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Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ARGYLE:
page 64
On Nomination Day Thomas Killam was proposed by Nathan Moses, seconded
by
Benjamin Hobbs, for the County; for the Township of Yarmouth, George S.
Brown,
by W. H. Jenkins, seconded by Robert Guest; W. H. Townsend by Josiah
Raymond,
seconded by Rufus H. Symonds. For the Township of Argyle, John Ryder,
proposed
by John C. Anderson, seconded by Capt. John Murphy; Isaac S. Hatfield,
by Enos
Gardner, seconded by Michael Surette. The Candidates then addressed the

Electors, followed by J. V. N. Hatfield, J. K. Ryerson, George Killam,
W. H. Jenkins,
and others. At 4 o'clock, no other Candidate appearing for the County
Mr. Killam
was declared duly elected.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 74
For the Local–W. H. Townsend by Rufus H. Symonds, seconded by Capt.
Simeon
Gardner.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 79
John K. Ryerson, by Simeon Gardner, seconded by B. Bogers.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 90
[p.90] Bowman Corning, of Yarmouth, by William Burrill, Charles E.
Brown, Freeman
Gardner, Hugh D. Cann, Joseph Burrell, Nathan Lewis, George H. Gardner,
James
Burrill, Edward Allen, George Landers, James Goldfinch, Robert
Ellenwood, Henry
Lewis, William Powers, George H. Guest, W. H. Cook, A. F. Stoneman,
Zebina
Goudey, Israel L. Burrill, Richard N. Crosby, Isaiah Crosby, S. C.
Northrup, J. C.
Anderson, S. A. Crowell, Ansel Kinney, Lyman E. Cann, William Burrill,
jr., N. W.
Blethen, E. F. Clements, Byron C. Sims, Wentworth Johnson, James
Crosby, N. P.
Bain.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 90
At 12 o'clock (noon) the Court was opened for the nomination of
Candidates for the
House of Commons, when Frank Killam was nominated by J. W. Moody, N. K.

Clements, R. Balfour Brown, John Lovitt, E. F. Parker, A. F. Stoneman,
G. B. Doane
and others; and Thomas B. Flint by T. O. Geddes, Charles Larkin, Israel
Harding,
James J. Lovitt, Israel L. Burrill, B. B. Law, F. C. Gardner and
others.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 95
Frank Killam was nominated by Hugh Cann, N. B. Lewis, James B. Moody,
A. S.
Murray, S. A. Crowell, Jas. Burrill, Wm. Burrill, E. K. Spinney, Henry
Lewis, J. E.
Murphy (Arcadia), Lyman Cann, Oliver McGill, R. R. Crosby, A. M.
Hatfield, John Lovitt,
Joseph H. Crosby, W. H. Cook, F. G. Cook, Jas. Crosby, S. J. Hatfield,
Freeman
Gardner, Jacob Landers, L. E. Baker, W. A. Cann, B. P. Ladd.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 95
Thomas B. Flint was nominated by B. Rogers senior, Charles Tedford,
George Frost,
Arthur W. Eakins, A. W. Homer, Sandford H. Pelton, James Burrill, Wm.
H. Cook,
James B. Moody, Henry Lewis, Freeman Gardner, L. E. Baker, N. W. W.
Hogg, Joseph
R. Rogers, Thomas Perry, John Trask, Hugh Cann, Wm. Burrill senior,
Nathan Lewis,
J. W. Moody, A. S. Murray, Jos. B. Lovitt, E. F. Parker, Rufus H.
Symonds, Nathan B.
Lewis, E. K. Spinney, L. J. Kelley, Francis G. Cook, Edward Allen, J.
W. Rogers, Ansel
Kinney, S. A. Crowell, Wm. Weddleton, E. C. Simonson, Smith Harding,
Samuel C.
Hood, A. F. Stoneman.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.98] TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF YARMOUTH:
page 97
Freeman C. Gardner was agent for William Law, George H. Guest for
Albert Gayton,
and Joseph R. Wyman for Thomas E. Corning.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.128] TOWN ELECTIONS.
page 129
For Councillors–Jacob Bingay, 494; A. F. Stoneman, 493; B. B. Law, 453;
J. N.
Gardner, 409; G. M. Dane, 359. The first three were elected.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
1891.
page 171
BARK ADDIE H. CANN, A. C. Haines master, from Rosario, September 30th
for Rio
Janeiro, with a cargo of 6024 bales of hay, was destroyed by fire on
the 20th
October. After a vain struggle to quench the flames, the crew took to
the boats and
landed at Castello, British West Indies. They subsequently took passage
on the
steamer Clyde and were landed at Southampton on the 22d November. The
[p.171]
Addie H. Cann was 650 tons register, was launched in 1875, and was
owned by C.
E. Brown, B. Murphy, J. N. Gardner, H. A. Smith (mate), and the master.
Vessel
partially insured.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
NOTICE.
page 290
The following composed the first Hook & Ladder Company, in 1857: Samuel
Brown,
jr., M. J. Wyman, Calvin Frost, John Buscey, John Crowell, Thomas
Ritchie, Benjamin
Brown, J. W. Wyman, James Gardner, Thomas Killam, jr., Peter Fraser,
John
Churchill.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
NOTICE.
page 290
This had the desired effect, as at the General Sessions of the Peace,
March term,
1860, the sum of £285 was ordered to be raised from the inhabitants of
the town
proper, for the purpose of purchasing land and erecting engine houses
at Milton
and South End. Messrs. J. W. Lovitt, C. E. Brown and Freeman Gardner
were
appointed a committee for Milton, and Charles Tooker, E. W. B. Moody
and W. H.
Moody, jr., at South End.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.305] 1858.
page 304
An unsuccessful attempt to burn the dwelling house of Daniel Gardner,
Huston
street, was made on the night of May 12th. A bag of combustibles was
found
against the end of the porch, having been placed there and ignited by
some
miscreant. It was discovered by the inmates and removed before any
damage was
done.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.310] 1861.
page 311
About 2 o'clock on the morning of the 5th November the boatshop of
Heman
Gardner, adjoining his residence, was discovered to be on fire, and an
alarm given.
The firemen succeeded in saving the building, although the northern end
was badly
burned, the loss being estimated at about $100. Incendiary. A copper
can with
some [p.311] burning fluid remaining was found at the north end of the
building
where the fire broke out. Mr. Gardner was clerk of the license at the
time. No
insurance.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.312] 1863.
page 311
On the evening of February 16th a small fire in the house of Nelson
Gardner, Milton,
called out the department, but the fire was put out without their
assistance.
Damage trifling.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
1867.
page 315
The workshop of William E. Gardner, ship carver, was burned to the
ground at
midnight on Monday, June 3d, together with its contents. Partially
insured.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
1868.
page 317
Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Monday morning. April 20th, fire was
discovered in the
building on the west side of Main street, owned by John Baxter. The
flames soon
burst into the adjoining four story wooden building known as the
American House,
and occupied by Thomas O'Brien as a hotel, and on the lower flat by
Messrs. W. S.
Brown & Co. as a shoe store, and by Messrs. R. H. Crocker & Son as a
grocery. The
flames soon consumed both these buildings, and running northward,
fanned by a
light southwest wind, destroyed the dwelling house of Robert Brown and
the
building owned by Andrew Clendenning, and occupied by him as a dwelling
and
grocery store on the lower flat. Here the progress of the fire was
arrested by the
indomitable, well directed and strenuous exertions of the fire
companies and
citizens. The buildings on the opposite side of Main street were on
fire several
times, but were fortunately saved. The brick building owned by R. B.
Brown and
occupied by Reuben Gardner as the Acadia Hotel, and on the lower floor
by Brown &
Wetmore, hardware merchants, and Mr. Brown, watchmaker, was also on
fire
continuously, and was damaged to the extent of about $4000. It was
insured for
$10,000. Mr. Gardner's loss was $500. The total property destroyed by
this fire,
which was the most destructive in the history of the town, was between
$25,000
and $30,000. The heaviest loser was Robert Brown, whose loss on
building, stock,
furniture, etc., was $13,000, only $3200 of which was covered by
[p.317]
insurance–$2000 on the American House and $1200 on his dwelling. R. H.
Crocker &
Son and W. S. Brown & Co. were uninsured. Mr. O'Brien. proprietor of
the American
House, was insured $2000. Mr. Baxter's building was occupied by himself
as a
harness establishment; on the second floor was the office of the Clerk
of the Peace,
and on the third was the armory of the Artillery Corps, containing 100
stand of
rifles, etc., valued at $2500. This building was insured $1200, and Mr.
Baxter's stock
$800. Mr. Clendenning's building was insured for $800. The origin of
the fire was
doubtless incendiary.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
1879.
page 332
The vacant store formerly occupied by Gardner, Steele & Co., opposite
the
Tabernacle, was somewhat damaged by fire on Wednesday evening, April
16th.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.360] 1892.
page 359
The Gardner house, on Huston lanc, caught fire on the roof on Sunday,
February
28th. Only a few shingles were burned. The damage was trifling.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
1877.
page 441
On Tuesday morning, August 14th, William E. Gardner, while on a fishing
trip in
schooner Willie in the bay, accidentally shot himself. He descried a
seal swimming
near the vessel and called to one of the crew to pass up his gun from
the cabin.
Bending over the companion way for the purpose he seized the gun, and
it is
supposed the lock struck one of the steps, causing the gun to go off,
the whole
charge passing completely through his neck. He died instantaneously.
The vessel
was at once put about for Yarmouth and an inquest was held. Mr. Gardner
was 43
years of age. He was a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons, which
conducted
his funeral services, and also of Milton Division Sons of Temperance.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Flint & Gardner, successors Flint & Hutchinson, Samuel Flint, Reuben
Gardner, May 1,
1850.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Gardner, Freeman & Co., boat builders, Milton, Freeman and George H.
Gardner,
January 12, 1865.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Gardner & Hatfield, Tusket, Enos Gardner, J. Lyons Hatfield, general
dealers,
previous to November, 1853.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Gardner & Hatfield, Tusket, Nathaniel Gardner admitted January 1, 1857.


Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Gardner, Weston & Co., pianos and organs, F. C. Gardner, D. C. Weston,
S. S.
Poole, October 29, 1875.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.485] CO-PARTNERSHIPS.
page 489
Gardner, Steele & Co., F. C. Gardner, Israel B. Steele, Samuel S.
Poole, June 10,
1876.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 501
Flint & Hutchinson, May 1, 1850, James W. Hutchinson retires. Flint &
Gardner.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 501
Flint & Gardner, May 14, 1851, Samuel Flint.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 501
Gardner & Creighton, George N. Gardner, C. D. Creighton, April 30,
1895.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 502
[p.502] Gardner, Hervey & Freeman, boatbuilders, Chebogue, April 28,
1849,
Freeman Gardner.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 502
Gardner, N. & E., Tusket, May 27, 1867, Nathaniel B. Gardner.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 502
Gardner & Harding, Tusket, Enos Gardner, Smith Harding, March 9, 1876,
S. Harding.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 502
Gardner, Weston & Co., D. C. Weston retires June 10, 1876, Gardner,
Steele & Co.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.499] DISSOLUTIONS.
page 502
Gardner, Steele & Co., F. C. Gardner, Israel B. Steele, S. S. Poole,
March 11, 1879, I.
B. Steele.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
THE OLD METHODIST CHAPEL.
page 526
The old chapel of which we write, on the west side of the street, not
far from the
foot of Butler's Hill, the building which is now known as St. Julian's
hall, was a
carpenter shop, owned by one Thomas Wilson, a brother of the late Dr.
I. K. Wilson,
of Barrington. [p.525] An old deed is extant of this property, dated
1818, the
signatures to which are witnessed by Thomas Payne, who was the second
Methodist minister in these parts. The deed is given by James Starr and
wife Ann,
Waitstill Lewis and wife Chloe, and Thomas Dane and wife Mary, on the
one part, to
James Brooks, hatter, on the other part, in which for the sum of eighty
five pounds
this property was sold to Brooks. The deed was duly registered by
Benjamin
Barnard, jr., as deputy registre in Yarmouth on the oaths of Thomas
Payne on the
10th day of October, 1818. It seems that Anthony Landers, Jacob
Tedford, Waitstill
Lewis and Starr and Dane afterwards got a deed of this property as
Trustees on
behalf of the Methodist church from James Brooks. Brooks was a sort of
a lay
preacher, an Englishman, who came here with Capt. Landers about this
time. He
was the father of Mrs. Amos Crosby, sr., of our town, having married a
Miss Jenkins.
William Croscomb visited Yarmouth from Liverpool, N. S., in 1817 and
took 10
persons into the church and administered the Lord's Supper. Thomas
Payne from
England arrived here in 1818, and John Snowball came in 1819. Payne
soon made
his arrangements for the purchase of this before-mentioned property,
and started
on a mission to collect funds. He visited the surrounding region and
actually brought
back eighty pounds (£8000). Anthony Landers interested himself and
secured a
grant of £50 sterling from the Wesleyan Missionary Society of England.
I presume
some local contributions were also added, and the old chapel started on
its mission.
It was afterwards provided with a pulpit and rough seats, later with
galleries and
pews, and in it the Methodists continued to worship until the other
Methodist
churches of Yarmouth were built. The old property was subsequently sold
about
1870 and purchased by Mr. John B. Smith, and after that fell into the
hands of Mr. T.
B. Dane and his heirs and now does duty under the name of St. Julian's
Hall. A bell
was at an early date donated to the chapel by Capt. Landers, but was
never used,
I believe, to call the people to worship. It belonged to one of
Landers' vessels. Mr.
Ashley, sr., acted as minister for I think several years, about 1825,
and the late Mr.
John B. Smith would always warm up when his name was mentioned. He was
one
of Mr. Ashley's admirers. George Miller stands on the list of
appointments for 1821;
Matthew Ritchey also about this time; Robert H. Crane 1826; William
Smith 1828;
Thomas H. Davies 1830; William McDonald 1832; William Webb 1834; John
McMurray
1836; Charles DeWolf 1839; Charles Churchill 1841; Rolland Morton 1844;
Henry
Pope, sr., 1846; Richard Waddell 1849; Richard Williams [p.526] 1850;
William
Wilson 1851; Michael Pickles 1855; James England 1858; George Johnson
1859. It
was vacated in 1860. The lighting of the old chapel was a matter of
considerable
interest. Some still remember the tallow candles which Mr. Guest and
Daniel
Gardner used to keep in order, and so on down through the burning fluid
period
into the kerosene.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
THE OLD METHODIST CHAPEL.
page 526
A plan of the old pews is the only thing now to be mentioned. It was
something like
this, though in some particulars I may be astray. On the north side on
entering the
church the first pew by the door was occupied by the Hibbard family,
Capt. William,
and late Mrs. Abner Parker, etc.; then came Mr. Humbert; then a pew
sometimes
occupied by Reuben Clements, Esq.; then Hcman Gardner; then N. Lewis,
John Flint,
formerly Mrs. Jane Hunter, David McConnell, Joseph Seeley, formerly A.
C. White;
then Joseph Stoneman, Charles Lewis; then a pew occupied by A. Lawson
and John
Murray, Esqs. Then the corner pews at right hand of pulpit Mrs. Polly
Baker and
Deborah Ellis, John Harris, James Starr. Then the end pews at the
bottom, near
stove, Nathan Butler, then Benjamin Rogers, Daniel Gardner, Benjamin
Barnard or
Israel Horton, Mrs. Bruce or Mrs. Dakin, Samuel Dunseith. First seat in
front, south
side, near door, Robert Guest, J. C. Moulton and John Hutchinson,
Robert Black.
Robert Butler, Andrew McConnell, Sutcliffe Harris; widow Sarah Lewis,
widow
Benjamin Lewis, Samuel Poole, Asa Trask, sr.; Job H. Smith, Eleazer
Richan. In
corner left of pulpit, 1st, ministers; 2d, William Rogers; 3d, Nathan
Moses. John
Cann, John B. Smith, Edwin Wetmore and William Perry had seats in the
gallery.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
“ALL SAINTS.”
page 532
Freeman Gardner 40

Yarmouth Newspapers.
“ALL SAINTS.”
page 532
Freeman Gardner, jr., 2

Yarmouth Newspapers.
“ALL SAINTS.”
page 532
George H. Gardner 10

Yarmouth Newspapers.
“ALL SAINTS.”
page 533
Heman Gardner 5

Yarmouth Newspapers.
“ALL SAINTS.”
page 536
The Free Baptist Church at East Pubnico was dedicated on the 20th
November,
1879. The edifice is 36×54 feet, with tower and spire 60 feet high. It
was erected
by Mr. Andrew Gardner, and cost about $1900. There is no baptistry.
There is a
novelty in connection with this church rarely chronicled in the history
of any
other–that of a double wedding being the first to be celebrated within
its walls. The
parties were: Mr. Benjamin Worthen and Miss Arathesa Larkin, and Mr.
Nehemiah
Worthen and Miss Ada Wyman. The first funeral was that of Deacon Amos
Larkin.
Rev. William Miller was the first pastor and Rev. G. M. Wilson is the
present
incumbent.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.561] LANDS AND BUILDINGS.
page 565
Robert E. Harris purchased the homestead property of Freeman Gardner,
at Milton,
in June, 1884, for $2500.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
[p.561] LANDS AND BUILDINGS.
page 568
The Huntington house and land at Milton were sold at auction on the
31st July,
1886, to Capt. Robert Allen for $1200; the lot on the north side of
Gardner street to
George H. Gardner for $105; lot corner Main and [p.568] Gardner streets
to James
Huntington for $270; lot south side of Gardner street to Mrs. Clark for
$130;
another lot, adjoining the last, to Capt. Bowman Corning for $100; lot
west side of
Water street to Samuel Killam for $35; all belonging to the Huntington
estate.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
page 574
Central Division, No. 2, instituted December 10th, 1847. Officers–
Samuel Flint, W.
P.; J. W. Hutchinson, W. A.; Thomas Dane, R. S.; Robert Brown, A. R.
S.; Edward
Bingay, F. S.; Nehemiah Clements, T.; A. W. Homer, C.; A. D. Rust, A.
C.; Richard
Saunders, I. S.; Nelson Gardner, O. S.; John Cann, jr., P. W. P.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
page 577
Yarmouth Section, No, 1, Cadets of Temperance, organized July 11th,
1848.
Officers–James W. Hutchinson, Worthy Patron; George S. Brown, [p.577]
Deputy
Worthy Patron; Whitman Rogers, Worthy Archon; George Power,
Vice-Archon; John
Allen Waterman, Secretary; Reuben Tooker, Assistant Secretary; George
Ramsay,
Treasurer; David Wyman, Assistant Secretary; George Fox, Guide; Charles
Baker,
Usher; James Mitchell, Watchman; Nathan McConnell, Assistant Watchman.
Its
meetings were held in Central hall. The following were among its early
members:
George Powers, Nathan McConnell, Renben Tooker, George Ramsay, David
Burton,
David Wyman, Fred B. Dakin, George Fox, Ingram Gidney, Charles Baker,
Robert
Ellenwood, James Mitchell, William Haskell, Benjamin Huestis, Frank
White, William
Gibbons, John Anderson, John Burton, Samuel Flint, John Allen, James
Allen, Edward
Bingay, George Head, Thomas Lewis, George Gardner, William Brown,
Nelson
Hammond, Thomas McCulloch, Hibbard Flint, William Gardner, William
Perry, John
Haley, Joseph Knowles, James Haley, George Brown, Henry Roberts, Edgar
Goudey.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
page 577
Chebogue Division, No. –, Arcadia, was instituted April 21, 1848.
Officers–Angus M.
Gidney, W. P.; Harvey Gardner, W. A.; Freeman Gardner, R. S.; John
Wiliamson, A. R.
S.; John Richards, F. S.; David Gowen, T.; Heman Gardner, C.; William
A. Trefry, A.
C.; Job H. Trefry, I. S.; John Turner, jr., O. S.; Ansel Robbins, P. W.
P.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
TEMPERANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
page 578
Scotia Temple of Honor and Temperance was instituted at Milton on
Thursday
evening, June 29th, 1871, by G. S. Knollin, assisted by S. J. Roberts,
T. D. Denham,
D. A. Vaughan, James Olive and G. S. Clark. There were 21 applicants
for the
Charter. The following were the first office bearers: James Olive, W.
C. T.; Freeman
C. Gardner, W. V. T.; James Burrill, W. R.; Edward Allen, W. A. R.; H.
Clifford Creed,
W. F. R.; Joseph Burrell, W. T.; George H. Gardner, W. M.; Benjamin W.
Gillis, W. D.
M.; Samuel Burrill, jr., W. G.; William White, W. S.; Nathaniel
Currier, W. R. H. S.;
Henry Burrill, W. L. H. S.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
THE DUTCHER REFORM MOVEMENT.
page 579
The Dutcher Reform movement began in Yarmouth on the 1st August, 1877,
Mr.
George M. Dutcher arriving in town from Massachusetts at that time. He
addressed
crowded audiences every evening in the different churches, and on
Monday
evening, August 6th, the Dutcher Temperance Reform Club was instituted,
with the
following officers: President, John K. Ryerson; Vice-Presidents,
Freeman S. Crosby,
Robert M. Kelley and J. W. Rogers; Secretary, William Law; Assistant
Secretary, E. A.
S. Ryerson; Chaplain, Amos Crosby; Treasurer, Thomas B. Crosby;
Marshal, W. H.
Brackett. Committee, Mrs. J. K. Ryerson, Mrs. A. F. Stoneman, Mrs. W.
J. Hatfield,
Mrs. G. G. Sanderson, Mrs. William Law, Mrs. J. N. Gardner, Mrs. George
H. Guest,
Mrs. T. M. Lewis, Joseph Burrell, J. R. Rogers and George E. Lavers.
Before the close
of each meeting the pledge was offered for signature, and then would
ensue a
scene of extraordinary enthusiasm. During the first week there were
added to the
pledge signatures numbering as follows: Thursday evening, 106; Friday,
117;
Saturday, 140; Sunday afternoon, 70; Monday evening, 170; Tuesday, 199;

Wednesday, 320; a total of 1122. An immense pienic was held on the
grounds of
William Murphy on Wednesday. August 15th, at which 3000 persons were
present,
and were entertained free of charge. This immense company returned to
town in
procession, headed by the Milton Brass Band, the different temperance
societies
carrying their banners, etc. Five hundred persons signed the pledge on
the
grounds, and up to that date 2000 names had been placed upon the roll.
An
inmmense pledge book was made expressly for this Society, in which the
names of
over 4200 persons were placed under the pledge before the [p.579]
Society ceased
to exist. This book has been in the possession of the writer since that
date, and no
little interest is revived by reading over the names of the signers.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
page 587
A Lyceum was organized at Tusket on the 7th January, 1857, with the
following
officers: Rev. P. Tocque, President; Dr. Kirby, 1st Vice-President;
James M. Lent, 2d
Vice-President; Capt. John Murphy, Treasurer; Enos Gardner, Secretary.
John
Murphy, Israel Harding and B. Richards were committee of management.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
page 590
Milton Manufacturing Company was organized June, 1889, H. B. Cann,
President;
Charles I. Kent, factory manager; George H. Gardner,
Secretary-Treasurer; L. E.
Cann, B. B. Law, S. A. Crowell and J. H. Killam.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
POSTMASTERS–Yarmouth Town.
page 600
Argyle–1856, James M. Lent; 1857, William S. Robbins; 1860, James M.
Lent; 1872,
Enos Gardner; 1900, Charles K. Hurlburt.

Yarmouth Newspapers.
THE TREFRY MYSTERY.
page 627
Outrages.–About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, October 17th, 1869, five
bottles
filled with paraffine oil were thrown at the windows of the residence
of Heman
Gardner, clerk of the license. Two of the bottles lodged in one of the
parlors without
breaking; another went into the bedroom in which Mr. Gardner slept,
breaking and
scattering its contents; whilst two others, whose force was broken by
striking the
sashes, dropped outside the windows. The windows were badly shattered.
On
Sunday night stones were thrown through windows of the stores of
Sheldon Lewis
and William Lewis, in the lower section of the town, and two of the
large panes
were broken in each store. On Tuesday night another assault was made on
the
house of Mr. Gardner, a number of stones being thrown against it, but
without
doing much damage. The perpetrators were not discovered. A public
meeting was
called by the sheriff, W. B. Townsend, at the request of 54 ratepayers,
for Saturday,
October 23d, at 2 p. m., at which, after several enthusiastic
addresses, a
subscription list was opened for the purpose of raising a fund
sufficient to pay a
night [p.627] watchman until the sitting of the spring sessions. And
thus was
inaugurated the first policeman for the town. It was also resolved that
a reward of
$100 be offered for the conviction of the perpetrators of the outrages,
and also a
strong determination was expressed “to sustain the clerk of the
license, both
morally and financially, in the prosecution of his duty.”

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