Coalville Times | 1901-11-29 | Page 5 | Odd Ways in the Old Days

Odd Wart In th Old IMjre. Diving Into tha old records of Northampton, North-ampton, Mm., says tha Springfield Republican, Re-publican, you find much revealing the customs and bablla of olden time. No fir was found In "th metlng-hou" In olden time, and stoves wer carrlod to cburcb, aa were tallow candlea to th evening meeting. In 1737 tha Important Im-portant vital question at a legal town meeting waa, "Shall men and their Wlvea be aeated together In newer" and the vot was an emphatic "Not" In 1744, about th beginning of Jonathan Jona-than Edwards' troublea In the parish, It wua voted not "to pay tb charge of bringing hi daughter from Brook-field." Brook-field." In 17SI till appears on the town records: "Taking Into consideration consid-eration tha difficulty Mr. Edwards hath labored under this year and soma time past with respect to bis firewood, the town voted that thoae persons who hava not thla year brought him a load of wood might hava liberty between this tlm and next Tueaday night to bring each on hla load of wood." If ther waa not autTlclency of wool by that time, tha town then voted, th selectmen should sea that th deficiency waa met at th coat of th town.