For longtime resident and town selectman, Jason Bridges, his initial reaction was one of disbelief.

对于长期居住和镇选人 Jason Bridges 来说，他最初的反应是难以置信。

When they hear of trouble on the Mountain the selectmen look the other way, and pass an appropriation to beautify the town pump.

当他们听说山上有麻烦时， 选拔人员就会转过头去看，并通过了一项拨款来美化镇上的水泵。

" I want you should get Miss Hatchard and the selectmen to take me at the library: and I want a woman here in the house with me, " she repeated.

“我希望你让哈查德小姐和挑选人员带我去图书馆：我想要一个女人和我一起在这所房子里，”她重复道。

In August, 1774, when the people of Boston held a town meeting, General Gage reminded the selectmen of the act of Parliament which made the holding of a town meeting dependent upon the governor's permission.

1774 年 8 月， 当波士顿人民召开城镇会议时， 盖奇将军提醒议员们注意议会的法案， 该法案规定城镇会议的召开取决于州长的批准。

She had never heard him speak in public before, but she was familiar with the rolling music of his voice when he read aloud, or held forth to the selectmen about the stove at Carrick Fry's.

她以前从未听过他在公共场合讲话，但当他大声朗读时，或者在卡里克·弗莱 (Carrick Fry) 的炉子旁向选择人员介绍时， 她熟悉他声音的滚动音乐。

The selectmen replied that they were merely holding an adjourned meeting and referred the governor to the lawyers of the Crown. " By which means, " replied Gage, " you may keep your meeting alive these ten years" .

选举人员回答说， 他们只是在举行休会， 并将州长转介给官方律师。 “通过这种方式，” 盖奇回答说， “你可以让你的会议在这​​十年里保持活力” 。