. The New England magazine. esiding inthe West, who remembers the tra-ditions of his early home, illustratesthis point. The old gentleman writes: The story has been told me that some ofthe young bloods of New Ipswich, four-score years ago, met on a Saturday eveningin a schoolhouse for the purpose of cardplaying. The shutters were closed, the tal- low candles lighted, and the young mencommenced their deals. Their work wentpleasantly till the candle had nearly burneddown. One of the party suggested that itwas time to close the game so as not totrespass on holy time. Another suggestedthat the can
. The New England magazine. esiding inthe West, who remembers the tra-ditions of his early home, illustratesthis point. The old gentleman writes: The story has been told me that some ofthe young bloods of New Ipswich, four-score years ago, met on a Saturday eveningin a schoolhouse for the purpose of cardplaying. The shutters were closed, the tal- low candles lighted, and the young mencommenced their deals. Their work wentpleasantly till the candle had nearly burneddown. One of the party suggested that itwas time to close the game so as not totrespass on holy time. Another suggestedthat the candle would soon burn down andthat then they would quit; and so, regard-less of the flight of time, they kept on play-ing. The candle continued to burn. Final-ly they heard carriages passing by. Theshutters were opened, and to the astonish-ment of all, the sun was high in theheavens. Horror seized the young were convinced that the Evil Onehad kept the candle burning and that theyhad been lured on to commit the almost. A VETERAN WILLOW. unpardonable sin of breaking the Sabbath!This terrible desecration of holy time,continues Miss Lees correspondent naive-ly, put an end to card playing during thatand future generations of New Ipswichresidents. From the magnificent carved pulpitin the old Congregational church,which was a gift from Mr. SamuelAppleton, a broader religion ispreached to-day. But the atmos-phere of other days and other asso-ciations clings to the place. Herethe Reverend Jesse Appleton, presi- io6 NEW IPSWICH.
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