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Title: History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches ..
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Cogswell, Elliott C. (Elliott Colby), 1814-1887
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Publisher: Manchester (N.H.) J.B. Clarke
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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despised, enterprise islaughed at, and there is glorying in their shame. If thepresent generation of Deerfield shall fail to equal former inefforts to educate the young, then let her know that her de-cline in all that is honorable and glorious is inevitable.Nobly does it speak for Deerfield, that one of her sons, ben-efited l)y this school, donated to the town for the benefitof the youth the annual income of five thousand dollars;and that another has built a school-house for the district inwhich he was born, — a model for taste and convenience,—and annually contributes liberally to supplement the effortsof the district to prolong the terms of instruction. LetRichard Jenness, for his five thousand dollars, and FrederickPlummer James, for his elegant school-house and generousappro))riations, be models of manhood, and there be somefrom every town that shall do likewise. The Parade of to-day has not the business activity of yeolden times, but it is great in memories of the past; while
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HISTOBY OF DEERFIELD. 299 the present shows what the past must have been, and pleas-ant dwellings, broad streets, green commons, ample stores,and charming scenery render it a place of mnch attractionto the dwellers in the town, and of greater interest to thestranger. The mansions of the late Dr. Brown and theH .n. Ira St. Clair look like abodes of plenty and comfort,where the great and good men of past generations foundrest when wearied with toiling over long, steep hills, andwere greeted by gentlemanly landlords and treated towarm toddy, while landladies spread bountiful taVdes, andprepared for them large chambers witli beds clean andwarm. The generals and captains of Revolutionary fame,and soldiers who shouldered their crutch and showed howfields were won, and the noble statesmen whom all de-lighted to honor, were alike made to feel at home in thepresence of those who took pride in ministering to the com-forts of their guests. True, the flowing bowl was oftenfilled, and merry times

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