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After poring over the dull pages of the town history, one is sometimes tempted to wonder if, perhaps, the irreverent Morton did not, for all his sins, divine a deeper meaning in this spot than the respectable ones who came after him. AFTER PORING OVER THE DULL PAGES OF THE TOWN HISTORY ONE IS SOMETIMES TEMPTED TO WONDER IF PERHAPS THE IRREVERENT MORTON DID NOT FOR ALL HIS SINS DIVINE A DEEPER MEANING IN THIS SPOT THAN THE RESPECTABLE ONES WHO CAME AFTER HIM
d an endless round of joyless living, Weymouth expiated well for the sins of her youth. Even as late as 1767 we read of the daughter of Parson Smith, of Weymouth--now the wife of John Adams, of Quincy--scrubbing the floor of her own bed-chamber the afternoon before her son--destined to become President of the United States, as his father was before him--was born. But the English stock brought in by the Reverend Hull was good stock. We may not envy the ladies scrubbing their own floors or the men walking to Boston, but many of the best families of this country are proud to trace their origin back to Weymouth. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; then New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut attracted men from Weymouth. Later the Middle West and the Far West called them. In fact for over a century the town hardly raised its number of population, so energetic was the youth it produced. As happens with lamentable frequency, when Weymouth ceased to be naughty she also ceased to be interesting. D WINTERS AND AN ENDLESS ROUND OF JOYLESS LIVING WEYMOUTH EXPIATED FOR THE SINS OF HER YOUTH EVEN AS LATE AS SEVENTEEN SIXTY SEVEN WE READ OF THE DAUGHTER OF PARSON SMITH OF WEYMOUTH NOW THE WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS OF QUINSY SCRUBBING THE FLOOR OF HER OWN BED CHAMBER THE AFTERNOON BEFORE HER SON DESTINED TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS HIS FATHER WAS BEFORE HIM WAS BORN BUT THE ENGLISH STOCK BROUGHT IN BY THE REVEREND HULL WAS GOOD STOCK WE MAY NOT ENVY THE LADIES SCRUBBING THEIR OWN FLOORS OR THE MEN WALKING TO BOSTON BUT MANY OF THE BEST FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTRY ARE PROUD TO TRACE THEIR ORIGIN BACK TO WEYMOUTH MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT THEN NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT ATTRACTED MEN FROM WEYMOUTH LATER THE MIDDLE WEST AND THE FAR WEST CALLED THEM IN FACT FOR OVER A CENTURY THE TOWN HARDLY RAISED ITS NUMBER OF POPULATION SO ENERGETIC WAS THE YOUTH IT PRODUCED AS HAPPENS WITH LAMENTABLE FREQUENCY WHEN WEYMOUTH CEASED TO BE NAUGHTY SHE ALSO CEASED TO BE INTERESTING
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