August 14, 1957

Married Mabel Thayer

Group Photo

This is a group photo in the collection of Thayer Family Photos. It is dated August 14, 1957. Google facial recognition identifies the boy as Ben Tompkins. The others are not identified.

Photo EB007

The Ache Horn

The Ache Horn was published in New Ipswich in March 1904. It was somewhat like The Onion or maybe Mad Magazine. Somewhat satirical somewhat just silly. Names of prominent people were slightly modified for the publication, example “Prestun” for “Prestun”.

Transcription

Yesterdays transcription was truncated, this is the full page. The dialect and misspellings seem to be intentional.

Culprit Still at Large. 

   For several days a stranger has been among us, and the people have been very restless and unhappy because he did not tell them his business. Even the Daily News was way off concerning his identity. The Ache Horn has taken pains to look him up, and has discovered that the man was a Pinkerton Detective employed by Fred Chap to find the rascal who removed his wood from the Fox lot. The detective made a rigid investigation, disclosing the fact that 157 men owned different piles of wood on the Fox lot, and also that 27 others claimed everything from the burning sawdust to the water in the brook and the fish in the water. After charging Fred $70, the detective departed, saying he guessed it was Pogey Blood, although no tangible evidence connects him with the crime. 

Brew of the Bruise, Bruises An East Ringe Man 

   DURING the recent icy period, Sandy Blood of East Ringe came down long hill at a terrific rate of speed using his back for a toboggan. He retained both sleeves of his overcoat, but lost several inches of cuticle on the trip. He had a comfortable ballast of hard cider inside his vest. 

Took too Much Time on Monday Afternoon.

   A ROBBER leisurely mounted the front steps of the Henry Roice residence and rung the door bell. Receiving no response, he entered the door, ascended the stairs and ransacked the rooms on the first floor. In Major Andrues' room he found nearly a bushel of watches, which he quietly slipped into his pocket. Espying a peck of watch chains in a four quart measure, he quickly gathered them up and proceeded to take his departure. Henry moves very moderately, and was just answering the doorbell as the robber descended the stairs. In his characteristic way Henry drawled out, How-arver, to which the bad man replied, Howar yer. Ken-I-sel-yer enny double triple quadupple non-breakable uncon-sumable gold By this time Henry was onto the bad man, and pinching his valve so tight that he commenced to disgorge. After which Henry took him into the kitchen and gave him a cup of hot coffee to limber up his vocal organs. As soon as the bad man's pulse was normal, Mr. Royce led him to the front porch and kicked a goal through the front gate, using the bad man's Posterior Orbus for a foot-ball.

Letter Picked up on the Road to Smith Village. 

    DEER AMOS SHERWIN, Smith Village, N. H. See Charlie Russell and Geo. Jaquithe and try and run me agin as Sleckman. I am a good deel stronger than last year an can throw out heavier pieces of band furniture. I don't want Billy Prestun or Henry Wilsone on with me agin, They are both lobsters and wont do as I say. If you think it will help me any tell the Tiger Engine Co. I will pay them the Dam $41 owe them for 1903 fines. You know I made well out of the job. If you will git me in agin I will give you $2 dollars in- side of a year. I hope my setters will leave their nests long enough to vote for me, but they are a slippery lot and absorb all my heat from the boiler, I had a chance onet to act like a white man, I often wish I could git red of the gang without blowing up the boiler. I hev ben a lame duck ever sence the Atty. Gen. has advised me. He dont seem to have menny friends, and if I dont soon shake him I wont have any, nor business nuther. Do the best you can for me, Amos, an I will shoe your horse for nothin whenever I'm a mind to. 

Yours afectionate, JIM. 

Letter from State Supt. of Instruction, Dis=cord, N. H. 

MR. WILL B. TOWNSEND, New Ipswich, N. H. Dear Sir At your request I have thoroughly investigated the public school system now in vogue in your town, and without hesitation I pronounce it rotten. I find that one half your district school houses have been sold for hen houses, and that for the number attendance that you had 20 years ago, although you now raise nearly one third more money than formerly. I have personally examined dozens of half grown men and women emerging from your common schools and find that (with an occasional exception) they possess only a mere smattering of an elementary English education. Your existing state of affairs is due to carelessness on your part and the neglect of voters in your town, who are the parents of the children attending these schools. A careless choice and an indiscriminate vote annually elects and supports an indifferent school board, whose chief interest in your schools in the past has been to draw the salary attached to the office. The good work of experienced teachers that your ample funds has commanded from time to time, has been nearly obliterated by scores of incompetent teachers who have taken positions in your schools

James Roger diary entry

January 12, 1909 (Tuesday)

Hard frost 1 above zero wind east bright and cool, clouding down in evening, may have snow.  David painting wheels in brooder house.  Daniel and him brought up the tables for Grange supper tomorrow night, then went to Greenville for some grain brought two copies of local paper “Greenville Tribune” Mr. Blanchard called today for cemetery bill.