Category: Weare

• Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

  

  1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …

  Marek

  30 August, 2013

  1850s, corn, economics, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  banks, corn, economics, finance, John Gillet, money, weare

• Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

  

  What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

  Marek

  27 January, 2013

  1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weare

• Fox Chase (Weare)

  

  This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…

  Marek

  14 December, 2012

  1700-1799, fox, hunting, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  fox, Samuel Worthen, weare

• Moose Chase (Weare)

  

  If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.

  Marek

  13 December, 2012

  1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, moose, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  John Chase, moose, weare

• Bunny Hugs (Weare)

  

  WARNING: It’s not as cute as it looks.

  Marek

  11 December, 2012

  hunting, rabbit, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  rabbit, weare

• “Rabbit” Stew (Weare)

  

  “The boys” cook up a clever plan to secure some cider from (and play a culinary joke on) Mrs. Wadleigh… << BEFORE: Hunting raccoon … NEXT: Snuggling bunnies >> Great greasy gut-strings, some of these animal tales are downright ghastly!  What an unsatisfying joke; “in bad taste,” you might even say… On the other hand,…

  Marek

  11 December, 2012

  1800-1899, cats, hunting, rabbit, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  Judy Wadleigh, rabbit, Rockland, weare

• Raccoon Hunting (Weare)

  

  What’s this secret “fluid bait” ingredient that all the “coon hunters” swear by?

  Marek

  10 December, 2012

  1880s, dogs, hunting, raccoon, SOURCE=Little, Weare

• Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

  

  The only way to travel in those 18th century snows…

  Marek

  10 December, 2012

  1760s, colonial, encounter & exploration, hiking, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  snowshoes

• Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

  

  Even religious law can have loopholes…

  Marek

  9 December, 2012

  1760s, colonial, firewood, religion, sabbath, Weare

  Levi Hovey, Samuel Hovey, Simeon Hovey, weare

• Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

  

  One settler family receives a surprise visitor during a particularly harsh winter in early Weare…

  Marek

  7 December, 2012

  1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather

  snow, winter

• Drowning (Weare, 1824)

  

  Oh no, another disaster down by the Piscataquog… Or IS it?!?!

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1820s, death, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  1824, drown, nh, piscataquog, rescue, revive, river, weare

• Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft

  

  How did they know the “Great Witch of Weare” was really a witch?

  Marek

  31 October, 2012

  1790s, animals, milk, SOURCE=Little, Weare, witches

  animals, butter, dustin, Mrs. Dustin, needle, neighbor, weare, witch, witchcraft

• The Witch’s Ride (Weare)

  

  Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!

  Marek

  31 October, 2012

  1700-1799, birth, horses, SOURCE=Little, Weare, Whitefield, witches

  birth, dustin, grandson, horse, Mrs. Dustin, nh, ride, speed, weare, whitefield, witch

• Haunted House (Weare)

  

  Let’s peek into another Weare haunting…

  Marek

  30 October, 2012

  1840s, cats, ghosts, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  cat, ghost, haunted, house, little, minister, weare

• The Great Witch of Weare

  

  What lively places these NH towns must have been, back in the early days with the witches and ghosts!

  Marek

  29 October, 2012

  1700-1799, SOURCE=Little, Weare, witches

  axe, dustin, hannah duston, ill, Mrs. Dustin, superstition, Thomas Gray, urine, weare, witch

• Powers of Witches (Weare)

  

  Here’s an overview of witches and their supernatural powers, from the early days of Weare:

  Marek

  28 October, 2012

  1700-1799, cats, colonial, ghosts, religion, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather, witches

• Terribly Troubled with Ghosts (Weare)

  

  In which strange noises emanate from the unfinished room above …

  Marek

  28 October, 2012

  1800-1899, chicken, ghosts, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  betsey clough, chicken, daughters, david purington, ghost, upstairs, weare, winthrop clough

• Ghost in the Corn Field (Weare)

  

  Weare historian William Little has little patience for rumors of hauntings.  Here, John Hodgdon boldly investigates a spooky shade in his corn field …

  Marek

  27 October, 2012

  1700-1799, corn, ghosts, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  basket, corn, ghost, haunting, hodgdon, story, weare

• More Deaths (Weare)

  

  More tragic ends for some of Weare’s early citizens:

  Marek

  26 October, 2012

  1800-1899, death, forestry, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather

  barrel, death, lightning, log, murder, weare

• Deaths (Weare)

  

  How folks died in the early days of Weare…

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1810s, 1820s, 1830s, death, dogs, hunting, milk, SOURCE=Little, squirrel, Weare

  death, Enos Baker, Hasket Eaton, John Robie, Jonathan Atwood

• Kick of a Horse (Weare)

  

  Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends.  Let’s take a look at some interesting cases …

  Marek

  24 October, 2012

  1810s, death, horses, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  death, horse, kick, regret, swear, weare

• The Hessian (Weare)

  

  What a wild place was Weare; here we meet a fellow who (A) fought on BOTH sides of the Revolution, and (B) really knew how to party! …

  Marek

  23 October, 2012

  1770s, 1800-1899, entertainment, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  alcohol, drinking, german, hessian, pension, revolution, rum, work

• Rats (Weare)

  

  You can’t snag rats and pinch pennies at the same time…

  Marek

  22 October, 2012

  1800-1899, SOURCE=Little, vermin, Weare

  argument, catching, house, money, rats, stranger, weare

• Snakes (Weare)

  

  Let’s see what the old timers were up to in Weare, as related in William Little’s exhaustive History… (1888):

  Marek

  19 October, 2012

  1800-1899, hunting, snakes, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  garden, hunting, killing, snakes, weare