Old Concord, her highways and byways; . dispute now her right to universal suprem-acy. Oh ! most fortunate they who are bornConcordians. VI. Even the oldest inhabitant, from whom onecan usually wrest some information to suit hisfancy or that can be restored till it becomes his-tory, fails one when appealed to for the origin ofthe name of The Nine Acre Corner. Then theoldest inhabitant (otherwise the very essence ofkindness and brotherly love) turns his head awayand says, I dont know. And no entreaties thathe shall go down into its hitherto forgotten past,for a scrap of ancient lore concerning
Old Concord, her highways and byways; . dispute now her right to universal suprem-acy. Oh ! most fortunate they who are bornConcordians. VI. Even the oldest inhabitant, from whom onecan usually wrest some information to suit hisfancy or that can be restored till it becomes his-tory, fails one when appealed to for the origin ofthe name of The Nine Acre Corner. Then theoldest inhabitant (otherwise the very essence ofkindness and brotherly love) turns his head awayand says, I dont know. And no entreaties thathe shall go down into its hitherto forgotten past,for a scrap of ancient lore concerning it—just ascrap that would make the fortune of the humblescribe — can move him to anything other than Idont know, as final as the executioners knife. There is a belief current in some quarters, thatthe grant of nine acres granted to Peter Bulkeley,somewhere in that vicinity, may be responsible forthe title. But the oldest inhabitant, when ap-pealed to on this point, only shakes his head againand steadfastly murmurs, I dont know. 156.
Size: 1977px × 1264px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherbosto, bookyear1892
