The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-23
r...,..,,,,, az New ENGLAND History.

Here was an antidote to Sunday drowsi-
ness 1852, the town meeting of Portsmouth
"ordered that cage be made, or some o ,n
means be invented, 10 punish such az seep
on the Lords day. &c. In 1871, the seiest-
men agreed, with John Pinckney, TO oeio
cage twelve feet square, with stocks III ~ anu
apiilory on the top, ss,,ss Deputy
Governor Dudley was had mp Sos@@ Iof sen
ing man seven and half basheis OF corn,
to receive ten for it after harvest winthrop
and Others thought IL usurions.
Nothine is recorded of ..the funeral baked
meats but thus much for the liquids THE
funeral expenses of the Rev. Thomas Cob
bett, Minister of Lynn and OF Ipswich, who
died in 1850, were as follows:
II bN, Wine..... ,e.--..-----.,.,,-..'ae
hbls, CIDER ......... 800, .-.''''.-.'- !, n
= S dor' prs pr Of Gloves, for men and wo- a
And some sn spcc and ginger Tor the CIDER
From funerals to epitarhs, the TRANSITION Is
easy: ...,,r, epitaph
Rev. Mr. Bailey's tof watertown' ep''''"
"Pius LYDIA made and given oy 1oo' as
mos, NEE; helm TO John Bailey, Minister OF the
Gospel: s..,s,t.x,
f'ved nv Fzith-Died IN trace,
Went Cd slns,ns- LET us Mssp,55s' ,ss
Roth wear of her age, April i6 i6al.
Read her epitarh in Prov. !. 10, IL, II, y,
Mr., Daniel Noyes' epitaph ran thus;
..Ax you are, so was l.
God did call. and did DIV; -
Now, children all, whose name is Noyes,
Make Jesus Christ
Your only choice"
In l72S, Theophiius Cotton of Hampto N.
II, sells 10 Jonathan Poore, of Neweury, "ail
that my Indian boy Sippal, aged about SIX
teen" In the Office OF the Register OF DEEDS,
Salem date of 1919, December 10th, is deed
from William Hilton. of Newbury, to George
Carr, for one quarter par, OF yessei, ) ames'
my Indian, with all the interest nave In MIN,
20 be his servant for ever"
In Hon. Nathaniel Collins account book is
found the following:
1881: An account of some fhfnss my son Edward
hSd Of NEE: =.
Paid for his learning, and his hooks, and his medi-
cine. ...-.--..... 800. .--- ..-.. 1.o
10 siSht sheep. tw" hogshe,ds Of lime, a
half bushel of oatmeal, and twenty nine - -.
pounds of hax.---...... ....-..---..---- IL 49,
Total JSs
The Rev. Matthias Plant, of Newbury, in
ais diary pad of June 1875, thus writes
wrote TO Mr.. Salmon, OF Baroadoes, 10
send me negro"
aouse OF Rev. MIR. Parsons, who preached TO
Shepl A sermon from Proverbs XXI. 10. They
spun and presented to Mrs. Parsons two hun
dred and seventy skeIns of good yarn. They
drank Liberty Tea. This was made from an
herb called rib-wort."
The title TO Mrs. Anne BradStreet'S volume
OF poems ran thus
Several Poems, compiled with great varie-
" of Wit and Learning, full of delight; where
an especially Is con tanned a Com pleat Dis
course and Description OF the Four Elements,
Constitutions, Ages of Man and Seasons OF
The Year. together with an Exact Epitome of
the Three FIRST MonarchieS, viz the Assyrian,
Persian and Grecian ana the beginning OF
yhe Roman Commonwealth 10 the end of their
last King, with divers other Pleasant and Sc
rious Poems By a Gen tlewoman OF New Eng
land Printed at Boston, 1910, at London,
1855, finder the title of The Tenth Muse lately
sprung ap in America"
Among Mrs. Bradstreet's descendants is
dsIchard II. Dana.
The Indians were in some cases made TO
magistrates sud teachers in the towns of pray.
ing Indians ) and the following State paper
is yet eyt2nt, curious among such writings for
ats bFeVity and point. 1t is a warrant address
ed 10 an Indian constable:
IL. !, Hihoudi. =. You, Peter Waterman
}. eremy Wicket. t. Quck you take him
5. Fast you hold him. q. Straight you bring
him. :. Before me- Hihoudi.''