History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . and was organized June 5,1874, ^<i continued until March 17th, 1883. Theinstruments were bought of John C. Haynes of Bos-ton, at a cost of $300. l62 HISTORY OF THE List of Members. Nathan E. Tiittle, Cornet Leader, Lucius L. Fisher, Alto, Abner S. Barden, Bass Drum, Nathaniel Naromore, Solo Alto, Frank Amadon, Cornet, Orrin Brewer, Tenor, Albert E. Jillson, Basso, Edwin Amadon, Basso, Edwin N. Bowen, Clarinet, F. O. Bowen, Baritone,Orrin B. Howe, Basso,Willis D. Martin, Cornet,Silas O. Mart
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . and was organized June 5,1874, ^<i continued until March 17th, 1883. Theinstruments were bought of John C. Haynes of Bos-ton, at a cost of $300. l62 HISTORY OF THE List of Members. Nathan E. Tiittle, Cornet Leader, Lucius L. Fisher, Alto, Abner S. Barden, Bass Drum, Nathaniel Naromore, Solo Alto, Frank Amadon, Cornet, Orrin Brewer, Tenor, Albert E. Jillson, Basso, Edwin Amadon, Basso, Edwin N. Bowen, Clarinet, F. O. Bowen, Baritone,Orrin B. Howe, Basso,Willis D. Martin, Cornet,Silas O. Martin, Alto,George W. Goddard, Tenor,Hiram E. Mellen, Cornet,WatrousGarnsey, Tenor Drum. Adfnitted after C. Flint, Stephen A. Bullock, Leslie E. Smith, Henry Bullock. INNS AND INN-KEEPERS. The town from the earliest time has been providedwith ample accommodations for the travelling the town had been settled five years, at leastthree places of public entertainment were openedon the line of the old Winchester and Royalstonroad. The number of persons at one time licensed. as inn-keepers seems now to have been dispropor-tionate to the public needs. About 1800, eight per-sons are recorded as inn-holders licensed to sellspirituous and intoxicating liquors. As it is hardly TOWN OF RICHMOND. 163 possible that these could have been supported to anyconsiderable extent by travellers, it is but reasonableto conclude that they were licensed largely to supplythe local demands for ardent spirits, which soon afterthe Revolutionary war came into quite general use,and were regarded as one of the necessities of thehousehold, and, in fact, indispensable in carrying onthe more laborious parts of husbandry or mechanicalbusiness. New England rum was the liquor mostlyused. The general use of this became quite com-mon, and is traceable largely, no doubt, to habitsacquired by those out in the service, where the rationsof soldiers consisted in part of New England imme
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