The Townsman Paper - July 4, 1907

James Roger - poet and diarist

Published July 4, 1907 - The Townsman

Photo of Congregational Church printed in the Townsman Newspaper

Poetry of James Roger

Published in the Townsman Paper

Lines on a Fossil Fern 

Thy feathery fronds by some quiet river bank 
   Waved in the morning wind, 
Whilst equisetums many-whorled and rank 
   Towered in the marsh behind. 

You never heard the golden-throated glory 
   Of children at their play; 
Nor lovers telling o'er the sweet old story 
   E'er passed your way. 

The megatherium huge perchance has played 
   Amongst thy leafy bowers; 
The dinotherium fierce beneath thy shade 
   Has passed the noontide hours. 

The megalonyx with its fearful claws 
   Thee trod in miry clay, 
And overwhelming floods of sand and silt 
   Hid thee from face of day. 

And so the ages upward, onward rolled, 
   By thee unheeded past, 
Till Man, the crowning work, in Godlike mould 
    Appeared at last;

With reverence turning o'er Creation's page 
   Disclosed thy beauties rare, 
And owned the works of God from age to age 
   Were marvellous, good, and fair. 

JAMES ROGER.

Thayer’s 100 Formulas - 1883

The Thayer family donated some early medicines to the Society. Among the donations was a brochure for these helpful items. This one has skunk oil.

James Roger diary entry

December 29, 1908 (Tuesday)

Frost fine day, houses dripping wind west.  David helping Wilbur to pack ice.  Got letter from May today.  I swept Hall and filled boiler, also laid waxcloth in kitchen.