Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-10
1hinaS We saw.
n,,.f Note. of "a I'ip from sea 60 sea.
uu ",Irl or NOTION"

Would, - situated ca l,niial'a
about ihoo miles IN length AMI one
30 ln'ndth, at the head ut MasSn-
'husotis BAY. tis tie largest cry
~ New ln.land, numbr1n% rc"r'y
SEQ 600 population, and IN foreign
+'u mcicc !, ranks next To New York
AID New orleans. II IL tie center
81 = iaiirond system which includes
many important lines. The ste Is
ini" uncN'n. and swc!ls into two
| 20, mu,uccs, CORP and deacon
m'l. IT, l'li1n na'no WIS SHAW
mat 'ti'tNHi,c,llci Iu-Morniain.
Is ll'e'hi nam" was con'cilcd III
."n.i 't.' nl +" Rev John Cotton, an
! mi-iaui lt"m hSinhd. wear OF
y h"'. ~ 'hnch III Va" Ldnco!n-
State. !" sion. The Lame Is a con
''rl"n "' l'"lo'ph s-io"n, and the
i'-I'b H'.'n, or bo"ions'0w, took
.'s name "a IA monastery iou"ded
~ tho sax II y Bot"'lh IN Col; so
ihc result LnS hc'n tie r'lnaihable
Tao, that the capital oi fu:l'an'sm
i"i''d ''s apr'lla'ion from Cath
olic SAINT. Ia. as Botolrh was like
wise the iu;ola. saint of mariners,
and bis name IL derived from two
saxon wordS HIgniiyinS e"ai and h''P,
The nai.io lazy not be deemed map
ptopiia'e FOR city which is dis'in-
s"~bed Tor ITS commerce.
Tho history OF Boston dates back
to the early settlements. In 1854
We iind it, record M hamlet Of 20
~ % houses. and the ink with which
come OF lho entries are made in John
Mlnihrop's handwriting are still
bright at tho close o! two and bali
centuries. Tho first grand jury Of
tho country met in Boston, Septem-
bcr | 1898, and presented 100 in
. indictments. In l6i5 negro slaves
woto first brought to the town.
II seems that tho Puritanic senti-
mont prevalent in Massachusetts, at
that time was most intolerant. The
church Of Boston was much troubled
about Roger WMiams, liberal re-
former. aud finding him resolute,
banded him over to the general
court, which banished him, from the
colony. Tho main censure arose
fron his teachings that magistrates
had no right to punish Dissertation
OF the Sabbath, or TO dictate on the
subject OF worship. After Danish
meni. he founded the city of Provi-
dence. which became tho asylum for
men Of oil creods. The Episcopalian
denomination Likewise came under
the ban and were prosecuted because
they were so presumptous as TO de-
mand equal privileges with their
neighbors. These zealots became
80 imbaed with religious fever that
10 1906, Mrs. Anna Hibbins, widow
aud said TO have been a sister Of Gov.
Nottingham, was hanged for witch
craft. Two yeNrs later, history
aill'mS. the general court made a
law for The punishment OF the Quak-
era. and three of the leading men,
bo's OF THIS devout society were
hanged on the Common, for which
the colony generally, mole than
Boston specially, should be held re-
sronsible. Boston was very early
Ia colonial history noted for being
tho headquarters Of that opposition to
the homo government which q Gen.
,ury later resulted in the Revolution.
When Goife and VALLEY, tho regi-
cidss fled to Boston in lG6O, they
were openly entertained by the
principal citizens. During the In
dian wars Of 1912 the scalps and
sometimes the heads Of the slain
sayages were exhibited on the streets.
History records the fact that an In
dian was put 10 death, by torture, to
appease the wrath Of the people. In
i0o2 the wiichcrait delusion again
ragged. AZ IN other parts OF New Eng
land. led and supported by Cotton
Ma'her. The first theatrical per-
fcfnance was given in 100, which
promptly led TO the passage OF a law
prohibiting any more dramatic dis