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They were difficult  those days ushered in by the Reverend Joseph Hull. Through long nights and cold winters and an endless round of joyless living, Weymouth expiated well for the sins of her youth. THEY WERE DIFFICULT THOSE DAYS USHERED IN BY THE REVEREND JOSEPH HULL THROUGH LONG NIGHTS AND COLD WINTERS AND AN ENDLESS ROUND OF JOYLESS LIVING WEYMOUTH EXPIATED FOR THE SINS OF HER YOUTH
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." 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. We have records of the harbor freezing over in November, and "in March the winter's snow, though much reduced, still lay on a level with the fences, nor was it until April that the ice broke up in Fore River. ES 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 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 WE HAVE RECORDS OF THE HARBOUR FREEZING OVER IN NOVEMBER AND IN MARCH THE WINTER'S SNOW THOUGH MUCH REDUCED STILL LAY ON A LEVEL WITH THE FENCES NOR WAS IT UNTIL APRIL THAT THE ICE BROKE UP IN FOUR RIVER
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