Telegram-herald., 1891-08-18

A ss4c 8koWtn VI xty uOutu nn0 Ucc0
% great in two hundred and fifty years,
what may We not expect in two thou
sand years. New goods will be put into
the stores. no doubt. new cars put on on
the railroad, and new fresh air into the
cars. real estate will advance to unheard
Of prices and farms will many Of them
be resodded at great expense.
Looking back now upon the broad and
liberal platform upon which the Pilgrim
Parents erected their altar for the wor-
ship Of Colonial God. am not sur
prised that they succeeded. II Is true
that they were IN some respects severe.
They allowed themselves few methods
Of relaxation aside from the contempla-
tion Of o superneated hell for those who
disagreed with them They even de-
MED themselves the pleasures Of prayer
rug. preferring to suffer certain depriva-
tions publicly in order 10 get good
notices.
Tho Pilgrim was queer mixture of
iron endurance. patient industry and
pious pigheadedness. cav yesterday
the pond At Cohasset wherein these
ucNOub L0cu uIOWuC0 tk4Cl< WI0urS, 6uu
the public square IN which they brrned
them also. VIII not the generations
OF two hundred years hence possibly
see where we, too, have been over
zealous. hidebound and intolerant? OF
course we joke the Pilgrim now regard
ing his mistaken zeal in burning old
people by means of green birch wood,
which Is . poor fuel aud apt 10 spoil
the best job Of roasting that we can i'm
agine, but supposing that your eagle eye
had discovered that your own mother
showed signs of being . witch. Most
anybody would resent tho burning OF
his mother, IL she had been q kind and
obedient mother. l suppose that there
can be nothing more painful than to
stand by and see ones mother burned at
the stake. Especially is this the case il
one should resent it and write q piece
regarding 1t. and then either find it
marked communicated" or thrown out
altogether.
The result has been in Massachusetts,,
believe. that in the past 100 gears
there has been more hberality han
almost anywhere eise--a sort Of re Elton
from the spirit which led to the use Of
the baked old lady whore now the baked
bean il found to be Far superior.
Plymouth Is beautifully situated (so
also - Scituate) and in summer is a very
popular place for the flannel covered
health seeker Of the bargain counter. ~
well as the overworked but purse proud
h~- -
heve that the fishing and hunting were
still good around Plymouth after the
growth Of $50 years, but they are said TO
be so, and within the past ten years at
least 300 deer have been killed within .
few miles OF where the Pilgrims landed.
That shows that Plymouth has been a
quiet town. Sea what Chicago has done
In one-ffth of that time. and withou.
Dragging over il either. No matter what
Chicago does shs is never boastful Chi
caeo lets her WORK show for itself That
Is what Chicago SECS most to admire and
applsud in herselE
Attached 10 Plymouth il a very enjoy
able harbor. which has not msteriall y
changed since the deck hands OF the
Mayflower. with ihat painful delibers-
ton which marks le efforts of the deck
hand who does net swear. made fast the
Gallant but poorly ventilated little craft.
In fancy, now. sec the Msy6ower tack
ing to and fro, aud moving toward
Plymouth Rock. where she had adver-
tised to make landing As look over
the placid bay with half closed eyes
ss-m to see. ss the boat gets nearer. the
faces cf tbos- whose children are so soon
~ bs successful and point hack with
pride 70 these parents who stand upon
the decks Il the MaAower.
Let us look foe a moment at these
fathers aud mothers of the future aris-
tocrscy Of America. Here is one Of them
engaged in haystonins the deck.
His hsgxsrd face shows how hard it has
been for him - he sailor In rough
weather and undsr adverse circum-
stances without tA~ use ~ ping tobacco
or srof2nitv Here ~ another hesd of
. xresa Americas fasilY line. He Is
tust gninx sIoft 10 close reef the scupper
boom or the eff side. But what Is this
h- has with sin7 An. now sc. ~ the
boat gets nearer am able % distinguish
more clearly Il Is bright ne~ jag. It
IL in honcr of th> successful tip.
Many others sre now seen - b On the
seck. AT ~ thena ned complete chang
of scese aud liueD. They could not aay
- them Tst chance today to sleep IN
the eoachmaas annex cn the grounds of
their swollen descendants. nor on any