. 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. t and cold on the back, unless he sat on a settle. A settlewas a seat with a high back extending to the floor. Sometimesthe chimney place was so large that the settle was inside andone could look up and see the stars. When bedtime came the great fire was useless. It con-sumed a vast quantity of wood, the preparation of which madethe sound of chop, chop, chop, a very familiar one at everyhouse, and, as there would be no one to feed it during theni
. 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. t and cold on the back, unless he sat on a settle. A settlewas a seat with a high back extending to the floor. Sometimesthe chimney place was so large that the settle was inside andone could look up and see the stars. When bedtime came the great fire was useless. It con-sumed a vast quantity of wood, the preparation of which madethe sound of chop, chop, chop, a very familiar one at everyhouse, and, as there would be no one to feed it during thenight, it was carefully covered with ashes, in order to keep the coals alive until the next it go out in those days whenmatches were unknown, somebodywould go to the neighbors for livecoals. The bedrooms were, of course,pretty cold, but, thanks to the greatfeather beds, the sleepers got warmafter awhile and were able to keepso, sometimes by the aid of closecurtains, all around and above the bed. Just before gettingin it, the bed would be heated by the warming pan, a brasspan containing live coals and moved about between OLD TIMES AND NEW 117
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