New England bygones . FOETY years ago the vil-lage store was the rallving-point of all the coiintrv round was William Saylors of WhitefieldCorner. The long l»ench for loafers, andthe feedino-troughs for horses in front ofits door, were no less its sign than was thepiinted board, on whieh was inscribed in giltletters the owners name. Bench loafers were})erennial. They were the lazzaroni of villagelife; as much its grotesque embellishment asgargovles were of gothic architecture. Threeof them are distinctly pictured in memory uponthe outside wall of William Saylors store, against which in
New England bygones . FOETY years ago the vil-lage store was the rallving-point of all the coiintrv round was William Saylors of WhitefieldCorner. The long l»ench for loafers, andthe feedino-troughs for horses in front ofits door, were no less its sign than was thepiinted board, on whieh was inscribed in giltletters the owners name. Bench loafers were})erennial. They were the lazzaroni of villagelife; as much its grotesque embellishment asgargovles were of gothic architecture. Threeof them are distinctly pictured in memory uponthe outside wall of William Saylors store, against which insummer they used to sit and sun themselves, given to whittlingand expectoration. Their intermittent talk was like the dull 27 ^- 2U6 jyj£W EXGLAXD BYGONES. drone of bees. With sluggish curiosity they eyed the passingtraveller, and were somewhat stirred by the coming of the blackened pipes with short stems, they occasionallyexchanged what they called chaws of terbaccer; and with adialect of their own, w
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