The New England - A Celebration of the Greatest Day of the World

There were no rude shows of a theatrical kind. No minstrel with his harp and legendary ballad, nor gleman with an ape dancing to his music. Wrestling matches in the different fashions of cornwall and devonshire were seen here and there about the market place. In one corner there was a friendly bout at quarterstaff. And what attracted most interest of all, on the platform of the pillory, already so noted in our pages, two masters of defence were commencing an exhibition with the buckler and broadsword.