New England Magazine - March 1900 - Page 111
New Ipswich Historical Society
Recap of page 110
Page 111
lay down their arms. After a little exercising on the old common and performing the then popular exploit of 'whipping the snake,' they briskly filed off up the road, by the foot of the Kidder Mountain and through the Spafford Gap, towards Peter- borough, to the tune of 'Over the Hills and Far Away.'"
In one of the chapters which follow we read that at the March meeting in 1801 the Rev. Mr. Farrar was requested to read Washington's Farewell Address from the pulpit on the next Sunday, and it was voted "to establish it as a custom in future, to have it read the Sunday succeeding the twenty-second of February." The historian observes that it does not appear how long this custom was maintained.
An interesting contribution to the history of New England's part in opening the great West is the record of how certain New Ipswich citizens led a colony out to Iowa, selecting a township now called Denmark in that new state, and rearing a church and school as the corner stones of their town. At the time of the centennial celebration in 1850 the citizens of this daughter town sent back a letter giving an interesting report of themselves up to date.
The centennial celebration was one of the red letter days in the history of the old town. It would be interesting to quote many passages from the eloquent address of Dr. Augustus A. Gould, the orator of the day. I must content myself, however, with quoting a single one:
"It is now somewhat more than one hundred years since our ancestors penetrated into the then wilderness and began to clear the region where we are now assembled; and we are met to celebrate that event. Some of us have made our habitation here since the day of our birth; and in quietude and simplicity, remote from the whirlwind of metropolitan bustle, have been content to live in comparative retirement and to move within a very limited sphere. Such have made a wise choice. Others of us, more restless and ambitious. have overleaped these mountain barriers in search of fame, fortune and happiness in wider fields and more exciting scenes. Some have tried the thronged city, with all its bustle, magnificence and wickedness; some have gone to the far West, attracted thither by golden visions, which in most instances proved but visions; some have crossed the ocean to the mother land and have witnessed the splendor of royalty and perhaps enjoyed the smiles of princes;
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On this day - January 22, 1898
William Jurian Kaula diary
22 JAN 1898
I have always an invitation for dinner on Saturday evenings with Lee and then we go to the Café Rouge to hear the music.
On this day - January 22, 1909
James Roger diary entry
22nd (Friday)
Warm and sunny wind South & S.W. snow melting fast. David teaming from mountain to Depot. I cleaned boards in hen house and gave them clover. Wrote to People’s Friend about Spurtles and Woman’s Home Companion about a poem called “Whistling in Heaven”. Got letters from Hamish & Alice. She tells us that Gramppy had left Johnnie $500 under guardianship of lawyer and $100 each of the others.
On this day - January 22, 2011
New Ipswich Congregational Church - 22 Jan 2011
Original Town Hall - 22 Jan 2011
I agree with Bill Niemi's suggestion. I find it eye awakening our little town and original settlers played such an important part in our countrys history. I'm sure many students at Mascenic HS would also.
I think local history is being neglected by our young people. I suggest that the president of NIHS send a letter to the social science teachers at Mascenic (in the old days I would have said 'history teachers' but schools no longer have history courses) and make them aware of your website which could be incorporated into their 'social science' courses. The comments I've seen so far are all from gray haired people, and even those are few. Thank you NIHS for your efforts in making history available.