. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . t, and this one, as everybody knows, graced a banquet on thenight of his birthday by marrying Martha Hilton, his maid-servant,wiio, by the way, was quite as good, or better than he, in all save polishof manners. Both Whittier and Longfellow have woven the incidentinto poems, but neither author could save the censure of Lady Went-worths descendants, on the score of too free poetic license. Whenthe old governor died, his wife married a younger Wentworth,
. Down east latch strings; or Seashore, lakes and mountains by the Boston & Maine railroad. Descriptive of the tourist region of New England . t, and this one, as everybody knows, graced a banquet on thenight of his birthday by marrying Martha Hilton, his maid-servant,wiio, by the way, was quite as good, or better than he, in all save polishof manners. Both Whittier and Longfellow have woven the incidentinto poems, but neither author could save the censure of Lady Went-worths descendants, on the score of too free poetic license. Whenthe old governor died, his wife married a younger Wentworth, and withher husband entertained Washington when, in 1789, he made a sort oftriumphal progress through these colonies. That is the last memorablefestivity the old house saw. Its rooms and furniture are now caredfor, and a fee of twenty-five cents is charged to visitors as a contri-bution toward the expense of this worthy guardianship. The gay influences of which I have spoken are seen in the appear-ance of the town. It is as venerable and quiet as any of these seaports,whose best days came to an end when the Embargo act of 1812 put a 234. 235 stop to their marine enterprises; yet its broad and open streets, and itshundreds of fine old mansions do not carry with tlieir ai^c decay ormould, but elegance and traditions of good cheer, This, with herwell-preserved colonial architecture and long descended householdfurniture, china and silver, and the gentility befitting such inheritances,as well as that which comes from breeding and ancestry, make upthe chief charm of Portsmouth. . The completed and rest-ful look of everything make one grateful for the fate which hasleft it undevastated by improvements. It must not be supposedthat Portsmouth is dilapitated or at all behind the age in feel-ing, however. The time-worn streets are lighted by electricity;the ancient mansions are furnished with modern appliances for com-fort; over their mossy gables are strung telephone wires, and theminds
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