Sullivan Daily Times, Volume 48, Number 256, Sullivan, Sullivan County, 24 December 1946 — Page 28

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Humanity Active In Boston In 1500 B. C.

; By ESTELLE BOND U. P. Staff Correspondent BOSTON (UP) Much, as New Englanders pride themselves on the region's venerable traditions, few of them realize that aboriginal tribes probably lived here in planned communities more than 1,000 years before the birth of Christ. That interesting conclusion was reached by Frederick Johnson, curator of the Robert S. Peabody Foundation for Archaeology at Andover. He bases his theory on a complicated fishweir built in what ' is now Boston's

Back Bay somewhere around . 1500 B.C. As long ago as 1913, achaeologists suspected that the earliest inhabitants of Boston were related to some of the older populations of the continent. It was that year that some . sharpened stakes were discovered ""-cJusing construction of the Boylston street subway. At that time,

the stakes were interpreted to be the remains of an ancient Indian

fishweir.

Glacial Clay Uncovered.

In- 1939, during the excavation

for a new building in Copley

Square, the stakes were discovered for a second time thereby strengthening the original theory. The excavation uncovered the blue clay which underlies most of Back Bay. Of glacial origin, this deposit's surface has been modified by events following the retreat of the glacial ice from New England. i Although about 65,000 stakes

were found over the two-mile

area excavated, there reportedly were, several other areas in which the numbers were more concentrated. These the archaeologists called "walls" and assumed that they were the remains of "leaders" which extended outward from the main part of the weir. The purpose of such leaders, in modern weirs at any rate, is to

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direct schools of fish into a "pocket" where they may be speared easily or caught with nets. Stakes Formed Barrier. The stakes stood vertically in the silt surrounding them, with wattling (brushwood) crowded down among them so that it lay horizontally to form a barrier.

The layers of wattling and other indications made it possible for observers to .determine changes the weir had undergone through the year. Taking into accounr the rise in sea level, determination of the original location of the bottom of Boston Bay and other equally complicated factors, scientists finally concluded that the fishweir was built allowing for an error of 1,000 years either way between 1700 and 1500 B.C. and

abandoned sometime after 1400

B.C.

According to Johnson, the fish

weir maicates strongly tnat in earliest times Boston was a thriving community of respectable size. The builders of the

weir, he said, probably were pre

ceded by smaller groups who

were the region's first occupants. At any rate, archaeologists still are busily studying the evidence, hoping to discover how early people migrated into and lived in what is now called New England. DETAL HOCUS POCUS MAKES IT EASIER

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Mcy your home be filled with the Christmas . spirit; may your hearts be filled with good cheer and may your every dream come true this happy holiday. ... ., -

BEAN GREENHOUSE

MINNEAPOLIS, (UP) Getting their teeth yanked or filled has its light side for youthful ptients of Dr. S. M. Ries, a Minneapolis dentist. When a child sits in the den-

faffs' chair with a frightened

look at the sight of the array of'

instruments, Dr. Ries has an answer. Ries, an amateur magician, always takes the edge off a patient by doing few tricks. Sometimes during a filling Ries stops and performs his ma

gic. His favorite one is placing a sponge rubber ball between a youngster's clenched fists and then "throwing" another ball through his patient's hands. - The doctor never quite throws the ball throsgh but at the end of the trick the patient is tightly holding two rubber balls. When even that doesn't work, he brings in his parrot, "Slug" t?

talk to patients. VALLEY FORGE GETS COPY OF WASHINGTON STATUE "

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VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (UP) The famed life-size Houdon statue of Gen. George Washington is a new landmark in the- historic shrine that marks the post held by the ragged Continental

armies during the winter of 17-

76 and 1777.

The statue placed opposite the

Washington Memorial Chapel is

a bronze replica of the original

done by Jean Antoine Houdon.

The marble Houdon stands in the

rotunda of the state capitol at

Richmond, Va.

Strike Lasts 93 Years

NANIMO, B. C. (UP)Henry

Castillou thinks nothing of the

present-day coal strikes. A mem ber of the Nanimo Pioneers' So

ciety, Castillou said he has had

cne- in progress for 93 years.

Castillou explained Indian miners went on strike in 1853 for higher pay. They had been

receiving four shillings a day

and presents from . their chiefs for mining His Majesty's Ship Cormorant. Castillou said there was no settlement and a native has never worked in the mines since. Total cooking time of turkey can be estimated by weighing the stuffed bird. A small tur

key requires about 25 minutes a

pound, a medium-sized, bird a-

bout 20 minutes a pound and a very large bird around 15 minutes a pound.

The chant of Christmas carols carry our good wishes to all for a happy, happy Yuletide.

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