. Spectacles for young eyes : Boston. their long dresses, and theyannihilate me with a look as I am trying to getoff, — with both feet entangled in their give me such a cross look, and then smileon the next person they meet, and pretend thattheir dress is not all torn and muddy! Buthow I know they wish that that red-haired coun-try boy had stayed in his native woods ! James said he wished we would never say Watch! to him again ; for he wanted to for-get he had ever owned one ! I could not think of understanding such citydifference. But the advertisements were writ-ten, and we wal
. Spectacles for young eyes : Boston. their long dresses, and theyannihilate me with a look as I am trying to getoff, — with both feet entangled in their give me such a cross look, and then smileon the next person they meet, and pretend thattheir dress is not all torn and muddy! Buthow I know they wish that that red-haired coun-try boy had stayed in his native woods ! James said he wished we would never say Watch! to him again ; for he wanted to for-get he had ever owned one ! I could not think of understanding such citydifference. But the advertisements were writ-ten, and we walked down Court Street, which 40 SPECTACLES. was filled with signs belonging to lawyers* offi-ces, down to State Street, to the printmg-offices,where the newspapers were publislied. Here we came to the Old State-House, whichstands at the head of State Street, and looksdown, having one front on Washington the top of this bnilding are flagstaffs, whichdisplay the signals of the vessels as they are com-ing into Boston The General Court of tlie Province of Mas-sachusetts used to be held in this building, soJames told me, — for he knows all about thedifferent places. And the office of the Atlasand Bee, and many other papers, are found first newspaper published in the Colonies POST-OFFICE. 41 was ill Boston, iii 1704, and was called the Bos-ton News-Letter. We left James to carry his advertisement, andwalked on without hhn to the Merchants Ex-chanc^e buildingo Such a crowd of gentlemen as
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