Old Concord, her highways and byways; . red to the dwelling now known to the town-folk,it is a place that wooes artists most seductively;possessing the right pose on the hill-side, the properdrapery of elm-boughs around its v»eather-stainedwalls, and exactly the proportion of gentle dilapi-dation, to make a pleasing picture. The little street (Heywood) fronting the fine oldfamily mansion two centuries old of the samename, is identical with Potters Lane. Continuing toward the mill-dam on the righthand side of Lexington Street, we find an inter-esting group of houses, one needing special men-tio
Old Concord, her highways and byways; . red to the dwelling now known to the town-folk,it is a place that wooes artists most seductively;possessing the right pose on the hill-side, the properdrapery of elm-boughs around its v»eather-stainedwalls, and exactly the proportion of gentle dilapi-dation, to make a pleasing picture. The little street (Heywood) fronting the fine oldfamily mansion two centuries old of the samename, is identical with Potters Lane. Continuing toward the mill-dam on the righthand side of Lexington Street, we find an inter-esting group of houses, one needing special men-tion, the old Brown House ; built by ReubenBrown, a harness-maker whose shop was nexttoward the centre, and in whose house cartridgeswere made a century an;o. A few curious bits of 76 Old Concord. this interior give a hint of the old-time quaintnessof the house to those who care for the study ofsuch things. Passing down the cellar stairs, onesees a small square door in the wall, opening intoa room by the side of the chimney ten feet high. THE THOREAU CORNER. and about six feet broad, where the bacon wassmoked, the fire being made with corncobs. At the foot of the cellar stairs, a bit to the right,there is the same swinging oaken shelf supportedby heavy iron chains that held the Tlianksgivingpies and Election cake so many generations
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