build that showed him capable of physical\\nendurance, unmarried and about 28 years of age.\\nHe had brown hair, blue eyes, a frank oj)cn\\ncountenance in whose general features were dis-\\ntinctly seen strength of purpose and ujind, intel-\\nligence and good character. AVith a large pack\\non his back, as if exj^ecting a long journey,\\nand firm step, the subject of our nairativo\\nwalked on in the direction of his destination,\\nand in due time reached the town of Hanover.\\nIt was one of those lovely days characteristic of\\nNew England spring-time; not a cloud to be\\nseen, and the air was soft and delightful. The\\nking of day was lavish in bestowing its clie^rful\\ninfluence^ on the ah eady changing aspects of na-\\nture, vegetation was awaking fi om its long inuc-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "42 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\ntive coudition to begin anew a career of progress\\nand unfolding, while beasts and birds alike\\nshowed that tliev, too, were receiving inspiration\\nfrom the loveliness of the heavens. It was past\\nmid-day, the sun was silenthv but rapidly nearing\\nits destination to shine in all its magniticent\\nsplendor in the far off western sky but our trav-\\neller took no note of swiftl}^ passing time, being\\nabsorbed in a line of thought in which he was\\ndeeply interested, involving, as it did, his future\\nhappiness and plan of action. Being unmarried\\nand having a practical turn of mind, he naturall}\\ntook a common-sense view of whatever he wished\\nto accomplish, which v ould direct his medita-\\ntions thus:\\nI will thoroughly examine the locality and if\\nhalf be true that has been reported of it, I in-\\ntend to make a permanent home in that land ofj\\npromise; but a good home, such as I contemplatejj\\nmeans a great deal and to obtain such an one\\nlarge amount of work must be done, a heav}\\ngrowth of timber removed, land cleared, seed\\nsown and harvest gathered; also a barn and\\ncabin must be created. Wellj I think I can do\\nall of this, for I am satisfied that my mind and\\nbody are equal to the emergency.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 48\\nBut this is not all tnat is needed to make a\\nliapx^y home. I shall want a partner for life,\\na companion to cheer me in mv lonely hours, to\\nspeak ^Yords of comfort and encouragement in\\ntimes of adversity. I shall need, yes, need, for\\nit is no boyish fancy, a wife to care for those\\nthings pertaining to the inside of my cabin, and\\na loving heart and willing hands to administer to\\nme in times of sickness. Yes, this is reasonable.\\nI must have a wife I\\nBut, at this point his line of thought was in-\\nterrupted by an impression on his mind, received\\nthrough the medium of that unseen, mysterious\\nteJegTapiiic communication that connects mind\\nwith mind, which caused him to look up. xVs he\\ndid so he saw at once the author of the dispatch,\\nthat a moment before had disturbed him in his\\nreveries. It was a female whose eyes were fixed\\nintent upon him. The instant our hero saw the\\nlady she turned her head, as though unconscious\\nof the near proximity of a stranger, and this\\nquick movement of our heroine might have de-\\nceived the stranger had it not been for a deep\\nblush that mantled her fair face and the evidence\\nit gave. In an instant, with true womanly sa-\\ngacity, she put on an unconcerned air moving", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "44 THE EARL Y HISTORY OF THE\\nslowly on, as though the incident had not oc-\\ncurred. She was mounted on horseback and\\nriding down a cross-road, the junction of which\\nto the more jmblic highway, was only a few rods\\ndistant. She had been to visit friends and was\\nreturning home, was plainly but neatly attired,\\nrode gracefully, and the manner she managed\\nthe spirited beast showed that she was well\\nskilled in the art of horsemanship, which was not\\nan uncommon thing in those early times.\\nWhat the feelings of a man would be to have a\\nbeautiful female spring up in his pathway, as if\\nby magic power, at the very moment when he\\nhad just decided that he must have a wife and\\nfor aught he knew may have spoken his thoughts\\nso loudly as to be distinctly heard by his fair\\nfriend, can be better imagined by the reader than\\ndescribed by a pen.\\nIn a few minutes the two strangers met face to\\nface, at the intersecting point of the roads and\\nin a gentlemanly manner he saluted her, in the\\nstyle peculiar to the times, and she returned the\\nsalutation in a graceful wa} with a genteel bow.\\nAt first the two inclined to be reticent, arising\\non the one side from modesty and her peculiar\\nsituation, on the other from an inclination not to", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 45\\nbe too formal with strangers: but, as they jour-\\nneyed on together (for they were gomg the\\nsame way,) this failing, as if by mutual consent,\\ngave place to pleasant conversation.\\nThe lady, with that instinctive quickness pe-\\nculiar to woman, soon felt assured of the good\\ncharacter and noble qualities of this handsome\\nstranger, and the sequel showed that she was\\ncorrect in her hasty conclusions.\\nHaving formed a favorable opinion of this\\nyoung man her sympathy for him was at once\\narous( d; having a kind disposition and willing to\\npractice the golden rule, Do unto others as\\nyou would have them do to you.\\nShe generously offered to take his pack, which\\noffer he readily accepted for his load grew heav-\\nier as the day neared its close, and the pack\\nwhich he had carried from early dawn was de-\\nposited on the back of the horse in care of his\\ninteresting companion.\\nThen and there was an opportunity for the ri-\\nder to betray the man who had shown such con-\\nfidence in her by giving loose rein to the fleet-\\nfooted beast, leaving the stranger minus his\\nknapsack. But he had no fears of that and there\\nwas no necessity of any.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "46 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nBeing a close observer of human nature he\\nunhesitatingly came to the conclusion that his\\nfemale friend was a superior woman in point of\\nintelligence and those qualifications that make\\nwoman truly noble, and in after life she proved\\nto him that he did not overestimate her real\\nvalue.\\nThe rays of the setting sun now lingei ed on\\nthe summit of distant hills, as if unwilling to\\ntake a final departure, but only for a moment,\\nfor twilight soon claimed the right to exhibit her\\nbeauty and loveliness, as the mellow light that\\nfollows closing day began to disappear before the\\ncoming shroud of night.\\nShe halted before the door of a neat looking\\ncottage, at the same time informing her friend\\nthat this was her home and that he could stay all\\nnight with the famiJ} if he choose. Being un-\\nder the necessity of securing lodgings soon, as\\nda^dight was now gone, and confident that the\\naccommodations would be satisfactory, he ac-\\ncepted the invitation and walked in.\\nOn the morrow he started on his journey.\\nThe name of this lady was Parker, her husband\\nhaving previously died leaving two children\\nThe name of the sfentleman was James Turner.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHElM, N. H. 47\\nThe acquaintance which commenced at the\\njunction of the two roads finally ended in mar-\\nriage relations.\\nMr. Turner reached Lloyd s Hill without any\\nadventure worth revealing, and liking the j)lace\\nsoon began work.\\nHe was the third permanent settler in Bethle-\\nhem.\\nHe worked on his land through the season,\\nreturning to Massachusetts to spend the coldest\\npai-t of the winter, coming back in the spring to\\nresume his labor. This course he followed for\\ntwo or three years, not forgetting to patronize\\nthe house where he found such good accommo-\\ndations and pleasant society on a former occa-\\nsion, in the town of Hanover.\\nWhen all was ready Mr. Turner was married\\nto Mrs. Parker and went to reside at the new\\nhome in Bethlehem, and the cabin was now made\\npleasant and cheerful (of which Mr. Turner was\\nthinking at the junction of the two roads on a\\nformer occasion,) by the presence of the fair\\nstranger who generously carried for him his well\\nfilled knapsack.\\nHis union with Mrs. Parker was one of the\\nmost fortunate transactions of his eventful life,", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "48 THE EAEL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nwhile his wife found a husband worthy to hold\\nthat relation with a truly noble woman.\\nMrs. Turner was a blessing to not only her\\nown household but the whole settlement. Her\\nskill in horseback ridino-. which she acquired be-\\nfore her last marriage, to which v/e have already\\nalluded, was of great advantage to her in the\\nnew condition of things in which she was placed,\\nand the little community where she resided, for,\\nthere being no practising physician at hand, Mrs.\\nTurner, for a period of a number of years,\\nwhenever necesity required it, and that was\\nfi equently, mounted a horse, took her saddle-\\nbags of medicines and visited the sick, acting the\\npart of nurse and doctress. Though not a reg-\\nular physician, she did good service, being ac-\\nquainted with the medicinal cjualities of many\\narticles. By daylight and in darkness, in sun-\\nshine and storm, she hovered like an angel of\\nmercy about the bed of the suffering; her com-\\ning always was greeted with dehght. The sun-\\nlight that beamed from her countenance, the\\nkind words she spoke and the hope inspired in\\nher suffering patients, rendered her an object of\\nrespect and love by all who needed her assist-\\nance.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 49\\nAlfcliough contented with lier new place of\\nabode Mrs. Turner was much attached io the\\nmany kind friends at Hanover whom she had\\nleft behind, to share with her husband the rude-\\nly constructed cabin in the bowers of nature.\\nAs difficult as was a long arduous journey to\\nher former home and old associates, she was\\nequal to the emergency and was permitted to\\nbehold again those many objects and friends so\\ninteresting and familiar to her in former times.\\nBut how unlike the mode of travel then to that\\nof to-day Now the roads from Betlilehem street\\nto Hanover are comparatively good and with a\\ncovered buggy, constiiicted in modern style,\\ndra^\\\\Ti by spirited horses, one can pass to and\\nfrom those two places with ease and comfort or,\\nif one chooses to go by rail, he can go and return\\nthe same day, eating breakfast and supper at his\\nown table. But the mode of travelling by the\\nearly settlers of this town was on foot guided by\\nmarked trees, on horseback, or with an ox team.\\nIn the last mentioned way Mr. and Mrs. Turner\\nmade tliree visit to Hanover, she, on one of these\\noccasions, carrying in her arms a babe six weeks\\nold.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "50 THE EAULY NISTOMY OF THE\\nWith the present facilities for journeying the\\nmother of to-day can hardly realize the fatigue\\nand weariness of a journey Avith an infant in her\\narms on an ox s ed, of fi om 140 to 200 miles,\\nas was the case with those kind but resolute and\\nenergetic mothers who lived in those early times,\\nin respect to danger, toil and suffering, we really\\nknow but little.\\nAlthough much might truthfully be said in re-\\nlation to those noble women who acted so con-\\nspicuous a part in planting the germ of civiliza-\\ntion in our beautiful highland home, yet we have\\nno doubt but that the mothers and daughters of\\nBethlehem to-day would have, had they lived in\\nthose early times, as faithfully fulfilled their mis-\\nsion.\\nBut the circumstances that necessitated some\\nof the education and practical training of the\\ntimes of which we write have passed away and\\ndisappeared before development and progress.\\nThe women of to-day can wdth honor and credit\\nfill the places allotted them by the great change\\nin surrounding circumstances holding in grateful\\nremembrance the worthy deeds and good quali-\\nties of their own sex, who have preceded them.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 51\\nCHAPTER 8.\\nThe first manner of goino- to mill was on foot\\nwith grist on their backs; the next was to put the\\ngrain on the back of steers, walking by their\\nside. But, at the time of which Ave write, some\\nused sleds.\\nEarly one morning in spring-time James Tur-\\nner staited for Bath to mill, with a yoke of wide-\\nawake steers and sled. The morning was warm\\nand pleasant, teamster and team were in good\\nspirits and ready for the journey. AYith an oc-\\ncasional Whoa boys the sled moved brisldy\\non.\\nWhile Mr. Turner was making good progress,\\nomens of a gathering stoim was seen in the heav-\\nens; a gentle breeze from the south sighed among\\nthe branches of leafless tree-tops, and dark clouds\\nwandered here and there, as if on some aerial\\nmission, like scouts on an advancing host, while\\nthe wind as if inspii-ed by knowledge of coming\\nevents moved with increasing vigor amid the vis-\\nible, craggy peaks of neighboring mountains, a\\nrolude to a warm rain and coming- thaw.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "52 THE EARLY HTSTOBY OF THE\\nMr. Turner was a.cquainted with these sigiif\\nand understood then* impoii. He knew that i:\\nthe storm should burst in its fuiy before he coulc\\nrecross the Ammonoosuc on his way home, h(\\nmif ht find himself surrounded with unpleasant\\nand dangerous circumstances and, with hope anc\\nfear each in turn filling his mind, he made hi^\\nway as fast as possible to his place of destination\\nwhich he reached without unnecessary dela}^ oi\\nserious accident.\\nWhen everything was in readiness he stai-ted\\nhomeward. The atmosphere was now quite\\nwarm, with an increasing southerly wind and co-\\npious fall of rain. The snow was rapidly disap-\\npearing and soon water began to cover the ice ir\\nthe river. He saw the danger and knew that his\\nsafety dei:)ended on the speed of his team. Sooe\\nan additional noise startled him, not because ii\\nwas so loud or frightful, but it revealed the fac^\\nthat jack frost was forced to succumb. The ice\\nin the river was preparing to break, but at tht\\nsame time he was aware that the catastrophe\\nmust necessarily be delayed for awhile.\\nThe team received new impulse from the earn\\nest tone of the teamster s voice, and all shared ii\\nthe increasiuGf excitement.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 53\\nFaster went the steers, quicker and louder\\ncame the sound of breakinpf ice which finally\\nmingled with a roar and a sound of rushing wa-\\ntei-s. Glancing backward his quick eye compre-\\nhended at once his true situation. A shoit dis-\\ntance below him the river had become obstnicted,\\nturning the ice and water into the road only a\\na few rods in his rear, and it was rapidly ap-\\nproaching to a dangerous proximity. It was now\\na race for life The roaring waters and mingling\\nsounds of roaring elements so terrified the ah\\nready much excited steerS; that they strained\\nevery nei^e to escape the jaws of death that were\\nopened wide to receive them. The water, as if\\ninfuriated by its own exeriions, receiring an im-\\npetus from the prospects of soon engulphing\\nevery object in its pathway, now increased in\\nsound, volume, and rapidity of movement. \\\\\\\\Tiile\\nthe manly foim of Mr. Turner might have been\\nseen as, in a voice distinctly heard above the con-\\nfused mass of mingling sounds, he cheered his\\ncattle on. It was a moment of great anxiety, for\\nin that short space of time would be decided the\\nquestion of Hfe or death. Could they reach a\\npoint but a few rods distant all would be well, as\\nat that place the gi-ound began gradually to rise.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "54 THE EAllL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nA misstep of one of the steers and ail would be\\nlost. No accident occuiTed; tliey were saved,\\nand at nightfall he reached the usual place of\\ncrossing at the point now covered by Littleton\\nvillage.\\nThe river was so swollen he did not think it\\nadvisable to attempt to cross. There was one\\ncabin in that locality, occupied by the family of\\none Mr. Mann, with whom he staid all night, as\\nhe could proceed no further.\\nMr. Mann informed Mr. Turnpr that he could\\nstop with them, but there was nothing whatever\\nfor his team and that they were but little better\\noff in the house for anything to eat. He rei^lied,\\nthat while he stayed he would furnish meal fi om\\nhis grist for them all, which he gladly did, but\\nthe steers had no supper, as they refused to eat\\nmeal.\\nEarly the following morning he succeeded in\\ngetting his team to the opposite shore, by stand-\\ning on the bank and driving it through the wa-\\nter. They, at first, were not inclined to go, but\\nafter a while the object was accomplished.\\nThis part of his plan being executed, he at\\nonce began to carry out the remainder of his\\nprogramme, which was to connect the two banks", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHE31 N. H. 55\\nwith some tall tree that might stand near the\\nwater s edge, on which to cross the sw ollen\\nstream. Taking his axe he soon found one\\nwhich he thought to be of sufficient length for\\nthe use he intended it. Quick and hard came\\nthe strokes of the axe, given with a will and by\\nhis strong vigorous arm, and soon this forest son\\ncame down with a crash into the surging water;\\nbut to his surprise it lacked much of reaching\\nthe opposite shore. He went further down the\\nstream, made another selection wdiich in due\\ntime shared the fate of the other tree, and again\\nMr. Turner was disappointed. As he followed\\nthe downward course of the river stroke after\\nstroke, crash after crash might have been heard,\\nand thus the day hour by hour wore away,\\nand when the garments of night began to clothe\\nthe face of nature with gathering gloom, his ob-\\nject was not accomphshed, and with no better\\nprospects of reaching home than on the previous\\nevening.\\nOn returning to the crossing he found the\\nsteers had, some time during the da^^, recrossed\\nthe river and were now on the same side as\\nhimself and, as a matter of necessity, he stayed\\nthe second night at Mr. Mann s cabin.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "56 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nEarly the next morning he went two miles\\ndown the river, to Mr. Hoskins s, and procured\\na bundle of hay for his team and then employed\\nhis time as he had done the day before and\\nnight-fall found him again at his humble lodging\\nplace.\\nBut Mr. Turner was not the man to get dis-\\ncouraged and wait for something favorable to\\noccur; like Napoleon, he believed in creat-\\ning cii cumstances; so, early the folloAving morn-\\ning our hero, with his purpose unchanged, went\\nto work hopeful and with his usual determination\\nto succeed.\\nAt a point about three miles below the cross-\\ning he fortunately succeeded in connecting the\\ntwo banks, as a reward for his perseverance.\\nHis next move was to go to Mr. Hoskins s, whom\\nhe found at home, and engaged him to drive the\\nteam through the water while he (Turner) would\\ncross on the tree and be ready to take the steers\\nas they reached the shore.\\nAfter some delay a crossing was effected and\\nMr. Turner and team reached home without any\\nfuriher adventure, minus his sled and grist,\\nwhich he left at Mr. Mann s, to return and get as", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 57\\nsoon as the water should subside sufficiently\\nto make the undei-taking safe.\\n:;h^:=\\nCHAPTER 9.\\nThe first settlers of Bethlehem were subjected\\nto the same inconvenience as all otliers under\\nlike circumstances. They had no enclosed\\ngrounds in which to pasture their cows and so\\nwere compelled to turn them loose in the woods,\\nwithout bounds or limitations to roam at pleas-\\nure where they would. The hunting of cows in\\na dense wilderness is not much like travelling for\\ndelinquent ones in an enclosed field. To loose a\\ncow in the boundless forest in those days meant\\na great deal. The loss of the milk to the family\\nwas keenly felt, for they placed much reliance on\\nthe daily produce of the cow to supply them\\nfood in its season. It meant great anxiety on the\\npart of the owner, as to the length of time be-\\nfore she could be found, or whether she would\\never be recovered; and, if she was, might it not\\nbe that the milk would cease to flow and they be", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "58 THE EABLY BISTOBY OF THE\\ndeprived of any fui tlier benefit Ji oni that source.\\nTo illustrate the ineonvenience of keeping\\nstock to which the early pioneers were necessari-\\nly subjected, we give some facts relative to a\\ngenuine cow hunt.\\nMr. Turner and Mr. Oakes had each a cow that\\nran together in the woods, coming home together\\nat night, as a general rule; but, on one occasion,\\nneither came and it being so near dark only a\\nsliglit effori was made to find them that night.\\nOn the following morning, just at peep of day,\\nMr. Turner took his tiiisty gun and started out\\nto search for the missing beasts. He w^ent first\\nto those places he thought most likely they would\\nbe, but to his surprise no trace of them could be\\nfound. During the first part of the day he con-\\nfined his researches to those locahties which he\\nknew to be sometimes fi*equented by the cows;\\ndisappointed at not finding them, about noon he\\nsat down to rest beneath the thick branches of a\\nstately tree. Not expecting to be gone so long\\nfrom home he had not taken the precaution to\\nbring any food with him and having no dinner to\\neat and becoming somewhat anxious about the\\nsituation of things, he only stopped a short time.\\nHe now took a course that led him far from fa-\\nI", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 59\\nmiliar scenes, examining* every spot where it was\\npossible for the objects of his seai ch to leave\\nsome trace of themselves had they passed that\\nway, eyeing sharply the ground, taking notice of\\nthing s and flowers, hoj^ing to And some evidence\\nof their whereabouts by the sides of brooks and\\nstreamlets, on high ground and in valleys. He\\ncontinued to search until the rapidly setting sun\\nadmonished him that the inmates of his humble\\ncabin would have fears that he was lost and he\\nmust return.\\nBut all in vain. Night was fast covering the\\nface of nature with its solemn gi andeur, when\\nMr. Turner reached his home and reported the\\nunfavorable results of the daj^ s labor to his\\nwaiting, anxious wife.\\nAfter a consultation had been held between\\nthe two in relation to what was best to be done\\nunder the circumstances, it was unanimously\\nagreed that the search must be continued.\\nOn the following morning Mr. Turner asain\\nstarted to hunt for the cows, being careful this\\ntime to take something for a lunch; penetrating\\ndeeper into the dense growth of timber than on\\nthe previous day, squirrels chattered, partridges\\ngazed intently but shyly from some secluded cov-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "r 0 THE EABLY HISTOBY OF THE\\nert on the strange looking intruder and a deer\\nbounded past him with an expression in his looks\\nthat showed onclusively that a human being-\\nhad never before crossed his pathw^ay and old\\nbruin, as if imwilling to form an acquaintance\\nwith a strange being of whose strength he had\\nno knowledge and did not care to know, acted\\nas though he considered prudence the better part\\nof valor, kept out of the reach of the intruder s\\ngun, keeping a shai-p lookout at a respectful and\\nsafe distance.\\nNoon came, but the cows had not been found,\\nand seating himself in a celling shade in close\\nproximity to a cold crystal spring he ate in a\\nhuriy, but with good relish, his humble meai.\\nHaving stopped al^out fifteen minutes he again\\nstarted, uj) and down, over and under liuge trees\\nuprooted by some wild mountain storm, through\\nthickets and plats of tall weeds and gi-ass, through\\nand around bog-holes he directed his footsteps,\\nlooking for some sign, occasionally calling loudly\\nto the objects of his search, but he saw no token\\nof their presence and the echo of his own voice\\nwas the only reply.\\nIn this manner the second day of the hunt\\nwas spent and at nightfall he returned liomt^ to", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 61\\nagain report a failure. Thus for nine days Mr.\\nTurner continued to hunt for the cows. On his\\nreturn home at the close of the ninth day s search\\nwith his usual report of can t find them, Mr.\\nand Mrs. Turner held another counsel, in which\\nthe matter was thoroughly re-examined and dis-\\ncussed and the conclusion reached was; The\\ncows must be found, dead or alive I\\nSome time during the evening the owner of\\nthe other cow, Mr. Oakes, came in and said he\\nwould accompany Mr. Turner in the search on\\nthe following morning, which he did.\\nThe reader will doubtless be curious to know\\nwhy Mr. Oakes seemed to take so little interest\\nin the matter, and it is but doing justice to him\\nthat we give the reasons for his apparent indifter-\\nrcnce. The fact that he was very busy in other\\nmatters, besides that his cow did not give milk,\\nand not being particular where she was if out of\\nmischief and danger, and doing well, which he\\nwas satisfied was the case with her, -provided\\nthat she would return home w^hen he had need\\nof her, about w^hich he felt but little misgivings.\\nKnowing full well that she must be somewhere in\\nthe big pasture caused him to wait and see wliat\\nwould be the result of Mr. Turner s efforts.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "G2 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nEarly next morning, which was the tenth day\\nof the hunt, both men with their guns and an\\nample supply of provisions, started for the woods,\\nand on reaching it the} held a consultation as to\\nthe best way of procedure. It was finally de-\\ncided to go to the Ammonoosuc River, at some\\npoint near what is now known as McGregory\\nHollow. Soon after reaching the point desig-\\nnated, they found signs of cattle hn,ving been\\nthere the niglit previous.\\nBeing satisfied that the object of their search\\ncould not be far away they found the trail and\\nhurried on, and fortunately they soon f(uind their\\ncows; seemingly contented and api^arently none\\nthe worse for their vvanderings, and the two men\\nreturned home with their runaway j^roperty and\\nwith lighter hearts than when they started at\\nearly dawn.\\nUnder the skillful treatment of Mrs. Turner,\\nto the surprise of all concerned, their cow was\\nrestored to her former usefulness, yielding her\\nusual amount of milk.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF IlETHLEHEM N. II. G3\\nCHAPTER 9.\\nThe wild beasts, which at first were shy, grew\\nbolder as they became more and better ac-\\nquainted with the sights and sounds of civihza-\\ntion. The early settlers not only made good and\\neffectual use of their trusty guns to rid them-\\nselves of those troublesome enemies, but they\\nhad a cheap and efficient mode of catching bears\\nin traps.\\nThis trap was in form very much like a ligure\\n4, with the top parts intersecting. It consisted\\nof an upright standard of sufficient length to\\nleave room for the bear to enter. This piece of\\nwood was placed in a perpendicular position on\\nand near the end of a large log. Another\\npiece was placed, on tie tojD of this upright stand-\\nard, projecting beyond two feet, more or less;\\nthe other end pointing downward at an angle of\\nabout 45 degrees, of sufficient lengih to coiTes-\\npond with i\\\\\\\\\u00e2\u0082\u00aci general plan of the trap, the end\\nbeing fashioned wedge-like. A long stick, in the\\nside of which and near the end a notch was cut.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "G4: THE EARL Y lUSTOR Y OF THE\\nin which was placed the lower end of tie top-\\npiece of limber. This long stick was placed a-\\nlong-side of the upright standard at about half\\nway between its ends at which point a notch was\\nto lit one in the long sticls; on the end of this\\nspindle (long stick) the bait was fastened. When\\nall things were made ready they proceeded to set\\nthe machine. The framework was put together\\nand held in position by one man, (it requiring\\nmore than one to set up a large one,) while\\nanother completed the work. This w^as done by\\nplacing one end of a large log on the projecting\\nend of the top piece of timber, the other end\\nresting on the bottom leg, the bait being turned\\ninward, so that the bear could not reach it unless\\nhis head was beyond and toward the inside of\\nthe two logs, it being so arranged that he could\\nnot reach it from the l^ack side.\\nThis trap was sprung by bearing down on the\\nbait sufficiently hard to unfasten the spindie on\\nthe upright piece, which the bear would do in re-\\nmoving the bait, when the top log would fall on\\nbruin with crushing weight and he be made to suf-\\nthe extreme penalty for his reckless disregard of\\ncivilization.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF JiETHLEHEM, X. K (35\\nlu this ^vay Mr. Turner cauglit iiiaiiy of liis\\nshaggy foes.\\nIn the fall of the rear he set one of these\\ntraps ill the woods near a piece of grain to which\\nhis son Tiniothv, on one fine afternoon was sent\\nto reap. He did as was directed and labored\\nwithout any interruption until a noise in the\\nwoods not far distant, attracted his attention.\\nThe heavy tread and cracking of dried branches\\nconvinced j oung Timothy (being a small lad) that\\na large bear was not many rods distant. His\\nfears were strong, but the necessity of staying to\\ncut the grain was stronger, so he worked and\\nwatched till it was time to return to the house\\nwhich he did much quicker than he had been in\\nthe habit of doing, and immediately made a re-\\npoii of what he had heard while at work in the\\nfield.\\nThe father was satisfied that it was a bear that\\nhad made the noise and remembering his plan,\\nstarted out to investigate, and on reaching the\\nspot he found bruin fast is his trap.\\nOn one occasion a bear had remained so long\\nin the trap that it could not be disposed of in\\nthe usual manner. So Mr. Turner concluded to\\ngive it to his hogs, he having a number of them", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "(j( tul: eauly histuhy of the\\nat thai time, and lie proceeded at once to carry\\nills plan into execution by throwing the meat\\ninto the yard where he kept his swine; but, to\\nhis astonishment, instead of its being received\\nwith gladness, it disturbed their equanimity.\\nThey showed their displeasure, first, by sly locks\\nand low grunts, which increased in dimensions\\nuntil every hog seemed to be doing his very best\\nto increase the uproar and contusion, running,\\njamping, and squealing as if impelled by an un-\\nseen power. Crazed by fright, and mad i rantic\\nfrom their own unearthly noise they, as if by\\nmutual agreement, decided to leave that terrible\\nplace and bursting through the strong fence that\\nsurroundt d the enclosure, scattered in all direc-\\ntions.\\nIt was now Mr. Turner s time to be alanned\\nfor the safety of his valuable property, for there\\nwas great danger that they might take to the\\nwoods and escape beyond the power of recovery,\\nbut by much coaxing and labor they were all\\nrestored to their proper place and usu^d quiet-\\nness again jorevailed runong the inmates of Mr.\\nTurner s hog-yard.\\nBut one thing is certain, his hogs never liad\\nanother opportunity to dine on bear meat.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLFAiEM, N. H. 07\\nThere is an incident connected with one of his\\nlog bear traps which is worth i-elating, l)ecaiise\\nof the moral lesion it teaches.\\nAn ohl fox in his rambUngs chanced one day\\nto be rusticating in that vicinity and, illured by\\nthe tempting bait, he thought it a good time to\\nlunch; so, after closely scrutinizing the locality,\\nhis foxshij) walked leisurely in and helped him-\\nself. The bait l^eing turned so far inward and\\nthe fox so much smaller than a l:)ear that when\\nin a position to dine he was beyond harm, being\\nto the one side of the trap. He was enjoying his\\nmeal with a good relish when, evidently, the trap\\nwas on the point of springing, when seeing the\\nmotion of the top log (being on the alert for mis-\\nchief,) he started to retrace his steps and reached\\nthe fatal i^^oi just in time to receive the full force\\nof the descending, crushing weight.\\nHad he quietly remained and finished his re-\\npast he might have left the spot unharmed and\\nwith a satisfied appetite have gone on his way\\nrejoicing.\\nMoral: Acting from impulse, minus judgment,\\nmay bring fatal results, and there is sucli a thin.e\\nas beino- too smart.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "fiS THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE\\nCHAPTER 10.\\nOne of the many ills to which flesli is heir to,\\nis, methinks, the toothache. AVho can desciibe\\nit, ov to what can it be Ukenecl What language\\ncan be found that will truthfully convey the real\\nfeelings of the unpleasant suilererV One who\\nnever experienced its effect, both on the mind\\nand body, is not qualified to give an authorized\\nopinion on the subject. As a general rule it has\\nno respect of person. From the highest officer\\nin the government down to tlie lowest serf or most\\ndegraded beggar, it makes its nnwelcome visits\\nsooner or later and on that dreadful occasion the\\ngeneral expression is, Oh how my tooth does\\nache. Sometimes the pain continues as if having\\nno dis2:)Osition to stop or in no hurrv to cease tor-\\nmenting its victim, again as if to make haste and\\nbring matters to a speedy close or to try its pow-\\ner in another form the pain comes amd goes by\\njumps. Its effect on different dispositions is tru-\\nly surprising, for tlie best of people with a mild\\nand gentle te ^nper may lose their equanimity of", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 69\\nmind, but what shall be said of the heritable and\\nfractious Only this: It certainly makes no visi-\\nble improvement on then- use of language, man-\\nners or general deportment. It is not for us to\\ninvestigate the cause of the various kinds and\\nform of toothaches, but only state the fact that\\nMr. Turner had the toothache in its worst and\\nmost pei-plexing manner, and if he would have\\nthe trouble removed by having the diseased part\\nextracted, three conditions munt be complied with:\\na disposition to go, sufficient time in which to go,\\nand then to go and have it taken out.\\nThe point of time in which everything was in\\nreadiness for the operation was in the middle of\\nthe night, and surely the aspect seemed gloomy\\nenough toothache withm and inky darkness\\nwithout^ which circumstances did not conspire\\nto make him hopeful, or his prospective journey\\ncheerful or pleasant.\\nTaking a blazing torch, to prevent his losing\\nhis way, he was soon on his mission, the object-\\nive point being a house on West Hill, where re-\\nsided a man who sometimes acted the part of the\\ndentist. His instruments were of the most ap-\\nproved ancient style, the modern instruments in\\ndentistry not being in use.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "70 THE EARL Y HIS TOR Y OF THE\\nThe torch which Mr. Turner carried was not\\nonly of service to him in directing his footsteps\\nbut it kept the wild inmates of the forest at a\\nproper distance. So deep was the darkness\\nthat his glaring light hardly penetrated the thick\\ngloom, beyond his immediate presence. The\\nmovement of the light showed that though care-\\nful as he endeavored to be, he would frequently\\nstep from the path to one side or the other, and\\nits unsteady motion revealed the fact that the toe\\nof his boot now and then came in contact with\\nsome unseen obstacle a protruding stump of\\nsome small sapling or treacherous projecting\\nroot.\\nUnder these vexed circumstances our hero was\\nslowly but surely making progress westward with\\nthat mental activity natural to one in like condi-\\ntion, his thoughts and feeJings occasionally finding\\nvent in expressions hke the following: How mv\\ntooth aches hope I shall find him at home.\\nJust at this moment an inquisitive owl, perched\\non an old stub in close proximity, being disturb-\\ned in his midnight reveries by the glaring torch\\nand, as if catching the last words of the in-\\ntruder find him at home and curious to\\nknow who this him was with whom this stran-", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 71\\nger could have business at the hour of midnight,\\nunceremoniously disturbed the pei-vading solem-\\nnity of the night by making the forest echo,\\nWho, who, who, who!\\nThis night bird continued to repeat his saucy\\nquestion, while Mr. Turner as persistently refused\\nto notice the interrogator, his mind being fixed\\non his aching tooth and the dentist.\\nIn due time the inmates of a dwelHng on West\\nHill were disturbed in the midst of pleasant\\ndreams by a loud rap on the door. Fortunately,\\nthe Doctor was at home, and in a few minutes\\nthe aching tooth was removed, root and branch,\\nand Mr. Turner returned home in season to get\\na pleasant morning nap.\\nCHAPTER II.\\nAlthough Mr. Turner was successful generally\\nin his various undertakings, accumulating con-\\nsiderable property, yet in some things he was\\nunfortunate.", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "72 THE EARL Y HIS TOE Y OF THE\\nHe bought the land on which he settled, and\\npaid for it, but subsequently it was ascertained\\nthat his title was worthless and, not wishing to\\nchange his place of residence, he paid for his\\nfarm the second time.\\nWe refer to one more instance of a like kind,\\nshowing his financial misfortunes. The idea of\\nmaking a turnpike road through Bethlehem was\\nconceived, it being clearly seen that for years a\\nlarge business would be transacted between the\\nmerchants at Poiiland, Maine, and the people of\\nnorthern New Hampshii e and eastern part of the\\nGreen Mountain State, and that the many teams\\nnecessarily engaged in carrying the trade would\\nmost naturally find their way through this town,\\nand subsequent events proved the correctness of\\nthis idea.\\nTo caiTy out the plan of making Bethlehem a\\ngreat thoroughfaJfce of business a company was\\nlegally formed or it had that appearance to the\\noutside world and Mr. Turner took the job of\\nbuilding a part of this turnpike. He built it ac-\\ncording to contract, hiring help to the amount of\\ntwo hundred dollars, but the expense incurred\\nby him in constructing the road the company", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 73\\nnever paid one cent,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 having lost its identity, if\\never bad any real existence.\\nThe amount lost by a worthless title to his\\nland and his expense in constructing the turnpike\\nwas a great misfortune to Mr. Turner, for let it\\nbe remembered that the loss of a few hundred\\ndollars in those days and under difficult circum-\\nstances was much greater than the loss of a like\\nsum at the present time.\\nMr. Turner ended his earthly pilgrimage in\\nBethlehem at the age of 73 years, on the farm\\nwhere he made his settlement in 1790. He was\\nfather of Timothy P. Turner, a much esteemed\\ncitizen who represented the town in the councils\\nof State, being father of Mr. James N. Turner,\\nthe proprietor of a pleasant summer boarding\\nhouse situated on the old homestead farm.\\nIn June, 1803, an accident occurred that\\nbrought feelings of sadness to the whole town.\\nIsaac Batchellor and Aaron Kenney Avere shing-\\nling a barn on what is known as the Lot Wood-\\nbury farm, now occupied by Harrison Sawyer-\\nWkile at work another man came on the roof,\\nand the additional weight thereby caused the\\nstaging to give way, precipitating the three per-\\nsons to the gi ound. Th\u00e2\u0082\u00ac visitor and Mr. Kenney", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "74 THE EAMLY HISTORY OF THE\\nwere not dangerously injured,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 catching hold of\\nsome parts of the staging in their descent the\\nforce of the concussion was lessened. Mr. Bach-\\nellor was not so fortunate. With no impediment\\nto obstruct his descent he fell on the rocks below\\nwith great force.\\nDr. Burns of Littleton, was sent for in great\\nhaste, but on his arrival at the place of disaster\\nhe found the unfortunate man had breathed his\\nlast\\nThere was one incident that added solemnity\\nto the presence of death.\\nWhile the men were busy at their work there\\nwas a rapidly gathering storm in the far off west-\\nern sky, a long black mass of rising clouds skirted\\nthe distant horizon; peal on peal of cracking,\\nrolling thunder moved in all its native grandeur,\\namid the distant storm, while the vivid lightning\\nplayed its wild fantastic part in the general con-\\nfusion of waring elements, assuming an appear-\\nance of vast sheets of fire, as it moved in a ser-\\npentine manner along the angiy billowy pile.\\nNearer and nearer came the shower, quicker and\\nheavier fell the descending hammers, while the\\ngrand old forest awake to the increasing interest\\nof the moment, sent back its echoes with increas-", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 75\\ning rapidity. At this juncture the staking broke\\nand with fatal results.\\nAbout the time Mr. Batchellor breathed his\\nlast the storm burst on the solemn scene in all\\nthe wild fury of a inountain shower. Death\\nwithin the dwelling, with its ghastly foiTQ, com-\\nbined with the noise of the roaring raging ele-\\nments without, all conspired to make the scene a\\nfearful and impressive one.\\nThus the living were brought face to face with\\nthat great mystery so much alike to aU mankind.\\nThe educated and illiterate, alike, gaze earaest-\\nly and wishfully (as they stand on the border of\\nthe known,) towards the boundless unknown be-\\nyond, with doubtful forebodings, and the mystery\\nis no nearer solved than it was before. While\\nreason and revelation only compai*atively reduces\\nthe darkness into twilight, enabling man to quite\\ndistinctly discern some essential features of a fu-\\nture life, there are very many things which we\\nwould be glad to learn that are veiled by impen-\\netrable blackness.\\nIsaac Batchellor is no more; but his good char-\\nacter and woiihy deeds are a lasting monument\\nof his unselfishness and high esteem in which he\\nwas held by all who knew him. He was father", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "76 THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE\\nof Stillman Batchellor, who died in Bethlehem,\\nand who was the father of Albert Batchellor, a\\nrising young lawyer in his profession, now lo-\\ncated in Littleton, N. H.\\n^thh\\nCHAPTER 12.\\nThe liability to be lost in the woods was\\ngreater in those early days than now. Even the\\nmost experienced in woodcraft and accustomed\\nfor many long years to a forest life, would some-\\ntimes find themselves so bewildered in the bow-\\ners of nature as to be unable to discern the four\\ncardinal points of the compass, mistaking one for\\ntlie other, believing that every stream of water\\nthey saw run exactly the reverse from what it\\nreally did. Men who would have laughed at the\\nidea of being lost where they felt so well ac-\\nquainted and were so much at home, found them-\\nselves so entangled that they could not be extri-\\ncated without outside aid.\\nWe will relate an instance of that kind.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. K 77\\nBruin was very much aimov( cl at his future\\nprospects, for civilization was rapxdly destro3ing\\nhis cherished home, driving- him further and fur-\\nther away from his deHghtful, chosen retreat;\\ntaking from him, by force, the land and foiests\\nto which he had an undoubted title b}^ rightful\\ninheritance. But the cool, calculating brain of\\nman was too much for the instinctive power of\\nhis noble bearship; he saw the constantly increas-\\ning number of the invading foe without being\\nable to prevent it. This he could do, and did, shared\\nwith them their crops, lambs, and whatever else\\ncould be of use to him, thus making the bold\\nintruder pay rent for occupying his majesty s\\nbeautiful, and productive domain.\\nOn the other hand the settlers claimed the\\nright to all of nature s vast and delightful ground,\\nand the right to cultivate where, and as much of\\nthe same as they chose; and not only this but to\\ncatch and kill every bear, great and small, that\\nthey could. Tliis state of feelings caused an un-\\nceasing warfare between the parties interested\\nwhich would most surely end in the almost en-\\ntire extermination of the shaggy beasls.\\nA man by the name of John Bemis who re-\\nsided in Littleton, in what is now known as the", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "78 THE EARL Y HI8T0R Y OF THE\\nTowne s neighborhood, had a piece of growing\\ncorn to which a bear took a great hking, and he\\nWent about the work of securing by stealth his\\npart of the golden kernel before its harvest\\ntime.\\nMr. Bemis soon discovered the plot, and at\\nonce determined to punish, if possible, the dar-\\ning thief; for the selfish creature showed no dis-\\nposition to make a fair division of the much de-\\nsired treasure, but on the contrary seemed in-\\nclined to appropriate it all to his own use. Ac-\\ncordingl}^ he so arranged a trap that he was\\nquite positive ere long he could bring old bruin\\nto summary punishment, he having already been\\ntried and convicted, the only remaining part of\\nthe programme being to catch and kill him.\\nEverj^thing was now ready to carry his plan in-\\nto execution. Mr. Bemis went to and from his\\ntrap, but found no prisoner. Bruin continued to\\nvisit the corn-field about his accustomed business,\\nregardless of whathis bitter foe might think or\\ndo. But the monotony of the^general aspects of\\naffairs was suddenly broken. One morning as\\nusual, Mr. Bemis went to look at his trap and\\nfound that it was gone. The truth at once flashed\\nacross his mind; the trap had done its part of", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H. 79\\nthe work faithfully, but the fastenings had not\\nbeen made sufficiently strong, and the bear had\\nescaped taking it along with him.\\nThe neighbors were soon informed of the true\\nstate of things and having a common interest in\\nthe matter, they unhesitatingly agreed to make\\nit a common cause and to go immediately in\\nsearch of the culprit. With Mr. Bemis they\\nsoon stalled on the hunt.\\nThis was on the morning of October 9, 1804.\\nMr. Bemis, not anticipating a long search, started\\nbefore eating his morning meal, taking with him\\nhis little dog and gun, expecting soon to return.\\nBeing lame he could not keep up with the rest of\\nthe party, and soon finding himself left beyond\\nthe other hunters call took the way that seemed\\nto him the most advisable. From that time he\\nsaw no more of his companions untU found by\\nthem in a sad condition.\\nThe weather signs of the morning were omi-\\nnous of a coming storm. The low distant sound\\nof murmuring thunder was born fi-om afar on a\\npassing breeze, while the distant stifled noise of\\nthe restless elements, like some mighty giant\\nputting forth all his strength to free himself from\\nsome galling chain, ready to snap asunder at", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "80 THE EARL Y HLSTOli Y OF THE\\nevery successive attempt to extricate himself,\\nwas indistinctly heard from away to the west-\\nward.\\nMr. Bemis moved on and the clouds continued\\nto thicken as the storm gathered. In a short\\ntime the rattling thunder and vivid flash, accom-\\npanied with a heavy laJl of rain, was followed by\\na calm, which showed that the storm had done\\nits work in that locality and passed on its way\\nto visit the mountains. When it ceased to rain\\nthe snow began to fall and continued till the\\nground was covered to the depth of about twelve\\ninches. When the rain began to descend Mr.\\nBemis sought shelter I eneath some friendly cov-\\nert and there remained until the calm that fol-\\nlowed the shower; thon he again resumed his\\nsearch and commenced to shout for his compan-\\nions, but no answer came, echo being the only\\nreply.\\nIt now became evident to him that he had\\nbetter return home; having thus decided he\\ncommenced as he supposed a homeward journey\\nwith his thoughts on the occurrences of the day.\\nHe moved on not doubting but what he would\\nreach home in due time in safety, but to his\\nastonishment the coming night began to wrap", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H \u00c2\u00ab1\\nlier sable cmiains around hilltops aDcl valley,\\nwarning him that greater darkness and increas-\\ning cold would soon surround him. And those\\nloved ones at home were waiting and watching\\neagerly for his return. He now increased his\\nexertions expecting every moment to hit some\\nfamiliar spot fi om whence he could make a start\\nin the right direction, for he now saw that he\\nhad lost the points of compass, for had he gone\\ntowards home he would have reached it loDg be-\\nfore that time.\\nFeeling assured that he did not know what\\ncourse to follow after a while he concluded to\\nmake the best of his unpleasant situation and\\nfinding the best sheltei* that the unfavorable cir-\\ncumstances would allow of, weary and hungry he\\nhalted for the night; but being used to the\\nwoods he expected to reach home on the mor-\\nrow in time to eat an early breakfast with his\\nnow anxious family.\\nWith these thoughts he yielded to the impera-\\ntive demands of nature and was lost to his dan-\\ngerous situation in the close embrace of welcom-\\ned sleep.\\nLeaving the unfortunate man unconscious of\\nAvhat was transpiring around him, we turn our", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "82 THE EARLY HISTOBY OF THE\\nattention to his friends and neighbors. Hope\\nand fear, each in turn filled his family with con-\\nflicting emotion; the liabilities and probabihties\\nwere fi eely discussed, and the circumstances fa-\\nvorable for and against his safe return were\\nweighed with deep feeHngs experienced only un-\\nder a like condition of things. While now and\\nthen some one of their number would exclaim,\\nHark! I hear footsteps; guess he has come.\\nBut it was all an illusion born of the wish that it\\nmight be so.\\nThus the long night of suspense wore slowly\\nawa}^ with those anxious ones.\\nWhen morning dawned the men in that settle-\\nment having been informed that Mr. Bemis had\\nnot returned to his home, prepared to search for\\nhun. Everything being ready the party started\\nfor the forest taking dinner horns, dogs and guns.\\nWhen at a given point the men blew their horns\\nand discharged their guns, which caused the\\ndogs to set up a vigorous and prolonged whining\\nand barking; then separating, as marked out by\\na previous programme, the search was continued\\nthroughout the day, occasionally halting to shout\\nat the top of their voices the name of the lost\\nman, to which was added the sound of horns and", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, K H. 83^\\nbarking of dogs. This mingling of discordant\\nsounds when blended into one confused\\nmass made the welkin ring with an inde-\\nscribable noise that reached the ears of distant\\nlisteners in a wild fantastic manner, disturbing\\nnumberless slumbering echoes, frightening wild\\nbeasts from their hiding places, and birds of va-\\nrious kinds sought safety on the wing as if con-\\nscious of some impending danger. At nightfall\\nthey all returned home with sorrowful heai ts to\\nreport that their eftorts to find Mr. Bemis had\\nproved a failure.\\nHope, that bright angel of mercy that hitherto\\nhad been a constant companion with the discon-\\nsolate and afflicted family, whispered words of\\ncheer and brighter anticipations; thus, to gome\\nextent, lessening the sadness of the hour, now\\nceased to be regarded, its soothing voice being-\\nlost in the thickening darkness of fear that j^er-\\nvaded their hearts and with which the very at-\\nmosphere seemed to be impregnated.\\nWe now return to Mr. Bemis who, when day-\\nlight appeared, came from the place where he\\nhad stayed the previous night. Faint with hun-\\nger and worn with the labor and excitement of\\nthe preceding day, he started with his faithful", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "84 THE EAIITjY HISTORY OF THE\\ndog-, as he supposed ia a homew.ud direction,\\nbut ou reaching the Ammonoos.ic River he dis-\\ncovered his mistake; and he was still farther de-\\nceived in thinking the river before him was\\nJohn s River, and that it ran in the opposite di-\\nrection from what it really did.\\nThis was a fatal mistake, for had he followed\\nthe stream downward he would soon have found\\nthe abode of man but in going up the river he\\npenetrated deeper and deeper into the forests of\\nBethlehem. He spent the day in wandering and\\nresting and when night came on he was still be-\\nyond the reach of human aid, and seating him-\\nself beneath the friendly branches of the nearest\\ntree he w^ent to sleep. Thus ended the second\\nday of his absence from home.\\nAfter the friends of Mr. Bemis had returned\\nfrom their fruitless search, they held a council\\nand it was decided to resume the search for him\\non the following day, which they did, their com-\\npany being enlarged by additional numbers, us-\\ning the same means as the day before to ascer-\\ntain the wliereabouts of the object of their\\nsearch with no better results.\\nThe movements of Mr. Bemis on this day\\nwere similar to tho.^e of the day previous, he", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. K 85\\ngrowing more weary and confused, having less\\nand less comprehension of his real situation.\\nTravelling more in circles, coming back to his\\nstarting point, at the same time moving some-\\nwhat higher uj) the river. Nature could endure\\nno more for the time and he sank down upon the\\neai th exhausted. A little sleep revived him, but\\non the lohowing morning the once strong mind\\nand body \\\\vas deranged and weak, yet he con-\\ntinued to wander about stopping often to rest\\nand then to move again. Too much overcome\\nwith hunger, fatigue and exposure to have any\\nwell devised plan, only a vague idea that he was\\nlost seemed to inspire him and he must go home.\\nThus he traveled having no regard as to w^here\\nor in what direction.\\nAfter the second day v/as ended it was decided\\nthat the search should be continued until the\\nlost man should be found, dead or alive as mio-htr\\nbe.\\nBy this time the news that a man was lost in\\nthe forest had spread far and wide. On the next\\nday the number of men that joined in the search\\nwas greatly augmented, and the manner of j^ro-\\ncedure was similar to that of the preceding days,\\nonly, if possible, the party shouted more earnest-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "86 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nly, blew their horns with greater rigor, and the\\nguns were made to speak more loudly. Sudden-\\nly some of the men were attracted by the bark-\\ning of a dog belonging to the party, and on go-\\ning to the spot discovered the lost man.\\nWhen found Mr. Bemis was sitting on a log\\nholding his gun. Examination showed his powder\\nwas wet and the flint of his gun lost, leaving him\\nwithout the means to kill game or make a fire;\\nhis feet were badly frozen and he had eaten\\nnothing since leaving home, excepting a piece of\\nhis dog s tongue, the remainder of which was\\nfound in his pocket.\\nThe shock which Mr. Bemis received by this\\nsad event caused his death about seven years\\nlater.\\nThe place where Mr. Bemis was found was in\\nthe vicinity of Alder Brook, on what is now\\nknown as Piatt s Meadow.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BKTHLEHEM, N. H. 87\\nCHAPTER 13.\\nThe wants and needs of the early settlers were\\nunlike in amount and kind, in man}^ respects, to\\nthose of to-day, and their manner of securing\\nthe necessaries of life corresponded with their\\nsurroundings. Their food was of the plainest\\nkind, anything eatable being gladly welcomed.\\nThe texture and cut of their wearing apparel\\nwas in harmony with their idea of durability,\\nconvenience and comfort. The animal, vegeta-\\nble and mineral kingdoms were put under con-\\ntribution and ever}^ thing within their reach util-\\nized to the best advantage. Costly ornaments\\nand silk dresses as well as the luxuries known to\\nolder communities had no place in their humble\\nhomes. The heavy gTOwth of timber was made\\nto serve a purpose, in a manner not practical\\nnow, neither would it be available at the present\\ntime. From early dawn to a late hour at night\\nthere might have been seen fi*om various locali-\\nties the curling smoke making its way above the\\nsurrounding tree tops. A visit to the spot would", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "88 THE EAllL Y HLSTUli V OF THE\\nreveal the reason why it v/as so, and also afVord a\\npractical illustration of salts nialiin.^-. There\\nwould be oii^ or more men bus}^ in r Ting oreat\\nhardwood logs ou a Lirge pile, on one ^^ide of\\nw^hicli the lire was fast converting the once stand-\\ning trees into ashes, while close bYwr)uldbe seen\\nlarge kettles in which alkali w, s boiling and\\nfoaming, having been obtained h\\\\ leaching the\\nashes secured after the logs had been burned, as\\na row of tubs or old barrels near by indicated.\\nThe salts obtained by boiling were sent to\\nmarket, in exchange for which they would receive\\nthe necessaries of life. In various localities small\\nmounds, made of ashes leached by the salt ma-\\nkers may now be seen. On the Joel Winch\\nplace, near the line that separated that from Mr.\\nTurner s, was a building where salts were manu-\\nfactured from ashes bought of all who chose\\nto selJ tliem.\\nOne incident in salts making that has been\\nhanded down to the present generation, we give\\nas an echo from the past. One of the salt mak-\\ners returned home at night for his sui)per, tak-\\ning good care to have his trusty rifle in readi-\\nness for use at a moment s warning, as he ha l\\nseen a bear a number of times in that vicinity.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF nETHLEUEiM, N. IL HV)\\nIt was (lark wlitui be set out on Lis return. The\\nsuiTounaing ooni and tliouolits of bruin liad\\nAvorked ills inia:vination into so Hvely a condition\\nthat he woidd not haveljeen disappointed in see-\\nino- o-ame at aiiT time. With this state of feek\\nings he came in sight of his place of work and\\nsud lenly halted; the dim hght of lire gave sur-\\nrounding objects an indistinct appearance, xvhich\\ncombined with an excited brain, brought him to\\nthe conclusion that his shaggy enemy had, in his\\nabsence, taken the liberty to gi atifv his majesty s\\ncuriosity bv making an examination of things m\\ngeneral, and, bringing liis riiie to his shoulder,\\nhis eye rested along tl.e barrel till it reached\\nthe unconscious object of his gaze, when a sharp\\nreport broke the pervading stillness of the place.\\nDrawing his long knife to finish the ugly brute\\nif not ah-eady dead, he rushed to the spot and to\\nhis surprise found what he supposed to be a bear\\nwas a kettle which he sometimes used in boiling\\nalkali, but at that time it was not in use, which fact\\nhe did not realize when he discharged his rille.\\nBeing a good marksman the bail had hit the\\nmark^so squarely that it destroyed its future use-\\nfulness. But he had this consolation,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 if it had", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "yu THE EAMLY mSTOMY OF THE\\nbeen a bear lie would have been sure of his hide\\nand also the bounty.\\nThe great suffering arising from the need of\\nproper and sufficient food, and the importance of\\nmaking salts in connection with obtainino- it is\\nillustrated by the foUowing incident\\nWhen the bridge which the town voted to\\nbuild was in process of construction, some of\\nthe workmen were oWiged to labor continuaUy\\nin the water, with nothing to eat during the day\\nbut warm milk porridge brought to them by\\ntheir families. This extremity to which the citi-\\nzens of Bethlehem were forced, resulted in dis-\\ncontinuing the building of the bridge for the\\ntime and to keep themselves from stai-ving they\\nwent to making salts. When a sufficient amount\\nhad been manufactured it was sent to market a\\ndistance of about 170 miles, witli an ox team\\nThe people during the time it took to go to mar-\\nket and return (which was neariy a month) sub-\\nsisted to some extent on boiled roots, and indeed\\neverything that could afford them nourishment", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, M H. 91\\nCHAPTER 14.\\nThe inhabitants of Bethlehem resided so far\\nfrom any post office and the faciUties for distrib-\\nuting mail matter were sobad that the newspa-\\npers were delivered at the homes of those who\\ntook them, by special aiTangement outside of the\\npost office departmeiiit, the cost of which was\\npaid by the subscribers.\\nThe first person employed to act on this plan\\nwas Eeuben Baker, then a boy, and who now^ re-\\nsides in town. He obtained the papers in the\\ntown of Barnet, Vermont, and in connection\\nwith this, he did errands of various kinds and\\nany other business that different inhabitants de-\\nsired.\\nA serious accident would have befallen a man\\nnear Bethlehem street, but for the fortunate fact\\nthat the center of gravity was on the side of the\\nhorse opposite the danger. The man rode into\\ntown and after gratifying his desire for toddy\\nand flip (his favorite kinds of drink) to an inor-\\ndinate extent, it being nea*- dark, he mounted\\nhis horse with some assistance and started home-", "height": "2605", "width": "1752", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "92 THE EATtl.Y HIHTORY OF THE\\n\\\\Yard, but a iimddletlbrahian.l an iniHteadvliaiii\\nguided bis horss into an adjoining field iu wbic.\\nwas a deep well around which there w^as no curb\\nIn that direction horse and rider went uncon\\nscions of any danger until they had reached\\npoint so close to the well that one stirrup of th(\\nsaddle hung directly over the edge of the yawai-\\ning abyss, when the rider lost his balance and\\nfell to the ground on the side of the horse far-\\nthest from the excavatioi^ In his descent his\\nboot was left behind and, as if disliking the turn\\nevents had taken, as soon as it was freed from\\nthe foot and stirrup it fell into the dark depth\\nbelow. Search was made for the missing boot,\\nbut its wliereal:\u00c2\u00bbouts remained a mystery until af-\\nter a time it became necessary to clean out the\\nw^ell, when, at the bottom, the article that disap-\\npeared so mysteriously on tliat eventful evening,\\nwas found;\\nAccidents of vari(^us kinds with more or less\\nserious results, occupy a phxce in the early his-\\ntory of this locality. It was during one of these\\nextremely cold days of winter that sometimes\\ncome to our northern clime, that a man with an\\nox team arrived in front of a tavern on West\\nHill, kept by Thornton Barrett (now owned by", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 93\\nLuther Wallace,) being very cold he left his\\nteam in the road and ^vent in to warui himself\\nby a blazing fire and take something to cheer\\nhis drooping spirits.\\nMr. Barrett had the reputation of being well\\nprovided with good fuel and that wonderful work-\\ning drink that warms a man in winter and cools\\nhim in summer/\\nHow long he stayed is uncertain, but wlien he\\nwas ready to depart he started out and coming-\\nin sight of his team which had not moved from\\nwhere he left it, he gave in a sharp, loud voice\\nthe command, Wake uj) my boys and go along\\nthere Perceiving that they took no notice of\\nwhat he said, he started towards them, repeating\\nthe command with some additional exclamations\\nand adjectives in a more vehement manner, but\\nwith no better results.\\nOn reaching his team he found his cattle dead,\\nthey having died from cold while standing in\\ntheir tracks.", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "U THE EARL Y EISTOR Y OF THE\\nCHAPTER 15.\\nThe first resident shoemaker in town was\\nMoses Eastman, who resided on the farm now\\noccupied by Amasa Streeter. The first black-\\nsmith was Abel Hale, whose shop was located on\\nthe ground now covered by the Sinclair House.\\nTiie first regular physician by profession in town\\nwas Peter Shattuck, but he did not practic medi-\\ncine. The first practicing physician was a Mr.\\nEawson, who resided on West Hill opposite the\\nspot w^here stood for many years the school house\\nin District No. 4. The first grist mill was located\\nat Mc Gregory Hollow, Stephen Houghton, j^ro-\\nprietor. Two churches were erected not long\\nafter the town was organized. The Congrega-\\ntional building was located near where now stands\\nthe beautiful Centennial House; the Free Will\\nBaptist building was located about a mile farther\\nwest on the main road nearly opposite the resi-\\ndence of Timothy Hildreth and his son Orville,\\nat the junction of the two roads.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 95\\nAfter these places of worship had sei*\\\\ ed the\\npui-pose first intended, they were disposed of in the\\nfollowing manner: The first was sold and used\\nfor various building pui poses, it being very com-\\nmodious the amount of timber was large. The\\nother was taken down and transformed into a\\nstarch factory, and located near the main street,\\non the stream once known as Bean Brook near\\nReuben Baker s residence, where it now remains.\\nOn that stream and in the same vicinity there\\nonce existed a mill for grinding provender, a\\nthreshing machine moved by water power, a\\nblacksmith shop, clover-seed mill and chair fac-\\ntory (some of the chaii s there manufactured are\\nnow in existence,) and a brick yard.\\nThen, as now, officers of justice were on the\\nalert to punish offenders of the law. The follow-\\ning is an incident connected with the administi a-\\ntion of justice at the time of which we now write.\\nOne Dutton, for not doing as the law required\\nwas duly arrested at the projoer time and in an\\nofficial manner by Stephen Houghton, constable,\\nwho poHtely informed the prisoner that his pres-\\nence at Haverhill jail was very desirable and that\\nas he was somewhat interested in the affair, and,\\nto be sure that he, Dutton, was not prevented by", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "d6 THE EAllL Y HhSTOli Y OF THE\\nsome unforseen event from reacliing the plac\\nhe, Houghton, would escort him hither.\\nApparent!}^ by mutual consent the two starttHl\\nfor their place of destination. At the close of\\nthe first day s j jurney thyy reached the homa of\\nCaleb Baker, a merchant in Franconia, distant\\nlive miles fi om Bethlehem. Here the evening-\\nwas spent in a jovial manner teUing stories and\\nrelating incidents in their individual lives ^tlie\\nprisoner taking part in the conversation.\\nEverything progressed lincly until the time to\\nretire had arrived, when the question arose,\\nWhat shall be done witJi Mr. Dulton?\\nTo answer this grave question in a legal way\\npuzzled the officer. Hov/ to sleep and keep a\\nsharp lookout for the prisoner at the same time?\\nwas a task beyond his comprehension.\\nSome said one thing, some another; several\\nplans were discussed, when one mind more fer-\\ntile than tlie rest, said he had a feasible way of\\nfixing things all right, and this was his plan.\\nIn the room was a very large cradle having no\\nfootboard, in Avhich Mr. Dtitton was to be placed\\nand securely bound. All agreed that this was\\njust the thing to be done, wondering why it had\\nnot been thought of before.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF JJETHLEEEM, X. K U7\\nB}^ ihis mode the prisoner would be placed be-\\nyond the power of escape, besides securing com-\\nloi-fable quarters, an opportunity for a short\\nsleej) and pleasant dreams, at least so thought\\nthe officer of justice.\\nThe scheme executed to the apparent satisfac-\\nfaction of all interested, officer Houghton waited\\nuntil a deep sonorous sound from the cradle an-\\nnounced his presence no longer necessary with\\nLis prisoner. His physical and mental powers\\nl)eginning to feel the effects of the great strain\\nto which they had been subjected through the\\nday, and the reaction that sooner or later comes\\nto all minds wrought up to a high pitch by exter-\\nnal and internal causes, beginning to manifest\\nitself, he arose fi om his sitting posture and taking\\none searching look at the place from whence came\\nthe sound, now changed to suchloud heavy snoring\\nas to be almost frightful. At which point the old\\nfamily clock chimed its hourly music with a sat-\\nisfied air aniioancing twelve o clock. All was\\n^vell and he retired. He Avas soon sleeping only\\nas one can who needs rest and is conscious of\\nhaving faithfully performed his duty.\\n^Ul continued to slumber peacefully until the\\nday daAvned when Mr. Button awoke niuch re-", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "1\\ni)8 THE EAJILY HISTOBY OF THE\\nfreshed by the repose he had enjoyed. Every-\\nthing was still and he was alone. After a few\\nmoments reflection he thus soliloquized: I have\\nno desire to escape but if I could play a practi-\\ncal joke on my keeper and make him an object\\nof laughter, placing him in a position where he\\nwouJd feel compelled to pay certain bills I would\\nvery much like to do it, for, in that case, I would\\nshare in the fun and receive tangible proof of\\nthe benefit to be derived from the execution of\\nsuch a movement. But, should I be detected\\nand fail, the laugh would be turned on myself\\nand I be obliged to pay the necessary expenses.\\nAfter a moment s pause, he added, Yes, I will\\ntry it, and run the risk, for in either case I shall\\nget a drink!\\nThe cradle, though a large one, was shoit com-\\n2)ared with the lengili of the occupant, his feet\\nprotruding far beyond the end of his prison\\nhouse he could not extricate himself from his\\nfastenings without arousing the family and thus\\nfrustrate his plans; but he could leave and take\\nhis prison with him.\\nAs every moment s delay endangered the suc-\\ncess of his scheme he immediately got to his feet\\nand noiselessly moved out of the house.", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, K H m\\nA. few rods distant from the house a secluded\\nsi)ot afforded him the necessary retreat, and here\\nwe leave him to return to his official majesty.\\nHardly had Dutton ensconced himself and the\\nshrubbery ceased to move when an inmate of\\nthe family came tripping along, pail in hand,\\nbound for the spring. About the same time Mr.\\nHoughton arose from his bed, hastily dressed\\nand, with a serene and placid countenance, went\\nto give a morning salutation to his friend Dut-\\nton.\\nOn opening the door of the apartment wher\\nhe had left the xnisoner only a few hours before,\\nwith one foot on the threshold he stopped in\\nblank amazement, for the culprit was nowhere to\\nbe seen. Was he dreaming, in a nightmare, or\\nwas it a reality At that moment the loud noise\\nof swallows in the capacious old-fashioned chim-\\nney attracted his attention in that direction and\\nhe would have made an examination of that lo-\\ncalit}^ but for the fact which he now for the first\\ntime seemed to realize, that the cradle was gone\\nas well as prisoner; surely both could not be in\\nthat sooty aperture.\\nThe calmness that sat enthroned on his hope-\\nful visage bvit a few moments previous liad now", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "100 THE EARLY mSTORY OF THE\\n(llsippeare J. Hope and fear alt Tiiately occupied\\na place in iiis disturbed mind, occasionally blend-\\ning together in one coni as:Hl luass making his\\nsituation no enviable one.\\nYes, he has vanished, and I, officer Houghton\\nam responsible; but he must be found. The\\nalarm was given, and search immediately com-\\nmenced. All were animated by the event: great\\nexcitement prevailed; men, women and children\\nwere on the aleii: running hitlier and thither,\\nsome giving their opinions quite freely in the\\nmatter, while others were silently endeavoring to\\nlind the trail, were scrutinizing every nook and\\ncorner, when suddenly a shout was heard fol-\\nlowed by the declaration that made the welkin\\nring, We have found him!\\nSoon all gathered at the sjoot to find Mr. Dut-\\nton as quiet and undisturbed as though nothing\\nunusual had occurred, at the same time, remark-\\niitg, I was enjoying life very much, and cannot\\ncomprehend the necessity for so much noise and\\nconfusion solely on my account.\\nHe had come to that spot for a little out dooi\\nexercise and change of atmosphere, and that he\\nwould have returned in due time alone; but, un-\\nder the circumstances, lie would go with the cro^Yd,", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "TO WN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 101\\nRisiug to his feet he returned to the house as\\nhe left it, with the cradle oii his back, saying as he\\ndid so, in his most polite off-handed way, Mr.\\nHoughton, Sir, officer of justice: I think that it\\nis your treat\\nThe game had been successfully played and\\nDutton had w^on. Amid shouts and laughter, in\\nv/hich all joined, they returned back and as ex-\\npected, Mr. Houghton regarded it as a good joke\\nand acted well his part in the closing scene.\\nThe matter was settled on the spot and the\\ntwo returned home together, leaving on record\\nthe fact that one man had literally taken up\\nhis bed and w^alked.", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "102 THE EARL Y HISTOR Y OF THE\\nCHAPTER 16.\\nContrasting Bethlehem, as it was nearly one\\nhundred years ago, with what it now is we can\\nhardly realize the fact that from so small a begin-\\nning has been developed our prosperous and\\nflourishing condition. To say that w^ealth has\\ndone all this is to defame the time-honored mem-\\nory of our worthy ancestors and do great injus-\\ntice to the honest laboring men of Bethlehem of\\nto-day. It j)uts in the background intelUgence,\\nmorality and Christianity elements ever essen-\\ntial to success. It ignores the fact that wealth\\nis only an instrument in accomplishing high and\\nnoble purposes. It disregards prominent facts\\nin our history, as though undisputed records of\\nthe past could be blotted out of existence by an\\nempty, pompous assertion. It seeks to change\\nthe order of things established by the Creator,\\nand to found prosperity on an entirely new basis.\\nSucli an idea is born of ignorance, with no true", "height": "2620", "width": "1747", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "TOWN OF BETHLEHEM, N. H 108\\nconception of tlie nature of true greatness or\\nthe mode of obtaining it.\\nThose who assert that wealth is the highest\\npoint to reach the one great object of life, reiter-\\nates the sentiments of Mr. Hammond of South\\nCarolina, wlien he said of the laboring jiortion\\nof the community, They are the mud-sills of\\nsociety 1\\nAn ^attempt to enforce this theory lias brought\\ninto existence secret organizations which honey-\\ncombed the nations of the East and made inse-\\ncure the despotic governments of the old world,\\nand like causes would produce like results in our\\nown liappy land.\\nThe foundation of what Bethlehem now is and\\nwhat she is capable of being was laid deep on\\nbroad principles that exist in the nature of things,\\nunaccompanied by wealth and the many luxuries\\nof a later date, but under a condition of things\\nthe reverse of all this. The germ of its great-\\nness was planted beneath overhanging branches\\nof forest trees, among granite rocks and piles of\\nsnow attended by piercing blasts from the fi ozen\\nclime. It was fostered and cared for amid the\\ngloom of poverty as well as great perils and\\nhardships, and at times with many fears of star-", "height": "2600", "width": "1711", "jp2-path": "earlyhistoryofto00boll_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "104 THE EARL Y HlSTOli Y OF THE\\nvation. It was watered by many tears that often\\ntimes flowed like summer s rain to invig-orate the\\ntender plant destined to unfold its branches and\\nbear its legitimate fiaiitage fardo.^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2n the pathway\\nof tune. Certain fundamental principles under-\\nlie prosperity and true greatness and are essen-\\ntial elements of success at all times and in all\\nparts of the globe, ^^hether surrounded with\\npalm and cocoa trees, in the land of orange blos-\\nsoms, of cotton and of cane, or among the gran-\\nite hills of our New England homes. Industr^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nm the right direction has acted a conspicuous\\npart m the growth of Bethlehem, from the day\\nthe woodman s axe broke the silence of the dense\\nforests of Lloyd s Hill to the present time\\nEconomy also takes its place as a yaluable fea-\\nture m the great Avhole, to which much credit is\\ndue, while the school and meeting houses tru-\\nly proclann: Without our aid the present\\ncondition of things could not have been what\\nthey now are. The seed of prosperity Mas sown\\nby other hands, we reap the harvest: they plant-\\ned the tree, we gather the fruit thereof. 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