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With no stage coach before 1815, and being off the highway between Plymouth and Boston, it is small wonder that the early Cohasset folk either walked or went by sea to Hingham and thence to Boston. It has been suggested that the "keeper of young cattle at Coneyhassett," who drove his herd over from Hingham, was moved either by piety or sarcasm to give the trail its present arresting name. WITH NO STAGE COACH BEFORE EIGHTEEN FIFTEEN AND BEING OFF THE HIGHWAY BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND BOSTON IT IS SMALL WONDER THAT THE EARLY COHESSANT FOLK EITHER WALKED OR WENT BY SEA TO HINGHAM AND THENCE TO BOSTON IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE KEEPER OF YOUNG CATTLE AT CONNIE HASSET WHO DROVE HIS HERD OVER FROM HINGHAM WAS MOVED EITHER BY PIETY OR SARCASM TO GIVE THE TRAIL ITS PRESENT ARRESTING NAME
ated in the Colonial Congress and then blossomed into the United States." We to-day, to whom the salt grass of Cohasset is little more than a fringe about the two harbors, may find it difficult to agree fully with such a sweeping statement, but certainly this spot and boundary line should always be associated with the respect for property which has ennobled the Anglo-Saxon race. Between the marshes, which were of such high importance in those early days, and the ledges which have been the cause and the scene of so many Cohasset adventures, twists Jerusalem Road, the brilliant beauty of which has been so often--but never too often--remarked. This was the main road from Hingham for many years, and it took full three hours of barbarous jolting in two-wheeled, springless ox carts to make the trip. Even if a man had a horse the journey was cruelly tedious, for there were only a few stretches where the horse could go faster than a walk--and the way was pock-marked with boulders and mudholes. F FEDERATION THAT CULMINATED IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THEN BLOSSOMED INTO THE UNITED STATES WE TO DAY TO WHOM THE SALT GRASS OF COHAAS IS LITTLE MORE THAN A FRINGE ABOUT THE TWO HARBOURS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO AGREE FULLY WITH SUCH A SWEEPING STATEMENT BUT CERTAINLY THIS SPOT AND BOUNDARY LINE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ASSOCIATED WITH RESPECT FOR PROPERTY WHICH HAS ENNOBLED THE ANGLO SAXON RACE BETWEEN THE MARSHES WHICH WERE OF SUCH HIGH IMPORTANCE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS AND THE LEDGES WHICH HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE IN THE SCENE OF SO MANY COHESIVE VENTURES TWIST JERUSALEM ROAD THE BRILLIANT BEAUTY OF WHICH HAS BEEN SO OFTEN BUT NEVER TOO OFTEN REMARKED THIS WAS THE MAIN ROAD FROM HINGHAM FOR MANY YEARS AND IT TOOK FULL THREE HOURS OF BARBAROUS JOLTING AND TWO WHEELED SPRINGLESS OX CARTS TO MAKE THE TRIP EVEN IF A MAN HAD A HORSE THE JOURNEY WAS CRUELLY TEDIOUS FOR THERE WERE ONLY A FEW STRETCHES WHERE THE HORSE COULD GO FASTER THAN A WALK AND THE WAY WAS POCKMARKED WITH BOULDERS AND MUD HOLES
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