Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-04
Upton. Mass. June 25. 1904.


has been transposed by literary gen
i0s Of iny acquaintance 10 What il 5.
raw as a day In June?" for the espe
Slal accommodation OF the New Eng
lander, Having been wont to heai
the Eastern visitor to Colorado say he
came west TO cool of. it has been
,s9mewha, diilicult to understand this
Ahtement. paradoxical on its face. but
am told by confidential friend that
about every third person | meet is
not Just right"
They may shout with yigor. and
without having their sanity questioned
Go west and grow up with the coun-
try-and incidentally get warm" but
when they tell you they've come west
To Keep cool, you can set 1t down they
have made an escape.
"Oh, they're thick here. | tell you"
said my sweet friend She meant in.
sAle asylums. and pointed out six
within radius of fifty miles. But be
1t remembered, this is the country
where a little handful of people came
1871 years ago to worship God accord.
Ing 10 The dictates OF their own hearts
and such IA strenuous beginning would
cause he string to snap after awhile
considering also the fact that they
have kept taut grip on the line down
to date
one Is not surprised when told
There is woman who refused to eal
with the minister because he had the
piano moved from one side of the
church to the other on Sunday" but
sorSed with admiration for her ten
acity 10 the principles that moved her
forelathers, gazes inlerestedly ON lhI.
relic of he spirit that caused the good
Anne Hutchinson, specially favored
ol God. To hide out, the Quakers to
get ON an extra shake, and poor Roger
Williams to flee to safety with the
savages in the dead of winter.
Winner! only one who has expert
encen sunless June among the far
famed New England hills Il presume
they have The same kind oI hills In
Rhode lsland.l can comprehend how
poor Roger must have shivered in De
cember. and sued his humane protect
ors Tor an extra buffalo robe-and al
bttdbS' ne NdS lOitTiHt III religious
matters and wanted to think his owr
think
Our free thought people should eret.
"A monument to the glorious Williams
and I'm not much in favor OF such pos
mortem bouquets either.
The earth is beautiful here. the peo
DISTINGUISHING at long range-can
get close enough to see whether beau
tilul or not Speaking of the peopl,
reminds me of the weather-littl,
chilly. New England reserve" the
call it. Brought it over in the May
flower with 'em. Got it yet. and are
likely to keep it. as those who hav,
never had it would not want il an,
more than they would want the small
poN-too isolating.
! asked my sweet friend the caus,
of his irigdity among her people, and
she explained:
y, ell. you know, we nave a reputa
ton for wisdom and culture that
frankly admit is often sustaine
through reticence and exclusveness
Such candor, And she, the swee
defendant of those who originally own
ed the land upon which this quain
village is built. she. New Englande
of the bluest blood-with a compre
hension like this, No: they are no
all queer" There is much culture
to be found among them, but not
among those who are boasting of
and looking wise.
Only the other day an easterner toll
all hn
committed in the West, that only nice
little ones happened here, and waving
statistics was a little surprised to
hear thesli'Sr morning that young
man in this sweet village of Upton
had shot his wife and tried to kill his
2-year-old babe. Some say he was
ieaDfs of the baby, others that he is
mot just right" 1t would seem that
he was a little shy on good common
sense, but it is thought he will get on
on the not right" plea. which cover
eth a multitude of sins in this Puri
tan land. and with reason. too, be IL
surrowfully said for this subject ma,
be spoken of in deeper vein.
When | first reached the Berkshire
hills thought Heaven must have had
a landslide when Mass ,husetts hap
pened. There were glorious trees
fields of waving grass, feathered song
sters and babbling brooks galore, ana
all the houses were allke-whlte. with
green blinds. The white house with
green blinds is only another evidence
OF that tenacity to first principles
They adhere to it as they do to theii
religion and fried doughnuts. only
few have had the courage to venture
Into the world Of originality and indi
vidnalism by change OF color ana Ar
chitecture, and these are considered
not exactly queer" but ON a question
able route, dangerously wide, with per
chance pair OF green eyes at the
end
We took the old reliable Union Pa
ciiic. Denver TO Kansas Clty-or 10
keep closer to facts, it took us. When
1 recall the vast unsettled territory III
eastern Colorado much larger thah
the state OF setts,-traV1rsed
by this road, which only needs lriiga
tinn Ia make ii productive; the area