Puritan Legacy

     Puritan colonists once labored in my area of the continent. They busted their humps. Their gusto for work coined the term, ‘Puritan Work ethic.’
      That ethos is still practiced. People in New England have a reputation as diligent workers.
      So do folks in the northern Midwestern states. Laboriousness is ingrained in their heritage. Many of the immigrants who settled there were Germans, a people with a reputation for industriousness.
     Hard work pays off. An economic study claims that New England and the Upper Midwest offer the best quality of life in the United States.
     Children in my town attended a Halloween party. It happened outside the Town Hall. A fireman invited kids to blast water from a hose. A girl wearing a Puritan costume (seen in photo) took up his offer.
     Few people wear Puritan styled clothes anymore, but people in this part of America still work hard.