. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. OLD TIMES AND NEW 117. FOOTSTOVE AND WarMING PaN. In the meeting-house there were no fireplaces; but thewomen tried to keep warm by the aid of a Httle footstove,filled with hot coals. The children, too, were often very coldin school. In the school house at Tatham little Lydia wouldfind the pie frozen in the dinner basket under her seat, butshe lived through it all to a healthy old age. It is not so muchwhat we endure as how well we learn to endur
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. OLD TIMES AND NEW 117. FOOTSTOVE AND WarMING PaN. In the meeting-house there were no fireplaces; but thewomen tried to keep warm by the aid of a Httle footstove,filled with hot coals. The children, too, were often very coldin school. In the school house at Tatham little Lydia wouldfind the pie frozen in the dinner basket under her seat, butshe lived through it all to a healthy old age. It is not so muchwhat we endure as how well we learn to endure, thatcounts. People madetheir own but-ter and cheeseand the boysmilked cows andchurned butter,while the girlsearly learned tospin; for the cloth generally worn was made in the family and forthis reason called homespun. It took continual spin-ning to make the clothes for a large family. The flax forlinen was raised on the farm, then dressed and carded; thewool, too, was raised at home. For the colors, if brown waswanted, the children had to gather butternut leaves for the, „ dye. With all this, milking and churning, spinning and weaving,plantmg and hoeing, haying
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