Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . ^ every farmer had hisfield of flax, and some had flaxto sell. The wives and daushters. made cloth of it for the family, ^and the boys at an early agelearned to brake and swinge early houses of thesettlement were one-story,with stone chimneys, and builtprincipally of logs, and thewindows in many of themwere of oiled paper instead ofglass. The interiors were un-finished and almost destitute of furnishing, the benches, tables andchairs being home made. The ch
Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . ^ every farmer had hisfield of flax, and some had flaxto sell. The wives and daushters. made cloth of it for the family, ^and the boys at an early agelearned to brake and swinge early houses of thesettlement were one-story,with stone chimneys, and builtprincipally of logs, and thewindows in many of themwere of oiled paper instead ofglass. The interiors were un-finished and almost destitute of furnishing, the benches, tables andchairs being home made. The chimneys were large enough in mostcases to allow of seats inside the fireplace, where a person sitting inthe evening could watch the stars through the top of the cooking was done principally in iron pots and kettles, which
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