https://www.omekaclassic4.nhlibraries.org/files/original/08d79d9d79410dba9f59329eafb2dff4.pdf fda1c03f5fa5ef5a752abe0656ad62c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The New Hampshire Troubadour Subject The topic of the resource Troubadour Description An account of the resource The New Hampshire Troubadour was a publication of the State of New Hampshire's State Planning and Development Commission in Concord, NH from 1931-1950s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The State of New Hampshire Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The State of New Hampshire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1930s-1950s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NHSL Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource State of New Hampshire Troubadour PDF files of the Troubadour OCR OCR of the Troubadour The New Hampshire Troubadour AUGUST 1950The New Hampshire Troubadour Comes to you every month, singing the praises oj New Hampshire, a state whose beauty and opportunities should tempt you to come and share those good things that make life here so delightful. State Claiming and Development Commission, Concord, New Hampshire. One dollar a year. Entered as second-class matter. May 31, 1949, at the Cost Office at Concord, New Hampshire, under the Act oj March 3, 1879. ANDREW M. HEATH, Editor Volume XX AUGUST, 1950 Number 5 (DUj 5)ome Dap Ruth B. Field From near and far they travel back To meet in the old home fold, For ties are strong, though years are long, And the boys and girls grown old. All the homefolks welcome the wanderers With warm handclasp and smiles, Forgotten the long years in between, Forgotten the many miles That parted kin and friends so long. And the trials and tears by the way, For memories waken youth's old sweet song In their hearts on Old Home Day. Then the bell in the steeple urgently peals, Calling them all to dine And bask in the warmth of home again On this day for Auld Lang Syne. New Hampshire Troubadour 3A BOOK COMES INTO BEING One summer evening, when attending the Amos Fortune Forum in the old Meeting House at Jaffrey Center, I went to visit Fortune’s grave before the lecture commenced. I found the headstones, slate well weathered and skilfully carved. They were of equal size and on each one the wording was a brief but eloquent bit of biography written by Laban Ainsworth, longtime pastor in Jaffrey and one of Amos Fortune’s truest friends. They read — Sacred to the memory of Amos Fortune who was born free in Africa, a slave in America, he purchased liberty, professed Christia n ity, lived reputably and died hopefully Nov. 17, 1 SOI Aet. 01 Sacred to the memory of Violate by sale the slave of Amos Fortune. by Marriage his wife, by her fidelity his friend and solace, she died his widow Sept. 13, 1802 Aet. 73 It was a beautiful evening, warm with a cooling breeze, and westward Monadnock stood dark blue and stalwart against the sunset. Standing there, the headstones seemed to me like signposts and I thought that if I could find my way back not to 1801 alone, but further back through the whole preceding century and to the coast of Africa in the year 1725 I might find the life story of Amos Fortune and make it into a book. Shall I confess that 1 heard little of the lecture when the Forum convened, so busy was I in my mind about the journey I wanted to make?In the Jafl’rey History there is an excellent chapter on the life of Amos Fortune, but it is largely concerned with the latter part of his life, especially the twenty years when he was a tanner in Jaffrey. So, following every signpost I could and picking up clues here and there, I started on my way back through the years. The State Library in Concord was tireless in helping me to find information. Gradually I secured much that was relevant and necessary through the reading of many town histories, the vital statistics of the places where Amos Fortune was known to have lived, books on the slave trade and such excellent background builders as Wceden's “Economic and Social History of New England” and Greene’s “The Negro in Colonial New England.” Soon there were certain facts that could be established — facts that were like the warp upon which the shuttle of my imagination could weave a solid fabric. 7 Vic* cemetery ^ showinn the hewlstum's (at left) of trims Fortune ami his wife I iolate, ami thr aid merlin ft house at Jaffrey- ('.enter. GRANITE STATE STUDIOIt was a little frightening, at some points, to know that I would have to rely u|X)ti imagination to carry the story, but I was buoyed by something John Keats once wrote in a letter to a friend. “I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the heart’s affection,” he wrote, “and the truth of Imagination: what the Imagination seizes as Beauty must be Truth.” I began to see that if one was imbued with a subject and immersed in a period, there was a point from which one could trust imagination to be a reliable guide. As the story grew from boyhood in Africa, to the journey in the slave ship, to the auction block in Boston, through years of servitude that flowered in freedom deeply felt and nobly lived under the shadow of Monadnock. it seemed that the mountain played a large part in Amos Fortune’s life. For he knew what it was to stand alone and he felt instant kinship for the mountain whose name in the Indian tongue meant “the mountain that stands alone.” They became friends, those two. the one shaped by time measured in aeons, the other by time measured in days and years; and Amos, lifting his eyes often to the mountain, let it signpost his way to heaven. The end of my search was the conclusion of the book — AMOS FORTUNE: FREE MAN*, a biography based on certain facts, inspired by imagination. As I pieced my information together, much became clear to me and it seemed then that it was entirely possible that interest, desire and affection, grounded on available knowledge, could enable one to tap a source of memory and rightly record a life; for what made up the book did not seem to be my own ideas so much as the inevitable fitting together of the pieces of a puzzle. So a book came into being and through it Amos Fortune’s life is lived again: a reminder to his New Hampshire fellow citizens, whose eyes rest easily and often on the hills, that God makes men as well as mountains and sometimes the two are closely related. * Published by Aladdin Books, New York, S2.50.AMONG THE GREAT FROM THE GRANITE STATE btj 2)uane Squires, jPl. 2). 4. John Sargent Pillsbury (July 29, 1828-October 18, 1901) In the business of making wheat Hour and its derivative products the name of Pillsbury stands high. All over the world housewives are familiar with the advertising slogans associated with that name. Do these same housewives realize that the milling magnate who made his name thus known to millions of people was born in New Hampshire? Perhaps only a few do; yet such was the case. John Sargent Pillsbury was a native of Sutton, New Hampshire. One of five children, early in life he determined to become a storekeeper and merchant. But in his late twenties he left the Granite State backgrounds, and settled in the frontier hamlet of St. Anthony, Minnesota, now a part of the great city of Minneapolis. Fifteen years after his arrival there, he embarked on a large scale in the milling business. Associated with him were his brother, .4 view of La hr Sunapt-e from Route 103. ERIC M. SANFORDAir vietv of If innisi/uam. Opeechee^ I *aunus Hay. If innipesaukre. St/uam and other lakes. snou’-capped \lt. If ash i nut on and othrr /teaks of thr Ifhitr Mountains in thr distance. Tltr city of lAtnmia is in thr foreground. Thr Ijtctmia airport at (Alford, tunc a regular stop for seheiluleil /lights of !\ or I Insist Airlines, is seen at rinht venter. UURP.NCF. M»»KYGeorge, and his two nephews, Charles A. and Fred C. Pillsburv. Like their uncles, the two nephews were natives of New Hampshire. having been born in Warner. By the middle 1870’s the Pills- bury flour mills were the largest in the world, and “Pillsbury’s Best” was known wherever bread was baked. In 1876 John S. Pillsburv was elected Governor of the North Star State. So well did he discharge his duties that he was reelected in 1878 and in 1880. In the spring of 1877 occurred a memorable event which undoubtedly revealed Pillsbury’s recollections of his youth in New Hampshire. That year — as Coronet in its issue for January, 1950, has reminded us — Minnesota lay under the threat of a plague of locusts even worse than that which had devastated the crops of 1876. Ruin loomed for thousands of farmers. Perhaps with New Hampshire's annual April Fast Day in his mind, Governor Pillsburv proclaimed April 26, 1877. as a day of fasting and prayer for all in Minnesota, beseeching divine help against the “pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noonday.” There followed three days of abnormally warm weather with the locusts hatching out in myriads. Then, on the night of the fourth day, came a killing frost, and the insects all perished. Pious Minnesotans interpreted these events as a direct answer to their prayers, and the memory of the Fast Day of Governor Pillsburv long remained. John S. Pillsbury was interested in much more than politics. For forty years he served as regent of the University of Minnesota. Ever at the right hand of his great and good friend. Cyrus Ncrth- rup, the dynamic president of the University, he saw that institution grow into one of the leading state universities in the nation. Generous to all worthy causes. Pillsbury left monuments behind him alike in the State of his birth and elsewhere. One of the most liberal benefactors of his generation, his name was synonymous with business success, with political acumen, and with enlightened giving.UNLABELED BEAUTY Lit (Oruce ^ymonds Many tourists and lovers of the country visiting New Hampshire make the mistake of mapping their trips only along the well beaten paths, thinking that the highly advertised scenic spots are the only places worth seeing. Some of the finest views of the White Mountains, and there are scores of them to be discovered, arc from vantage points easily accessible by automobile yet far enough off the main highways so that most travelers pass them by and return home with the same stero- typed impression of the White Hills that thousands of others have, uninitiated to the pleasure of exploring the less traveled roads. Hacks and surf at Wallis Santis near Portsmouth. FRANK KELLYThere are some of us who are adventurous enough to like the enjoyment of finding out where the unspoiled regions still thrill the seeker without being told what to look for in advance. Although I've had the opportunity of following out many of the lesser known roads in the state, I still consider it one of the top notch ways to spend a sunny afternoon anytime of the year. The ever-changing seasons bring new things to look for and a different kind of enjoyment. Sometimes it's sugar orchards I go out to see, other times the lacy foliage just beginning, and in the fall the never- failing thrill of the brilliant autumn leaves. With a camera aboard or even with just an eye for a sense of beauty there is an untold number of sights to keep one on the alert from start to finish. One such road that often returns to mind among many others is the one leading from West Campion via Stinson Lake to Rumney. Leaving West Campion village, one climbs along a rather sharp grade through heavily wooded country until he emerges without warning on a high plateau offering an unparalleled expanse of distant peaks, in fact the better part of the western White Mountains. The few opportunists who have built summer homes in this region are to be envied for the excellent view they have of Franconia Notch, Mts. Lafayette, Lincoln, Liberty, the Sandwich mountains, and a sweeping glimpse of the Pemigevvasset valley south toward Plymouth. From here the road re-enters heavily forested country again and continues on through the sparsely populated town of Ellsworth. Here is the small town hall where the town’s voters gather shortly after sunrise on national election days to compete for the honor of being the first town in the United States to complete balloting. Passing frequent trout streams and alluring foot trails for those interested in the pleasures of hiking, we soon come to Stinson Lake, nestled among the mountains at approximately 2,000 ft. elevation, providing the combined charm of spring- fed waters and spruce-flanked shores that only a mountain lake can. One is tempted to pause for a swim or at least a long look beforedescending to Rumney Village. But even the last part of the journey is rewarding, with glimpses of small farms and swift, clear-bottom brooks, making one truly disappointed that the trip is at an end. Fortunately, this is but one of many similar experiences that can be had for the seeking. Once tried it will make other sports seem dull and confining for on the roads there are no limitations of the court or playing field. It's not alone the northern sections of the slate that have a premium on exciting drives either. Every town has some interesting roads, known by the local people, that offer something of the charm of dense woods, hidden lakes, a well grazed pasture, or some other natural feature worth the fun of discovering. It only requires a bit of initiative and a will to be different to discover New Hampshire’s inexhaustible wealth of natural beauty. Sailinn on l.nkr Onuvty, Raymond. KKIt' M. SANFOKI*Front Cover: The Connecticut River at Northumberland. Ckjlor photo by Winston Pote. Back Cover: Cabin on Swift River Road, Passaconaway, Owl’s Head in the distance. Photo by Winston Pote. Frontispiece: Picnic at Phillips Bi *ook at Crystal. Photo by Winston Pote. I he New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs has announced the schedule for New Hampshire Open House and Garden Week tours as follows: August 7, Hanover: August 8, Laconia: August 9, Franklin; August 10, Exeter; August 11, Rochester; August 12, Dublin. About 50 New Hampshire homes and gardens are to be open for visitors. Admission is SI .00 for each tour. Programs containing detailed information and maps may be obtained from Mrs. Everett Pierce, Wilton. A new bulletin, Ragweed Free Areas in Xew Hampshire, has been issued by the New Hampshire State Department of Health, Division of Industrial Hygiene. It summarizes results of field surveys made in 1948 and 1949, and a map insert shows which cities and towns either have no ragweed growth or have inaugurated plans for the control of ragweed and poison ivy. Copies are available on request. The scheduled speakers for the fourth annual Amos Fortune Forum series, in the Old Meeting House at Jaffrey Center Friday evenings during July and August, includes the following residents or summer residents of the Monadnock Region: Prof. W. Rupert Maclaurin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Yates, Peterborough, novelist; Dr. Charles E. Park, minister emeritus of the F'irst Church in Boston; Herbert Elliston of the Washington (D. C.) Post; Dr. Leland S. McKittrick, surgeon-inchief at Palmer Memorial Hospital in Boston; Gen. Daniel Needham, Boston lawyer and former head of the Massachusetts State Police; Dr. Leroy M. S. Miner, oral surgeon and former dean of Harvard Dental School, and Dr. James H. Robinson, pastor of the Church of the Master in Harlem, who directs two children’s camps in Winchester. 14 The August 195010 POINTERS FOR ENJOYABLE AND PROFITABLE NATURE STUDY By Haydn S- Pearson (Editor’s Note: Time Magazine called Mr. Pearson “A long faced, authentic New England countryman who covers the nature beat methodically with notebook in hand.” He is widely known for his nature editorials in the Boston Herald and is the author of Countryman’s Year, Sea Flavor, Country Flavor, That Darned Minister’s Son, etc. Mr. Pearson spent his youth in Hancock and was graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1926.) 1. Wear comfortable clothes and old sturdy shoes 2. Carry field glasses, hand lens and notebook 3. In studying wildlife, find a strategic spot, sit down and keep still 4. Specialize in half a dozen lines; super-specialize in one or two 5. Subscribe to several nature journals 6. Keep a nature diary 7. Use your eyes and ears — not your muscles 8. You see and learn more about wild life if you travel alone 9. The first three and last three KENISTON One of the crafts workers of the longue of Heu Hampshire Arts amt ('.rafts hitoking a ran in preparation for the annual ('raftsmen's hair. The fair is to In- held this year at Itelknap Recreation Area. (iitfi.nl. .August I to 5. It uill Ih‘ the l.oague's 17th annual fair. hours of daylight are the most interesting times of day 10. Remember there is beauty and interest in the fall and winter, as well as during the spring and summer. New Hampshire is a year-round paradise for nature students with its hills and valleys, mountains and coast line, rivers and brooks, swamps, upland ridges, woods and open fields. New Hampshire Troubadour RUMFORD PRESS CONCORD. N HPeace tiptoes down the misty mountain slopes. Then night lets down her bars Of dark, bespangled loveliness and leaves My cabin to the stars. From Mountain Meai/ou s by Dorothy Hanson Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 4677Troubadour195008 Title A name given to the resource The New Hampshire Troubadour August 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1950-08 Description An account of the resource The New Hampshrie Troubadour was a monthly publication of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. The magazine was printed between 1931 and 1951. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 16-page booklet Language A language of the resource eng Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New Hampshire, Northumberland, Passaconaway Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. New Hampshire State Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No Copyright - United States Subject The topic of the resource Amos Fortune, African-Americans, Elizabeth Yates Type The nature or genre of the resource Text African-Americans Amos Fortune Elizabeth Yates New Hampshire Northumberland Passaconaway