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Added to the isolation and pettiness of town affairs, the winters seem to have been longer, the snows deeper, the frosts more severe in those days. ADDED TO THE ISOLATION AND PETTINESS OF TOWN AFFAIRS THE WINTERS SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN LONGER THE SNOWS DEEPER THE FROSTS MORE SEVERE IN THOSE DAYS
 about the church and burial ground, but were scattered and far away. This peculiarity of settlement meant much in days where there was no newspaper, no system of public transportation, no regular post, and Europe was months removed. A few of the young men went with the fishing fleet to Cape Sable, or sailed on trading vessels to the West Indies or Spain, but it is doubtful if any Weymouth-born woman ever laid eyes on the mother country during the first hundred and fifty years. The records of the town are painfully dull. They are taken up by small domestic matters: the regulations for cattle; running boundary lines, locating highways, improving the town common, fixing fines for roving swine or agreeing to the division of a whale found on the shore. There was more or less bickering over the salary of the town clerk, who was to receive thirty-three pounds and fourteen shillings yearly to keep "A free school and teach all children and servants sent him to read and write and cast accounts. NOT CLUSTER ABOUT THE CHURCH IN BURIAL GROUND BUT WERE SCATTERED AND FAR AWAY THIS PECULIARITY OF SETTLEMENT MEANT MUCH IN DAYS WHEN THERE WAS NO NEWSPAPER NO SYSTEM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NO REGULAR POST AND EUROPE WAS MONTHS REMOVED A FEW OF THE YOUNG MEN WENT WITH THE FISHING FLEET TO CAPE SABLE OR TRAVELLED ON TRADING VESSELS TO THE WEST INDIES OR SPAIN BUT IT IS DOUBTFUL IF ANY OF THE WEYMOUTH BORN WOMEN EVER LAID EYES ON THE MOTHER COUNTRY DURING HIS FIRST HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS THE RECORDS OF THE TOWN ARE PAINFULLY DULL THEY ARE TAKEN UP BY SMALL DOMESTIC MATTERS THE REGULATIONS FOR CATTLE RUNNING BOUNDARY LINES LOCATING HIGHWAYS IMPROVING THE TOWN COMMON FIXING FINES FOR ROVING SWINE OR AGREEING TO THE DIVISION OF A WHALE FOUND ON THE SHORE THERE WAS MORE OR LESS BICKERING OVER THE SALARY OF THE TOWN CLERK WHO WAS TO RECEIVE THIRTY THREE POUNDS AND FOURTEEN SHILLINGS YEARLY TO KEEP A FREE SCHOOL AND TEACH ALL CHILDREN AND SERVANTS SENT HIM TO READ AND WRITE AND CAST ACCOUNTS
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