The ruins of
Uncle Ike's chicken coop had been removed, and grass covered its former
site. Shade trees had been planted along all the principal streets, for
the new town had streets instead of roads. The three-mile road to
Eastborough Centre had been christened Mason Street, and the square
before Strout & Maxwell's store had been named Mason Square. Mrs.
Hawkins's boarding house had become a hotel, and was known as the
Hawkins House. The square before the church was called Howe's Square,
in honor of the aged minister. The old Montrose road was now dignified
by the appellation of Montrose Avenue. The upper road to Eastborough
Centre that led by the old Putnam house was named Pettengill Street,
although Ezekiel protested that it was a "mighty poor name for a street,
even if it did answer all right for a man." The great square facing
Montrose Avenue, upon which the Town Hall and the Chessman Free Public
Library had been built, was called Putnam Square. On three sides of it,
wide streets had been laid out, on which many pretty houses had been
erected. These three streets had been named Quincy Street, Adams Street,
and Sawyer Street.
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