New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-01

dcu Of equirsxes EasA woman belisvts n ~ ~
family her church, and Boston sso. tbss thsse -
| place better fhnp Boston II Is 2:ymouts.
| The brothers do est snow S0sAI nC
| are climbing sierras or writing DenAso@
history, in China house; though sehee
arly face and slight figure sometimes seen at noon On
the street answering to that has been the pSoo
OF Harvard for three generations But the upper crrIeo
| Of Plymouth. like most New England towns are nned
either with those too young 10 20 Away or TOO OLD 70
care for going. Women do Mt eoant, bat exHArvard
PRESIDENT brace Of Judges. and S,;te Senators, wsn
magazinists and authors known unknown, ornament
IN" court end II town. Indeed, there IL ruDor OF ono
genus who according to lis own mention, IL given to
throwing of" pcrtryas II II a fever bad cold.
The qnainest stories told by the cid camastef as
Cold Spring the north ncigborOod Of Plymouth which
takes lis name from the thread Of brook dashnR few
rods by the main street and acro, ;Le meadows 10 the
bay. Like everything else in this haunt ground. IL has
its legend about woman suspected OF being witch,
who sentenced TO be- led into the woodf beyond tho
settlement The two men who were In charge Of tho
hurried her along without food orwater; when
in her agony crying TO God FOR the mercy denied her by
her kind, she struck her staG into the ground and
stream sprang ny OF cleare-t sweet water An earth.
quake changed ts course trad ton says and longer
flows straight from the hl-.e to the sea- Who would
imagine stand New-E: gland so mach given to earth.
qikcsl One Of the ancient mariners favor
tic characters, whose repartecs he tells with
Isaac Le Baron Of Plymouth This Qiashee was
Guinea negro as witty black and his answers were
gossip for the town lie given TO drinking and ono
day lis seriously yexrd with lD declared tnas
the he got drunk lie should he buried ave.
The came Qua,hce rt'cd horne GrnhK ~ 'og'
and nailed up by BIS master and another man IN
large pine which they carried into the darkest corner
OF the cellar where they sat down to watch his WAKING
II was not long before he 10 hnsff ana they hearn
MIN scratching in his loose box. Them devIn nn
b. en- as good as their wOrd was the hrst exclamatl0n
"th,ys buried live" Then. after another series Oh
scratching. came three loud knocks on the side OF the nox
you dow de lower world, has you got any eooa
cid, - Thirst the only feeling .tspng enough
coHs standing and which church be pre-
trred said the min;trr %na. q" tsa y1"
t Ma.., one %a had ' Cream Vent to heayea.
there was all sorts OF people ,iitin romn Bapts sn1
gan a.kin' OF 'cm all what they bleyed One says I'm
Orthodox n they say, We'll You go ut down there e.
there in noIer place One Says. Pm Methodist. 70
s 60 ,y over yln@eh What ySa sy sf%s
I gay, Notln n hey say 'o'aShee' you 40 all r'""
There minister preaching at
the Orthodox Church On The Green, VINO GRE"
Rev: d.. Kcndar- In the Winter. some one sto!S
DR.. Kenda barrel Of pork, aud no trace could De iouno
and said he Knew WHO had his p'rk "whop Mr..
ncas that breaches up at the Green "On no. NO no,
70. You must !, rSay So. Eut. Mas Kendall know
nn ,S .ca a1. 5T viii sK s%sy
Outsllee had peculiar yenera'ion Tor Inc cicrHy az
the, were awiully styled In those DAYS wie the signt
of the minister's the entry struck such terror 10
the hearts young that they scared out ana
hid themselves iii visitation over. ana when
c-rgymen always spoken OF In k0uan letters
One day the minister came scross Qissnec Lynne ,1
the middle Of Ike road, studying horeesoce g ~
picked up. "what have you xVt there, &raaneST
the acco~t dunno. Sir" "DOn't kn0wl WY ~
fool it, horse shoe :" Now what ler1nG eA0o
for folks" said Quash,c with an admlrio9. I'll
poor fellow ike me to KNOW whcuuer W.
a hoss' shoe "a mares shoe .
Fifty years ago belief III witches had by no means
died ont. Indecd, the desc ndans Oh nrst FANNY
OF plymouth much esteemed IN theoo1iral contro
ver@y. would he surprised to huow that tlclt
grandmother and still rrpncd a witch Dy tue
country people. | Was graycIy assured that ENC
must ha been for she 10 shat crsen mp IN het
room all through the haying season. and every morning
used to dictate her what 10 do with his SHIPS ana
the sailors said they used 10 meet her ~ the Facinc,
Mt sea in q tub. The penalty OF being strong.
minded and sharp-srring IN those Jays w%
enough deter most women rom Any SUI
ventures dire PcharIs these qualities arc none tho
worse for keeping ut least one IotaDic example
Mt the eseut day been voched for In the p rsono VI
the school mistress Clarks Island IN the bay, where
the Pilgrims spent their rrst sunday" This woman
kpr house. OF her aged mother, Dakee nee
own bread makes her garden, raises corn, po-
toes and squishe IL the main and Tor sup.
| niles manages sail-boat, keeps school winter ana
Sprung and teaches the large boys navigation IN tho
evening; does her sewing and washing, aud takes
boarcrs Su;uer. In view or oucn naguincent use
fuuess contracted seems Tie sphere ~ an ordinary
Intellectual or political woman. These New England
women are fearful 1t Is only the second rate ones
WHO tall into pubCity-by writing books or chiseiin8 oE
! lcctur!ag. Tie best are too busy To he known.