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There are certainly no more raids upon merry makers; no more calls from the cricket colony which had sung all summer on the banks of the river to the ant colony which had providently toiled on the shore of the bay; no more experimental governments; no more scandal. THERE ARE CERTAINLY NO MORE RAIDS UPON MERRYMAKERS NO MORE CALLS FROM THE CRICKET COLONY WHICH HAD SUNG ALL SUMMER ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TO THE ANT COLONY WHICH HAD PROVIDENTLY TOILED ON THE SHORE OF THE BAY NO MORE EXPERIMENTAL GOVERNMENTS NO MORE SCANDAL
ult, and one cannot resist the thought that he was probably delighted to have the scandal attached to those righteous neighbors of his who had run him out of his dear Ma-re-mount. However, driven out he was: the Maypole about which the revelers had danced was hewed down by the stern zealots who believed in dancing about only one pole, and that the whipping-post. Merrymount was deserted. Certainly Weymouth, the honey spot which attracted not industrious bees, but only drones, was having a hard time getting settled! It was not until the Reverend Joseph Hull received permission from the General Court to settle here with twenty-one families, from Weymouth, England, that the town was at last shepherded into the Puritan fold. These settlers, of good English stock and with the earnest ideals of pioneers, soon brought the community into good repute, and its subsequent life was as respectable and uneventful as that of a reformed _roué_. In fact there is practically no more history for Weymouth. D UP HIS SLEEVE AT ITS RESULT AND ONE CANNOT RESIST THE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS PROBABLY DELIGHTED TO HAVE THE SCANDAL ATTACHED TO THOSE RIGHTEOUS NEIGHBORS OF HIS WHO HAD RUN HIM OUT OF HIS DEAR MERRY MOUNT HOWEVER DRIVEN OUT HE WAS THE MAY POLE ABOUT WHICH THE REVELLERS HAD DANCED WAS HEWED DOWN BY THE STERN ZEALOTS WHO BELIEVED IN DANCING ABOUT ONLY ONE POLE AND THAT THE WHIPPING POST MERRIMOUNT WAS DESERTED CERTAINLY WEYMOUTH THE HONEYSPOT WHICH ATTRACTED NOT INDUSTRIOUS BEES BUT ONLY DRONES WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING SETTLED IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE REVEREND JOSEPH HULL RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THE GENERAL COURT TO SETTLE HERE WITH TWENTY ONE FAMILIES FROM WEYMOUTH ENGLAND THAT THE TOWN WAS AT LAST SHEPHERDED INTO THE PURITAN FOLD THESE SETTLERS OF GOOD ENGLISH STOCK AND WITH EARNEST IDEALS OF PIONEERS SOON BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY INTO GOOD REPUTE AND ITS SUBSEQUENT LIFE WAS AS RESPECTABLE AND UNEVENTFUL AS THAT OF A REFORMED RUE IN FACT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO MORE HISTORY FOR WEYMOUTH
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