The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-10
Longfellow's Wayside Inn.
Boston Transcript.

inns of our forefathers. We can boast ui but few here m the New World. like those so familiar to us through the pages of Scott, and even in old England they are fast becoming things of the past. Stlll. al rare intervals scattered among the hills of Massachusetts. skirtng the borders of colonial Boston, or hidden Tn the forests of Virginia. the traveller meets with these relics of bygone days. bringing up before his mind the Clattcr of the stagccuach. the tales by the tliekeF,Hg eInsefs ef- the tIrc- side, and the good cheer and 'ampler hospitality of the olden tune.
 Massac huscits has been especially ia yored m this respect. and she probably has no inn of more remote origin or more varied history than the Howe Farm the Wa, side Inn oi iongieilow. This ancient hostclry nes,les m the hlls of Sudbary just half way between the towns. then ls now the largcs, m the colony Boston and Worcester. No one knows just how old II ls, and there gre no records preserved from which the date can he asCertalncd. but such as there arc tell of the past f,f two hundred and twenty years. and of the time when the sign of the kcd Horse
 
 age For several generations the HowcS ministerea ,o the wants of the weary way farcr, and old Squire Lyman
 Grave in hi, aspect and attire " nigh on for forty years smoked his pipe and read the Worcester \ br under the old eims near inc doorway Bul those day :, are past. and ihe tavern. .s though i.,- mentlng the quicker ways. and the de- generacy of the nineteenth century. now wIthholds is tempting Yiands. and has laid the miNing bowl and stick upon the wooden shelf io become the home ot spiders and ants tha, lIttl- dream uf tue uses ot these strange implements.
 he house is now rented. and the O. oupants "ior d small compensation guide visitors o,cr Il. Very recently the writer was 50 fortunate .ls [" be able to see ihls inn from cellar To attic After crossing
 The meadow hAft and trown.' and drinking ii the oid well. he entered througt, the lom tuotw.n. Enc hail runs straigh, through the house, and with d door open It each end ls cooled through the hot days of sumner. The door ,o the right open, into the barrooin Over in st like barrier raised and lowered at will. The fireplace and the crane are by lts side. and the humming of the tcakcttlc. we ma, fancy. sounds now above the hrt. as Tn the days oi yorc. As NC sit Tn the old high-backed char. and look upon these walls which have witnessed the en- trance and heard the footsteps of the mi lltia-incn ot the RcN oluilon: ts wc peer behind the bar. and imagine the glasses and dccantcrs. with the loud laugh and uproar of the merry guests. WIG do no, doubt at the attraCtiVcncSs ot the good old times. and VIC N sh NC were back Ill this old harroom Is II was >. long ago.
 Across the hall k the parlor of the nm. and here is Il pane of glass on which ls written
 The !oNial thNuc~ that Sii rcIaaIu
 Nrt near centur, ago
 By the great Malog MohmcauN
 Whom Hawthorne ha, immortal mad. :"
 He WAS one of the companions of l. fayetto. and al the same tune w,h the great general crossed the Atlantic to our and. The merry mLlor does not seem to have been ., born poet, for these are the words:
 Nh, do you ihlnk
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 iin stop anal taste
 Nou wcrr, folk vii show it
 Inc lines were written without an> punctuation. and the cNubcrancc of the hght-hcaIted rcn1lman expressed itself m long scroll beneath them. Fms room heard the poet ,tie>, hut the fireplace 1t verl carly date was briekcd up to arrange for Il Franklin stove. This stove was invented II l-45. and As the one in the room was placed there shortlN after the invention. T probably K one oi ;h,. oldest in existence. From II new ln colder days
 "The hreAEh; shedding o.ct ti.
 lac ,livnd"f 1' .;> uddN glow.
 fl'is tn whole patlot large and low 2 Back of this room and oscnIns out nf the, hall is one ot the prNatc hambers ot the family usi across the wav and in easy access to the barroom k the kitchen win its great. deep brick ovens. the iron boilers. and. m the corner. the shelves whcrcon were laid the polished pewter wealth. This was not the regular kitchen oi the family. but was only used on great occasions. as for the gatherings ii the stylish hops ui .t ccntuN ago That i,e was used then almost aS much .t> now .the holes in the door of one fihe cupbnards would bc,oken. For here Tn the passage between the barroom and the kitchen. are many a hack and slit where the icepick or hatchet was thrown back The doors are as true as when first hung. and d. though not Il screw Is ,c be seen in the house. and ,he long bars of the hinges are fastened with nails driven into rude threc-comered pieces of leather. not one has been changed since they swung ai the touch of the old landlord-a hundred years ago. But the. usual cooking apart ment was in the l.. and for this purpose the room IS still used \ door opens toward the east and from ii an outlook in- to the garden and over the meadows can be had. ihls was the only door in the house on which there was a bolt. and i, was doubly secured by strong oak bar
 Let us ascend the creakv stairs. Iust over the barroom are two small chamber. to whose mysterieS the gaiiantS oS ,h n,