Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . of the landlord, who inanticipation of their coming has preparedfor them the choicest viands of which hislarder can boast? 333 CHAPTER XVI SOME TAVERNS OF ROMANCE The alluring adjective romantic isconferred upon taverns for widely differentreasons. This old house in Westfield, Mas-sachusetts, for instance, has for years beenthus distinguished because it was supposedto be the scene of an ardent salute bestowedupon Landlord Fowlers wife, one Revolu-tionary morning, by n
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . of the landlord, who inanticipation of their coming has preparedfor them the choicest viands of which hislarder can boast? 333 CHAPTER XVI SOME TAVERNS OF ROMANCE The alluring adjective romantic isconferred upon taverns for widely differentreasons. This old house in Westfield, Mas-sachusetts, for instance, has for years beenthus distinguished because it was supposedto be the scene of an ardent salute bestowedupon Landlord Fowlers wife, one Revolu-tionary morning, by no less a person thanthe British General Burgoyne, who was thenreturning, a prisoner, to the Continentalcamp at Cambridge. But, a few years ago,an enterprising student of local history ar-rived at the conclusion that the kisser wasnot Burgoyne at all, but the German Gen-eral Riedesel; evidence further went toshow that the kissee was in all probabilitythe landlords daughter instead of his this point, however, our naive lady gaveup research for she could not see why Riede-sel should have kissed any strange young 334. Some Taverns of Romance woman when his own charming wife wasnear at hand! To-day, therefore, the FowlerTavern may be said to memorialize a KISS,the parties thereto being undetermined. Some other New England taverns nolonger standing have more clearly definedreasons for reverence at the hands of thosewho love romance. The old Fountain Innat Marblehead was the opening scene of themost romantic story in all American it was here, as she was scrubbing thetavern floor, that Sir Harry Frankland firstcaught sight of Agnes Surriage! The gallant Sir Harry was at this time(1742) collector of the port of Boston, andhe had come riding down to Marbleheadspicturesque coast to transact some businessconnected with old Fort Sewall, then justa-building. At the Fountain Inn he stoppedfor a long draught of cooling ale. And,there before him in the tap-room, vigorouslywi
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