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Great Boar’s Head, Hampton Beach, NH. Hampton was founded by the controversial figure Stephen Bachiler, according to many history books. He is also a distant relative of History writer Robert Hanaford Smith who explains that genealogy and tells the story of Bachiler. POSTCARD FROM THE PUBLISHER’S COLLECTION.

A Puritan Who Wouldn’t ConformReverend Stephen Bachiler by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer

Grandpa Stephen. My grandchildren probably don’t know they had a Grandpa Stephen, and I’m not sure it’s the proper way to describe him, but this is the thing: In

thinking about the Puritans I realized that I am descended from one of them. You see, not long after the Pilgrims, who were also Puritans, came to this country, there was a migration of more Puritans, including Stephen. Stephen had a daughter who married a man named

Christopher Hussey. The Hussey’s had a daughter, Huldah, who married John Smith’s son, John in 1667. The Smith’s had a son whom they named John who also had a son named John. John’s son, John, also had a son named John. This John, produced another John

Smith of that line who had a son whom he named Thomas. Thomas and his wife named one of their sons Bradley. Bradley and his wife, Laura, were parents of a son they called Raymond, and Raymond and his wife Dorothea named one of their sons See SMITH on 25

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Proposed Legislation To The Editor: Although all of our state representatives will not be sworn into office until December 2 and the first session of the biennial legislature does not commence meetings until early January, through an apparent aberration in the House rules, proposed new legislation was required to be submitted during a brief period after the general election on November 3 and ended last Friday afternoon. This is a report to my constituents in Meredith & Gilford of the proposed legislation I have introduced for consideration by the General Court, as follows, which are all consistent with the principles I enunciated during my campaign: First & foremost is a bill to phase out the 5% income tax on interest & dividend income, which hits seniors and savers more strongly. The proposed bill, which now has 10 co-sponsors from the House, would increase the threshold for the I&D tax over each of the next 3 years, and ultimately repeal the tax entirely in the fourth year. Only then would our claims to have no personal income tax be truthful. Let’s get rid of our Big Lie! Also introduced is a bill to stop the pollution of the lake bottoms, principally in Lake Winnipesaukee, but also applicable to other lakes in our state, by the uncontrolled abandonment of electrical &

telecommunication cables & connectors on the bottoms of our lakes. A bill to enhance our fairly weak firearms pre-emption law has been introduced, designed to eliminate any entity other than the state from enacting any firearms regulations, which was the original intent of the existing pre-emption law. Another bill I introduced would clarify that all budgets approved by the voters that contain line items with an allocation of zero dollars cannot be funded with transfers from other portions of the budget. This is commonly called the “No Means No Law.” Finally, I have introduced two pieces of legislation that would take major steps in making our voter registration and election laws more rational and consistent with the laws applicable in nearly every other state on our country, since our existing voter registration and election laws appear to be open invitations for voter fraud. Although I am cautiously optimistic about the possible success of these proposals, the legislative process of actually obtaining adoption of a new law is tortious and complex and there can be no assurance that anything I have introduced will actually be enacted into law. But I strongly believe that I must try. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about any of this proposed

legislation by email at njs@ silbersnh.com or by phone at 293-0565. Norm Silber Member-Elect of the NH House of Representatives Belknap County District 2- Gilford & Meedith Gilford, NH.

Shaheen And Police To The Editor: It is truly comical to think that Senator Shaheen who was just re-elected to another six-year term never spoke to any extent regarding the absolute need for police. Chuck Schumer from New York relentlessly goes on about defunding or re imagining the police and Jeanne Shaheen basically says nothing. She says nothing because she is nothing more than a puppet of the far left while representing the citizens of New Hampshire who generally appreciate the police in their communities. Is anyone looking at the destruction across the country in Democrat controlled cities where the police were not allowed to protect property and even lives. Jeanne Shaheen did not deserve to be re-elected. More importantly, she cannot be trusted to protect New Hampshire values. Kenneth Bowers Wolfeboro, NH.

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ApacheTax@yahoo.com 732-501-2985 A blue jay stuffs suet nuggets into its crop and bill during a visit to a New England bird-feeding station. CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO and beautiful, despite their well-deserved bad reputation. Recalling this behavior got me thinking about how other birds eat at feeders. There are the grab-and-go eaters such as chickadees, titmice and nuthatches. There are the sit-there-and-eat feeders such as cardinals, finches and sparrows. Then there are ones like the blue jay, which is a combination of both. Woodpeckers, in my observations, are a bit of a combination as well when eating sunflowers seeds. They remain longer than chickadees but not as long as finches. A red-

bellied woodpecker that frequents my bird feeder will stay for about eight seconds before flying off, only to return a few minutes later. Thinking back to spring and summer, rose-breasted grosbeaks will sit there and eat for long periods of time. I’m thankful for the extended looks as their timeframe for visiting feeders in New England is much more limited than the birds mentioned previously. Whether they hang around the feeder or steal a seed and go, they are all fun to watch. I like the fly-in, fly-out style of the chickadees, titmice and nuthatches

as it adds a little action to the feeding station. I also like the birds that sit there and stuff their bills for minutes on end as that makes for easy observation and study. Pretty soon, snow will likely become a regular part of our landscape. For me, you just can’t beat watching an active birdfeeding station while snow falls all around. It’s New England at its best. Chris Bosak may be reached at chrisbosak26@gmail.com or through his website www.birdsofnewengland.com

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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES The Gallery At Wren Opens Small Works Show

“The Nutcracker” At Sole City Dance A classic holiday family favorite! Tchaikovsky’s glittering ballet about Clara and her beloved Nutcracker is a delight, capturing the magic and wonder of the holiday season. Sole City Dance pulls out all the stops with elaborate sets, costumes, special effects and outstanding dancers. A story full of charm and excitement with a captivating cast of characters to entertain young and old. Make it part of your holiday tradition! Saturday, December 5 at 11:00 am Saturday, December 5 at 3:00 pm Saturday, December 5 at 7:00 pm* Tickets are $18-$22 and are on sale through the Rochester Opera House: http://www. rochesteroperahouse.com/ Streaming option available. Sole City Dance is located at 187 New Hampshire 108, Somersworth, NH. 603-750-7777. Online at solecitydance.org

Blessed Bargain Thrift Shop In Farmington E ve r y S a t u r d ay i n December, Blessed Bargains Thrift Store will be open from 9:30 am to 2 pm at the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Farmington. They sell an assortment of holiday gifts, household items, warm clothing for adults and children, toys, books and much more. Blessed Bargains is located in the basement of the church with its entrance from the TD Bank parking area. New this year is Santa’s Gift Shoppe in the Fellowship Hall of the church, featuring Christmas ornaments, table trees, children’s Christmas books, stocking stuffers, dolls and an array of collectibles, all at bargain prices. A hand-made, ceramic Manger scene with 15 figures is also on sale. The public is invited to drop in to view the many displays of Christmas items in the Fellowship Hall using the new Community Access Ramp entrance off of Pleasant Street. The First Congregational Church is located at 400 Main Street in downtown Farmington. For more information go to their website: www.farmingtonnhucc.org.

The Gallery at WREN, located at 2013 Main Street, Bethlehem, hosts its annual Small Works show December 4, 2020 – January 15, 2021. The Gallery is open 10am – 5pm seven days a week during the holiday season. The Small Works show features works in a wide range of media, sharing one constraint: each piece must measure less than 12”x12”. While browsing the exhibition, guests will find acrylic and oil paintings, photography, pastels, watercolors, fiber art, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media collages and more. All items are made by WREN members and priced affordably, making these the perfect gifts for the holidays. Work in the exhibition will be constantly changing; once a piece is sold, guests are welcome to take it home the same day and purchased items will be replaced with something new. Items in the Small Works show will also be available for purchase online at https://www.wrenworks. org/shop/. A virtual Opening Reception for this exhibition will be held on Wednesday, December 9th from 6 – 7pm. The reception will feature a roundtable discussion with participating WREN members, a viewer Q&A and a few other surprises. Find more details and a Zoom link at https://www.wrenworks.org/gallery/

Hanukkah Candle Lighting Ceremony In Bethlehem Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation members invite the community to the annual Bethlehem Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at 5pm, Thursday, December 10 on the Bethlehem Town Hall lawn. The story and song-filled ceremony has become an annual Bethlehem event with the lighting of the first candle of the eight-day holiday that celebrates religious freedom and rededication to religious ideals. The large, gold-colored, nine-candle menorah (candelabra) is lovingly dedicated to the cherished memory of longtime BHC member Sue Friedman. On each of the next seven nights, another candle is lit on the menorah, bringing the total on the last night to eight glowing tapers, plus the server candle that used to light all the other candles. In Jewish homes around the world, families light the menorah at sundown each night of the holiday and place the menorah in full view of the street, even on the outside porch if possible, to share the light and importance of this holiday. Hanukkah represents the struggle for religious freedom and independence, the battle for survival as a Jewish people, and determined resistance to religious persecution. In this spirit, Hanukkah reminds the Jewish people to honor and protect the religious freedom of all peoples.

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Christmas Movies Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone, it is really time to get into the true Christmas spirit. What better way to really get into the mood by Brendan Smith then with some Weirs Times Editor classic Christmas movies? Of course, things are a little different this year than in the past due to the virus and the peaceful riots and all the other stuff. So, Hollywood has remade a few of these time honored flix that we have come to love to relate more to the times we live in. One of the great things about these movie remakes - new versions of stories about hope and love for our fellow man and how to be better people, is that we will be able to watch them in our own homes without sitting in a movie theater with a lot of other annoying people around rattling their hands around in those noisy popcorn bags during some of those heartwarming scenes. I can’t stand those people. There are quite a few remakes and no one really has time to watch them all. Most of us have more important things to get done like getting into political arguments on social media and watching our favorite twenty-four hour news channels so we know what our arguments on social media should be. So, in the spirit of giving, I have narrowed down the selection to what I feel are the best, newly renovated for these times, Christmas classics. A CHRISTMAS CAROL – In the remake of this classic, Scrooge is enlightened to the wonders of his own crabby life when he is visited by the three spirits of Christmas. Of course, there are the familiar spirits of Christmases Past and Future, but the Spirit of Christmas Present is a bit different.

Arriving wearing a mask, and washing his hands in Scrooge’s bathroom before entering the bedroom, the Spirit of Christmas Present stays six-feet away from Scrooge and explains to him that he was planning to bring him to see how Christmas was being celebrated at Bob Cratchet’s House, but the fact that there were more than six people already there and that Tiny Tim was considered in the high risk category if he caught COVID-19, they’d have to put off that visit till next year. (The producers were going to have the Spirit of Christmas Future show Scrooge COVID-21, but they thought it might be too much for the audience.) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET – In this wonderful and inspiring remake, an old man going by the name of Kris Kringle fills in for a Santa at Macy’s who has contracted COVID-19. On his way home from his first day at work he walks down 34th Street in Manhattan without meeting a single protester or rioter. It is a true Christmas Miracle. A CHRISTMAS STORY – The remake of this modern classic tells the story of little Ralphie who wants nothing more for Christmas then a Red Ryder BB Gun. He is disappointed when he opens a Christmas Present from his aunt – some PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). He is later delighted to find his father had secretly bought him a Red Ryder BB Gun with which, in this updated version, Ralphie actually does shoot his eye out. A trip to the emergency room doesn’t end well for little Ralphie and his demise is attributed to COVID-19. HOME ALONE – A delightful Christmas Romp as eight-year-old Kevin McAllister is mistakenly left at home when his family leaves on a trip to Paris during Christmas vacation. Kevin’s solo exploits are short-lived as his family soon returns home as they was kicked

off the plane because the father refused to wear a mask. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – In this remake, George Bailey is about to jump off a bridge but ends up rescuing his guardian angel Clarence who then shows George what his life has really been up till then. All is going well till Clarence gets to March 2020. By the end of the movie, they both jump off the bridge together. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS – In this remake, Charlie Brown, now in his 30s and a member of Antifa, tries to recruit the rest of the gang for some Christmas Day Mayhem. He is finally brought to see the errors of his ways by Linus who stops Charlie Brown just as he is about to throw a Molotov Cocktail at Snoopy’s Doghouse, which he sees as a symbol of Canine Colonialism. The ending will bring your eyes to watering as you can almost feel the teargas. THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS – This classic is being remade multiple times substituting different governors from different states in playing The Grinch. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – This remake is quite different from the original as all it contains are newscasts from 2020. For lovers of 24/7 cable news this will be one you will want to enjoy again and again. One interesting note: An updated remake of “White Christmas” was halfway through production when it was shut down due to protests that the name lacks the proper diversity. Of course, Hollywood quickly complied. (All existing copies of the original film are under orders to be destroyed.) So, there you have it. Hope you enjoy your Christmas movies. BrendanTSmith.com

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COVIDGATE (Part II): Clinical Trials And Crusader Bias Participants in Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials can’t stop blabbing. The media is overflowing with testimonials explaining “Why I Volunteered” or “What It Was Like To Participate In The Clinical Trial For Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine.” Loudmouth liberal writer Molly Jong-Fast publicly begged for beatification: by Michelle Malkin “Call Me the Joan of Arc of Coronavirus Syndicated Columnist Vaccine Trials,” Jong-Fast’s ode to herself in The New York Times implored. A striking number of advocacy journalists milked their status as clinical trial enrollees, including Washington Post staffer Walter Isaacson, CNN affiliate anchor Dawn Baker, USA Today writers Jackie Hajdenberg and Lindy Washburn, BBC science journalist Richard Fisher, Reuters writer Steve Stecklow and John Yang of the “PBS Newshour.” They describe their experiences in emotional terms -- “empowering,” “making history” and “a miracle for genetic medicine.” Most did not bother to hide their pro-Big Pharma perspectives. Given their breaches of journalistic neutrality, it’s hard to imagine they were able to contain themselves at the lab, either. They downplayed vaccine side effects and promoted universal immunization. Jong-Fast wrote that a doctor involved in her trial divulged to her that “people had so few symptoms that they thought they were in the placebo arm of the study.” The flood of public comments from these zealous media cheerleaders and other clinical trial volunteers who’ve posted online raises alarming questions about the integrity of the clinical trial process. Pfizer and Moderna’s phase III clinical trials are randomized and placebo-controlled, meaning each person has an equal chance of receiving the vaccine or a placebo. The studies are also supposed to be “double-blind,” meaning that neither the volunteers nor the clinical trial investigators knew which group received which shots (although the administrators of the shots know who’s getting what). Blinding prevents patients’ beliefs about the treatment from influencing the outcome of the study and also prevents investigators from inadvertently revealing clues about which treatment the subjects are receiving. But scores of comments on Twitter and Facebook from trial volunteers have exposed a phenomenon I call “crusader bias” that should trouble any adherent of good science. I will See MALKIN on 28

Biden’s ‘Return to Normalcy’ Is Going to Be Terrible After spending two years avoiding serious questions about his policy preferences, his team and his prospective presidency, we now know what Joe Biden intends to do should the Electoral by Ben Shapiro College, as expected, Syndicated Columnist vote for him in December: He’ll reopen the swamp for business. The media spent four long years suggesting that President Donald Trump was steeped in corruption, ensconced in partisanship, enmeshed in dangerous foreign policy fiascos. The media assured us that they would defend democracy from Trump’s brutalities, that they would spend every waking moment fighting to prevent anyone from accepting Trumpian standards as the “new normal.” Instead, the media suggested we needed to return to the old “normal” -by which they meant a system in which the media and Democrats worked handin-glove together to lie to the American public about the content of policy (“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor!” -- former President Barack Obama); in which conventional wisdom was treated as gospel truth, no matter how wrong it was (“There will be no advanced and separate peace with the Arab world without the Palestinian process” -John Kerry on Israel); and in which cozy relationships between corporations and government were considered de rigueur. They meant a system in which all difficult political questions were put off for another day; in which scandals were brushed off without a second thought; in which even anti-journalistic efforts by Democrats were dismissed as out of hand. It was a system in which constitutional boundaries were routinely overridden in the name of left-wing policy

priorities; in which nasty rhetoric by Democrats was written off as a natural byproduct of the right’s innate evil; in which alternative news sources were treated as conspiracy outlets. That’s the “normal” the media and Democrats wanted. And it’s the normal they’ll apparently be pursuing. Biden is stacking his administration with all the members of the establishment Democratic gang. Tony Blinken, most famous for embracing the Iran deal and encouraging more American troops in Syria, will be headed to the State Department. Janet Yellen, fresh from her tenure as Federal Reserve chairwoman under Obama, will be headed to the Department of the Treasury. Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser when he was vice president, most famous for the suggestion that the Iran deal was a stellar piece of negotiation (it wasn’t), will become the White House national security adviser. Meanwhile, the media will continue to cover Biden in sycophantic fashion. This week, The Washington Post ran an entire piece devoted to the wonders of the New Biden Era, titled “Washington’s establishment hopes a Biden presidency will make schmoozing great again.” The piece celebrated the old normal as “respect for experience and expertise,” as “civility and bipartisan cooperation,” as an opportunity to “bring people back together.” One wonders what sort of peyote the editorial staff of The Washington Post must be ingesting in order to remember the Obama Era so fondly; then, one quickly realizes that they’re simply high from huffing Democratic flatulence. The old normal wasn’t good. That’s why Donald Trump was elected. It’s why Democrats nearly lost the House, and why they seem poised to not take back the Senate despite Trump’s personal unpopularity. The old normal stank of cronyism and See SHAPIRO on 28

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Private Property’s Harvest

by John Stossel

Syndicated Columnist

I’m thankful. Yes, we’ve got the pandemic, lockdowns, a worsening deficit, etc. But we still live in a relatively free country at the most prosperous time in human his-

tory. The pandemic showed that when people are faced with crises, we adjust. Restaurants switched to takeout and outdoor dining. Grocery stores began curbside pickup. Companies mass-produced masks,

hand sanitizer, ventilators and, now, vaccines. I hide from COVID-19 by staying home; yet, thanks to new services such as Zoom, I can research this column and make my weekly videos from my couch. That’s brought benefits. I no longer have to deal with traffic congestion. Traffic jams are a good example of what ecologist Garrett Hardin called the “Tragedy of the Commons.” Because roads are free, more people drive, and roads are often congested. If roads were subject to “peak-load pricing, charging higher prices during times of peak demand and lower prices at other times,”

Hardin wrote, then we’d have fewer traffic jams. I bring this up now, before Thanksgiving, because a similar Tragedy of the Commons nearly killed the Pilgrims. When they landed at Plymouth Rock, they started a society based on sharing. Sharing sounds great. But sharing, basically, is collective or communal farming, which is socialism. Food and supplies were distributed based on need. Pilgrims were forbidden to selfishly produce food for themselves. That collective farming was a disaster. When the first harvest came, there wasn’t much food to

go around. The Pilgrims nearly starved. Since no individual owned crops from the farm, no one had an incentive to work harder to produce extra that they might sell to others. Since even slackers got food from the communal supply, there was no penalty for not working. William Bradford wrote in his “History of Plymouth Plantation” that the colony was ridden with “corruption” and “much was stolen both by night and day, before it became scarce eatable.” People eager to provide for their families were less eager to provide See STOSSEL on 29

Syrian Winter There’s a special kind of Hell which befalls refugees and displaced persons during a harsh winter. And now as that season approaches, by John J. Metzler Syria stands at the Syndicated Columnist brink after a decade of conflict and calamity and with no genuine end in sight. Regional cease fires and optimism over intermittent negotiations are but milestones on a lengthy road to a long sought political solution in Damascus. The so-called Arab Spring uprisings throughout the region in 2011 tragically turned into the Arab Winter. There are many reasons; fragmented opposition to the Assad dic-

tatorship, the entrenched strength of Assad’s regime, and the clear and conscious meddling of foreign powers such as Russia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Turkey to a degree. Above all, the United Nations Security Council, which in its somber responsibility for International peace and security, has delivered neither. A deeply divided Security Council has assured a near stalemate on the decade old Syrian conflict. The United States, Britain and France on the one side face off to China and Russia on the other. As recently as this past July, both Russia and China restricted Syrian humanitarian aid corridors with a rare double veto. The Moscow/Beijing double whammy assured an already bad situation would get worse. And it has.

Yet again the Security Council has heard the plaintive humanitarian appeal; during a briefing by the Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ramesh Rajasingham, delegates were informed that “Some 6.7 million people in Syria are internally displaced. Our assessments show that a third of them lack proper shelter. Winter weather is proving to be incredibly hard for those without adequate shelter, not to mention the very basics like fuel for heating, blankets, warm clothes and shoes.” He stressed, “Today an estimated 9.3 million people in Syria are food insecure, that’s 1.4 million more people than a year ago and more than at any other time during the crisis. About 1 million of them are severely food insecure, twice as many as last year, and we expect this number to increase.”

United Kingdom Ambassador James Roscoe warned, “the humanitarian situation across the country remains dire and is worsening, as we’ve heard today. 3.1 million people require additional support to get through a harsh winter and inclement weather is already having an impact.” He added, “To address all of these acute needs, it is essential that the UN and other Humanitarian actors are given humanitarian access.” Earlier this year Russia reduced the number of cross border access points into the country thus bottle-necking assistance. Since the 1960’s the former Soviets transformed the Assad family dictatorship into a classic Russian client state. Moscow still supports Assad. Islamic Iran has a religious connection; the Assad’s See METZLER on 29

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What with quarantines, lock-downs, social distancing, and countless cancellations, folks like me are reading more—and channel surfing. And it was while surfing that I caught some episodes of Ken Burns’ award-winning 1994 Baseball documentary on the MLB Network. Has it really been a quarter-century since that wonderful series first aired on PBS? Yes. In re-watching Baseball I noted that many of the interviewees are now deceased while also observing how youthful Bob Costa, George Will, Billy Crystal et al. looked back then. Though born in Brooklyn, Burns has strong Granite State ties—including a home in Walpole where he partnered in the establishment of the Florentine Films Production Company. Indeed, one of Baseball’s interviewees was Plymouth State history professor Manuel MárquezSterling. Burns effectively married up old photos and film footage to narration by former NBC news anchor John Chancellor. Celebrity voice-overs were interspersed with the music of the times. Baseball hearkened

Ted Williams back to a simpler, more innocent era, making one long for those old days before free agency, steroids, and sports lawyers. Players often stayed with one team for their entire careers, partly by choice and partly due to the old reserve clause. They became part of the fabric of their communities in ways that presentday multi-millionaire sports mercenaries just don’t. The Brooklyn Dodger “Boys of Summer” could often be seen strolling around Flatbush Avenue and engaging fans and neighborhood kids. Somehow, I just don’t see current Dodger Mookie Betts — he of the

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Having experienced first-hand the snowfall that was nicknamed Blizzard of ’78 (as in 1978), this week’s focus beer had a haunting attraction. At that time, I was a superintendent for a rather large brick apartment building in Newton, MA. Living in a basement apartment was nice and cool in the summer but winter was another story. I believe the snow was the result of two storms colliding over New England. It seemed like it snowed for days though and my basement windows were soon packed with the white stuff. When it did subside, the parking lot looked like it had small bumps in the snow. Digging out was a real nightmare. But the hearty spirit of those people who endured it made for amazing pictures when the clouds disappeared. Folks were snowshoeing and cross-country skiing down city streets. Groceries shelves were almost bare for days. Trucks and cars were stuck for miles on major highways

and it took almost three weeks before kids could go back to school. Yes, it was an amazing time and this is why I focus today on a namesake beer from that era… Wormtown Brewery is located on Shrewsbury Street in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The owners were going to originally name their enterprise Worcester Brewing Company but Wormtown just made more sense since that is the city’s nickname. Starting out in the back of an ice cream shop in 2009, Ben Roesch created some of his award winning recipes of awesome beers. The next year, with the help of a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan, Wormtown was officially opened.

Their beer soon garnered more and more awards from national beer festivals gaining them the ability to grow. In 2015, their present location was opened where patrons can gaze upon the brew facility while sipping a pint of their many different styles of beer. Although Wormtown is most known for their India Pale Ales, varied styles helps to round out their offerings. Find out more about them at wormtownbrewery. com Blizzard of 78 Brown Ale is an English-style beer that approaches a porter style but resists going all the way there. In other words, it has a deep reddishbrown hue with tan plentiful head and lots of malty goodness to go around. The addi-

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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, December 3, 2020 — SMITH from 1 Robert. That’s me. So my great (eight times or so) grandfather has many other descendents, some who may not want to admit the relationship because of Stephen’s controversial life. To some he was a saint, to others he was a sinner. Like his fellow Puritans this man came to America seeking a better life where he could not only freely practice his faith but also teach others. He didn’t arrive on the Mayflower, coming a decade or so afterwards, but, though he died in 1656 at around one hundred years of age, he is still talked about in our present time. His name is Stephen Bachiler, and he is mentioned in history books as the founder of Hampton, New Hampshire. You are apt to find his last name spelled in different ways and to find out that many Sanborns are descended from him, but I can confidently tell you that he has Smith descendents as well as those with a number of other last names. I can also tell you that he was no ordinary Puritan and his life in America was accompanied with controversy. The Puritans, who were not welcome in England to freely practice their faith, tried to keep their colonies in America pure from the presence of unbiblical teachings and unnecessary rituals. They were not tolerant of those who wouldn’t follow their teachings, but wanted to settle in their towns. Whether in England or America in those days there was no separation of church and state with the clergy in the

Rev. Stephen Bachiler’s personal chair. early settlements in this country having a strong influence in local governments. Stephen Bachiler was born in England where he served as a clergyman until he was removed from his position because of his Puritanic teachings which were at odds with some of the practices of the Church of England. He is thought to have moved to Holland with other Puritans where he served as a clergyman for many years before coming to America as the leader of a group called the Company of the Plough. The group had a charter to settle in Maine, but apparently the rocky coast didn’t appeal to them so they ended up in Massachusetts with Bachiler as their spiritual leader. There is some controversy concerning the preacher’s movements in New England, but one of the accounts written

about him was from Victor C. Sanborn in 1917. Bachiler seems to have preached first at Newtown, now Cambridge, and then to have gone to Saugus, which is now Lynn, Massachusetts.

The preacher was always a Puritan, but a Puritan who, during his decade in America, was constantly getting into trouble with the Puritan authorities. He was a liberal Puritan, believing in the separation of church and state, and being less strict in matters of conduct than most of his fellow preachers in the settlements of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He did not at first sign “the freeman’s oath,” a requirement for participating in town affairs, so was told by the Colony Court to “forbeare exercising his gifts as a pastor or teacher publiquely except for

those who came with him.” He had also left the first church in Lynn and started a second one. He later signed the oath. Incidently, when I moved to Vermont in the early 1970’s I was required to sign a “freeman’s oath” before I could vote. In October of the year 1635 Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts by the authorities with one person voting against that move. It is thought by some that the dissenting vote was cast by Rev. Stephen Bachiler which didn’t help him in the popularity category. Leaving Saugus the preacher is said to

have ministered in Ipswich and Newbury and on one occasion to have walked to Cape Cod with the intention of starting a church there, though that venture was shortlived. In 1638 Rev. Bachiler was granted land at Winnicunnet and with a company of parishioners established a town which was soon renamed Hampton, the name apparently being chosen by Bachiler. Despite his many problems caused by his non-conformist ways, Rev. Bachiler was apparently an influential and forceful preacher and respectSee SMITH on 26

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SMITH from 25 ed in many ways. He had come to America with his second or third wife (depending on the source of information), and one or more of his children and grandchildren (more likely several). While at Hampton he was accused of immorality. Governor Winthrop wrote: “Mr. Stephen Bachiler, the pastor of the church at Hampton, who had suffered much at the hands of the Bishops, and having a lusty, comely woman to his wife, did solicit the chastity of his neighbor’s wife.” Bachiler, who was 80 years old at that time, denied the charge against him, charges that were brought by an assistant at Hampton, Timothy Dalton. The two men were opposites in a number of ways, and didn’t get along well. The

Book on Stephen Bachiler (top) written by Victor C. Sanborn (right).

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but was restored to a position where he was allowed to continue preaching, and had calls to preach at Exeter or Casco in Maine. He chose to go to Exeter, but the authorities over him denied him that opportunity. I should point out that he was around 70 years of age when he came to this country and was a powerful and learned preacher who was considered by none other than Gov-

ernor Winthrop to be an “honest man.” The controversial preacher, whose home and his extensive library burned while at Hampton, eventually went to Strawbery Banke (Portsmouth) as a missionary where he “preached to the godless fishermen of that seaside parish.” He still could not escape trouble, though. His wife, Helena, had died, and he married again to a woman much younger than himself. This wife had an affair with another man and Bachiler filed for divorce which was denied by the Court, telling the two that they must live together as man and wife. Rev. Bachiler (or Grandpa Stephen) had his fill of trouble by this time however, and returned to England where he lived for about another twenty years. The wife, who had been left behind, claimed that Bachiler had remarried and did so herself. Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo. com

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Syrian parties will shortly resume in Geneva. Most diplomats concede that while a military solution to the simmering conflict should be ruled out, a long sought after political formula remains highly elusive. A U.S. statement stressed, “Lasting peace will only come when the Assad regime and its backers, including Russia, China, and Iran, accept a UN-brokered political settlement to the conflict in line with Resolution 2254.” The resolution outlines a road map for a peace process and a Syrian led political solution including a return of refugees. A recent State Department statement outlined American aid to Syria; “The United States remains the single largest humanitarian donor to the Syria crisis. Over the last year, the United States provided nearly $1.6 billion in

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by Parker & Hart

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Magic Maze THEME THIS WEEK: SHORT QUESTIONS

Caption Contest OUR PICK FOR BEST CAPTION

Runners Up : Ok.. Ok.. maybe this is the one time I should be wearing a mask. Now about that withdrawal. John Brennick, Rochester, NH, Little Joe takes his first shot at politics. - Dave Evans, Wentworth, NH.

PHOTO #834

“I’m sick of this lockdown. I’m shooting my way out.” -Andy Klippel, Woburn, MA.

CAPTION THIS PHOTO!!

PHOTO #836 Send your best brief caption to Be afraid... little Jeffries us with your name and location within 2 weeks of publication is quick on the draw date... Caption Contest, The AND a two-handed Weirs Times, P.O. Box 5458, shooter!! - Jean Cram, Weirs, NH 03247 Pittsfield, NH. email to contest@weirs.com

The Winklman Aeffect

by John Whitlock

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