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CHAPTER I.

COUNTRY TOWN—OLD CHURCH—PARSONAGE
—BURYIN G-GROUND—IMPROVEMENTS SUG-
GESTED — PRINCIPAL STREET— TAVERN —
SHOPS—MR. WINGATE’S STORE—MRS. WIN-
GATE.

Tue town of F , in the state of
M is a very pleasant town; so
thought the inhabitants, and at the
time even of which we write, they
were neither “few nor far between.”
This was especially true of the Mid-
dle of the town, the name by which
the village was generally known.
Here was the “ meeting-house,” a
dark-looking, old-fashioned building,
with two long rows of windows, and
a steeple that claimed acquaintance

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