The Republican journal., 1901-10-03

1870 r. NJ Griffin.
1912. Geo. NJ. knowlton.
1S73-Sl. Mrs. Abbie Whiucher.
1928. George H. Patch.
1915. S. E. Fletcher
lsst-S Mrs Fannie NJ. Wadlin.
IsS9-93. Miss Jessie S. Knowlton.
1s94-lq0l. Mrs. Fannie NJ. Wadlin.
The post office at the Camp Ground
was established, as summer office, in
1883 and has had the following post
masters:
1888. II. w. Chase.
1ss4-9. Bancroft H. Conant.
1890 George Joss
1913 Charles Thompson.
ls94-l9OI. Melville c. Hill.
SELECTMEN.
1870. Daniel A. Wadlin, Nath'l knowl-
toll, W. A. Hale.
H. James NJ. Stevens, D. A, Wadlin,
VIM. j. Greenlaw.
y. M. Stevens. Frederick A. Dickey,
". ]. Greenlaw.
-. J. NJ. Stevens, F. A. Dickey W
4. Hale.
-. ]. NJ. Stevens, VIM. A. Pendleton,
Ambrose Elwell.
-. same.
-. Amos Pitcher, Joseph L. Wither-
~. Oscar Hills.
IL Same.
IS. Amos Pitcher Oscar Hills, Abram
kuoWlton.
~. F A. Dickey. Oscar Hills, Geo.
II. Alexander.
SOL. Same.
50. F. A. Dickey, Oscar Hills, Ma
son l. Stevens.
Sc. Same.
81. +. \. Dickey, Oscar Hills, Chas.
I. Knight.
IS. T. A. Dickey, Lucius H. Duncan,
c. T. Knight.
80. L. H. Duncan, c. T. Knight,
Rodel \ Packard.
80. l.. H. Duncan, c. T. Knight, Geo.
H. Patch.
"a. Oscar Hills, G. H. Patch, r. A.
Packard.
o. Oscar Hills, r. A. Packard, Phin-
cas- g. IIurd.
90 Oscar Hills, R. A. Packard, Frank
/, Dickey.
81. Oscar Hills, Harvard W. Elwell,
DWIGHT { GreenlaW
9s. II. w. Elwell, D. c. Greenlaw,
Joel p Wood,
80. Same
1900. II. W. Elwell, d. c. Greenlaw,
Chas O. Dickey.
OF. II. w. Elwell, D. c. Greenlaw,
Manassah B. Whiting
TOWN CLERKS.
1070-2 Oscar Hills.
1876 VIM. A. Pendleton.
IT'S. F. A. Dickey.
1881. VIM. A. Pendleton.
S23 Albert Knowlton.
$3.50. Frank A. Rhoades.
1901. Rodel A. Packard
TOWN TREASURES.
1S70-S0. David Patch
SIS John S. Hill
1895. Melville c. Hill.
96-7. T. A. Dickey.
9S-0l. John R. Hurd.
RELIGIOUS HISTORY.
The religious history of Northport,
of course, centres at the Methodist
Campground, which will be dealt with
i'll a separate chapter. A recent writer
in the Boston Globe gives the follow
ing transformation.
Northport has never had church
edifice in all the century of its exist
ence. Its people have had preaching
III the school houses with more or less
regularity and with this and the one
week Of religion, by proxy, on its ocean
border, they have managed to subsist
spiritually, and with pretty fair salts
faction, until recently.
There have been two church edifices
at the Cove, either of which would
compare favorably with any churches
in rural communities in New England.
The first one stood on the lot now
occupied by the Cove cemetery. 1t was
built prior to 1880, and was remodelled
about 1850. In the census of that year
it was reported as having seating
capacity of 300 persons, and valued at
1900 1t was burned July 4, 1859.
The present meeting house at the Cove
was built about 1870, by an assertion
of ladies, and services have been held
there with considerable regularity since.
Services have also been held, as in all
rural towns, in the various school
houses, and regular church or, aniza.
lions have existed in some neighbor-
hoods. The Wood school house in the
northwest part of the town has been
used regularly for religious meetings
by the Methodists for many years and
regularly organized church has existed
there more than half a century.
The following in regard to the early
Baptist church in Northport is taken
from two articles in The Republican
Journal in April 1901, by Allen Good
win of Palermo: