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HOSPITALITY IN OLD TIMES

The Rev. Asa Bullard tells this incident illustrating the hospitality expected of the parish minister in former days:

The clergyman’s house, in those days, was indeed regarded as the minister’s tavern. It was open to all clergymen. Now and then a minister would be found who would call on a perfect stranger for hospitality, giving very strange reasons. One who had been traveling in Maine called on a pastor of one of the large churches in Massachusetts for entertainment during the night; and he gave as a reason for taking such liberty that “he met his brother one day, as they both stopt at the same trough to water their horses.” (Text.)—“Incidents in a Busy Life.”

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Hospitals, The Utility of—See [Charity, Logic of].

Hospitals, Walking—See [Talking and Sickness].

Host’s Adaptation—See [Tact].

House Bookkeeping—See [Balance, A Loose].

Housecleaning—See [Dust and Violets].