The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . INTERIOR OF APPONEGANSET MEETING HOUSE 20 a bakers shop, and cakes of all kindsand descriptions were piled mountainhigh. The monster brick oven waskept in constant requisition, heatedand reheated. But the delicious fish,oysters, clams and lobsters, which wereto be had for the taking, were totallyneglected, as too common and inex-pensive. In the cellar were barrels ofapples and cider, while dozens of claypipes and shags of tobacco crowned thefeast, the women smoking the pipes un-rebuked with the men. This description recalls the old storyof the merciful m
The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . INTERIOR OF APPONEGANSET MEETING HOUSE 20 a bakers shop, and cakes of all kindsand descriptions were piled mountainhigh. The monster brick oven waskept in constant requisition, heatedand reheated. But the delicious fish,oysters, clams and lobsters, which wereto be had for the taking, were totallyneglected, as too common and inex-pensive. In the cellar were barrels ofapples and cider, while dozens of claypipes and shags of tobacco crowned thefeast, the women smoking the pipes un-rebuked with the men. This description recalls the old storyof the merciful magistrate in Englandwho released some persecuted Quakerson the ground that it was not worthwhile to imprison them, for if left, tothemselves they would soon eat eachother up. Well, they have continuedto entertain their fellow members withthe best their houses afford, lo, nowthese many years and still they flour-ish. It would appear that her forefath-ers delight in a profuse hospitality hasnot been inherited by the present own-er of the
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