. Old New England churches and their children. seemed about to be offered the nomi-nation, were prepared to decline it. The public-spirited preacher lectured the meeting upon itslack of conscientiousness, pointing out that theoffice was one of much importance, it was neces-sary that it should be filled, and it was an honourno good citizen could afford to forego. Imme-diately the good Doctor was elected hog con-stable. He regarded it more or less as a joke andwent home, but the jest took on tragic proportionswhen he was awakened at midnight by some ofhis neighbours who counselled him that since
. Old New England churches and their children. seemed about to be offered the nomi-nation, were prepared to decline it. The public-spirited preacher lectured the meeting upon itslack of conscientiousness, pointing out that theoffice was one of much importance, it was neces-sary that it should be filled, and it was an honourno good citizen could afford to forego. Imme-diately the good Doctor was elected hog con-stable. He regarded it more or less as a joke andwent home, but the jest took on tragic proportionswhen he was awakened at midnight by some ofhis neighbours who counselled him that since theoffice was so important, it was certainly neces-sary that there be no vacancy, and that they hadbrought a justice of the peace with them to swearthe preacher in. The history of that first meeting house in New-bury is clouded, if not inchoate. We know thatit was the orthodox log cabin and 28 by 25 feetin dimension. The people of Newbury tired ofit and wanted to see where the town will agreeto meet on the Sabbath the spring and summer ^S^%. Courtesy oj W. C. Prentiss, Newbury, CHURCH, NEWBURY, \TRMOXTThe church whose Thanksgiving Day was delayed because there was no molasses in the parish First Church, Newbury, Vt. 439 ensuing, from which we infer that they did notintend to meet in the old house. But in 17 71 thetown had done nothing and the church-going folkagain asked if it will do anything to the meet-ing house. There is some record that during theyear there was the frame of a meeting house putup on the Little Plain, but the geographical sit-uation did not please the people, and it was takendown to be put again on the Ox-bow. In 1773there was a town vote to finish the meeting housethat is now raised, the owners giving in what isdone, and that the notes that were given tobuild a meeting house be given up, Captain Hazengiving him a bond which Haverhill took of New-bury for building the same. There is no accountof any special action being taken in the term o
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