Every life a delight . rry din Before the hearth the long day then, when early evening came, And ere the twilight prayers were said,They dipped the candle-wicks whose flame Should light them to their curtained bed. In course of time, while Raynard and his children werepursuing their regular duties as pioneers, the RevolutionaryWar, with all its excitements and animosities, had come andgone. The wife of his youth had left the earth. The eldest son,Jacob, had married, and by the year 1780 or 1782 the entirefamily had determined to leave Maryland and seek a newhome in the wilds of Can
Every life a delight . rry din Before the hearth the long day then, when early evening came, And ere the twilight prayers were said,They dipped the candle-wicks whose flame Should light them to their curtained bed. In course of time, while Raynard and his children werepursuing their regular duties as pioneers, the RevolutionaryWar, with all its excitements and animosities, had come andgone. The wife of his youth had left the earth. The eldest son,Jacob, had married, and by the year 1780 or 1782 the entirefamily had determined to leave Maryland and seek a newhome in the wilds of Canada. 310 Personal Reflections They made the journey and settled at Lyons Creek, aboutfive miles from Niagara Falls, where they cleared a small farm. Before the century closed, the widowed father, Raynard,sank to his long rest and was buried at Drummondsville. The great grand man had passed through many hardships,and merited the reward of the faithful. The first meal the family ate in Canada was unique even SPINNING FLAX Every Life A Delight The last bit of flour had been exhausted, and there were nostores where new supplies could be obtained. A kind neighbor had a small piece of wheat just ripeningtoward the harvest, and he allowed the suffering family to cutjust one sheaf. The wheat was shelled by hand from the heads, the chaffbeing blown out by the breath, and the kernels were boiled forthe repast.
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