Life and times in Hopkinton, . ownsman and inquired,— How much will you take for that piece of land ? The price was promptly named in reply. I wont give it—I wont give it. Thus the subject was dropped. A short time afterwards,the inquirer of the price of the land called upon the ownerof the piece at his home, and taking up an old threshersflail, asked,— What do you call this? He was told the name of it. A flail,—thats what you call it! Whats it worth? A mere pittance was mentioned. I 11 tell you what I 11 do : I 11 give you the price youmentioned the other clay for that land and this flail
Life and times in Hopkinton, . ownsman and inquired,— How much will you take for that piece of land ? The price was promptly named in reply. I wont give it—I wont give it. Thus the subject was dropped. A short time afterwards,the inquirer of the price of the land called upon the ownerof the piece at his home, and taking up an old threshersflail, asked,— What do you call this? He was told the name of it. A flail,—thats what you call it! Whats it worth? A mere pittance was mentioned. I 11 tell you what I 11 do : I 11 give you the price youmentioned the other clay for that land and this flail. He was told the proposition was agreeable. Now you be sure and include this flail in the deed. He was assured it should be so, and in due time theproper legal instrument was duly elaborated, sealed, signed,and delivered, the stipulation of purchase specifying a cer-tain tract of land, situated thus and so, and bounded asfollows, to wit, etc., and also a certain flail, etc., and thepurchaser had not contradicted his Hiram Chadwick. ITEMS AND INCIDENTS. 295 Managers of hotels, stores, offices, etc., which are placesof frequent general resort, have ample opportunities toobserve the freedom with which some people will regard adoor. This fact is more potent in winter, when these habti-ually lax individuals are so prone to leave a door ajar. Inthe olden time, before the advent of stoves, and when thelarge open fireplace, full of burning wood, created a draftthat threatened to rush everything, as it were, up the chim-ney, the position of a door was often a matter of more em-phatic importance. In one of the Contoocook taverns of the olden time wasa bar-room with the customary open fireplace. This roomwas the frequent resort of loafers, of whom, of course, therewas the usual proportion of wags, who found a way to turnany common fact to ridicule. Of course, in winter, peoplewho came in to sit and chat by the fire were not alwayscareful to close the door after them, and t
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