Young folks' history of the United States . regationscould go beyond five. This was the Puritan form ofreligious service. And people were not allowed tostay at home from it; for men called tithing-men weresent about the town to look for those who were were fined for every unnecessary absence; and, ifthey stayed aw^ay a month together, they might be put inthe stocks, or into a wooden Looking round at the houses of the Puritan villasre, dwellings i , T n ^ we should see that the older ones were made of earthor logs, one story high, with very steep roofs, coveredwith thatc
Young folks' history of the United States . regationscould go beyond five. This was the Puritan form ofreligious service. And people were not allowed tostay at home from it; for men called tithing-men weresent about the town to look for those who were were fined for every unnecessary absence; and, ifthey stayed aw^ay a month together, they might be put inthe stocks, or into a wooden Looking round at the houses of the Puritan villasre, dwellings i , T n ^ we should see that the older ones were made of earthor logs, one story high, with very steep roofs, coveredwith thatch. Entering any of these, we should findthe fireplaces made of rough stones, and the chimneyseither of boards, or of short sticks crossing each other,and smeared with clay. Here and there we should seenewer and better houses, made of wood and brick, twostories high in front, and one story behind; or housesof stone, like this of which a picture is given, andwhich represents the house of Rev. Mr. Whitfield at COLONIAL DAYS IN NEW ENGLAND. 17. MR. Whitfields house. Guilford, Conn., built in 1639, ^^ still standing, proba-bly the oldest housein the United Statesnorth of should observethat the windowswere very small, andopened on hinges;and we should findthe fireplaces of thesehouses large enough for burning logs four feet long,and for the children to sit in the corners to look up atthe sky. We should find the houses facing exactlysouth, so that the sun at noon might shine square into them, and the familymight know when to havedinner. If we could see the people Puritanoccupying these houses, weshould find the men wearingjerkins, small-clothes, ruffsaround their necks, and,when in the open air, shortcloaks and steeple-crownedhats, under which the elderswore velvet caps. We shouldfind the young men, on pub-lic occasions, wearing showybelts, gold and silver but-tons, and great boots rolledover at the top. We shouldfind the young women wearing plain and homespun
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