New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04


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harm 10 us.lon ,sot, viii d SOME 70 a 70 nave iH-
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s,rnog tooo.bor 9Th sine~s drawn fom C>lviu I.si
,ut,. II n nsveSheIcse true. AID r-eearch1s into ths
80 noye no rDe thai Cupid chez his sal right All
Ia n New England, and that they q1ivere1 Ia heaYt,
"a sot sud a. II ue If they bao bes, 10 Merry Cd
Tnpianc." Here and th@rs, one more axkw,rd OF
NOR usdy, move sby hso the rect .toeo so 81 cut
every tiId thds ii mae and there eve 10 I'D
rs fellOR. Every oUe-fof and wG plenty, and nx
When the work rss done and the supper tabs,
spresd by clesn scd industrious hAads 10 ,ded with
caves of tfeao and cake with ssed cakes and dough-
Luts With pics aDd With tars-suseailsd with pit0
Of mix and laaons Of oeer-when tbs table nssdsd
their presence, then they went TO 90 justice 10 ~ and
many sweet thin @ss Whispered behind dough
nut, snd mary sen iment' iurked In spie God,
" round, roDplDg games closed W the husting
and the eveIing, aud Thea the s~eethe,rta wead d
tier way hoUews O, 10 the s,f light Of tba Ait INN
MON. TIC tell the nhispered words, aud expis'h the
angular sounds rnsde the shadows Of ho-e old Pu-
most dwell upo4 P,titics aud War, and leave such
things TO the imagination Ct III. yohs. aAd Tho nsmo
RES Il the Old
Nor can the historian dweL long upon the holiday,
which In tie SUMMER or Autumn ~eatosr those Pun-
tsG farmer fsuille~ loved 10 eoJOy, IN zip - tbs
shores Of tie They vent 10 II as the bufsoes sent
to tho Ecks-tO eat sud the sea yielded Of fruits
Oys.ers and clans hsh ard lobstes were Pleassat "
tie slaee Of PuritsIs And The wonders Of the K)sd
and great deep were borre upon ths souls Of tbs lit
lie children who epent the day well AIMING the rude
rooks aDd along the sandy besches.
The reader would barely excuse the historian wao
mose "Spinnibgs" Where every woman besdtg her
wheel, went forth to neignbvrs, and sitting "
gether in single afternoon spua out KNOBS upon knots
Of thread 10 be woven into iinrn snd wnitenod Into
sheets, for tie outfit OF toe coming brlds Nor vii his
assertion be fully believed, that without fhe stinu-
laug cups Of fragrant ts the noise of tongues sencr1
the hum Ct revoving whees the Ivs-long day.
Time would fail to, ~ describe ut large the sleigh
rides which jlDged all over New England IN those
Winter daye and nights. Rude Sled es made Of sap
lnss answered every purpose. end wrapped In oIaux
et., ana bedd.d in o. raw, sw.e.heats aad wives en-
loved the exhila alton OF England Winter westnsr
aIio aired their chat s
On Saturday afternoon, the labor Of tho woek
wss brought 10 Close The coming day WAS holy
time. In most houses, i: WIS begun with prayer.
No more work was dobe than barely ~ prepare 70 I'd
tor nan and beesL Few steps were taken. Tnote
WAS little taking, aud that IN saboued voice.
tml to the observance Of tho day. When Tho stroke
of drum or bell called tho people " the meeting
house, they al went out Of their homes serious,
Quer, aud clean. They went t~ico 70 meeting on
Sunday, listened reserentiy ~ struions two houn
in length, to prayers an hour long, and TO the do
lorOus nueic Of the Bay PsSlm.bOOk. Doubtless
there was good in the pIous usases Whatever 81.
perstition or formality might grow out VI then.
,ke PurItabs earnestly wished ~ praise the Lord
and to save their souls. The Sabbath sermons
shsrpened the intellect, led 10 infinite talk aui
and kept alive tho better part Of man.
With the sunset Of Sunday the Sabbath ended
The tired children burst forth and ran Like oolts-
the boys to the pss.ure-ot ~ bring home che COWS,
and the girls IL the kitchen ~ prepare che choeftu
supper. The old folks spent toe evening In talking
over the sermon, the weather and the crops, and
their neiehbos. The youth went 70 see his sweet
heart rose in butnnhOie a. 1t was The regular
time for counting.
In the sphere of amusement and art, tho ooOuists
Of New England were greatly deficient Through
eight months in tho year there WA little time for
recreation. Habiu we're thus fixed, and when tho
Winter came thote who had passed tho "host Of
youthful blud" were content with resi-. TIE young
now and then INDUCED in Outbursts Of amase-
uent ADD Ion INTO eXcesses which they might
nave avoided, had fathers and mothers taken part
with them 10 the dsuee aud the song. But there
was no hack of the hsh her elements Of intellect
-. Of ha hase NH IN
England were found in the Puritan ranks.
I" Beside the names Of AAmpdsn aud Vane, Say aud
Brook, Pym and Milton, who favored The New. En.
Gland Colonies We find long list Of the most NO
tive and intelligent, aud honorable msn Of England
fully enlisted in forwarding the New Puritan settle
nen.s. Among these were Captain Venn, leader
Of the London Train. bands; Samuel Hewson, one
Of Cromwels most active aod able supporters;
Sanuei Vsssal, an eminent merchant and member
of tie Long Parliament, and the man who was
fined and imprisoned before Hampden for refusing
to pay the ship money; Thomas Andrews, AFTER
ward Lord Mayor Of London; Owen Rowe, Lon
den merchant, called BY the Kings party the
Fir. brand Of the City;' John White, q leading
lawyer there; and many more Of the most active
Commonwealth men were among the founders and
supporters Of the Massachusetts, Bay Colony. They
would have COME 10 America had not the turn Of
events enabled them to make head against syranoy
At home" Some of the most accomplished schol.
am Of England actually came over with tho ooso-
,ists. 1t is anly 10 their nob'eness and wisdsp
ths. New.Esela,d owes her COED start IN the his
tory Of nations.
The women Of the colony were worthy hslpmeets
Sr the men, They eheerfuny and sweeay bore
the;, share of lsoors ssd trials. They were the