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1668.] TOWN RECORDS. 53
to all the inhabitants the ni^ht before :
and the drumb
to be beten in the morning ;
which shall be accounted
sufficient warning for every man to secure his fence, or
else to beare his own damage.
Fetching the Cows.
At the same meeting (Oct. 17th, 1667), voted and
ordered, that after the field is cleared, the townsmen
shall hier Steven Beckwith, or some other man,
to fetch the cowes out of the neck ; and that he that
shall be hiered shall give warning by sounding a home
about twelve of the clock, that he that is to accompany
him may repaier to him.
Wolves.
Also at the same meeting in Norwalk, Oct. 28, '67,
it was voted and ordered, that the townsmen, for every
wolfe that shall be kild in this town, eyther in pits or
otherwise, the head or eares being brought and shewed,
after this present day till the town rates are made for
the defraying such charges, shall have twenty shillings
for every such wolfe.
Training.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Norwalke, May
the 7th, 1668 ;
being met together upon an occasion of
trayning, and having some other business to transact
touching towne officers, did unanimously agree, that
what orders should be made and concluded of at the
aforesayed meeting, should stand in as full forse as if it
had bin legally warned.
Keeping the Young People still in Meeting.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Norwalk, July
the 13 :
'68, Tho. Lupton was chosen to look after the
young people in the meting house on the Lord's day,