1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . The Mysterious Burglar. A le;gend of theBIvACK HOUSE. WAY back in the latter part of the lastcentury there stood, and until within acomparatively few years still stood, onf the site of the homestead of the late John R. Kimball, Esq., Main street, above CentralSquare, in Woburn, a house always known by thename of the Black House on account of its color,which, at the time first named, was occupied by JosephBartlett, Esq. Bartlett was an eccentric and talented l
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . The Mysterious Burglar. A le;gend of theBIvACK HOUSE. WAY back in the latter part of the lastcentury there stood, and until within acomparatively few years still stood, onf the site of the homestead of the late John R. Kimball, Esq., Main street, above CentralSquare, in Woburn, a house always known by thename of the Black House on account of its color,which, at the time first named, was occupied by JosephBartlett, Esq. Bartlett was an eccentric and talented lawyer,much given to saying and doing uncommon things,cracking jokes, etc., and so fertile in resources washe, that he often gained difficult cases, which peoplesaid he won only by the assistance of a certain myste-rious old gentleman in black, who always acted withhim as invisible Senior Counsel. I^et that be as it may, he had just won a suitwhich it seemed almost impossible to gain, where alarge lot of cloth, clothing and especially pantaloons,were at stake, and had pocketed the money for hisclient. 82 Now it so happened, that a
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