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 SOUTH 
 
 FRAMINGHAM, 
 
 AUG. 31, 1871. 
 
 BY 
 
 REV. ELIAS NASON, M.A. 
 
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 3 Wolfs houdR of ye Same crest on a wrath (or wreath) a Wyvern or Dragn. partd. per pale Or A Vert (Green) 
 perced through yo mouth wth. arow, by ye Name of flow, ye wolfs are ye fams. arms, ye cross, for gt. accts. 
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 The above is a I'ltn simile of the original Coat of Arms said to have been brought firom England by John Howe 
 about 1030, and adorned the walls of the " Wayside Inn," or Howe Tavern, in Sudbury, for over ino years. 
 
 Coat of Arms of Lord Chedworth, (Henry Frederick Howe). 
 
' , THE 
 
 HOWE FAMILY GATHERING, 
 
 uifit:. 
 
 Harmony Grove, South Framingham, 
 
 THURSDAY. AUGUST 31, 1S71. 
 
 BY 
 
 REV. ELIAS NASON, M.A. 
 
 " Behold how good and how pleasant It is for brethren to dwell together in unity." 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ELIAS HOWE, 
 
 103 COURT STREET, BOSTON. 
 
 18 7 1. 
 
 PRICE FIFTY CENTS. 
 
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THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 I. — THK IIOWB TAMILY IN AMERICA. 
 
 TiiK number of those who bear the name 
 of How, or Howe, in America, is very Krcat j 
 yet tliey may, for tlie most part, be traced to 
 James ar.i Abraliam IIowo (perhaps broth- 
 ers), o.' Hoxbury, admitted freemen in 
 1C37-38; to Edwanl and Abraliam IIowo, of 
 Watertown; to Daniel and Kdward IIowo, 
 of Lynn; and to Joiin Howe, wlio was in 
 Sudbury as early as 1G38, and who died in 
 Marlborough, in 1G87. 
 
 Of these early settlers, James was the son 
 of Ilobert, of Hatflelil, Broad Oak, Essex 
 Co., England, and died in Ipswich, in 1702; 
 Edward, of Lynn, came over in the True- 
 love, in lfi35, and died in 1039, leaving issue 
 from which most of the Howe families in 
 Connecticnt have descended. Daniel, of 
 Lynn, after holding several public oftices in 
 Massachusetts, removed to Southampton, on 
 Long Island. They were all honest, hardy, 
 vigorous men, having, in tho main, large 
 families, which, multiplying and increasing 
 from generation to generation, have, by their 
 industry, genius, probity and valor, aided in 
 laying the foundations, and in building up 
 the structure, of tiiis Republic ; and they 
 are now found busily engaged in tho various 
 trades and professions, arts and industries 
 of life, in almost every section of the Union. 
 
 So far as known, but one of them was ever 
 executed for a crime, and that was Mrs. 
 Elizabeth Howe, of Ipswich, hung for witch- 
 craft in 1092 ; but her virtues, just as those 
 of her great Master, sanctified the altar; 
 and her name, now as the mists of supersti- 
 tion break away, becomes illustrious. 
 
 II. — TUE OniGIN OP THE HOWE MEETING. 
 
 In accordance with a desire deeply im- 
 planted in every breast to know our kindred 
 and to be known of them, a meeting of some 
 members of the Howe family was convened 
 at 289 Washington Street, Boston, on the 
 twenty-ninth day of March, 1871. The sub- 
 ject of holding a general meeting of the 
 Howes, in America, was fully discussed, and 
 it was finally determined that such a gather- 
 ing would be one of unusual interest, both 
 in a social and a moral point of view ; tliat it 
 was due to the good old friendly name of 
 Howe to hold such a reunion, and that ef- 
 fective measures should be taken to provide 
 for it. 
 
 The following account of this preliminary 
 meeting was drawn up by. Edward Howe, 
 
 Esq., of West Boylston, who died suddenly 
 in April following, and was greatly Inmented 
 by a large circle of relatives and friends. 
 Some account of hii life will be found in tho 
 Register of the Howe Family. 
 
 In pursuance to a call for a meeting of 
 the descendants of John, Abraham, Daniel 
 and Kdward Howe, issued by six of tho de- 
 scendants in the vicinity of Boston, thero 
 met at 289 Washington Street, Boston, about 
 twenty of tho family, and tho following busi- 
 ness was transacted : — 
 
 Mr. C. M. Howe, of Marlborough, opened 
 tho meeting by reading the call, which was 
 as follows : 
 
 PERSONAL. Howe Family. The de- 
 seendants of John, Abraliam, Daniel 
 and Edward Howe, of Watertown and Rox- 
 bury, ufrerward of Lynn, Sudbury and Marl- 
 boro' (who landed in this country about 
 1034), are invited to meet at A. M. Leland's 
 Pianoforte Rooms, 289 Washington Street, 
 Boston, on Wednesday, March 20, 1871, at 
 12 o'clock, M., to make arrangements for a 
 family gathering and public celebration some 
 time during the coming summer. 
 
 C. M. Howe, Marlborough; 
 
 S. H. Howe, Bolton; 
 
 B. L. HoWB, Groton Junction ; 
 
 G. M. Howe, Framingham; 
 
 Elias Howe, Boston; 
 
 WiLLAUD Howe, South Framingham. 
 
 Colonel Frank E. IIowo, of New York, 
 was chosen Chairman, and Edward Howe, 
 of West Boylston, Secretary. 
 
 After several speeches from some of the 
 gentlemen present, Mr. S. H. Howe, of 
 Bolton, moved "That tho sense of tho iiieeti 
 ing be taken whether wo will have a celebra- 
 tion or not." 
 
 Voted, That we have a celebration. 
 
 Voted, That the Chairman appoint a Com- 
 mittee of th ee to nominate an Executive 
 Cominittco oi ♦'^n (10) to carry out the ar- 
 rangement. 
 
 Colonel IIow': appointed Messrs. S. H., C. 
 M., and Willani Howe a Conmiittee to nom- 
 inate, who reported as follows, viz. : 
 
 Col. FuANK E. Howe, New York; 
 
 S. H. Howe, Bolton ; 
 
 WiLLAKD Howe, South Framingham ; 
 
 Elias Howe, Boston; 
 
 B. L. Howe, Ayer; 
 
 Elbridge Howe, Marlborough; 
 
 A. L. Howe, Dedham; 
 
 William. G. Howe, Boston ; 
 
 V. 
 
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THE HOWE FAMILY GATflERIXG. 
 
 Dr. Gi:i)ituK >;. IIowk, FrniniiiKlinin; 
 lU'v. S. SroKKH IIuwi:, lowii City, lowo. 
 
 Tliifl report wiiN ncccpti'il and luloptcd. 
 
 Voted, TImt llarniony (Irovo, Soutli Fra- 
 inin(;liain, be tliu ))lauo f<<r the celebration, 
 and the time be lei^ witli the Kxecutive Cum- 
 niittec, witli in.xtruutions that it hu holden in 
 June, or as !i(>on afler as possible. 
 
 Voted, TImt the Executive Committee 
 take Rucli stepsi as they deem necessary in 
 carrying out tlie objects of this meetintf. 
 
 Mr. Klias Howe. No. 103 Court Street, 
 Boston, was cliosen Corresponding Secretary 
 and Treasurer. 
 
 Voted, The meeting do now adjourn sub- 
 ject to tiie call of the Kxecutive Committee. 
 Kdwauu Howe, Secretary. 
 
 Names of the persons present at the first 
 meeting, at 289 Washington Street, Boston, 
 March 2!>, 1871 : 
 
 C. M. Howe, Marlborough; 
 WiLLAKr> Howe, South Framinghnm ; 
 Edwako IIo'.vk, West Boylston ; 
 SiiiSEY Howe, Marlborough; 
 Alheut W. Howe, Danvers; 
 KLnuiDUE Howe, Marlborough; 
 8. II. Howe, Holton; 
 liEN'.iAMiN L. Howe, Ayer; 
 8. A. Howe, 2d, Miirlborough; 
 B. S. Howe, Uowlev; 
 Elduidoe Howe, Natick; 
 Kuth E. Howe, Uowley; 
 Elias Howe, Cambridge; 
 Allen L. Howe, Dedluim; 
 FuANK E. Howe, New York; 
 Lindsay I. H<)we, New York; 
 AViLLAiii) Howe, Danvers, Mass.; 
 Daviu Howe, CO W. Cedar St., Boston. 
 
 III. 
 
 ■THE PLACE and TIME OF TIIE 
 
 euino. 
 
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 Thus, after careful deliberation, it was 
 agreed to hold the meeting at Harmony 
 Grove, South Framingham, and it was sub- 
 sequently voted that it should take place on 
 Thursday, the thirty-first day of August, 
 1871, and that the services should commence 
 at 10 o'clock, A. M., of that day- 
 It was deemed advisable to hold the meet- 
 ing at South Friimingham, because it is near 
 the early suit of one of the Howe families, 
 because several lines of railroad intersect at 
 this point, and because in itself the place is 
 very beautiful, and alForda accommodations 
 for ft nmltitude of people. 
 
 IIakmony GnovE has long been celebrated 
 as a favorite spot for picnics, rural assem- 
 blies, fetes chumpetres, and open-air conven- 
 tions. Nature and art combine to make it 
 worthy of its wide-spread reputation. 
 
 " Hie rjolldl Tontcs, hie mnlli.t prata, Lycorl, 
 Uic iiemua."— Vlrg. Ec. x. 
 
 The grove itself consists of several acres 
 of tall, majestic pine, oak, maple and chest- 
 
 nut*trees, whose .spreading branches form a 
 dense and grateful shacle. 
 
 The Hijuirrel leaps from hough to bough; 
 the song-birds fill tlio air with melody. A 
 depression in the grove afi'iirds an amphi- 
 theatre in which a speaker's stand and seat* 
 for several thousand people have been 
 erected. Near b_ there i* a commodioua 
 hall for dancing. On the left of the main 
 entrance to the grove, a green and level 
 lawn spreads out for the erection of bootlis 
 and tents, and for athletic sports and games, 
 of such as may delight in them. On tho 
 west, a broad and placid lake extends to tho 
 distance of a mile or so for bathing and for 
 boating; and beyond it rises old Mount 
 Wait, renowned in Indian story; and still 
 farther on are seen the verdure-covered hills 
 and spires of FraminghanL 
 
 The grove itself is beautiful; the sur- 
 rounding country teems with charming vil- 
 las, gentle knolls, and sunny glades, verdant 
 meadows, orchards and gardens, forming 
 landscapes which a Claude Lorraine might 
 love to put on canvas. A spot more eligible 
 for the meeting could not, probably, havo 
 been selected. 
 
 IV. — the cincuLAn op invitation to tob 
 
 HOWE family. 
 
 As soon as the Committee had fixed upon 
 the time, the place, and plan of the meeting, 
 a circular was |)rej)ared making known tho 
 decisiofl, and forwarded to as many as r>,000 
 of the members and connections of the Howo 
 family. The directories and other works 
 were consulted for the purpose of ascertain- 
 ing the names and residences of the kindred, 
 and letters solicited in reply. After describ- 
 mg the plan, the purpose, and the place of 
 meeting, the circular presented this most 
 cordial invitation to the festival : 
 
 "To this beautiful 'IIakmony Guove* 
 every person bearing the name of Howe, or 
 How, as well as every one connected by ties 
 of marriage with this family, or descended 
 from this family, is most cordially invited 
 for the purpose of spending the day above 
 mentioned 'in union sweet and dear esteem,' 
 of calling t(» mind the days of 'Auld Lang 
 Syne,' and of telling one another how wo 
 love the good old family name of Howe. 
 
 " Should anyone possess any ancient rec- 
 ords, portraits, or relics pertaining to tho 
 family, let him not fail to bring them for tho 
 ' Ilowe Cabinet,' to be exhibited on the 
 occasion. It is the earnest desire of tho 
 Committee to extend an invitation to every 
 member, connection, and descendant of tho 
 Ilowefiimily; but this is utterly impossible; 
 therefore let every one who may receive this 
 circular consider himself a Committee es- 
 pecially appointed to extend this invitation 
 to every one who bears our name, or is in 
 any way related to our family. The word 
 is — Free! Como one, con)u all! Bring 
 those of your name and kindred with you ! " 
 
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Tim I/O WE FA MILT GATIIEIilSG. 
 
 In answer to tliU Circular, niiiny letUT* 
 wiTi- rect'ivL'd from all parln of tin* country, 
 liKnit'yin^ eillier un iiitfutiun or u (loftiru to 
 be |irL'.i(<nt at tliu K'^thcrlnt;; and lonutimei* 
 containing [iliotoi^raplis, xenualo^ieal, ur 
 pLTnonal itt'ius of jfroat intiTutit. A few of 
 tlit'si! letters wo hero preHent, tojfollier witli 
 Bovural of tlio many recoivcJ since the hold- 
 ing uf tliu mectini;. 
 
 Letters Ukckived in IU'.spo.nhe to the 
 Invitation. 
 
 The followin;^ letter is from the Hon. Jo- 
 Bci)li Howe, in reply to one from Dr. Samuel 
 Gridley llowe, in\itin>{ him to bo present 
 nnd deliver an orutiun at the Howe Family 
 Gatherinj;: 
 
 Ottawa, May 8, 1S71. 
 
 My Dear Sin,— Few tliluK'* WdiiM nivo inc iiioro 
 
 U'liHiirt' tliiiii to ulti!iul tliu |>r(i|>uHU(l K'ttlu rliiK of 
 lie lliiwt'H, iiikI I will I'Diiic If I pdHHilily call. At 
 prcKciit I know of iiotliliiK to jiri'vint inc. 
 
 I ill) not know what to nay about llir Oration, 'out 
 will think of it, ami will let you know In time, 
 bIioiiIiI anvthliii{ occur to prevent my attcmlaiicc. 
 
 'Vltli kind rcijanlH tu MrM. llowu and all your 
 cl .'Ic, 
 
 Uullevo rao, over truly .ours, 
 
 JoHi:i>ii Howe. 
 
 Dr. Ifoxcc, Botton, 
 
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 Tlio following characteristic letters arc 
 from the Hon. Timothy O. Howe, U. St 
 Senator, Wisconsin : 
 
 Wasiiinotox, May 20, 1S71. 
 
 Mv Dkaii Sih, — I liavc (Iclayeil annwerlnx your 
 Invitation to tlic IIowc (latiifriiiK at iSoutii I''rainini{- 
 liani on tlic 'JJ<1 proximo. 1 diil Iiopc I could ac- 
 cept it. I woulit t)c ({lad to Hcc a Katlicrim; of tlio 
 claiiK. I don't know lint little about tlicni. 'I'lie 
 only Howes I over bearil ol', for wliom I cbcrlnlicd u 
 real admiration, were tliat .Ii'iiiiiiia llowc wlio \\:\* 
 caiiturcd by the Indian^, and tliat .Samuel (). llowc 
 ■wlio was captured by Julia Ward. 
 
 I admire .Jemima LucaUMc hIiu oncapcd; nnd I ad- 
 mlru Dr. Samuel t>. because lie didn't cMcape. 
 
 I Huspect I oiiKlit to add to thin number your 
 namonake, who worked out the problem of the new- 
 iiiK-maehine; but all forms of mechanlBui are hucIi u 
 profound myntvry to me, tliat 1 never like to allude 
 to the Hubject. 1 am alwayt) afraid of making Kome 
 such mistake no an Innocent townnman of my own 
 miidc once wlien I was a chihl. 
 
 lie saw an umlirella for the llrnt time, and he tim- 
 idly expresHcd a wish to have tlie proprietor " play 
 a tune on it I " 
 
 Hut I reffrct to say I cannot come to Framlnahnm 
 next month. I have been kept here much longer 
 than I expected. Kngagements maiie Iciig since in 
 Wisconnln wait perfoiiniinc<'. and I muft i;o there. 
 
 I!ut I wish you the very jolliest of mei'tinifs. I 
 liope you will discover tliat you are ail brothers and 
 Bisters. 
 
 I lieg you to remember timt I claim you alt for 
 first coii<iiis, and if any one disputes the claim let 
 him disprove it if be can. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Ti.motiiy O. Howe, 
 
 Eliat nowe. Esq, 
 
 GiiEEN Bay, Aug. 0, 1871. 
 
 Mv Deaii Sin, — I shall not be able to meet with 
 mv cousins at llannony Urove on the 31st. 
 
 'riiere are several conslder.itions which forbid it, 
 the most peremptory of which arc a State Conveii- 
 tluu, to usscinbie on tlie UUtli; and a wedding in tlio 
 
 fiimily of II brother, advertiautl for " about llic lit of 
 Seiiteniliwr." 
 
 'rhaiiklnB you for tho rompiimunt convoyed In 
 yuur tnvltutloti, I am, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Timothy O. IIowb. 
 Kllttn llotot, JCmi. 
 
 Tho next letter in from iTolin F. Howe, 
 I'resident of tho I'in Manufiietiiring Co. of 
 Hirniiiic' ".m, ("t. He was present with his 
 family on the occasion. 
 
 rtlHMINOIIAM (Dehiiy), Ct., .luly 11), 1871. 
 Kl.lAH IIoWE, K"(|., Ser'if ; 
 
 Deaii Hiu,— Your circular iiddressed to the llowo 
 Mamif 'g « 'o. was <luly received liy nie. I write tills 
 to re(pie»t the favor of you to send one of them to 
 my brother, " William llowe, .Vorlh Haleiii, .N'l'W 
 York." It is our purpose to attend the Oatlii'riiig 
 unless prevented by circumstances which we cannot 
 now foruiuu. 
 
 Uespectfully yours, 
 
 John F. Howe. 
 
 In response to an invitation to he present, 
 Mr. I' Miry W. Longfellow, the poet, sent 
 
 the 
 
 foil |^vmg note 
 
 Naiiant, Aug. •2t\. 1S71. 
 
 Mv Di.AU SlU, — I have this morning bad the 
 "'"isure of receiving your very friendly lewl tlatter- 
 1 .{ letter, nnd liaslei ' 'o thank yon for your most 
 .lid invitation, win li i am si>rry to say'it will i.ot 
 be in my powi . ,o accept. .My irigageinenls hero 
 render i ""p( sslbie. 1 can only sind you my 
 tlinnko ai , ri'grets, nnd my best wishes fot i pleas- 
 nil' 1 ly i.i tlie groves of Kraming'n.im. 
 
 I um, my dear sir, y.nirs truly, 
 
 IIEMIV W. LONUFEI.LOW. 
 
 Sltaii Umee, Etq. 
 
 The letter below .ory pleasantly jilays 
 upon the name Howe, and indieatt>s the 
 promptitude with which the How^'s sujiply 
 material for the " Kegister of the Howo 
 Family." If every one will do the i^ame, 
 the work will s'<on be tini.shcd. 
 
 Teiihe HAt.TE, Tnd., .\ug. 28, 1871. 
 Ki.i.VH Howe, K»r(. : 
 
 J>KAU Silt, — I regret exceedingly that I shall not 
 be able to attend the gathering of tin' Ifowi' /■'iiinili/ 
 next week. If an excuse were needed liom so hum- 
 bli! a member of the gntat family, I am sure tliat £ 
 should be more than forgiven, even coniniendid, if 
 It were known that my alisence Is iliie to an ell'ort 
 to ndd to lie numiier, and the glory of this illustri- 
 ous race of the in<piisitive patronymic, wliieli elVort 
 will priihaOli/ be crowned with success about lliat 
 time. .May the tnterrogallve branch of the liumaTi 
 family (we monopolize tills lionor, for who ever 
 heard of the W/itit family, or the ll'A'^ or H'htre 
 families y) haven jolly giiod time, and deuKnistralo 
 to tlie worhl that they have lieen asking " ll(jw " to 
 siidi a gooil purpose, that tliey are ;il)le to show all 
 the other branches of the hiiiiiaii family "How,'' 
 better than anybody else. Wliiie your antltiiiaries 
 will look after the "'• iirevlous (niestion," and these 
 should tie respectfully disposed of, yet let tliem not 
 ■' move the previous question" to the exclusion of 
 present aiicl coming ones, I have sent ncooiplete 
 iainlly record of my branch to my brother, who. 
 after Viliing some blanks, will forward the same to 
 you. Let me know (d' all that Is done, so far as re- 
 ported liy the press, and assess me for expenses. 
 
 Long n'lav tliese human interrogation points stand 
 on the earth, and at the end may eacli prove that ho 
 has learned Iloio to go uj) higher. 
 Yours fraternally. 
 
 K. Fkank Howe. 
 
 It is hoped tluit tho "si.x-foot sapling of 
 twenty-four summers," who representr; tho 
 family in the region of I'otroloum, and writes 
 
6 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 tI)o following pleasant letter, ha><, by this 
 time, " struck oil," and tliiit he will bo pres- 
 ent, "cloiiic:! in the comeliness and vi<,'or 
 of connubial foliage," at the next Howe 
 gathering. 
 
 TiTcsvir.r.F, Ta., Aug. 28, 1871. 
 Col. Frank K. IIoh'k, C/mirman; 
 
 I beg Iciivu to present my sincere regrets that the 
 only mule representitivti <if tlie Howe I'amlly In the 
 Oiimmcrchil capital of the oil ri'i;ioii ulionld be un- 
 able to pi-rtlcipate in your happy reunion in liar- 
 morjy Orove. 
 
 I/oz'je it so happens may be e.isily explained. The 
 only brancli of the family tree that has extended It- 
 Helf lo this liicalily, canni.t put forth its learen. It 
 has neither bnd nor blossoms, but stands a six-foi.' 
 8aplliii{ of twenty-four summers, its tendrils of 
 springing all'ection retarded bv summer drouth. 
 When the coming d(!Ws shall refresli it, and it sliall 
 be clothed in the comeliness and vigor of connubial 
 foliage, putting fortli twigs, boughs, nnd branches 
 in emulation of its revered ancestry, its loftiest am- 
 bition will be gratllled in transporting Its trunks and 
 limbs to every sncceeding reunloti of that celebrated 
 anil ubifiultoits //om<;-sehold, which yet no man hath 
 numbered. I remain yours respectfully, 
 
 W.M. Paukkk IIowe. 
 
 It w.-is very gratifying to tiie Committee 
 to receive the ensuing letter and its con- 
 tents, evincing tiie liberality of tiio under- 
 signed, as well as the interest manifested in 
 tlie reunion : 
 
 Lowell. Sept. 2, 1S71. 
 Elias IIowe, Esq., 103 Court St.. ISosion : 
 
 Deah Silt, — While enjoying the intcri'sting exer- 
 cises at the grand " reunion" on Thursday, the op- 
 portunity for me, ,ind those who were with me. to 
 contribute any funds to the treasury, passed by un- 
 heeded till it was too late. 
 
 I now enclose a check for twenty-tliree dollars, 
 which 1 beg you to accept and appropriate towards 
 payint' tlie expenses of tile (irst ' (J rand Howe Uath- 
 oring." Yours respectfully, 
 
 EowAUD B. IIowe, 
 
 Mrs. S.illv IIowe, i?.5.; Mrs. Clara W. Ilarwood, 
 $.').; E. B. Howe, $10.; Miss Aurelia L. IIowe, jll.; 
 Miss Laura F. Howe, §1. ; Miss Martha W. Howe, $1. 
 
 The following letter, from a member of 
 the family in tiie far Soutii-we.st. well e.\- 
 pres.ses the interest wliieli the Howes enter- 
 tain for each other, and tiie records of their 
 ancestry : 
 
 VieKSBunc, Miss., Sept. 14, 1S71. 
 Elias Howe, Esq., 
 
 lo;i Court Street. Boston : 
 Di;au Siu, — 1 deeply regret my inability to be 
 present at the Family (iathering, 31st ult. it was a 
 very happy thought' originating said reunion, and 
 doubtless many things were seen, many words said, 
 nnd agreeable persons collecled logether ttiat will 
 render the lilst of August, 1871, memorable in tlie 
 nnnals i)f " The Howe Family." 1 kmiw myself to 
 be a lineal descen(l.'"it of.Ii)hn Howe, of Marlborough, 
 in tlie tentli generction. My father was llev. Uezaieel 
 Howe, and his father was named Timothy, Thus 
 
 far memory. The records of our familvnro with my 
 oldest brotlier, B. F. Howe, Esq., of New Vork. I 
 liavo lived in this place for iho last thirty-ilireo 
 years; yet my love for family name and fame Is iia 
 Intense as ever, nnd the purity of my descent has 
 ever been my pride. 
 
 I sliould be pleased to bo furnished with any mo- 
 moriai of the occasion referred to that may be gotten 
 up by tne managers, or any medal that m.iy be siriijk 
 oir commemorative of it, and with " Tlie genealog- 
 ical llegistcr" that is co-templated, or intended to 
 lie pulilishod. Any, or all if tiiesc sent by express, 
 C. <). D., will be attended to. 
 
 Living at such a distance as I do, I have not been 
 able to procure even it newspaper containing a full 
 aecdunt of "The Gathering." Eiicioseil I senil ,')0 
 cents to purchase for me sucli papers as you can pro- 
 cure f(ir me, containing such i)roccedlngs. 
 
 Any other liiformation you can give uie on theso 
 points will be greatly appreciate.!, and will oblige 
 Vour obeuiciit servant, 
 
 U. D. nowE. 
 
 Tiic following letter exhibits tlio interest 
 taken in the festival, and the generosity and 
 liberality of all members of tiic Howe'fain- 
 ily tiirougiiout the country : 
 
 Akron, Sept. 2.3, 1S71. 
 Ei.iAs IIowe, Esq. : 
 
 Di:An Sir,— Wih you bo kind onon h to inf.n-in 
 me if the iirooeediiigs of the '• Howe Gathering " at 
 Framingliam will bo published in any other form 
 than that already furnished by the newspapers ? 
 
 If such Is the case I would like a few copies, and 
 also to become a subscriber to any fund neees>ary 
 to defray any expense of th.at kind" that has, or may, 
 accrue. 
 
 I should have been present at the meeting, lint 
 was taken sick at Hartford, on my way there, and 
 could not attend. 
 
 I do not know of any of our br.anch of the IIowr 
 family to have lieen present. 
 
 My great-grandfather w.as an early settler in St. 
 Mary's County, Md. I can give a partial history of 
 some of bin descendants when it Is necessary. 
 
 My father, itichard Howe (aged 72), would liko 
 very mucli to !ind out if any descendants an^ living 
 of ills uncles Uichard and "Joseph, who emigrated 
 to Kentucky between the years liOJ and ISOii, fuin 
 Maryland. Yours truly, 
 
 C. R. IIowe. 
 
 A vast number of letters has been re- 
 ceived, and still they continue to come, in 
 relation to the "Gathering." They contain, 
 in many instances, genealogical information, 
 whieh will prove of invaluable service to 
 tliose engaged in jireparing the " Register 
 of the Howe Family." Several of them 
 tr.aee the descent back to the original set- 
 tlers. One of them is from a descendant of 
 Mrs. Jemima Howe, who was, with iier eliil- 
 dren, taken captive by tlio Indians at Hins- 
 dale, N. IL, in 175,">. All of them e.-cpress 
 a lively interest in the Howe Family Gatli- 
 ering. Tliey form of themselves a valuable 
 " Howe Library." 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 i 
 
 The letter of the Hon. Henry Wilson, 
 U. S. Senator, whicli follows, will be reiul 
 with great pleasure by every member of tiie 
 Howe family, and espceially tlie toueliinjj 
 allusion, at tlie eiose, to the lovely anil pious 
 wife of the distinguisiied Senator. 
 
 Natick, Mass., Oct. 7, 1871. 
 Kliah TIowe, Esq.: 
 
 SIv Dkau 8iu, — On my rotiirii from ,i liricf visit 
 to Europe, I foiiiul your preHsiiig iiivltallun to be 
 pri'Bont at, luul piirtlcip.ite iii,tlio iiiteujeil giitlicring 
 of the Howe family nl Kramingliam, in August. 
 Sucli a gallii ring could not l)Ul be one of tlie deepest 
 interest to nil wlio bore tlnit name, or were con- 
 ni'eted witli it by Ivindred ties. 1 im glad to iearn 
 tlnit tlio meeting was largely attended by perBons of 
 tlie family name and blood, from all seelions of tlie 
 country, "and tbat the occasion was full of joyous 
 associations and fond recollciions. Absence, nlouc, 
 from my native land, prevented my attendance. I 
 regret, and shall long continue to regret, that I was 
 not permitted on that occasion to mingle with those 
 who bear the name of one endeared to me by the 
 lioliest and teiiderest ties of eartli — of one of the 
 purest and loveliest spirits that ever blessed kindred 
 and friends by her presence, or lefl, in passing through 
 death to a higher life, more precious memories.* 
 Ever yours, 
 
 IlESRY Wilson. 
 
 * The ITon. ITonry AVilson was born in Farming- 
 ton, N. H., !''el). lf),'lS12; and was married to Miss 
 Harriet M. Howe, <if Xaticli, Oct. 'JS, 1S40. f^lu! was 
 the daughter of Amasa and Mary (Tonihs) Howe, 
 of Fraiiiingham, und died greatly "lamented, In May, 
 1870. 
 
 Tlieir only son, Lt.-Col. Ilenry Hamilton Wilson, 
 born in Natick, Nov. 11, 1840, died at Austin, Texas, 
 Dec. i!4, 1815(5, Mrs. Wilson was a lady of unusual 
 menltal and personal attractions, blending grace with 
 dignty in manner, and ornamenting, botli in private 
 and in pnlilie life, the doctrines of her Lord and 
 Master. The following sketch, by Mrs. Mary Clem- 
 mer Ames, will be read with interest: 
 
 '• Within the last week tlio body of one has been 
 
 laid in her i;ative earth, whose lovely presence will 
 long be missed in Wasliington. Mrs. Wilson, the 
 wile of Senator Wilson, went out from atnonit us in 
 the fair May days, and the places which have known 
 lier hero so long and so pleasantly, will know her, 
 save in memory, no more forever. Hlie was a gentle, 
 Christian woman. I have never yet found words 
 rich enough to tell all that such a woman Is. My 
 pen lingers lovingly upon her name. 1 would fain 
 say son.ething of lier who now lives beyond the 
 meed of all human praise, that would make her ex- 
 ample more beautiful and enduring to the living. 
 For, in profounder Intellectual development, result- 
 ing froni wider culture and larger opportunity, are 
 we in no dan«er of losing sight of those graces of 
 the spirit, which, however e.xalted her fate, must 
 remain to the end the supieme charm of woman ? 
 There is nothing In all t!.o universe so sweet as a 
 Christian woman; as she tvho has received into her 
 heart, till it shines forth in her character and lile, the 
 love of the divine Master. 
 
 " Such a woman w.is Mrs. Wilson In this ga., cap- 
 ital. When great sorrow fell upon her. ami "cease- 
 less sutfering, the light from the tieavenly places fell 
 upon her face; with an angel patience, and a child- 
 like smile, and an unfaltering faith, she we;it down 
 into the valley of shadows. She possessed n keen 
 and wide intelligence. She was conversant with 
 public questions, and interested in all those move- 
 ments of the day in which her husband takes so 
 prominent a part. Hetiring by nature, she avoided 
 instinctively all ostentatious display; but where help 
 and cncoufagemcnt was needed 'by another, the 
 latent power of her character sprang into life, and 
 then she proved herself equal to great executive 
 ellbrt. No one can praise her so eloquently as he 
 who loved her and knew her best. To hear Senator 
 Wilson speak of his wife when he taught her, a 
 little girl in school; when ho married her, ' tho 
 loveliest girl in all tlie county'; when he received 
 Into his heart the fragrance of her daily example; 
 when he watched over her dying, only to marvel at 
 the endurance and sweetness and sunshine of her 
 patience, is to learn what a force for spirituiil clevel- 
 opnient, what a cciiseless inspiration, was tliis wifo 
 to lier husband. I'recious to those who live, is the 
 legacy of such a life." 
 
 LETTER OF JAMES MURRAY HOWE. 
 
 I have been much gratified at having the oppor. 
 tuiiity to meet so many of the Howe family. ^V hen 
 We New England families meet together after a sep- 
 aration of years, we generally give an account of 
 what has occurred in the branches of the family to 
 which we severally belong, and at thisgri'at gathering 
 of all the Howes it seems projier that the several 
 hranchcs should report concerning their own imme- 
 diate ancestry, and who they were, and what became 
 of them. In .accordance with this view I jn-opose to 
 give you a little sketch of my own immediate family. 
 My grandfather was Dr. Ef ies Howe, who lived and 
 diid in lielehertown, Mass. He was a surgeon In 
 the army, during the War of the Ilevolution, and 
 served upon the staff of (ienerr.l Gates. After the 
 Wiir was over he established himself in Helchertown, 
 nnil through a long life practised medicine in lUd- 
 chertown and the neighboring towns. Ue had three 
 
 sons; William, Estes, and S.amuel, all of whom 
 became lawyers and judges in the States in which 
 tlicy resided. William in the State of Vermont, 
 Estes in the State of New York, and Samuel, my 
 father, in the State of Massachusetts. It is not 
 common for three judges to come from one family, 
 much less was it in former days, when the titli' of , In. Igo 
 con\. yed to every man's mind the idea of Integrity, 
 npriglilncss, and justice. My father left six ehll- 
 dren ; three sons .and three daughters, four of whom 
 are at Frnininijliam to-day. 
 
 I am glad we have been so Hucccssfiil in :.'iitlierlnj» 
 the Howes together, and hope at some fn i lire time 
 we may have another meetint.', doublini; iMt that 
 cousins .Joseph of Halifax, Frank of New York, and 
 Ellas of Hoston, will always be ready to resume the 
 r<s|)ective roles assumed l)"y them to-day, go much to 
 the gratilication of all the ilowes. 
 
8 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 VI. DEATH OF A MEMBER OF THE 
 
 COMMITTEE. 
 
 While engaged in making preparations for 
 the festival, tlie sad intelligenee of the doatii 
 of a respected member of the committee who 
 had taken a lively interest and an active part 
 in the proceedings, cast a shadow over every 
 heart, and taught anew the lesson that our 
 meetings here are but preparatory to the 
 meetings in a lovelier land ; and that what 
 is to be done here must bo quickly, nolily 
 done. Mr. Benjamin L. Howe, of Ayer, 
 Mass., died in that town on the twenty- 
 fourth day of June, 1871, aged C5 years, 
 lie was a man of ability, possessing a cheer- 
 ful temper of mind, and enjoying tiie con- 
 fidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. 
 lie was, at the ti:ve of his decease, Deputy 
 State Constable and Deputy SheriHof Mid- 
 dlesex County, and one of the Sciiool Com- 
 mittee of tile town in which he lived. His 
 funeral was very largely attended, the cor- 
 tege numbering over one hundred carriages. 
 A more extended account of him will be 
 given in the " Register of the Howe Fam- 
 ily," now in course of preparation by Messrs. 
 Is'ason, Trask and Temple. 
 
 VH. PRELIMINARY AUKANOEMEXTS FOR TIIE 
 MEETING. 
 
 In order to entertain the large Howe fam- 
 ily and its connections physically, socially, 
 and intellectuallj', the committee engaged 
 Yale's mammoth tent, whose ample folds 
 would cover at least eight thousand people, 
 and a caterer, to provide therein a dinner 
 for the company. Arrangements were made 
 for special accommodations with the various 
 railroads leading to the place of meeting. 
 The lion. Joseph Howe, Secretary of the 
 Dominion of Canada, \^as engaged to deliver 
 the principal oration of the day. Others 
 were invited to make addresses and remarks 
 appropriate to the Gathering. The services 
 of Hall's celebrated band, augmented by the 
 Metropolitan, were secured, and several 
 original odes, adapted to some well-know^n 
 airs, were composed by members of the fam- 
 ily for the occasion. A Cabinet of Curiosities 
 was formed, and blank-books prepared for 
 registering names : swings, boats, balls, etc., 
 were got in readiness for the amusement of 
 the young. 
 
 A very beautiful badge of blue satin rib- 
 bon, bearing the Howe family coat-of-arms, 
 with the words in gold, " Howe Family 
 Gatheuing, Harmony Grove, South Fka- 
 JiiNoiiAM, August 1$1, 1871," was prepared, 
 to be worn at the meeting, and to be pre- 
 served as a memento of the day ; and an 
 elaborate programme of the services of the 
 day, with the words and music lO he sung, 
 was printed. 
 
 Only those experienced in such matters 
 know what time, what forecast, and what 
 outlay such arrangements call for, especi- 
 ally when the number of persons who will 
 
 share the entertainment is unknown. But 
 in anticipation of a glorious gathering ortho 
 good old family of Howe, the work, with 
 right good-will, was done. 
 
 VIII. levee at the revere house. 
 
 As several distinguished members of tho 
 Howe family had arrived in Boston season- 
 ably to attend tho gathering, it was deemed 
 advisable that u reunion, wlicro they might 
 become acquainted with each other, and per- 
 fect the arrangements for tho ensuing day, 
 should be held at the Kevere House on the 
 evening of the thirtieth day of August, and 
 a notice to this effect was given in tlic pub- 
 lie i)rints. Owing to a drenching rain, tlie 
 number present was quite limited; yet the 
 utmost harmony, cordiality, and good-will 
 prevailed. The meeting was entirely infor- 
 mal, and, after mutual greetings, wit and 
 wisdom flowed forth naturally from almost 
 every tongue. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph IIowc was full of 
 spriglitliness and mirth. Colonel Frank E. 
 Howe — who is, by the by, quite courtly in 
 Irs bearing — made many liajjpy hits. Thos. 
 P. Howe, Counsellor, of New York, re- 
 counted well tiie struggles of Elias Howe 
 in bringing out his great invention; James 
 Murray Howe, of Boston, and James Howe, 
 President of the Eagle Lead Works, Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., were full of good-humor. The 
 Hon. William Wirt Howe, youthful in ap- 
 pearance for a judge, conversed quite elo- 
 quently, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, with 
 her quick imagination, proved an even 
 mateli for him. 
 
 " Do they make out these Smithsonian 
 forecasts of the weather," she inquired, in 
 reference to the rain then falling, '• by 
 mathematics or by guess?" "By guess, I 
 think," returned the judge. " Oh, yes I " 
 replied the poetess, " and that takes uuain ! " 
 
 The Hon. II. S. Howe, of Bolton, enter- 
 tained the guests in his usual happy man- 
 ner, and at an early hour the company 
 retired, all pleased, no doubt, with the new 
 acquaintances they had formed, the agree- 
 able tete-il-tetes they had enjoyed, and tho 
 hope of seeing tho whole "Howe Clan" to- 
 gether in the morning. 
 
 IX. HARMONY GUOVE ON THE MORNING OF 
 TIIE GATHERING. 
 
 The sky, on the morning of the thirty-first 
 of August, was overcast; but the clouds 
 slowly rolled away, the sun shone forth in 
 splendor, and there followed one of the 
 clearest and serenest days of the whole 
 season. 
 
 The heavy rains of the preceding evening 
 had purified the atmosphere, and given it an 
 exhilarating freshness, so that it was just a 
 luxury to breathe and feel one's self alive 
 upon that peerless day. The shower had 
 cleansed the grove, and brightened every 
 leaf and flower ; and as tho sunbeams fell 
 
if 
 1 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 in golden flashes hero and there through 
 openings in tlio oak and cliestnut-trees, the 
 birds poured fortii tiieir sweetest earolings; 
 tlie insects sparkled in the light, and ren- 
 ovated Nature seemed herself to extend a 
 cordial welcome to the company. Over the 
 main western entrance to the grove were in- 
 scribed, in bold red letters: " llowi: Fam- 
 ily Gatheui.no! Wklcomk!" 
 
 On the green platerai beside the grove the 
 mammoth tent, adorned with Hags iind stream- 
 ers, made a line appearance ; near it stood an- 
 other tent, large and commodious, bearing 
 on its front "The lIowi; Cauinet"; and 
 close by still aaothcr tent, for the use of the 
 Finance Committee. The speaker's bland 
 was handsomely decorated witli Howers, with 
 flags of the United States and England, and 
 in the front was the inscription, made in ru- 
 bric, of the simple word — " Ilowi; ! " 
 
 Blank-books were opened on a st:md fi . 
 registering the r.ames of the family, and a 
 large circular swing, nine-pins, and boats 
 upon the lake, were in readiness for the 
 amusement of the younger members of the 
 family. Huge boxes of viands, fruits, etc., 
 were continually arriving for the furnisiiing 
 of tiie tables, which were already decorated 
 with rich bouquets of flowers. 
 
 The dancing-hall was swept iind garnished, 
 and a restaurant near the entrance to the 
 grove was well stored with ico^creams, pics 
 and cakes, and tea and coflVe, and the like, 
 for the refreshment of the multitude. 
 
 X. THE GATHERING OF TIIE UOWE FAMILY. 
 
 At about nine o'clock in the morning the 
 trains began to arrive from tlie ditterent 
 points of the compass, freighted with the 
 members, male and female, old and young, 
 of the Howe family. Some had come fro:n 
 the immediate neighborhood, Sudl)ury, 
 Marlliorough, Hudson, Lowell, Haverhill, 
 Ipswich, Cambridge, Boston; some from 
 Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire; some 
 from the distant cities and prniries of the 
 West; some from southern clinies; some 
 from the British Provinces. Among them 
 might be seen the sturdy yeoman, with his 
 healthful wife and bright-eyed sons and 
 daughters; the intelligent mechanic, with 
 his well-dressed companion and tiie ■•baby" ; 
 the merchant, with his bland adilress ; tlie 
 minister of serious mien; the physician, 
 lawyer, statesman; the old man. with his 
 whitening locks, like Jacob, leaning on his 
 staff; the maiden in her bloom and beauty; 
 the laugiiing boy, the prattling ciiild, led by 
 its tender mother.''' lleporters of the i)ress 
 
 * Tho youngest person present was Everett Cliase 
 Howe, nifcil live moiitim mul four dayK, of Marllxir- 
 oiigh, ami till' oldest porKuii Iheio, biaiiiig llic lluwe 
 tiaiiK', was Eihvald llowe, Ksq., foinieily a iiiurcliaiit 
 of I'lirtlaiid, Mo., burn .Inly lU, 1"8;>, and conse- 
 quently ill his eiglity-ninlli year. Jle still writes a 
 Bteady, clear, round "hand, as Ids autograph in the 
 itegibter of tlie day attests. 
 
 were present taking notes, and here and 
 tiiere were standing groups of interested 
 spectators from the neighboring towns. 
 
 It was a beautiful and touching siylit, ti.e 
 nssembling of these jjcople of a kindred 
 blood from homes so distant and so varied, 
 and as they met beneath tho grateful sliades 
 of Harmony Grove, and interchanged (con- 
 gratulations on this delicious morning, light 
 beaming in every eye, and joy in every 
 heart, the universal sentiment appeareil to 
 be that the '• good time " spoken of liail ac- 
 tually come. 
 
 The ends of tho earth scorned to meet to- 
 gether in tills grand family gathering : A 
 Howe from Canada shakes hands witii one 
 from Oregon; a missionary, Mrs. Biiiton, 
 ncc Howe, from Syria, salutes one of her 
 kindred from the Sandwich Islands. All 
 seemed to be well acquainted with each 
 other. Inquiries for the absent ones pa-s 
 from lip to lip; stories of the exploits and 
 sufferings of ancestors are related ; new re- 
 lationships are discovered; pedigrees and 
 matrimonial alliances traced out; i)ersiinal 
 incidents recounted; names and addresses 
 interchanged; and tho pleasure of the jirrs- 
 ent meeting, and the hope of one to come, 
 is everywhere expressed. 
 
 On every side the sounds arise: "How 
 are you, cousin?" " How is your mother?" 
 '•Where do you now live?" "To whieli 
 Howe family do you belong? " " Was your 
 ancestor John or James, Edward or Aljr.i- 
 ham?" "Shall I introduce you to my 
 brother, M. G. Howe?" " Whom did your 
 sister Mary marry ? " " Isn't this a splJndid 
 day ? " "A grand good gathering ? " 
 
 Yes, it was a grand good gatiiering! The 
 hearts of tho Howes were opened; the ten- 
 derest chords of feeling touched; the holier 
 sentiments of the soul awakened ; the golden 
 ties of fraternity strengthened ; and lolVier 
 aspirations entertained of adding per virtu- 
 icni some fresh lustre to tiie good old sur- 
 name Howe. 
 
 Sometimes a life of years is most surpris- 
 ingly compressed into a single day. So was 
 it with some persons in that company. They 
 met their kindred face to face ; tliey saw 
 tiieniselves surrounded by a host of iVieiuls; 
 they saw that heart responded unto Ik art, 
 and eye to eye; they felt that tiiey were not 
 alone in this wide world; tliey gained now 
 courage for tiie hattle-tields of life ; and thus 
 in those brief, joyous hours of social eon- 
 verse, mutual congratulation and fnUTiial 
 sympathy, they lived long years ; and lo 
 them memory will revert with pleasure till 
 the beating of tiie pulse siiall cease. Even 
 by an indifferent spectator, were any siiec- 
 tator cynical enough to Ijl indilfert'iit, Mieli 
 a scene of family afl'ection and felicity can 
 never be forgotten. The flowers themselves 
 may fade and perish, but tho aroma still 
 remains. 
 
 As the crowd, now decorated with the 
 beautiful badges in blue and gold, swelled 
 
lO 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 up to llinusnntls* in tlio grove, it became a 
 source of exquisite i)leasuro to look over 
 it ami tnieo the similarity, tiie family like- 
 ness, in the form ami features of tiie people. 
 Lipiit eoinpli'xions, iDtij^ iinrl oval faces, 
 characterized hy Koiiian noses, everywliere 
 prevailed. Black eyes and hair were tlie 
 exceptions. A j)ect:liar i)leasant Howe cx- 
 ])rehsion characterized almost every coun- 
 tenance, of which the face of the Hon. 
 Joseph Howe might he taken as one, and 
 that of Col. Frank E. Howe as another 
 ty])e. Even the intonations of the voice 
 appealed to have a character peculiarly 
 their own, which indicated unmistakably 
 the Howe descent. The genealogist here 
 could in a moment see that 
 
 " 'TIs not oil In bringlnj; up " ; 
 but still there's something in the hlood. 
 
 Seldom has it been our privilege to look 
 upon such a healthful, well-dressed, well- 
 behaved and happy throng of people. We 
 sa.v no dandies, loafers, shabby-genteel 
 political brawlers ; but every one seemed to 
 have come here from a happy and well-or- 
 dered home. The Howes — and would that 
 we were one of them — need surely never be 
 ashamed to meet their kindred. 
 
 XI. EXERCISES AT THE GROVE. 
 
 As soon as the company was seated in 
 tlic amphitheatre, the largo and beautifully 
 printed programme was distributed, a part 
 of which we give below : 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 1. Prayer. 
 
 2. Opening Address, by Col. Frank E. 
 
 Howe, President of the Day, of New 
 York. 
 
 3. Song, words by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, 
 
 of Boston. 
 
 4. Oration, by the Hon. Joscj)!) Howe, 
 
 Secretary of State of the Js'ew Do- 
 minion. 
 
 5. Song, words by Caroline Dana Howe, 
 
 of Portland, Me. 
 C. Address, by Jlrs. Julia Ward Howe. 
 
 7. JIusic iiv TiiE Band. 
 
 8. Address, by the Hon. Win. Wirt 
 
 Howe, of New Orleans. 
 
 9. Song, words by ^Mrs. Mary Howe 
 
 Hinckley, of San Francisco. 
 10. Otiieu Si'kakkus. 
 
 DiNNKR IN THE MaMMOTII TeNT, Ut 
 
 one o'clock, P. m. 
 Amiiskments and Sports, after 2.30 
 
 p. M. 
 
 The bands, t led by David Culver Hall, 
 
 *It is I'Htim.iti'il tliat iipwaicls of tln'cc tliousnnd 
 porKoiiH wire on tlu' !{iiniiul« during tlii^ <li>.y. Oiio 
 n'liortoi- FiU tlic mitnlicr !iM liigli as ll\lrty-fivo hun- 
 dri'il. Ainoiii! tiicni wo noticed one poisoii deaf and 
 dinnb, wiiir coiiliruially poinli'd up to lu'aven as tlie 
 pi:uL' for till! liiial mretiiig. 
 
 t 'I'lii' cdinbint'd bands oonslstod of llall'a Brasa 
 Baiiil, ]). C. Hall, l.radLT, and the following sflcet 
 intniburs ; Uhudolpli llall, T. L. Allen, 11. 1). Brooks, 
 
 II. 
 
 12. 
 
 plnyed, with great beauty and effect, for the 
 welcome to the grounds, tlie " Wedding 
 March " of Mendelssohn, which was fol- 
 lowed by the overture of the " Poet and 
 Peasant," by Suppe ; the beautiful air, 
 
 " Hit briglit smile haunts mo still," 
 and several other favorite pieces. Col. 
 Frank E. Howe, President of the day, and 
 other officers, then, at ten o'clock, ascended 
 the platform, in company with the Hon. 
 Joseph Howe, the orator, and Mrs. Powers, 
 of Boston, together with the Hon. William 
 Wirt Ilowe and family of Louisiana, Mrs. 
 Julia Ward Howe, and other distin^Miished 
 members of the Howe family. 
 
 Among those advanced in life we noticed 
 tlie Rev. Moses Howe, of New Bedford; Mr. 
 Edward Howe, of Portland, who took great 
 interest in the festival, and Mrs. Aniasa 
 Howe, the mother of the late accomplished 
 wife of Senator Wilson, now in Paris. Her 
 eye still sparkles with the glow of youth, 
 and her faculties are as yet unimpaired by 
 age. Col. James Brown, of Fraiiiingham, 
 almost ninety years of age, was still in good 
 healtli, and seemed greatly to enjoy the fes- 
 tival. 
 
 Decorated as the stage was with flags and 
 wreaths of flowers, touched now and then 
 by some stray beam of sunshin( stealing 
 through the overarching oaks and ines, and 
 containing, as it did, so many of tlie celebri- 
 ties of tiie family in a single group, it drew 
 and held, as if by fascination, every eye of 
 the vast throng surrotii.ding it. The follow- 
 ing unique and congratulatory telegram now 
 brought forth hearty cheers from the vast 
 concourse : 
 
 "Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 31, 1S71. 
 "To Col. Frank E. Howe, Harmony Grove : 
 "The undersigned, an infinitesimal por- 
 tion of tlitt Howe family residing out here in 
 Hoosier land, sends his greetings, with the 
 information that he first saw daylight under 
 the shadow of old Moosilauk, N. II. At the 
 age of seven he Wiis removed to near the 
 Hub, and educated to pulling waxed ends 
 and pegging boots. At sixteen, he left the 
 land of steady habits. Alone he paddled his 
 own canoe to the valley of the Wabash, 
 where he has resided for the last twenty- 
 eight years. His better-half and childi-en 
 are present with you to-day. Long live the 
 everlasting Howe family! May their num- 
 ber never grow less — including the Howe 
 Sewing Machine. 
 
 " Ira G. Howe."' 
 
 After this, the Rev. William A. Houghton, 
 
 W. A. Owen, W. E. Owon, D. H. Mooro, G. H. 
 Brown. H. Ki'cnch, 8. K. Conant, A. P. Holden, J. 
 M. liullurd; Metropolitan Brass Band, Arthur Hall, 
 Leader, and the following select members: Charles 
 11. Ball, J. Riley, I. H. Odell, O. W. Metealf, J. W. 
 riunimer, William Briggs. William Barker. E. N. 
 Catlin, the talented leader of tho orchestra at the 
 Boston Museum; Wm. II. Wblddon, second leader, 
 and O. A. Whitmore, solo clarlonetist, of the HI. 
 James Theatre: together forming an array of mu- 
 sical talent unsurpassed. 
 
 J 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 XI 
 
 of Berlin, addressed the tlirono of grnco in 
 an earnest and appropriate prayer, diirinj,' 
 wiiicli lie rendered tiianks for tlic beautiful 
 day; for tlie social Bntliering; for niereies 
 vouciisafed to tiie fathers of the family; for 
 the honorable record which they bore. He 
 implored the divine blessing upon the chil- 
 dren liere and those absent, upon tiie speaker 
 of the day, and the nation which he repre- 
 
 sents ; also upon the land of our birth ; and 
 he prayed that the smile of God might i on- 
 tiinie to rest upon us and our cliildreu, until 
 gatiiered to the first-born in heaven. 
 
 At the oiinclusion of the prayer, Col. 
 Frank E. Howe, of New York, rose, and 
 gracefully addressed the 'audience as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 INTRODUCTORY AND CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS 
 
 COL. FRANK E. HOWE. 
 
 , 
 
 Kinsfolk and Friends; 
 
 Beckoned by shadowy bands, a family 
 numbering tliousands comes to circle a, 
 a hearth to-day; bending their steps back 
 to the roof-tree again, come kinsmen who 
 have cast out their fortunes over a con- 
 tinent — some of tliem treading easily upon 
 the eminences of a realm on which, it has 
 been said, tlie sun never sets. 
 
 Pilgrims to tiie shrine of home, you have 
 left life's din for a day, to freshen fading mem- 
 ories, to grasp hands with hearts in them, 
 to know each otlier better, and to brighten 
 and strengthen the links of tliat cliaiii 
 whicii binds you together. It is my priv- 
 ilege, uttering the voice of all, to pronounce 
 the salutation and welcome of all to all. 
 It will be fitting in me to claim only a little 
 space of your time, making way for others 
 who have added lustre to our name. Aly 
 discourse shall be mainly brilliant flashes 
 of silence. Home Tookc told the judge 
 that the business of tiie Court was not to 
 talk, but to help the crier keep order; and 
 no doubt a jiresiding officer siiould be as 
 silent as a judge — perliaps he sliould be as 
 sober, too. My brief words to you cannot 
 be all of mirtli and gladness ; something sub- 
 dued huslies merriment. A gladness that 
 is not gay issues from these scenes and 
 memories. Wc meet each other and the 
 clieek puts on a smile, a smile tliat comes 
 f;- lu the heart; but sighs and sadness come 
 also, because of 
 
 " The graves thai liave grown j^reen. 
 And the locks that have grown grey I " 
 
 Many are here — the good, the gifted, 
 and tlie true — many whom Heaven has 
 crowned with graces and with genius, many 
 whom Eartli has crowned with honors and 
 riches and attainments ; but still solitude 
 and loneliness enter these precincts; some 
 are not here, their places arc vacant, and 
 they will not return again to us. 
 
 " Oil, for the touch of a vanished hand, 
 And the sound of a voice that is still." 
 
 The sentiment of such a reunion is no 
 mere holiday afiair; it is deeper, more sa- 
 cred and tender. Attachment to the soil 
 iioliling tlie aslies of their fatliors, fondness 
 for the scenes and the associations of tiieir 
 cliildhood, affection for the localities iden- 
 tified with their ancestors, have, in ail ages 
 and climes, been characteristics of man- 
 kind. Tlic feeling hardly stops with hu- 
 manity. Througliout animated nature, 
 some such instinct seems to prevail — it is 
 not ancestral pride alone, but a longing to 
 go back to tlie places, the visions, awd tlie 
 things of infancy and early home. Tlie 
 IJomans brought beasts of the field and 
 fowls of the air from many distant regions, 
 and brought with each a measure of its 
 parent soil ; and it was one of IJome's tra- 
 ditions, that when placed in the ampliitlie. 
 atre, these mute and e.xilcd captives sought 
 each its handful of native land. 
 
 Even inanimate creation seems to share 
 this human yearning, and things that 
 have no sense or touch or motion cling to 
 the memories of birth and to the associa- 
 tions of childhood. Weird symbols of this 
 human 'onging are strewn on Time's banks 
 and shoals — trees sometimes will liend all 
 their branches back to oartli ; and the little 
 sea-sliell, carried far away from its ocean 
 home, still ever murmurs of the billows 
 and the storm. All these things unite in 
 the tlioughts, emotions, and mysteries of 
 this filial and fraternal day. 
 
 IIo'v diverse in character and lot are 
 those I see around me! Uow fate has 
 made us all unlike, and divorced and ex- 
 iled far and wide the descendants of a sin- 
 gle parentage 1 Distinct, like the waves, 
 to-day, at least, we are one, like the sea. 
 
 Of those who wore the name before us, 
 and inscribed it on the roll of useful and 
 remembered names, I would gladly speak, 
 but this grateful task belongs of right to 
 others, and I forbear. All that language 
 need do will be done to remind us of their 
 trials and their labors, and to inspire us 
 
 4 
 
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 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 ii! 
 
 witli eimiliition of the patriotism and tiie 
 virtues wliicii iidorncil their lives, 
 
 Wc arc- here for liardly more than one 
 littli! liour — lilte liiin of old wrestling with 
 the aiifjel, let us hold it fast, nor let it go 
 till it blesses us, and leaves fond and fra- 
 grant memories to abide with us, and bring 
 us back again and again in after years, to 
 lay new oflerings upon our ancestral shrine. 
 
 Col. Howe's address was delivered in a 
 clear and distinct voice, and was warmly 
 npiilauded during the delivery, and at the 
 close. 
 
 The audience then most heartily joined 
 in the following admirable song of wel- 
 come, written by .Mrs. .rulia Wanl Howe, 
 and adajjted to the familiar tune of" Home, 
 Sweet llome." [.See next page.] 
 
 At the close of tiiis song the President 
 introduced to tiio audience, in the ensuing 
 very neat and felicitous speech, tlie lion. 
 Joseph Howe, as the orator of the day : 
 
 " I shall liave the pleasure to present to 
 you, in a moment, one who, before he utters 
 a word, exjiresses a tliought, and whose 
 mute presence only would herald an idea 
 hopeful to all the nations of the eartli. 
 England's ensign and tlie flag of stars 
 stream over us together — symbols of a 
 world-wide sway, tiiey canopy this platform 
 with an archway of unity as unbroken as 
 the sljy that bends above us. These pen- 
 
 nants personify two great nationalities; 
 tliese blended colors, those who sit bciieatli 
 lliem, the spectacle on wliieli we gaze, tlie 
 very rites we pay — all are emblems of an 
 era in the civilization of the world. The 
 two Knglisii-speaking nations liave conse- 
 crated the year 1871 to fraternity and inter- 
 nationality. America and Great Britain 
 have made this an epocli of Anglo-Saxon 
 brotlierhood. 
 
 " (Jur distinguished kinsman is here in 
 double friendsiiip. Enjoying the confi- 
 dence, and wearing the honors of his 
 sovereign, he comes to us; we twine our 
 flag with his, and hail him for the lineage 
 he bears, for the name he honors, and also 
 as the liarbingcr of international recon- 
 ciliation, of peace on earth, good will 
 toward men. 
 
 " I present to you the lion. Joseph 
 Tlowe, some time of Canada, in the New Do- 
 minion, but just now of Massachusetts, in 
 New England." 
 
 Tlic orator rose amid the continued accla- 
 mations of the assembly. He is a well- 
 built, solid man, of something more than 
 sixty years, witli a frank, open, good- 
 natured expression of countenance, an 
 earnest, searoliing voice, and an English 
 manner of address. His eloquent words 
 were listened to with jjrofound attention, 
 and they elicited frequent expressions of 
 applause. 
 
 
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 Aug. -.UKt, 1H71. 
 
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 Even thus the souls of humankind 
 
 On Will's strong currents fiy, 
 Anil their appointed limit find, 
 
 To fall, and fructify. 
 But Love has blown his blast to-day 
 
 Beneath the Klitterin? dome. 
 That we should feel within his sway, 
 
 The deathless joy of home. 
 And this one comes from desert wastes, 
 
 And this from sunny isles. 
 And this one, crowned with sorrows,ha8te8, 
 
 And this ono crowned with smiles. 
 
 Blest was the freedom that enlarged 
 Our youth's uufoldiuff powers, 
 
 The dariuR impulse that surcharged, 
 With life, our pilgrim hours. 
 
 But happier yet the sacred bond 
 
 That doth our i)resence claim. 
 That conjures memories full and fond 
 
 With one ancestral name. 
 Freedom and love are welded both 
 
 In ties of kindred l)lood ; 
 So let us, thankful, pledge our troth 
 
 To human brotherhood 
 
ORATION 
 
 OP 
 
 HON. JOSEPH HOWE, 
 
 Secretary of State of the Dominion of Canada. 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : — 
 
 To be invited to address such an nudience 
 lis tliis, in the centre of intclU'ctual Xew 
 England, I rci^nrd as a great di.stinction. 
 Yet the jMJsition lias its drawbacks. The 
 conimitteu have announced an "Oration"; 
 but a t<iin]ik> and good-luimored introduction 
 to the business of the day is all tliat I siiail 
 attempt. If disposed to bo more ambitious, 
 and to try a bolder tlight, I should be afraid 
 to risk comparisons that you would not fail 
 to institute, and which I am not vain enough 
 to challenge. You have not forgotten the 
 stately and nervous arguments of Webster, 
 or the polished elocution and silvery voice 
 of Everett; and though those masters of the 
 art have passed away, you can still sit at the 
 feet of Emerson, listen to the fiery decla- 
 mation of riiillips, wonder at Lowell's mar- 
 vellous felicity of phrase and luxuriance of 
 illustration, and fold to your hearts, with a 
 love akin to worship, our good friend Oliver 
 Wendell Holmes. Let us thank God for 
 these great lights, which have diifusud, or 
 arc still shedding their radiance over the 
 industrial and intellectual life of a great' 
 nation ; but this is a family party, and as a 
 member of tlie family, I throw myself upon 
 your indulgence. Wo are here not to make 
 a parade of our eloquence, if we have any, 
 but to spend a day in holy brotherhood and 
 sweet communion. 
 
 Drawn from many States and Provinces, 
 but springing from a common stock, we meet 
 for peaceful and legitimate purposes, to grasp 
 each other's hands, to look into ea(;h other's 
 faces, to study each other's forms, and to 
 mark how the fine original structure of the 
 race has borne change of aliment, diversity 
 of climate, and the wear and tear of seden- 
 tary or active life, amidst the rapid mental 
 and bodily movement of the fast age in which 
 we live. 
 
 These family gatherings were, I believe, 
 first suggested in New England, and their 
 success is to l)e traced to the natural out- 
 crop of feelings that are very rational. A 
 wise nation preserves its records, gathers up 
 its muniments, decorates the tombs of its 
 illustrious dead, repairs its great public 
 
 (H) 
 
 structures, and fosters national pride and 
 love of country, by perpetual references to 
 tiie sacrifices and glories of the past. But, 
 divide the nation by households, and under 
 every roof you will find, let national pride 
 be ever so strong, that family pride, the in- 
 terest in the narrow(?r circle that bears a 
 common name, is cjuite as active. Our lit- 
 erature is filled with types of tlie septs, and 
 clans, and families into which the wide 
 world is divided, and who cling to their old 
 recollections aAd traditions with marvellous 
 tenacity. 
 
 In the Britisli Islands this family senti- 
 ment finds vent, and expands itself with 
 great luxuriance and grace, under the shel- 
 ter of tlie law of primogeniture. Emerson, 
 in his delightful book on England, tells us 
 that there are " three hundred palaces " 
 scattered all over the face of that country. 
 A great many of these are comparatively 
 modern structures, reared by the nierciiant 
 princes and great manufacturers of England, 
 who, in comparatively modern times, have 
 been enriched by the abounding commerce 
 and restless industry of a great and prosper- 
 ous empire. 
 
 But by far the larger number arc the 
 growth of centuries; " the stately homes of 
 England," where her historic families, many 
 of tliem older than the Conquest, store up 
 and preserve all that can illustrate the bril- 
 liant and heroic qualities of the race, and 
 prompt to the highest order of emulation. 
 Many of these old structures, such as War- 
 wick Castle, the stronghold of the king- 
 maker, ant> Alnwick, the seat of " the stout 
 Earls of Northumberland, "though converted 
 into luxurious modern residences, and em- 
 bellished with all that higli art in these 
 recent times can furnish, occupy the com- 
 manding sites which m;,Je them formidablo 
 centuries ago, and wear the outward sem- 
 blance of strong mediaival fortresses, from 
 which a stone has scarcely been removed. 
 In many otiier cases the stern front of war 
 has been softened and toned down by tlio 
 gradual process of decay, the luxuriance of 
 vegetation, or by improvements, which have 
 placed modern structures, of vast propor- 
 tions, upon the old feudal sites, replete with 
 
THE IIOWB FAMILY GATIiniUNG. 
 
 '5 
 
 every convenience for enie nnd cumfort, 
 wliieli, from tlio thickneRR of tlu' wallit, iitul 
 till' (IcIVusivu clianicter of the (lexigii, umilil 
 not iilwuy8 bu I'uinniunileu iti tliu old feudal 
 cn«tles. 
 
 Uiit wlietlior tlui Rtyle of the structure be 
 ancieni or nioilerii, it is fiurroundcd by iiii 
 estiite, wliieli, from Kcneriition t(/ generation, 
 bus belon){ed to one family, — been known 
 by one name, — nnd the lioute, whatever 
 thii style of arehitiM'turo may bu, is filled 
 with nil that oan illustrate tln^ manlioo(l and 
 tin- intelleetual vijjor of that fiinily, from its 
 rise, amidst the (.'onvulsions of Home shadowy 
 b>-({one ajje. down to the hour \-\ which, 
 Willi inin<;led wond'-r and admiral, 'n, we 
 survey the marvelioiH results of n s\ stem 
 not reeogi\izod by the in^titutio is ander 
 wbieli we live. 
 
 That those families should df,,iro to I're- 
 8erve their estates intaet, and gather around 
 them the ovidenees of their aniiiiuity and 
 achievements, is not at all miriirisinj', w hen 
 we reflect that a \ery larfje jiroiioiTioii of 
 them are insejiarahly inlirwoven with the 
 Kreat events which have made the history 
 of their country meinorahli' ; and tin,' val- 
 uable services rendered to the nation by 
 many of these families, not only throw 
 around their country seats and personal rel- 
 ics an indescribable I'harm, but u'ive them a 
 strong; hold on the ntfections of the i".'o|(le. 
 
 A Stanley woii the fi(!ldid' I'Moddcn. (Jne 
 of the TalboLs, wlio led the HiifJtlish forces 
 in France, and tiiutiht aifainst .Joan of Are, 
 was the victor in forty-H(<ven battles and dan- 
 gerous '.kirniislies. Tln^ Percys have seven 
 times driven back the tide of foreii^n inva- 
 sion, and foreit;ht hundred years have stood 
 in the front of resistance to rejial tyranny : 
 and, R,ay the writers from whom J (ju'ite,* 
 "(>ne Kussell has staked his head for the 
 I'roteslant faith; a second the family es- 
 tates in successful resistance to a despot: a 
 third has die(l on the scalfold for the liber- 
 ties of Eii'flishincn ; a feurth has aided ma- 
 terially in the revolution which substituted 
 law lor the will of the sov-reij^ns ; a fifth 
 ^pent his life in resistin;,' the atieiniit. of the 
 House of IJrunswick to rebuild the power 
 of the throne, and gave one of tiie first ex- 
 amples cf just relijfious government in Ire- 
 land; and a sixth organized and carried 
 throu}{h a bloodless but coinjilete transfer 
 of power from his own order to tift' middle 
 chisses." 
 
 These are eminent services, and we can- 
 not wonder that the family seats, where such 
 men were bred, are r(digiou?ly preserved by 
 their descendants, and regarded with deep 
 intere.'it by the nation. 
 
 There is no name more familiar to Amer- 
 icans than that of Lord North, who, under 
 Geor!,'e the Third, conducted, for many 
 years, the <lisastrous war which was imly 
 closed by the establishment of the indepen- 
 
 *Saiifnnl and Townsbcud'H Govornliig Farailioa 
 of K:ij{laiJii. 
 
 di'Hce of these United States. IIow few of 
 all the able and distin){iiislied men, who, on 
 voiir side, led in that great stru)r){le, have 
 left behini] them homes that have been pre- 
 served, properties still undivided, or coiii- 
 inofi centres, where their pietures, bociks, 
 nnd family ninniineiits have been treason d 
 lip, to keep alive for succeedinix t^eneratinn* 
 the memory of their martial or diplomatic 
 uchieveinents I lly the personal exertions 
 of I'.verett, Mount N'ernon has been jire- 
 served; and, to their honor be it spoken, 
 the .\dains family, by n rare exhibition of 
 hereditary (pialiiies, have held tlieir pr.^p- 
 erly and miintaiiied thi'ir positions in the 
 lii}{hi'st circles nf political and social ele- 
 vation. Hut nearly all the others, ihoiigli 
 honorabl} known to history, have passed 
 aw.iy, and have left no propi'rfy to emlullish 
 the scenery, no rallyintf-plaees for tlieir 
 descendants, no familiar evidences of their 
 existence. 
 
 In the heart of O.xfordsliiro stands Wrox- 
 ton Abbey, the seat of the Norths. It is an 
 old ecclesiastical structure, turned into x\ 
 modern ri'sidence of Huri)a:isinif beauty, 
 wlu're all that is antique is preserved with 
 religiiuis care, and ^'racefiilly interwovi'n 
 with whatever can administer to refined lux- 
 ury and convenience. It is surrounded by 
 forty thousand acres of the liest la:id in Kiif,'- 
 lan<l. The out lyint; farms are cultivated by 
 a prosperous tenantry, whose families have 
 occupied the same lands for ci'nturies, many 
 of whom keej) hunters worth llvt; liuiKln d 
 guineas, and pay a thousand sovereiuns n 
 yi'ar of annual rent. .Ancestral trees, older 
 than the .\bbey, flin;;; their shadows down 
 upon sinuous walks and earriafje-drives that 
 appi'ar aliiiost eiulless; whilst every window 
 in the U)us( Idoks out upon verdant lawns, 
 well-kcjit (.'ii'dens, or clumps of tree-roses, 
 inter«i)ersed witli masses of evcrijreens, tlio 
 preservation of which is so niuidi favored 
 by the nioi^t climate of En)jland. 
 
 The IJaroness North, i^raiiddauj^hter of 
 Lord North of the Uevolutionary War, and 
 her husband, (Jidonel North, reside on this 
 beautiful estate ; and while distinguished for 
 the largeness of heart and great hos)>itality 
 which become their stations, are not uu- 
 mindful of the hereditary obligation wliich 
 devolves upeii them to treasure, to eidar^je, 
 and to transmit to their descendants, all that 
 (,'an illustrate the daily life, the pergonal 
 traits, or the distinguished services of th'f 
 housi- to which they belong, in all it.s 
 branches. 
 
 You are aw.ire that the family (d' I ho 
 Norths was interwoven with tlie (iiiild- 
 fords and (Jrcys. The hunilreil rooms and 
 long corridorii of Wroxton tell the family 
 story, from its foundation in 14'.Hi to the 
 present hour. IJenutiful women, in the cos. 
 tume .>f the period in which they flourished 
 — children of all ages — eminent LawyiTs, 
 Privy (.'ouncillois, .Suldiers, .\inbass;id(irs, 
 and .Judges, line the walls of every slaircaso 
 and of cv.>ry rooin. 
 
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 THE HOWE FAMH.y CiATllKlilNG. 
 
 Miiiiy iif tlii'iin pirturoH nre valunhlu ni 
 Works nf art, hii llifir cliiof viiluc in in the 
 rororil tiny mil ily nf fiiriiH l'Wi>{ pasNcil 
 nwiiy — of fi'iitiii'C'i that rannot bf rt'|ir(>- 
 iliu'cil, and for the fucilitic* they iid'onl to 
 every nsitiK ^{I'ni'rutinn to kIiiiIv .uhI trans- 
 mit thi' fiiinily Ktory, hy tliu aiil of iiiithcntii! 
 miitcrials, whicii in our uoiiiitric!!. luul iinihr 
 1)11 r Hyhlcinn, we can vi-ry rari'ly '•npply. 
 
 Two or thn'(.' roonm in this old inui.-c 
 dccjily inlort'Hlj'd rue. Oiiu was Lord 
 North's l.ihrary, in which every hook tlmt 
 111' Imd ivi'r owned or h:iiidleil has heen pre- 
 served, 'rhougii unMiccesuful as ii War 
 Miiiister, lie whm ii ticholur and a wit. and 
 many of the vohiiue.s are rare editions, or 
 preseiita'.lon copies, enriched by i\utogrii[>ii.') 
 or itpnot.itioiiit. 
 
 A hniali ror>m, openin;? from tlio library, 
 was Lord North's study. A very reinark- 
 .ible likeness of him overhiinijs and Inokn 
 down on the talije i\t which he wrote his iles- 
 ])nti'heH. The inkstund. Mnd I nii;4ht alnio^t 
 Uild the piMis, with which Ihey were written, 
 liuve been prcRerveil. 
 
 A beil-rooin in this fine old edifice intir- 
 cHted me even more deeply. I slept one 
 ni;,'hl in it without knowing to whom it h:id 
 beioniti'd. It was a stutely chamber. hun;j 
 Willi arras, greatly faded, with (jiiaint idd 
 undii'ons in an open firepla<'e, a low bi'd- 
 stead with liii,'li jxists ; anil nil the furniture, 
 thouith ailmirably preserved, bearing the uii- 
 mist.ikable impress of antiquity. To my 
 (j;rial surjirise I was told, on comiu}; down 
 to breukfist on the following morninjj, that 
 1 had occupii'd the apartment of l^aily .Tune 
 Grey, and slejit in her lieil, nothing' bavin;,' 
 been cbanned in the room, since lier death. 
 but the bed-linen, which bud worn mit. I 
 am not quite sure thai I ever slept .so soundly 
 in the same apartment ii hecimd iiiKlit as 1 
 did the first. Visions of the beautiful mar- 
 t> r to mi>placcd ambition seemed ever Hit- 
 ting riiiinil luo, and I somelimes fancied that 
 the {Trim beadsman, with his a.\e, was liriijer- 
 inj{ in the lon;^' .shadows flung out by the 
 mu-ssive walls. 
 
 A volume might be written descriptive of 
 the beauties of Wroxton, and of the treas- 
 ures of art and of bio,:;raphy which it con- 
 tains, and yet it is a comparatively modern 
 edifice, nor do the Norths trace back their 
 lineage nearly so far as many of the great 
 historic families of England. 
 
 But I have taken this single house to show 
 you how strong is the family sentimeitt in 
 our mother country, and to answer, in ad- 
 vance, those who would smile at our Immble 
 endeavors to engraft upon our democratic 
 institutions some graceful forms of develop- 
 ment for a yearning that is universal, and 
 for the outcrop of feelings as old as history. 
 
 Neither in the Uniteil .States, nor in Can- 
 ada, is any provision made for this develop- 
 ment. By our old law.s two-thirils of the 
 real estate were given to the eldest .son; but 
 niodern legislation has swept this provision 
 away, and property is now equally divided 
 
 in nil our .Statci and Provincci. The uni- 
 veroal feeling «u4taiti« this condition of tli<< 
 law; entnil.i are discouraged, and fortunes 
 are eariii'd only to be distributed, ol\eii with 
 a rapidity that far outruns the process of 
 accumulation. .\ ••pindthriil iw too apt to 
 follow a miser, and the thriflle«ii, bred in 
 liixuriiius homi's. often nceiii to have come 
 into the world for no other purposi: than to 
 siMtter what the imluiitrious have eariU'il, 
 and to disperst', without a thought of name 
 or rar:c, all that their fathers prized, and ir» 
 which their descendants, if not below the 
 ordinary scale of liiunanity, would be auro 
 to take an interest. 
 
 The democratic system, which prevails all 
 over this continent, <;aunot be change 1. It 
 has its advantages, and the evils arising fron 
 the law of primogeniture cannot lie veiled, 
 even by the graceful surroundings to which 
 I li:iv<> referred j and the practical question 
 which we have met here to endeavor to 
 solve is this : C'an we, without disturbing 
 the la*, or disregarding the common sen- 
 timent of the continent, kee[) alive our fim- 
 il> name — trace back our family story, ami, 
 while dividing our property among our chil- 
 dren, divide with them also all that we have 
 bei-n able to leurn, to autheulicate, and to 
 transmit, of 'the family from which they 
 have sprung? 
 
 May we iioi do more? May wa not «o 
 ]iass this day as to make it a festival in the 
 iinest sense of the term — to tlie repetition 
 of whieli the thousands who bear our name 
 will look forward witli intense delight? 
 
 Ill England, the Howes have lived and 
 llourisbcii for centuries. The Howe banner 
 hangs as high, in Henry VII. 's chaiicl, as any 
 other evidence of honorable serviee, and the 
 battle of the first of June wi'l be remem- 
 bered so long as the nava! annals of England 
 last. In the old French wars, for the pos- 
 session of llii.s continent, one Howe fell at 
 Ticonderoga, and another wii.s killeil on the 
 Nova fSeotia frontier. In the Kevolutionary 
 War, the Howes were not fortunate. I have 
 beanl my father describe Kir William, as 
 be saw him leading uji the British forces at 
 the battle of Bunker Hill, with the bullets 
 Hying like hail around \\\\w. But I am ap- 
 prehensive that in that old war God was not 
 '■ on the side of the strongest columns," and 
 that the time had arrived when the peopling 
 and development of a continent could not 
 be posii)oned by the ngencies of fleets and 
 armies. 
 
 The Howes, who have been ennobled, trace 
 their family back to the reign of Henry 
 Vlll., and seem to havo held estates in 
 Somersetshire, Gloucester, Wiltshire, Not- 
 tingham, and Fermanagh, in Ireland. Jack 
 Howe, as he was familiarly called, who was 
 a member of Parliament in the reigns of 
 William and Anne, was a fluent sjieaker, 
 and, like a good many other people in those 
 days, liad a great dislike to standing armies. 
 His son, who sat for Nottingham in the Con- 
 vention Parliament, was one of those who 
 
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 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
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 established tho liberties of England, in 
 1088. 
 
 But many branclios of the fiiniily are scat- 
 tered all about England. I fouml throe 
 Howes, bearing my own family Christian 
 names, \y'\vn .side by side in the eliurchyard 
 at Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and I 
 learned that in the western end of the Island 
 a family of hone.^it farmers, who are all 
 Jlowea, have been living tliore on the same 
 «and, beyond tiie memory of man. 
 
 I found three others, all males, lying just 
 in.*id(^ the graveyard at Herwiek-on-Tweed. 
 I could not hear of any Ilowes in the neigh- 
 borhood, and I took it for granted that they 
 must have been killed in some old border 
 fight, wliich is not at all improbable if they 
 came from the south side of the stream. 
 
 But, i)assing over the nobles and the ple- 
 beians of England, I must confess th-it there 
 is one Howe of whom wo may all be proud. 
 This is .John I.'owe, who was Chaplain to 
 Oliver Cromwell, and whose fine form and 
 noble features are preserved in some of tho 
 old engravings. lie must have been an elo- 
 quent preacher, for he won his place by a 
 sermon whicii the Protector happened to 
 hear. That he was a fine scholar and learned 
 theologian is proved by the body of divinity, 
 written in classic English, which he has left 
 behind him. That he was a noble man is 
 proved, also, by a single anecdote which is 
 preserved to us. On one occasion he was 
 soliciting aid or patronage for some person 
 whom he thought dcsc"ving, when Cromwell 
 turned sharply round, and, by a single ques- 
 tion, let a Hood of light in ujioii the disin- 
 terestedness and amiability of his character, 
 which will illuminate it in all time to come. 
 "John," said the I'rotector, "you are always 
 asking something for some poor fellow; why 
 do you never ask anything for yourself ? " 
 My father's name was Jolin. and I have 
 often tried to trace him back to this good 
 Chi'istian, whose character in many points 
 his own so nmch resembled. I may hazard 
 one observation, before passing from the 
 English llowi's, and it is this : that the pres- 
 ent ])ossessor of the peerage had better bestir 
 himself, and do something to add lustre to 
 his coronet, or else we Howes in America 
 will begin to think it has dropped on an in- 
 active brain, He tights no battles, he writes 
 no books, he makes no speeches, and, al- 
 though I believe he is a very amiable person, 
 and was a great friend of the late t^ueen 
 Dowager, I beg to enter my protest against 
 the apparent want iif patriotism, or mental 
 activity, which this very supine recipient of 
 hereditary rank seems to display. 
 
 But, pa.-sing over the Howes who have flg- 
 uri'd, or still dwell, on the other side of the 
 Atlantic, I take it tor granted that the whole 
 of this vast audience are descended from 
 those who settled in New England between 
 lt}30 and 1057, It would aj)pear, by the cir- 
 cular kindly sent to me by your secretary, 
 that there were seven of these, although my 
 father used to toll mc that there were but 
 
 four. Two of tlicm, .losoph, of Boston, and 
 Abraham, of Watertown, may have been 
 sons of some of the others, if they married 
 early, which is probable; but I take the list 
 as i find it, and to me it is full of interest. 
 What was the Old World about when these 
 men catuo to America ? Why did they come ? 
 are questions that naturally occur to ua. In 
 IGiiO, Charles 1. dissolved his I'arliar .it, 
 and no other was called in England till tho 
 Long Parliament mot in 1040. During tho 
 eleven years which intervened, we all know 
 what was going on in England. Laud was 
 Archbishop of Canterbury, Straff'ord was . 
 first Minister, and that hopeful experiment 
 was being tried of ruling without Parlia- 
 ments, whicli ended in the wreck and ruin 
 of the monarchy. Within these eleven years 
 five of the seven Howes were settled in 
 New England, and tho reasonable presump- 
 tion is that they found old England too hot 
 for them. 
 
 They had no fancy for paying ship-money 
 on compulsion, for having their ears cropped, 
 or for standing in the pillory for tho free ex- 
 pression of opinions; and, perhaps foresee- 
 ing what was coming, they accomplished 
 what it is said Cromwell, Hampden, and 
 others at one time meditated, and reached 
 America before the Civil War began. Tho 
 earlier battles of Worcester and Edgehili 
 were fought in 1042, and before this five of 
 the Howes had made good their lodgement in 
 America. If the two who date from 1052 
 and 10.»7 were not born in this country, they 
 may have taken the field ; but of the fact 
 we have no authentic record. 
 
 It is enough for us to know that these an- 
 cestors of ours were tJod-fearing, worthy 
 men, H|>rung from tiie sturdy miiMle class of 
 English civic and rural life, who left their 
 native country not because they did not love 
 it, but because they could not stay there 
 without mean compliance and tame submis« 
 sion to usurped authority. We would per- 
 haps have been just as well pleased had they 
 remained behind, and struck a few manful 
 blows for tho liberties of England ; but we 
 must accept the record as we find it, with 
 this source of consolation, that no brother's 
 blood was upon their hands wiien tliey landed 
 in America. That they were men jf worth 
 and intelligence tiiere is proof -.lough. 
 Tliey were freemen and proprietors in tho 
 townships where tliey settled; selectmen, 
 representatives, oflieers. Indian commission- 
 ers, and seem to have brought from tho old 
 country, in fair measure, the common sense, 
 in(lu!>„./, and thrift so much needed by the em- 
 igrant. That they were men of fine propor- 
 tions and of sound constitutions, I may infer 
 fiom the audience before me, and from the 
 fact, which your secretary has recorded, that 
 five of these old worthies left forty-four chil- 
 dren behind them. That those " forefathers 
 of our hamlets " set us a good example, their 
 simple records prove. That the Howe women 
 have been fruitful, and the men vigorous, is 
 consistent with all I know of their descend- 
 
 
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 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 nnts on this continont iinil this v.ist :iU(iii'iui', 
 wlipic ('.inns (if manly beauty nml f'LMiiiilo 
 lovt lines- iiliiiiiiiil. .siinws nu' l!i it in physical 
 prdjioi-iions nmt foniininc attri\i'licin tlit' race 
 li IS Itccn well )prisrrvi(l. lint in tlaso .sound 
 liodits an- thto'c sound iiiiiuls? What of the 
 inti'lkctual (lualitios iind uu'ntal di'vi'lop- 
 nu'tit ot" tlio family? Have our women 
 hi'C'ii horn " to suckle fools, and elirnniele 
 small hcer"? Have the n)en ilisidayed the 
 energy and eapaoity for affairs demanded 
 of them l>y the free and rapidly expandinj; 
 communities in which tliey lived? It is 
 only hy the mutual iiiterchanfie of fact and 
 tli'iuyht, at such a j^atheriny; as this, that wi' 
 I'an answer tliese ((uestions to our own sat- 
 isfaction. IJut if 1 were challen','efl hy tli ' 
 transatlantic hranehes of the fan)ily to hear 
 testimony upon lin se pnint.J, I think, even 
 Willi my limited knowledge of your coun- 
 try, I could iiroduce a ({roup of eloijuent 
 s(!nalors, eminent soldiers, disiin;,'uishiMl 
 pliihinthropists, and successful business 
 men, to i)rove conclusively that, in these 
 United States, tli.e race has not declined. 
 
 In turninp; to the rrovinces it must he 
 borne in minil that hut '>nc of all the Howes 
 in llu'se States took the British .side in the 
 lU'vohitionary War. Of my f.ifher I spoke, 
 some ycar.s ajfo, at Fancuil Hall; anil my 
 good friend Lorenzo Sabine (one of the best 
 wriier.s and most accompli.slied .statesmen 
 produced in the Eastern States) has kindly 
 cmliodied wliat was saiil in the sei.'ond I'lli- 
 tion of his " Lives of 'he Loyalists," to 
 whieji I must refer those who take int(;rcst 
 in the Urilish-.Vnicricau braneli of the fam- 
 il\'. To-day I have leisure to s.iy only this ; 
 that if it 111' permitted to the s.aints in 
 Heaven to revi.sit tii'' scenes they loved, and 
 to hover over the innocent reunion^ of ilieir 
 kiiidred, my fatlier".s spirit will lie here, 
 irratitied to st^c that the family, divided by 
 the Hevolution, i.s au'ain united, and that 
 \\\i son, to use the lan^xua.ec whicli Burns 
 puts into the moiilli of the peas.'int woman 
 in hi.s "(fitter's Saturday Jsitiht," is '• re- 
 .spected like the lave." 
 
 Of the past history of the fimily, on both 
 sides of the Atlantic, we may be justly 
 jirouil. That the (n'e.sent is full of hope and 
 ])romise this great fi'stival assurt'S us. For 
 the future 1 have no fears. We meet to 
 gather up the fragmcnlar}' bio_;;raphies of 
 the fimily. and to i ncmiratte each other in 
 well-doinii lliat the fa'iiily niiiy not decdine. 
 By hone.st industry and manly exercises w<' 
 must see to it tliat the ra(;e is well preserved, 
 and l)y careful cnlti\alion that the brain is 
 widl develope 1. Sava.^'e, in his (ienealog- 
 ical l)i'-'ionary, tells us that seven of the 
 Howes, prior to I'^iH, had graduated at H.ir- 
 vard University, and twenty-three at other 
 colleges in New England. Nearly all the 
 Howes that I have ever known were dear 
 lovers of l)()oks. and reasonably intellinent. 
 To keep abreast with the active intellect of 
 the age we must be students still. AA'e 
 inherit a rich and noble language. Wo are 
 
 I thf> " heirs," says Professor Greenwood, "of 
 all the ages in the foremost liles ol' lime." 
 •' Knovvleilge," Disraidi tidls us, ■• is like the 
 [ mystic ladder in the I'atriarch's dream. Its 
 base rests on the primeval earth — its crest 
 is losf in the .sbailowy sidendor of the em- 
 pyrean; while the great authors, who, for 
 traditionary ages, have hold the chain of 
 science and philos()i)liy, of poisy and erudi- 
 tion, are the iing<'ls aseeniling and descend- 
 ing the sacred scale, and maintaining, ns it 
 Were, the comniunicatioii between man and 
 Heaven." 
 
 But we must not be mere studioits. This 
 is not an age whervdn people should be con- 
 tent to see visicms and dream dr(\'ims. The 
 work of the world is before us; ami on thi.s 
 continent tiiere is work en(mgh and to spare 
 tor centuries to come. We mu-.t do our 
 share uf it, and the family will l>e judged 
 by the style and manner in which it is done. 
 The .Scotch hive a f imiliar pliriise : ■' l.'iit ii 
 stout heart to a slitf brae"; and (inetlie 
 tells us: ".VII I had to do 1 have done in 
 kingly fashion. I let longue.s wag. Wh;it 
 I saw lo he the right thing tliat I did." May 
 your hearts bo "stout" when the " liraes " 
 are " stiff." J.,et the world take note ot'you 
 that you are good husbands, good fathers, 
 good citizens, and true and h' nor.iljle men; 
 that your descendants may come up here to 
 f' i.;:o'nghani, looking back at this festival 
 as thougli, from its fruits, it were worth a 
 repetition; and come, not to glorify a mere 
 name that has no significance, Ijut to see 
 that an lionorable name wliich they inherit 
 is kept untarnished, and tr,.,ismitted with 
 new lustre to their children. 
 
 But let us hoj)e that these family meet- 
 ings may l)e made to suliserve a higher piir- 
 ]iose than the mere re'uewal of bridicn ties 
 'if relationship in limited circles. Ma)- they 
 iMt embrace a wider range, ascend to a 
 higher elevation, and luui; a tendency to 
 draw together, not only single l'amilie«, but 
 that great family that tlie unh.ippy ev( iits 
 which IimI to the I'evtdiitionary War divided 
 into three branches ? tierinany had its S'-vim 
 Years' W.ir, and its Thirty Ye.ars" ^Var, to 
 say nothing of centuries of rivalries and di- 
 visions, and yet a common sentiment, "the 
 Fatherlaiiil," is rapidly uniting all who speak 
 its language, love its literature, and arc 
 proud of its martial aidiicvements. The Civil 
 Wars of France Ii.ive been endless, and yet 
 the common ties of literature and language, 
 howeve,' rudely those td' brotherhood are 
 broken at times, draw tbe whole people to- 
 gether; and though kings and einiierors. re- 
 publics and cominunes, pass away, under 
 them all the I'ommou sentiment is, " V'ive 
 la France! '■ and this is the cry of a united 
 jieople, when each system in its turn has 
 lieeii overthrown, 
 
 Oreat Britain and the Inited States have 
 had eleven ye'ars id' war, eight at the Hevo- 
 lution, and three in the foolish struggle which 
 la-ted from ISlU' to I«I."), What are ideven 
 ye, lis in history ir' Your own Civil War 
 
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 lasted nearly four, and more men were killed 
 in it tlian Great liritain and tlie United States 
 could ever put into the field in those old eon- 
 tests, wliieh sensible men everywhere remem- 
 ber only to re^'ret. You liope to be, and I 
 trust the hope may be realized, a united 
 pe()|)Ie. Why should not the three yreat 
 branches of the British family unite, our 
 old wars and divisions to the eontrary not- 
 with.-t.indin;;? This is " a consummation 
 devoutly to bo wished." Ocean steamers, 
 railroads, cheap posta^^e, and telegraphs, 
 make a union por^.sihle ; and gatherings such 
 as this may hasten ou the time, w hen, living 
 under dlH'erent forms of government, and 
 each loyal to the institutions it prefers, the 
 three great branches of the British family 
 may not only live in perpetual amity, 
 but combine to develop free institutions 
 everywhere, and to keep the peace of the 
 world. 
 
 Such a union, to be permanent, must be 
 based on mutual resiiect, and on a just ap- 
 preciation of the ])osition and resources of 
 each branch of th • Great Family. The 
 marvellous growth and vast resources of 
 these United States are frankly acknowl- 
 edged by every rational English and British- 
 American man that I know. That your 
 country contains nearly forty millions of 
 peoi)le, as intelligent, industrious, inventive, 
 and martial, as any other ecpial iiumher on 
 the face of the earth, we frankly admit; but 
 I am t)ften amused at the style of exagirer- 
 ation ailojited in this country, aiul at the 
 mode in which we Uriti-shers are talked of 
 on platforms, and in circles not over well- 
 informeil. Four millions of freemen on the 
 other side of the line, who govern them- 
 selves, and who can change their rulers 
 when I'arliameiit sits, any night of the year, 
 by a simple resolution — who could declare 
 their indepeiuleiu'c to-morrow, or Join these 
 Unitt'il States, if so inclined — are often 
 si)i)ken of as serfs and bondmen, because 
 they do not care to rujiture old relations, 
 and go in search of jiolitical giuiranties, 
 which, by their own firmness and practical 
 sagacity, they have already secured. That 
 we are iU)t laggards and idlers over the bor- 
 der, may he gathered from the growth of our 
 cities, and from the rapid develoi)ment of our 
 inilustry in all its branches. Tiiough but a 
 handful of people commenced to clear u[) 
 our country at llie close of the Kevolutioiiary 
 AVar, we have already a population mure 
 numerous than Scotland, and have peace- 
 fully organizetl into provinces a territory 
 luin-e extensive than the United States, larger 
 than the whole Empire of Brazil ; the volume 
 of our trade ha;' increased to 81l'O.O00.UUU; 
 and the mercantile marine of the Northern 
 I'rovinces places them in the raidc of the 
 fourth maritime country in the world. My 
 own native I'rovince, 1 am proud to say, 
 takes the lead in this honorable form of en- 
 terprise. Nova Scotia owns more than a 
 ton of shi[)i)ing for every man, woman, and 
 cldid on her soil. The babe that was born 
 
 yesterday is represented by a ton of ship- 
 ping that was built before it was born. 
 
 But are the Briti>h Islands so decrepit and 
 efl'ete as we sometimes hear in this country? 
 Is the empire which is sustained by the two 
 other branches of the family, unworthy of 
 the friendshipof these United .States? Would 
 it not l)ring its share of everything that con- 
 stitutes n.itional gri atness into the union of 
 which I have spoken? Uepublicim America, 
 impoverished by the war of Inde[)endence, 
 loadeil with debt, having a great country to 
 explore, finances to reorgani/i', institutions 
 to consolidate, ami a navy to create, has 
 done her work in the face of the world in a 
 manner that challenges its respect and ad- 
 miration, iler contriliiitions to literature, 
 her able judges, sagacious statesmen, elo- 
 quent orators, acute iliploniatists, and emi- 
 nent soldiers and sailors, have won for her a 
 place in civilization and history, wlTu'li .all 
 British .Vmericans anil EML;li.--hmen iiroiidly 
 acknowledge. Vou are ■• hone of our bone," 
 and as one of your Coi.'.nodores exclaimed, 
 when lending a helping hand to Englishmen 
 in the Chinese rivers, "blood is thicker than 
 water" ; anil the laurels you win, and the tri- 
 umphs jou achieve, even at our exjiense, 
 l)ut illustrate the versatility and vigor of the 
 life-currents which we share. 
 
 Now let us see what the elder branch of 
 the family has been about for the last eighty 
 years, and whether, as we approach the 
 fountain-head, the stream shows less anima- 
 tion. At the beginning of the seventeenth 
 Century, all Jjondon \v;is built of wood, and 
 thirty years after the Howes settled in Xew 
 England, four hundred streets and thirteen 
 thousand houses v.ere consumed in the great 
 fire. In 17s;!, the iiopiilation did not exceed 
 six hundred thousaiul, and the docks were 
 not yet constructed. By the time I saw 
 London first, in l.-i.'i'.», the population had in- 
 creased to a ir.illion and a half; but within 
 the last third of a century the itumbers have 
 swelled to about four millions, so that the 
 metropcdis of our empire is nearly as large 
 as the cities of New York, Brooklyn, 
 riiiladelphia, St. Louis, Chicago, Baltinulre, 
 Boston, Cincinnati, Xew Orleans. San Fran- 
 cisco, and Bullalo, all put together. 
 
 At the close of the Kevolutioiiary War, 
 the British Eiiipire was assunu'd to be oi\ 
 the declilU'. Tliirteen noble provinces had 
 just been lost. She had been humiliated by 
 land and sea. Her power on thi' Anurican 
 Continent hail been >hakeii to its founda- 
 tions. Her great rival had di'feated ;uul 
 triumphed over her; and, with her capital 
 imi)erillcd by mobs, and her treasury loaded 
 down with debt, she bad but a grim" outlook 
 for the future, at that di>a-trims period. 
 But the people around the idd homestead 
 were P')t discouraged. The brain-jiower 
 was not exhau>ted, nor the physical forces 
 spent. They went on thinking, working, 
 and fighting, as though, like AiU;eus, they 
 gathered strength from their fall; and now, 
 at the end of four-fifths of a century, let us 
 
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 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 see what thej' liavo accomplished. On tliia 
 continent, profiting by the lessons of the 
 past, and learning the science of colonial 
 government, they have planted and fostered 
 great provinces as populous as those they 
 lost. They have explored and planted 
 Australia and Now Zealand, conquered an 
 empire in the East, taken Singapore, tiie 
 Mauritius, British Guiana, and Hong Kong; 
 and now, instead of the few feeble colonies 
 left to tbem in 1783, when tiiis country broke 
 aw.ay, they have nearly seventy great prov- 
 inces and dependencies, scattered all over 
 the world, to whom Webster's drum-beat is 
 familiar; which contain a population of 
 hundreds of millions, and secure to the 
 mother islands an abounding commerce, in- 
 dependent of all the rest of the world, but 
 which they threw open to free competition, 
 with a somewhat chivalrous confidence in 
 their own resources. 
 
 Of the men produced in these modern 
 days, wliy should I weary you with a bead- 
 roll? Nelson and Wellington, Clive and 
 Napier, stand in the front of a noble army 
 of warriors who have carried the Ked Cross 
 Flag by land and sea ; and under its ample 
 folds great statesmen have remodelled their 
 institutions, reformed their laws, enlarged 
 the francliise, limited the prerogative, and 
 laid the foundations of civil and religious 
 liberty broad and deep. Nor have the 
 Mother Islands hung tlieir harps upon the 
 willows ; wliile their engineers have covered 
 the ocean with lines of steamships, and their 
 arciiitects have embellished the scenery witli 
 noble structures, their great writers have 
 remodelled history, and the melodious strains 
 of Scott and Byron, of Hemans and Camp- 
 bell, have been heard above the din of work- 
 
 shops that never tire — the ebb and flow of 
 capital enlarging with each pulsation, and 
 the gradual unfolding of that marvellous 
 web and woof of finance whose meshes 
 envelop the world. 
 
 I have but little more to say. If it be 
 wise to gather the Howes together, and re- 
 new old family ties, how much more impor- 
 tant will it bo to bring together tlie three 
 great branches of the Britisli family, and 
 unite them in a common policy, as inde- 
 structible as their language, as enduring as 
 the literature they cannot divide I 
 
 Out of such a union would flow the bles- 
 smgs of perpetual peace, for no forei-'n 
 power would venture to assail us ; and we 
 would be sufficiently strong to be magnan- 
 imous when international difflculfies arose. 
 Ships enough to keep the peace of the seas' 
 would be all we should require. With a 
 landwehr of millions in reserve, our stand- 
 ing armies might be reduced to the minimum 
 of cost. Capital would ebb and flow freely 
 over the whole confederacy ; our transports 
 instead of carrying war material, might carry 
 the surplus population to the regions where 
 labor was wanting, and land was cheap* 
 ocean telegrams would come down to a 
 penny rate; and our national debts would 
 disappear, by the gradual increase of the 
 population, and the growth of tlie general 
 prosperity. May the great Father of mer- 
 cies hear our prayers, and so overrule our 
 national counsels, that wo may come to be 
 one people, living under different forms of 
 government it may be, but knit togetlier by 
 a common policy, based upon an enlightened 
 appreciation of each other's strength, and on 
 a sentiment of mutual esteem. 
 
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THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
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 At tlio conclusion of this classiciil address,* 
 of wliicli we licre give a verbatim copy, 
 Col. Howe invited the audience to join in 
 singing the following beautiful hymn, writ- 
 ten for tlic day, by Miss Caroline Dana 
 Howe, a well-known poetess of Portland, 
 Jkle., who was present on the occasion. It 
 was sung to the air of " Bonnie Doon," the 
 band leading. [See page 22.] 
 
 After the singing of the foregoing song, 
 Col. Howe stepped forward and introduced 
 Mrs. Julia Ward Howe to tiie audience, 
 with these felicitous words: "Mrs. Julia 
 Ward Howe needs no introduction; she 
 long ago introduced herself.t I might say 
 of her as Napoleon said of Madame de 
 Stael — ' She carries a quiver full of arrows 
 that would hit a man were he seated on a 
 rainbow.' " 
 
 Mrs. Howe then presented herself, amid 
 the enthusiastic cheers of the assembly. 
 She was elegantly dressed, and with a very 
 bland and graceful bearing she observed 
 that she did not know, until she saw the 
 progranmie, that she was expected to make 
 an address besides reading a poem, but that 
 in order not to disappoint expectations, siie 
 
 * The lion. .Toscpli Uowo, Sccrctiry of State of tlie 
 Dominion of Caiiiulii, wu8 born In Haiifiix. N. 8., in 
 IbOt; was editor of t lie Xotxi- Scotian , 1828-40, ,iiul 
 Secretary of Blate of Nova Scotia, 1S4S-64. lie now 
 rcsideH at Ottawa, and is one of the ablest statesmen 
 and most eloquent orators of the Dominion of Can- 
 ada, lie is tlie pon of John Howe, editor and loy- 
 alist, born in Boston. Oct. 14, 17.i4; grandson of Jo- 
 seph Howe, born in Dorchester, Marcli 27, 1716-17; 
 great-graiulsou of Isaac Howe, born i.i the same 
 town, July 7, 1078; great-iirreat-gnindson of Isaac 
 Ilowe, baptized in Iloxbnry . Marcli, lU.'io ; itreat-i'reat- 
 
 freat-grandson of Abraham Howe, born (probably ) in 
 latlield, IJroad Oak, Kssex Co.. Jiiigland. made free- 
 man here. May 2, 16;!8, and died Nov. 20, 108;i. His 
 father is supposed to be Robert Howe, of Haltiold, 
 Broad Oak* Knglr.nd; and James Howe, made free- 
 man in lti;i7, was probably a brother, so that Mr. 
 Allibonu is In error instating that the lion. Joseph 
 Howe is '• a lineal descendant of the celebrated 
 I'uriinn divine. .John Ilowe," who was born in 10;jO, 
 and died in 1705. The iSpeechen and Public l.fttfru 
 of the Hon. Joseph Howe, edited by William Ar- 
 maiid. Ml'. P., were published in Boston, 1853, in 
 two volumes, octavo. They arc very able. 
 
 aaC' The Committee feel under great obligations to 
 this gentleman, who gavo his valuable time, and 
 paid his own expenses, refusing all remuneration, 
 and ini-isiingon making a very liberal contiiliution 
 (a part of which only they could accept) to the fund 
 to pay tlie general expenses. They found him a 
 man of m'lierous impulses — one of natnre's noble- 
 men—and wonder not at his popularity at home, or 
 that he is idolized among his own peoplu. 
 
 t Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, daughter of Samuel 
 Ward, a distinguished banker of New York, was 
 married to Dr. Samuel (i. Howe, of Huston, in lS4:i. 
 Bhe published PnnHion f'lotrers in 1854. " These 
 effusions," says a critic In the Southern Quurtivly 
 lieview, " nre'written by a woman who knows how 
 to think as well as how to feol — one who has made 
 herself famiii.'-r with the higher walks of literature 
 — who has deeply pondered Hegel, ('omte. t>weden- 
 borg. Goethe. Danic, and all the masters of song, of 
 pliilosophy and faith. 
 
 Khe puldishcd Words for the Hour, ISiie; The 
 Workl'i Own, 18.'i7: and Jfippolutun, a tragedy, in 
 1858. Her jMtltte-Ui/mii o/ thi llepubliv. puMMivil 
 In the Atlantic iloiitlilij, 1802, is one of the most 
 thrilling lyrics wlileh the hite eivll war called forth. 
 
 Mrs. Howe was born in 1819, and lier mother, a 
 daughter of Mr. B. C. Cutler, of Boston, was a hidy 
 of poetic talent. 
 
 would say what few words were suggested 
 by meeting so many of her friends and 
 kindred. She spoke of the principle of 
 association as being one of the strongest in 
 man's nature. It was this principle which 
 was always attacked by tyrants and despots, 
 in illustration of which she mentioned the 
 prohibition of the Marscllai.se by the French 
 monarchs. The family instinct in America 
 was democratic, the relations of parent to 
 child free and easy. In future, wiien she 
 goes to a distant town, she should ask, be- 
 fore any other question, " Are tliere any 
 Howes here ? " Of course they must difler 
 in matters of opinion, hut she hoped they 
 all agreed in fundamental principles. Sho 
 did not know if there were any strong- 
 minded women among the Howes, but 
 hoped there were no feeble-minded ones. 
 She mentioned the difiercnt inventions by 
 members of the family, and spoke especially 
 of the benefit which Elias Howe had done 
 to all women by his invention of the sew- 
 ing-machine. She thought he must have 
 pitied his mother, or his sister, or perhaps 
 his wife. She had never known any Howe 
 idlers. The " how not to do it " was some- 
 thing unknown to them. She closed her 
 remarks by quoting " Si monumentuin 
 quairis adspicc." [If you arc seeking for a 
 monument, look around you.] 
 
 At the close of her admirable address, she 
 recited, with a fine effect, the following hu- 
 morous and original poem on the name of 
 Howe, which has since been set to the beau- 
 tiful air " Do They Miss Me at Home?" by' 
 Grannis. [Sec page 23.] 
 
 This unique poem drew forth hearty ap- 
 plause, and was followed by an admirable 
 piece of music by the band, when the 
 President introduced the Hon. Wm. Wirt 
 Howe, of New (Irlcans, in the following 
 well-chosen words : 
 
 " The orator of the day, to whom you 
 listened a short time ago, came from the far 
 North. I have the pleasure of introducing 
 to you now another member of our family 
 who comes to us from the far South — from 
 the city of New Orleans. 1 knew him per- 
 sonally in Louisiana during the war, and I 
 can testify to the honorable part he bore as 
 an officer in the army of the United States. 
 Heturning to the practice of the law in New 
 Orleans, he at once attained such c tinence 
 that his appointment on the bench of the 
 highest court of Louisiana followed, almost 
 as a mutter of course, giving the sincerest 
 pleasure, not tmly to his immediate fi lends, 
 but to all who are interested in the adminis- 
 tration of justice in that State. Allow nic, 
 then, to present to you the Hon. William Wirt 
 Howe, of the Supreme Court of Louisiana." 
 
 Judge Howe, a tall, slender man, with a 
 Grecian forehead, then stepped forward, 
 amid the plaudits of the people, and, in a 
 clear and resonant voice, delivered a most 
 eloquent address. 
 
THE NAME WE BEAR. 
 
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 Our kinsmen of the long ai^n. 
 
 Tossed like onrselvi's on stormy seas; 
 They watched tlie deadly coutlict jrrow, 
 
 I'raycd, foii:,'lit, and won proud victories. 
 Tlii.~ same olil earth, their lirave feci trod, 
 
 These same jmre stars aliove them shone; 
 Our lathers' fate, our fathers' (iod, 
 
 'J'liro' all these years has lieenoiir own. 
 Descended from these lords of earth. 
 
 Otu' lives the royal stani]) should wear; 
 While clear iusiiruias of otir Idrth, 
 
 U]) to the Lord of Heaven we hear. 
 So shall tlx'sc sainted souls of yore, 
 
 Who tr()i| (Hir.'^oil with hleediuj; feet. 
 Around the throne their anthems pour. 
 
 As we their great reward complete. 
 The good, the imre, it never dies, 
 
 'I'hose honored wtiiuen, and laave men, 
 Who made such iu)lile .sacritice. 
 
 Still live in all true lives again. 
 
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 Their cmiiire of the ancient time. 
 
 Shall hold through generations hence: 
 While passing yi'urs, in gniud old chime, 
 
 King in a new intelligence. 
 We lack no element of power. 
 
 One mission has the guiding star; 
 And c)ne the lowly blooming ll.)wer. 
 
 While both, (iod's chosen vassals arc. 
 If one liut riglitly tills his idace, 
 
 However small that sphere may he; 
 No seraph at the thnjue of grace, 
 
 Hath surer claim of Heaven iu foe. 
 
 Friends ! kinsmen ! of a worthy race, 
 
 Oh let us proudly fix our eyes 
 Where h<mor holds her court of graeo, 
 
 Thrcmgh noble deeds, ami high emprise. 
 For he alone is truly great. 
 
 Whose virtue goes before Ids fame ; 
 Whose soul .stands ever robed in state, 
 
 To make illustrious his name. 
 
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I SIT AND LOOK OUT OP MY WINDOW. 
 
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 toll It to (,'lvi'iuc my verses, Ami what does It answer iiic, ••Ilowe? " And what does It aiisw.T iiu-iloui^? 
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 2 I di-cnin in the meadows sweet- sccntctl, 
 
 And t'ollow tile turf-i'iittiim' ploiiji-Ji; 
 So IJiiriis loiiiid Ids ino.isi' and lii.> dnisy ; 
 
 I seek Xo — ami only lind U.iwc. 
 Then I Ko to my books very leariu'd; 
 
 I must write those same verses, 1 vow; 
 Come, hel|) mc, you Greeks audycui (iermans; 
 
 Tlic books, too, have kanieil to .say Howe. 
 
 3 Yet I know 'tis oceasion most fittiii;.' 
 
 When birds that liuvc II iwn from the lioivph 
 Come baek with their brooil,. and their music 
 
 At tlie pleasant .suii^ostion of Ho-.ve. 
 And I know tlierc are woiidr.ris iuvention.s 
 
 To whieh otiier eontiiients bow; 
 There are sewcfs and reapers ainl wringers 
 
 Baptized in tiie good name of Howe. 
 
 4 Tliere's a m'ln wiio iiiiloo^ed a soul's prison 
 
 With a piiii'iit endeavor, I trow, 
 Broiiirlit ilie blind and the dumb into fr.'edom, 
 
 .And that soul in its .■.daduess knows Howe. 
 And one w.is all ready for battle, 
 
 When .Southerners made their f,Teat row, 
 And one hopes that b.ittles are over, 
 And the woman must show the world Howe. 
 
 5 I .sit niid look out of my window. 
 
 The sky wears her fair sumiiu'r brow; 
 I h.ive promised a poem that you wait for, 
 ^ .And fauey ,says iiotliiii!,' but Howe. 
 Thus others e:m sim; .0 you better, 
 
 I iii.:y shut my worn miisie-book now; 
 But I'll close with a true woman's blissinij 
 
 "God's grace to the children of Howe." 
 
84 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 OF TIIK 
 
 HON. WM. WIRT HOWE, 
 
 Judge of the Supreme Court of Louisiana. 
 
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 We arc jjnivcly assured by Mr. Darwin 
 tliat tlie family of How.;, as wull as the more 
 numerous family of Smith, and the possibly 
 more aristocratic family of Howard, are de- 
 sccndi'd from certain "apelike progenitors," 
 with hairy skins, and pointed ears and pre- 
 hensile tails. 
 
 We arc further informed that these ape- 
 like progenitors were arboreal in their hab- 
 its; tiiat tiiey were devoted to climbing; 
 that their favorite study was literally the 
 pursuit of the •' higher branches " ; and their 
 most vaulting ambition was to leap from limb 
 to limb of the primeval forest. 
 
 Now, whether Mr. Darwin bo riglit or 
 wrong in his theory — whether his skilful 
 antagonist, Mr. St. George Mivart, have 
 demolished him or not — it is certain tliat 
 the Howes (as well as the Smiths) are ar- 
 boreal in their habits; that though their 
 hairy skins may have been modified to more 
 or less smootiiness, and the points of their 
 ears become more or less rudimentary, yet 
 they are still fond of trees ; tlieir natural 
 academy is tlie grove; their natural tem- 
 ple the over-arching forest; tlieir natural 
 place of meeting, on such an occasion as 
 this, the cool arcades of the New England 
 woods. 
 
 It is well that we should meet under such 
 noble trees. We may have lost the power 
 of climbing them, possessed by our '* pro- 
 genitors," (that power appears sometimes in 
 our boys, by the process of " reversion," 
 and trousers perish everlastingly,) — we 
 may, I say, have lost the art of climbing 
 these noble trees, between whose dark 
 stems the forest plows so beautilully with 
 tlie rising and setting sun, yet we have not 
 lost the faculty of enjoying their color, their 
 form, their shade, their associations. They 
 have come down to us from a former gener- 
 ation ; they were contemporaries of those 
 ancestors whom we have met to talk about 
 to-day. 
 
 I have thought that on such an occasion a 
 speaker might, without improprietj', allude 
 to his immediate ancestors, and, so to speak, 
 leap from limb to limb of his immediate fam- 
 ily tree; for this is a private meeting, and 
 we may talk of things in which the world at 
 
 large would feel no special interest. It is 
 perliaps matter of regret that I have noth- 
 ing very surprising to saj* in this regard. I 
 cannot affirm, with the man in the song, 
 that " my grandfather was a most wonder- 
 ful man "; I cannot allege, after the manner 
 suggested by Tony Lumpkin, that " my 
 mother was an alderman and my auiit a jus- 
 tice of tlie peace." 
 
 And, by the way — or rather out of the 
 way — to me even certain forms of joke have 
 their points *orn away by the continual drop- 
 ping of the years. In one of Sheridan's com- 
 edies there is a character who purports to be 
 crack-brained, and one of his most ridiculous 
 plans is to run stage-coaches by steam, and 
 light them witli gas. We see no joke in that : 
 yet it was probably received with shouts of 
 derisive laughter by the gods of the gallery 
 at Drurj' Lane. And so poor Tony Lump- 
 kin's jest about a mother being an alderman 
 and an aunt a justice of the peace, is no 
 longer, I fear, a proper subject for mirth in 
 Massachusetts. It has even been said by 
 the journals — and we must believe every- 
 thing we see in them — that an eminent lady 
 of our own family has been made a justice 
 of the peace in Boston, and that she will 
 soon be uttering tlie Delphic thunders of 
 judicial decision, and launching the live 
 lightnings of the writ v>i fieri facias. 
 
 But this is a digression, and let us return 
 to our — ancestors. I will not go back, like 
 Moliere's lawyer, to the garden of Eden, 
 but will come down to an even more mod- 
 ern point than the opposing lawyer suggested 
 when he recommended his antagonist to 
 " pass on to the Deluge." 
 
 I learn that my great-grandfather, Abner, 
 died, in the revolutionary army, in 177G. 
 His son. Job Lane Howe, born in Brook- 
 field, Mass., in 1709, removed to Siioreliam, 
 Vermont, in 179t!, where my father, the 
 eldest son, was born in 1797. Vermont was 
 then a frontier country. An irreverent child 
 might have met a she-bear in those dense for- 
 ests without any special interposition. Peo- 
 ple crossed the Green Mountains then, and 
 settled on Lake Cliamplain, as now they cross 
 the Uocky Mountains and settle on Puget 
 Sound. 
 
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THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
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 My grandfatllur seems to liave boon a good 
 pioneer, for two reasons nt least : in tiic tlrst 
 place he was a public-spirited citizen, and 
 in the second place lie had grout theoretical 
 and practical skill in mechanics, being an 
 architect, a builder, a mill-wriglit, a wheel- 
 wright, and a ship-builder, lie planned 
 and built the first church — or, I sliould 
 say, " nioeting-house " — erected at Shoro- 
 han) ; and so thorough was his work, that it 
 is still told that the shingle roof lasted with- 
 out repair for fifty years. Ho also manufac- 
 tured some of the first wagons used over 
 those early rough roads ; and it is related, 
 as evidence of tlie sincere manner in which 
 lie did this work, that one of those wagons, 
 after being used thirty years, sold for more 
 than its original cost, having been built 
 after the manner of l)r. Holmes's " one- 
 hoss shay." 
 
 In 1800 he removed to Crown Point, New 
 York, and it may bo said that he substan- 
 tially founded the town. Ho built the dam 
 across the stream which there falls into Lake 
 Champliin; built extensive grist-mills and 
 saw-mills; erected the brick meeting-house, 
 and the principal mansion and store, which 
 still stand on the village greon. He also estab- 
 lished lumber-yards, and at last a shipyard. 
 
 Nor did he work for himself alone. It is 
 related that he was benevolent and public- 
 spirited. In 1814 he volunttjered, as captain 
 of a troop, for the defence of Plattsburg. 
 In 181G, known as the famine year, when 
 there was a frost in Northern Now England 
 every month of summer, he freely fed the 
 poor, and refused to sell his grain to spec- 
 ulators from abroad, who ottered him high 
 prices. This may have boon very bud polit- 
 ical economy, but wo have reason to suppose 
 it was pretty good religion. He was often 
 found, with a force of his men, improving a 
 road or a bridge ; and, on one occasion, be- 
 ing told by a neighbor, " This will do you no 
 good,"he promptly replied," It will do some- 
 body good." 
 
 In 1829, on account of a wido-sproad pres- 
 sure in the money market, he was obliged to 
 make an assignment of his extensive prop- 
 erty for the benefit of his creditors ; yet I 
 rejoice to say that it was really made for 
 their benefit; and he lived to see every debt 
 paid in full, and something left for his chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Ho died in the Fall of 1839, at the age of 
 70, and, though full of years, his death was 
 greatly hastened, apparently, by a singular 
 mishap. The winter before, he went out on 
 the snow-crust in the woods some miles from 
 home to select ship-timber, for which he had 
 an excellent eye. While thus engaged, the 
 sun came out, the crust molted, and he was 
 obliged to wade home through snow that was 
 leg-deep. The exertion was excessive for a 
 man in his TOth year, and probably hastened 
 his (loath ; for, by reason of strength, of 
 temperance, of an orderly, industrious life, 
 he might easily have attained the age of 
 fourscore. 
 
 Indeed, tho region where ho lived was 
 rather famous for longevity. It is said by 
 some veracious chroniclor, that onco a trav- 
 eller, riding along Lake Champlain, saw a 
 white-haired veteran of perhaps ',),"» years 
 si* , by tho roadside weeping bitterly, 
 and sai<l t;) him, with respectful sympathy, 
 "Venerable man! why do you woop?" 
 " Oil ! " said he, " I was a bad boy this 
 morning, and father thrashed me." 
 
 Well, I have told you, in very few words, 
 the story of the life of the only remote an- 
 cestor with whoso history I have any es- 
 pecial acquaintance. There is not much in 
 tho story. I would not toll it, except in 
 what I consider a family circle; it is neither 
 exciting nor romantic ; there is no glamour 
 about it. Ho lived laborious days, without 
 haste, without rest, doing the duty of tho 
 hour, as builder of churches, mills, ships 
 and towns, but building wiser than he knew, 
 I fancy; for, as an honest and sincere 
 worker, who wrought as with tho loving, yet 
 inexorable. Eye of the liroat Taskmakor ever 
 resting upon him, he was really one of those 
 pioneers who help to lay broad the founda- 
 tions of the State. 
 
 To those financial Jews who think that 
 Wall Street is a little heaven below — a sort 
 of Jerusalem the Golden — his life would be 
 an absurd stumbling-block; to those polit- 
 ical Greeks who hope to go to Saturn when 
 they die because there are such m:igiiificont 
 " rings " in that iilanot, it is tho merest foolish- 
 ness ; but to those who reflect that the Com- 
 monwealth must, after all, be founded on 
 the lives of those who do their work hon- 
 estly and sincerely — and chiofiy in tlio pri- 
 vate station — such a modest life may seem 
 of considerable value, as being, in its small 
 way, in the nature of a corner-stone. Even 
 Thomas Carlyle might be satisfied with work 
 done so thoroughly as his. 
 
 We have a singular variety of " Groat 
 Man" nowadays. The Hon. Jabosh Loatli- 
 erlungs, being quite unable to earn an hon- 
 est living, rushes into politics; plays the 
 demagogue ; gets on by flattery and bribery ; 
 goes to Congress ; prints speeches, wlilch he 
 not only never delivered, but which ho never 
 even composed ; skips along through life 
 from one false pretence to another, as men 
 cross broken ice by jumping from cake to 
 cake ; and ho is called " our eminent follow- 
 citizon." I have no quarrel witli tho Hon. 
 .Tabosli Loathorlungs, or with his devoted 
 friends, who call liiin " our eminent follow- 
 citizen." But I do affirm that it is a great 
 mistake to say that Mr. Loathorlungs, or any 
 other man like him, is in any wise tho cause 
 of our national prosperity. Ho is not a 
 cause, ho is only an accidental concomitant. 
 Ho is no more a cause than the fly that sat 
 on the chariot was the cause of its locomo- 
 tion ; no more than tho curculio is the cause 
 of the apple-crop. 
 
 The country gets on in spite of him. The 
 cause of our national prosperity is to be 
 
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36 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 found in llic lioni'sty iind industry of (nir 
 
 !)i()Mi'i.'r>i, will) ninvc on in tiu' van, I'oing lln! 
 mrd work, mid linin); it wcdi. 
 
 And I lliink we niiiy, witliout li^'inf,' idiiir- 
 imiicai, tli:ink (iod for w virtuous New V.xvf,- 
 land luiccsiry — im iinccHtry jiurf in ln'iirt. 
 W(,' arc told liy I'rofcssor 'I'yndidl tliat \vi,at 
 18 cnlicd radiant licat may b(! so gatlu'rcd 
 into a focus as to niakc ]ilatiMUui wliitu-hot; 
 niid yet tlic same coiici'ntratcd rays may be 
 jiouri'd into the iiunian eye not only without 
 injury, but witliout .si'ii^ation, so unconscious 
 niid iiiiprcffnabk' is this orj^nn by its nature 
 to the attacks of radiant beat. In like man- 
 ner, it seems as if the white souls of our 
 );raiidsircs, who lived amonj; these bealtliy 
 liiils, were unconsciously inijireKnable to 
 those attacks of teniptation which consume 
 till' present jjeneration as in a furnace seven 
 times heated. 
 
 Jt mii;lit be too boastful to say that we 
 have inlu'rited this dispo.^iiion to well-doing, 
 and this indiflerenee to evil. Hut we may 
 try to clieii,«li the good example of our 
 worthy ancestors. Im the elder and better 
 (lays of the Koman K'epublic it is notalde 
 that the fathers taught their sons by contin- 
 ual personal companionsbii), and example 
 of that kind is such a power! One of my 
 earliest recollections is being taken by my 
 father into the great kitchen, late at iiii;hl, 
 to see a band of fugitive slaves fed, as tluy 
 made their way through AVestern New York 
 to Canada. We may difler on the political 
 questions which at that time were involved 
 in such an act, and wehavt'.i right to differ ; 
 but we will all agri'c in our estimate of the 
 power of such a scene ui)on the mind of a 
 child. And whenever I bear those menior- 
 orable words, " Inasimich as ye have done 
 it unto the least of these my brethren ye 
 liave done it unto me." the scene in the <dd 
 kitchen returns; and it seems as if the light 
 which shone from the great fire on the hearth- 
 stone was not a whit brighter or warmer 
 than the light of universal brotherly kind- 
 ness which beamed from my father's face. 
 
 I thank you, my friends, for the kind wel- 
 come you have given to me and mine; and 
 I join you lieartily in best wishes for all who 
 are known " By the name of Howe." 
 
 At tlie conclusion of this admirable ad- 
 dress, the following song, entitled " 'J'he 
 Good Old Name of Howe," written expressly 
 for the occasion by Jlrs. Mary U. Howe 
 Hinckley, of San Francisco, Cal., and 
 adapted to the tune of " Auld Lang Syne," 
 was- sung with feeling by the congregation. 
 [See next page.] 
 
 Miss 'Warner then advanced gracefully, 
 and sang, in a clear, sweet, and finely mod- 
 ulated voice, the first two stanzas of the 
 " Star-Spangled Banner," the band support- 
 ing, and the audience joining in chorus. 
 The Tresident then made the announcement 
 tliftt a series of three races for prizes would 
 occur in the afternoon : 
 
 1st. S. foot-race on the Iiighway near tiio 
 grove — first prize, silver cup; second 
 pri/e, silver fruit-knife. 
 
 I'd. A potato-race — first prize, silver 
 napkin ring; second prize, silver pencil- 
 case. 
 
 ;id. A tidi-raeo — first i)rize. gold pencil- 
 case; second jtrize, silver pencil-case. 
 
 This concluded the exercises at the s|)rak- 
 ers' stand, and the President then inforiiu'd 
 the audience that the hour for dinner hail 
 arrived; and, preced- d liy the band, playing 
 a lively air, the vu»t concourse of llowis 
 moved quickly forward to the maminolli 
 tent, where the smoking viands were await- 
 ing them. 
 
 XII. THE DI.NNKR. 
 
 The table was spread by Mr. S. F. 
 Twitcbel, of South Framingliam ; and it 
 may well be supposed that, al'tiT the loiis' 
 services at the grove, the peoiile caiiii' with 
 sbaiiiened appitites to the aiM])le board, 
 (iraee having been said by the l{ev. Moses 
 Howe, of New lU'dfonl. the viands were 
 discussed without reservi', and full justice 
 done to every course and side-dish of the 
 liaiiijuet.* ■ 
 
 Dinner being over, the com])any resolved 
 itself into a general speech-making assem- 
 bly, led by Col. l-'rank E. Howe, who was 
 full of sparkling wit, which kept the com- 
 jiany in the haiijiiest mood, and who, by bis 
 free and ba])py bits and Lonliomic, inspired 
 every one to say whatever he might think 
 would be of interest to the assembled family. 
 He then read a telegram just received from 
 the Lyman family, which was holding its 
 second reunion at Northampton, Mass., con- 
 gratulating the Howe family on its gather- 
 ing, and wishing it health and prosperity. 
 Many amusing anecdotes of their ancestors 
 and relatives wore told by difl'erent persons. 
 The I'residcnt paid a high compliment to 
 Mr. Klias Howe for his eilorts in arranging 
 for this reunion, and proposed that he should 
 have charge of the money contributed toward 
 the payment of expenses. 
 
 The President, Col. Frank E. Howe, in- 
 troduced tlie Kev. Moses Howe as follows: 
 
 " I am very glad that there is present one 
 of whom I have known, and whom I have 
 respected, since my early boyhood. Though 
 quite an old man, he still retains, in a won- 
 derful degree, his youtliful feelings ; he is 
 jovial and witty. 
 
 " He has married more persons than almost 
 any living clergyman, and is willing, I have 
 
 ♦WnATTiiE IIoweFamii.y Ate.— We Icani from 
 Mr. Twitchol, the calertT at tlio gnat llowc Uatli- 
 erhig, soiiio farta about the lastu of tlii' lluwc lam- 
 ily, that may lie of goiioral iiitcrcst. Tlicy alo 1200 
 I'.irs of corn, 70 watermelons, .'!j pecks of the famoim 
 Boulh Framlngli.im doiigliniits, 150 pies, bcBUleH a 
 wagon-load of cliickcn, beef, lamb, and hum. — J-'ra- 
 mingham Gazette. 
 
i 
 
 THE GOOD OLD NAME OP " HOWE " 
 
 Huna at the Itowt Faimhj (latherinij ami Cffehrnffon, irnrinony Grore, ii'nith Fmmiivjkam , J/a.M. 
 
 Composed cxprosily for the occMloii, by Mm. MAUY H. IIUWK IIIXCKI.KY. c.rMiin KrnnchOd. Cal. 
 
 Mii«lP, "Aiilil I.iMiv Sjriii'." 
 
 
 '^ 
 
 1. Yim iric'it to-iliiy to ccl-c-lmUe With lU-iiil lieiirt ami l)ri)W, 
 
 As CliiUlrt'ii of one 
 
 
 fiiiu - i-lv,— The dcnr old imme of IIowc 
 
 Hrotlirrs miil Sisters,— by that iiaiin' You 
 
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 liolii ill i-ov'ivncc dear; How fitting you should set ajiart. This day for fiieiully cheer. 
 
 
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 And as you meet, in eonvorse swpot, 
 
 "lieneatli tlie ^'reenwooil IiohltIi," 
 Tliiiik ot'tlu' absent ones, wlio eiaim 
 
 Tlie dear old name ot Howe. 
 We eauM'it all he there, to join 
 
 The Family (iatherim,', — 
 And thus a loyal DanLjhter, sends 
 
 This tViendly oU'ering. 
 Tlie Kn,i,'lisli name our Fatlicrs liorc, 
 
 We jiroudly cherish now; 
 Aye ! wear it " in our heart of hearts," 
 
 Tlic dear old name of Howe. 
 Thoufih i)Ianted first on England's soil, 
 
 A seion of tliat tree. 
 Borne o'er tlie tea— was praftcd 
 
 On the Tree of Lil)orty. 
 
 For when the call for Freemen came, 
 
 (As ye are rallyini; now — ) 
 In time of peace," proved to uphold 
 
 The grand old name of Howe. 
 
 Our Fathers, nrmiuLT for tlie ti'-jht, 
 
 Left anvil, desk and plnw — 
 L'pholdin',' in the cause of rj;;ht, 
 
 The noble name of Howe. 
 
 Oil grand old days when Heroes lived; 
 
 (ireeii is tlieir memory now; 
 And Cliildreu's chililreu reverence 
 
 Tlie dear old name of Howe. 
 Now the old Family Tree sends forth 
 
 Its Strom,' roots everywhere : 
 And N'orth.and East, and South, and West, 
 .Some goodly branclu's hear. 
 
 Broad is the land our Fathers tilled, 
 
 The Harvest's wealth untold; 
 Home of the Free! enslirined in thee. 
 
 Their precious trust we hold ! 
 God of our Fathers,— reverently. 
 
 Before tliy Throne we how : 
 Help us to keep unstained and pure. 
 
 The good old name of Howe. 
 
s8 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 no doubt, to perform that cpromonylicro to- 
 day, iC tlierc uro any hero wlio winli to bo 
 nmrried. 
 
 • Tlu' Uov. MoHi'H Tlowe wnii liorn In Iho weit pnr- 
 IhIi of Ilavcrhlll, Miikk., Aiik- 'A l?**!). Il« wim a 
 cirrk III hU iiiii-lc Daviil IIowv'h «tor(\ in lliivorlilll, 
 mnrly nix yi'ar». \\v prciirlicd for tlio llrnt tliiii', 
 Mfiv I, IHU. unci wHH onlnliMil In Hiili'in, NfiiHii., Miiy 
 'i. IsM. Ill- wim miirrl('<l to KrmicrM, iliiiitjlitcr of 
 Ami uiiil Kiiliiiiiliili DciirboriiiOf I'urtMmuiilli, N. II., 
 Hipt. 11, HJ;i, liy wliom In- had llirco ^oiih, vI/.. : 
 Mo»m (}., burn Ani{. 14, lK2r); William H. (»., liorii 
 Nov. «, is;il ; niul I.ymaii H., born Kch. 2fi, ISJiS. 
 
 Tbli vi'turun In tliu mlnUtry hai pruacticU abuut 
 
 " I refer to thu llev. Moses Howe, of Now 
 Bedford, funiiliarly known an Klder Howe."* 
 
 R.ono tlmm, attcndi'i] 'i,1\h finipraU, nnd Inlncil In 
 nwirrlair" 3,nS0 pi'mdim. lie U it lineal iliMci'iiilnnt 
 of Jaiiirn llowi*. of ipawlcli, wlio wiiH ailinltti'il frt'i'- 
 iniin May 17, 10:i7, and wbo waK thu xon of Unbrrt 
 Howe, of Ilattli'Id. Kriiad Oak, Kkhcx Co., Kii|{lanil. 
 IIu U tliiTcrorr of the Kiiinr bruiii'li an tin* lion. iTo- 
 Nt'pli llowu of Cniiada. May lilx IiihI ilayH lii< his 
 bi»t dayH, and " IiIb BlrciiKtb l»! riMU'Wi'd." acrordliig 
 to till' pruinlHv, and liu ''muuiit up with wliii;* ua 
 caglL'ii.'' [1». zl. Ul.] 
 
 REMARKS OF REV. MOSES HOWE, 
 
 OF NEW BEDFORD, 
 Aug. 3t, 1871. 
 
 Mr. I'restdeni : 
 
 IMntt over ciglity-two years of age, and 
 tlierefore a very old man, you would not, I 
 suppose, exiiect front nic a long speech, oven 
 if the time were not short. 
 
 I cluiin the privilege of addressing you, 
 my friends, as brothers and sisters. That 
 gUL'li we are I think I can prove to my own 
 mind, if not to yours. We will not go back 
 to the ereiition, but only to the days of Noah, 
 who had three noted sons, Shein, Hani, and 
 Japlieth. These young men, in some way 
 or otlier, were informed, and believed, that 
 there was to be a great flood, and, with that 
 wise forecast for the future whieh has dis- 
 tinguislied ojr branch of their descendants 
 — I sjieak with due modesty — they took 
 each a wife. 
 
 To Asia went the descendants of Shorn, to 
 Africa tho descendants of Ham, and to 
 Europe and America the descendants of 
 Japheth. Does it not follow, therefore, that 
 the latter was our progenitor, and his full 
 name ,Tapheth Howe? Thus is our rela- 
 tionship of brothers and sisters established. 
 
 I am glad, my brothers and sisters, to 
 meet so many of you at this celebration, to 
 see so many joyous faces, to hear the 
 friendly voice, and to shake the hands of 
 so many of this warm-hearted family. I 
 trust that this occasion will prove a blessing 
 to us all, and cause our hearts to be united 
 more firmly than ever before. 
 
 We have each decorated ourselves with a 
 l)a(lge — a badge of blue. There is a sig- 
 nificance to this color which perhaps has not 
 occurred to you. 
 
 It antedates to the time of one of our an- 
 cestors — Moses of olden time, the son of 
 Amram. In his d.iy, the children of Israel 
 were coniniandcd to make for themselves 
 robes, a garment not unlike tho dressing- 
 gowns which men are wont to wear, and to 
 put thereon around the wrist a ribbon of 
 blue, and around the neck a ribbon of blue, 
 and arou.id the skirt a ribbon of blue, 
 
 " that," to use tho words of sacred Writ, 
 " they might look upon it and rcniemher all 
 the commandments of the Lord to do them." 
 
 And 80, were their hands at any time lifted 
 in anger to a servant, the blue ribbon of tho 
 wrist would remind them of the command, 
 " Thou shalt not kill, and if thou smite a 
 servant so that he die, thou shalt surely be 
 punished." 
 
 Were they speaking in rcproacli of flicir 
 neighbor, tho blue ribbon on the neck would 
 remind them of the command : " Thou shalt 
 not bear false witness against thy neighbor." 
 Wore they pursuing a wrong course in life, 
 the blue ribbon upon the skirt of tlie gar- 
 ment would bring to their remembrance the 
 command which saith : " Thou shalt not 
 follow the multitude to do evil, but ye shall 
 walk in all the commandments of the Lord, 
 that ye may live." 
 
 Thus were these three great command- 
 ments, which forbid the wrong in thought, 
 word, or deed, taught tho children of Israel 
 by tho ribbon of blue which they were com- 
 manded to wear. 
 
 May iUcth-' badges of blue ever remind us 
 of our rt)li^i' ion to obey the laws of God, 
 to lore Ilim .< ith all the heart, and to love 
 our neii'!)bfr as ourselves I 
 
 I viSl cIjso, Mr. President, by expressing 
 one wisii : May the several members of tho 
 Howe family be noted for their Christian 
 faith, their Christian hope, and their Chris- 
 tian charity, even to the latest generation. 
 
 The chairman then stated that there wore 
 five members of the family now living, whose 
 united ages were 404 years. Mr. John 
 Howe, of Providence, sang an original com- 
 ic song by one of his relatives, which he called 
 his " Aunt Jorusha." liev. Mark Anthony 
 Do Wolfe Howe, D.I)., of Philadelphia, 
 made a brief speech of welcome and cor- 
 dial greeting. A relative of tho family, 
 Mrs. L. Golding Benton, a former mission- 
 ary to Asia, related some interesting remr 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATIlElilNG, 
 
 
 Inidccncrs of lior Rrftiulfiitlu'r, C\\\iX Diiiiicl 
 Ilowi', (if Dccr'clil, will) wim twico capturi'd 
 by tin- IiitliiiiiH, luiil (incp rtMhut'd to iiliiv- 
 cry.* 4)tlit'r rt'nmrk!i wore nimh' by Mr. 
 Win. IIdwi'. of liiihwiiy, N. J., Mr. {Si:lni'y 
 llowf, niul Mr. .luliiin Howe, of Micliii^iin. 
 At (linniT, tlii' following rosolutionn were 
 tlicn otl'tTod \iy MoHCH (i. II()Wi>, Ksq., a 
 lawyer of HoHton, nml son of Hi-v. 
 Mofii'g Howe, of New JUilfurd, anil ndoptcd : 
 
 IlF.ftOI.l'TIONS OF Till. HOWE FAMILY. 
 
 TliHt tlio incnilK'rH of tlio IIowi" fam- 
 ily licri' aNsi'iiibicd in Harmony (}rovc, liu- 
 fore ri'turninn to their sovorol ahodos, offir 
 tlio following rcHoliitionH : 
 
 Rmnlvcd, That this occasion, which has 
 hroiifjlit into a family union 80 mi.ny of our 
 kigdrcd from various parts of the country, 
 from Canada to the distant I'acitlc, has 
 bt't'n i'Xccodin({ly intcrcstinn and profltahlc, 
 inasmuch as it has revived in our recollec- 
 tion, and brouf^ht to our knowledj^e, the 
 names, the memory, and the deeds of an 
 honorable ancestry. IJecausc it has re- 
 newed many aeiiuaintancea, and brought 
 into more intimate fellowsliip many who 
 long since separated, and many who never 
 before met. 
 
 Resolved, That wc send our greetings to 
 our brothers and sisters far nnd near, who 
 now bear, or who have borne, the name of 
 Howe, and wo regret they are not with 
 us on this occasion, and we wish them 
 good health, happiness, and properity. 
 
 Resolved, That whereas wc have inher- 
 ited from our ancestors an honorable name, 
 we will endeavor to transmit it untarnished 
 to our posterity. 
 
 Resolved, Thot our thanks are especially 
 due, and are herewith given to Mr. Elias 
 Howe, of Boston, who first conceived the 
 idea of having this celebration, and who, 
 after a labor of months, has brought it to 
 a successful consummation. Also that wc 
 are under great obligations to our distin- 
 guished cousin, the Hon. Joseph Howe, 
 
 * Wo regret thnt we had not the opportunity of 
 tnkiiij; down, nt the lime, tlic very eutiTtiilnliig re- 
 m»rkH of tlilx laily. Slio \» now lectiirini; in tliln 
 country upon Life nnd Scenes in I'alcatlne. The 
 I.ycfum Mtt(jatine. thuH ftponlcH of her: 
 
 " Mrn. lieiitoii Ima re»iued wltli lier husband, Rev. 
 Wni. A. Ueiiton, for more than twenty years, as 
 American misnionary in the Holy Land. 
 
 " A;i Hyrian life and manners liave hardly changed 
 since tlie days of ihe Apostles, any graphic and 
 trutliful account of the present life and manners of 
 tlie people of ralostiiie, gives the most vivid and in- 
 Btnicllve comnienlary of the times when the Chris- 
 tian religion was cHtablished. 
 
 " Mrs. IJeiiton (we know from having heard her 
 lecture, no Icks than from a host of testimonies) has 
 the rare gift of holding audiences of young people 
 epell-bound by her picturesque, yet unpretending 
 eloquence. She reproduces the customs and life of 
 yyria as it may be seen to-day, so vividly, and with 
 such interesting anecdote, that she makes every one 
 »ee the people among whom Christ preached, and 
 the country in wliicli " he went about continually 
 doing good " • -nd from the scenery and customs of 
 whieli lie drew his illustrations of moral truth." 
 She now resides at Oakdulo, West Uoylstun, Mass. 
 
 fur his interesting and instructive addresi. 
 Also to the presiding otlicer, and all others 
 who have contributed by poem, address, 
 song, or otherwise, to make the occasion a 
 success, t 
 
 A collection was then taken up for do- 
 fraying the expenses, afUr which I'ol. 
 Howe ottered the final sentiment: " 'I'o our 
 absent friends ! " when the eom|)aiiy wiih- 
 <lrew to witness the foot-races. One was on 
 the road, the other on Ihe campus. 
 
 The potat(i-ra(re was thus orrai)j,'ed ; 
 Three parallel lines, a few feet apart, and, 
 it might be, two rods in length, were 
 marked oil" on the green sward; at <<jiiiil 
 distances along tliese lines sonii^ ten or a 
 dozen holes were sunk into the I'arth. 
 Each contestant stands beside a basket of 
 ni)]iles at the head of his line, and, at a 
 given signal, starts, with an apple, for the 
 first hole in his line, and drops it in ; returns 
 to the basket for another ajiplo for the second 
 hole, and drops it in; returns forathinl, and 
 so on, till the holes in his line are filled. 
 He then, in the same manner, carries them 
 back severally to the basket. He who takes 
 the apples soonest to the basket wins the 
 game. The three runners were uneipial as 
 to size and age, but sprang with right good 
 will the instant that the word was given, to 
 the execution of the task. A thousand wit- 
 nesses encircled them, some cheering for 
 the long, some for the lithe, some for the 
 little boy. One bus more strength, one has 
 more suppleness, one more agility. The 
 " little boy " is the quicker on the " turn," 
 the lithe boy bends the nearer to the sod. 
 The little boy leads — the sympathy is for 
 him — he ])ants a trifle; one apple misses 
 mark; the lithe boy almost creeps upon the 
 ground, but steadily, surely. He is gaining- 
 slow and steady never fail to gain — and 
 there he is — line cleared three apples in 
 advance — and there he stands, amid the 
 acclamations of the multitude, the athletic 
 victor. Well done, Sumner L. Howe! He 
 also won the first prize, a silver cup, in the 
 foot-race, and we hope that ho may win it 
 in the race of life. J 
 The boat-race was omitted. 
 
 t The Uev. ElbrldgeO. Uowo, of Waukeegan, III., 
 but now of I'axton, Mass., and llie veteran Kdward 
 ilowe, Ksq., of Portland, Me., rendered the Com- 
 mittee great and valuable assixlance in furnishing 
 lists of names, and in sending circulars to members 
 of the family in all parts of the country. Credit is 
 also due to Dr. Ksles Howe, of Cambridge, and 
 James lIowe.Ksqof New York, for very viiluable m- 
 sistance. Miss I>elia Howe, of Ooshen. Ct., aged 7'J 
 yeprs, manifested her Interest In the Oatliering by 
 trrwelling lit) miles, 30 of which was by stage, upon 
 that day, In order to be present with her kinsfolks. 
 She is tno daughter of .laazaniah Howe, a sergeant 
 In the Kevoluiionaiy War. Mrs. Relief (Howe) 
 Walker, of Cumberland, U. I.., aged 80, also made 
 great efforts to be present. 
 
 J Walter W. Uowe won the second prize, a silver 
 pencil, in the potato-race. The foot-race, one-fourth 
 of n mile, was run in a liUlo less than a minute ; U. 
 (i. Tucker won the second prize lu this, a silver 
 fruit kuifu. 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 XUI. — THK HOWE CABINET OF CLRIOSITIKS. 
 
 Tlic contiilmtions of antique relics, books, 
 pniHTs, iiiuturus, ..nd indct'd all sorts of 
 iKir-looms, to tlio '• Jlowe Caljinet," were 
 very lilieriil, and drew forth many exclania- 
 tioiis of .vuqiri^e and wonder from the admir- 
 ing vi>itors. Indeed, quite a large group of 
 people made this tent the reiulezvous for the 
 day; "and thi.s," as one of them remarked, 
 " with reason, for here I see the Howes of 
 former generations." 
 
 An\ong tiie Ijooks, pamphlets, and papers 
 in tl;e Cabinet, which was under tlie cliarge 
 of Mr. Willian Howe, of ]Marlbcrougii, 
 we noticed, with much interest: (I.) 
 Ai; ancient nmsical publication witli 
 this title — " Worshippers' Assistant. 15y 
 Solomon ilowe, A. ^I., Northampton, 
 Mass., 1790 " ; also, " The Farmer's Evening 
 Entertainment," by the same author, liSOl. 
 (2.) " \ Treatise on Being ]5orn Again. 
 Uy S. Wright, Boston, 1742," with this 
 autograph on the title-page: " Thaddeus 
 How, his book, 17d7." (3.) "New Guide 
 to liie Englisli Tongue. I5y Thomas ])il- 
 wortli," with this autograph: " ]{aehel 
 How, July ;!1, 1751." (1.) The old Eauuly 
 Liiile of '■ the Wayside Inn." Folio. From 
 Genesis to Isaiah inclusive, (.j.) A rare 
 and curious printed sermon, bearing this 
 significant title: "'Discourse written by 
 Uriai; How, of Canaan, in the 20th year 
 of his age, and left with bis friends when 
 he went on a caiii))aign to Canada, ;ind was 
 killed in the year 17.")S." " He listed in the 
 wars Apr. !l, 17.)8, and set out on his march 
 for ('anada .lune following, and on the (!th 
 of Jul^' r( ceived a mortal wound from the 
 enemy, at, or near, Tieomleroga, and re- 
 turned liack to Albany, and there died of 
 his wound, Se[)t. 1. 1758," I'rinted in 17()1. 
 pp, 12, Text, Isaiah xxx. 1, This curious 
 sermon is followed by some dozen or more 
 quaint verses, of which tiiu first and third 
 will serve for a specimen : 
 
 "C'liiiic "II, liravo solilici''", wiio arc bolder 
 'I'li.in our .Ww Junjlnnd Ijoy.s V 
 Who ilaru cxixjsc lln'ir liws with thoso 
 Of thi-ni iliiil tear no iiuiso, 
 
 ''C'liini' let MS then all as oiu^ man 
 l-'i-'lit I'nr Kino tir.onoD'.s laws, 
 Ami 'lilt our iiii.-t ill (Joil, that's just, 
 lA ''II (lef'eiul our eause." oLe. 
 
 (0.) Aue.ent Indian deeds to John Howe 
 and others on parchment; a letter troni 
 Oliver I'rescott to Col. Howe, of the 
 "Wayside In:."; a very old and rusty 
 memoramlum-book, sup])oscd to have be- 
 longed to Mr. IV'ter How, of H(>pkinton. 
 The following receipt was lying open be- 
 tween its pages : 
 
 "liee'd of Jir. Peter How thirty-seven 
 shillings and sixpence a year and an half 
 rent of loo acres of Lantl in Hopkinton to 
 25 of Sept. last. 
 
 Edw'i) Hitciiinson, 
 
 Trcns'r oj'ilic Trtisiccs, 
 Eu^ToN. Dec. 1, 1730." 
 
 Front this rare book wc copy le follow- 
 ing niumorandfi : 
 
 "Abigail Stanhope, deceased Sept. the 
 17th, 1722, aged 2S." 
 
 "Joseph How, dyed Octr. ye l.'itli, 1723, 
 nged 17 yrs., 2 nios., and 3 days." 
 
 " Sam'l How, tlyed July 17, 1732. 
 
 "SUDDURY, Nov. 20, 1731. 
 Received of Feter How, of Hopkinton, 
 the sum of six pounds, ten sliillings, in full 
 satisfaction for the sarvis of my son Joseiib, 
 to him performid, in the s])ace of six 
 motitbs and twelve days, in the year one 
 thousand an<l seavcn Hundred Tiiirty. I 
 say received by me, 
 
 JtJXATHAN StAXIH)!'!!;." 
 
 The following minutes seem to refer to 
 the officers of a military company : 
 
 "John Bowkcr, Sar. ; Benj. Burnap, 
 Elisha Hayden, Cor. ; James Ei-ck, Abra- 
 ham Tilton, James Wark, I).; .slark U'iiit- 
 nej-, Natli'l Smith." I'hese were llopliintou 
 men. 
 
 Among otbcr'relics of the same kind, was 
 an original document, wilii the autograph 
 of Daniel Goidcin, major-general of Massa- 
 cliusetts, and author of tlie '•Ili»torieal 
 Collections of New Englatid." It was dated 
 June 14, 1082, or about five years an- 
 terior to his dece;ise. Also, a deed 
 from James, an Indian, dated 1080, to 
 Thomas Martin. Also, a document signed 
 by Col. Etlian Alien, the fiiend of the 
 " Green T.Iountain Boys." A settk'inent of 
 the estate of Neiiemiah Howe, of I'oultney, 
 Vr., in wliicli was shown the "setting-out," 
 or ttoiisscau, of one of tlie Misses Howe, in 
 1784, attracted miK.'h attention. A bride in 
 such array in 1871, would '• make a ligaro 
 in the world." 
 
 A copy of Tate and liradifs P.-talms. bear- 
 ing date 1702, recalled to mind the singing 
 of the Howe family circles in the davs oi' 
 old. 
 
 From a worn and yellow leaf we copied 
 the following receipt, which indicates a bus- 
 iness transaction of one of the Howes upon 
 the frontier, in the " times whic'i tried 
 men's souls : 
 
 "Bkxmxoton (Vr.), 2ist July, 1777. 
 Received of Mr. Aimer How, for the use 
 of this State, twenty-three pounds. It 
 was for a yoke of .Vry Ward's cattle, sold 
 as Tory property. Keceived per me, 
 
 litA Alli:x." 
 
 iVniong the portraits, wc noticed one of 
 the Bev. Nathaniel Howe, distinguisiieil for 
 his unique, trntli-ti'lling eeiuury sermon; 
 onc'of his son, Gen. Aiipleton Howe, late of 
 Weymouth; one of Lymuu Ilowe, and ono 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 31 
 
 of Silvia II()\vc\ both of Siircwsbnry en- 
 tC'icd liy J. S. Hdwo, 1111(1 iiL<o M very strikinjt 
 out' (if Mr. Klijis Ilo«i>, invent'ir dt'tlit' scw- 
 in<;-iii;u'hino. The plintOfjraiih of fhu old 
 " Howe llonicsti'iul," in l''r.'iiiiinj;hani, elic- 
 ited iiiiiny eiicomiiim.s. 
 
 Four jijeneriitldiis from tl|^' " Old Iloiuo- 
 stead" trere represented in a group of piioto- 
 yrai)hs hearing' the naini s : 
 
 " I. Mk.S. lll.lAS IIov E. 
 
 II. Ei.iiuiixir. lidw.:. 
 
 III. Ei.nniixii: II. H >\ve. 
 
 IV. Cauiuk Jlowi;." 
 
 \ wcll-e.xecnted cnat-of-arnis of the 
 Howe Family, from the " Way . -ode Inn," 
 — the old revolutionary '-tavern .■itaiid "' of 
 Sudhiiry, made faiiioiH hy the elassie pen 
 of LoiiLjfellow, awakeiiiil many pha>ant 
 assoeiatioiK. and seemed to make the ro- 
 mantie inei lents of the poet's pen a positive 
 reality. Other relics from the (dd hotel 
 eonfiriiK'd '.ho aecnraey of the liiie.s de- 
 seriptive of the Wavsidi; Inn as given in 
 the poem. We are happy to he alile to 
 present a fine front view uf tlio huiliiln.L; as 
 it now appi'ars. 
 
 T PI E ^V A Y S I r > E I N N' . 
 
 [From a Pliotogrni)li of Mr. -I. W. Diack. Sec I'raiig's Cliromo, on lust pntic.] 
 
 ^^^^^?*!^Sfe*e*^^*-^ 
 
 This famous rc-tinL'-jilace for man and 
 lieast. so lonsr assoeiated with the name 
 of Howe, is situated "i 'he road runnin^j 
 from M'ayland over the ' • ( '.nistway " to 
 Marlliorougli. and ah.mt two miles f'.um the 
 d.pol of the Lowell Miicl I'ramiiijrham hail- 
 roail at Sdinh Sinlhiiiy, It is nearly three 
 and a half miles from Sudhiiry Ceniie, and 
 sometldiiLr like a half a riile to the north of 
 iSohscot Hill, in Framinixham. The roa 1, 
 on wliieh it is huilt, was orhrinally the 
 "North I'aih" of the early settler-^ from 
 Watertowii to Il.iiiford, and afterwards the 
 fetaire-road from IViston to .Vlliany. 
 
 The Houpo was called, in the days of 
 David Howe, the first oeeiijiant. " The 
 Howe Tavern in .'siidlntry," to distiiiiruisli 
 it from the tavern of .lohn Howe, only two 
 miles distant, in Marlborough. In the days 
 
 of Ezekii'I, .Son of I")a\id TIowp, who took 
 the Ill-use as early as 171'!. the soldier* and 
 teams, to and from the I'reneli war lui the 
 hikes, made this their haltinu'-phiei . ••|'/e- 
 kiel How, Inn!iidil-,r in Sudbury' — fir so 
 the ]{"v. .Tosiah H, Temide copii'S for me 
 t'roni the Slate archi\e* — '' victuiilh d sol- 
 di'Ts on their return from nn e.":|M'ditiim, 
 ir.'iS." Diiriiii; the oceupaney of E/ckh 1, 
 the house received, from its siL'n-hnird, the 
 name of the " lied Horse Tavern," as t!ie 
 poet intimates ; 
 
 " And, liiilfcffnci'l liy nilM nml Hliino, 
 Till' UoJ IforKf i)iaiu.i"! mi the ciyu." 
 
 Col. Kzekiel dyintj in 171>l5, his .<ioii .\d.im 
 kept the house for nhout forty years, when 
 it passed into the hands of his son I.yman, 
 and at lii? decease, a few years since, out of 
 
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 33 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 the Howo fiiraily. OriginiiUy it was of but 
 one story in lit'ij?tit ; and a part of that build- 
 ing WH8 standing us late- as 1829. Tiie poet- 
 ical name of " Wayside Inn " was given to it 
 i)y Mr. Longfellow, who has most truthfully, 
 H8 well as most beautifully, described the 
 quaint old house and its most celebrated 
 lanrliord. 
 
 We are happy here to insert the descrip- 
 tion of 
 
 TIIE WAYSIDE INN, 
 
 BY II. W. LONflFELLOW. 
 
 One Autumn niuht, in Sndbury town, 
 
 Akiosb tlu' meadowH bare and brown, 
 
 Tho windows of the w.ny»ldo Inn 
 
 Oleuini'd red with flrelittht through tho leaves 
 
 Of woodbine, hanging from the cuves, 
 
 Their crlmnon eurtuins rout and thin. 
 
 A« aiioleiit id this hostelry 
 
 As any in the land may be, 
 
 Riiilt in the old Colonial day 
 
 Wlien men lived In a grander way, 
 
 With umpliT hospitality; 
 
 A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall, 
 
 Now Boincwhat fallen to decay ; 
 
 With weathir-stHlns upon the wall, 
 
 And creaking and uneven floors, 
 
 And chimneys huge, and tiled and tall. 
 
 A region of repose it Becma, 
 
 A place of Blum)>er and of dreams, 
 
 Uemote among llic wooded hills I 
 
 For tbero no noisy railway speeds. 
 
 Its torch-race scattering smoke and glccds; 
 
 But noon and night, the panting teams 
 
 HUjp under the great oatts, that throw 
 
 Tangles of light and shade below 
 
 On roofs, and doors, and window-sills. 
 
 Across the road the barns display 
 
 Their lines of stalls, their mows of hay; 
 
 Through the wide doors the breezes blow, 
 
 The wattled cocks strut to and fro, 
 
 And, half-effaced by rain and shine, 
 
 Tho Red Horse prances on tho sign. 
 
 Round this old-fashioned, quaint abode 
 
 Deep silence reigned, save when a gust 
 
 Went rushing down the country road, 
 
 And skeletons of leaves, and dust, 
 
 Shuddered and danced their dance of doath, 
 
 And through the ancient oaks o'erhead 
 
 Mysterious voices moaned and fled. 
 
 But from tho parlor of the Inn 
 
 A pleasant murmur smote the ear, 
 
 Like water rushing through a weir; 
 
 Oft Interrupted by the din 
 
 Of lautrht(!r and of loud applause. 
 
 And, in each intervening pause, 
 
 The music of a violin. 
 
 The tlre-llghi, shedding over all 
 
 The splendor of its ruddy glow, 
 
 Pilled the whol. parlor large and low: 
 
 It gl"amc>d on wainscot and on wall; 
 
 It louohcd with more than wonted grace 
 
 Fair I'rlnceBs Mary's pictured face; 
 
 It bronzed the rafters overhead; 
 
 On the old spinet's ivory keys 
 
 It pl;iycd inaudible melodies; 
 
 It crowned the sombre clock with flanio, 
 
 'J'he hands, the hours, the maker's name, 
 
 And painted wiili a livelier red 
 
 The Landlord's coat-of-arnis again; 
 
 And, flasliing on the window-pane, 
 
 Kinhla/onid'with Its light and shade 
 
 The jovial rhymes, that still remain, 
 
 Writ near a century ago 
 
 By the great Major Mollneauj:, 
 
 Whom Hawthorne has immortal made. 
 
 Before the blazing Are of wood 
 
 Krect the nipt niusielan stood; 
 
 And e\cr and anon he bent 
 
 His head upon bin Instrument, 
 
 And seemed ti; listen, till he caught 
 
 Confessions of it* secret thought — 
 
 The Joy, the triumph, the lament, 
 
 Tho exultation and the pain; 
 
 Then, by the magic of his art, 
 
 Ue soothed the ibrobbings of its heart, 
 
 And lulled it into peace again. 
 
 Around the flreslde at their ease 
 
 There sat a group of friends, entranced 
 
 With the delicious melodies, 
 
 Who, frinn the far-off noisy town. 
 
 Had to the Wafslde Inn come down, 
 
 To rest beneath Its old oak trees. 
 
 The fire-light on their faces glanced. 
 
 Their shadows on the wainscot danced. 
 
 And, though of different lands and speech, 
 
 Each had his tale to tell, and each 
 
 Was anxious to be pleased and pU aso. 
 
 And while tho sweet musician plays, 
 
 Let me in outline sketch them all — 
 
 Perchance uncouthly ns the blaze 
 
 With its uncertain touch portrays 
 
 Their shadowy semblance on the wall. 
 
 But first the Landlord will I trace; 
 
 Oravi- in his aspect and attiro, 
 
 A man of undent pedigree, 
 
 A .Justice of the Peace was he, 
 
 Known in all Sudbury as " The Squire." 
 
 Proud was he of his name and race, 
 
 Of old Sir Wilham and Sir Hugh; 
 
 And In the parlor, full In view. 
 
 His eoat-of-arms, well-framed and glazed. 
 
 Upon the wall in coloi's blazed ; 
 
 Ho beareth gules upon his shield, 
 
 A chevron argent In the field. 
 
 With three wolfs' heads, and for the crest 
 
 A Wyvern part-pcr-pale addressed 
 
 Unyn a helmet barred; below 
 
 The scroll reads, " By the name of Howo." 
 
 And over this, no longer bright, 
 
 Though glimmering with a latent light, 
 
 Was Ining tho sword his grandslrc wore, 
 
 In the rebellious days of yore, 
 
 Down there at Concord In the fight. 
 
 The following letter from a member of the 
 Howe family will be read with interest : 
 
 "Framimoiiam, Oct. 6, 1871. 
 "The Wayside Inn, so well known to tho travel- 
 ling public, and made immortal by the poet Ijong- 
 fellow, Is situated in the southwesterly part of Sud- 
 bury, on the old stage road leading from Boston to 
 Worcester. It was built and opened as a houne of 
 entertainment In the year 1700, or 1701, by David 
 Howe, grandson of John Howe, tho first settler of 
 Marlborough. It was kept by father and son for five 
 gcmerations, the last of the name being Lyman 
 Howo, who died, at the age of fifty-nine years, In 
 the spring of 1800. By his death this branch of tho 
 Iluwe family became extinct, and the famous ' Howe 
 Tavern,' by which name it was familiarly known 
 during a period of one hundred and sixty years, 
 then passed into the hands of strangers, and ceased 
 to be an inn. As a house of enterUiinment, it was 
 always characterized by Its good order and hospital- 
 ity, and not less by the'sumptuous table with which 
 it refreshed tho hungry traveller. Before tho inno- 
 vation of railroads several stages made their daily cull 
 at this house, stopping long enough to change horses 
 and allow tlie p.vssengers, often from the remotest 
 sections of the c nintry, and sometimes from foreign 
 lands, to breakfast, or dine, and leave their parting 
 blessing for the good landlady; whilst, filling the 
 spacious yard in front, were to be seen the heavily- 
 loaded teams bringing produce, destined for the 
 Boston market, from New York, Western Mnssa- 
 chusetts. and Intermediate places along the route. 
 And within this ancient inn, among other reminis- 
 cencc» of Its history, is jiointed out the room wliero 
 Lafayette, the friend of American liberty, onco took 
 lodgings for a night, while on a visit to the country 
 he bad helped to save, 
 
 " Yours truly, 
 
 ■' O, M. Howe." 
 
 Among other curious heirlooms was the 
 old sword, referred to in the poem, worn by 
 Col. Ezekicl Howe in the Concord flght, 
 and a silver-mounted watch, which he liad 
 
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 33 
 
 carrieil through several battles. There were 
 also niuski'ts, pi.-tols, am' powder- liorns, 
 in attestation of the military achievcmenta 
 of the family. 
 
 A pair of ,«no\v-shocs ami large shoe- 
 buckles attractetl inucli attention. \. curi- 
 ous knittinj^-Miaeiiine, invented by Mr. J. 
 M. IIowo, of (>rcf;on, also elicited niucii 
 praise, and will doubtless add to the reputa- 
 tion of the fiunily for inventive f2:eni;is. 
 An old w<joden trunk, or chest, orif;inallv 
 belonRing to Mr. Abraham How, wIkj died 
 in lloxl)ury in lOTO, was labelled with this 
 line of its desrent : 
 
 " .Vbraliani How. It then descended to 
 hi.s dau<rlitor, Hannah How, who married 
 Capt. Kliezer How; then to their sou, Kn- 
 sis,'n Gersliom Howe, who married Hannah 
 Bouker; then lo tlieir dau!|,'liter, ISIerriam 
 How, wlio marrieil .lolham iJanlett: then 
 to their son, Antiphaa Ihirtlett, who married 
 Lois White; then to their daiij^'liter, I-ois 
 IJartlctt, wiio married ^Viiliam Felton; then 
 to tlreir son, C^yrus Felton, the present 
 owner." The chest is ahmit two feet in 
 length, and is made of hard pine, oak, and 
 chestnut. It has a curious tigiire carved in 
 
 front, and is painted red. It is certainly 
 good for another brace of centuries. 
 
 The wife of the Hev. Nathaniid Hown 
 was rei)re8ented by her wedJing-shois worn 
 January 2, 1 "'.>-, and another Howe by an 
 enormous wedding-bonnet of the coal-hoj 
 l)altern of l.s:.'l>; another by the ne.\t-to- 
 nothirig pattern of l^';i). But under many 
 points (;f view, the most interesting article 
 in, this rare eahincit was the original sewing- 
 machine, invented by Elias Howe in 1845, 
 standing besiiie one of the improved ma- 
 chines of 1870. It is encloseil in a box less 
 than twelve inches long, and is in good 
 working order still. What strange associ- 
 ations cluster round this old machine, 
 which, lo s>otue extent, has changeil the 
 destiny of the industrial world, and ren- 
 dered the nami! of I'lias Howc, like those 
 of Watt and Stevenson, imuioilal. 
 
 We are hapjiy to be able to insert hero 
 some remarks, on the invention of this ma- 
 cliiiie, by Thomas 1'. Howe, Esq., Counsel- 
 lor, of New York, and also a clever poem, 
 by Mrs. 11. GntHth, a relative of the Howe 
 family, of UcKulb, III. 
 
 THE L^TExNTION OF THE SEWING-MACIIL\E. 
 
 Bv THOMAS P. HOWE, Esq. 
 
 Tub invention of the sewing-machine, by 
 Elias Howe, jr., is a triumph of genius of 
 which the Howe family may well be proud, 
 for probably no other invention of any age, 
 has contributed so much, in tiie same length 
 of time, to the happiness and comfort of 
 mankind, or done so much to elevate wo- 
 man from exhausting and killing dnnlgery. 
 For centurii'* tlu> need of a maeliino to per- 
 form the tedious work of the needle, and to 
 save woman from the slow death resulting 
 from its constant use, has been seriously 
 felt, and as early as about the comnvnce- 
 ment of the present c^-ntury efforts began 
 to be nnide for the production of such a ma- 
 chine. The problem was, however, a ditii- 
 cult one to solve. All efforts to operate the 
 common hand-sewing needle l.>y machinery, 
 and thcreliy ]n'oduc;e a practicable si.'wing- 
 machine, have been utter failures, and the 
 production of an eflieient machine in this 
 way has lieen thus far, and probably always 
 will be, too much for human genius. Tlie 
 problem of producing a successful sewing- 
 nnichinc was nut tiien to be solved by sini- 
 j)ly giving by machinery the ordinary motion 
 to an ordinary hand implement, hut involved 
 the necessity of new devices atid combina- 
 tions, operating diirirently from anything 
 before known, and opening into a field of 
 invention which the genius of man bad 
 never before trod. 
 
 Elias Howe, jr., the inventor of the sew- 
 ing-machine, was a native of Cambriilge- 
 port, Mass., ami, at the time of the produe- 
 ti(m of the invention, poor in money, but 
 rich in genius, of good habits, and untiring 
 perseverance. In 1845 he produced the 
 sewing-machine, which has immortalized 
 his name, and which presented the peculi- 
 arities of a needle with the eye in the point, 
 a device for securing the thread under the 
 cloth, and a fei'ding apparatus for advanc- 
 ing the cloth to the needle as it was sewn. 
 F'or securing the thread on the under side 
 of the cloth, Howe used a shuttle carrying 
 an independent thread, which device is still 
 used in a large share of the machines now 
 mauul'acturi.(l, though in some it has been 
 changed to a looper. Patiently and unfal- 
 teringly, in the midst of poverty, with a 
 feeble wife and two helpless children de- 
 pendent on him for support, antl his beloved 
 wife finally dying at Ids side, young Howe 
 loilcil on till success crowned his efforts, 
 aiul the sewing-machine became one of the 
 established improvements of the age. 'J'he 
 value of this invention to the peo]>le of the 
 United States alone, in money, from the 
 mere saving of labor, has been shown, by 
 j)roof, to be more than one hundred mil- 
 lions of dollars per annum; but its viiliie 
 in the promotion of the hajipiness of man-, 
 kind, is beyond human calculation. 
 
3+ 
 
 rilB HOWE FAMILT GATHERING. 
 
 KLIAd IIOWK, JIl, Vio fiiirntor of the Hewlwj- 
 
 BY MILS. II. GIUI IITII. 
 
 Long yoari ago, in tln^ priinitivc iiLto. 
 
 WlicM the liand-pri's.i tardily ininlcil llio |pai;i>, 
 
 j\iiil inWK rattled aldm; m tlie rmii'-liiirsc i-ta^o, 
 
 And iiii-ii j.di'Wril Willi tip' wiHidfii idiiw; 
 With llic old liaiid-Mii'ki" tlii'if fapiT I'lir Ki'aiii ; 
 The donUey and |iaiiiiiir llieii- I'a-l ex jiii >s train ; 
 .And thi y travelled on foot, in din-t and In rain : 
 
 Tho world had not licurd <d" //o/c. 
 
 Wonion enmbod the w^iol wllh a card of wire, 
 AVlnle the busy wlie.l hn/zed in front of the lire; 
 Kaeh lioiHe-wife aH[iinner, and weaver, and dyer. 
 
 I .Molln'rliood'H carert, no le.^r^ than now.] 
 By day lahoroil as hard a» the man at the plow; 
 By nii;lH heiit o'er tin- -ieani, with aeliiie,' hrow. 
 Art die pleaded V. it4 (ioil >onie [•dief to allow; 
 
 Yet oiil}' the i-clio eajd ■ /A;«!i.' t 
 
 From one ni^o to nnothor it \va.^ prhnod down. 
 Till at last there wan born, in an liastern town, 
 A t^on to a fanner, i»uirily and In-own — 
 
 We aeknowledije (rod's liand in it, now — 
 One III? deHi|..'iied to lie ,ul^t llie man ; 
 To H iidy it out and p"rleet ili!> plan, 
 ■\Vhh.h,'at tile prayer of .i woi.ian, heijan, 
 
 And answer the qu 'Btion -~ ihjiret 
 
 rio worked in the mill on Ir '" ' farm, 
 
 AVhileUud watche'ii. '■• liii '"d from Imrm, 
 
 0:'ve str(!m,'th to Ills mind, i his arm, 
 
 Wliich was .ill Ids iidier .,,. 
 T!.oiu''i his father preserved an mil i^iaislied name, 
 111 li.i I :!,! great honor, or fortune, or f:!iiii'. 
 So h • ij ive eaeh one of '!}''■!. c'>'l(?""n the same — 
 
 Uniy the name of lli. r,.. 
 
 AVI, ■ 1 tho fiewiiiK-Maeliine sol to •..•., « in lis 'iv.ir., 
 
 Hi- ■ ;. i'.;ht, not of ,ioy. of ideasnr..', or i;;iin. 
 
 Bill e',;!. d tdelit and day, Ihron^di s.irrow and liahi, 
 
 ■Tdi I'.e iines ijrew deej' in liis hrow. 
 He f '■:.' ini'il the iron, tlie woud, ami the steel, 
 H'i'i eel his maiiieal tlioiiuht secerned lo feed, 
 A" '. v,-i:li elieli and rattle, and joyom peal, 
 'i'.n...- a isweied lliu question — //oir*? f 
 
 Me I pi- i;so inventorH from day to day. 
 As til- y piinl, or plow, or llash news o'er the way, 
 AVhile to sleep in a palaee w-ill no journey delay.' 
 Dm woman "ill gratefully how, 
 
 And hlesslni;, witli lilessinifs, forever will hiesfl 
 'I'lii! in.-in whohi: invention relieved her disiresH, 
 ■Vliile Hympalhy's tear she ean neareely reprcsil 
 As slie Ihinlis'of J-.'/iiin //oice. 
 
 l)i; Kalh, m., Auk. '--, l**"!- 
 
 XIV. THE ci.osH or Tiir, :mi-;?;ting. 
 
 Thi.s family nioeiing, wliicli wns ii\ ovcry- 
 tliiiit; a. c'oiiipli-'U' sn(:co.ss, was cIdm'i) at five 
 o'clock. P.M.; 1111(1 tlio lioavy-laili.'ii train.s 
 Inire away to Ihcir respective iiotiicsa nolile 
 family, which h-id spent one of the loveliest 
 >i..y!! of tho fifuson in fricintly ^'reelintis, in 
 ,sv/eetest social intercourse, ami in rich in- 
 tellectual anil festive entertainments, unin- 
 terruiiteil by .1 sinjjle incivility, mishap, or 
 actMilciit. 
 
 In this iiieetini? ptj'itical aivl rili'.?ioiis 
 (lilf'erences were forfj[otten, social tlisiinct- 
 tions set asiile ; show and sham iinthoiiLfht 
 of,— "one and the same sjiirit anitnatoil every 
 breast, and that was the spirit oi' amity and 
 fraternal love. It seemed to he an earnest 
 and a foretaste of tho mi'eiiiiL;.s and tho 
 ffreetimrs, which after tearful separation 
 hero, we still may hope to enjoy npeii the 
 " Golden Shore." 
 
 For this ineetinjr of kindred and connec- 
 tions every member of the family looked 
 witli deliolitfiil anticipation; by this 
 meeting every s))irit was tpiickened into 
 higher life and loftier inspiration; and to 
 this meetingevery one will look back as upon 
 one of the greenest sjuits on Mi'inory's waste. 
 
 When will another come? 
 
 In res|)onse to this question, we are ])er- 
 mitted to iiisirt the following -nggestions 
 of .Mr. HIias Howe, the emin:'n: music pub- 
 lisher, and Secretary of the ("omniiiteu of 
 •• 'i'lie Howe Family fiathering." 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 KEM.\RKS aXD SITOGESTTOXS OF MR. ELTAS HOWE, 
 
 Secretary of t)ie K.\-ecntive Ceir.mittee of the IIowo fjathering. 
 
 Peah Codsins fak anh nksu! — Our 
 first IIijwo I'iiinily (iatheriiig was ji grand 
 success, all'oriling intense delight and jileas- 
 ure to several thousands of tmr kindred 
 and connections. The day was splendid, 
 and every one appeared to enter into thi; 
 joy and spirit of llie occasion. Th'' loindy 
 found they had relatives lull of iVaiernal 
 sym|iatlties; the <listaiit found they had a 
 '■ local habitation and ti name ": tin- yotmg 
 met hearts responsivo to their own; the 
 aged felt "surcease of .sorrow"; and one 
 and all enjoyed a social and an inlelloetual 
 banquet, never to be lost from the rich 
 treasures of our memory. 
 
 Now, as a natural eonseqiieiico of this 
 delightful meeting, large numbers of our 
 family, from all jiarts of the country, have, 
 f'ither ill jiersou or in writing, earnestly ex- 
 pressed to me a desire (o have ■!. second 
 b'iUhering, or reunion, the ensuing year. 
 
 Our first meeting was but just the calling 
 of the roll; we knew not on whom wi.' could 
 rely, or liow to send forth invitations to so 
 many people scattered over such a, vast ex- 
 tent of territory. Had it not been for the 
 great tind generous aid which a large num- 
 ber of gentlemen and ladies, in all parts of 
 the country, prouiply gave, success had 
 lieen uncertain; and, lor their assistance, 
 they will please accept the very cortlitil 
 thanks of the committee. To them is 
 largely due the magnitude and enjoyment 
 of tho gathering. 
 
 Our cousins now desire another intcr- 
 vievv. They have had a ]deas!int introduc- 
 tion to each other, and would continue the 
 aciiuaiiitanco. Where, then, and when, 
 they ask, shall be our next reunion? 
 
 .Vlthough " llartiiony Grove " is a delight- 
 ful spot, the whisjiering of the wind among 
 the lorest ioiives, iu some degree, prevents 
 
THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING. 
 
 35 
 
 tlio people from hearing well the speakers, 
 and the aecoiniiioihU'iDns of the villiige for 
 a family so numerous are very limited. 
 
 It is therefore re.«i)eetfully sii^fLfosted that 
 our second family f,'atht'riiig talvc plaeo at 
 the Music llall, in Boston, on or aliout tlie 
 tentii day of Oetoher. 1s7l'; that it com- 
 mence at about 9 1-2 oVloek, A. m., witli a 
 concert, social levee fur mutual introduc- 
 tion, the forming of acquaintiinee, etc., 
 witli opening .speeches and singing. Din- 
 ner might he served in Bumsteatl llall at 
 one o'clock, and, after tiiis, tiie speaking 
 and tlio mii-iic he resumed for the remainder 
 of the afternoon and evening, and tiie next 
 day, if tltouglit desirable. 
 
 Tiie ^Iiisie Hall is capable of seating 
 some three thousand people; IJumsirad 
 Hall is in tlie same huililing. and there is 
 also an ante-room adjoining, suitalile for the 
 exhibition of tlie relies and heirlooms of 
 our family. In the event of an inclement 
 day, we should here find ourselves in most 
 comfortable quarters, and tlie opportunities 
 for hearing tiie speakers and the music of 
 the bands, the celebrated organ, and tlie 
 songs by the Howe family combined, would 
 be enjoyed. 
 
 It might bo added that, in coming to Bos- 
 ton, many of our kindred might unite tlieir 
 business witli their pleasure; and such ar- 
 rangements might be made by the commit- 
 tee, that, if timely notiec were givun, rooms 
 and board for a day or week, at greatly re- 
 duced prices, might be engaged. Tickets 
 of admission to the Music llall might be 
 issuccl to the members of our family at one 
 dollar for gentlemen, and tifty cents for 
 ladies, which would cover geni'ral ex- 
 penses, such as hall-rent, music, circulars, 
 advertising, and the like. 
 
 But these are mere suggestions, and it is 
 hoped that all who take an interest in a 
 second gathering will freely add to thi'in as 
 they may think (iroper, since many improve- 
 ments on tlie plan here dilHdently presented, 
 may un([uestionahl\' be m;ide. 
 
 The Register of the IIowi-: Fajiily is 
 now in the course of rapid prejiaration. It 
 will bo a work of great interest to every 
 member of our stock and lineage now ex- 
 isting, and to come. It will contain a com- 
 plete history of the Howe family in Amer- 
 ica from tlie earliest settleiiunt of any 
 perscm of the name here, down to the pres- 
 ent time. The writers will carefully trace 
 out, from private and public papers, the 
 lineage and descent of tlie various branches, 
 and will I'udeavor clearly to present, as far 
 as ])ossil)le, the pedigree of every person 
 bearing the name of Howe. 
 
 Hketehes of such as have in any way dis- 
 tinguished themselves in art, or science, 
 literature, military, or jxilitieal life, or in 
 any of the learned professions, together 
 with accounts of accidents, adventures, per- 
 sonal exploits, trials and misfortunes, jieeii- 
 liarities, proverbs, and facetiie pertaining 
 
 to the family, will be written by the Tlev. 
 Klias Nason, of iS'orth Billeriea, Mass. 
 The genealogies of the Howes of Boston 
 and vicinity will bo pri'jiared by William 
 B. Trask, I'^cj., an experienced genealogist 
 of that city; and tlie Kev. Josiah II. Tini- 
 ple, of Framingliam, who is well (iu:ililied 
 for the task, will make out the liistorj- of 
 the Sudbury branch (d' the family. These 
 gentlemen will be assisted in their researches 
 by .Alfred Poor, Esq., of yalfiii. 
 
 The liLdisTKU will be ()rnamented with 
 portraits, fac-similes, coats-nt'-arms, mod- 
 els of inventions, views of homesteails, ri's- 
 idences, manufactories, etc., of memiiers of 
 our fimil^'. 
 
 The labor of iireparing, and the cost of 
 ))rinting, such a work, containing, as it 
 will, a thousand jiages or more of compact 
 matter, will be very great; and it is there- 
 fore hoped that every member of llie fam- 
 ily will take a lively intiTe-^t in its progress, 
 will send in to the editors as full account of 
 his own family as possible, and also his 
 name, to me, as a subscriber to the book, 
 the price of which will be .S'! and ujiwards, 
 just according to the cost, of binding. 
 
 Books, pamidilets, and papers rtdating to 
 our family, sent to either of the above- 
 named gentlemen, will be used with care, 
 and returned with prom|)tness to their own- 
 ers. If directed to lOii Court Street, 
 Boston, they will be sure to reach them, 
 riiiilographs for the •' Howe Photograpnie 
 Gallery "' will be thankfully accepteil. 
 
 It is jiresumed that the exjieiise of pub- 
 lishing the Ivegister will amount to .$7.01)0 
 or $8,(J00, and therefore it will ri'i|nire at 
 least one thousand subscriliers to meet the 
 outlay. But I am assured that this enter- 
 prise will be most cordially seconded and 
 sustained by the memljcrs of our wide- 
 spread family. 
 
 iVIlow me lu'ro again to exiire^s niy sin- 
 cere acknowledgments to my cousins of the 
 Howe family, far and near, for the a-^si-^t- 
 ancc rendered in relation to our " (iather- 
 ing"; to wish them each and every one 
 health, peace, and prosperity ; to extend to 
 them a hearty welcome to lu;! Court .Street. 
 when they visit Boston, and to subscribe 
 myself tlieir aU'ectionate cousin, 
 
 Ki.iA.s Howl:, 
 Secrclary of the I-'xccutirc Coniniitttc of flic 
 
 Ifnwc (laihcrinij, held at Franiinf/lmm, 
 
 August ."51, 1S71. 
 
 XV. ri:ports of tiif, rcuf.ic tkess. 
 
 The press was well represented by its 
 gentlemanly reporters at the gatheriuij. 
 Vory full and satisfactory accounts of the 
 liroceedings of the day were given in the 
 Boston- Traveller," "Transcript," '-Jour- 
 nal." "Advertiser." "News," "Post," 
 and other city and local journals. At the 
 close of its report, the "Post" remarked: 
 
 " On all sides the celebratiim was re- 
 garded as of the most gratifying and sue- 
 
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 36 
 
 THE HOWE FAMILY GATIIEJilNG. 
 
 ci'ssfiil cliiiractor. "Wliiit has liccn so well 
 boijtiii, will III) tloubt 1)0 <M)iitinu('il nniuiiilly. 
 The (XH'iis 11)11 W113 one of much interest and 
 enjoyiniMit, unci fully justified the orignators 
 of the siune, who, it is very evident, are an 
 honor to their niinio and their land. It was 
 very lur};ely eonfincd to such of the family 
 as reside in Xew En,t;land, thou,u;h rejiresen- 
 talives were present from nearly every par' 
 of tlie eouiury. The project was conceived 
 in IMarch last, at which time an Executive 
 Committee was appointed. These gentle- 
 men addressed themselves to the task with 
 characteristic enerjfy, and the gatliorin;^ yes- 
 terday was u proud and happy result." 
 
 Another journal says : 
 
 " It seemed to be the universal opinion 
 that the reunion liiul been a complete suc- 
 cess, and every one hoped that a similar 
 meeting niiglit be lield next year, at which 
 tlie different members of this great family 
 
 should coni(> to Icnowcach otiier better than 
 they ever had before." 
 
 " It was throughout," says the " Fram- 
 ingluun Gazette " — and this was the general 
 sentiment — " a luagnificent success. Great 
 praise is due I'llias Howe for his efforts. 
 Ho was al)ly s(!conded by the other niem- 
 l)ers of the committee, including Willard 
 Howe, Elbridge llowe, and lion, C. M. 
 Ilowc." 
 
 XVI. THE UEGISTER OF THE NAMES. 
 
 A register ■•■•as opened for the names of 
 those present; but it was impossible for 
 only a part of tlu'm to make the record. 
 The name and address of such as liad 
 an opportunity to writo them are given 
 on the following page. The names of a few, 
 from whom letters have been received, are 
 also added. 
 
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 Rev. J.William A. Benton, Mount Lebanon, 
 
 •Syria, Asia. 
 Loanza G. Uenton, Mount Lebanon, Syria, 
 
 Asiii, 
 llcv. Daniel Dole, Hawaiian Islands. 
 C. C. Dole, " 
 
 Mrs. M. A. Howe, St. John, N. B. 
 John D. Howe, " " 
 
 Jamie Howe, " " 
 
 Thomas Temiile, Fredericton, " 
 Mrs. Thomas Temple, " " 
 
 Bertlia Ida Teiiiiiie, " " 
 
 Bessie Temple, " " 
 
 llufus Howe, Conseeon. Ont. 
 Mrs. W. W. Field, Oonseeon, Ont. 
 Henry P. Winter, Reporter, Boston Daily 
 
 News. 
 E. Emerton, Rciiorter, Boston Daily Ad- 
 vertiser. 
 
 C. B. Tillinghast, Reporter, Boston Daily 
 
 Journal. 
 Charles H. Ames, Reporter, Northampton 
 Free Press. 
 
 D. S. Andrews, Norway, Me. 
 Blary E. Andrews, " " 
 P. H. Fiske, Keadfleld, " 
 J. D. Howe, Portland, W. Va. 
 
 C. Burr Viekery, Waslnni?ton, D. C. 
 Lcvorett N. Howe, St. Cliarles, Minn. 
 IloUis Howe, Faribault, Rice Co. " 
 George G. Howe, " >' « 
 
 Henry P. Howe, Dansville, Tenn. 
 R. D. Ifowe, Vieksburg, ]Miss. 
 Jesse Haven, Enterprise, Utah. 
 O. C. Howe, Mol)ile. Ahi. 
 John Milton Howe, Portland, Oregon. 
 John D. Howe, Omaha, Nebraska. 
 
 E. K. Howe, Lakeviev/, " 
 
 Hon. William Wirt Howe, New Orleans, La. 
 
 Bainbridge Howe, Alameda, Cal. 
 
 William Howe, San Franeiseo, Cal. 
 
 A. T. Dewev, " 
 
 A. B. Baneroft, " '• 
 
 C. E. B. Howe, " 
 
 Ezra Howe, Carlisle, Ky. 
 
 Julia Howe, 
 
 J. B. Howe, Louisville, Ky. 
 
 Mrs. Jennie Howe, " " 
 
 Hannah W. Howe, La Fayette, Md. 
 
 James Howe, " " 
 
 Cliarlton H. Howe, La Grange, ]\[o. 
 
 William H. Howe, Florine Station, Mo. 
 
 Aaron S. Howe, Clinton, Henry Co. " 
 
 James Howe, Plattsburg, " 
 
 J. iSIorris Howe, Mt. Idaho, Idaho. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Storrs Howe, Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 Charles AV. Lewis, Fernandina, Fla. 
 
 Rev. Lucian IIowo, Fort Gratiot, 'Mieh. 
 
 •Mrs. Fran Howe Foote, Grand Rapids, .Mieh. 
 
 Charles C. lliekcy, Detroit, " 
 
 Albert Howe, Jackson, •• 
 
 Mrs. J. E. Howe Bartholmew, Lansing, " 
 
 Charles N. Howe, Saline, '« 
 
 George X. Howe, Belpre, Ohio. 
 
 Persis P. Howe, " " 
 
 C. A. Howe, " " 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte P. Stone, Beljjre, Ohio. 
 
 Henry Howe, Si)ringfield, " " 
 
 Ivev. Timothy Winter Howe, Pataskala, 0. 
 
 J. S. Howe, Cineimiati, Ohio. 
 
 Dr. Storer W. Howe, " " 
 
 Henry Howe, " " 
 
 Dr. A. ,L Howe, " " 
 
 C. R. Howe, Akron, " 
 
 Rev. H. H. Howe, I'inc Grove, " 
 
 George W. Howe. Cleveland, " 
 
 James M. Iliatt, Clermont, Ind. 
 
 Ira J. Howe, La Fayette, " 
 
 Mrs. Ira J. Howe, " " 
 
 Charles P. Howe, " " 
 
 Anna J. Howe, " " 
 
 Edw. P. Howe, Indianapolis, " 
 
 E. Frank Howe, Terre Haute," 
 .Tosei)h M.IIowe, Bloomington " 
 Samuel T. Howe, Spencer, " 
 John B. Howe, Lima, " 
 .Tames Howe, " " 
 I). AV^. Howe, Franklin. 
 
 S. L. Howe, Chicago, III. 
 W. E. Howe, " ' 
 
 F. A. Howe, <■ " 
 J. L. Howe, " " 
 Samuel Brown, " " 
 Sylvanus Howe, Robinson, 111. 
 Julia Ward Howe, Newport, R. I. 
 .Fohn Howe, Providence, " 
 J. G. Brown, " " 
 ICliza Howe Brown, Providence, R. I. 
 !Mrs. Relief Howe Walker, Cumberland, 
 
 R. I. 
 Mrs. Serai)hino Pierce, Cumberland, R. I. 
 Henry B. Noyes, Bristol, " 
 
 Mrs, Willanri'ieree, Diamond Hills, " 
 William IC. Tolman, Pawtticket, " 
 
 Martha L. Howe Tohnan, " " 
 
 Mrs, Ilenrv Hill, «' »« 
 
 Mrs, , lane Howe, " «' 
 
 William Blanchard, Lawrence Co, 
 William Parker Howe, Titusville, 
 Airs. Mary Howe Little, " 
 
 A. ,T. Howe, Aleadville, 
 IMmond Howe, AV. Piiiladelpiiia, 
 
 B, F. Howe, 
 J. Howe Adams, " 
 
 Pa. 
 
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 Rev. Murk A. Dr \\^,lt' I[owr. 1). 1)., W 
 
 Aiiuiry ilnwc IJiMiltonl, Moiitulair, N. .f. 
 
 William IIdwo, llaliway, 
 
 Tlidiiias 11. IIdwi', (rruunvillo, 
 
 Harriet Ho we. 'rreiitoii, " 
 
 David Howe, Liiicolnvillc, M<'. 
 
 Sarah I.. Howe, " 
 
 Eilward Howe, Portland, '■ 
 
 Caroline Dana Howe," " 
 
 Daniel K. Krohoek, " '• 
 
 Eliza M. Howe Froliock, Portlati.!, Me. 
 
 .lereniiah Howe, " 
 
 William S. Howe, rittsflelil." 
 
 Otis Howe, linnifi rd, " 
 
 S. f. Smith, N. JJrid^ton, " 
 
 William (J. ll^we, i3etliul, •• 
 
 Charles W. Howe, " " 
 
 Mrs. Florida .Mason IIowo, Hallowell, .M 
 
 Charles Iv. Howe, 
 
 Linwood Mason ilowo, '' 
 
 Joseph K. Howe, '• 
 
 Betsey 1). Howe, '• 
 
 Jesse IJ. Howe, Hanover, 
 
 Ida N. Howe, 
 
 Mrs. ]\rary .\. H. Clement, Standi-li. 
 
 Kate S. Clement, '• 
 
 Dr. John I. Howe, Derhy, Conn. 
 
 !Mrs. Jane Maria Howe Downs, J^erliy, Ci 
 
 William Howe Downs, •• 
 
 Hellen (i. Downs, " 
 
 Mary V,. Howe. Canaan, 
 
 William Howe. i;id,i,'eliekl, 
 
 Miss Hmma F. Howe, " 
 
 Allen Howe, (Jreenwich, 
 
 Lewis Ji. Howe, " 
 
 William A. Howe. " 
 
 George M. Howe, Stafford Sprh.ifs 
 
 John llowo, Stamford, 
 
 David W. Howe, \Vest Goshen, 
 
 M. E. Howe. 
 
 Binlsey T. lIowo, Goshen, 
 
 Delia ilowe, " 
 
 Ell)rii!j;e G. Howe, Hartfnvd, 
 
 H. H. Howe, I5nrlini?ton, Vt. 
 
 J. W. Hohart, St. Albans, '• 
 
 A. J. Howe. ^lontpelior, " 
 
 Mrs. A. J. Howe, " " 
 
 Storrs L. Howe, " " 
 
 Mrs. Storrs L. Howe, Montpelier. ^'t 
 
 Charlotte Howe Merrill. •• 
 
 Elizur F. Howe, Tunbridge, 
 
 Ellen W. Howe, 
 
 Albert Howe. W. Coneord, 
 
 William H. Howe. ICast Marnar !. 
 
 Milton Davidson, Kiehmond, 
 
 Joshua 15. Howe, ijeadsboro', 
 
 Mrs. r. J. Howe, Middlebury, 
 
 Albert N. Howe, Dover, 
 
 Lois Maria Howe, " 
 
 L. H. Gonld. East '• 
 
 T. r. D. -Matthews. Cornwall, 
 
 Abbie V. Matthews, " 
 
 Alvin A. Howe, Ludlow, 
 
 L. N. Howe, Northfieid. 
 
 Mrs. William McGnirc, Lunenburir,-- 
 
 John 15. Browning, New Haven, Conn. 
 
 Gardner ilorse, " " " 
 
 Sarah .\. Morse, New Haven, Conn. 
 \\'illiatn H. Howe, Glu.stenbury, 
 Kli/a A. Howe, " " 
 
 George Leavens, Wi'st Killingly, " 
 Fanny A. Leavens, " " •' 
 
 Isaae (). Close, Round Hill, " 
 
 .lohn I. Howe, IJirminghivni, " 
 
 Mrs. John L Howe, " " 
 
 James H. Howe, Troy, N. Y. 
 Jolm K. JIowo, " " 
 
 .Mien 15. HoWf, " 
 Mrs. L H. Howe, " " 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte ^L Howard, New Vork. X.S' 
 Ora Howard, •• 
 
 George A. Howe, " " 
 
 William IS. Howe, '« " 
 
 Jane Howe Stock wi II, " " 
 
 Levi J. Stoekwell, " " 
 
 Hi'urv .\. Howe, " " 
 
 Marsiiall Howe Clement, " " 
 
 Thomas 1'. Howe, " " 
 
 -Marv L. Conant, " " 
 
 C(d." Frank E. Howe, " " 
 
 W. W. Howe, " 
 
 Joseph M. Howe, " " 
 
 Newton Howe, " " 
 
 N. F. IIowo, " " 
 
 .Mrs. Ellen Howe Clark " " 
 
 Georgiana Clark, '• " 
 
 Lewis. I. lIowe.(.Jueenshury, Glens F.iUs," 
 Jann's Howe, Fort l)dward, " 
 
 Henry 15. Noyes, Corning, " 
 
 Mrs. Sarah A. L. Noyes, Corning, " 
 
 JClias 15. Howe, .Mannsville, " " 
 
 Samuel'). Ilowe, Mount Vernon, " 
 
 linssell G. Howe, " " " 
 
 Maria (i. Howe, " " " 
 
 Dr. A. 15. Howe, Jordan, " 
 
 C. E. Howe. Deersville, '* 
 Mrs. JM. L. .Merrinian, Coponhamti, " 
 Lyman Uiehardson, Elton, " 
 .Mrs. H. yi. Williams, Watertown, " 
 
 D. B. Howe, Clarence, '< 
 James Howe, Brooklyn, " 
 J. R. Howe, " 
 L. AV. Howe, " 
 Thomas 1'. Howe," 
 George E. (rlines," 
 (Cranston Howe, " 
 Mrs. E. E. Li|)pineott, Brooklyn, 
 Ivlward S. Cornwell, Bull'alo, ' 
 I). H. Patterson, Killbuck, ' 
 J. M. Howe, IJocliestcr, ' 
 Mrs. ^Llrtin B. Willmorc, Milford, ' 
 John A. Howe, Albany, ' 
 William Howe, Syracuse, ' 
 Mary Howe, E. Aurora, • 
 Charles F. Allen, Bidmont, ' 
 AHss N. Ilowe, Long Island, ' 
 S. B. Howe, Schenectady, ' 
 G. W. Connitt, Ulstorvillc, * 
 G. W. Howe, Binghamton, ' 
 Betsey Howe Perhani, Fitzwilliam, N. II 
 Benjamin L. Howe, Ashuelot, " 
 Moses Ilowe, East Acworth, " 
 Alvan Davidson, South " " 
 Mrs. A. J. Small, N. Sanbornton, " 
 Mary F. Bean, Henniker, " 
 
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 Frank L. Howo, Kcone, 
 
 Mirali Howt', Diihliii, 
 
 L. L. IIowo, 
 
 P. 1). Howf, IMiinchestcr, 
 
 liozina Ildwc, " 
 
 I). W. IIowo, " 
 
 Aiiiiiiula v.. Ifowi, ' 
 
 Joliii M. IJ(.\vc, " 
 
 llcnjiuniii !•'. Howe, AVincOiostcr, 
 
 Josiali S. IIdwc, J.aconia, 
 
 Mr. J. S. !1> 0, " 
 
 Lucv M. llowo, Nashua, 
 
 F. \V. I lew.', K. JatlVcy, 
 
 lUniaiiiin llowi.', Hudson, 
 
 Waiter \V. Howe, " 
 
 Homer Howe, " 
 
 A. G. Howe, Fislicrvillo, 
 
 N. K. Howe, " 
 
 I. G. Jlowe, Concord, 
 M. K. Howe, " 
 Ira Gove, ^Vare, 
 WiUiani H. Howe, 
 Stiiniison Howe, 
 Gcorji'e W. Howe, 
 Gcor^'e Windsor Howe, 
 Clara A. Howe, 
 Warren (i. Howe, 
 Lizzie O. Howe, 
 Nellie F. Howe, 
 N. M. Walker, 
 
 II. T. Kstabrook, 
 Samuel Howe, 
 Evoline Arnold, 
 AVilliani F. Gleason, 
 Mrs. !Mary A Gleason, 
 Miss F. A. Gleason, 
 Jliss O. W. Gleason, 
 Miss F. A. Gleason, 
 William N. Howe, 
 Pcr.sis Howe. 
 Lizzie Howe, 
 Sunnier ]>oring Howe, 
 Abby 1). Howe, 
 Elmer 1). Howe, 
 Nellie V. Howe, 
 Sophia A. Cottincf, 
 Charles W. Cotting, 
 Nccdliam Howo, 
 Candaee N. Howo, 
 Oliver Iv Howe, 
 Ida N. Howe, 
 Annie JI. Howe, 
 Thadden Howe, 
 Lyman N. Howe, 
 Luey A. Howe, 
 William ,[. Arnold, 
 Anna E. Arnold, 
 L. Arnold, 
 Howard W. Arnold, 
 C. A. Witt, 
 Elizabeth Witt, 
 F. A. Howe, 
 Mrs. F. A. Howo, 
 Luey Whitney, 
 Lina S. Whitney, 
 Laura P. Whitney, 
 Annie L. Howe, 
 Mrs. Mary Howe Lawrence, 
 
 Marlboro', Ma 
 
 H. 
 
 William Stetson, Jr., Marlboro', Mast. 
 
 K. Iv, .Stelson. " 
 
 Mrs, \. H, Stetson, 
 
 Anna .1. Stetson, 
 
 l''rank V.. Stetson, 
 
 Jennie G. Stetson, 
 
 l''rank !■".. Stetson, 
 
 .lo'iali S. Howe, 
 
 Cyrus Fi'lton, 
 
 llniile T. Morse, 
 
 .\'ary H. Morse, 
 
 Martlia .A. Morse, 
 
 Stephen .Morse, 
 
 \Viiislow M. Warren, 
 
 .lolm .V. Frye, 
 
 i;ivira F. Frye, 
 
 Mrs. L. S. Wheeler, 
 
 (leorue S. Uiissidl, 
 
 llattie \\. Hiis.sell, 
 
 Mr. L. S. liriKham, 
 
 S. H. Howe, 
 
 Mrs. S. il. Howe, 
 
 Kl>hraim Howe, 
 
 W. (r. Howe, 
 
 .\iiuiriab Howe, 
 
 i:ilen M. Howe, 
 
 Clarcnee 10. Howe, 
 
 Mary J. Howe, 
 
 Susan M. Harker, 
 
 ( 'liarles M. Howe, 
 
 iSarah H. Howe, 
 
 Graee li. Howe, 
 
 Walter W. Howe, 
 
 Sarah \\. Howe, 
 
 Florenee I. Howe, 
 
 Herbert .M. Howe, 
 
 U'iiithro]) Howe, 
 
 Lyman N. Howo, 
 
 Luey A. Howe, 
 
 Trneman Edwin Howe, 
 
 Calvin Clisby I [owe, 
 
 Edward Holyoke llowo, 
 
 Elbridcje Howe, 
 
 S. B. i'ratt, 
 
 Mrs. Martha A. Howe, 
 
 Warren Howe, 
 
 Ainie M. Howe, 
 
 Cordelia Morse, 
 
 Luey Ann Howo AVard, 
 
 (ieorjje .V. Howo, 
 
 JOmily 15. Howe, 
 
 Sabra H. Howe, 
 
 Lizzie E. INIorse, Qniney, Mass. 
 
 Kev. Dennis Po\nf». bington, 
 
 Mrs. Mary T. Pi,>. '-■. " " 
 
 Artenias L. Howe, liock Bottom, Mass. 
 
 Phcbo S. Howe, " " 
 
 ^Irs. Anna II. Lord, Chelsea, " 
 
 N. L. Howo, West Amesbury, " 
 
 A. W. Howe, " " 
 
 John W. Howo, Clinton, " 
 
 Delia S. Howe, " " 
 
 Mary C. Howe, " " 
 
 Kov. Elias Nason, North Billerica, Mass. 
 
 E. J. C. Loverinii, Auburn, " 
 
 Jos. S. Howo, Methuen, '* 
 
 Joseph Howe, " " 
 
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 Christoplior IIowo, Mitliucii, 
 Joliii Howe, " " 
 
 CImrU-i Ilnwo, " « 
 
 E. I>, Sdiitliwortli, DiiiiKlasfl, " 
 
 C. (;. SiPiitliwortli, " " 
 
 E. L. Ilott-c, {.'ocliitimtc!, " 
 
 Asii II. (loilihinl, rriiiccton, '• 
 
 Mrs. Ad.'lim' Ildwo Kl.lcr, Clicster, " 
 Al)l)if .M. Ilowo, Asliliiinl, " 
 
 Ivhviinl .S NiiHon, " " 
 
 Mrs. K. S. Xiison, " " 
 
 E. I.. Howe, Waylimd, " 
 
 Hflcii .M. Wilkin's, IViihody, " 
 
 E. r. Howe, N, UritlKt'Wutur, " 
 
 Nl'wi'I IJrowi), lU'liiiDiit, " 
 
 Mrs. Miiry \V. IJriiwn, llclinont, " 
 
 Ilciiry W. I.on^^'i'liow, Xiiiiiiiit. " 
 
 Kilwiinl llinvc mill will', Mary JJ. Fox llowc, 
 
 West Held, Muss. 
 Mrs. r.iizal.utii A. (llowc-) Bush, Wostfluld, 
 
 Mass. 
 Hon. 11. J. Bush, WestfleUl, Mass. 
 Cupt. .\. L. niisli, and wife Josepliino, 
 
 Wi'Mfii'ld, Mass. 
 William .1. Uowo, liandolpli, 
 Mrs. Win. J. Howe, " 
 Mrs. Aliby '1'. llowo, " 
 Joanna W. King, " 
 
 ICilon I'. Kini;, " 
 
 Mary 1'. I'ickons, Fo-tboro, 
 :\lartlia W. IIowo, " 
 A. E. Daiit'ortli, Hudson, 
 Edwin 1). liruee, '• 
 Mrs. H. M. IJruue, " 
 Edw. A. Holyoko, " 
 Anson 15. llowe, " 
 JIary I!. 15i.^a■lo\v, " 
 Dana llowe, " 
 
 i:isie Howe, " 
 
 J. M. Howe, " 
 
 Sarali J. Warner, " 
 Zoplier \\ arner, " 
 Asa Sawyer, IJerlin, 
 Mrs. JCinma Sawyer, Berlin, 
 l.iiiiisa S. Hastings, " " 
 
 Mary Graee Howe Houghton, Berlin, Mass. 
 Ilev. W. A. Houghton, " " 
 
 Lydia Howe I'eters, " " 
 
 Luther I'eters, " " 
 
 Itebeeea Howe Bartlett, " " 
 
 Mattie A. Bartlett, " " 
 
 Warren S. Howe, " " 
 
 Albert Babeoek, A\ est Berlin, « 
 
 George Howe I'itman, Dorcester, " 
 
 Mrs. Charlotte M. I'itman, Dorchester, " 
 G. Fowler, " " 
 
 Laura E. II. Fowler, 
 Ilarvev Howe, 
 E. H. Howe, 
 Mrs. Lucy 11. llowc, 
 Ella L. Howe, 
 H. F. llowe, 
 Edward Ilowo, 
 Wm. B. Trask, 
 Ezekiid ritinan, Wakefield, 
 Mrs. Mary I'itman, " 
 Charles II. Hill, " 
 
 Eliza L. Howe, Weymouth, 
 
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 Josepli n. Howe, South Weymouth, 
 
 .Vvcry S. Howe, Wcyinoulh, 
 
 J. Clarence Howe, South Weymouth, 
 
 l'"rank 1^. Howe, *' 
 
 .Minerva II. Howe, " 
 
 Clarissa 1'. llowo, " 
 
 Clara A. Howe, «' 
 
 Alice K. Howe, " 
 
 Mrs. .\ppleton Howe, " 
 
 Harriet .\. llowe, " 
 
 Henry S. Howe, Warren, 
 
 Charles W. Howe, Norfolk, 
 
 I'jnina V.. Howe, Hronkline, 
 
 Kimball 'r. llowe, Woodville, 
 
 ( 'liarle.s Howe Hadley, 
 
 (ieorge .\. Howe, West Boylston, 
 
 William 'I', llowe, " 
 
 Joid Howe, " 
 
 'riionias Harlow, " 
 
 Olive M. Waterman, " 
 
 Olive ,1. Waterman, " 
 
 A. E. Waterman, " 
 
 William G. Howe, Haverhill, 
 
 .lames Howe, '• 
 
 Mrs. Susan W. Howe, Haverhill, 
 
 .Vnn (J. Keniston, " 
 
 Dr. Richard C. Ilowo, " 
 
 Joseph Brown, " 
 
 II. Maria Brown, " 
 
 Mrs. L. J. Ilarri!^, " 
 
 Moses Howe, " 
 
 James C. Howe. " 
 
 Nathan Maker, Weston; 
 
 Elisha Haker, " 
 
 Mary Baker, " 
 
 Nathan Baker, Jr., Weston, 
 
 Ari l$aker, " 
 
 Josiah A. Uoekwood, Upton, 
 
 Susan II. Uoekwood, " 
 
 .Merrick Howe, Leominster, 
 
 William F. Howe, North Leominster, 
 
 Charles II. Howe, Leominster, 
 
 Oliver K. Howe, Sterling, 
 
 Lucy G. Howe, " 
 
 Isabella Ilowo Hastings, Sterling, 
 
 S. S. Hastings, <' 
 
 Stephen Howe, Baldwinsville, 
 
 Henry M. llowe, Sekonk, 
 
 Sarah Littlefield, Milton, 
 
 George II. Howe, Brighton, 
 
 Corinth Howe PlumuK'r, Brighton, 
 
 Lucie J. Brigham, Concord, 
 
 Dalby Onthank, Southboro', 
 
 Alvah S. llowe, " 
 
 David II. Brown, " 
 
 Julia E. Brown, " 
 
 S. F. Onthank, " 
 
 Lydia B. Onthank, " 
 
 Syhm J. llowe, Templcton, 
 
 JIartlia A. Howe Barnard, Woburn, 
 
 Mrs. Kate Howe, Palmer, 
 
 Addison llowe, Ashburnham, 
 
 Leroy A. Howe, " 
 
 Eliza M. Gates, " 
 
 Mrs. Francis U. Howe, Braintree, 
 
 William Howe, South Braintree, 
 
 D. B. llowe, Fitchburg, 
 
 Amos A. Howe, " 
 
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 Mrs. E. M. Gates, Fitchburg, ;>[ass. 
 
 C S.. IIowc, Dover. '• 
 
 Isaac Howe, " " 
 
 G. L. Howe, " " 
 
 Louisa U. Sinitli, Dover, " 
 
 Sarah E. Sniitli, " " 
 
 George L. lie .-e, " " 
 
 15. Howe Conr.nt, W'onliam, " 
 
 .Hev. Jolin Haven, Cliarlton, " 
 
 Mrs. *u. M. Haven, " <' 
 
 William «. Haven, » " 
 
 Mrs. F. 15. Haven, " " 
 
 J. Frank Howe, Springfield, " 
 
 Elijah Howe, " '< 
 
 F. 15. Howe Douglass, Greenwich, " 
 
 Angcnotte II. Vaugiiaii, " " 
 
 Mrs. S. E. Howe Pitman, Salem, " 
 
 Alice Howe, " " 
 
 George Browning, ♦* , " 
 
 Alfred Toor, " " 
 
 Miss Helen Varnum, Dracut, Mass. 
 
 Nellie M. Lee, " « 
 
 Mr. Henry Varnum, " " 
 
 Mrs. Lydia A. Howe Leo, Dracut, JIass. 
 
 Mr. Liab Leo, " " 
 
 Augusta A. Fox, 
 
 AVinthrop A. Fox, 
 
 Mrs. Jeremiah Howe, 
 
 Aaron 11. Hogers, llolden, 
 
 Silas Howe, " 
 
 Pcrsis W. Howe, " 
 
 J. Warren liogcrs, " 
 
 Ahnira Itogers, " 
 
 Edwin Howe, " 
 
 S. C. Howe, " 
 
 Leroy A. Howe, " 
 
 George 15. Howe, Danvers, 
 
 Lizzie A. Howe, " 
 
 Albert W. Howe, " 
 
 Josephine E. Howe, " 
 
 Goo. Ilowe I'oabody, " 
 
 Chas. II. Teabody, " 
 
 Win. II. Clark, I'axton, 
 
 Lewis 15igolow, " 
 
 Mrs. H. D. Howe, " 
 
 Eliza JI. Howe, " 
 
 Naiiuin S. Newton, " 
 
 IMareia M. Newton, " 
 
 Wm. H. Harrington, Paxton. 
 
 Olive G. Harrington, " 
 
 Lucy A. Harrington, " 
 
 Laurette A. Harrington, " 
 
 L. S. I\I. Howe, " 
 
 Mary E. Howe, " 
 
 W^ H. Glaus, 
 
 Mrs. W. H. Glaus, " 
 
 David G. Davis, " 
 
 Hev. Elbridgo G. Howe, " 
 
 Mrs. Francena (Ilowe) Brock, Ayer, 
 
 John Howe, East Somerville, 
 
 Sarah F. Howe, East Somerville, 
 
 Jennie A. Howe, " " 
 
 Josoi)h Howe, " " 
 
 Lizzie C. Howe, " " 
 
 Joseph T. Howe, Natiek, 
 
 Jlrs. Amasa Howe, " 
 
 E. H. Brigham, " 
 
 Elbridgo Howe, " 
 
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 Ida M. IIowo, " " 
 
 Lucy F. Howe, " 
 
 George Howe, 
 
 W. H. Coolidgc, 
 
 L. L. Howe, 
 
 Augusta P. Washburn, Natiek, 
 
 Gilbert Warren Howe, " 
 
 Persis A. Howe, " 
 
 Bertha F. Howe, " 
 
 Frank F. Howe, " 
 
 Elbridge H. Howe, " 
 
 Melinda Howe, '< 
 
 Carrie E. Howe, 
 
 Eliza L. Cole, 
 
 John L. Colo, 
 
 Alice E. Cole, 
 
 Fred E. Cole, 
 
 James E. Cole, 
 
 Grace E. Cole, 
 
 Charles E. Cole, " 
 
 Hon. Henry Wilson, " 
 
 John L. Perkins, Cliarlestown, 
 
 Thos. Pitman, " 
 
 Mrs. Caroline Pitman, " 
 
 E. W. Howe, " 
 
 Mrs. E. W. Howe, 
 
 S. O. Little, 
 
 Mrs. S. O. Little, " 
 
 L. Hull and E. Maria (Ilowe), Cliarlestown, 
 
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 Lucius S. Ilowe, Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 Emory Hunt, South Sudburv, " 
 
 E. 15. Hunt, " " ' " 
 
 N. 15. Hunt, " " " 
 
 Angelline "V. Hunt, South Sudbury, Mass. 
 
 Alice Howe Hunt, " " ' " 
 
 John Eaton, " " 
 
 Ruth Eaton, " " 
 
 E. T. Eaton, " '< 
 
 E. N. Eaton, " " 
 
 John II. Eaton, " " 
 
 Lucinda 15. Fairbanks, " " " 
 
 Keuben Hunt, " " " 
 
 Mrs. Kouhen Hunt, " " '• 
 
 A. M. Howe, " " " 
 
 Martin Goodnow, " " <' 
 
 Solomon A. Howe, Maiden, " 
 
 J. K. Howe, " " 
 
 Mrs. J. B. Howe, " " 
 
 Wm. II. 11. Howe, " " 
 
 Millard F. Howe, " " 
 
 Solonum A. Howe, Jr. " . " 
 
 Lois K. Ilowe, " " 
 
 Lois 1!. Howe, Orange, " 
 
 Geo. AV. Howe, " " 
 
 JIary Howe, " " 
 
 Lewis B. Howe, " " 
 
 !Mary L. Howe, " <' 
 
 (Jeorge W. Howe, " " 
 
 Moses G. Howe, Lowell, " 
 
 Augustus J. Howe, " " 
 
 Mary J. Ilowe, " " 
 
 .leroljoam Howe, " " 
 
 James .M. Howe, " " 
 
 Al)liie Move Chase, " 
 
 .Mabel Ilowe Chase, '< 
 
 Grey Herbert Chase, " 
 
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 Persis IIowc Gove, Lowell, 
 
 riorcnco C. Gove, " 
 
 E. Lillian AVliitc, " 
 
 Horace F. Howe, " 
 
 Annie C. Howe, " 
 
 Elhi E. Howe, 
 
 Ella A. Howe, " 
 
 Edwin A. Howe, " 
 
 Anna A. Howe, " 
 
 Lucv A. Hale, " 
 
 Lizzie W. H. Olcutt, " 
 
 Edward J5. Howe, " 
 
 Sally Howe, 
 
 Clara W. Harwood {iicc Howe), Lowtl 
 
 Aurelia L. Howe, '• 
 
 Laura Howe, " 
 
 AV. G. Howe, " 
 
 Charles W. Howe, " 
 
 Wni. C. Howe, , " 
 
 Aaron V. Howe, " 
 
 Elizabeth H. Critcherson, FraniinghiUi 
 
 John Critcherson, '■ 
 
 Ophelia Critcherson, " 
 
 S. E. Critcherson, " 
 
 13uckly Jloore, 
 
 M. 1). Moore, 
 
 E. M. iNIoore, 
 
 C. Vi. aioore, 
 
 Hattie M. Daniels, 
 
 Charles E. Daniels, 
 
 E. D. Daniels, 
 
 E. ]{. Daniels, 
 John C. Howe, 
 Ben). E. Wilson, 
 J. li. Hubbard, 
 Hepzebah Hubbard, 
 Elisabeth Stone, " 
 Geo. Marshall Howe, " 
 Harriet Maria Howe, " 
 Waldo Vernon Howe, " 
 Gertrude Howe, " 
 Helen Marshall Howe, " 
 AVni. E. Temple, " 
 S. Isabella Temple, •< 
 Addie M. Temple, " 
 Kev. J. H. Temple, *' 
 Alice L. Howe, South Framingham, 
 Florence A. Howe, " 
 N. IL Jlnore, " 
 Ella F. Moore, " 
 Lydia L.T.Moore," 
 
 Lizzie M. Moore, " " 
 
 F. L. Moore, " " 
 David Howe, Boston, 
 
 A. Tiicresc Howe, Boston, 
 
 Jacob Howe, " 
 
 I\Iiss Jennie Howe, " 
 
 Chas. W. Howe, " 
 
 Milton Howe, " 
 
 Mrs. C. .V. Wood {jiee lIoTve), Boston 
 
 Oscar F. Howe, " 
 
 Mary E. Howe, " 
 
 Geo. A. Howe, 
 
 May W.Howe, " 
 
 Henry Howe, South Boston, 
 
 Mary A. Howe, " 
 
 Lyman E. Howe, South Boston, 
 
 Adam Howe, " " 
 
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 F. B. Howe, South Boston, Mas3. 
 
 Mrs. Martha F. Farker, Boston, " 
 
 Hiram Wellinirton, " " 
 
 Mrs. Ann H. Wellington, " 
 
 Hamilton Howe, Boston Highlands, 
 
 ]\Irs. Hamilton Howe, " 
 
 Florence A. Howe, " 
 
 Blanche J5. Howe, " 
 
 IJnma Perkins, Boston, 
 
 Jeimie Perkins, " " 
 
 ^Irs. Fannie Howe Teele, Boston, " 
 
 ^Irs. Hannah Howe Berry, Boston High- 
 lands, l\las3. 
 
 Fannie Howe Berry, Boston Highlands, 
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 John King Berry, Boston Highlands, Mass. 
 
 .Albert Howe, Boston, •' 
 
 ^lary A. Crocker, Boston, 
 
 r.ucy Howe Horn, " 
 
 B. F. Horn, 
 
 Sidney Howe, " 
 
 Cliarlotte A. Howe, " 
 
 S. Gleason, " 
 
 Samuel X. Howe, " 
 
 Thomas H. Howe, " 
 
 ICunna A. Perkins, " 
 
 :\Iary J. Perkins, " 
 
 Hon. Geo. S. Hillard, " 
 
 A. C. Garratt, iSI.D. " 
 
 Caroline Olivia Howe," 
 
 George Howe, " 
 
 liut'us K. Kobinson, " 
 
 Delia Howe liobinson," 
 
 Ii. Frank liobi.ison, " 
 
 Frank ^L Howe. " 
 
 E. F. Hall, " 
 
 O. H. Monroe, " 
 
 JCllen Elvira Gibson, " 
 
 E. L. Cornwell, " 
 
 Mauley Howe, " 
 
 L J. Howe, " 
 
 Charles Howe, " 
 
 L A. Howe, " 
 
 Frank A. Howe, 
 
 H. ]{. Sharp, 
 
 Arthur Hall, " 
 
 Lvdia C.Hall, 
 
 Annie E. Hall, " 
 
 Frank J. Hall, " 
 
 Herbert A. Hall, " 
 
 Emma A. Ha)'., " 
 
 Asa W. Wait, " 
 
 Hannah P. Wait, " 
 
 Lizzie F. Wait, " 
 
 O. S. Fowler, " 
 
 J. J. Brown, " 
 
 William Howe, Cambridge, 
 
 "iiowena Howe, '• 
 
 Ella It. Howe, " 
 
 Edith V. Howe, " 
 
 David Howe, Canil)ridgeport, 
 
 A. M. Howe, Cambridge, 
 
 Estos Howe, " 
 
 Mary E. Howe, " 
 
 Jas. Murray Howe, " 
 
 SaraU. Howe, " 
 
 Jas. Murray Howe, Jr., Cambridge, 
 
 Tracy Howe, •• 
 
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 Ki\te C. llowo, C:iiiiln-iil,i;c. M;i--:. 
 
 ]J;ivi(l Howe, C;uii!iriili;i'ii(irt. 
 
 S. :M. Jlowc, 
 
 Frank M. Howe, North Ciiinlirid'^r'. ?,I,iss. 
 
 Eliza IIowc 'IVm'Io, Cambriilifepoit. M i>^. 
 
 Slary Howe (irocn, '• 
 
 Wary Ail.lie Greon, " 
 
 Hattio A. Howe, " 
 
 Anna C. Howe, " 
 
 Jlrs. Caroline II. IIowp. " 
 
 Wni. II. Howe, 
 
 Elias Howe. " '• 
 
 Elias Howe! Jr., '• " 
 
 Edward F. Howe, '• " 
 
 G. Herbert Howe. '• '• 
 
 S. W. Howe. .Jr., Worcester, " 
 
 A. M. Howe, 
 
 Elmer r. Howe, " " 
 
 Lyman Howe, " " 
 
 Alise L. Ch'itelicrson, •' *' 
 
 Francis A. Howe, " '* 
 
 Harry E. Kice, '^ " 
 
 Lewis Gates, " *' 
 
 Delia Gates, 
 
 II. E. Simmons, " " 
 
 Mrs. H. E. Simmons. " " 
 
 John Simmons, " " 
 
 II. A. Towor, 
 
 Einnieline Tower. " " 
 
 Mary A. jNIaynard, " 
 
 Artemas Ilawes. " " 
 
 Mrs. .Vrtemas ilawes, •' 
 
 Mrs. Mary L. Howes (iiee Howe), Wori'es- 
 
 ter, JIass. 
 Henry \. Howe, Worcester, JIass. 
 Alden A. Howe, " 
 
 IJoxa Howard, 
 
 Barnard Sumner, " '' 
 
 Mrs. E. D. Warner, " '• 
 
 Nancy Eaton, " " 
 
 Alexander :Marsli. 
 Mrs. IMaria Marsh, " 
 Henry A. Marsh, " 
 
 AVm. Curtiss, AVestborougli, ]\Ia-.*. 
 Mrs. Wm. Curtiss, 
 Sarah H. Wilson, " 
 Caroline I'. .Miriek, •' 
 Lvnian IIowc, " 
 
 Abbie L. 15ri^'ham. " '• 
 
 Emer>on 15. Wilson, " '■ 
 
 J. B. 15ri,<j;hani, 
 Georije Howe, Winchester, 
 Mary Howe, 
 
 Sarah K. Leland. Sherborn. Mn^s. 
 Charles H. Howe, 
 Lewis Howe, AY inclundoii, 
 Francis Howe, ISrooktield, 
 Ell)ridtrc Howe, E. '• 
 Alplionse Howe, " " '• 
 
 Jolm M. Howe, " '• 
 Oliver C. Howe, 
 Julius A. Howe, " " 
 
 Albert S. Howe. Rrookfteld. " 
 Anijennet C. Vauixhn, Brooklield, M:i-s. 
 Lorenda S. AVIlilin^^^ 
 Mary liUcy Smitli, " 
 
 Jennie Howe, " 
 
 Henry IIowo, " " 
 
 Howe, M. T)., Xewl.ury- 
 Xc'wburypoi-t, M.i-^. 
 
 . Abinnton " 
 
 Dedhani, 
 
 Medtield, 
 
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 Alvin Howe. Brookfield, Mass. 
 
 Kmeline H. Hard well. Southbridi,'!', •• 
 •losliua Howe, Georgetown, '■ 
 
 Nathaniel Howe, " '« 
 
 Mary J. Howe, " •• 
 
 Geo. H. liichardson, " " 
 
 I",mma J. Hichardson, " , ■' 
 
 .\lfred A. Howe, 
 
 Mrs. Cr. E. Howe, •' '< 
 
 llattie Howe, '' " 
 
 Francis AuLTu.stine 
 
 port, Mass. 
 !Mrs. Marv F. How 
 Geo. W. Hill, 
 Mrs. H. I). Jones, 
 James W. Gsljorn, 
 David B. Howe, 
 Mrs. I). 15. Howe, 
 Charles Howe. 
 Mrs. Charles Howe, 
 Isaac S. Howe, 
 llann.'di W. Ilcwe. 
 Klijah Howe, Jr 
 .lulia -Vnn Howe, " 
 
 Oliver II. Howe, " 
 
 Isaacus Colburn, West ■' 
 A. L. Howe. •' 
 
 Wm. It. Howe, Franklin, 
 Charles Howe, 
 Carrie Howe, 
 Almira Howe ilorse 
 !Mary B. ^Nforse, 
 Lizzie V. .Morse, 
 John Ord. Jr., 
 Eliza II. Bishop, 
 Mrs. Eliakim ^Morse, 
 Henrv W. Howe. 
 :\Irs.Sara ^l. Howe. 
 Sarah E. Smith. 
 Almira A. S. IS.itchelder 
 Naluim Howe, 
 Mary E. Howe. 
 Lavinia A. Howe, 
 Lucy A. Howe, 
 Fannie B. Hf)we, 
 ^lary S. Howe, 
 liuei Howe, 
 I'lihraim C. Howe, 
 Gihnan B. Howe, 
 Silas Howe, 
 Ann G. Howe, 
 Anson Kice. '• 
 
 Mrs. I'ereis Howe, 
 .Vlf)nzo 15. Howe, 
 Edwin F. Howe, Bolton, 
 E. W. Barker, 
 C. G. 15arker, 
 A. A. Barker, " 
 
 E. G. P.arker, 
 H. 1). Barker, 
 S. H. Howe, '• 
 
 Edwin B. Eames, Holliston, 
 Elmira 15. Eames, '• 
 
 I'amela H. Clark, " 
 
 Hlijah Clark. " 
 
 Charles H. Draper. " 
 Clmrles H. Morse. " 
 
 Mrs. Rebecca Travis, " 
 
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 Mrs. Joscpliino L. riercc, Ilolliston, Mass 
 I rt'durick \V. Wilder. " " 
 
 Edward W. llowo, Milford, '< 
 
 
 
 
 Edward W. llowo, Milford, 
 
 Xathan C. IIowc, 
 
 Mary J. Howe, 
 
 Mrs. Jliiry K. (ilines, 
 
 E. 1). Howe, Gardiner, 
 
 James II. Howe, " 
 
 Harrison Howe, " 
 
 Lney F. Howe Sweet, Gardiner, 
 
 Ebenezer Howe, ■' 
 
 Simeon Howe, " 
 
 IMnrcus H. Howe, " 
 
 Epin-aini 1). Howe, " 
 
 C. S. Greenwood, South Gardiner, 
 
 Eihridt^e Howe, Soiitii (fanliner, 
 
 Willard Howe, SontJi Franiiniriiam, 
 
 Ciiarlotte A. Howe, '• 
 
 Eranlv Fay Howe, ■' 
 
 Harrie .M. Howe, " 
 
 Lney ,Vnn Hallard, " 
 
 Charles Howe, 
 
 IMrs. Ciiarles Howe, 
 
 Curtis Howe, 
 
 IMrs. Curtis Howe, 
 
 Brainard liiee, 
 
 airs. L. K. Kico, 
 
 P. r. Field, 
 
 Mrs. P. V. Field, 
 
 Charles 1). Power, 
 
 Josiah Henicnwa}-, 
 
 Mrs. Josiah Henienway 
 
 Edward S. Henicnwav, " " 
 
 Mrs. Edward S. Henienwav, Soutli Fra- 
 ininf,'hani, Alass. 
 
 Prank Heinenway, South Franiingham,Mass, 
 
 Jlenry Eanies, u .i 
 
 Mrs. Henry Fames, " << 
 
 Luther Fanu^s, << << 
 
 INfrs. Luther Fames, " >< 
 
 n. Gardner Fames, '■ ii 
 
 Elipholet Fames, '< u 
 
 Jl^rs. Elipholet Fames, " '• 
 
 W. 1». l^imes, 41 (( 
 
 Flora ICanies, <« u 
 
 AViihor Fanu's, " << 
 
 Mrs. Catherine Eames, '.' " 
 
 Angeline Ivimes, " n 
 
 Fannie l']ames, '< u 
 
 Emily Fames, <« u 
 
 Edwin Fames, <i u 
 
 Charles A. Stearns, " « 
 
 Mrs. Charles A. Stearns, " " 
 
 Mary Stearns, << <( 
 
 Henry O. Stearns, " « 
 
 Galvin JJnilard, " n 
 
 Franklin Manson, " u 
 
 Curtis II. liarber, ' " <i 
 
 Mrs. Curtis H. IJarhcr, " «' 
 
 Thomas L. J5arl)er, " u 
 
 S. W. Howe, llopkinton, << 
 
 airs. C. M. Howe, " 
 
 W. N. Howe, " <( 
 
 Clara L. Howe, " <i 
 
 John A. Fitch, " u 
 
 Luey Ann Howe, " u 
 
 Martha L. Howe Long, llopkinton, " 
 
 Juuics Louy, " <« 
 
 Lvnn, 
 
 Xelsori Howe, Lynn, 
 alary A. Howe, " 
 Ida A. Howe, " 
 
 Ada J. Howe, " 
 
 Nelson Howe, Jr.," 
 Horace J. Howe, " 
 Mrs. Barnard Adams, 
 Fmeline Howe, Ware, 
 Lyman C. White. " 
 .Mrs. Lyman C. White, Ware, 
 J. Henry Howe, '• 
 
 Merrill "x. Howe, Lawrenee, 
 Hattie E. Howe, " 
 
 Freddie M. Howe, " 
 Levi Howe, " 
 
 -Airs. Levi Howe, " 
 
 (ieorgie P. Howe, " 
 Mrs. Martha M. IIowc, aLirblehoad, 
 Charles H. Howe, " 
 
 \Villiani T. Howe, '< 
 
 Gideon Howe, West Medway, 
 Susan B. Howe, " 
 
 Emma T. Howe, " 
 
 Lillian S. Howe, <' 
 
 Kalph G. Howe, 
 Joel Howe. Spencer, 
 Albion K. Howe, Wcllesloy, 
 Emerson Howe, Ipswich, 
 Kuth C. Howe, " 
 
 Eliza Howe Perley, " 
 A. W. IIowc, Eowley, 
 N. L. Howe, " 
 
 l..ucy A. Howe, '« 
 Susan D. Howe, " 
 ,Celia A. Howe Prescott, Rowley, 
 George Prescott, " 
 
 Mary .Jane Bailey, " 
 
 ('harles T. Howe, Saxonvillo, 
 Harriet A. Harlow, Shrewsbury, 
 William II. He we, " 
 
 -Vniasa Howe, " 
 
 Seth W. IIowc, 
 Kati; W. Howe, 
 Anna S. Howe, 
 .M. Eliza Howe, 
 Gideon Harlow, 
 Abby ]'. Allen, 
 Mrs. Maria Howe Jlason," 
 Persis H. Tainter, AVatertown, 
 Mrs. W. A. Benton, Oakdale, 
 Sarah B. Dodge, Lancaster, 
 Mrs. Susan Stiekney Howe, Byfleld, 
 J. Henry Howe, Enfield, 
 Mary J. Howe, <' 
 Carrie M. Howe, " 
 airs. Helen A. Howe Eipley, Enfield, 
 Hattie A. Howe, '< 
 
 Henry C. M. Howe, <' 
 
 Willie F. Howe, " 
 
 Kuf'us Hastings. Sterling, 
 Isabella Howe Hastings, Sterling, 
 Sarah S. Hastings, " 
 
 .\bl)ie S. Hastings, " 
 
 Humphrey B. Howe, aiedford, 
 Susan E. Howe, " 
 
 Lizzie W. Howe, " 
 
 Arathusa A. Gilmorc, aiansfleld, 
 Sarah A. aiiller, Worthington, 
 
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 .Tubal IIowo, Nowton, 
 Lucy llowL- Rico, IJarre, 
 Jiimes S. Stoddard, MilUniry, 
 Franklin Howe, '• 
 
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 llov. E. G. IIowo, Miirslifiold, Mass. 
 
 O. K. Howe, ISoylston ^lills, " 
 
 Stiilinan Clark, ilardwiok, " 
 
 Albort Howe, 1*. M., West Townsend, " 
 
 SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FUND OF THE HOWE FAMILY GATHERING, 
 
 SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, AUGUST t,i, iSyi. 
 
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 S. II. llowo. Bolton, :Mass. ... 8 
 Col. Frank 10. IIowo, New York, X.V. 
 Edwai'd 1>. IIowo, Lowell, .Mass. 
 ll(.in. .Tosepli Howe, Halifax, X.S. . 
 Wni. (i. IIowo, Haverhill. Mass. . 
 Hoii.AViii.W. Howe, Xew. Orleans, La. 
 .Tamos Howe, Brooklyn, X.Y. 
 Estos IIowo, ..... 
 
 A. L. Ilowe. Dodham. ^lass, . 
 Dr. Geo. M. lIowo,Franungham. Mass. 
 AVillard IIowo, So. " ' " 
 Clias. M. Howe, JNIarlboro', " 
 lilbridtfc IIowo, '• '< 
 Dr. W. ,T. IIowo, Randolph, . " 
 Lewis A. Howe, .Mailboro', . " 
 Stors L. IIowo, ?>Iontpelier,Vt. 
 L. W. IIowo, Marlboro', Mass. 
 II. H. Howe, Biirlinirt()n,V't. . 
 .Tames Murray Howe, Canibrld,!,'e, Mass, 
 John .T. Howe, Birniington, Conn. . 
 Manley Howe, Boston, ^lass. . 
 Geo. II. Howe, Brighton, '• . 
 G. W. IIowo, Xatiek, •' . 
 E. W. Howe. Charlestown '• . 
 Key. JNIoses How, Xew Bedford, ^lass. 
 M. G. How, Lowell, 
 J. II. Howe, Troy. X.Y. . 
 Dr. F. A. Howe, Xewburyport, Mass. 
 J. A. Howe. .Boston, " 
 Joshua B. Howe, lieadsboro', Vt. . 
 S. A. Howe, iMarlboro', JIass. . 
 John A. Frye, " " . . 
 
 B. F. Howe, Asliuelot, N.II. . 
 J. C. Howe, Sudl)ury, Mass. , 
 O. F. IIowo, Boston, " 
 N. IIowo, Lynn, " 
 Dr. luchard C. IIowo, Haverhill, ^lass. 
 S. H. IIowo, Marlboro', " 
 G. W. IIowo, " 
 N. S. Howe, Little Book, Ark. 
 O. Howe, Cambridge, -Mass. . 
 Prof. Thos. II. IIowo, Boston, Mass. 
 Gilbert Howe, So. Fraininghaiii, !Mass. 
 John I). Howe, St. John. X.15. 
 Capt. F. Brigham, Hudson, .Mass. . 
 Wm. A. Howe, Greenwich, Conn. . 
 Mrs. Lucrotia Howe Anisden, Boston 
 
 Highlands, Mass. 
 Chas. Howe, Boston, Mass. 
 S. A. Howe, Maiden, " 
 Harry Howe, Ontario, 
 Sara R. IIowo, Cambridge, ]\Iass. . 
 J. C. Howe. Homo wood, 111. . 
 Goo. W. Loland, lloUiston, .Mass. . 
 Geo. A. IIowo, West Boylston, Mass. 
 
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 J. 15. Case, Haverhill, '• 1 
 
 J. II. Richards. .Marlboro', " 1 
 
 John M. Tyler, Cambridge, *' 1 
 
 Joseph Howe, Somerville, " 1 
 
 A. F. Howe, Brooklino, " 1 
 
 John Howe, Stamford, Conn. . . 1 
 
 Goo. II. B. Howe, Bradford, JIass. . 1 
 
 J. W. Weston, Xew York City, . . 1 
 
 \. M. Howe, Cambridge, . . 1 
 
 Mary Howe, " . . . 1 
 
 Joel Howe, West Boylston, . . 1 
 
 Artemus Barnes, Worcester. . . 1 
 
 .Tosci)h .M. Howe, Bloomington, Ind. 1 
 
 Lewis R. Howe, Orange, Mass. . 1 
 
 Geo. W. IIowo, " " . . 1 
 
 E. II. Brighani, Xatiek, " . . 1 
 O. Howe, Brookfiold, " . . 1 
 
 C. AV. IIowo, Boston, " . . 1 
 Joshua Howe, Georgetown, " . . 1 
 L. L. Howe, Dublin, X.H. . . 1 
 Edwin Howe, Holdon, !Mass. . . 1 
 Chas. runchard, Chelsea, Mass. . 1 
 Levi S. Stockwell, Now York City, 1 
 Samuel I*. Teale, Cambridge, .Mass. 1 
 Frank ^I. Howe, X. Cambridge, ^lass. 1 
 
 F. \. Henderson, Boston, •' 1 
 Edwin A. IIowo, Ludlow, Vt. . . 1 
 
 A. ISI. Howe. Worcester, JIass. . 1 
 
 F. B. Howe, Haverhill, •• . . I 
 Mrs. L.R. Hartshorn, Somerville, :Mass. 1 
 S. Howe, Gardner, •• 1 
 
 D. II. Gregory, Brinceton, " 1 
 D. 15. Hinckley, Marlboro', " 1 
 
 G. W. (ioodnow, Cambridge, '■ 1 
 
 B. F. How, Boston, " 1 
 (rilinan 15. IIowo, Marlboro', " 1 
 . I. WMlowo, . Newton I'pper Falls, '• 1 
 Rufiis llowo, Marlboro'. " 1 
 H.W. Howe. Portland, .Mo. . . 1 
 Waller H(jwe, Charlestown, Mass. . 1 
 Susan H. Roekwood, Upton, •■ . 1 
 Stephen .Morse. ^larlboro', '■ . 1 
 Geo. \V. Ilowe, Middloiiold, " . 1 
 Adeline lOlden, (.'iio>ter, "' . I 
 .lolm .Milton Howe. I'ortland Oregon, 
 
 1'. B. Howe. .Marlboro', Mass. . ' . 
 (ieo. B. Howi', .Vubiirndale, Mass. . 
 Ivlward W. Howe. .Famaica I'hiin. .Mass. 
 .M. Howe, Dubuii, X.H. . 
 Robert C. Howe, Louisville, Ky. 
 C.W. Howe. I'a.xton, .Mass. 
 Mrs. Littletleld. unknown, 
 O. H. Munroo, Braintrue, .Mass. 
 
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 The J'ollo-Mi)ii; iiottx on llcialihy arc hifrotliircd, b]l request, from Mr. WilUam 
 II. M'liitinorc's able -\;ork on this sitl'Ject : 
 
 For the proper deseriplioii ol' cual-urmor, wliicli is tecliuically tcriruMl (lie 
 " l)lazou of arms," it will bis convenient to divide sucli rejiresentationrf into live 
 parts ; viz. : tlie siiield, erest, supporters, lielinet, and motto. 
 
 'riui sliii'ld m.'iy lie of any slia|)e, \viili this exception : the lozfn,L.'o oi* iliamond 
 shajie is tlie only form whicli females can use, and is reserved for them. The 
 crest is a common adjunct of the shield, and consists of nny object placed above 
 it, and used as u hereditary distinction. It is j,^!ncrally ]daced on a wrealh made 
 of twisted I'ibands of the two ])rincipal tinctures of the shield; soinetinies the 
 crest rises out of a C(n'onet. .Somi; of the earlier crests W(;re merely cortinets 
 .'surmounted by feathers. The supporters, which are sometimes placciil on each 
 side of the shield, consisting' of men or animals, are, in English heraldry, almost 
 the exclusive privilege of jieers and members of certain orders of knighthood. 
 The use of the helmet is ojjtional. and shoidd never be mentioned in a blazon of 
 arms. The motto is a word or sentence upon a scroll, generally, but not ahvay.-, 
 placed below the shiidd. 
 
 Th(! colors upon a shield termed " tinctures " are represented In engravings by 
 
 Or, (ir iUM, by ilul.^. 
 Ariruiit, or (~ilviT, liy a Ijl.'inlc. 
 Aziiri', III' llluc, liv iHiri/.ic.l.il linrs. 
 Gulc'.s, or llcil, hy iJci'jiciidic'ulMr lines. 
 
 The points of a : hield are 
 
 1 Ciillcil thr ilcxl'ji- oliiif 
 point. 
 
 2 ciillcil tlio iniilJlo chiff 
 l)oint. 
 
 ." Oiilliil llie sinister oliiuf 
 
 |ioinI. 
 •1 tMllr.l tliu lionor or collar 
 
 point, 
 .''i oiillcc! llu' fosse point. 
 ti calleil the nomliril or 
 
 navel point. 
 
 7 called tlio iloxter 1ia<o 
 point. 
 
 8 called tlig middle ba.-e 
 pidnt. 
 
 ■J eail'd the tinister base 
 
 .■-Sable, or I'llack, by erof.s line.a. 
 
 \'ert, or (iri'en, by diaL'onal lines frcjin bit to rii;bt. 
 
 l'iu-pur,orl'urple, by diagonal lines I'roui rigliUo left. 
 
 ponit. 
 
 It will be noticed that tlie dexter, or ri'/lil-liand side, 
 is to llie lid't of tlie ob-'Tver, and the sinister, or left- 
 hand side, is on liis rii;lit. 
 
 Wlieni'Ver one tlneliire iiredoniinates, it is eon- 
 shlere.l, with but one e.\ei'ption, to he tie' tinetnre of 
 till' shield: when two ocenpy equal portions, it is 
 diviiled. The divi-ions are ai follow- ;—. 
 
 I'er pale, made by a perpendicail.ir lino. 
 " less, •• hori/onlal line. 
 
 " bend, " dnigoniil lini' tr(iin piiint 1. on 
 
 the shield, to ;>. 
 IVr beiiil sinister made by :i diagonal line, from 
 
 point ;; lo V. 
 Qiiarierly , made by a perpendicular ainl a luiri,-;ontal 
 
 line interseelhii,'. 
 Per saltire, by twc) diau'onal fines inters<'i.'tinu'. 
 
 Tiu' ■' (di MX'es " are oideets pi iced up hi the shield ; 
 thi' :-inipie>t ein'respoml with the divl-i.e.is of the 
 shieKl. and are termed '• ordiii.iries." These arc: 
 Tlie chief, a haiul occnpvin;,' the upper third of the 
 
 shield. 
 The fesse, a band ocenpying the centre third of the 
 
 .~liiehl horizontally. 
 The i)ale. a ti.uid <irenpyiiig the centre third of the 
 
 shielil perpendicularly. 
 
 The liend. a band opcnpying onc-thirj of tlie shiidd, 
 
 diagonally, as from iadnt 1 loll. 
 The bend sinister oecnpying one-third of the shield 
 
 diagonally, ;is from t! to 7. 
 'J'lie cross being tlic fesse and pale conjoined. 
 The saltire, composed of th* bend and bend sinisler. 
 'J'heidievron resembles tlie lower half of the saltire, 
 
 with the iii)per lines hroiiu'ht lo u iJoiiu. 
 Couiied— cut olf in a straight line. 
 
 .Sa. — abbreviation of s,ible. / 
 
 Crescent — charge used by a. second son. 
 
 Krased — htiviiig a torn edge. 
 
 J'Jnliled— a sword is said to be eiiCiled with any object 
 wliicli it is I'epreseiiteil as liaving piereid. 
 
 Escallop— sliidl. 
 
 I'pr.— Abhreviation of proper— term for objects re- 
 l)reseiited by their common form and color. 
 
 Ar. — Abbreviation of Argent. 
 
 Kscallop, in the lield— signilies that an ancestor h.is 
 been on a long piliirimage, or enuaged in the 
 Crusade. ' ~ " 
 
 Dilferiiiee- a figure added to a coat-of-arms to dls- 
 tingnisii tliose of a f.iinily wlio bear the same 
 arms. 
 
 How ( l.Dvd C/ichfoif/iJ. Or, a fesse between 
 tiu\'e woha's' lieads, couped at the iieidi, sa,, 
 a crescent for dilf. Cr<nt—\ dexter arm, eras, d 
 
 ■•It the elbow, lying fessew.'iys, ainl hoMini,' in 
 the liand a scimitar, erect, entiled with a liearV head,, 
 couped. all ppr. .V./.'/u— d u-tus i-i iir(.p,.>iii teiiax. 
 
 'i'be following are charges comprised under the 
 name of sub-onlinarics : — 
 
 Tile canton— a squiire placed in ttip dexter cliief, and 
 
 occi*^)ying (me-iiiiilh of llie shield. 
 'I'be inescntelieon, the bordtire, the lozenge, tliu label, 
 annulet, crescent, lleiir-ile-lys, the martlet, tlie 
 escallop, etc. 
 
 Tly the term "blazon"' is meant the descri])tion of arms so precise ns to enable tlie reader to depict the 
 escutcheon eorn'ctly. The rnli's are: 1st, the lield is to be ilescrihed, wlielher of one tiiH'lni'e or two; if of 
 two, the form ii( division is to be inenlioiu'd. as per [lale, per fesse, etc, 'Jil. the priueipai ordinary is to bi> 
 named, and if none, the priiiciiial (diarge bcdiig the one nearest the fes^c pnint. The remaining cdiarges 
 placed on the field are lu \t to br desei'ilied, the centre charu'e lieiiiL' iles<Tiheil as '• hel ween " them, tlh'ii the 
 (diarges on the principal charge, the canton, ami lastly the dill'eri'iice ; being a labcd for lirsl son, crescent 
 for second, etc. The crerl, supporters, and motto are to be separatelv blaz.'iied after tne shielii. in 
 blazon repetition should he avoided. 'I'lie name of a tincture should lint be repealed, but if two consecutive 
 Iiorlions are of the name tincture, it may bi' inenlioiied only al't,-r the hist. 
 
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 AFTER THOS. HILL. 
 
 Size, 26 X ISin. Price, $16. 
 
 Tins Chromo Im.s been cKccutcd in ilrsl-class style, after an oil-paiiitincr by 
 Mr Thomas Ilri.r., the cclcbratc.l ddincator of California Sccncrvrand 
 more lately of New England Scenery. The picture gives an' exact 
 portrait of this n^nowned house, witli its magnificent surrounding trees, 
 and will be a valuable vnenicuto to all the members of the Howe Family. 
 
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