The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . t all have in their minds a clear pic-ture of Uncle Bens curricle, as itexisted a hundred years ago, thereforeit may not be amiss to explain that thedictionary defines a curricle as a two-horse, two-wheeled vehicle, with apole. In other words, a chaise drawnby two horses. We read of the deaconswonderful one-hoss shay, that went topieces all at once, with a thrill and aspill, but this two-hos>s shay must havebeen still more wonderful, though it did tells U9 his grandfather bestowed on .,certain springless conveyance of t; time. He called it his
The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . t all have in their minds a clear pic-ture of Uncle Bens curricle, as itexisted a hundred years ago, thereforeit may not be amiss to explain that thedictionary defines a curricle as a two-horse, two-wheeled vehicle, with apole. In other words, a chaise drawnby two horses. We read of the deaconswonderful one-hoss shay, that went topieces all at once, with a thrill and aspill, but this two-hos>s shay must havebeen still more wonderful, though it did tells U9 his grandfather bestowed on .,certain springless conveyance of t; time. He called it his circula-tor, not because it circulated over thoroads with remarkable velocity, but lo-calise it promoted the circulation of it,,.vital fluid. In a case of dyspepsia, toomuch spring in one vehicle may hav«-been as efficacious as too little in theother. Besides* varying existence with cur-ricle-riding, and vote-collecting, thisirrepressible Benjamin was a mason bytrade. He also at times disported- him-self on the ocean wave for a short. BENJAMIN HOWLAND HOUSE not give up the ghost all at once, for Irecollect peeing the pole triced upamong the rafters of the big barn, as asort of relic. The children called theirgrandfathers one-horse chaise thejiggle-joggle, and many a frantic ridethey took in it. on the barn floor, evento the breaking of the recumbentshafts. I cant think what they wouldhave named their great grandfatherschaise, kept in agitation by the uneventrotting of two horses. They mighthave adopted the name George Eddy whaling voyage on the Atlantic coast,while the leviathans were yet so oblig-ing as- to come here to be , after his migration tothe wilderness, he was a model pioneer,and added dentistry to his manifold ac-complishments, extracting teeth forhapless, suffering neighbors, who some-times remunerated him with thanks,and sometimes with abuse, somewhataccording to the length of time theyhad gyrated around the rooms withhis pincers in their mou
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