The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

II the CROWN OK flymOuCn mas Deem
% great in two hundred and fifty years,
what may we not expect in two thou
sand years? New goods will be put into
tho 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. It is true
that they were in some respects severe.
They allowed themselves few methods
Of relaxation aside from the contemplar
ton Of superheated hell for those who
disagreed with them. They even de-
MED themselves the pleasures Of . prayer
rug, preferring to suffer certain depriva-
lions publicly in order to get good
notices.
The Pilgrim was q queer mixture Of
iron endurance, patient industry and
pious pigheadedness. I cav yesterday
the pond at Cohasset wherein these
devout men drowned their witches, and
the public square in which they burned
them also. Will not the generations
Of two hundred years hence possibly
see where we, too, have been over
Jealous, 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 and apt to 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 the burning Of
his mother, If she had been q kind and
obedient mother. ! 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 piece
regarding it, and then either find it
marked communicated" or thrown out
altogether.
The result has been In Massachusetts,
! believe, that in the past 100 years
there has been more iberality than
almost anywhere elsa sort Of reaction
from the spirit which led to the use Of
the baked old lady where now the baked
bean is found to be far superior.
Plymouth is beautifully situated (so
also is Scituate) and in summer is . very
popular place for the flannel covered
health seeker of the bargain counter, ~
well as the oyerworked but purse proud
newspaper man. You would hardly be.
lieve that the fishing and hunting were
still good around Plymouth after thu
growth of $50 years, but they are said to
be SO, and within the past ten years d
least 200 deer have been killed within I
few miles of where the Pilgrims landed.
That shows that Plymouth has been .
quiet town. See what Chicago has done
in one-fifth of that time, and without
Dragging over it either. No matter wha,
Chicago does she Is never boastful Chi
cago lets her work show for itself. THAI
il what Chicago sees most to admire and
applaud in herself.
Attached to Plymouth is very enjoy
/ 8Ul6 uAI DOI, WulCu udS AOt A00OSAAesAAJ
changed since the deck hands OF thu
Mayfower, with that painful delibera
ton which marks the efforts Of the decl
hand who does not swear, made fast tn
gallant but poorly ventilated little craft
In fancy, now, l see the Maydower tack
ing to and fro, and moving towart
Plymouth Rock, where she had sdver
tised to make a landing. As ! look Owe
the placid bay with half closed eyes
seem to see, rs the boat gets nearer, tn
faces Of those whose children are SO sool
to be successful and point back witt
pride to these parents who stand upo1
the decks Of the Maydower.
Let us look for q moment at thes'
fathers and mothers Of the future arts
tocracy Of America. Here is one Of then
engaged in holystoning the deck
His haggard face shows how hard it ha
been for him to be sailor in rougl
weather and under adverse circum
stances without the use of plug tobacc
or profanity. Here is another head
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