The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery
Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery
Author: Henry M. Brooks
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Language: English
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THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.
16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.
There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:—
Curiosities of the Old Lottery.
Days of the Spinning-Wheel.
Some Strange and Curious Punishments.
Quaint and Curious Advertisements.
Literary Curiosities.
New-England Sunday, etc.
"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the manuscript for this series and he can assure the lovers of the historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is gratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to book form."—Salem Gazette.
For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. Catalogues of our books mailed free.
TICKNOR & CO., Boston.
THE OLDEN TIME SERIES
CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY
Would men observingly distil it out."
Shakspeare, King Henry V.
And these are of them."
Shakspeare, Macbeth.
To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless."
Thomas Hood.
THE OLDEN TIME SERIES
GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON
AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS
BY
HENRY M. BROOKS
Curiosities of the Old Lottery
"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—Emerson
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1886
Copyright, 1886,
By Ticknor and Company.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
INDEX OF NAMES.
| Page | |
| Arnold, Welcome | 50 |
| Atkins, William | 10 |
| Austin, Benjamin | 14 |
| Austin, Benjamin, Jr. | 53 |
| Barlow, Joel | 56, 57 |
| Barton, William | 35 |
| Beeman, D. | 47 |
| Beers, Elias | 33 |
| Beers, Nathan | 33 |
| Bemis, Mr. | 25 |
| Blake, William P. | 22 |
| Blodgett, Benjamin | 42 |
| Bonaparte | 62, 63 |
| Bridge & Renouf | 39, 54 |
| Bridge, Mr. | 36 |
| Brooks, Peter C. | 70 |
| Brown, John | 50 |
| Bryant, William | 61 |
| Burr, Aaron | 62, 63 |
| Cabot, Andrew | 59 |
| Cabot, George | 59 |
| Carlton, W. | 53 |
| Carter, Ephraim | 16 |
| Clark, Mary Ann | 62, 63 |
| Colman, George | 44 |
| Connor, Benjamin | 38 |
| Cooper, Samuel | 53 |
| Cushing & Appleton | 17, 42, 44, 46, 61, 63 |
| Cushing & Carlton | 38 |
| Cushing, Caleb | 10 |
| Cushing, Thomas | 14 |
| Cushing, Thomas C. | 8 |
| Dabney, John | 8, 53 |
| Daggett, Henry | 33 |
| Dana & Fenno | 65 |
| Dutch, John | 51 |
| Edes & Gill | 15 |
| Ellsler, Fanny | 8 |
| Esty, Edward | 35 |
| Everett, Edward | 70 |
| Farnham, Daniel | 10 |
| Fisk, General | 19 |
| Franklin, Benjamin | 43 |
| Freeman, Jonathan | 38 |
| Gerrish, Joseph | 10 |
| Gilbert & Dean | 30, 48 |
| Giles, William B. | 62, 63 |
| Gould & Company | 12 |
| Green & Russell | 12, 15 |
| Hamilton, Alexander | 62, 63 |
| Hancock, John | 70 |
| Hardcastle, Samuel | 61 |
| Hathorne, John | 8, 53 |
| Heard, Edmund | 16 |
| Hewes, Samuel | 14 |
| Higginson, Henry | 59 |
| Hilldrup, Thomas | 33, 65 |
| Hillhouse, James | 62, 63 |
| Huntington, Ralph | 28 |
| Ives, John P. | 50 |
| Jackson, William and James | 12 |
| Jefferson, Thomas | 62, 63 |
| Jenks, Daniel | 8, 53 |
| Jenks, John | 8, 38, 53 |
| Johnson, Oliver | 35 |
| Jones, Timothy | 33 |
| Kelley, Daniel | 35 |
| Kent, William A. | 41 |
| Kent, William J. | 38 |
| Kidder & Co. | 28 |
| Kidder, W. & T. | 30 |
| King George III. | 62, 63 |
| King James I. | 72 |
| Kneeland, John | 36, 53 |
| Larkin, E. & S. | 47 |
| Larkin, Ebenezer | 22 |
| Leach & Fosdick | 25 |
| Lewis, Ezekiel | 14 |
| Luther, Martin | 35 |
| Lyon, William | 33 |
| Macomber, Ebenezer | 22 |
| Madison, James | 62, 63 |
| Martin, Luther | 42 |
| Mason, John | 50 |
| McIntosh, William | 33 |
| Minot, George R. | 53 |
| Napoleon | 63 |
| Nauche, Dr. | 43 |
| Newell, Timothy | 12 |
| Payson, E.H. | 8, 65 |
| Pickering, Timothy | 62, 63 |
| Phillips, Margaret | 25 |
| Randal, Stephen | 22 |
| Russell, Benjamin | 53 |
| Russell, John | 8, 16, 17, 22, 23 |
| Russell, William | 50 |
| Sampson, Ezra | 59 |
| Savage, Samuel Phillips | 14 |
| Scollay, John | 14 |
| Sewall, Samuel | 14 |
| Sharplys, Thomas | 72 |
| Sheldon, Pardon | 64 |
| Sigourney, Andrew | 41 |
| Simpson & Caldwell | 39 |
| Smith, Robert | 63 |
| Sprague, Joseph | 19 |
| Stone, E.M. | 59 |
| Storer & Son, Ebenezer | 12 |
| Thorndike, Israel | 59 |
| Thurber, Samuel, Jr. | 22, 51 |
| Tracy, Patrick | 10 |
| Turpin, Benjamin | 22 |
| Warren, Henry | 53 |
| Washington, George | 31, 59, 62, 63 |
| Weld, Benjamin | 41 |
| Whipple, Henry | 8, 39, 45 |
| Whipple, John | 51 |
| Williams, George | 19 |
LOTTERIES MENTIONED.
| Page | |
| Amoskeag | 16, 17 |
| Amoskeag Canal | 68 |
| Baltimore Hospital | 42 |
| Bible Supply | 61, 62 |
| Bunker Hill Monument | 7 |
| Charlestown | 68 |
| Cologne Cathedral | 72 |
| Congregational Churches | 7 |
| Connecticut Manufactory | 32, 33 |
| Continental Congress | 18 |
| Dartmouth College | 36, 37, 68 |
| Eastern Stage Road | 65 |
| English Colonies in Virginia | 72 |
| Episcopal Churches | 7 |
| Faneuil Hall | 7, 13, 14, 15 |
| Gloucester Road | 68 |
| Harvard College | 7, 23, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 57, 64, 70 |
| Hatfield Bridge | 17, 23, 68 |
| Kennebec | 68 |
| Kennebec Bridge | 28 |
| Land Bank | 15, 68 |
| Leicester Academy, Lancaster | 16 |
| Marblehead | 42 |
| Massachusetts State | 7, 20, 25, 29, 36, 41, 42, 58, 59, 64 |
| Matrimonial | 66, 67, 68 |
| Milton Paper Mill | 15 |
| Newport Congregational Church | 19 |
| New York | 41 |
| New York Literature | 65 |
| North and South Rivers, Salem | 19 |
| North Carolina | 64 |
| Pavement on Boston Neck | 68 |
| Philanthropic | 68 |
| Plymouth Beach | 44, 54, 55, 61, 68 |
| Providence Episcopal Church | 47 |
| Providence Street | 20, 21, 22 |
| Rhode Island | 64 |
| Rhode Island College | 7, 49, 50, 51 |
| Rhode Island Lottery for Advancement of Religion | 34 |
| River Parker Bridge | 7, 9, 10, 11 |
| South Hadley Canal | 48, 68 |
| Stonington Point Meeting-House | 65, 66 |
| Sudbury | 61, 68 |
| Taunton Great River | 12 |
| Union Canal | 31, 40, 41 |
| Washington Monument | 39 |
| Williamstown Free School | 7, 20, 25, 42, 43 |
INTRODUCTION.
While this work does not pretend to be a history, it will yet present many historical facts. Its object is to show from old newspapers, which are not accessible to all, such items and comments upon a variety of subjects as might be supposed to amuse or instruct both old and young.
It is not the easy thing that many imagine to examine, read, and select from a vast number of newspapers such matter as is believed to be worth reproducing. Possibly to some it would seem to be a stupid and an uninteresting work. The Compiler, however, has found it a source of pleasure to make and arrange these selections; and the value of his work will be greatly enhanced if these volumes should prove of interest to any considerable number of persons.
There appears to be from year to year a growing taste among the most cultivated people for quaint and curious reminiscences of the Olden Time; and as these volumes will be of a handy size for the pocket or carpetbag, it is hoped that they will be welcomed by many who would not undertake to read a more pretentious or cumbersome work on similar topics.
Salem, Mass.,
April, 1885.