The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-20

sold for f6OO its ancient ana very valuable
civil silver plate. Recently it has risen once
more to the occasion and has had the parlor, rich
in the Seventeenth century pitchpine paneling
with noble fireplace and overmantel, all thicky
painted in sealng-waX postofice red 1t is
remarkable Indeed that the very fine and curious
Henry VIII period lnenfod paneed doors of what
was once the municipal strong-room and repos-
tory of documents have been allowed to remain
In their Olden condition.
Assuredly these Bostonians are not sentimental
lists; and where such ancient buildings as remaiu
are allowed tG exist II is mostly because they
be put to commercial The most interesting
old warehouses left In the town are for example
those which face confectionery factory In Spain
iane, and are used by it. Spain lane is an ex-
ceedngly picturesque nook. 1t takes its name
from the old merchant family Of De. Spayne. These
surviving old stone buildings perhaps some OF
those which once belonged to various abbeys in
Lincolnshire. row of projecting stone bosses
perhaps indicate the means by which the goods
were raised or lowered to or from the upper floors
The very irregularly shaped Market place.
In spite of Its containing buildings of any note
is remarkably suggestive of the central "place"
of some foreign towns. This Is due not merely
TO its wide area but largely to the imposing sight
of Boston stump" which is as well viewed from
this standpoint from any other and looks not
little un-Engllsh with its lantern stage like a
corona. delicatey supported by flying buttresses
at the angles A not Improbable time may be
spent along the riverside, whose ancient buildings
and od-word SAVIOR inevitably recall Longfellow's
lines
Il remember the black whurves and the ships
"And the sen-tides tossing free;
And the Spanish sailors with bearded lips
"And the beauty and mystery of the ships,
And the magic of the sea-
The Pilgrims and the Purtans should not be
confOunded in the readers mind, Frank NJ Gregg
sets forth the difference between them clearly In
his introduction to "The Founding of Nation
(Doran)
The colonists Of the Mayfower were Englishmen
of the period of 1908, while the Puritans of Massa-
chusetts bay colony (Salem and Boston) were
Enslishmen of the period Of 1923. The name
pilgrims was given to the Plymouth coonists
by Gov. William Bradford, who a passenger
on the Mayfower The name "Puritans' was ap-
piled 10 reformers of all classes in England IN
the early part Of the Seventeenth century by the
supporters of the court and king.
When the Pilgrims fled from England to HOl-
land in 160S, the Stuart dynasty had not fully de-
veloped its despotic theory Of the divine right Of
kings The comnoners at this period were still
loyal. The Pilgrims themselves attributed their
prosecutions to the bishops of the established
church and not to the king. But in 1928 Kings
James and Charles Ind denied many Of the
ancient rights Of the English parliament and peo-
pie; and dlsoyalty rife throughout the nation.
1t Is evident, therefore, that the men of these
periods were not impelled by the same motives.
The Pilgrims came to Ancrcn to enjoy religious
freedom. The PurltaDs came 10 America to enjoy
political as well religious freedom. Consider
Ing the conduct of the two colonies in after years
toward the mother country, it is reasonable to as
sumo that at no time during the life of the Ply
mouth colony could the Pilgrims have written the
Declaration of Independence. ON the other hand.
at almost any time between 1928 and 1776 the