Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ELEAZER ARNOLD TAVERN, NEAR QUINSNICKET, LINCOLN. GREENVILLE TAVERN, SMITHFIELD Some Rhode Island Taverns this house is 1687, and here Justice Arnoldlong held his court. The Greenville Tavern, Smithfield, RhodeIsland, dates back to 1730, and with its sec-ond-story piazza, overhanging roof and hugechimney certainly suggests old-time revel-ries and rom;antic rendezvous. Divers merryparties were wont to congregate in this oldinn and sip flip or cheering toddy aroundits b
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . ELEAZER ARNOLD TAVERN, NEAR QUINSNICKET, LINCOLN. GREENVILLE TAVERN, SMITHFIELD Some Rhode Island Taverns this house is 1687, and here Justice Arnoldlong held his court. The Greenville Tavern, Smithfield, RhodeIsland, dates back to 1730, and with its sec-ond-story piazza, overhanging roof and hugechimney certainly suggests old-time revel-ries and rom;antic rendezvous. Divers merryparties were wont to congregate in this oldinn and sip flip or cheering toddy aroundits blazing fire. Mr. Edward Field quotesan ancient rhyme which throws into sharprelief one such congenially occupied group: ** Landlord, to thy bar room it a foaming mug of flip —Make it of our countrys staple,Rum, New England sugar maple,Beer thats brewed from hops and Pumpkins,Grateful to the thirsty ! I hear the poker sizzleAnd Oer the mug the liquor against the earthen mugI hear the wooden spoons cheerful see thee, landlord, taste the flip;And fling thy cud from under pour more rum, the bottle stopping,Stir it again and
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