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We read that the stocks (also called "bilbaos" because they were formerly manufactured in Bilbao, in Spain) were first occupied by the man who had made them, as the court decided that his charge for the work was excessive! WE READ THAT THE STOCKS ALSO CALLED BILL BOWS BECAUSE THEY WERE FORMERLY MANUFACTURED IN BILL BOW IN SPAIN WERE FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE MAN WHO HAD MADE THEM AS THE COURT DECIDED THAT HIS CHARGE FOR THE WORK WAS EXCESSIVE
t was by no means a mark of illiteracy to spell not only unlike your neighbor, but unlike yourself on the line previous. But it is more than quaint diction and fantastic spelling which fascinates us as we turn over, not only the leaves of Bradford's famous history, but the pile of fading records of various kinds of this once prosperous shipbuilding town. The records of Kingston are valuable, not only because they tell the tale of this particular spot, but because they are delightfully typical of all the South Shore towns. The yellowing diaries mention crude offenses, crude chastisements; give scraps of genealogies as broken as the families themselves are now broken and scattered; lament over one daughter of the Puritans who took the veil in a Roman Catholic convent; sternly relate, in Rabelaisian frankness, dark sins, punished with mediæval justice. In fact, these righteous early colonists seemed to find a genuine satisfaction in devising punishments, and in putting them into practice. HT DIFFERENT WAYS IT WAS BY NO MEANS A MARK OF ILLITERACY TO SPELL NOT ONLY UNLIKE YOUR NEIGHBOUR BUT UNLIKE YOURSELF ON THE LINE PREVIOUS BUT IT IS MORE THAN QUAINT DICTION AND FANTASTIC SPELLING WHICH FASCINATES US AS WE TURN OVER NOT ONLY THE LEAVES OF BRADFORD'S FAMOUS HISTORY BUT THE PILE OF FADING RECORDS OF VARIOUS KINDS OF THIS ONCE PROSPEROUS SHIPBUILDING TOWN THE RECORDS OF KINGSTON ARE VALUABLE NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY TELL THE TALE OF THIS PARTICULAR SPOT BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE DELIGHTFULLY TYPICAL OF ALL THE SOUTH SHORE TOWNS THE YELLOWING DIARIES MENTION CRUDE OFFENCES CRUDE CHASTISEMENTS GIVE SCRAPS OF GENEALOGIES AS BROKEN AS THE FAMILIES THEMSELVES ARE NOW BROKEN AND SCATTERED LAMENT OVER ONE DAUGHTER OF THE PURITANS WHO TOOK THE VEIL IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT STERNLY RELATE IN REBELLUSION FRANKNESS DARK SINS PUNISHED WITH MANY EVIL JUSTICE IN FACT THESE RIGHTEOUS EARLY COLONISTS SEEM TO FIND A GENUINE SATISFACTION IN DEVISING PUNISHMENTS AND IN PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE
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