was a very handsome Collation. The Ladies made a brilliant
Appearance, and the Company expressed the highest Pleasure
and Satisfaction on the Occasion, and broke up about two in
the Morning. The whole was conducted with the greatest
Order, Elegance and Decorum.

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The great military "occasion" of those days was the annual parade of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. In June, 1763, that Company
celebrated its one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary. In the "Boston
Post-Boy" of June 13 we have this account:--

Monday last, agreeable to ancient Custom, the Artillery
Company of the Province, appeared under Arms, being the
Anniversary of the Election of Officers for the Company: A
Sermon was preached by the Rev'd Mr. _Balch_ of _Dedham_, at
the Old Brick Meeting-House, where his Excellency the
Governor, the Members of his Majesty's Council and House of
Representatives, with a Number of other Gentlemen, attended;
after which they proceeded to Faneuil-Hall, where an elegant
Dinner was provided; and in the Afternoon the following
Gentlemen were chosen for the ensuing Year, viz.

_Thomas Marshall_, Esq; Captain,
Mr. _Josiah Waters_, Lieutenant,
Mr. _Jeremiah Belknap_, Ensign.

In the Evening a plentiful Repast was given by the Officers
newly elected, at Faneuil-Hall; where many loyal Healths
were drank.

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After the great fire in Boston in March, 1760, this item appeared in the
"Gazette" of May 19:--

We hear that _Charles Ward Apthorp_, Esq; of _N.-York_,
Merchant, upon hearing of the Calamity which had befallen
this Town by the late dreadful Fire, generously ordered his
Agent here to pay to the Gentlemen appointed to receive the
Donations of charitable dispos'd Persons the Sum of _One
Hundred_ Pounds, L.M. for the Relief of the Sufferers.

Mr. Apthorp, of New York, made this generous donation--a large sum for
that time--for the relief of the sufferers of his native place.

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On the 30th of March, 1761, the "Boston Gazette" prints the following
among its items of news:--

_The following Proverbs we hope will not be disregarded,
tho' taken from a Book in the Hands of almost every
Freeholder in this Province; for they are true Eng