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.
=Household, Head of the=--See CHINA AND AMERICA COMPARED.