The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-10

81, ,aan re the clearing houses of po.
~, csvs and socinl gossip. To these. great
it1 sn' oomc TO test the steel of their
- nass against other clever men of
tlee.:Sn Here kings, princes and
~ w W. have come ''to eat and lie -
roeps an next day to give place to
Pf like or lower degree. The
rs - ~ the pre-railway inn was a
dloFa = Information next to none in
sammunity, and because OF thls was
y high esteem by his neighbors.
av Of securing mis- knowledge was
.stbise all newcomers. Benjamin
Elm always had in readiness lit,
aaaanb &c which he offered the landlord
unrs he descended from the stage
aussred the ;ap-room Of the inn.
u.n,e is Benjamin Franklin" he
I, ssy II was born in Boston, I
nrinter by profession, am travel
Philadelphia, shall have to re
W snrh a time, and have no news.
what can you give me for din
-.times when the sale of liquor
NJ [orbidden, the Keeping of an inn
snt nav, and history records how
.awn NV Of Newbury, Mass, was once
hscause no one there could be per-
"a W keep IN ordinary fer travel
rasaibIv because by order of the
nj court the price OF a meal was
n sixpence. The Ipswich Tavern,
syer, founded in 177l, was kept by
.,at granddaughter of Governor
E,ott. and John Adams especially
ENDS the service in his journal.
4 [,rce clustered richly around the
NEW England iuns. AT ''the
LAIN Tavern, Marblehead, the
rendezvous for pirates in olden
nretty Agnes Surriage, a scrub
sn was wooed and won by mn Eng
Saronet and rose to high estate in
bon.
/E.aheth Crafts, young and ener-
. tavern. keeper of Manchester-by,
ssa. dreamed one night that she
IA sailor from foreign port.
he same time a young Scotchman
med that he met pretty girl IN
n with rose in her hair and mar
"A her Later these two met, recog
! 4 each other from the dream, and,
I The good old fairy tales, married
A lived happy ever afterward. y 1t
a this energetic Elizabeth who was
k,ys knitting, even when on the canal
/'ts eoipg to the city for her supplies,
A Il is solemnly declared that once
A IN overheard and before they had
.d,hcr up from the water she had
seven stitches.
/ IA oddities in innkeepers may not
4, been more pronounced than in 9TH
1ppe. but because they were more
/ ib public eye. they received more
kreDt. The keeper of a tavern at
'|sburv. Mass, named his sons respec-
III Tearing" and adding, be
e The one happened to be horn while
\ Of the inn was being demolished
j the other while Il new wing was be-
added. Poking the FIRE seems to
been a great ceremony, and one
ormcd only by permission of the
IA landlord, At Smithfield, Pa,
H" Rush won renown for keeping
boxer under lock and key, and al
Hg no one to touch the sacred fire.
b he guarded with the zeal Of
hl Virgin Jesse Brown. keeper of
= |hmous "1ndian Quceu,' tavern OF
1ingon, which once stood where
Metropolitan hotel now stands, was
for his quickness in reading faces
his subsequent classification Of his
b On this first impression de-
I'd the cut of meat the guest was
Eelve. As he himself did the cary
ihe more delicate tld-bits went to
favored guests, and the men of low
ssial scale must be content with
hing they could get. On holidays
p made mis- eggnog in a barrel.
eerk, who was also his barkeeper,
lde official directory of Washing
BOT only remembering where every
OF Importance lived, but also stat.
'he hours they might be seen,
,Okecpers were invested in early
with certain amount of per
dignity that would admit of no
4a'ion. This Charles Dickens
~ out to his sorrow when making
penorable tour through the United
IN ls42. He put up at the cele-
va Galt House III Louisville, and
Major Throckmorton, the pro-
'oF, vent PERSONAL Y TO inquire after
scnfort of his distinguished guest,
sss coldly Informed, "All right,
ai night; If / want anything | Will
Lm You. Dickens had never
Ied That there is vast distinction
ssst the English and the American
aveper, and so hurriedly and alb
~ apologized 10 the irate Throck-
who WAS about to throw him
'1sh the window.
i'verns sometimes arose to the dig
u state-houses. by reason of the
4'.eal uses to which they were put.
~ Bacon & men had burned the old
GSa st Jamestown where assemblies
Yen held. the House Of Burgesses
f y .ne little tavern near by. Later
I sliglnla' g capital was moved 10
euseuLg the Rurgesses convened
4 = n Sm Raleigh Tavern, At Zanes
\, ,oalo, The Sign of the Orange
WI ~as the headquarters of the
legislature in lSi0-lSl2.
- ffee and Accepted Masons of
s ,sa nave carefully preserved in
%se rooms III Boston a bunch Of
siupes OF no particular artistic
put OF considerable historic inn
Te They are part Of sign made
IIgBkh clay that once hung over
ss,9.rated tavern "The Bunch of
~, Which stood. according TO old
E on the corner Of King street
n~e westerly side of Mackerel
y was here in 1888 that Henry
Boston tailor. armed with au
III ron England. founded the first
81 lodge Of Masons in America.
,dI important meetings have been
,'rie and Presidents of the United
aaa Governors have more than
~ade II their headquarters. The