ANOTHER FAKED ANTIQUITY.
A characteristic story is being told of John B. Herreshoff, the blind yacht builder, of Bristol, Rhode Island, and head of the famous family that has given America so many victories in the contests for the American cup. Herreshoff was a guest at a large party in Bristol when the hostess was proudly displaying a cabinet just received from an antique shop m New York, and bought for £l5O, as a product of the year 1710. It was observed by one of the other guests that Herreshoff alone refrained from favorable comment, although the old man had examined the cabinet by his delicate touch. Finding an opportunity, the man approached Herreshoff, and asked him the reason for his silence. Herreshoff chuckled. “I’ll let you into a secret, if you don't breathe a word of it to the good Mrs. B /’ ho said. The promise having been given, Herreshoff led the way, with his unerring directness, to the cabinet, and, extracting a drawer, he ran the tips of his fingers lightly over the bottom, and chuckled again, “Circular saws in 1710 ? Poor Mis.
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 50, 3 August 1908, Page 8
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185ANOTHER FAKED ANTIQUITY. Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 50, 3 August 1908, Page 8
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