Tarry at home travels . andI took her into the jail of this county — whatin New England we call the County House,because it is both jail and house of correctionand the residence of the keeper. We had thepleasure of seeing the accomplished keeper andhis friendly wife and the cells of the jail, butthere were no prisoners there. I tried afteiivardsto make the clergyman of the place (he wouldbe called bishop if ours were an effete civilization)describe the social influences which led to sucha result. But he said the thing was a matter ofcourse — there could be no interest in any suchdiscussion. He
Tarry at home travels . andI took her into the jail of this county — whatin New England we call the County House,because it is both jail and house of correctionand the residence of the keeper. We had thepleasure of seeing the accomplished keeper andhis friendly wife and the cells of the jail, butthere were no prisoners there. I tried afteiivardsto make the clergyman of the place (he wouldbe called bishop if ours were an effete civilization)describe the social influences which led to sucha result. But he said the thing was a matter ofcourse — there could be no interest in any suchdiscussion. He said I had better write the bookmyself, which I have never had time to do. In our day you can take an excellent train toProvincetown, and you can stop and see the cran-berry plantations which have proved even moreprofitable than the old deep-sea fisheries of the MASSACHUSETTS 181 Cape. You may hear traditions upon traditionsof the wreck of the Quidah pirate and of theSomerset man-of-war. You will find a little odd. Edward Winslow. remnant of the recollections of the fisheries andprivateering. You will come back glad that youhave been to Cape Cod, and sorry that you cannotstay there longer. 182 TARRY AT HOME TRAVELS Another good centre would be Worcester,Hhe heart of the Commonwealth/ as I saidjust now. An Englishman named Samuel Slater,in what is now Pawtucket in Rhode Island,really established the cotton manufacture of
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