A history of the United States for Catholic schools . rs and the middle colonists (withthe exception of the New York settlers)lived in a primitive manner in logcabins. Eventually solidly built housesof heavy oak timber took the place ofthese dwellings. There were few stoves,and large open fireplaces, over or be-fore which the cooking was done, wereused. The kitchen, seldom more thanseven feet high, was the chief apart-ment. Huge bunches of seed corU; andlong strings of apples and onions were suspended from theceiling. The walls of the rooms of the better buildings wereplastered and whitewashed
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . rs and the middle colonists (withthe exception of the New York settlers)lived in a primitive manner in logcabins. Eventually solidly built housesof heavy oak timber took the place ofthese dwellings. There were few stoves,and large open fireplaces, over or be-fore which the cooking was done, wereused. The kitchen, seldom more thanseven feet high, was the chief apart-ment. Huge bunches of seed corU; andlong strings of apples and onions were suspended from theceiling. The walls of the rooms of the better buildings wereplastered and whitewashed. The furniture usually includeda tall wooden clock and a dresser on which were the pewterdishes brought from England. Nearly every home had a spin-ning wheel, and a loom for weaving. The food was simple,consisting in most instances of mush and molasses, corn cakes,and potatoes. The middle class of the South dwelt in houses resemblingthose constructed in the North, but the rich lived in statelymansions having vine-clad verandas and balconies, within. SPINNING WHEEL 162 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES which the music of the harpsichord was oftener heard thanthe hum of the spinning-wheel. The kitchen and the laundrystood apart from the mansion. The negroes dwelt in clustersof wooden cabins located at convenient distances from theresidence. Black slaves performed all the domestic labors. 227. Amusements. The New Englanders had few enjoy-ments. During the long winter evenings the mothers anddaughters would sit by the fireside with their spinning, knit-ting, and quilting, while the father read his Bible or smoked his pipe. Sometimes cider-drinking, nut-cracking, andstory telling helped to whileaway the evening hours. Theyoung people, however, werenot without their amusements,such as house raising, dancing,and corn-husking parties, andsocial gatherings for spin-ning, quilting, and apple-par-ing. The chief holiday wasThanksgiving. Christmas wasnot observed because of thePuritan aversio
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