Tag: weare
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Bank of John Gillet (Weare)
1855: This story of home-grown finance comes from William Little’s chapter on “Peculiar People” in Weare …
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Fox Chase (Weare)
This snowy tale from Little’s history falls somewhere between “hunting story” and “dream”…
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Moose Chase (Weare)
If I’ve learned one thing from reading old hunting stories, it’s this: These guys were HUNGRY.
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“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,…
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The Witch’s Ride (Weare)
Mrs. Dustin is up to her infernal sorceries again… this time on a cross-country jaunt!
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The Great Witch of Weare
What lively places these NH towns must have been, back in the early days with the witches and ghosts!
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Terribly Troubled with Ghosts (Weare)
In which strange noises emanate from the unfinished room above …
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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 …
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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 …
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Snakes (Weare)
Let’s see what the old timers were up to in Weare, as related in William Little’s exhaustive History… (1888):
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