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James D. Yates (search for this): chapter 1
ed and fitted up, and a Sunday-school of about twenty members was formed. For seven years Brother Brackett continued to hold services in Medford, assisted by Revs. J. N. Maffitt and C. K. True. In 1828 a second revival occurred, in which many of the Sunday-school scholars were converted and joined the class. The same year the society was incorporated as The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Medford, with Josiah Brackett, Isaac McElroy, Jonathan Gross, George Williams, William James, James D. Yates, Alvah Smith and Louis Janson as trustees, and a house of worship, 25 × 40 feet, was built on Cross street. This building now stands on Salem street, two doors east of the site of the third church edifice, burned in 1905. The society was connected with the First Methodist Church in Charlestown until 1831, when it became a station, and Rev. Apollas Hale was appointed pastor. From 1833 to 1839, the pulpit was again supplied by local preachers, until most of the members moved away and th
Wright (search for this): chapter 19
pastor of the Universalist Church at Malden was reported; Rev. C. H. Leonard making the address to the church and society. The names and tonnage of eight vessels built during the year in Medford, also names of builders were given. The Bunker Hill, 1000 tons (Curtis), was on the stocks for launching in the spring. Four advertisements of real estate, and one of T. W. Savage, 1 and 2 American Block, next followed. Mr. Savage sold dry goods, millinery, clothing, boots and shoes. Davis & Wright (over B. & M. station in Boston) advertised carpets. C. C. P. Moody, 52 Washington street, Boston, advertised printing of all kinds. It was probably there the Journal was printed; and creditable work it was. One marriage notice there was; On Christmas eve, by Rev. Theodore Parker, Wm. Mumford to Caroline Griffin, of East Medford. One death; Lizzie Rich (14 years), of Malden. This was followed by three verses of sympathy, sent by a friend. The last item was the quarterly list of l
Ezra Worthen (search for this): chapter 11
ge of boats and rafts around the Pawtucket Falls of the Merrimack, but the opening of the Middlesex Canal as an inland and more direct route to Boston had proved somewhat disastrous to the interests of the Proprietors of Locks and Canals, as the Pawtucket Canal Company was styled. Its disappointments, however, were destined to come to an end. Some mill owners on the Charles river at Waltham were seeking along the banks of the Shawsheen for additional power and new facilities, when one, Ezra Worthen, remarked, If they want water power, why don't they buy the Pawtucket Canal and get the whole force of Merrimack river? Strange it was that such a scheme had not dawned on people's thought sooner, and that the Merrimack had flowed on unharnessed, while the Pawtucket Canal had only served for a passage around the Falls for twenty-five years. A word to the wise was sufficient, and quietly the land along the river was acquired, then factories built and the town of Lowell came into existen
Fred H. C. Woolley (search for this): chapter 6
pense. Washburn's store was on the northwest corner of Salem and Park streets. It was voted the repairs be made and a cup and chain be procured also, a Bill of sale of same for Town, and it was also voted the care of the pump be in charge of Mr. Washburn. Thus has the old given place to the new order of things, and the memories of the simple past mingle pleasantly with the use of our up-to-date luxuries and conveniences. From plans and descriptions furnished by Francis A. Wait, Fred H. C. Woolley has drawn a picture of the double pump of sixty years ago, which the former has presented to the Medford Historical Society, and so another part of the history of the past is preserved for future generations. Spot Pond. O, beautiful lake of Middlesex Fells, air as thy sister in the north Lake Winnepesaukee., Lesser ‘Smile of the Great Spirit’ art thou Spread o'er the face of Mother Earth. The red man's canoe o'er thy waters blue Was paddled for many a year, Dusky Indian maids
Woodbridge (search for this): chapter 16
nd bound on an eventful but dubious voyage, set sail under the command of your humble servant bound for Jerusalem, but not to the city which sits solitary and in sackcloth amid the desolations of a land once fair as the garden of the Lord, but to Jerusalem which is above and free, the mother of us all. The ship which I sail was constructed by no modern architect. She was built by hands that long ago moldered into dust: and she has since outrode the tides of four successive generations. Woodbridge and Porter, and Turell and Osgood have each at intervals commanded her,—the last a navigator of preeminent experience. Since his recall, this gallant bark was suffered to lie for a season amid conflicting currents, the sport of winds and waves, and the injuries she sustained, there is reason to fear will never be effectually repaired. After a partial refitting she was commissioned anew and entrusted to my charge. Wednesday, the 9th inst. was appointed for the issuing of instructions. T
B. F. Wood (search for this): chapter 2
led. But there were those who thought that Mr. Wood had no right to maintain his dam, and claimedore be a committee to investigate the matter of Wood's dam and report on the same. A week later thefrom Charles R. Train, attorney, in relation to Wood's dam. As this letter is not in evidence, it isr that somebody had removed the dam, and that Mr. Wood, who appears to have had good staying qualiti the upward flowing tide, and When the works of Wood are seen, there was a mighty shout to be made, tism by his efforts in the water. Ere long Mr. Wood had the dam rebuilt, though in a less substan, that Mr. Richardson make inquiry in regard to Wood's dam and report at meeting on Monday evening nhe summer passed away. It is probable that Mr. Wood continued to use the water-power, but on Febr had been rendered by the court, adversely to Mr. Wood, and it was then voted, that a committee appepresented, entered and conversed a while with Mr. Wood, who told him something of the troubles he ha[11 more...]
Woman (search for this): chapter 1
Medford Methodists may raise their rock Ebenezer, and say with Samuel and Joshua of old,Hitherto hath the Lord helped us, and The Lord our God will we serve and his voice will we obey. Church Officials. Pastor.—Rev. Edgar Cary Bridgham. Board of Trustees.—Augustus L. Ordway, Levi W. Adams, William F. Wiltshire, William H. Magoun, Edgar A. Thomas, William Walters. Board of Stewards.—Charles N. Jones, Mrs. Abby D. Saxe, L. Frank Cole, Mrs. Ida M. Smith, Joseph A. Paine. Bliss P. Boultenhouse, William Hindle, George G. Colby, Arthur W. Merrill, William G. Chanter. Superintendent Sunday-school.—Arthur W. Merrill; Secretary, Katharine D. Saxe. President Ladies' Aid Society.—Mrs. Ida M. Smith; Secretary, Ella L. Alden. President Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.— Mrs. Walter S. Rust; Secretary, Mrs. J. A. Paine. President Epworth League.—Charles W. Moreton; Secretary, Gertrude Roberts. President Wesley Brotherhood.—Everett C. Lewis; Secretary,
Winthrop (search for this): chapter 6
pump be in charge of Mr. Washburn. Thus has the old given place to the new order of things, and the memories of the simple past mingle pleasantly with the use of our up-to-date luxuries and conveniences. From plans and descriptions furnished by Francis A. Wait, Fred H. C. Woolley has drawn a picture of the double pump of sixty years ago, which the former has presented to the Medford Historical Society, and so another part of the history of the past is preserved for future generations. Spot Pond. O, beautiful lake of Middlesex Fells, air as thy sister in the north Lake Winnepesaukee., Lesser ‘Smile of the Great Spirit’ art thou Spread o'er the face of Mother Earth. The red man's canoe o'er thy waters blue Was paddled for many a year, Dusky Indian maids and stalwart braves, Alone to thy borders drew near. Then the scene was changed and the white men came, Winter held thee in fetters fast; Winthrop gazed and called thee a fair Spot Pond. Fair may we keep thee to the la
Winthrop (search for this): chapter 10
Mystic river improvements. As we go to press, work is resumed on the Mystic river dam. We record some facts relative thereto, wishing that in 1638 Cradock's men had recorded likewise, also Thomas Broughton, in 1656, when he built his dam up stream. The present is a far cry from the time when Winthrop was the first white man to sail up the Mistick six miles, or Mrs. Dalkin forded the river by a firm grip on her dog's tail. Three years ago some workmen, from a boat, made a series of borings in the river's bed, while some bystanders said it was to let the water run through. These were to ascertain the nature of the ground on which the dam was to be built. The next year contractors began work upon the dam, which with automatic gates is to hold back the incoming tide; the weirs that hold the fresh water of the river at a nearly uniform level; also the boat lock and another span of the bridge. Possibly the test borings did not reveal all there was to know, as the contractors
Alfred R. Winter (search for this): chapter 15
real estate. President, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer. Standing committers. Publication. Miss Ella L. Burbank, Chairman. George S. T. Fuller. Miss Annie E. Durgin. Moses W. Mann. Miss Helen T. Wild. frank S. Gilkey. Membership. Elisha B. Curtis, Chairman. Edward C. Ellis. Mrs. Ellen M. Gill. Charles R. Byram. Mrs. Julia W. Dalrymple. Papers and Addresses. Henry E. Scott, Chairman. Miss Agnes W. Lincoln. Moses W. Mann. Mrs. Louise G. Delong. Alfred R. Winter. Historic Sites. Moses W. Mann, Chairman. Miss Ella L. Burbank. Leonard J. Manning. Frederick H. Kidder. Francis A. Wait. Charles N. Jones. Genealogy. George S. Delano, Chairman. Rev. Clarence L. Eaton. Miss Eliza M. Gill. Miss Hetty F. Wait. Mrs. James E. Cleaves. Heraldry. Charles B. Dunham, Chairman. William A. Thompson. John Albree. Orrin E. Hodsdon. Library and collection. Miss Agnes W. Lincoln, Chairman. Wm. Cushing Wait. Miss Mary E.
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