History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . atures whose eyes are on the top of hishead just like a great baboon. Passing over thisseverely sharp sarcasm on Marshall indulged in byPickering, we come down to nearly the present time,when William Atherton of Winchester, son of thevenerable Esquire Atherton, formerly of Richmond,occupied the field here for several terms, who has thereputation of being a systematic and successfulteacher of singing. His last term was in the winterof 1883-4, ^^ *h^ hall of Jerry Allen, at the oldWakefield hote
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . atures whose eyes are on the top of hishead just like a great baboon. Passing over thisseverely sharp sarcasm on Marshall indulged in byPickering, we come down to nearly the present time,when William Atherton of Winchester, son of thevenerable Esquire Atherton, formerly of Richmond,occupied the field here for several terms, who has thereputation of being a systematic and successfulteacher of singing. His last term was in the winterof 1883-4, ^^ *h^ hall of Jerry Allen, at the oldWakefield hotel. TOWN OF RICHMOND. 199 HOW OLD GROUT BEAT THE TOWN, AND AFTER-WARDS WENT TO RAISING POPPIES. Nahum Grout, a well known citizen of the townof sixty years ago, was reputed to be a Federalist,perhaps the only one at the time in town. The ma-jority, in order to show either their disrespect for theman, or manifest their detestation for his politicalprinciples, chose him at the annual meeting, about1812, hog reeve, the duties of which office was toring all swine found running at large in the highway,. or else to put them into the town pound. Groutassumed the office with much complacency, and greatdignity, withal, and at a proper and most favorabletime began operations in earnest, as many of hispolitical opponents soon found out, who had been ac-customed to turn their hogs into the public way. Bythe aid of efficient help, which he seasonably se-cured. Grout gathered a resectable drove as to num-bers, mostly belonging to such of his neighbors andtownsmen as had been foremost in promoting him tothe office, and lodged the animals securely, as hesupposed, within the pound, and patiently waited theappointed time in expectancy of his fees ; but as luck 200 HISTORY OF THE would have it, the enclosure was insufficient to holdthis kind of cattle, and the pigs all escaped from theirimprisonment, and most of them, led by a peculiarinstinct, returned to their several homes during thesucceeding
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