Death anniversary of the Reverend Farrar, who fed the community with spiritual food v. the bugdeathing of countless potato beetles that would have robbed the community of their daily bread.
- nice to have a view of our house on Taylor Rd in addition to the Charles Taylor house. Notice the front porch is not added yet, but they have benches out front where the porch would be. Looks like there might be a gazebo lurching next to the house...hard to tell.
- It would be cool to include a picture of the marble stone inscribed by the town at Farrar's grave if it still exists.
In the 1860s a 16 year old Charles Taylor from Massachusetts joined the Union Army. The above Charles may be a descendant. In James Roger's column he mentions Chauncy Perry again. Chauncy was the grandfather of the Chauncy Perry (Dottie's uncle) that I knew. Did James provide 'shuttle' service from Greenville to New Ipswich? The elder Perry was a nationally known Prof of Civil Engineering at MIT and the principal engineer for the layout of the Bethlehem Iron Works.
Death anniversary of the Reverend Farrar, who fed the community with spiritual food v. the bugdeathing of countless potato beetles that would have robbed the community of their daily bread.
bugdeathing is definitely going to be added to my vocabulary
We owned/lived in Stephen Farrars house on Porter Hill for 20 years. (Old Inn at New Ipswich). Loved the house and the history.
So much to be curious about in this post:
- nice to have a view of our house on Taylor Rd in addition to the Charles Taylor house. Notice the front porch is not added yet, but they have benches out front where the porch would be. Looks like there might be a gazebo lurching next to the house...hard to tell.
- It would be cool to include a picture of the marble stone inscribed by the town at Farrar's grave if it still exists.
- I was curious enough about bugdeathing to discover this was a trade name for an insect powder. See image here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/266281919733 and also references to the Dicky Bug Death Duster here: https://www.alamy.com/schultzs-seed-annual-for-1909-dickey-bug-death-duster-a-fine-duster-to-apply-bugdeath-or-any-dry-powder-to-plants-price-2-cents-image339171519.html
Bug death has lead oxide.... better than Paris Green and Arsenic but not much better
In the 1860s a 16 year old Charles Taylor from Massachusetts joined the Union Army. The above Charles may be a descendant. In James Roger's column he mentions Chauncy Perry again. Chauncy was the grandfather of the Chauncy Perry (Dottie's uncle) that I knew. Did James provide 'shuttle' service from Greenville to New Ipswich? The elder Perry was a nationally known Prof of Civil Engineering at MIT and the principal engineer for the layout of the Bethlehem Iron Works.