. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and SOUTH CHURCH, NEW BKITAIN, CONX. [^CuityiCjUtiunal.). 570 CnrUCH AECHITECTCRE, PAST AND PKESEyT. Thev might get asleep if they were so com-fortable. In the older settlements, the logcabin churches and school houses had givenplace to hu2e barn-like structures, lofty andbare and cold, with great square pews aslariie as the bed chambers of a modemdwelling, with high partitions, where eachfamily sat by itself like the witnesses in acourt, the jury in the jury-box, or, in manycases, like the criminal in his pen, when t
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and SOUTH CHURCH, NEW BKITAIN, CONX. [^CuityiCjUtiunal.). 570 CnrUCH AECHITECTCRE, PAST AND PKESEyT. Thev might get asleep if they were so com-fortable. In the older settlements, the logcabin churches and school houses had givenplace to hu2e barn-like structures, lofty andbare and cold, with great square pews aslariie as the bed chambers of a modemdwelling, with high partitions, where eachfamily sat by itself like the witnesses in acourt, the jury in the jury-box, or, in manycases, like the criminal in his pen, when thejudge is about to pronounce sentence on mother or grandmother, in respect fortheir age aud dignity, were allowed to bringtheir footstoves, little square boxes of perfo-rated tin, having a little iron dish of livecoals within them, and with these, while in-haling the charcoal ftimes, they were fainto keep their feet from freezing in the win-ter: but the father, and the sons, and thelittle children were allowed no such foolishindulgence. After tramping through thesnow perhaps for mUes, they took theirseats in their pews
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