The Republican journal., 1874-05-28
Cd but was nevertheless accepted From
the Records of the Parish It is inferred
that it was hung in the latter part Of April
OF early in May; it was the first

cd but was nevertheless accepted. From
| the Records of the Parish il is inferred
that it was hung in the latter part Of April
OF early in May it was the first
'Churcl-going bell
lilesc valleys and rocks ever heard
In the month Of February. died, Capt
Samuel Houston, aged nincty-two He
came here to reside i'll l774, and was the
second Town Clerk, i'll order Of time, John
Mitchell being his predecessor. He was
member of the '.Committuc Of Safety
| elected by the inhabitants of the place in
lI6, and was the first captain of the mi
lltkl company organized here after the
Declaration Of Independence His sue
cessor in that Office was lis son, Samuel
Houston, d.. who was Il member of
'Washngton's Body-guard' in the war
OF the Revolution.
On the 2lst July, Rev. William Iroth-
ingham was installed rs pastor of the First
Congregational Parish, popularity known
now as the Unitarian Society, with a
salary Of six hundred dollars This was
not done in concurrence with the wishes
OF that portion of the parish denominated
''the Church, Mr. Frothingham's relig-
ious creed did not in all respects harmon
ize with theirs. As consequence they
took no part in the services of installation,
which We're conducted by an Ecclesiastical
Council appointed BY the parish commit
tee. The church adhered to its original,
| distinct organization, and became the nu-
cleu5 of the present First Congregational
Society, popularity known as the North
Church. The sermon at the Installation
was preached by Rev. Ezra Ripley, DID
of Concord, Mass, Rey John Allyn. DID,
Of DaXbury, Mass father Of the late Rufus
b. Allyn eli this place gave the Charge to
the Pastor, Rev. f.ozekiah Packard, DID.
and Rev Silas Warren Of Jackson. the
Right-hand of Fellowship The reverend
clergy We're escorted tn the meeting house
by 4 procession of the practitioners; there
was the requisite number of marshala
but no drum and fife the absence of
which usual accompaniment of public
procession in those day led u jncose in
diyidnal to remark that ii it wasn't for the
name of Installation he should thinl. he
was going t. a funeral.
Many of the excellent rood fathers and
mothers of the dav thought. doubtless.
that the settlement Of a minister without
the concurrence Of the church in matters
Of religious faith, was tantamoun 10 u
funeral Of the staunch old doctrines Ia
which their fathers and gIandlathers held,
and which they had been taught to regard
as essential to salvation from the conse-
quences Of SIN; their children and grand
children, We're they this day to learn for
the first time the religious sentiments pro
pounded in the exercises on that occasion,
would marvel that such rigid views of
mans moral and religious accountability
and final destiny were entertained and
taught only half a century ago; verify,
the world moves
1t is not rcprehensible, in the Judgment
of the compiler to mingle the gay with
the grave, and therefore he records the
following anecdote While the procession
before referred to was waiting to perform
its escort duty one of our toWnsmcn,
an honest and upright mau in his deal
ings but little "miNed'' in his notions
OF church organizations, doctrinal creeds
&c, growing Il little impatient at the de-
lay walked up the hill on High Street
where the procession was formed, and
accosting one of the marshals inquired,
why the procession did not move Some
hitch between the Church and the Coun-
cil," was the reply; 1.-the Church isn't
exactly satisfied with Nh Erothingham's
creed The Church !" said he, '.let the
Church 90 to --. Why don't YOU make
Il new one, 4 respectable one; and my
wife II JOIN,
The town officers for this year were
Manasseh Sleeper. james McCrillis, John
$. kimball, Selectmcn; Benjamin Whit
tier Town Clerk. An amateur census
taken in the fall shows that there were
then one hundred and thirty seven families
residing within the radius OF 4 mile from
Nesmith Corner. The amount of money
raised for parochial purposes was S61z 9S !;
number of polls in the Parish 2S3; poll
tax 40 cts; per centllm on the valuation
Of estates, real and personal, five cents.
The largest tax against any parishIoner
town during the year was twenty eight