Hand-book of the New England Agricultural Fair, of 1871: With Charles Cowley's History of Lowell

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Albert Colby, 1871 - 238 páginas
 

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Página 178 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 209 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but the suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call death.
Página 195 - Paint me as I am ; if you leave out the scars and wrinkles I will not pay you a shilling.
Página 145 - There were nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-five school districts; the whole number of children between the ages of five and sixteen years in the State was five hundred and thirty-four thousand and two, and the number instructed in the common schools in 1833 was five hundred and thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty. The...
Página 74 - may crumble to the earth, and brass and marble mingle with the dust they cover; but the pure and well-deserved renown, which is thus incorporated with the busy life of an intelligent people, will be remembered, till the long lapse of ages and the vicissitudes of fortune shall reduce all of America to oblivion and decay ! " The municipal independence of Lowell began on the first day of March, 1826.
Página 164 - Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the decision of the meeting," and appointed tellers to count the vote"s.
Página 20 - I am now going the way of all flesh, or ready to die, and not likely to see you ever meet together any more. I will now leave this word of counsel with you, that you may take heed how you quarrel with the English, for though you may do them much mischief, yet assuredly you will all be destroyed, and rooted off the earth if you do; for...
Página 20 - to the last words of your father and friend. The white men are sons of the morning. The Great Spirit is their father. His sun shines bright about them. Never make war with them. Sure as you light the fires, the breath of heaven will turn the flames upon you and destroy you. Listen to my advice. It is the last I shall be allowed to give you. Remember it and live!
Página 92 - Barry was pastor from 1830 to 1835 ; the Reverend Henry A. Mills, DD, from 1836 to 1853 ; the Rever1831 to 1835 ; AC Burnap, from 1837 to 1852 ; the Reverend George Darling, from 1852 to 1855 ; the Reverend John P. Cleaveland, DD, from 1855 to 1862, when he became chaplain of the Thirtieth Massachusetts Regiment in the Department of the Gulf; the Reverend JE Rankin, from 1863 to 1865 ; the Reverend AP Foster, was settled October 3, 1866, resigned October 17, 1868; the RevDANIEL LOVEJOY AND SON'S...
Página 92 - Rankin, from 1863 to 1865. Rev. AP Foster was ordained October 3rd, 1866. The "Worthen Street Baptist Church was organized in 1831. The edifice known as St. Mary's Church was built for this society. The present edifice was built in 1838, costing $8,000. The pastors have been — James Barnaby, from 1832 to 1835 ; Lemuel Porter, from 1835 to 1851 ; JW Smith, from 1851 to 1853 ; DD Winn, from 1853 to 1855 ; TD Worrall, of memory like Uriah Clark, from 1855 to 1857 ; JW Bonham, from 1857 to 1860 ; George...

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