History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

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tor, with Col. Jolm Stoddard and his mother, Madame
Stodchxrd. She died June 2, 17GG, at the age of eighty-
years.
Crows. Ill 1'^'>G5 crows became such a nuisance tliat
the town set a price upon their heads, voting
to pay 12d. apiece for all that should be killed in the
ensuing months of Ai3ril and May. Either the birds mul-
tiplied rapidly, or they managed to elude the hunters, for
within five years the sum was increased to 18d., and black-
birds were added to the list, 2d. each being allowed for
their destruction.
Towu Map.
A survey and map of the town was ordered
in 173^, and instructions given to have the
bounds of the township confirmed by the General Court.
No record or copy of this survey can now be found. At
the same time an order was adopted providing that the
meadow or common field should be '* opened and laid Common
" for five weeks, and after that to be cleared of all
creatures, and shut up till further notice.
Proposals for a Flock Frequeut allusious to sheep raising have
of Sheep. Mt. Tom been made in these pages, and, as has pre-
Feaced for a Pas- .
ture.
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viously bccu shown, much was done by
the town to promote that valuable indus-
try. In 1727, a special order was adopted, providing for
the clearing of the sheep pasture at the foot of Rocky Hill
of brush, for fencing with stone along the highway, and
for the leasing of the land. Within eight years a more
definite attempt was made to interest the people in this
matter. It was voted that if
" A Siifficient Number of persons Would Subscribe and Come under
Engagement to have in this Town to the number of five Hundred
Sheep by Some time next Spring, and Effect it that then they would
fence in Mount Tom, for Sheep to be kept upon, viz : to begin at the
Great River at the Most Convenient place at the South End of the s'^
Mountain, and so fence across from s'^ Great River to Broad Brook
Somewhere below the mill Called Stebbens Mill, and also do that upon
S"* Brook from the place where S' fence Comes down to Munhan River,
or to Some field fence So as to make it a Sufi&cient fence for that vse."
A committee was appointed to obtain subscribers and
build the fence. The by-law against dogs over twelve