History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . from her home in Buckland to SouthHadley, Deacon Rowes house formed a desirable stoppingplace for Mary Lyon, where rest and help were certain. Thedeacons daughters still remember her intense earnestnessand respectful deference, as sitting by the cheerful fire andknitting with all the speed a Yankee woman inherits, shelaid out her drawings and told her estimates and all the mul-titude of obstacles which encompassed her. During thehours of labor, while the deacon far
History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . from her home in Buckland to SouthHadley, Deacon Rowes house formed a desirable stoppingplace for Mary Lyon, where rest and help were certain. Thedeacons daughters still remember her intense earnestnessand respectful deference, as sitting by the cheerful fire andknitting with all the speed a Yankee woman inherits, shelaid out her drawings and told her estimates and all the mul-titude of obstacles which encompassed her. During thehours of labor, while the deacon farmed, Mary Lyon visitedthe women of the village, collecting gifts of money, food andfurniture. The bold temperance position in Mary Lyonspublished rules at the commencement of her school werepart of the result of her intimate friendship with DeaconRowe, whose purse was as open to her as was his advice. He was one of the original tetotallers when the namewas bestowed in derision or contempt. The petty tormentsintended to annoy him never ruffied his placid work was consistent, conservative, and always Juliette Montague Cook. HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. 229 Dea. John Montague, 3RD. John Montague, son of John, son of Caleb, son of Samuel,son of John, son of Richard the emigrant, who settled inHadley, was born in 1796 and died in 1881. Those who still remember his solemn face and slow, ma-jestic gait, will appreciate the hesitation felt in making apoor endeavor to mention some salient points in his charac-ter. One said of him being a great reader on a variety of sub-jects, he wanted to discuss them all. He seemed to haveinherited the fun which should have been spread over adozen generations of Montagues. He lived in another worldfrom that which gave him his moderate speech and his soberface. Underneath that Puritanic visage there bubbled and sparkled a never-failing fount of drollery, of hectoring, ofrepartee, which was enhanced by his staid, slow, unconsciousm
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