History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . ommon, Bear the south-east corner, just north of the road that pi mm between the ate and thehouse of Mr. Benjamin Wilder. This house was 30 by -; :V?t. oilthe posts were twenty feet high. The house ~as ae^er painted outsiienor inside: not even the pulpit: neither was it ceiled :: aad shingles kept out the cold in winter to such a degreethat the people, with foot-stores, comd continue to lire through the morn-ing service. They then adjourned to the
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . ommon, Bear the south-east corner, just north of the road that pi mm between the ate and thehouse of Mr. Benjamin Wilder. This house was 30 by -; :V?t. oilthe posts were twenty feet high. The house ~as ae^er painted outsiienor inside: not even the pulpit: neither was it ceiled :: aad shingles kept out the cold in winter to such a degreethat the people, with foot-stores, comd continue to lire through the morn-ing service. They then adjourned to the tavern, on tie southeastner of the Common, across the road, or to novate houses, -s-here • goodfire, some ho; irink. and a luncheon, fortified :_e~ for the rigors of theafternoon meeting. The £ tor was covered with benches ^here the ~:r-shippers sat as they were ~ seated by a committee annually chosen forthat purt :se. Tier; is :.: piocure of tie Meetmr-honse in e listen: :? :probably sever was : but fr:m the reecdeeuoos of a_-ed ce:uie the sketchbelow has been made bv Mr. ani thev ajree that i; r-ves. ary ever used in Win;n» the w;rshir :f Almighty j>i. In 177o. a: the March uaeeun^. £60 was raise-i for the Minister,according to die agreement when he was settled Three years later,measures were takes to make up for him the iepreciauhn f oa the 23d of January, 177 r, a iatee cf ir=. -_:: _ eo_ 152 HISTORY OF WINCHEKDOIT. Moses Hale, Jacob Hale, John Boynton, Abel Wilder and James Cool-edge,—was ehosen to draw subscription papers, and see what the peo-ple will give to Mr. Brown in consideration of the high prices on thenecessaries of life. It would seem that the subscription failed, sinceat an adjourned meeting, when the report of the committee was made,a vote was passed to make some compensation to Mr. Brown by wayof a tax. The town granted £50. The next year the town voted to pay Mr. Brown, £53, 6, 8, in produce of the farm, l
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