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These are the homes which belong, and have belonged for generations, to people who are neither rich nor poor; cozy, quaint, suggesting in an odd way the thatched roof cottages of England. THESE ARE THE HOMES WHICH BELONG AND HAVE BELONGED FOR GENERATIONS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NEITHER RICH NOR POOR COZY QUAINT SUGGESTING IN AN ODD WAY THE THATCHED ROOFED COTTAGES OF ENGLAND
 and west--being the only town in Massachusetts to retain its original boundaries. And numbers of people are familiar with certain parts of it, for there are half a score of villages in the township, some of them summer settlements, some of them animated by an all-the-year-round life. But compared with the other towns along this historic route, Weymouth as a whole is little known and little appreciated. And yet the history of Weymouth is not without amusing and edifying elements, and the scenery of Weymouth is worthy of the détour that strangers rarely make. "Old Spain" is the romantic name for an uninteresting part of the township, and, conversely, Commercial Street is the uninteresting name for a romantic part. It is along a highway stigmatized by such a name that one gets the glimpses of a Constable country: glimpses of rolling meadows, of fertile groves, of cattle grazing in elm-shaded pastures, of a road winding contentedly among simple, ancient cottages, and quiet, thrifty farms.  LENGTHILY NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AND WEST BEING THE ONLY TOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS TO RETAIN ITS ORIGINAL BOUNDARIES AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN PARTS OF IT FOR THERE ARE HALF A SCORE OF VILLAGES IN THE TOWNSHIP SOME OF THEM SUMMER SETTLEMENTS SOME OF THEM ANIMATED BY ALL THE YEAR ROUND LIFE BUT COMPARED WITH THE OTHER TOWNS ALONG THIS HISTORIC ROUTE WEYMOUTH AS A WHOLE IS LITTLE KNOWN AND LITTLE APPRECIATED AND YET THE HISTORY OF WEYMOUTH IS NOT WITHOUT AMUSING AND EDIFYING ELEMENTS AND THE SCENERY OF WEYMOUTH IS WORTHY OF THE DETOUR THAT STRANGERS RARELY MAKE OLD SPAIN IS THE ROMANTIC NAME FOR AN UNINTERESTING PART OF THE TOWNSHIP AND CONVERSELY COMMERCIAL STREET IS THE UNINTERESTING NAME FOR A ROMANTIC PART IT IS ALONG A HIGHWAY STIGMATIZED BY SUCH A NAME THAT ONE GETS GLIMPSES OF A CONSTABLE COUNTRY GLIMPSES OF ROLLING MEADOWS OF FERTILE GROVES OF CATTLE GRAZING IN ELM SHADED PASTURES OF A ROAD WINDING CONTENTEDLY AMONG SIMPLE ANCIENT COTTAGES AND QUIET THRIFTY FARMS
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