The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-10-21

sold for fGOO it's ancient and 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 thickly
painted In a sealing-wax or %postofice red. 1t is
remarkable indeed that the very fine and curious
Henry VIII period linenfold paneled doors of what
was once the municipal strong room and reposi-
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 remain
are allowed to exist it is mostly because they can
be put to commercial use. The most interesting
old warehouses left in the town are, for example,
those which face a confectionery factory In Spain
lane. and are used by it. Spain lane is an ex-
ceedingly picturesque nook. 1t takes Its name
from the old merchant family of De Spayne. These
surviving old stone buildings are perhaps some of
those which once belonged to various abbeys in
Lincolnshire. A 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 no 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 as from any other, and looks not
a little un-English with Its lantern stage like q
corona. delicately. supported by flying buttresses
at the angles. A not Improbable time may be
spent along the riverside, whose ancient buildings
and old-world SAVIOR inevitably recall Longfellow's
lines:
81 remember the black wharves and the ships,
"And the sea-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 Puritans should not be
cOnfounded in the readers mind. Frank NJ. Gregg
sets forth the difference between them clearly in
his introduction to 1.-The Founding Of a Nation"
(Doran):
The cOlOnists Of the Mayfiower were Englishmen
OF the period Of 1903, while the Puritans OF Massa-
chusetts bay colony (Salem and BOSTON, were
Englishmen Of the period OF 1925. The name
pilgrims was given to the Plymouth colonists
by Gov. william Bradford, who was a passenger
on the M%ayfiower. The name "Puritans' was ap-
piled to refOrmers Of all classes in England il
the early part Of the Seventeenth century by the
supporters Of the court and king.
When the Pilgrims fed from England to Hol-
land In 1908, the Stuart dynasty had not fully de-
veloped its despotic theory Of the divine right OF
kings. The commoners 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 1923 Kings
James I and Charles l had denied many Of the
ancient rights of the English parliament and peo-
pie; and d~isloyalty was rife throughout the nation.
It is evident. therefore. that the men Of these
periods we're not impelled by the same motives.
The Pilgrims came to America to enjoy religious
freedom. The Puritans came to America to enjoy
political as well as 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 1923 and 1776 the