about ten o'clock
Fortunately , the day of the Festival was a perfectly beautiful , balmy , lovely spring day . The affair had been well-advertised by circulars , and the residents of Cambridge had laid in a stock of small change , with which to buy the wares of the itinerant peddlers . All was bustle and merriment at the Bryant home . The children were to start from there at about ten o'clock , and they were now getting on their costumes . Each peddler was expected to dress appropriately to the character of the goods he was selling . This was not always an easy matter , but much latitude was allowed ; and so a Greek peddler sold pastry , an Italian peddler sold peanuts , and an Indian Chief sold baskets and little Indian trinkets . There were many others , selling notions , fruits , and even fresh vegetables .