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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. 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
 of a reformed _roué_. In fact there is practically no more history for Weymouth. 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. The men and women of the next five generations were a poor, hard-working race, rising early and toiling late. The men worked in the fields, tending the flocks, planting and gathering the harvest. The women worked in the houses, in the dairies and kitchens, at the spinning-wheel and washtub. The privations and loneliness, which are part of every struggling colony, were augmented here, where the houses did not cluster 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. CTABLE AND UNEVENTFUL AS THAT OF A REFORMED RUE IN FACT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO MORE HISTORY FOR WEYMOUTH 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 THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NEXT FIVE GENERATIONS WERE A POOR HARD WORKING RACE RISING EARLY AND TOILING LATE THE MEN WORKED IN THE FIELDS TENDING THE FLOCKS PLANTING AND GATHERING THE HARVEST THE WOMEN WORKED IN THE HOUSES IN THE DAIRIES AND KITCHENS AT THE SPINNING WHEEL AND WASH TUB THE PRIVATIONS AND LONELINESS WHICH ARE PART OF EVERY STRUGGLING COLONY WERE AUGMENTED HERE WHERE THE HOUSES DID 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
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