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screamed Abner Stiles from the settee on which he had assumed a standing posture . The vote was taken . Those in favor of Obadiah Strout being called upon to stand up first , they numbered exactly one hundred and one . Then those in favor of Wallace Stackpole were called upon to rise , and they numbered two hundred and eighty-four ; several citizens having put in an appearance at one o'clock who had not attended the morning session . The next matter was the election of the Board of Selectmen ; and the old board was elected by acclamation without a division . The meeting then adjourned without day . The five minutes past six train , express from Boston , arrived on time , and at twenty minutes of eight , Mr. Quincy Adams Sawyer entered the private dining-room in the Eagle Hotel .