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F.B.Uomm iV <*.!!.Richard*,
KlUTOHS AND PltOr uiF.lOHS. j
Office in Koston :it "Kiclmrds' OKI Corner
Clothing House," 2 t and iT)Dock Square. I
Tkk ms—Two Dollars a your in advance.— ¦
Fift y cents additional will be charged when
not paid in advance. I
Adcertisiicj Agcn;.<—James H. Colenian,
(Jeneral A.
^.nt. S. 31. lYlU-nj;iM £ Co., 10 .
State St uvt . Huston , and 37 L'ark Row. N.\ .;
S. K. Nile s . ti Tivuioiu Stn-et ; T. C. Evans ,
•i.
")2 \Y iwlii:;::mi Street : Horace Dodd , 121 .
Washin alon 'Snvet . Boston : and i.- eorge l'.:
liowi'll v
H. l\ 11AKKI3IAX ,
Counsel lor at Law ,
WELLFLEET , MASS.
Mr. Ilarriinan wili be in ]?arnsfable every
forenoon, and on Tue-t!;iy iil'tornoo ns of each
week. At his Ofliee in Harwich every Fri-
day afternoon , and at WulinVet every aft er-
noon exuct.'t Tuesdays and Fridays.
3IARSTON & CRAPO,
Cou nsello rs at Law ,
35 iNorth Watt- r Street , >'ew Bi dfoul.
(IK O. MAUSTON.
¦ WM. W. CltAK)
V K N D A U . II. CO1U'.. C. W. CI.I1KO KU
t iKOIU iEA. lvINd ,
Coun seSlor at Law ,
BOSTON ,
Has removed to lluoni No. >'<2 , in the F.quit-
alile lini idij Jt ,
'. at the co; uor of Milk and
Dcvon.-liire Streets , opposite the Tost Of-
liee. cieviiti.rs at the eiitrauce oa Devon-
shire Street.
H. A. SCI !>1>KK ,
Counsellor at Law ,
>'e, 13 Pembertou Square , Boston.
SMITH K. HOPKINS ,
Cou nsellor at Law ,
Court House, Harnstablc.
rj^vv^Spt cl:tl attention to Adniinis! ration ami
seulenient of Estates, and al! other businot
in the Probate. Courts .
IBu^iueso fe arus.
HI ison & II ainH n 0r#au to
FREE WAX B1. I.OTI1R OP ,
AGENT FOll
Bnr iistablc A: Yavm onUs.
ANY
person in either of the above named
Towns desirous of ptiM'ij aMii .i; the best
Oltti AN at. the lowest price. should com-
municate with Mr . Lothrop at Harnstable.
l'
.irnstuble. Jan. !l. 1S7T. 1>
T. 15. PUJLSIFKH, 31.1).
Homce pathic Physician ,
AND SURGEON,
Yarmouth Port, Mas«.
J. AY. HIGGIXK ,
Dealer in
UKAT* & FR OVBKIO-V*,
East Bariislablc, Mass.
Dealers in Provisions from the neighboring
towns supp lied ut Wholesale Prico.
PALX P. LEWIS,
Lunch and Dining Rooms ,
No, 5 Bromileid Street,
Near Washington street , BOSTON
Cliok-e I'ruif constiinllv on hand.
DAVID M. SEABl'KY,
Dealer in
Stoves, Kite heia Furnit ure ,
Tin Ware , Lam ps, &c,
J J AL'Xti TABL
E
, JJASS.
Mr. Seaburv has for sale the famous MA-
GLli.S' POUTABLE KANGE , the very best
Jihiine or Stove ever invented. Ho has sold
hundreds of them , and they are all giving
perfect sa'isfactio n.
Dpg°Citll at Seahury's Kitche n Furnishing
Rooms and sec for Yourselves.
JOHN Q. A. MILLEK,
M e r c h a n t T a i l o r ,
And Dealer in
Cloths, Clothing, Furnishiny Goods , lints
ij . qj .-;, Trunks, VuUses, Oarp 't Bays,
Jaryes Stroet , SANDWICH.
Mr. Miller will be pleased to take the meas-
ure ot any one wishing a suit or a part of a
unit cut and made up in a fashionable man-
ner. Agent for the \\reed and Singer Suwing
Machini.s.
HENRY W. (JKAY,
HOl 'SE PAITVTER ,
and PAPER HAXtt ER ,
South Street, Hyannis,
Mr. Gray is prepared to contract for paint-
ing Buildings, of all kinds—School Houses,
Churches, Dwelli ngs, Stores, Hotels , &c.—
either inside or outside , for which business he
has every facility in the way of help, stock
and material to enable him to guarantee
promptness and reasonable rates.
Pa intistock of all kinds for sale. Also lu-
bricating Oils, &c.
Paper Hangings.
He lias a full line of every grade of Paper
Mannings which he is selling cheap lor cash.
«3riJluiB tints, gold aud silver, satin
and common paper with borders and niould-
n"s to match. ipril n—tf P
, J: A. BASSETT,
Manufacturer of HARNESS,
ANJ[> BEALEB IN
Trunk , and ValUe., Lad ie.' and Gents ' Tra yelinE
Bags, Blanket *. Robas, Biding Saddle*
and Bridle s, Whips, Conyccmb*,
Brashes , Etc., Etc.
Hear the Depot, HYANNIS, MASS.
A. W. FA3NE,
Custom Tailor,
535 WASHINGT ON STREET,
First Door North of Boston Theater.
Parties furnishing their own Cloth Panto and
Vests, trimmed and made, each. $3.50. Coats, $10
to $16. Business Suits, $10 to $20. Overcoats, $12
to $18,
jJP oefrt)
O I K MINISTER'S SERMON.
The ministersays last ni»"ht , says he.
'• Don 't hi: afraid ot' givin ;
If your lite ain't worth nothin'to other
folks.
Wh y. what 's the use of livin '?'"
And that 's what I say to my wife,
says i
There's Brown, the niis'rablo sinner,
He'd sooner a bo^yar would starve
(hau jiive
A cent to wards buvin ' a dinner.
T tell you. our minister is prime, he is,
But I couldn 't quite determine ,
When I heard him yivin ' it right and
left .
Just who was hit by his sermon.
Of course there couldn 't be no mistake
When he talked of long-winded
pravin '.
For Peters and Johnson they sat and
scow led.
At every word he was savin *.
And the minister he went on to say,
There 's various kinds of cheatin ',
And reli gion 's as .
irood for every day
As it is to briny to lneetin ".
I don 'l think much of the man that
lines
The loud amens at my preachin'
And spends his time,the followin' week
Jn cheatin ' and over-reachhr .*'
I iruess that dose was bitter enough
For a man like Jones to swallow ;
And L noticed lie didn 't open his
mouth.
Not once after that to holler;
Hurrah, says I , for the min ister—
Of course I said it quiet—
(J ive us some more of this open talk.
It 's verv refreshin " diet.
The minister hit "em every time,
And when he spoke of fashion ,
And riyg in 's out in bows and things ,
As woman's rulin ' passion.
And com in ' to church to see the styles,
1couldn 't hel p a-winkiu '
And a-nud«i n" my wife, says I , '' That's
you."
And I guess H sot her thinkin *.
Says I to myself (hat sermon 's pat,
But man is a queer creation ,
And I'm much afraid that most of the
fol ks
"Won 't, take the application.
Now. if lie had said a word about
My personal mode of sinniir ,
I'd have gone to work fo right myself,
And not sat there a-uTinnin *.
Just then the minister says, says he,
"And now I've come to the tellers
Who 've lost this shower by usiir their
friends
As sort o" moral umbrellas.
(Jo homo," says he. "and Jind your
faults.
Instead of hiintin ' your brothers'
(.
Jo home ." says he. •• and wear the
coal s
You tried to (i! for others."
My wife she nudged , and Brown he
winked.
And there was lots o' smiliir
And lois o' looking at our pew ,
It sot my blood a-bilin ".
Says I to myself our minister
Is got tin '"a little bitter.
L'll tell him when meetin 's out that I
Ain 't ai all lhaf kind of a critter .
Mr. Freeman makes the number of
legal voters or freemen , in 1G84, 101,
and the entire population of the town,
900. Tn 1GS5 there were 500 adult In-
dians within the limits of Mr. Treat's
parochial charge.
"We mast turn back again to 1079, to
note that "Select Courts" were order-
ed to be held in each town , and Capt.
Jonathan Sparrow , Mark Snow, and
John Doane were commissioned to hold
them in this town. How far their
juri sdiction extended , or how long con-
tin ued, we arc not informed. In 1691
"liberty was granted to the Indians to
set up a meeting house at Potanome-
qnet to meet in on the Lord's day, so
long as they shall uphold and improve
it for that good and commendable pur-
pose." The record locates it "near the
head of the salt water pond."
"Agreed upon ," says the record for
1093, "that there shall be care taken to
provide a suitable man to be a school-
naster, to teach young persons to read
and write English, and to cast ac-
counts ;"' and a "rate of £G, 18s, was
ordered to be made to pay Mr. John
Doane for representing the town in the
Great and General Court, and supply
the town with "Weights aud Measures."
Lessons of prudence and economy in
town affairs, may be taken from the
generations of the past , as well as in
Christian virtues. "With a population
of 1000 or more, extending over a large
extent of territory, we often find them
raising and expending less money in a
year than we paid for the support of
our poor in 1874.
"A difference existingbetween those
called Town Purchasers and the town,
in reference to right of disposing of
lands within the township," Mr. Sam-
uel Treat (they never called him Rev-
ereml) Thomas Paine, Sen, and Jabez
Snow, were empowered to confer with
said Purchasers, and "what the parties
should determine and agree upon in
reference thereto should be binding,
and of as full power and force, as
if done by the whole town." That was
the way our fathers generally settled
their disputes. The report of the Com-
mittee to confer with the purchasers
was made to the town in Aug . 1694,
the purport of which was "that Maj.
John Freeman and others appeared to
S
EASTHAM CENTENNIAL.
Historical Sketch of the Town
from 1<>44 to July 4th, 1770.
1!Y IIKMAX DOAXE.
be the real purchasers of the lands
within the township of Easthain of the
natives ;" and that the Committee and
purchasers had determined and agreed
"that the inhabitants of the town
should annuall y choose o or 7 discreet
persons to have a negative vote in dis-
posing of all undivided lands within
the township ; that any lands gran ted
in future to any person should not be
committed to record till those "nega-
tive men"* should have passed thei r
major vote upon it; that all drift oyle
lish cast on shore should be disposed
of for some public use for the town :
that the allowed inhabitants of the
town should pay £'21 in money due
from the town to Mr. Barnabas Lo-
throp of Barn.; and that the said Maj.
John Freeman , Ensign Bangs, Mark
Snow, and the rest above-named, in
consideration above said, do accept of,
for ourselves and our heirs, all the al-
lowed inhabitants of the town of East-
ham to be joint proprietors with us in
all the undivided lands and the Great
Island at Billingsgate within the town-
ship aforesaid, to be enjoyed by them,
their heirs and assigns forever, and
therein reserving to ourselves liberty, if
we see.cause, within a year of the date
hereof, to lay out to ourselves 8 acres
apiece, where we shall make choice of
in the undivided lands from the north-
erlv side of Great Blacktish River and
the bounds between the town and Pal-
met Purchasers, the neck at Billings-
gate, called Jameses Xeck, only ex-
cepted." Signed John Freeman , and
the rest. A mortgage of Great Island
and Little Island was afterwards made
to Maj . John Freeman , in considera-
tion of his having paid £-"iG for the
town's indebtedness on account of the
Charter. The purchasers had their 8
acres apiece laid out in due time , and
thus ended that controversv.
In this ramble over the first ;">(.) years
of our town history, we could stop
to pick up only here and there a peb-
ble from the misty shores of the long
past. Three quarters of a century yet
remain to be traversed before we reach
the Revolu tionar y t ime, and lhe birth-
dav of American Independence.
In 170D "it was agreed upon by the
town that the Meeting-house should be
enlarged 1U feet in bredth , so as to
make it square." Thomas Paine, Jr.,
was chosen to provide and agree with
a suitable person for a school-master
for the following year." And this is
the way they paid their school ex-
penses: "Every person that sendeth
an y child or children to school , shall
pay 2 pence a week for every child
sent: and also that the persons that
live to the northward of Grout Black-
fish River belonging to the town , if
they hire and keep on their own cost
and charge , a suitable person to keep
school among themselves, to tench
child ren to read the English Bible,
shall be free from pay ing to the Town
School, so long as they keep one of
their own." But notwithstandi ng this
provision for a town school , the town
was presented in the same year for
"not keeping a school master accord-
in"" to law. "'
In 1701 the town "voted fo sue the
Palmet Purchasers for cutting up a
whale on the Backside," and also that
the persons warned to depart the town ,
and are not gone , be sent out, as the
law directs." They had trump* around
in those days. A committee was this
year chosen and authorized to "survey
all ye common meadow within the
township, in order to a division , and
to settle bounds of particular men's
meadow where they are destroyed ,
wanting or dubious, between said
particulars and the commons."
(To be coat timed.')
PREACHING VERSUS PRAC
TICE.
"Mother, how much tobacco does it
take to make a sermon?"
"What do you.mean, my son? '*
"Why. how much tobacco does fa-
ther chew, and how many cigars does
he smoke wlu'le he is making a ser-
mon?"
"Well, the tobacco and the cigars
don't make the sermon, do thev?"
"I don't know but they do—they
help along, at any rate ; for I heard
father tell Mr. Morris, the minister
who preached here last Sunday, that
he never 'could write well without a
cigar.' So I thought maybe the tobac-
co makes the sermons, or the best part
of them."
"My sou, I am shocked to hear you
talk so!"
"Well, mother, I Avas only telling
what father said, and it made me
think. He said a prime cigar was a
«reat solace—Avhatever that is—and he
said besides, that it drove away the
blues—put him into a happy frame of
mind, and simulated or stimulated his
brain so that he could work better. I
suppose stimulate means to make eas-
ier :and I've been thinking,mother,if I
had something to stimulate my brain, I
could study better ; and the next time
I have one of those knotty questions in
arithmetic, I will get a cigar, and see
if that don't help me along. You
know you have told me if I followed
mv father's example I would not go
®ur £>iovv
very far astray ; and now I would like
a few cigars to make my brain work
well, so that I can stand at the head of
the class."
"1 hope [ shall never see my son
with a cigar in his mouth—it would
be his first steps to ruin."
" You don't think father is ruined,
do you , and he has taken a great many
steps since he has taken the first cfigar."
" I think , my son. that your father
would be better without cigars or to-
bacco in any shape ; but he formed the
habit when he was young and it is
hard to break off."
"But father says we are to blame
for forming bad habits , and it is a sin
to continue them. 1 heard him say
that in the pul pit , not long ago.
There is old Tom Jenkins who gets
tight every dav. I suppose he would
find it rather hard to leave off drink-
ing whiskey. But. father says, ' it is
no excuse for a man , when he gets
drunk , to say he is in the habi t of get-
ting drunk ." He says it onl y needs
resolution and moral courage,to break
oil"bad habits."
" But, my son , smoking is not quite
drinking whiskey and getting drunk. "'
"Xo , I know tha t, mother :but I was
going to sav that , if smoking was a bad
habit , father would have given it up
long ago. Bui I don 't believe smok-
ing is an y harm ; and it does some
folks a great deal of good. You know
how fidgety father gets when he has to
go a day without a cigar ; and. besides,
he couldn 't write his sermon without
them. I am sure , if lather could write
as well and do as much good without
.ising tobacco , he would not spend
so much for ii. When I want to buv a
little cand y or a bit of spruce gum , fa-
ther tells me I had better practice the
grace of self-denial and save my money
for the missionary-box. Besides, he
says that such stuff is not good for me;
it will spoil my teeth and ruin my
health . Xow 1 am quite certain that
father would not spend so much money
—more than I ever spent for candy,
gum, clothes and everything else—if hi
does not believe tobacco is a real bene-
fit to himself and others. Wh y. moth-
er, do you kno w any thin g abo ut the
price of cigars in these times? Cousin
Edward Wilkins. who smokes a great
many, says you can't- get a decent cigar
for less than fifteen cents , and the best
cost forty and fift y cents apiece. I heard
Deacon Tompkins say his cigars cost
him abou t six hundred dollars a year :
for he uses nothing but the very best
and thev are all imported. He told fa-
ther so the other day, when they were
smoking in the study after dinner , and
I was try ing to get my arithmetic les-
son. Xow. mother , do you think father
aud the deacon and a whole host of
ministers and elders , and temperance
lecturers and a lots of good Christian
people spend so much money to keep
t hemselves in bad habits? Wh y. just
the sum that Deacon Tompkins alone
spends for cigars, would support a mis-
sionary in the West for a Avhole year,
and would be a better salary than many
Western ministers now get. Reall y,
mother. I can't believe that using to-
bacco is wrong so long as so many good
Christians use it. I don 't so much care
about chewing. I would rather have
some nice, clean spruce gum , like they
have down to Dickson 's store. I would
like to smoke as father docs ;and please
mother , give ine a little money to buy
some ciii'ars."
"My son , you may talk the matter
over with your father. Ask him if he
thinks it will improve your habits or
your manners to learn to smoke ; and
if he approves, you may ask him for a
cigar."—[Xew Jersev Republican.
1}Misccllcirxeou&
DRIVEN WELLS.
TIIK I XSuI.K ITKD OriNION OF A LOCAL
EXI'KKT OX COL. CULKN 'S PATENT AND
THE OPPOSITION TO IT.
Reading a report of the meeting of
severalgentlemen held lastFriday even-
ing, evidentl y for the purpose of de-
vising ways and means for resisting
the payment of a royalty demanded by
X. W. Green for the use of driven wells
constructed under his patent. I gained
the Impression that some of those gen-
tleman certainl y did not know what
they proposed to contend against, nor
how few chances there are for their es-
caping their obligation to pay Green
the royalty he asks, even after they
may have contributed $10each, as they
proposed , for legal expenses in resist-
ing1 his claims.
Xo questions are at issue in this case
excepting legal ones, and such opinions
as I may express in this communication
I shall support by authenticated decis-
ions of the courts ; and, presuming
that many may uot have read Judge
Benedict's decision, I shall quote from
that so far as may be necessary to a
clear understanding of this case at its
present stage. Before Green finally
obtained his patent in its present form,
its issue to him was opposed before the
examiners, the commissionerof patents
and the judge of the supreme court- of
the District of Columbia, most strenu-
ously, regardless of expense ; and all
obtainable evidence that might go to
prove Green's claim to priority invalid
was presented at that time, but it was
not sufficient to prevent the issue of his
patent. A recent decision before Judge
Clifford says: "A patent , if regular in
form and in troduced in evidenee ,an"
ords
a pi 'tma facie presumption that the pat-
entee is the original and first inventor
of what is therein described as his im-
provement." In the United States cir-
cuit court, before Judge Benedict , last
April , every scrap of obtainable evi-
dence which could bear aiiainst Green's
claims of priority of invention was
brought forward, an d that case was
con tested at a fearfu l cost to the defen-
dants , said to be as high as $-">0,ouu .
This accounts for the bitter spirit in
which that defeat Avas accepted by the
combina tion acting against Green 's pat-
ien t , and discloses plainl y the motives
which have influenced some persons to
resist payment of royalty without their
being able to P. M. Conductor blandlv
telling us we could visit theatre or
opera, as we could not leave until 1-2
past H> . P. M. Veril y. Mr. Kdilor.
this was an accommodation irain in-
deed—we availed ourselves of the priv-
elegt—visited the Art Gallery, aud
heard Mrs. Bowers , in her famous role
of May Shiart. Steamed away then
for Cleveland—arriving 7. A. M. This
is a most enterprising city , of wealth
and ability. We here a gue.-t of Kben
II. Bourne , Avhose libera l beneiiceuco
has gathered around him a colony ot
Ca pe Cod young men. avIio are invalu-
able in themselves. From Cleveland
we journeyed to <'!ii '.-ago . aud to ride
throug h its long si reels , now so fro,|., (who married
a I Ivannis lad y ). He being a co-worker
in the Mood y and Sankey meetings we
partook of lhe zeal, which is ever con-
t agious . Their tabernacl e will seat •-(.-
/inn people , and to we such a mass ot'
human heinus. held spell hound by (lie
magnetism (you might call il) of one
man. is a wonder indeed. When the
audience , as a whole , would ri>e and
sing "Hold Ihe Fort "' il produced a
sensation of awe never to be forirot len.
Xot until seated in the cars of lhe
South Michiga n via. Hock Island, every
pound of baggage marked and paid
for. could we realize we were en route
for the Groat I'acilic Coast—with tin 1
clear blue sky over head, and niile-
of rolling prairie around and beyond.
Wo arrive at Omaha, cross the u'reat
bridge , and enter depot for the space
of two hours. Here begins the calling
of baggage, telegra phs for sec!ion
ahead , and with a good deal of scratching
on the ticket for Selectmen. The "old
board" was chipped off. squared up.
planed down aud turned end for end.
but it would not work . The new
Board, which was in ollice last year,
seemed to take the lead. The rc.-ult ol
(li e b. illoiiii g was as follows: Thoina>
J ack -¦¦ii had 1 vote: Elisha Kldridu 'e. 1:
hra- l us N icker.-on, i
' : ('lenient Kend-
rick. < '>: .lo .-luia V. Bearsej l^ : Warre n
Hogv r> . r,s: s. Khlridge Ilal K- tt . I7'.»:
B. T. Freeman. 1*1 : Levi Kldridge.
217. and ihe !•!¦-' three wore declared
oiecltd as Selectmen. Assessor.- and
Overseers of the Poor for the Town ot
Chatham for the vear 1*77.
'I ho vote for (' onstables resulted in
the chnice of Me- .-rs. L. L. Bearse and
Ste phen .1. Smith.
On motion of Seth Kllis. Ksq., the
constables 'services as relating to town 's
business wen- sold ai auction and bid
oi l' by L. L. Bearse at .*S.oo.
The reports of the School Committee
and Selectmen were accepted without
debase. The following gent lemon were
chosen School Committee for three
years : Levi Eidridge . B. T. Freeman.
< le.i). S. At wood and Joshua Y. Bearse .
The following' persons w'
ereaccepted
as jurors for the ensuing vear:
Levi A! wood. Sears Atwood. Goo.
S. Atwood. Samuel M. Atwood . Isaac
Bearse . Reuben L. Bearse, Loihro p L.
Bea rs:- . A.ui iu-iUs M. Bearse . I >avid T.
Bass ett. Benjamin S. < ' ahoon. Nathan-
iel Kldrid ge. .Joshua Kldridge , .lames
Kldrid ti'e. John Kmerv . Stephen Km-
ory. Klisha Eidridge ." David W. Ed-
wards . Isaiah 1larding. Hiram Hard-
ing. S. 10. Halleti. Samuel Hawes . Ha r-
rison Hamilton. George W. Kldrid ge.
Edward Howard. liCiihcn S. Lowland.
Bainbrid go W. Lovelaii it. /enas Xick-
erson , .Jr.. ( aleb Xickerson. Isaiah
Xickerson, Parker Nickerson. Hufu s
K. Nickerson. Sullivan Itogers . Jo.-iah
Hard y, < 'bri-top her Smith , Kphraim
Smith. Hutu- Smith, Washington Tay-
lor. Kphraim I' . Stee le . Kphraim A.
Tay lor. Kras tu s Nickerson. Oliver Ei-
drid ge, Frederick M. Allen. Al vin * Z.
Atkins. Isaac il. Loveland , Joh n E.
Perrv. IJeubeii Bearse .
The Alms House came next under
consideration. The remarks relative
to its enlargement and improvement
wen- all in the affirmative. Mr. Sam-
uel 1 liggins taking the lead , followed
by Dr. Gilford and others. All ol
which tended to show that the rooms
are two few and two .-mall for the com-
fort of the inmates. Mr. Hi ggins pro-
posed a Committee of twelve including
the Selectmen, with a pay of onl y -*15,
to do Avhat is necessary in the way ol
improvements. Mr. Hamilton propos-
ed that the three Selectmen were bet-
ter than committee of 12and motioned
that they make lhe necessary changes
at an expense of uot more than $000,
but alter arising lo explain several
times, increased the sunl to -SlOW,Av hen
it pas-ed Avithout opposition.
Other sums of money were also rais-
ed for various purposes as follows:
For tin ; pay ing of hired
money. $s.V) on
Alms House. lunij Ou
Poor in Town out of Alms
ifou-e . 1-200 00
ToAvns. Cities and Hospitals , 8uO 00
Schools, 3700 00
Miscellaneous expenses. 1200 00
Roads and bridges. ' 1400 00
which , with Alms House, im-
provements. 1000 00
,-S.ocal
makes a total of .
<11,150 (JO
The amount of the town's credit, af-
ter paving all bills, is 8520S.93, most of
Avhich is uncollccted taxes.
The subject of appointing an under-
taker was brought before the meeting,
and his duties pretty thoroughly dis-
cussed by Messrs. II. L. Bearse, I. B.
Young and others, when on motion of
Henry Bates, Esq., it Ayas voted to
indefinitely postpone the subject.
The Selectmen are to appoint a per-
son to go with the hearse and see that
it is kept in good condition.
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber,
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Field
Drivers, Pound Keepers and all minor
offices are to be appointed by the Se-
lectmen.— [Monitor.
The Harwich Town Meeting
>Vas held in Social Hall on Mom'av ,
?eb. 5th. Watson R. Kcllcy, M od-
erator and Fceeraan Snow (J'icrlc ,
uul the following1 Town Officers
vere chosen :
Selectmen. Assessors and Owr-
icers ot Poor—Isaiah Chase, Zcp ha-
na h Xickerson. Watson 15. Kcllcy.
Town Clerk and Treasurer—Free-
man Snow .
Hi ghway Surveyors—West section ,
Elislui Snow ; North sec. Nathan
II. Chase ; Center sec. \Ym IT.
L mierwood ; Port sec, Leonard
Rubbins : South sec. Al-.len 15. Xick-
erson ; Bassctt 's Lane Alvin Cahoon
lOast sec.Joel B. Cahoon. (Subse-
quentl y voted that the hi ghwav sur-
veyors be instructed especially to look
after the dangerous embankments
fo und on our roads. )
I otcd. That the Hi ghway Survey-
ors are also chosen Field Drivers ami
Fence Viewers.
Purve yors, ot dumber — W. B.
Kellev. Ambrose N. Doane.
Surveyors oi" Wood an d Bark —
Caleb R". Allen , Lewis B. Doanc
Constables—(jilson P. Ellis , E. (J.
Doane. Mark V. Nickerson . War-
ren ]. Nick e'i'son.
Titliingmen — North sccction ,
K imball Rohbins : W est. Freeman
Chase : Port. Leonard Robhins :( Vn-
tie. W m. II. Underwood : F.ast,
Richard Keinlrick ; South, j osiah I) .
Eidridge : Bethel. Leonard Frc-emaii,
Catholic Patiick Drum.
Herring Committee — Nathaniel
Doane. Nathan Ch:tsc Alvin Cahoon.
School Committee—Sylvanus A.
11ay ward.
Pound Keepers— West section ,
I' lisha Snow : Centre, Thomas Kliis ,
2'.\ : Hast. Richard Kendri ck.
.Auditin g Committee—Isaiah Chase
1) . S. Steel. lOrastus Chase.
Sealer Wei ghts and Measures—
Freeman Snow.
Re port of Selectmen and Over-
seers ol Poor—Report accepted.
\ ote o! thanks give n to Capt. Is-
aiah Chase lor his able and concise
r-.-poit. Also a vote ol" Tha nks to
the Board ol Selectmen tor their suc-
cesslul adjustment of damages in the
ease of M rs. Darius Chase's injur y
on the hi ghway . Also a vote of
thanks to Crowell Xickerson. keeper
ol Almshouse , for his care and atten-
tion resulting in the greatly improved
condition physi call y a nd mentally of
Sarah Arcy.
I Wn/ To give Merritt M. Smill
a quit claim deed oi" hi s properly,
which lias for several years been
held for non-p ayment of taxes
J at cd That :i committee lie raised
to coaler together in reference to I'ur-
nisning a suitable hall lor town meet-
ings—said committee consistisi'^ of
Selectmen with Cyrus Cahoon , 1). S.
Steel am! Kraslus Chase, to report at
our next Town meeting.
I oled. To raise nionev as follows :
I ou r m Almshouse i 300, Poor out
oi Almshouse 3200. Luiustic Asy-
liin .|oo. Schools ^zoi >. Brid ges re-
paired 3500. Hi gh ways 1000. Xew
Roads 2000, Town OHicer 's fees ^00,
Mis cellaneous ^rxj . Bond and Inter-
est ^000.
West Dennis.
C:ipt. Gilford Crowell leave:, home
t his week lor Boston, to take com-
mand of the schr. II. N. Squire.
H is son , Samuel II. Crowell. goes
as mate of the vessel.
The store owned by Capt. Ohed
Baker. Jr.. is almost finished, and 'be-
fore man y days, we shall see it well
-stocked with clothing, at prices to
su it the timrs.
\\ llbur II. Kclley and Av ife know-
how to get up a party in good st\le.
Last week we were invited to spend
the evening with Mr. ;;u(! Mrs. Kcl-
ley, at Baker 's hall. We thoug ht
at first that the extremely bad walk-
ing would prevent many from get-
ting out : but when we arrived at the
hall.quite a number of invited friends
had already assembled, and before
ei ght o'clock, the gucs's num bered
more than 200 . The first plav in-
troduced was t- Copan!uigeii ,' which
was followed by many other amus-
ing plavs. About ten o'clock, we
were askecl to be seated, and in a
tew minutes we were treated to ap-
ples, confectionery, cic After the
refreshments, it was announced to all
those who wished to "trip the li'^ht
fantastic toe." to muke choice of
partners for "The Grand March."
A large number responded to the
call , and were soon in marching or-
der. We left the scene of gavelv ;;t
quite an carl)- hour, leaving many
to continue their enj oyment. On
leaving the hall, those who were in
the smoking line were treated to
good Havana cigars by Mr. Kellev.
The party was a grand success.
Mr. Phil lips of So. Yarmouth lec-
tured before the Club last .Saturday
eA'ening, upon What io do, and How
to do it. The subject was treated in
a scholarly manner by the Rev. gen-
tleman. Next Saturday evening we
expect to haA e another lecture.
E. D. H.
[Harwich Independent,8th inst.