The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . diedabout a year previous, leaving considerable property;while the other was absent from the Province at thattime. When Beissel learned of the condition of spiritualaffairs he concluded to keep quiet as to the true causesof his leaving Germany and as to his projects of a solitarylife. As soon as this determination was reached the partyseparated for the time being, each going their way. It may be well at this point to take a retrospectiveglance at the German metropolis in America,
The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers . diedabout a year previous, leaving considerable property;while the other was absent from the Province at thattime. When Beissel learned of the condition of spiritualaffairs he concluded to keep quiet as to the true causesof his leaving Germany and as to his projects of a solitarylife. As soon as this determination was reached the partyseparated for the time being, each going their way. It may be well at this point to take a retrospectiveglance at the German metropolis in America, which is soclosely connected with our history, and see how it appearedthe year following the death of Pastorius. Germantown in 1720 was a ramblingvillage of but few houses, extending alonga single street, officially known as theNorth Wales road, a mere dirt lane with-out paving or kerbing. The houses werealmost without exception plain one-storystructures, the ground floor consisting of Seal of Gfrmantown. , „., , two rooms. 1 he front room was gen-erally built of stone, and the back room or kitchen of logs. Germantoitm Borough. 45 This was in reality the living room of the faniil}-. Thefront part of the house was covered with a high-hippedroof, which formed a low bed-chamber; the gables were ofclap-boards and pierced for a small window, which gavelight and air to the chamber. Many of the roofs werecovered with brick tiles after the German fashion; others,again, were of split oak shingles. The front or streetdoors were all divided in the middle, so as to admit airand at the same time keep out any domestic or otheranimals. The doors were furnished with a porch and abench at either side of the door-jamb. The small windowswere closed by two-hinged sashes, opening inside andhaving small panes of glass set in the leaden sash. Itwas not an unusual thing to find in the rear of the housesthin sheets of horn substituted in lieu of glass, as this hadthe advantage of being cheaper and un
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