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Show Came Ovsr Ocean In Washtub. An ngtM apple tree stands on tho promisee of Henry Coleimiu at Itoter Neck, In Hid hostorlc locality nt tho trst perninmut settlement of New Ha m I, I re. Tradition says that tho Iroe camo ovir from Kngland In n washtub It Is not Known who brought II. nor In prrclacly what year It nrrlml. but In tlew of tho fait that It Is on land originally uwnoil Jiy the Hilton family, Ibvro la every reason In suppose that It vomited with tho Ilrst shipload of tettlerM, in the spring of lGtS, when, according to tho oorllial record, "the lllltniia set up their atages at Doter others uf tlio company hating ri nalneil for n lime nt the first landing aoar tho mouth nf the I'lscataqua river. |