New Castle, historic and picturesque . she saw three cats—the yellow one vanishedaway on the plain ground: she could not tell which way thejwent. Her John said it was a fact. Then comes the conclud-ing witness with his innuendo, the meanest of mis-chief-makers everywhere : They saj- they heard that Elizabethtold Nicholas she heard his Aunt Jane say she guessed, etc. Inshort, if 3ou do not name Goody Walford, but declare jou aresure there are just three witches hereabouts, Thomas Turpin,who was drowned, Old Ham, and the third shall be name-less, you haA-e fixed it up
New Castle, historic and picturesque . she saw three cats—the yellow one vanishedaway on the plain ground: she could not tell which way thejwent. Her John said it was a fact. Then comes the conclud-ing witness with his innuendo, the meanest of mis-chief-makers everywhere : They saj- they heard that Elizabethtold Nicholas she heard his Aunt Jane say she guessed, etc. Inshort, if 3ou do not name Goody Walford, but declare jou aresure there are just three witches hereabouts, Thomas Turpin,who was drowned, Old Ham, and the third shall be name-less, you haA-e fixed it upon poor Goody past all doubt. Buthonest Bryan, Henry and Renald couldnt see it clear, andadjourned for more light. It grew lighter, for the summer wasadvancing; the cats left off their pranks; ]Mrs. Susanna Trim-mings presented her Oliver with a fine little Trimmings, got overher fantasy, which Eliza Barton made bold to tell her was tlieonly witch vA the business, — and the neighborhood planted itscom and cured its fish, as IN T E R X A L A N N A L S PkEligious and civil Honorable and wortliy countrymen, let not tlie meanness ofthe word Jish distaste you, said Capt. John Smitli to John Bull,speaking of tlie commodities of these shores. Tliat old adven-turer knew little of freedom or religion; he looked upon thiscountry much in the same manner as the modern citizen uponunopened lields, where his capital and enterprise may be em-ployed profitably. In the same spirit the earliest settlers here,after a short period of indulgence in visions of mines of gold,precious stones, and other means of wealth without work,began to thrive on the near and actual resources of their situa-tion. Fishing led to trade, both domestic and foreign, until thepeople became fixed in their occupations and interests, andmoderately prosperous. It was not until toward the close of the seventeenth centurythat the Province of New Hampshire began to be interested inmatters of religious and political
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