Sentence:  We are most part too inquisitive and apt to hearken after news, which Cæsar, in his Commentaries, observes of the old Gauls, they would be inquiring of every carrier and passenger what they had heard or seen, what news abroad?...as at an <WSD>ordinary</WSD> with us, bakehouse, or barber's shop. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.