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Those sturdy oaken chairs of Governor Carver, Elder Brewster, and Edward Winslow; the square, hooded wooden cradle brought over by Dr. Samuel Fuller; and the well preserved reed one which rocked Peregrine White, and whose quaint stanchness suggests the same Dutch influence which characterizes the spraddling octagonal windmills  they would quickly recognize all of these. THOSE STURDY OAKEN CHAIRS OF GOVERNOR CARVER ELDER BREWSTER AND EDWARD WINSLOW THE SQUARE HOODED WOODEN CRADLE BROUGHT OVER BY DOCTOR SAMUEL FULLER AND THE WELL PRESERVED REED ONE WHICH ROCKED PEREGRINE WHITE AND WHOSE QUAINT STAUNCHNESS SUGGESTS THE SAME DUTCH INFLUENCE WHICH CHARACTERIZES THE SPRADDLING OCTAGONAL WINDMILLS THEY WOULD QUICKLY RECOGNIZE ALL OF THESE
ows nothing. They have no cattle of any kind, which means no milk or butter; they have no poultry or eggs. Twenty-six acres of cultivated ground--twenty-one of corn, the other five of wheat, rye, and barley--have been quite enough for the twenty-one men and six boys (all who were well enough to work) to handle, but it is not a great deal to feed them all. At one end of the street stands the common house, twenty feet square, where the church services are held; the store-house is near the head of the pier; and at the top of what is now Burial Hill is the timber fort, twenty by twenty, built the January before by Myles Standish. In April, 1621, this is all there is to what is now the prosperous town of Plymouth. And yet--not entirely. There are a few things left in the Plymouth of to-day which were in the Plymouth of three hundred years ago. If our man and maid should turn into Pilgrim Hall their eyes would fall upon some of the selfsame objects which were familiar sights to them in 1621. LONY KNOWS NOTHING THEY HAVE NO CATTLE OF ANY KIND WHICH MEANS NO MILK OR BUTTER THEY HAVE NO POULTRY OR EGGS TWENTY SIX ACRES OF CULTIVATED GROUND TWENTY ONE OF CORN THE OTHER FIVE OF WHEAT RYE AND BARLEY HAVE BEEN QUITE ENOUGH FOR THE TWENTY ONE MEN AND SIX BOYS ALL WHO WERE WELL ENOUGH TO WORK TO HANDLE BUT IT IS NOT A GREAT DEAL TO FEED THEM ALL AT ONE END OF THE STREET STANDS A COMMON HOUSE TWENTY FEET SQUARE WHERE THE CHURCH SERVICES ARE HELD THE STOREHOUSE IS NEAR THE HEAD OF THE PIER AND AT THE TOP OF WHAT IS NOW BURIAL HILL IS THE TIMBER FORT TWENTY BY TWENTY BUILT JANUARY BEFORE BY MILES STANDISH IN APRIL SIXTEEN TWENTY ONE THIS IS ALL THERE IS TO WHAT IS NOW THE PROSPEROUS TOWN OF PLYMOUTH AND YET NOT ENTIRELY THERE ARE FEW THINGS LEFT IN THE PLYMOUTH OF TO DAY WHICH WERE IN THE PLYMOUTH OF THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO IF OUR MAN AND MAID SHOULD TURN INTO PILGRIM HALL THEIR EYES WOULD FALL UPON SOME OF THE SELF SAME OBJECTS WHICH WERE FAMILIAR SIGHTS TO THEM IN SIXTEEN TWENTY ONE
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