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Down by the shore to day is the new Duxbury  a Duxbury of automobiles, of business men's trains, of gay society at Powder Point, where in the winter is the well known boys' school  a Duxbury of summer cottages, white and green along the shore, green and brown under the pines. DOWN BY THE SHORE TO DAY IS THE NEW DUXBURY A DUXBURY OF AUTOMOBILES OF BUSINESS MEN'S TRAINS OF GAY SOCIETY AT POWDER POINT WHERE IN THE WINTER IS THE WELL KNOWN BOY SCHOOL A DUCKSBURY OF SUMMER COTTAGES WHITE AND GREEN ALONG THE SHORE GREEN AND BROWN UNDER THE PINES
irable picture Mr. Sheldon does not mention one of the evening industries which was peculiarly characteristic of the Plymouth Colony. This was the making of clapboards, which with sassafras and beaver skins, constituted for many years the principal cargo sent back to England from the Colony. Another point--the size of the families. The mother of Governor William Phips had twenty-one sons and five daughters, and the Reverend John Sherman had six children by his first wife and twenty by his second. These were not uncommon figures in the early life of New England; and with so many numbers within itself the home life was a center for a very complete and variegated industrial life. Surely it is a long cry from these kitchen fireplaces--so large that often a horse had to be driven into the kitchen dragging the huge back log--these immense families, to the kitchenette and one-child family of to-day! This, then, was the old Duxbury: the Duxbury of long, cold winters, privations, and austerity. RANCE IN THIS ADMIRABLE PICTURE MISTER SHELDON DOES NOT MENTION ONE OF THE EVENING INDUSTRIES WHICH WAS PECULIARLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THIS WAS THE MAKING OF CLAPBOARDS WHICH WITH SASSAFRAS AND BEAVER SKINS CONSTITUTED FOR MANY YEARS THE PRINCIPAL CARGO SENT BACK TO ENGLAND FROM THE COLONY ANOTHER POINT THE SIZE OF THE FAMILIES THE MOTHER OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM PHIPPS HAD TWENTY ONE SONS AND FIVE DAUGHTERS AND THE REVEREND JOHN SHERMAN HAD SIX CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE AND TWENTY BY HIS SECOND THESE WERE NOT UNCOMMON FIGURES IN THE EARLY LIFE OF NEW ENGLAND AND WITH SO MANY NUMBERS WITHIN ITSELF THE HOME LIFE WAS A CENTER FOR A VERY COMPLETE AND VARIEGATED INDUSTRIAL LIFE SURELY IT IS A LONG CRY FROM THESE KITCHEN FIREPLACES SO LARGE THAT OFTEN A HORSE HAD TO BE DRIVEN INTO THE KITCHEN DRAGGING THE HUGE BACK LOG THESE IMMENSE FAMILIES TO THE KITCHENETTE AND ONE CHILD FAMILY OF TO DAY THIS THEN WAS THE OLD DUXBURY THE DUXBURY OF LONG COLD WINTERS PRIVATIONS AND AUSTERITY
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