. Papers and proceedings of the Bergen County Historical Society . PRIMITIVE SPINNING WHEEL. A handle on the rear turns the disk with the the Zabriskie-Van Dien Home, Pa ramus Road. An old author says: The action of spinning must be learned by practice, not by rela-tion. Sung by the poets, the grace and beauty of the occupation has ever shared praise withits utility. Wool-spinning was truly one of the most flexible and alert series of movements in theworld, and to its varied and graceful poisei our grandmothers may owe part of the dignity*t carriage that was so characteristic of them
. Papers and proceedings of the Bergen County Historical Society . PRIMITIVE SPINNING WHEEL. A handle on the rear turns the disk with the the Zabriskie-Van Dien Home, Pa ramus Road. An old author says: The action of spinning must be learned by practice, not by rela-tion. Sung by the poets, the grace and beauty of the occupation has ever shared praise withits utility. Wool-spinning was truly one of the most flexible and alert series of movements in theworld, and to its varied and graceful poisei our grandmothers may owe part of the dignity*t carriage that was so characteristic of them. It was a good days work for a quick, active spinner to spin six skeins of yarn a day. It*as estimated that to do that with her quick forward and backward steps she walked overtwenty 4HL ?? ti * p _g I . ! _ i - \ pz~ =P - . 3g : !&>.^,u,.^-uJi ADJUSTABLE CANDLE STAND From a Hoorn Family, Upper Saddle River. Possibly around 1735. MEXICAN WAR HAT AND BUCKLEOn home-made band box. David Zabriskfrom homestead at Oradell. later knownas the Grant place. f i ,Q|Vs iihr^S^^^!^, t*^:^w%^8*swu ^»^^-.*U;» ..„ - .. . .^^&&&l
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