A Rill from the Town Pump
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Rill from the Town Pump
Nathaniel Hawthorne · English
Nathaniel Hawthorne's whimsical 1835 sketch from Twice-Told Tales, in which the cast-iron Town Pump at the corner of Essex and Washington Streets in…
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's whimsical 1835 sketch from Twice-Told Tales, in which the cast-iron Town Pump at the corner of Essex and Washington Streets in Salem holds forth in first person. The pump introduces itself as the chief officer of the municipality, lampoons the customers who come for a drink, recounts the local history of its watering spot from the Indian sagamores to the present, and delivers a rousing temperance speech in favor of cold water over rum. A masterclass in American Romantic personification.
A Rill from the Town Pump
Nathaniel Hawthorne · English
Nathaniel Hawthorne's whimsical 1835 sketch from Twice-Told Tales, in which the cast-iron Town Pump at the corner of Essex and Washington Streets in…
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TWICE TOLD TALES A RILL FROM THE TOWN PUMP By Nathaniel Hawthorne (SCENE.--The corner of two principal streets.--[Essex and Washington Streets, Salem.]--The Town Pump talking through its nose.) NOON, by the North clock! Noon, by the east! High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose. Truly, we public c
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's whimsical 1835 sketch from Twice-Told Tales, in which the cast-iron Town Pump at the corner of Essex and Washington Streets in Salem holds forth in first person. The pump introduces itself as the chief officer of the municipality, lampoons the customers who come for a drink, recounts the local history of its watering spot from the Indian sagamores to the present, and delivers a rousing temperance speech in favor of cold water over rum. A masterclass in American Romantic personification.
A Rill from the Town Pump
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