The colonial tavern; a glimpse of New England town life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . )er was gener- ally good natured and his place a favorite ] resort, and he could truthfully call atten-tion to his place as furnishing Food forthe Hungry, Drink for the Thirsty, and aHome for the Weary Traveller. ;•: CHAPTER VI. TAVERN TALES AND illustrative of allphases of lifeare associatedwith the andcomedies havehere been enact-ed. Romance,with all its various shades of love, joy andsorrow, cluster around it. It is not neces-sary to depend upon imaginary o
The colonial tavern; a glimpse of New England town life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . )er was gener- ally good natured and his place a favorite ] resort, and he could truthfully call atten-tion to his place as furnishing Food forthe Hungry, Drink for the Thirsty, and aHome for the Weary Traveller. ;•: CHAPTER VI. TAVERN TALES AND illustrative of allphases of lifeare associatedwith the andcomedies havehere been enact-ed. Romance,with all its various shades of love, joy andsorrow, cluster around it. It is not neces-sary to depend upon imaginary or fancifuldetails to tell the tales of the wayside inn,for there is enough in the real life of thepeople to give these stories interest, andyet not overstep the bounds of truth. On September 26, 1671, GoodmanAyers of Brookfield, or, as it was calledin those days, Quawbaug, was granted alicense to keep an ordinary, and sell wine TA VERX TALES AXD TRA ];S 1S3 and liquor. Regularly each year his j license was renewed, until the year 1675-6, ! so eventful to many New England towns. / Ayers tavern was located in the centre \ of the little settlement, and was the most substantial of any of its neighbors. Un- i usual attention had been j)aid to its con-struction, for it served the double purposeof tavern and garrison house, for Quaw-baus: was a fronti
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