Putnam patriot., 1908-04-24

RarF, passing on fa H. .ta8m to Ned. held x may have aeso in the King Seeaeii mapA. tnnfau Beiinghau, Milford, Nendon. zFfitRa aHd boH- gins was Bad Luck PeHd East TAomp son. llafrisVille. PaHffel. Ashford, thence Ia Hartford sia fhe most south efn route detailed m ny recent article in the PATRIOT, where F crossed the flats of East Hartford and the river in te the city over the bridge. referred to hy Mr. fnehon in his letter to Miss EnrHed.
 Those eld iarnpike days--daYs Qf the big Staee=e4aehcs. and numbering slow going oN teams for hauling heavy freight.-tong before railroads were Thought U, when "ta4erns were au- mcrous along Inc waA-if slow times, rather charming, rather interesting for passengers could observe every fNthing tn NatHfe t6al was pleasing, and pa,s many hour, in pleasant converse with pleasant other passengers who we're eontppgaiaa tn eoyage. The weary lraveler VII, always thirsty, whether il was cold or warm; so he Was more than wiling to leave the stage each on any pretence, but surely to get a mug of flip, glass of New England rum, Old Medford. or brandy, as his fancy dictated. This explains why taserns thrised far from any populous section.
 We may notice that the old turnpike from Boston to Worcester, passing through Sudbury, was nearly "bee- line from east to west, and We may observe the noted "Wayside Inn, in Sudbury, kept so long by the Howe fa- mily, made immortal-made Mecca for those he are hunting "landmarks of old times by the poet Longfeilow who there wrote his matehless poems, which he named ''The Wayside Inn.
 As this tavern stood just at the right distance from Boston to he the stopping place for the first time out Of the city. We can account for the Wear and tear, shown us, upon the oid bar room where co1ks were pulled by stout awl, and 1t jabbed into the cup board door or the pine plank that serN- ed as eounter,p till it was fairly ho- neyeomed, that lay between the bar tender and the waiting customer.
 Those of us who have seen the old slage-coaehes swing on their strong leather thoroughhraee>, as they dashed into commission in front of the old time taVerns, to let oil and take mp pas sengers, can draw on imagination lii. lie and iill in the details that made up a journey in the good old times, espe- cially after visit to the now decaNed "Wayside Inn, a---as the writer was able la do with friends quite anexpeet- iedly few years ago on drive to ton, cord battle fields.
 We must mol forget the road pro~ess of the Jehu who could manage his four horse team. while In full galiop al top speed, 50 as to steer clear ot both the hotel corner and the sign-post, where there only two inches to spare. and not "bark splinter from the cor ner of the hotel or sign-post, and not lose speek of paint from one os The four huhs of The coach, ata time when Inc driver N as much more nearly "tuli than hts numbering coach could possi- osy be.
 Since preparing the above the writer has eAcelsei from the author of :" Relics ef the Famous Old Connecticut Ifall, a letter containing The article and drawing map ef the yieinils-shos. ing the Indian trail as II comes on it's s ssaiherly course out of u Dudley, into Thotnp>on Snd Woodstock, continuing north of Courtney Hill on toward Ash ford. The abandoned stone bridges built