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