. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. CHAPTER III. THE EARLY GOVERNMENT—THE PYNCHONFAMILY.—WITCHCRAFT. WE HAVE already seen that the meeting-house was thetown house as well as the church; here the men ofthe plantation met to arrange all its business. Onewho did not come or who was late had a fine to pay. EvenDeacon Chapin was fined for an absence, such was the impor-tance which the forefathers placed upon a careful attentionto public affairs. In our own day the President of the Unite
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. CHAPTER III. THE EARLY GOVERNMENT—THE PYNCHONFAMILY.—WITCHCRAFT. WE HAVE already seen that the meeting-house was thetown house as well as the church; here the men ofthe plantation met to arrange all its business. Onewho did not come or who was late had a fine to pay. EvenDeacon Chapin was fined for an absence, such was the impor-tance which the forefathers placed upon a careful attentionto public affairs. In our own day the President of the UnitedStates has often set the example for others by leaving his 42 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD pressing duties at Washington and traveling many hundredmiles, in order to cast his vote, a vote that counted amongthe thousands no more than any other. After eight years the plantation decided to place its affairsin the hands of a committee, a committee which should bechosen once a year; so they selected Henry Smith, ThomasCooper, Samuel Chapin, Richard Sikes and Henry Burt, to servefor the first year. They were called select townsmen orselectmen and wer
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