New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04

the western part Of Sudbury. In which to~h uo
famous hoselry stands Or ycu can 90 by train on tns
BOSTON and Maine road TO the station ""ays'ne I'M,
and having arrived there walk mile Anu iN.' "
YOUR destination In either case, the distance nom
BOSTON is about twenty miles. From wn"he'O
direction YOU approach the house, be 1t from east W
west the inn Is the most conspicuous object In your
s,ont snndv built at tho turn Of tho road, It's
vs,lout.hbrown sides and yambrsl root. vol 0adoo
on the vest and south by enormous elm tfee' nom
which in the old days. the sign OF inc neo no'so
hing TO tempt the travellers. you Know II 10 uo
Inn the instant you catch tho hrst glimpse VI
Il. a. $500 .,-,
II stands on the north side Of the oroad urn
nike road lust at the foot Of a small mountain W',
r .r,o,, enough 10 be called q hI) and fronts
souarey TO the south. The barn Is Just oppeeNe'
ras,,oa among four or Ave oak trees and for over
reeouarters of a mile there Is not another mouse
in sight While the exterior OF this tavern -
attractive the large rectangular main o'nNn,S WV
stories with q hugh attic. square massive eh'"'e'" -
and an L to the right barely joined 70 .l'e ni''"
sructure-it Is the interior OF the tavern WHICH n"e
the greatest charm for the visitor oo'n ooeSu'o =. M
intrinsic antiquity ana tho "0nio' ~
about particular rooms.
h nrincipsl entrance to the inn IS by huge oaReh
doo, in m. front OF the house. As the Dig paiei
swings on its creaking hinges, you nouce ''e "u.u
Creek pillars OF wood the Sides ana once ihs"e'
,hosa lines of Longfell0w oven more aPp"pi'"'c
now than they were fifty years ago. hash INTO your
mind
A Kind Of old Hobgobln Hall,
Now somewhat fallen to decay,
With weather stains upon the wall,
Aud staipways won and crazy doors
And crcaking and uneven noors
And chmneys huge and tiled ana TALL
Tho woman who gree,s you on your immediate
..,,co t. nv no means a typical English landiaoy
or an ideal cIcerone. she Is plain Mrs. seymour e
wife OF n most estimaoe farmer. VINO ""' nav
them poes and fellers havin once DIN III 'her Ao"'
don't help to keep the wind out In winter nor guy
beef for the family" II Mr.. seymour were WIS., ~
his methods the fact that he lives In the wayside
To-, ,rou,d helm him materially 10 buy beef Tor the
,.m,vv But the ridculously small price OF 10 cents
&c charged 10 be shown round" and Mrs. seymour
WIN does the SHOWN round conunS hersen ~
0ospel facts which In themselves are too few' ana
~ II, were not talks with some OF the ola men Ia
tho adjacent town, would go away rather sparseay
in formed AS TO the various 'SuiuonS ""''n ' "
this famous tavern
u,t AIRS seymour knows the special history OF
acb room well and has apparently committed II TO
memory to Judge by the easy ana voluoie manner III
which she rattcs II OF. On the left OF the us NAH
nc Won enter is the Inn parlor and on the night the
old barroom now used as "A Kitchen But these are
the prize" rooms OF the house and consequently they
n
room which in the days before the last landlord OF
the inn Squire Howe was the reception room OF the
landlords family Now II Is nothing more than the
typical and dreary best Oom" OF the Newt England
IN rm. house. the only feature reminding one OF Its
possible antiquity being the funny old paper on the
wall, which Mrs. Seymour you is ninety three
years old. Back OF this the landlords private
dining room, and the opposite side OF the broad
hall the tavern dining room with It's hg fire
place from which the freight flashed out upon many
a goodly company in the old days-when good cheer
was the rule, and prohibition In Its present sense a
word unknown to the dictionaries.
From here Ms. Seymour leads the way upstairs
and shows you how formidable must have been the
sleeping room In the old days. when all belated trav
eers compelled to seek shelter here night.
No less than eleven sleeping rooms (sOme Of them
large enough for several beds), including the two
rooms In the l. last occupied by Miss Jerusha Howe,
the sister OF Squire Howe Were used to shelter
travellers at night the second floor. Many OF
them dsused now, and the four that occupied
are so grey furnished that you sigh for the CHEEKY
tines OF tho pre- Revolutionary days. when you know
things must have been bet er. The bedroom which
your guido lays greatest stress upon Is the one
she familiarity calls the Lafayette Room This is
large chamber occupying the northeast corner next
the l., which, by tradition, and probably In fact,
MARQUIS de Lafayette occupied for night his way
from Boston to Worcester. The fastidious tastes OF
the Frenchman were evidently well known to the
host Of the at that time. for this had
SPACIOUS dressing room adjoining, into which a
specially made tub OF water was placed for the Mar
quiss morning additions. As he awoke In the morn
Ing his eyes rested gaudy wall paper, specially
imported from Scotland, which the principal figures
were the blue bells of that county In red blue and
greep-a paper Which stn u on TIE wall, much !