Old Concord, her highways and byways; . is stirring, and we may bequenched, so we turn ingloriously, and rattle backover the stony pike. 44 Old Concord. Aftei a clay in Old Concord, no one is justifiedin surprise at coming upon a tablet. And nomatter how many times one reads the inscriptionon one of these constantly recurring granite blocks,there is always an involuntary pause (unless hurry-ing to catch a train) in their vicinity. It is some-times a trifie uncomfortable to be so historicallysurrounded. At present we arc in quest of allsuch landmarks. So leaving the tablet on thebluff and resum
Old Concord, her highways and byways; . is stirring, and we may bequenched, so we turn ingloriously, and rattle backover the stony pike. 44 Old Concord. Aftei a clay in Old Concord, no one is justifiedin surprise at coming upon a tablet. And nomatter how many times one reads the inscriptionon one of these constantly recurring granite blocks,there is always an involuntary pause (unless hurry-ing to catch a train) in their vicinity. It is some-times a trifie uncomfortable to be so historicallysurrounded. At present we arc in quest of allsuch landmarks. So leaving the tablet on thebluff and resuming our course toward ConcordCentre, we welcome another at the junction of theLexington and Bedford roads : MERIAMS CORNER THK BRITISH TROOPS RETREATING FROAI THE OLD NORTH BRIDGE WERE HERE ATTACKED IN FLANK. BY THE MEN OF CONCORD AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS AND DRIVEN UNDER A HOT FIRE TO CHARLESTOWN. Set back from the road, its side close upon theBedford thoroughfare, is a square, dingy yellowhouse with a lean-to and venerable doors. It is. Her Hio;Jiways and Byways. 47 picturesque from the road, its door-yard guardedby two flourishing trees of a later date; and fromthis point appears well-built and able to easily standthe strain of another century. But turning into theBedford road, the house suddenly belies its bravefront, and seems to be on the verge of second glance, however, shows us that it is onlya series of out-buildings clinging to each other tillthe word to drop comes, when they will probablyall go loyally as one. Here we catch a glimpse of a round, good-nat-ured face at the window, and we approach thehouse, and beg for the local traditions. Thematron, we find, is pleased to tell us, and the goodman of the house corroborates it all, the informa-tion beine drawn from the descendants of the oldfamily, the original ow^iers of the house. Con-densed it reads like this : When the good wife ofthe Meriam household heard the drums of theapproaching foe, she ran and bar
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