1642-1892. Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn (1892) (14777277102)

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Title: 1642-1892. Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ... to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Converse, Parker Lindall, 1822-1899
Subjects: Legends
Publisher: Woburn, Mass., Printed for subscribers only
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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peeps out of its hole ; by degrees itcautiously ventures forth, and growing more bold bysuccess, enters into the battles of business and spec-ulation, till bloated and arrogant, it rides the whirl-
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117 wind and directs the storm, in its frantic efforts toadd bulk to bulk ; it waters itself by issuing unduequantities of commercial paper, bonds, obligations,mortgages and accomodation notes ; corner lots goup, fine residences are erected, nice Turn Outs,diminutive dog carts with fancy dogs at fifty dollarseach under them, and still more diminutive fancypoodles at still higher prices on the seats, with twenty-five dollar whips in the sockets, and negro drivers,crowd the streets, till business and fashionable livingare overdone, and the evils of such foolishness culmi-nate in another crash, which sweeps away dogs, cartsand their owners, while money again becomes cow-ardly and retires to its castle of safety. So the civilized world always did wag, and alwayswill wag, from panic to panic in the same inevitablefashion. Now all this is human and unavoidable, because ofall things, the most of mankind desire wealth, power,spread and high living, so they run all risks to get it,and naturall