, 1880-06-12

Chnricstown. The remainder OF ha eleven
TSeef sc1e Te0 arSe mss esssn, tn n Ns% es
se!,ss u Who o. best 't bieod % q Old X EnsIanG.
M 0f tl.as lnfFc humber Dorchester got iis f"li
chrunicler Of tho period.
-"LtKx A HIVE or nEEs ovEnsrocKED."
In lEN 2 pnrt Of them. determined to
"swnrnl," mil they moved IN n budy hun
!lred miles or n'oru through the forcats md
fanadtal tlss Town Of Windsor, IN Connecti-
Grant ;rhu great ,nnjurity TT the original
settlers, lluWever, rnriIuInel; and there Rre
now within tta atlrlent Territory Il large
number uf persots WHO trare their ancestry
nEt', md many Ut them are living upon tho
very ncres lni,rrlieh In, tho succession Hr
Et,ter9tEons fron, those whose sturdy arms
tewcl away fur their cultivation tho prfnl.
1yal forest. And t'le 1ti0ilt aiisl quiet wnys
Of these ferefatllers llavc bven kept ;,lp IN
suie 1T tliGse families, SO that tile visttur In
certain circles mny. yet 0bserye trnlns of tho
lotnestic anu social customs Of tho RurItanic
aEe.
And Dorchester IL c1ninently
4 PLACE OF ruRtrAN1o lAsTECEnRyrs.
To the render Of English history its very
name suggests tho bitterness Of tint pro.
trartetl struggle that Witnessed IN the trl.
Mllpfl Ut olle party, tic behead!ng OF tho
K'"f a Il ta ts J. bSsd$ 5 If % hs.s sts' o f rfE Eds
IL his lllstory, nf tic rebellion. says, OF
Sa, tore entirely tlsaiIsetet to the klnE
'aFazIo @ Gf fra wi wIc'eo s s "ier ' Iiases wv wcrs
supplied with The principles :. of re-
'eIliosi." Aud, wllen JeIfFies Ut Infamous
memory Wont forth, OIL Ills bloody
iSsrsh;ster, wl!sse kt twe,.ty.nlns *rSssbyts1
ria,,s," rs fe called them, were BY him Of
COURTS session. The. ltuo between Conform
pse a." ery srpS ayy D Il s rsson st to sSs c%
referred to. Among tlosE who were for
mnlly nl,l officially Of the party Of the Es-
taoltsl1cd Church, bls synlpnthetieaity, nn.l,
Till: 1Ev. JOHN WHITE, :,
Rector Of 'rrinity Church of Dorchester. I1e
rendered Important assistance to butll the
Nnnconformists aill the ,Separatists. Tho
Pilgrim Fathers"'. Of Plymouth were OF
w hud him lending them helping hand.
lie contributed 10 their enterprise money,
11hl Whit In their tlntrgcncy WIS OF not less
consequence, .ls.;tl lbs lcrsonal intluenco In
~ New England; and bis name appears upon
their official list Of adventurers. He IL de-
scttbed by u contemporary rs II llin1l who WIS
held In the highest esteem, not unly by his
WTh Pal WV kAt RtUpIt VI llHL SSE.
tlon ot tlle country ,,yhere hu ilyrl. Lis illg-
n!ty OF character, Ills philant!ropic labora,
Ills services IN matters OF local government,
a1ll Ills official statiyn In tho Church gained
s @ 0vNS NSt s ss q y f as FFf IT, bes sf
called "the Father of tic MASSACHUSETTS, Col-
! Ony": ntid IT lins been well saId that from no
proper catalog Ut =.
THE FOUNDERS or srArEs
can his name be omitted. His activity In the
ifS9
bcgfnning IN tho preparations 1ua!c for tho
departure Of tllt coinpni,y Of the AfaytDwer,
1t was his ilnlld tllnt reached ncross tho At
| lantlc n1ll laid the foundations ot II town. in
years 1afer* SECURED the permanent srttle-
| 1nent Of Salem. At the snluc time, n1slI sub
! sequently, ho took Il lemlIng part in efforts
Which resulted til tho purchase OF 4 1and-
Enlistment Il WIafhro9p nnl Ills eosd col djators US
| IN the cunllnnn enterprise. Nor did lin cease
| to strive until there fiad been gathered Under
Ills personal direction. from Ills own County
| grafton IN tho spring Of the ycar l6:0. 1lo
assisted In organizing them as q church upon
the soil Ut oltl England,
THE oN1Y. INSTANCE,
| Of such organization IN the history Of New
! Eng'alMl colonization. llo selected for them
Plymouth, EnElninl tn tho eve Of their Dc
| pnrture q sermon, tho Inst they were destined
to hear In THUR l1ative. land. md bestowed
UPON them H. HI. belrtllstior n. :s t]lsy won't oll
celebrated. ThF .pla'cG Of t!leir new aGods
soon ceased t9'bd known as Nnttapan.-for,
asaab1ssse S ssSsa ff w@ @ @:as II s5'sSats ales
ter"
In closing paragraph lot me bring this
distant ailatr somewhat nearer lloine to your
Fea.!ers. ~ already stated, john White was