Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1920 — Rann-dom Reels [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Rann-dom Reels

THE MAYFLOWER Years ago the good Ship Mayflower landed'ite precious cargo of Puritan fathers and mothers on Plymouth Rock ani <lsp discharged a large quantity of iron-bound, rock-bal-lasted conscience which was not allowed to play outside the yard at hodke. It has always been a mystery why •the Mayflower landed at Plymouth,

Earnest Efforts Were Made to Convert the Red Man and Induce Him to Wear Something Besides a Scalplock. Instead 'of picking out some place where there was a good hotel with modem-conveniences. It must have been a cheerless sight which greeted the eyes of the Pilgrim Father as he left the Mayflower nothing spread out before him but a large,

By HOWARD L. RANN

three-cornered rock totally lacking in vegetation of any kind except the simple, untutored red man and his feet. It was an uninviting spot. Good table board was scarce and the steam laundry had not shown up. Despite these drawbacks, which would dismay the stoutest heart In these days, the colonists who came over on the Mayflower did not falter. After sitting around on Plymouth Rock for a few days, in order to remove the seasickness from their legs, they went briskly to work and built a meeting house, where they could assemble on Sunday and listen to 12,000 feet of sermon. Earnest efforts were made to convert the red man and induce him to wear something besides a scalp lock, but not much progress was made in this direction, owing to the •tendency of the red man to fill his visitor full of arrow heads before the subject was properly Introduced. The Mayflower was a small boat, estimated at about 54 per cent watertight, and when caught in the trough of the sea refused to sit upright. It took several weeks for the Puritans to reach Plymouth, and at times they were out of sight of land. We would like to ask how many people today think enough of their conscience to undertake a trip like that, if they were able to locate it in the first place! (Copyright.)