The morning news., 1889-04-29

Nevertheless, there was one period and
! one lpcalIty W ere in colonial timss sp ,rt
| Fl ,urished o an exte It tlat pretty nearly ex-
cluded all otler forms I uvItv, a d as
| a IN liter If fact eventually broke up the
! co nmu ii6y. 5 ra lge as se9nls, this place
was in the art of the Pa anitinical set
! Elements of Mas achu>et 5, a S rot w lere,
Of all others. ole ul lie st expec5 t. Fl
! any record Of a mere diversion. I g reason
! for this pee Iar b nay III New E gland
! hist r. lay il tie convic ion that found
some beIef in England tn u in Amer Ca e
| indivldu | would be free to do exact Y as he
pleased. | was this cOnvictlOl that led the
! Pu,itans 10 cross e ocean, and it was the
same, hough conside adj modified by a
fereat view of religi n and morals. that
| brou ght over the people to Ne rymount
| 1t was community made up largely of
| roy 'terers. Their settlene t was in the
| southern part of Mas achusetts Just near
! Plymou h and not far away from B Dsto
| Ii appear taat the people there were much
given t. carousing I'd tne indulgence In
many kin / of ames that have long since
gone out Of date. Their most / mp 1r ant
diversion was a celebration of the Fl st o
Nav. Ib began o AUril 80, a cJnrin-
ued for three days. T e ancient E 5lis
custom of the May day festival was the
basis OF it. b IL tle ancie t for rs were DIS
tort and mad vel nigh un ecog iizaole
by the Grade surroundings of the American
wildernes, and the novel inventions of TIE
people at MarrymOu IT. The celebr ion i
really of heathe orr gln and ulJol1 csltu.
lie, ago the tes Ivals were held IN no lor Of
the goddess Flora, die Of fl wers nd
fruit 4 its Elglish form it b9ca ne a ii .
10 ouruamenUs aud royal pageantrv. All
kinds " conte Is were then Indulged in aud
it was the period of tue year wheI the
champion shot at toe cross bow proved bis
suD enacy, and contests were held 90 deter
mi q VINO NIGH he tue be runner, the
best ride, the oest sw rlsn4u, an 50 on
through all the ra sc I exercises which
fail to the It Of warri rs.
TIE D ople AT Merfynou 1t sent out /
vitat ous tar and vida as May | ap-
pr. acueI. calling upon every ody within
reach i'm .'erduyely t. come 10 Cuelr CO e.
urItiJn. Tue re ult was that upon eac
30Jh OF April Merry mount was the scene OF
a motley CO gregll) IA. All the vaSaoonds
OF tue c,oy mango to ge5 tne o aud
many Of Inhabitants tr IN Puritan
ic Il Sc Elements, wn secretly longed iur ex-
citeme All pleasure, ca ne alunS, aud
Mingled wit tie u was vsry la ge mum
e. f Indians Of both sex $. The three
day celebration was nark5 b tae playing
OF many games, sue a qul.t throMi1g,
suo JtlIg VITA tle rifle and il the W,
single stick, etc, at least as long as tue
CON nu ity was sob II enOug b lnd ilge in
any sue } colte,t. The pro nlnent feature
OF the entire celebration was the cJasunp.
tJl Of Liquor.
All the care monies, for 50 they were
called, were co ldncted under the command
OF "a "sovtreig " elscto by the co immunity.
hoy we through c-rtaln specified forms,
AID 1t appear, that they had rJugI rlCuai
act lrdl * - wnlcl they p o,e ,ds 1. A
striking faa ure tue oc,a lOI wts a con-
tesJ bet eel 81 inner and winter aud
and, theoretlc ally, the erection OF Ma
pols depen ie upon summers gaming the
VIC o.y. Acc n ing - tlelr ritual II WI l.
ter suDuld succeed, the Ma pole should
st ,nd another year in The FIRES,
Preparutu.y % be- Il niIg tue celebration
a vast lumber Of d IcSs He.s sDl ted d
pig Gus trus ed aud quantities uf lob ters
~ ere prepa q aud barrels Of ale and stron-
ger : irts put in readiness for bro &c liug.
Next Ia couspicu n ,less a d authority to
the sovereign wa his butler or prtne min
is or When the c iutesU betwee su inner
aud wint r was about I take III zee, tui,
butler blew pOn ,ru hpet, whic ne car
ried wi n him, a loJg blast. As son as 1t