Pretty soon the owner appeared in a state of great distress; said he was a very poor man; that he was moving his household furniture and that his beds, chairs, and all the goods he had in the world were in the cart covered up with the straw.

The boys immediately took up a subscription and sent the fellow off well satisfied with his sale.

It was said he got about twice as much as the value he set on all his goods, and that about a week after he appeared with another load of straw which he left exposed in the same place at the same time in the afternoon.

I believe that was not molested.
The people of Cambridge in those days were a quiet folk.
The students did not go much into the society of the town unless they happened to have some kindred there.

There were a great many old houses, some of which are standing now, built before the Revolutionary War.