. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . d the smaller boys. 120 RUTH OF BOSTON She did not appear to think it necessary that youngladies should know so very much concerning Latingrammar, or arithmetic; but rather spent her timeshowing us how to spin tow strings, or to knit hose orstockings. Because of the schools having been set up in herown home, we could learn how to cook, and to weave, and to knit, not only for ourown use, but to sell, and anykind of knitting work donewell was in great I could do herring-bone, or fox-and-geese pat-terns, working them, moreove
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . d the smaller boys. 120 RUTH OF BOSTON She did not appear to think it necessary that youngladies should know so very much concerning Latingrammar, or arithmetic; but rather spent her timeshowing us how to spin tow strings, or to knit hose orstockings. Because of the schools having been set up in herown home, we could learn how to cook, and to weave, and to knit, not only for ourown use, but to sell, and anykind of knitting work donewell was in great I could do herring-bone, or fox-and-geese pat-terns, working them, moreover,into mittens or stockings, I feltexceeding proud. Indeed, we had among usone girl who knit into a singlepair of mittens, the alphabetand a verse of poetry in fourlines. Mistress Sowerby was most careful in teaching usthe use of the quill, for she claimed that the younggirl or young woman, who could make easy, flowingletters, need not consider herself ignorant, even thoughshe failed in arithmetic, or was unable to spell cor-rectly the words she set RAISING FLAX 121 It seemed to Susan and me as if the people of Bostonwere taking great pride in the teaching of their children,when we learned that four hundred pounds had beenset aside from the money of the town with which to setup a college, near those plantations which we had cometo call the New Town. We girls \vere more than disappointed, however,when told that only lads would be allowed to enterthis college, and then not until having gained a certainamount of knowledge elsewhere; but yet it was a matterin which we could take pride, that there should besuch a school formed when only six years had passedsince wre began to build the to\vn of Boston. RAISING FLAX * It wrould be strange indeed if I failed to set downanything concerning the flax which we spin, becausesave for it we would have had nothing of linen exceptwhat could be brought from England. There is noquestion but that every one who reads this will knowexactly ho
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