The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery

The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery

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Title: The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Henry M. Brooks
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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.
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THE OLDEN TIME SERIES
CURIOSITIES OF THE OLD LOTTERY

_"There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out."_ SHAKSPEARE, King Henry V.
_"The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, And these are of them."_ SHAKSPEARE, Macbeth.
_"How widely its agencies vary,-- 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
[Illustration: Crest]
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1886

Copyright, 1885,
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,