Oldtown

The arrangement of our house of worship in Oldtown was somewhat peculiar, owing to the fact of its having originally been built as a mission church for the Indians.

Oldtown Folks 1869

And now Sam 's about the only person in Oldtown, that I have seen, that has the least idea that life is meant, in any way, for enjoyment.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Not a visage in Oldtown was so set in grimness of care, that it did not relax its lines when it saw Tina coming down the street; for Tina could mimic and sing and dance, and fling back joke for joke in a perfect meteoric shower.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Why, it beats the Prodigal Son all holler, the way they 're killin' the fatted calves for yer; an 'everybody in Oldtown 's a wantin' to see Sir Harry.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Every stick and stone, every sweetbrier-bush and huckleberry patch in Oldtown, will always be dear to me.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Oldtown is a highly respectable little village, but, of course, affords no advantages for the outfit of a person of quality, such as your sister is and is to be.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Oldtown is a nice place, to be sure, but it does rain a great deal there, and she and Polly will be so lonesome without me to make fun for them.

Oldtown Folks 1869

One thing, at all events, had been gained, – my father had had the minister and been prayed with, and nobody in Oldtown could say that everything had not been properly done, according to the code of spiritual etiquette generally established.

Oldtown Folks 1869

Old Parson Lothrop continued for some years, with his antique dress and his antique manners, respected in Oldtown as the shadowy minister of the past; while his colleague, Mr. Mordecai Rossiter, edified his congregation with the sharpest and most stringent new school Calvinism.

Oldtown Folks 1869

He saw her daily, and so the folly grew upon him, till he was ready to sacrifice his life's object, and consent to be all his days a poor academy teacher in Oldtown, that he might marry her.

Oldtown Folks 1869