Young folks' history of the United States . MR. Whitfields house. Guilford, Conn., built in 1639, ^^ still standing, proba-bly the oldest housein the United Statesnorth of should observethat the windowswere very small, andopened on hinges;and we should findthe fireplaces of thesehouses large enough for burning logs four feet long,and for the children to sit in the corners to look up atthe sky. We should find the houses facing exactlysouth, so that the sun at noon might shine square into them, and the familymight know when to havedinner. If we could see the people Puritanoccupying th
Young folks' history of the United States . MR. Whitfields house. Guilford, Conn., built in 1639, ^^ still standing, proba-bly the oldest housein the United Statesnorth of should observethat the windowswere very small, andopened on hinges;and we should findthe fireplaces of thesehouses large enough for burning logs four feet long,and for the children to sit in the corners to look up atthe sky. We should find the houses facing exactlysouth, so that the sun at noon might shine square into them, and the familymight know when to havedinner. If we could see the people Puritanoccupying these houses, weshould find the men wearingjerkins, small-clothes, ruffsaround their necks, and,when in the open air, shortcloaks and steeple-crownedhats, under which the elderswore velvet caps. We shouldfind the young men, on pub-lic occasions, wearing showybelts, gold and silver but-tons, and great boots rolledover at the top. We shouldfind the young women wearing plain and homespun. K PURITAN. ^8 YOUNG folks united STATES. clothing when about their work, but appearing on Sun-days in silk hoods, lace neckerchiefs, slashed sleevesand embroidered caps. But the law required that tlieyshould dress according to their means ; and, if they woresuch things, they must prove that they were rich enoughto afford it. This was the practice in England in thosedays, and the Puritans brought such laws with it appears in the records, that one Alice Flyntwas accused of wearing a silk hood ; but when sheproved before court that she was worth two hundredpounds in money the complaint was dropped. JonasFairbanks, about the same time, was prosecuted forwearing great boots ; but the evidence was not suffi-cient to convict him, and he was happily If we were to remain in this Puritan village during the week, we might see, perhaps, a monthly muster ofthe soldiers; that is, of all men over the age of six-teen. We should perhaps see the officers with swordslike that swo
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