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Here around the rough table, seated on rude stools or benches, all partook of the plain and sometimes stinted fare. HERE AROUND THE ROUGH TABLE SEATED ON RUDE STOOLS OR BENCHES ALL PARTOOK OF THE PLAIN AND SOMETIMES STINTED FARE
ew years ago the traces of the whitewood trees which gave the name of "Eagle's Nest" to his house could be distinguished. One son--Love--lived with the venerable elder, who was a widower, and his other son Jonathan owned the neighboring farm. In the sight of the Plymouth Colony--their first home in the new land--the three men often worked together, cutting trees and planting. Others of the original Mayflower company came too, leaving traces of themselves in such names as Blackfriars Brook, Billingsgate, and Houndsditch--names which they brought from Old England. The homes which these pioneers so laboriously and so lovingly wrought--what were they? How did they compare with the modern home and household? In Mr. Sheldon's "History of Deerfield" we find such a charming and vivid picture of home life in the early days--and one that applies with equal accuracy to Duxbury--that we cannot do better than copy it here: "The ample kitchen was the center of the family life, social and industrial. TTLEMENT AND UP TO A FEW YEARS AGO THE TRACES OF THE WHITE WOOD TREES WHICH GAVE THE NAME OF EAGLE'S NEST TO HIS HOUSE COULD BE DISTINGUISHED ONE SON LOVE LIVED WITH THE VENERABLE ELDER WHO WAS A WIDOWER AND HIS OTHER SON JONATHAN OWNED THE NEIGHBOURING FARM IN THE SIGHT OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THEIR FIRST HOME IN THE NEW LAND THE THREE MEN OFTEN WORKED TOGETHER CUTTING TREES AND PLANTING OTHERS OF THE ORIGINAL MAYFLOWER COMPANY CAME TO LEAVING TRACES OF THEMSELVES AND SUCH NAMES AS BLACKFRIARS BROOKE BILLINGSGATE AND HOUND DITCH NAMES WHICH THEY BROUGHT FROM OLD ENGLAND THE HOMES WHICH THESE PIONEERS SO LABORIOUSLY AND SO LOVINGLY WROUGHT WHAT WERE THEY HOW DID THEY COMPARE WITH THE MODERN HOME AND HOUSEHOLD IN MISTER SHELDON'S HISTORY OF DEERFIELD WE FIND SUCH A CHARMING AND VIVID PICTURE OF HOME LIFE IN THE EARLY DAYS AND ONE THAT APPLIES WITH EQUAL ACCURACY TO DUXBURY THAT WE CANNOT DO BETTER THAN COPY IT HERE THE AMPLE KITCHEN WAS THE CENTRE OF THE FAMILY LIFE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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