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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14., A Medford Tragedy. (search)
one on the Death of a Child killed by a Gun. We have wondered many times what were the circumstances of the sad event, or whether it was the same old story of didn't know it was loaded. The Child was a Medford schoolboy, twelve years old, Joseph Teel by name, and was probably an uncle of the Mr. Teel mentioned elsewhere in this issue of the Register. It appears that on March 29, 1797, a sportsman was passing along the country road, as High street was then called, just as a party of boyse of the boys and ran to look into the drain. If he expected the boy to stand still like a post he was mistaken. The gun fell to the ground, and having no guard around the trigger was discharged, and the contents lodged in the stomach of young Teel, who died almost immediately. His funeral, attended by all his schoolmates and a large concourse of the town's people, furnished the village pastor the theme of the discourse, said to have been printed. And so, from among his fellows, was ta