Show ancient shop signs it seems no risk to assort assert that in our state there aro are not ten men born within tile tho of now new ei gland parents who cannot I 1 read end ind anil wr arl it to I 1 have aicard it suggested that tile tho curious curious signs above tho the doorways to taverns and shops which were so common years ago were really aids to those who were unable to read tho the argen dragon tile tho L blur blue lion ll 11 on the white borso and the bunch ot of grapes over the doors ot of the colonial inns ot of boston rendered them easily identified whereas it a signboard sign board would ilane haa been to tho the in mass of tho people in like manner shopkeepers acre wont to mark their doorways doubtless for it a similar reason A grilc of 0 this custom is seen occasionally even today to day conspicuous examples example es boing being a gilded a ostrich 11 above a milli milliners nors door a kid idd above a glovers Rl overs and a spinning wheel above till door of a linen shop but the real ot of those signs has pa passed i 1 away and the signs themselves S havo h a se e disappeared before tho the advances or of the schoolmaster Rost bostin nit |