New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-22
IRON MASSACHUSETTS.
4 sTAyEgMAN's LIBRARY.
Dss. A, Ossw,sa.l Corre,ossspt

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~. unreasonable thermometers Of NeT-York, L
have reached THE sncea. town. to which, more than
Ne lxndred years ago, TIA. riotous dog, "Thsns
Merton Of Ckif,rd's Inn, came upon an e'rana o.
KAe plessure+eeking. A little yellow quar'o N 'ne
Adams library containing An account OF sne Joys
~ suheripgs Of Thomas in these parn Is before
ne. "Tbe New English Canaan, printed At Am
saeyS,m. ty jacob Frederick STAN in the year
M37 ,rintipr of .be sane in London about thst
tine BOT being, suppose, very easy; ana can
pesl il within sight OF Mare Mount tho Indian
nane Of which was Pssonagesst, and the modern
sane Of which is Mount Wona,ton. Morton says
tAat Mare" was translation of the Indian name.
T1e Puitans would call II Merry Mount.
TAonas gravey records: AT Mare Mount there
was water by NEE discovered, that is most ex-
eslient for the cure OF Melancholy" "Proba-
tum," be adds explicitly. Ths. he needed remedy
fsy melancholy there can be doubt; tina. he used
a. such the water of Mare Mount or Of any other
Mount 10 dubious, his passion for that element be-
n small He chrstened his plantation !" in
soIenne manner with revels, and merriment after
" the old English custome: prepared TO sett up
.'Naypole upon the festival day OF Philip and
Jacob; and thereto brewed barrell OF excellent
keare and provided of bottles TO be spent
"with other good cheare, for all cOmners OF tina,
"aay." Thomas had his IDEAS also about potations.
One charge against him was that he sold strong
waters 10 the natives, tO which be- replies
" never profered them any such thing; nay "ouid
hardly let any Gf them have IA drame unes ne were
ga Sachem or Wnnaytue, that IL men man or
"a man Of estimation, next IN oegree ID ID
chem. or Sycamore | always tould them IL WAS
" amOpgst us the Sacbems drinke, /. g. that rum
ras reserved among Christians for persons oi eal-
Ilut AT IN with
skristeniDg of Mare Mount. " And because, says
TNomas q they would have it in compleat f1rme,
they had prepared sODge fitting TO the time and
&" present occasion. And upon Mayday they brought
" the Msypole to the place appointed, with drumes,
gunnes, pistols and other fitting instruments, for
hat purpose; and there erected II with the help
Of Salvagss that came thethtr OF purpose to see
"the manner of our Revels. A goodly pine tree of
% 50 foOte loDge, was reared up, with a peare OF
"kueksborna nsyled one, somewhat unto the
stop of it, where it stood as falre sea-marke tor
directions; how to finde out the way to mine
'Hoste of Mare Meunt." The "sOnge fitting TO
"the time twas sung with 'C0rus, every lman
"bearng his part; which they performed in
s'daunee hand in hand about the Maypole, whiles
''ons Of the Company sung, and filled out the good
"kquOr like Gammedes (Ganymedes y and jupiter
The following was the rOuslDg C0rus;
"DiDte and be meny merry, merry bOye''
10 10 Hymen now the d,y is come,
AtOu, The merry msypole take Roome trum .
MAKE Geene ssrion. bring bottles out
And fill sweet nectar freely sbout"
"This harmless mirth," says Thomas, made by
'yOuDge men, was much distasted of the precise
I" Separatists." These solemn people, he declares,
"envyng the prosperity, and hope of the Panta-
.. ton at Mare Mount (Which they perceived be-
s'panne TO come forward, and to be ia good way |
for game in the Beaver trade), conspred together
against mine Host especially (who was the owner
~ xhstD Dlep ptati an2n made a
/" him; and mustred up what aide they could ac-
"cOuntlng of him as of great Monster. lhey
set upon "my honest host at place called Wessa-
" guscus (WeymOuth), where by accident they found
bin. The inhabitants there were in good hope
" of the subventiOn of the plantation at Mare mount
"(which they principally aymed st); and the rather
Z" because mine host was man that lndeayoured 10
% advance the dignity Of the Church OF England;
"which they (on the contrary par) would laocure
% 70 yilife; with unciye termes; enyeylng against
tho sacred bOOke Of common prayer, and
(" mine host that used it in a laudabe manner
I" amongst his family as practise OF Plety. Inc
pieus Thomas The eaptors were 50 pleased with
their prize that they proceeded To get drunk at
Wessaguscus. Thomas, for once, abstalned from
strong waters. "In the dead OF night up Gets
mime Host, and got to the second dore that nee
81 was TO passe which Notwithstanding the lock-
nee got OPEN and shut it after him with such Vo-
lence that it afrighted some OF the ccnsprators.
"The word which was given with an aarme, was,
80. he's gon he's gon, what shall wee doe, he's
" con, The rest (halfe sleepe) start up in
maze and hike rams, ran THERE heads one AT
another full butt in the darke. THERE grand
"leader. Captaine Shrimp (Miles Standish) tooke
on most furiousy, and tore his clothes for anger,
"to see the empty nest and their bird gone. lho
rect were eager to have torne THERE halre from
tAeire heads; but it was so short that II would
rive them no hold" sly joker was Thomas.
IL tkS hx
fer it thundercd terribly he went, reached Mare
Mount, "and there hee prepared powther three
- pounds dried for his present improvement, ana
cure goode gunnes for him and the two assistants
"left at his howse with bullets OF several sizes
"three hundred or thereab0uts; to be used II the
conspirators should pursue him thether: and these
two persons promised THERE aides in the quarrel,
81 and confirmed that promise with health III good
I" rosa soils" Capt. Shrimp, with nine men, ioi-
bows fast and commands Capt. Morton to surren-
der, which, being "the some OF souldler, ne
declines 10 do except upon promise that no violence
should be offered to his person, goods or any of MS
Aousehold For all that, Capt. Shrlmp's men - fell
upon him as if they would have eaten him, aud
h was only rescued by an old "soudier of the
Oueenes" who rebuked these worthless for their
unworthy practices The "nine worthless" were
fer sending mine host TO England prisoner, but
ceuh get no ship to take him. So they set hlm
" upon an island, without gunne, powther or shot
"or dogge, or so much AS knife, 70 gel an! Inls 10
81 feede upon" He makes especial mention that the
Saivages" brought bottles OF strong liquor to him IN
Ais sore estate, and did otherwise comfort hlm SO
fall" he says "of humanity are these nidels before
tAese Christians" AS he could not be sent 10
England. he went himself sin Pimmoth shPp that
"came into the land to fish upon the Coast From
EAelaAd be came back again, no man beng abe
70 taxe him of any thinge." His return very much
Aiseoutented the Separstists I" the rather because
.. theire passages about him and their businesso