. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. ers, to the greed of the Baycolony. Consequently, these sisterprovinces offered great inducements to influence immigration to this par-ticular locality, each hoping in theend to bag the game. The result was that lands in thisregion were, for a few years, rapidlytaken up, not by trappers and adven-turers, but by strong, resolute, andhonorable men,—men who came fora purpose, and that purpose to makefor themselves and their families,comfortable homes, to convert theforests into fruitful farms, and toeducate their childr
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. ers, to the greed of the Baycolony. Consequently, these sisterprovinces offered great inducements to influence immigration to this par-ticular locality, each hoping in theend to bag the game. The result was that lands in thisregion were, for a few years, rapidlytaken up, not by trappers and adven-turers, but by strong, resolute, andhonorable men,—men who came fora purpose, and that purpose to makefor themselves and their families,comfortable homes, to convert theforests into fruitful farms, and toeducate their children. To learn how well they succeededwe have only to drive around thefine, well-cultivated farms they left,or acquaint ourselves with the livesof the noble men and women whowere born in the old farmhouses thatwe pass, and of whom their descen-dants are justly proud. The history of Hollis was so closelyinterwoven with that of Dunstable,until the king established the prov-ince line, that in some cases it hasbeen hard to unravel. J>eing for atime a possession of Middlesex.
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