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double stream of eloquence. Also we query, Was there ever one like it anywhere? We deem it fortunate that the late Francis Wait, himself a mechanic of ability, made a description of its operation and peculiar features, which our local artist and younger Medford boy has preserved for us in our illustration. It was probably installed soon after 1812, and after serving the thirsty public for an average human lifetime, was replaced by another of ordinary style in 1848. Our worthy townsman Hooper tells us of the boyish pride he felt when he first was able to operate its pendulum handle, which alternately lifted the water in the two pumps enclosed in the box-like structure, and delivered through a single spout as shown It was a man's job to operate it and fill the big trough from which the horses and cattle drank. We of present day Medford never see an ox in our streets; horses are becoming rare. What do the generality of Medford children know of pumping water? They would be help
. E. J. Revere, Major, 20th Miss. Chas, L, Pearson, Adjutant, 20th Mass. E. H. R. Revere, Ass't Surgeon, 20th Mass. Francis J. Keffer, Captain, 1st California. John M. Studley, Captain, 15th Mass. Henry Bowman, Captain, 15th Mass. Chas S. Simmons, Captain, 15th Mass. John Makall, Captain, 1st Cal. Timothy O'Meara, Captain, 42d N. Y. Geo. B. Perry, Lieut, 20th Mass. J. E. Green, Lieut., 15th Mass. Samuel Giverson, Lieut., 42d N. Y. Wm. C. Harris, Lieut., 1st Cal J. H. Hooper, Lieut., 15th Mass. C. M. Hooper, Lieut., 1st Cal. Frank A. Parker, Lieut., 1st Cal. Henry Vanveast, Lieut., 42d N. Y. W. H. Kearns, Lieut., 1st Cal. G. W. Kearney, Lieut., 1st Cal. B. B. Vassal, Lieut., 15th Mass. These officers are generally men of fine personal appearance, and as they passed along in the presence of the crowd they seemed to regard their situation as anything but agreeable. The remaining prisoners, non commissioned officers and privates, were then mar
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