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The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Medford reminiscences. (search)
many of Medford's dancing parties. I had always been steeped in music (as you might say), and it was one of my greatest delights when father would allow me to go with him. I hope I may be a dancer in the next world. His next band was called Baldwin & Jordan's Cornet Band and afterward (father having given up playing) it merged under Mr. Thomas Baldwin's leadership into the now famous Germania Band of Boston. Father was instrumental in having a singing school in Town Hall. He and Theophilus Johnson sailed up and down the river many a calm evening serenading with their cornets. I remember the old ship-building days and the old chain bridge which frightened me so when it was hoisted to let a vessel pass; the old canal along the banks of which I have many a time tagged the horse which drew the boat; the construction of the road from South street to High, and the row of tulips along the path at the Tidd [Royall] place. Children used to call it the old marm Tidd place and were mu
The Daily Dispatch: November 12, 1860., [Electronic resource], Horrible murder. (search)
Horrible murder. --Mrs. Theophilus Johnson and her little daughter, aged thirteen, residing near San Francisco, were found murdered in their dwelling on the 23d ult., and the house fired. Their skulls were cleft with an axe. A young man named Cook, employed by Mr. Johnson, was found under the chaparral near the house, with his head crushed to pieces. It is supposed that the murders were committed by an insane Kanaka Sandwich Islander. Horrible murder. --Mrs. Theophilus Johnson and her little daughter, aged thirteen, residing near San Francisco, were found murdered in their dwelling on the 23d ult., and the house fired. Their skulls were cleft with an axe. A young man named Cook, employed by Mr. Johnson, was found under the chaparral near the house, with his head crushed to pieces. It is supposed that the murders were committed by an insane Kanaka Sandwich Islander.