Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . DWIGHT HOUSE, BROOKFIELD. FRARY HOUSE, DEERFIELD Gubernatorial and Other Tavern Junkets crowding them close and there was need thata judicial-minded body should listen to theirstory and do what they could to adjustmatters. Almost forty years earlier another famouscase had been tried in this very locality bya junketing party from Boston. The housewith which that trip is associated was latera tavern and, fortunately for us, is still stand-ing. It is called the Frary Hou
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . DWIGHT HOUSE, BROOKFIELD. FRARY HOUSE, DEERFIELD Gubernatorial and Other Tavern Junkets crowding them close and there was need thata judicial-minded body should listen to theirstory and do what they could to adjustmatters. Almost forty years earlier another famouscase had been tried in this very locality bya junketing party from Boston. The housewith which that trip is associated was latera tavern and, fortunately for us, is still stand-ing. It is called the Frary House and is nowowned by Miss C. Alice Baker, a descendantof Samson Frary, whose name the placebears. The older part of the Frary House wasbuilt in 1689, the other half being added in1748 when the whole house was used as atavern. The spacious dancing hall of theplace, which is thirty-three feet long andproportionately wide, was the scene of manya festive gathering in those tavern days andits spring floor still responds, at Miss Bakersprivate parties, to the impetus of the lightfantastic toe. Gaiety had no share, how-ever, in the visit of officials th
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