. Old Boston taverns and tavern clubs. ladness. After the burning of the town-house, near by, in thewinter of 1747, had turned the General Court out ofdoors, that body finished its sessions at Vardys; nor dowe find any record of legislation touching Lukes tap-room on that occasion. Vardys was the resort of the young bloods of thetown, who spent their evenings in drinking, gaming, orrecounting their love affairs. One July evening, in 1728,two young men belonging to the first families in theprovince quarreled over their cards or wine. A chal-lenge passed. At that time the sword was the weaponof
. Old Boston taverns and tavern clubs. ladness. After the burning of the town-house, near by, in thewinter of 1747, had turned the General Court out ofdoors, that body finished its sessions at Vardys; nor dowe find any record of legislation touching Lukes tap-room on that occasion. Vardys was the resort of the young bloods of thetown, who spent their evenings in drinking, gaming, orrecounting their love affairs. One July evening, in 1728,two young men belonging to the first families in theprovince quarreled over their cards or wine. A chal-lenge passed. At that time the sword was the weaponof gentlemen. The parties repaired to a secluded partof the Common, stripped for the encounter, and foughtit out by the light of the moon. After a few passesone of the combatants, named Woodbridge, received amortal thrust; the survivor was hurried off by hisfriends on board a ship, which immediately set being the first duel ever fought in the town, itnaturally made a great stir. We cannot leave the neighborhood without at least. JOSEPH GREENNoted Boston merchant and wit, died in England, 1780 SATIKE ON LUKE YARDY OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE TAYERNBy Joseph Geeen at a Masonic Meeting, 1749 Wheres honest Luke, — that cook from London ?For without Luke the Lodge is undone ;Twas he who oft dispelled their sadness,And fiird the Brethren« heart with them his ample bowls table groand beneath its load ;For them he stretchd his utmost art. —Their honours grateful they in return is made a brother,As good and triie as any other ;And still, though broke with age and the token and the sign. — Entertainments for a Winters Evening. THE EARLIER ORDINARIES. 21 making mention of the Massacre of the 5th of March,1770, which took place in front of the tavern. Itwas then a three-story brick house, the successor, it isbelieved, of the first building erected on the spot anddestroyed in the great fire of 1711. On the oppositecorner of the l
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