In recent years his successors placed on their sign, ‘Established 1825.’ Timothy Bigelow.Īs ‘scullion,’ he styled himself, and perhaps his service in Squire Bigelow's house inclined him to what became his lifelong occupation. The old mill beside the river, and the lighters and molasses-laden vessels to the distillery, had his boyish attention, and perhaps he may have assisted his father at the toll-gate on the Andover turnpike a mile from the market-place.Įvidently his youthful mind did not fix itself on his father's trade, that of a cordwainer or shoemaker, for he found employment in the household of Hon. There the second Henry was born on August 9, 1800, just prior to the beginning of ship building by Thatcher Magoun. The first appears on the Medford tax list first in 1799, and lived in the old brick building called the ‘College,’ which faced the river on ‘the way to Blanchard's,’ afterward called Ship street. It is of the business there conducted and of its promoters that we deal, now a timely subject. Usher, in his history, said (which we doubt) in 1886 that it was over 230 years, which would place it prior to 1656, thus antedating the earliest authentic house in Medford.īe that as it may, they were two very old houses, and it is not in the scope of this article to work out the problem of their genesis, nor yet of the alterations, additions and moving thither that brought them into their final and familiar shape. The local press has furnished a description of this (which promises to be first class and up-to-date), and says that the old building is believed to date back to 1670. The place is a scene of busy activity in the erection of the theatre which is to cater to the amusement-seeking public. The vine-clad dwelling, with its latticed entrance, and the quaint old gambrel-roofed store and the sheds containing the ovens are all gone. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit midiur "I judge, estimate " Avestan vi-mad- "physician " Greek mēdomai "be mindful of," medesthai "think about," medein "to rule," medon "ruler " Latin meditari "think or reflect on, consider," modus "measure, manner," modestus "moderate," modernus "modern," mederi "to heal, give medical attention to, cure " Irish miduir "judge " Welsh meddwl "mind, thinking " Gothic miton, Old English metan "to measure out.An old-time Public and private School teacher ofĪnd the part they have Contributed to the development ofĪ Medford writer of long ago and a modernĭURING the first week in May the old buildings so long the home of the Medford cracker and baking industry were demolished. It forms all or part of: accommodate accommodation commode commodious commodity empty immoderate immodest Medea medical medicament medicaster medicate medication medicine medico medico- meditate meditation Medusa meet (adj.) "proper, fitting " mete (v.) "to allot " modal mode model moderate modern modest modicum modify modular modulate module modulation mold (n.1) "hollow shape " mood (n.2) "grammatical form indicating the function of a verb " must (v.) premeditate premeditation remedial remediation remedy. Proto-Indo-European root meaning "take appropriate measures."
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