History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . ality inadvance of the age. Many changes have been rungwithin the walls. The pious, devotional intonationsfrom the sacred desk have alternated with the coarseejaculations and clamors of contending factions. Aphonograph that could reveal all the words hereinspoken would make a volume incomparable in theliterature of the world for its fullness in diversity ofsentiment and in quaintness of style. The exterioris a familiar sight to all who have lived in town, andmany of the older inhabitants remem
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . ality inadvance of the age. Many changes have been rungwithin the walls. The pious, devotional intonationsfrom the sacred desk have alternated with the coarseejaculations and clamors of contending factions. Aphonograph that could reveal all the words hereinspoken would make a volume incomparable in theliterature of the world for its fullness in diversity ofsentiment and in quaintness of style. The exterioris a familiar sight to all who have lived in town, andmany of the older inhabitants remember the interioras it was. To all, this is a connecting link with the TOWN OF RICHMOND. 187 first settlers, and should be preserved in remembranceof their many virtues. BURIAL PLACES. The town in its corporate capacity has never had acemetery over wliich it has exercised exclusive juris-diction. The one at the middle of the town appearsto have received some supervision of late on the part ofthe town, as is evinced by the building therein a fewyears since a town receiving tomb ; but otherwise than. this, the town has heretofore taken no action in the mat-ter. In all parts of the town may be found a dozen of these places have been counted up,selected chiefly as a matter of convenience by thoseliving in the neighborhood of each. The means ofcarriage and transportation were such that theearly settlers availed themselves of such places aswere suitable and near at hand for the final repose oftheir dead, and of those thus early selected quite anumber continue to be used. The noticeable feature HISTORY OF THE of all is the comparatively few head-stones there arein each in proportion to the number of graves. Thecustom adopted by the Friends in the early time, ofhaving no stone to mark the resting place of the de-parted, was copied by most of the inhabitants, andvery few can be found bearing date prior to may be seen that if only a moderate proportion ofthe gr
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