Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . f punishment was to pass skeins of yarn underthe arms of the little culprits, and hang them uponnails. A suspended row was a ludicrous sight. Mr. Joseph Flasket (husband of Tabitha) died in1794, at the age of forty-eight years. The widowwrote his epitaph as follows: — All you that doth behold my stone,Consider how soon I was does not always warning give,Therefore be careful how you in time, no time delay,I in my prime was called away, 55 Nearly opposite this is one on a very youngchild: — The babe thats caugh
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . f punishment was to pass skeins of yarn underthe arms of the little culprits, and hang them uponnails. A suspended row was a ludicrous sight. Mr. Joseph Flasket (husband of Tabitha) died in1794, at the age of forty-eight years. The widowwrote his epitaph as follows: — All you that doth behold my stone,Consider how soon I was does not always warning give,Therefore be careful how you in time, no time delay,I in my prime was called away, 55 Nearly opposite this is one on a very youngchild: — The babe thats caught from woml) and breast,Claim right to sing abo\e the rest,Because they found the happy shoreThey never saw or sought before. As this path comes out on the brow of the hill, neara white fence, is a stone to F^lizabeth Savery, 183 i : — Ueniember nie as you pass you are now, so once was I ;As I am now, so you will be,Therefore jjrepare to follow me. A little from the path up Burial Hill, to the left,just below the Cushman monument, a marble tablet. THE OLD FORT AND FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, 1621 marks the spot wliere the fort of the little colonywas situated, quite a portion of its outline still beiny;distinct, particularly at the easterly corner. We cansee at once with what sa^acitv tlie site was chosen,undoulitedly by Standish. It conmianded Leyden 56 Street and the approaches from the brook overwhich the Indians came. Standing here, we have a view of the southern partof the town. The blue heights of Manomet Hillsshut in the horizon. Beyond them lies the littlehamlet of South Plymouth, a rural village with sum-mer hotels, the Manomet and Brastow Houses, ofconsiderable celebrity, especially among this side is the village of Chiltonville, with itschurches and factories. Far down to the shore, 1
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