The Portland daily press., 1865-02-17
Early Reoollections of Exchange Street.
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! TO fhe Editor Of the Press
Recently I gave you chapter % recoNeo
tons of Exchange street, "ese sue a. ~ =,
;,tad IN 1919 Refore / cross the street Will
call n mind Robert Boyd, Esq. believe ne
mos 49, !, The county of Essex, in Mass, ana
,,or.;od for his second wife Miss Greenleai,
of Newburyport, and was called handsome
won and number of his children, thought,
resembled their father.
We now cross the street, and on the corner
next to Middle street, was wooden building
occupied by Joseph Harrod, English Goods
dealer. He was born in Mass. Next below
was Joseph johnson. and then came Joseph
Barbour, In the same business. The persons
have mentioned in the English Goods trade
were such as those to whom the celebrated
poet referred in the period of the Revolu-
ton:
@Mensuch these noble influence she'd
Their deeds when living and their praise when dead,
The next store below was occupied by Hen
ry II. Body, shoe store. My recollections Of
Mr.. Body are limited. The next below was
variety store, kept by E!iphalet Smith and
his wife. They appeared to me at that day to
be about eighty years of age. He was man
of feeble health, and when any one asked his
wife how Mr. Smith was, she would say, "wby
he is dreadful poorly, and does nothing but
quiddle about the garden"
We now come to the jewelry store, kept by
Wyer and Farley, both natives, believe of
Mass. All / remember of their affairs is a
large dog, which the boys were as much afraid
of as they were of-Peter Hall. The three
last stores, think, were of brick. The next
was wooden building occupied by Nathan
Nutter, Tailor, and the next was the dwelling
house Of Mrs. Deering, which made the cor
ner Of Market and Exchange streets.
Ga the lower corner was two story wood
en- building, occupied by Isaac Adams as a
Book Store. He was born in Byfeld, Mass.
He held many important offices ia the town
and State, or, / should say, District. He was
tall, and possessed great deal of wit. One
anecdote of him will mention as heard it.
He was moderator of the Town Meeting
when the Dog Law was the topic of the day.
A man present arose in a pompous manner
and wished to know if bitches were to be tax
ed as well as dogs. Mr.. Adams replied in his
M Id but sarcastic manner, Yes, sir, and pup
pies, too. The man sat down amid roars of
laughter. This was his first and last speech
in Town Meeting.
Over Mr.. Adams store was David Buxton's
Book Bindery. He went by the name of Hon
est David" Ifhe is living he must be near a
hundred years old.
| David Robinson, Comic :tioner, was next
He served his time in Newburyport, with Mr.
Dunyon. He had two boys in his shop; one
was Isaac Ingersoll, the other Charles David
| son. Would that could see them as l did
then but not so. II they are living their hail
must be white with the frost of years. 1t wss
in this shop drank the first glass of soda wa
ter and saw the first ice in summer.
! The next was Dalrymple, Matchmaker
who, it was said, made great display durir g
the war of 1872; but his glory had departed
when | first knew him. He became intem
perate, and think died in Salem. The mex
was r. S. Goodhue, Matchmaker, who served
his time with the above, and was native O
Ipswich, Mass.
Below was William Boardman, Auctioneer
a native of Newburyport. Ibeieve he is nov
in Calais. Then came Charles Frost, Ia
Store.
The corner store was kept by Bartes an
Baker, Grocers, who did "a large business 70
that day. think all the stores from Wyer
Farley's to the corner store were of wood.
! omitted to mention on the upper side Q
the street the name of Anthony Knapp, VIII,
moved from Newbaryport in September, 1919
into Jones' Row. He was caulker, and il
the war of 1912 was head caulker at the Kit
terry Navy Yard. The Knapps on Fore stree
belong to the same family.
This closes what l promised you. hop
some person will correct any error that ma
be found in this, and give the public othe
streets that will show the growth of your cit
within the last fifty years. d.