Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society and Papers Relating to the History of the Town, Volume 3The Society, 1902 - Fitchburg (Mass.) |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 28
... cent and Blossom streets . The town voted to have preach- ing for six weeks during the winter of 1764-65 in Thomas Cowdin's house . The services were continued till the following autumn , when the new meeting house was com- pleted ...
... cent and Blossom streets . The town voted to have preach- ing for six weeks during the winter of 1764-65 in Thomas Cowdin's house . The services were continued till the following autumn , when the new meeting house was com- pleted ...
Page 92
... cents in my treas- ury to hire a hall , pay board and battle the most popular of all nar- cotics . God give me grit and grace ! Boston , May 27. - Meet Hon . Charles Sumner on Boston Mall . He says , " Congress is all defiled by tobacco ...
... cents in my treas- ury to hire a hall , pay board and battle the most popular of all nar- cotics . God give me grit and grace ! Boston , May 27. - Meet Hon . Charles Sumner on Boston Mall . He says , " Congress is all defiled by tobacco ...
Page 95
... cents - truly a meagre salary for such an immense amount of mental and physical toil ! After 1860 these reports were pub- lished annually until 1870 , and perhaps longer , and are well worth reading . During the civil war Mr. Trask ...
... cents - truly a meagre salary for such an immense amount of mental and physical toil ! After 1860 these reports were pub- lished annually until 1870 , and perhaps longer , and are well worth reading . During the civil war Mr. Trask ...
Page 124
... cent years is that of William M. Leathe . Mr. Leathe is a native of Royalston , Mass . , but came to Fitchburg in 1842 and has resided here ever since . He was actively engaged in business until 1874 , since which time he has devoted a ...
... cent years is that of William M. Leathe . Mr. Leathe is a native of Royalston , Mass . , but came to Fitchburg in 1842 and has resided here ever since . He was actively engaged in business until 1874 , since which time he has devoted a ...
Page 162
... cents , eighty - seven and a half cents ; although the coins of the former denominations slowly gave way to the decimal currency issued by the government mint . Among the charges on the old day book of the Lunen- burg store I find in ...
... cents , eighty - seven and a half cents ; although the coins of the former denominations slowly gave way to the decimal currency issued by the government mint . Among the charges on the old day book of the Lunen- burg store I find in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
11 months 9 months Aaron Willard advertises aged American House April 17 Asa Thurston Benjamin Betsey Billings boots and shoes born Boston bought Brown building Caldwell called Capt cents Charles Charles Sawtelle church corner of Main Daniel Cross daughter daur David David Stearns death departed died April died Aug died Dec died Feb died Jan died July died June died March died Nov died Oct died Sept door Elizabeth Erected Esquire Farewell father Fitchburg Hotel friends George Gilchrest Goodrich Goodridge groceries Hannah Hartwell Haskell heart Henry James Jonathan Jones Joseph June 22 Kamehameha III Kilburn Kimball Leominster Litch Lunenburg Main street March 13 Marshall Mary meeting memory merchant mica schist missionary opened Pearl hill Pierce poems Rollstone Samuel Sarah schist Snow society Stearns thee Thomas Cowdin Timothy Gibson town Trask Union block verse widow William Worcester Worcester County
Popular passages
Page 68 - Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. 29. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30. But he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
Page 44 - Go thy way for this time, when I have a more convenient season I will call for thee.
Page 322 - I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to JESUS as I was — Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. I heard the voice of JESUS say, ' Behold I freely give The living water — thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 105 - Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start...
Page 314 - My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise.
Page 136 - IF WE HAD BUT A DAY. WE should fill the hours with the sweetest things, If we had but a day ; We should drink alone at the purest springs In our upward way ; We should love with a lifetime's love in an hour, If the hours were few ; We should rest, not for dreams, but for fresher power To be and to do.
Page 282 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Page 317 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 67 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 293 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.