The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . on,1869. Its first officers were Martin J. Sheldon, president, Charles , treasurer. Its present officers are William H. Fuller, presi-dent, Samuel White, treasurer. The Suffield Agricultural Society was incorporated in 1877. MartinJ. Sheldon was its first president. Town-meetings here were held in the meeting-houses for one hun-dred and fifty-seven years, and were conducted Avith great first board of selectmen was chosen by ballot, and the mannerwas never chanaed. The constables warned the voters to attend,
The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . on,1869. Its first officers were Martin J. Sheldon, president, Charles , treasurer. Its present officers are William H. Fuller, presi-dent, Samuel White, treasurer. The Suffield Agricultural Society was incorporated in 1877. MartinJ. Sheldon was its first president. Town-meetings here were held in the meeting-houses for one hun-dred and fifty-seven years, and were conducted Avith great first board of selectmen was chosen by ballot, and the mannerwas never chanaed. The constables warned the voters to attend, and 1 These mills were on the Old Factory Road. SUFFIELD. 405 the clerk called their names at the opening of the meeting. Those notpresent were fined tive pence. Those wholly absent without a satis-fying reason were hned 2s. Gd. Every person presuming to speakwitliout liberty from the moderator, or not keeping silent when ordered,forfeited hve shillings for each ^ breach of order, one half the moneyto be given to the poor of the town. After many generations had. THE SHELDON HOUSE, WEST SUFFIELD. come and gone, new meeting-houses were built, and carpeted floors andcushioned seats appeared instead of plain ])ine deal The town-meetingwas not the orderly assemblage of old, and the town was compelled toprovide a place for its meetings. It united with the first centre schooldistrict in procuring the present site, and built a basement hall, towhich their school-li(nise was removed from the Common and placedabove. The hall was first occupied Oct. 7, 1839 : it was in use twentv-one years, and destroyed by fire, Oct. 2, 1860. The present town-hall,built upon the same site, with the same copartnership, was first used inOctober, 1862. The town expended for the building and appointments17,, and the district aliout one half as much additional. Theroller-skating craze struck the town in 1884, and our fine town-hall isnow a rink. In 1682 the town lield 60 families and about 300 inhabita
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