The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . e worninto furrows through the extra peg-holes bored thatmore and more quilts might be rolled up tightly,making the quilting a work of art in its exquisiteneatness. The wonderful white counterpane on herguest-room bed, with its thousands of fine stitches,etching the smooth surface into a beautiful design,with its artistic center and border of roses, and deerin all four corners, attested to her skill with aneedle. No linen after the spinning and weaving,was whiter than that directed in the bleaching, bythe Domines wife on the parsonage
The parsonage between two manors; annals of Clover-Reach . e worninto furrows through the extra peg-holes bored thatmore and more quilts might be rolled up tightly,making the quilting a work of art in its exquisiteneatness. The wonderful white counterpane on herguest-room bed, with its thousands of fine stitches,etching the smooth surface into a beautiful design,with its artistic center and border of roses, and deerin all four corners, attested to her skill with aneedle. No linen after the spinning and weaving,was whiter than that directed in the bleaching, bythe Domines wife on the parsonage lawn. Each spring the tailoress went from house tohouse, cutting and fitting clothing for the boys andmen from the pepper and salt cloth made from thewool of their own sheep. Seven boys were alwayswaiting for new suits at the parsonage, with theproclivity of boyhood to wear holes in elbowsand knees. The tailoress was followed by the shoe-maker, and dyeing was also a part of the homework. The parsonage, in common with the farm 234 Digitized by Microsoft®. MRS. JOHN GABRIEL GEBHARD. THE DOMINIES HUIS VROUWE.â nelineAvit A. Phillips an Oil Paintino now owned by Rev. John O. Gebtiard, D. D. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® HIS HUIS VROUWE. houses, had a cool lean-to for the making of butter,while the cooking for such a family was a daily bur-den. Olekoeks, liverwurst, rollejes, bolletjes, pan-lash,âto the Philadelphia woman all these articlesof food were familiar before she came to reside inthe Lower Manor of Claverack, and she delighted inkeeping the old home atmosphere in this northernparsonage. There were two days in the year that the childrendearly loved. One was New Years when St. Nich-olas and his vrouwe always remembered good chil-dren, upon the eve of which they stood in a rowbefore the great roaring fires, and hand in handsung,â Santa Klaus, goedt heilig man, Knopyebest van Amsterdam, Van Amsterdam aan Spanje, Van Spanje aan Orange, Een
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