Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . the brick oven adjoining. Thetinder-box and flint were used forlighting the fire and the bellowsto fan it into a blaze. The an-cient iron candle sticks or tallowdips stood on the mande piece, and above on wooden pegs hung the oldflint-lock musket and powder horn. The piggin, skillet, and other roughlyconstructed articles of culinary use; the tin lantern, candle and bulletmoulds; mortar and pestle, hour glass, the steelyards, the birch broom, theiron fire shovel an
Worcester legends : incidents, anecdotes, reminiscences, etc., connected with the early history of Worcester, Mass., and vicinity . the brick oven adjoining. Thetinder-box and flint were used forlighting the fire and the bellowsto fan it into a blaze. The an-cient iron candle sticks or tallowdips stood on the mande piece, and above on wooden pegs hung the oldflint-lock musket and powder horn. The piggin, skillet, and other roughlyconstructed articles of culinary use; the tin lantern, candle and bulletmoulds; mortar and pestle, hour glass, the steelyards, the birch broom, theiron fire shovel and tongs, and other articles of daily use either hung on thewalls or stood in their accustomed places. The bare ?^^^or and the woodensettle, the dresser with its pewter plates, platters, etc., the reel and quill-wheel, the wooden churn, straight back chairs, the old eight-day clock inthe corner, were familiar objects in nearly every New England home. The monotony of life in the settlement was varied by occasional social gatherings, in which labor andmerrymaking went hand in old fashioned husking andquilting parties
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