Show a avi I IJ Ie 1 F e 0 vi jve v iv N flO J l I Ii inn i I Fl t- t r I I I I t f I I I i s sIL I IL Rt i I I I k s t j 1 I Henry I. I J P t I Restored d thel Mill Mil ma 4 near the Inn j JJ I. I r By ELMO SCOTT WATSON em ti e m mine host at ut the a new nv Inn liu Immortalized by Henry Longfellow Ilov In a It group IOU of ot poems poem to most Amei leans and 1111 he Is none other than Henry Ford Nord maker of ot automobiles The Tho Inn has stood near nar South Sudbury Sud Mass for tor more than limit two hundred years Curiously enough the tho Wayside Way side Inn was not It Its It's original name at till That title orl originated In IS a when tile the poet pott bound from Ills his home In C to Albany N N. N Y stopped by the during a change of ot conch coach horses at ut the Iho HI lied Horse tavern and amI It so 10 pleased his hIli fancy that he Inter commemorated com coin It In his Tale ale of ot n Wayside Inn The fled Hed Horse tavern ta wile was built In fl by David Howe e Three other Howes Hown were wre successive keepers rs of ot the tavern their combined service Ben as mine host totalling i Ii t years Iyman Lyman Rowe Howe was the host at the time limp of ot Longfellow's ys visit and It was Into Inlo his mouth that Longfellow put the words of ot the poem which begins Listen wy my children and ond you yot oc shall hear of or the midnight ride rille of ot Paul Revere In 1500 the last of ot the till Howl Howes died and the tavern tum furnishings were sold It nt unction auction Owner Ownership ship of ot the place passed through various hands hORII but It continued ns os an nn Inn down to the present century How Ilov It lime came Into the possession of ot Henry Ford Font was wu told recently by MI Mrs Ford her her- self pelf Speaking before the Womans Woman's National Farmand Farm Farmand and Garden association of which she Mir 11 I is III resident president at fit South Sudbury Mrs h Ford gave e the Inside tor tory story as 01 toll follows OWl M Many an ny funny stories nav have gone Rone around und about our Intention no so I am going to tell you ou to so that at least this group will wilt hear hur the real truth Well I 1 think we have owned It about live years yean perhaps six Biz Mr and Mrs Mra Lemon owned It and sad ran It a. a as an Inn until Mr Lemon died tiled Mn Mrs Lemon car car- carried ried It on about flee year years Then she h thought she rhe would sell It and take a little ease eue New Englanders had a great Interest In coming to the place plan and they disliked the Idea Idra or of f lt Its being sold fearful tearful It might net get Into the hands hand of sonic one who would cheat chat them out of the privilege o of 01 vIal visiting ling It When an association formed by man many Hoston Roston people with the Intention of raining milne money to buy It it wa was waa unsuccessful and a man offered to 1 give Mrs loin Iemon Lemon her price Mr Ford v vs was s approached ap ar He lie was told about the man who Intended to add on 60 eo bedrooms bedroom and turn It Into a common ordinary roadhouse and take tak ii In everybody ver body and all kinds I Well Veil some one I 1 dont don't know who It was AI said that v was wal aa ge going to happen harren Mr Ford said uld Well We buy It and save lav It It That seemed scorned an easy un thing thIne to todo do do buy It and pave ave It After fler we realized readied we own oune owned 1 It we e said What will ne we do dG with It ItT V We didn't know on one on thing about running an Inn or hotel of any kind We V the thought W We Ve wont won't renovate reno It ft Well We'll 11 keep kep It In perfect order and keep kp It as a museum Then Jhan we began getting letters lettera from these nice New England people who ho cams came to It so ao often orten writing O 0 0 Mr Ford Ive I've always al been hun able bl to te ride out to te aalde Inn and ha have bat luncheon or din ner per Mr Ford Is la rather easygoing going so eo he ha said Well continue that That meant coe cooks ka and managers all aorta of people to te be her here and run It We Wa were nere away In Michigan and nd when people are many mallY miles away aay It Is la hard to Ie tell whether the people are carrying car lying It en em aa as ne we should hould like Ilk like to have hue them taut But Butas as 1 long as ac people wanted anted It we wu did It We Ve did think we e wouldn't have hav allY anybody body II eta slay a o night and we w. should keep all 11 Hi Iii rooms room a a as at show how rooms but we got the same story w when hen NO New people heard hurd that O 0 we w. want to stay slay 0 over night and so o we ne did that Of course coure we do have e thc thee e restrictions Wade We Wa de dont don't nt tike ever everybody body Everybody body has bas to 10 be known by some one or have hav an Invitation bu because aule there then ate i only four b bed bedrooms room a on the second lerond Hour floor and two on the third floor not ver very Because In Inthe Inthe the summer rummer It la Is hot up there thre We just junt had to limit to 10 people we e know aI are are- reliable peo e we know nill net lIot bring a Ii hip bask lIuk or Ike hk ik that bat IW ny 73 To begin with we found the Inn In very bad reIr repair re repair re- re pair Ir The Iho ba basement ement was VAa full of broken down furniture furniture furni furni- ture the lower floor noor had to be changed so 0 there ther would be more room from flour floor to ceiling and we e made It nice and clean The next job lob was as rewiring It We were afraid of tire the wires had been stuck luck In every which way We went Into the walls and fished those little wires through and put nut them through what do you OU call It a conduit It 11 waa was an awful big bill piece to do and not many who bo have seen the house before would know that w we w. did It W We wanted to keep It as aa old a as possible People began to come conic In crowds We Vo found we couldn't take care of them One Thanksgiving 00 came to dinner t v y began bRan telephoning for tor reservations rear res early arly he morning We Ve had to do something He ne to 10 have ha another dining room and Just juet aa as soon noon we started doln doing that we had to have ave Another kitchen An old fashioned sink elI and stove stone and oven that would do 0 years yean ears ago apo for tor n t afew few people wont won't do for many r people ople We have hae to toha ha have things thing up to date te and of the best beat but dont don't see IU the modern kitchen Just as AI soon as liS we started enlarging the room 1 people said ald The old Inn must be making so o touch much money they dont don't know what to do with It It was closed Sundays because we decided the type of people who streamed reamed In were not Interested In to antique at all 1111 They merely wanted ant 11 a place Illace to tu spend the da day We W. stopped busses bun coming out at night because we e thought It was Inconsiderate to In toha ha have the persons person who had 1 been en showing people pol over the house hO all day taxed tand furl further her b by tourists tourist who ho would come com to the Wayside Inn In the da daytime Intel Interesting eating as Is this Inside stor story It dues does not tell It'll all 1111 that the motor manufacturer tins has done to preserve this for tor future generations genera genera- Ions of tit fur for he hu hits has spent Ilent thore titan titana a II hundred thousand to 10 build a II new Dew link linkof linkof of ot public highway u so 10 tl nut at heavy traffic radio t May ay ay be hp diverted from the neighborhood of ot the Inn lie He has bought more than 2545 2410 acres I of d lind surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the time Inn and across time the way rom ram It ft Ithe Ithe he lie has hus restored the old stone mill over on i aimo-i who who-e bo 1 wheel Ii Ie I the water still pours lOllIS lOllI'S as lIS It did In the old olt days when I the be fanner brought their grain there thereto to l lie be e ground Around a bend of ot time the Boston mn POM rind clad which goes os o's past the Inn lilli stands lh tile the school schoolhouse schoolhouse house hous where 1111 Mary went followed by her tittle larch lamb This Title school h 1101 hOIl house 6 originally SUM stal I near Sterling Muss Mass but hut finding It In a II condition Mr Ford bought It And moved U It to n II site lite near the Inn so that It too lOt may be preserved for posterity Not the tho least of ot the Interesting facts about the 1 Inn of ot today and Its new V host hosl has Iw been ln his unrelenting search for tor the original furnishings s sor or duplicates lt's In the same period Over O time the entrance en tn entrance trance of ot the Inn swings I the sign which tells I be the parsing passing traveler that this U la the lied Iced More Horse limn Inn and nd nd which bears the name nume of ot Its Ita builder David a The Vr Wayside Inn near Sudbury db utY Mass Hass L Howe and ond lit dose luce I Minus hones who nho succeeded ht him After Aner the tavern were sold nt at auction n the 11 hung hum In Its place for tl u ural jears rl ears rs Thin n some lume students out on un n lark can carried led 11 It away and n R farmer who w had rented them 11 II sleigh found It ItIn In lb the sleigh after r Ih they liny had returned the vehicle lie He put tI the Hie sign n In lit hi hit his loft and there It remained 1 until Mr fr Ford Forel started stalled the restoration of ot the time Inn and sought It out lut When Mr fl Ford 1 decided tm to lit reconstruct till the Inn Ilin he Itt used n II ass i the la ls for fur his work e time e lines from poem The light fire shedding over o nil lilt The splendor of f Its It rUdd ruddy glow K Killed Filled d the whole parlor large Inre and low It Jt gleamed d on wainscot and on en wall It Jt touched with more than thon wonted grace Fair Prince Mar Mars Marys s 's painted d face It Jt bronzed bronze the rafters overhead o On the old spinets spinet's Ivory keys Kejs It Jt pla played d Inaudible melodies It crowned the somber clock dode with flame The hand hands the hours the makers maker's name And tainted painted with a livelier 1111 The landlords landlord's coat of anna again And on fin the window pane Inn Emblazoned with Its light and shade The rhe jovial jO rhymes rhyme that still cull remain t Writ here a century ago the great Major Whom hom Hawthorne has baa Immortal made So o far fur as ass It WI was possible pos first t 1 buyers and later I buyers of ot objects la lu the Inn were vine traced and andone rove one by one ns na tinny many of It f these objects H n as ns could rould he lie found were werl purchased 1 and anti brought back k to the Inn The bronzed rafters overhead o of or course CIl remained fixed In their place The somber souther clock crowned with tame flame stands today i touching caching t t I from fromn the floor to the IhA ln ceiling nid the present day diy visitor mn may see pe for fur himself the I hand hand the hours hour the makers maker's ers er's name name Fad Faulkner knee M n London clock maker clock maker of ot the middle century Fair Princess Marys Mary's painted d face fice hangs hams on the wall 1111 near DellI the Or still touched In with more mor-j than wonted grace Near hv hl the time landlords I tout out 0 of arms hangs hU over mer the mantel The fhe old spinet hn has hai not Set jet peen been r recovered although the owner of ot the original Is known and Mr Ir Ford still Mill hopes to 10 obtain It It Hone er another of nf the Ihl same sumo period stands stanel In It Its corner All of ot these are re In the parlor which II In Is to the left of ot the nod I Is Iv milled culled the longfellow long Longfellow fellow room On a table more Hum tn- tn twe hundred years ears old ohl lies a R hook opened nt III I time the lines lints spoken s nh e The window on w which h the great whom Hawthorn hn line Immortal made cut hi his verse with n a diamond ring wn wits was lost mutiny many years ago 1110 Hut lint two tan of ot Ih he the 0 of tit glass hire hOfe been pr preserved el nit and mire HII carefully framed The fhe Jovial lul rh rhymes which h Ili Hit Hit- writ bear a century ago lu were ns as follows follow What hal do you think Here t Is Io good d drink Perhaps vou OU ma nH may not know kilO It It If not rot In haste hule haster r no llo o stop top and tn le te You merry folks folios will how it It The tsp tl room where could I. I bo the majors major's good drink I Is the I Lon fellow room The ancient bur bar conveniently I high fur for the iliA elbow but without time the fix foot t rail mil of or n a Inter period still Mill IIII stands u us as It did dial In I ts s da diy day On the Ihl shelves behind the spot spat is where here mfr mh host hoar stood me ne bottles and tHI jugs Jug 0 of Kinds ot Of course ollre there are no nn h hr he be III to 10 opened impound I ao o 0 that Hint these empty relies nr are 1111 all 1111 that remain to tell It'll of ot this adjunct to 10 the Hie joviality of ot the group hit shit which Ii h gathered mound the Ihl fireplace In the top tap room roost to 10 sip II and smoke and lIIk still hangs hangs' the pipe tOil tongs a R lone nl Implement like alair n a pair lair of ot scissors wll with h which th Ih th gue gUIt t. t II without bending hU hla hack might reach lench Into 1110 lime Hie tire lire pick out n a I glowing con coal I and light his hll pit II On he the walls anus of ot HIP Ilme Longfellow r r i ii hang the porI portraits roll of some of tit these these- guests IM mode hy by Longfellow In u im then them purls part In the tile Tales ales of nt n R 1 Inn Inn Amens them are lire Ole Olp hull the viol t nr Hr the theologian l I mic Mie II r he lea lew Luigi the Sicilian timer then a R 11 l professor sur mid and Thomas mins W. W Parson Parson- the poet t Another of ot time the rooms Is railed time tilt Welling ton Ion Id Ileum our because of ot till the tradition that dial Washington 1 spent a night there on hl hie l wits way to take command 0 of the army it it II rain Cam bridge On Oil in time the third floor nr wille h wal the tilt old garret there are tift rooms for lor about twenty guests Here lIere ethe the motorists ts of ot today sleeping beneath time the eaves PS I HI H travelers 0 of an tin eailler earlier tiny day before slept mil may tak Inkt mInt mine et ease I i I In mine Inn and be grateful to the ninth of ot the Iced Horse tavern for tr this opportunity to In he the l u use e of ot an Ill American shrine bemuse none mine host of It o oduy lIf I Is tr Lord Fold |