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According to Hawthorne, on the eve of Saint John they felled whole acres of forests to make bonfires, and crowned themselves with flowers and threw the blossoms into the flames. ACCORDING TO HAWTHORN ON THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN THEY FELT WHOLE ACRES OF FORESTS TO MAKE BONFIRES AND CROWN THEMSELVES WITH FLOWERS AND THREW THE BLOSSOMS INTO THE FLAMES
 pastimes of Old England to the stern young New England; that they fraternized with the Indians, shared their strong waters with them, and taught them the use of firearms; and that Merrymount became indeed a scene of wildest revelry. The site of Merrymount had originally been selected by Captain Wollaston for a trading post. Imbued with the same mercenary motive which had proved fatal in the case of Weston and Gorges, Captain Wollaston, whose name is perpetuated in Mount Wollaston, brought with him in 1625 a gang of indented white servants. Finding his system of industry ill suited to the climate, he carried his men to Virginia, where he sold them. When he left, Morton took possession of the place and dubbed it "Ma-re-mount." And then began the pranks which shook the Colony to its foundations. Picture to yourself a band of sworn triflers, dedicated to the wildest philosophy of pleasure, teaching bears to dance, playing blind-man's buff, holding juggling and boxing matches, and dancing.  CUSTOMS AND HEREDITARY PASTIMES OF OLD ENGLAND TO THE STERN YOUNG NEW ENGLAND THAT THEY FRATERNIZED WITH THE INDIANS SHARED THEIR STRONG WATERS WITH THEM AND TAUGHT THEM THE USE OF FIREARMS AND THAT MERRY MOUNT BECAME INDEED A SCENE OF WILDEST REVELRY THE SITE OF MERRY MOUNT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN SELECTED BY CAPTAIN WALLACEAN FOR A TRADING POST IMBUED WITH THE SAME MERCENARY MOTIVE WHICH HAD PROVED FATAL IN THE CASE OF WESTON AND GORGUS WHOSE NAME IS PERPETUATED AND MOUNT WALLASTON BROUGHT WITH HIM IN SIXTEEN TWENTY FIVE A GANG OF INDENTED WHITE SERVANTS FINDING HIS SYSTEM OF INDUSTRY ILL SUITED TO THE CLIMATE HE CARRIED HIS MEN TO VIRGINIA WHERE HE SOLD THEM WHEN HE LEFT MORTON TOOK POSSESSION OF THE PLACE AND DUBBED IT MARAMOUNT AND THEN HE BEGAN THE PRANKS WHICH SHOOK THE COLONY TO ITS FOUNDATION PICTURE TO YOURSELF A BAND OF SWORN TRIFLERS DEDICATED TO THE WILDEST PHILOSOPHY OF PLEASURE TEACHING BEARS TO DANCE PLAYING BLIND MAN'S BLUFF HOLDING JUGGLING AND BOXING MATCHES AND DANCING
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