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Perhaps it was those men of Kent who gave it its indestructibly romantic bias; perhaps it is the jealousy of the ever encroaching sea. The gray geese flying over the iridescent moss gleaming upon the pebbled beaches, the solitary lantern on the point are all parts of that differentness. And those who love her best are glad that it is so. PERHAPS IT WAS THOSE MEN OF KENT WHO GAVE IT ITS INDESTRUCTIBLY ROMANTIC BIAS PERHAPS IT IS THE JEALOUSY OF THE EVER ENCROACHING SEA THE GRAY GEESE FLYING OVER THE IRIDESCENT MOSS GLEAMING UPON THE PEBBLED BEACHES THE SOLITARY LANTERN ON THE POINT ARE ALL PARTS OF THAT DIFFERENTNESS AND THOSE WHO LOVE HER BEST ARE GLAD THAT IT IS SO
e is very slight in most cases, and quite without any savor of personality. Too often it is merely brief and dry recital of dates and number of progeny, and names of the same. Few have left anything so quaint as the words of Walter Briggs, who settled there in 1651 and from whom Briggs Harbor was named. His will contains this thoughtful provision: "For my wife Francis, one third of my estate during her life, also a gentle horse or mare, and Jemmy the negur shall catch it for her." The good people who came later (1634) from Plymouth and Boston and took up their difficult colonial life under the pastorate of Mr. Lathrop, seem to have done their best to make "Satuit" (as it was first called, from the Indians, meaning "cold brook") conform as nearly as possible to the other pioneer settlements, even to the point of discovering witches here. But religion and fasting were not able to accomplish what the ubiquitous summer influx has, happily, also failed to effect. Scituate remains different. S VERY SLIGHT IN MOST CASES AND QUITE WITHOUT ANY SAVOUR OF PERSONALITY TOO OFTEN IT IS MERE BRIEF AND DRY RECITAL OF DATES AND NUMBER OF PROGENY AND NAMES OF THE SAME FEW HAVE LEFT ANYTHING SO QUAINT AS THE WORDS OF WALTER BRIGGS WHO SETTLED THERE IN SIXTEEN FIFTY ONE AND FROM WHOM BRIGGS HARBOR WAS NAMED HIS WILL CONTAINS THIS THOUGHTFUL PROVISION FOR MY WIFE FRANCIS ONE THIRD OF MY ESTATE DURING HER LIFE ALSO A GENTLE HORSE OR MARE AND JEMMY THE NIGGER SHALL CATCH IT FOR HER THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO CAME LATER SIXTEEN THIRTY FOUR FROM PLYMOUTH AND BOSTON AND TOOK UP THEIR DIFFICULT COLONIAL LIFE UNDER THE PASTORATE OF MISTER ELETHROP SEEM TO HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO MAKE STATUIT AS IT WAS FIRST CALLED FROM THE INDIANS MEANING COLD BROOK CONFORM AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE TO THE OTHER PIONEER SETTLEMENTS EVEN TO THE POINT OF DISCOVERING WHICH IS HERE BUT RELIGION AND FASTING WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT THE UBIQUITOUS SUMMER INFLUX HAS HAPPILY ALSO FAILED TO EFFECT SITUATE REMAINS DIFFERENT
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