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pupils, Rev. Joshua Spaulding, afterwards of Salem. Here, 

 to-day, they had visited the old Jewett House, built more 

 than two hundred years ago, and seen in it a clock thought 

 to be some three hundred years old, it having been set up 

 in Dorchester sixteen or eighteen years before the settlement 

 of Rowley. It is inscribed " Richard Masterson at ye Diall 

 within Moore Gate." Dummer Academy, one of the ancient 

 institutions of the Commonwealth, had also been visited. 

 Unlike most other such, it has outgrown its tenement twice 

 over, and now inhabits the third building provided for its 

 use. An examination of the old burying ground here had 

 also revealed a store of facts interesting to the historian and 

 antiquary. 



Rev. J. B. Felt of Salem then read a paper on the early 

 history of Rowley, largely relating to the character and la- 

 bors of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers, the first and most noted of her 

 ministers. 



Rev. John Pike of Rowley remarked that but for an in- 

 advertance, the company would, in the morning, have been 

 invited to the private gardens in the place, of which some 

 were worth a visit. For himself, he could fully accept the 

 idea of Mr. Beaman, in reference to his pastorate, that that 

 minister was fortunate, whose church possessed a worthy 

 history. He had often felt the truth of this while seeking 

 to minister to this ancient church ; and he had come to 

 the conclusion, that while many ministers would like to 

 choose their successors, he would greatly prefer to name his 

 predecessor, as a far more important thing. 



C. M. Tracy of Lynn, had been very busy to-day explor- 

 ing the botany of the " Stackyard Woods," in connection 

 with a most agreeable party. The successive seasons bring 



