noon
The streets were lined with traffic . Riles estimated that in two hours as many teams passed him as might be seen in Plainville in a week ; long rows of box-cars were unloading on the side tracks ; farmers ' effects and household goods of every description were piled in great heaps about the railway yards ; while horses , cattle , pigs , and poultry contributed to the dust and din of the settlers ' operations . Great wagons of lumber were being loaded at the lumber yards , and an unbroken procession of wagons and farm machinery of every description was wending its way slowly into the distance where lay hope of home or fortune for the new settler . It was almost noon when Gardiner appeared on the scene . `` You do n't hurt you ` self in the mornin 's , '' was Riles ' greeting . `` Do n't need to , '' he answered cheerily . `` Besides , I 'd a long session after I left you last night .