. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . at, you cannot go anywhere without a 134 RUTH OF BOSTON lot of foolish geese running at your heels, hissing as ifyou had done something for which you should beashamed, and they were calling attention to it. Twice each season, in the planting and the harvest-ing time, must the small feathers be stripped from thelive birds, and while this is being done, the goose,which has a strong neck and beak, would inflict manya grievous wound if one did not pull an old stockingover its head. Some people are so particular as to have made goosebasket
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . at, you cannot go anywhere without a 134 RUTH OF BOSTON lot of foolish geese running at your heels, hissing as ifyou had done something for which you should beashamed, and they were calling attention to it. Twice each season, in the planting and the harvest-ing time, must the small feathers be stripped from thelive birds, and while this is being done, the goose,which has a strong neck and beak, would inflict manya grievous wound if one did not pull an old stockingover its head. Some people are so particular as to have made goosebaskets, which in shape are not unlike small gourds, andthrough the narrow neck of these the head of the gooseis thrust, while the body can be held firmly between the knees of whosoever isdoing the plucking. Of course, when oneis pulling feathers fromthe bird, the fine fluff,or down, flies every-where about like snow,and the result is, thatunless you take theprecaution of tyingyour hair up in cloths,and putting on an oldlinen dress from whichdirt can readily be. A CHANGE OF GOVERNORS 135 shaken, you will be covered from head to foot withthese fluffy particles, which are not much larger thansnow-flakes, and extremely difficult to remove. I have been so busy setting down matters concern-ing the household, as to forget that I should tell youhow our town of Boston has grown, and who of thegreat men of England have come into it. A CHANGE OF GOVERNORS It was the third year after our coming, that MasterJohn Cotton, the famous preacher, settled among us,taking upon himself, because of the entreaties of ourpeople, the care of the First Church. It was also in this same year that a new governorwas chosen, much to the regret of both Susan and me,for while we girls could not be expected to know any-thing regarding the matter, it surely seemed to us thatMaster Winthrop was the very best man in all thisworld to rule over us. But those who had the privilege of voting must havebelieved otherwise, for
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