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Category Archives: Weare

Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek30 August, 201330 August, 2013Posted in1850s, corn, economics, metals & minerals, NH history, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:banks, corn, economics, finance, John Gillet, money, weareLeave a comment on Bank of John Gillet (Weare)

Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

What a difference a century of Holy Sundays can make!

Posted byMarek27 January, 201330 January, 2013Posted in1600-1699, 1800-1899, chicken, colonial, eagle+hawk, hunting, judicial branch, Massachusetts, sabbath, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:Edward Gove, hawk, hunting, Josiah Gove, sabbath, weareLeave a comment on Sabbath Hawks (Weare)

Fox Chase (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek14 December, 201216 December, 2012Posted in1700-1799, fox, hunting, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:fox, Samuel Worthen, weare2 Comments on Fox Chase (Weare)

Moose Chase (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek13 December, 201214 December, 2012Posted in1770s, colonial, Henniker, hunting, moose, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:John Chase, moose, weareLeave a comment on Moose Chase (Weare)

Bunny Hugs (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek11 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted inhunting, rabbit, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:rabbit, weare3 Comments on Bunny Hugs (Weare)

“Rabbit” Stew (Weare)

“The boys” cook up a clever plan to secure some cider from (and play a culinary joke on) Mrs. Wadleigh…

Posted byMarek11 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1800-1899, cats, hunting, rabbit, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:Judy Wadleigh, rabbit, Rockland, weare1 Comment on “Rabbit” Stew (Weare)

Raccoon Hunting (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek10 December, 201211 December, 2012Posted in1880s, dogs, hunting, raccoon, SOURCE=Little, WeareLeave a comment on Raccoon Hunting (Weare)

Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

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

Posted byMarek10 December, 201210 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, encounter & exploration, hiking, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:snowshoesLeave a comment on Snow-shoes (Weare, 1762)

Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Even religious law can have loopholes…

Posted byMarek9 December, 201212 December, 2012Posted in1760s, colonial, firewood, religion, sabbath, WeareTags:Levi Hovey, Samuel Hovey, Simeon Hovey, weareLeave a comment on Elder Hovey’s Sabbath (Weare)

Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

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

Posted byMarek7 December, 201210 February, 2013Posted in1760s, colonial, deer, hunting, moose, pigs, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weatherTags:snow, winterLeave a comment on Winter of 1761-1762 (Weare)

Drowning (Weare, 1824)

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

Posted byMarek1 November, 20121 November, 2012Posted in1820s, death, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, WeareTags:1824, drown, nh, piscataquog, rescue, revive, river, weare1 Comment on Drowning (Weare, 1824)

Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft

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

Posted byMarek31 October, 20123 October, 2013Posted in1790s, animals, milk, SOURCE=Little, Weare, witchesTags:animals, butter, dustin, Mrs. Dustin, needle, neighbor, weare, witch, witchcraft1 Comment on Mrs. Dustin’s Witchcraft

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