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And this is the lovely tidal river, named after the master of the Mayflower, up which used to come and go not only many ships of commerce, but, in the evenings after life had become less austere, boatloads of merry makers from Plymouth and Duxbury to attend the balls given at what was originally the King's Town. AND THIS IS A LOVELY TITLE RIVER NAMED AFTER THE MASTER OF THE MAYFLOWER UP WHICH USED TO COME AND GO NOT ONLY MANY SHIPS OF COMMERCE BUT IN THE EVENING AFTER LIFE HAD BECOME LESS AUSTERE BOAT LOADS OF MERRYMAKERS FROM PLYMOUTH AND DUXBURY TO ATTEND THE BALLS GIVEN AT WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THE KING'S TOWN
t it is only fair to recall that the morbidity of their religion made them less healthy-minded than we, and that many of their practices, such as the well-recognized custom of "bundling," were indications of a people holding far lower moral standards than ours. The old sermons, diaries, biographies, and records lie on dusty shelves now, and few pause to read them, and in Kingston no one yet has gathered them into a local history. There are other records traced, not in sand, but on the soil that may also be read by any who pass. Some remnants of the trenches and terraces dug by the quota of Arcadian refugees who fell to Kingston's share after the pathetic flight from Nova Scotia may still be seen--claimed by some to be the first irrigation attempt in America. The old "Massachusetts Payth" which follows the road more or less closely beyond Kingston is traced with difficulty and uncertainty in Kingston itself, but there is another highway as clear to-day as it was three hundred years ago. ADMIRABLE QUALITIES BUT IT IS ONLY FAIR TO RECALL THAT THE MORBIDITY OF THEIR RELIGION MADE THEM LESS HEALTHY MINDED THAN WE AND THAT MANY OF THEIR PRACTICES SUCH AS THE WELL RECOGNIZED CUSTOM OF BUNDLING WERE INDICATIONS OF A PEOPLE HOLDING FAR LOWER MORAL STANDARDS THAN OURS THE OLD SERMONS DIARIES BIOGRAPHIES AND RECORDS LIE ON DUSTY SHELVES NOW AND FEW PAUSE TO READ THEM AND IN KINGSTON NO ONE HAS YET GATHERED THEM INTO A LOCAL HISTORY THERE ARE OTHER RECORDS TRACED NOT IN SAND BUT ON THE SOIL THAT MAY ALSO BE READ BY ANY WHO PASS SOME REMNANTS OF THE TRENCHES AND TERRACES DUG BY THE QUOTA OF ARCADIAN REFUGEES WHO FELL TO KINGSTON'S SHARE AFTER THE PATHETIC FLIGHT FROM NOVA SCOTIA MAY STILL BE SEEN CLAIMED BY SOME TO BE THE FIRST IRRIGATION ATTEMPT IN AMERICA THE OLD MASSACHUSETTS PATH WHICH FOLLOWS THE ROAD MORE OR LESS CLOSELY BEYOND KINGSTON IS TRACED WITH DIFFICULTY AND UNCERTAINTY IN KINGSTON ITSELF BUT THERE IS ANOTHER HIGHWAY AS CLEAR TO DAY AS IT WAS THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
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