Next to the store was the tavern, ??? with a tall signpost which used to creak and flap in the summer winds, with a leisurely, rich, easy sort of note of invitation, ??? a broad veranda in front, with benches, ??? an open tap-room, where great barrels of beer were kept on draft, and a bar where the various articles proscribed by the temperance society were in those days allowed an open and respect