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AN ODD MISTAKE. 



The following announcement of a marriage is made in the 

 " Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist " (Boston) 

 March 22, 1800: — 



At Groton, Mr. Joel Ames to Miss Lucinda Howboath, of that 

 place. 



Knowing that Howboath was not a Groton name, and think- 

 ing that there was a blunder somewhere, I was prompted to 

 examine the Church records, where the following entry is 

 found which fully explains the matter : — 



March 2, 1800. Joel Ames of Medford to Lucinda Howe of Groton. 



Without doubt Mr. Ames belonged to a Groton family, and 

 a notice of his marriage, sent to a newspaper at the time, prob- 

 ably read " boath of Groton," following an old spelling of 

 " both"; and the printer did the rest. 



PROMINENT RESIDENTS. 



Among the lawyers, who have lived and practised in the 

 town, are two Governors of the Commonwealth, one United 

 States Senator, four other members of Congress, besides a 

 Delegate to the Continental Congress, two members of the 

 President's Cabinet, various Justices and Chief Justices of dif- 

 ferent Courts, four Speakers of the Massachusetts House of 

 Representatives, an Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, 

 a President of the State Senate, and three members of the 

 Executive Council. 



MRS. SARAH C. ROCKWOOD. 



While travelling homeward, through the State of New 

 York from a trip to the Southwest, I left the cars at Syracuse, 

 on Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 1889) with the intention 



