"It wasn't Columbus, was it ?" "Oh no," said Emerson.

"Old Governor Winthrop is to blame for that.

When he settled at Charlestown he saw the old Indian town of Shawmut across the Charles." "And Shawmut was the Boston microbe, was it ?" asked Johnson.
"Yes," said Emerson.
"Spelt with a P, I suppose ?" said Shakespeare.

"P-S-H-A-W, Pshaw, M-U-T, mut, Pshawmut, so called because the inhabitants are always muttering pshaw.

Eh ?" "Pretty good," said Johnson.