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Such fantastic foolery is inconceivable in a Puritan community, and the Maypole which was its emblem was the most inconceivable of all. This "flower decked abomination," ornamented with white birch bark, banners, and blossoms, was the center of the tipsy jollity of Merrymount. SUCH FANTASTIC FOOLERY IS INCONCEIVABLE IN A PURITAN COMMUNITY AND THE MAY POLE WHICH WAS ITS EMBLEM WAS THE MOST INCONCEIVABLE OF ALL THIS FLOWER DECKED ABOMINATION ORNAMENTED WITH WHITE BIRCH BARK BANNERS AND BLOSSOMS WAS THE CENTRE OF THE TIPSY JOLLITY OF MERRYMOUNT
n 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. 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. At harvest-time they hilariously wasted their scanty store of Indian corn by making an image with the sheaves, and wreathing it with the painted garlands of autumn foliage. They crowned the King of Christmas and bent the knee to the Lord of Misrule! E 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 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 AT HARVEST TIME THEY HILARIOUSLY WASTED THEIR SCANTY STORE OF INDIAN CORN BY MAKING AN IMAGE WITH THE SHEAVES AND WREATHING IT WITH THE PAINTED GARLANDS OF AUTUMN FOLIAGE THEY CROWNED THE KING OF CHRISTMAS AND BENT THE KNEE TO THE LORD OF MISRULE
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