Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-02-18

~ ne H9Hora1te Sena,e md House II Reyreeen,o,,
~ tte common tstaih If Massachusetts in GeHer
,. 80 assemble January Session, 1851.
NJ subscribers hereto inhabitants of Rovaston PHI.
ces,s-l hl"i and Iempeton in the County of Wor-
see residing upon the territory herein betov deecrbeI
fooyi y ieluest your Honorable Body TO set off he
.eiTory, embracing portions Of the resnectire
80; 81 oS ason Phiipston AthoI and Temnletoi sf
e ,nhilants thereon residing and establish and
~ ''e same Town with All the ,nnr:
ld PRIVILEGES belonging to Towns said terriior h
at the 9n,I w beginning a stone monument set nm
o mence running south los west in sail Few T a
Baldviniii 30 sous to monument the road eadjno N
LIZ 20 the House of e. Newton from tIenco au Iea.-
~ VS. N the Town of Templeton 453 rods ~.
6empeion from said Phlipson; from Iberp sad
o93 west on the said Town line between SAID Tei o
u lO rods to stone monument be yyefn said
pfii, nion lehce running due 253 rods in said
hipstoh 10 monument at the road leading tn Ttrir
Ton by the house of Kendall from tberce -
anu running In sad town of Philpston north73a west
80 rods to stone monument set I'D in the town
tween sad Phlipston and Athol; from thence running
horh 424 east on the last named Town line % reds to
stone monument; from thence running north 81 west in said
iown OF Athol l02 rodsto stone monument in The Tow
me between said Atho and Philpston from thence RIM
S hofth 5Oa west the last named Town line on md
10 stone monument at anglebetween said Towns If
fhliPston and Athol from thence runnn0 north 5es t
III sald AIhol I2o rods to monument; from thence rning
north q west in said Aho eco rods 10 a., ~
Bear Den road, called from thence rnr; .. " 6s
east by the eastery side of said road 80 rods to
IRON thence crossing said and running sin in sd
3 west 81 reds to monument the easterly Side
OF Miers River from thence running up said river in t
middle thereof in said Aho about rods to monument
on the norhery side ofsaid rivers from thence north
q east IN said Athol l06 rods monument little souher
y OF the road leading Atho called the stockwe road
from thence running north 54 said Atho 40 rods m
monument at the road last named from thence crossing
SAD ROAD and running north i west in said Ahol rods
to- monument from thence running north 29le east in
sad 10y rods TO monument in the town line between
sau Atol and Koyalsten from thence ng Forth $50
east in the last named Town line 107 rods to monument
from thence running north SIS said Royaston liz
rods TO monument from thence running south sse east IN
SAID Royaston $50 rods to monument from thence run
ming north % east in said Royaston 26 rods to monuments
IRON thence running south in said Royason BOG
to monument from thence running north 2s east i'm
sad Royalston 20 rods to from thence run
ming due in S id Royalston 81 rods IN nonnment
from thence running due said Royason 275 rods to
monument from thence running sou 858s east in said
RoyaIston 46 rods to a monument: from thence RIM
ng north 8 east i'll said Royalston36 rods monuments
from thence running north 679 in said Royaston 100
rods to monument from thence running south ess in
sad Royalston AS rods to the Town line
between said Royalston and Winchendon from thence
running south TO- west the line mentioned lO1
rods to the place of beginning.
Your petitioners further represent that the Tertiary
above described contains about 1881 the population
upon which at the last census 1872 and PA pols that
south koyaston Village so called, is situated in the
oil the above described territory and one of the most
hourlshg villages in this part of the country, having
efai MINIS and FACTORIES now in operation therein, and
abundance Ofunoccupied power on said Mies river
which passes through nearly the ofsad territory and
Village all which will mquestionably soon he taken UP
and occupied by of the facilities afforded by Yer
mont and Massachusetts Railroad which passes through
the whoe length oil said territory upon the banks of said
river Your petitioners further represent of
inhabitants above enumerated reside in said Village which
is four and one half miles from Royalston Centre eight
miles from Winchendon, miles from Athol l-2
miles from Phillpson and l-2 miles from Templeton-
That the roads from said village to Royaston Centre
very billy and the difficulties of travelling on such
roads and TO snch distance to exercise their munich
pal privileges very great they are wen satisfied that
if town be Incorporated as above prayed for that it
will give and increased encouragement the bust
ness and prosperity OF said territory and will take
ngh rank as TO wealth and population with her sister
Towns in that vicinity.
Wherefore they earnestly pray new Town NAV
forth ArAa