A Woodside Reminiscence (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Grizzly Ryder
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267695669
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Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Excerpt from A Woodside Reminiscence IN the year 1914, at the end of a winter's day in Springfield, Massachusetts, having completed the business which I had in hand, and not desiring to return to the home of the friend with whom I was visiting, at so early an hour, I wandered along the main street of the city, towards the outskirts. Seeing a sign Antique Furniture displayed over the entrance to an old-fashioned colonial house, I wandered in - more with the idea of escaping the cold air and falling snow than with any expectation of finding anything of particular interest. As I entered, I saw seated by a stove at the farther end of the room, two men evidently well advanced in years. One of them came forward and in a very courteous man ner asked how he could serve me. I replied that I was idly looking about and if he would grant me the privilege of looking over what he had, though I probably would not purchase anything, I should appreciate his courtesy. He immediately replied that I should make myself at home and returned to his friend by the stove. I wandered around the place, seeing the usual assort ment displayed in places of that character - composed mostly of old-fashioned warming pans, flax wheels, and irons, etc. Finally, arriving close to where the two men were seated, I heard the proprietor say to his visitor: Do you expect to go back again to that country? To which the visitor replied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.