. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. LIFE IN THE COLONIES. 127 LESSON.—Most houses -were plain. The kitchen was the living w^as done in the great fireplace. The common ware w^as made ofw^ood, tin, or pewter, but some families had china and silver sets. the houses were plain, wooden structures, with two or threerooms on the lower floor, and, perhaps, the same on the floorabove. The kitchen was the livins; room. It was laro;e andserved for kitchen, dining-room, sitting-room, and, often, forbedroom. The chief features of this room were its immense
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. LIFE IN THE COLONIES. 127 LESSON.—Most houses -were plain. The kitchen was the living w^as done in the great fireplace. The common ware w^as made ofw^ood, tin, or pewter, but some families had china and silver sets. the houses were plain, wooden structures, with two or threerooms on the lower floor, and, perhaps, the same on the floorabove. The kitchen was the livins; room. It was laro;e andserved for kitchen, dining-room, sitting-room, and, often, forbedroom. The chief features of this room were its immense fireplace,and the ceiling ^vith bare beams, on which hung ears of corn,pumpkins, herbs, and many such things, for which no otherplace could be found. The walls were whitewashed in ordi-nary houses, and papered or painted in more elegant the cooking was done in the great fireplace. Iron cranes were fastened in the chimney, and from themhooks were suspended to hold the pots and kettles in whichboiling and stewing were done. The roasting was carried
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