StNicholas . very red ear, the luckyswain who had found it could claim a kiss fromevery maid; with every smutted car he smutchedthe faces of his mates, amid laughter and joyousshoutings ; but when the prize fell to a girl, shewould walk the round demurely, look each eageraspirant in the face, and hide or reveal the secretof her heart by a kiss. Then came the dance andsupper, running deep into the night, and oftenencroaching upon the early dawn. Our traveler would be interested in Salem, nextto the largest town in New England, and a flour-ishing sea-port; and he certainly would have goneto Bost
StNicholas . very red ear, the luckyswain who had found it could claim a kiss fromevery maid; with every smutted car he smutchedthe faces of his mates, amid laughter and joyousshoutings ; but when the prize fell to a girl, shewould walk the round demurely, look each eageraspirant in the face, and hide or reveal the secretof her heart by a kiss. Then came the dance andsupper, running deep into the night, and oftenencroaching upon the early dawn. Our traveler would be interested in Salem, nextto the largest town in New England, and a flour-ishing sea-port; and he certainly would have goneto Boston, then, as now, a center of education andculture. Many of the streets of Boston were nar-row and crooked. Shops and inns were distin-guished in Boston, as in other cities and towns, bypictorial signs for the benefit of those who couldnot read. One did not look for a lettered board,nor a number over the street door, but for the signof the Bunch of Feathers, the Golden Key,the Dog and Pot, or the Three <o™cUii\.cs 4 £, Jri^? *is \.<To»c4|fts^*icWMV«{a f^kc- The time that was given to making cider, and the Had our traveler passed from New England tonumber of barrels made and stored in the cellars the State of New York, say at Albany, he wouldof the farm-houses, would now seem incredible, have had evidence that the frontier was not far off. 156 A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. [December, Goods sent from Albany to supply the Indian trade,and the forts and settlements out West, were hauledin wagons to Schenectady, then loaded in lightboats, and poled up the Mohawk to Fort Schuyler,then carried across to Wood Creek, and againtransported in boats down Oneida Lake and OsageRiver to the great lakes. The town of Albanywas, at that time, a quiet, shady, delightful place,with cow-bells tinkling in the streets. Lazy In-dians went lounging about the principal thorough-fares with bead-work and baskets to sell. New York State continued to show evidence of
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