. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . HE Folk-Lore Society which became a part of theVillage Improvement Society in West Roxbury,used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on theseoccasions elderly people were invited to attend andrelate old village stories. The Folk-Lore story isa very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and ofall places in America, the towns that follow the windings of theCharles River, are rich in quaint old tales. The Brook Fann-House,now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie ofmagic story-tellers. The old houses ar
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . HE Folk-Lore Society which became a part of theVillage Improvement Society in West Roxbury,used to have Story-Telling Nights, and on theseoccasions elderly people were invited to attend andrelate old village stories. The Folk-Lore story isa very interesting department of Folk-Lore; and ofall places in America, the towns that follow the windings of theCharles River, are rich in quaint old tales. The Brook Fann-House,now the German Orphan Asylum, sent into the world a coterie ofmagic story-tellers. The old houses around the Dedham Woods allhave their legends. West Roxbury and the Newtons are hauntedplaces. Among the popular subjects of this antique story-telling, are The 6o ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE WHITE CITY. Old New England Ghost Story, and Funny Tales of Old Inde-pendence Days. There were several of these stories that were particularly of them was the reading of that masterpiece of old wonder-. GOVERNMENT BUILDING. books, known as The Devil and Tom Walker, a warning to usurers,speculators, and all over-reaching people. Stories of Lord Timothy Dexter and old New England GhostStories were among the interesting narratives that had entertainedthe society. We give two of these,— Blingo the Blacksmith, orLord Timothy Dexters Poet and The Darby Ring.
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