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From all around the walls of Pilgrim Hall look down fine, stern old portraits, real and imaginary, of the early colonists. FROM ALL AROUND THE WALLS OF PILGRIM HALL LOOK DOWN FINE STERN OLD PORTRAITS REAL AND IMAGINARY OF THE EARLY COLONISTS
arious tankards and goblets, and the beautiful mortar and pestle brought over by Winslow. But the two-tined fork they would regard with curiosity, for forks were not used, even in England, until 1650. The teapots, too, which look antiquated enough to us, would fill them with wonder, for tea was practically unknown in both colony and mother country until 1657. Those fragments of rude agricultural implements which we treasure would not interest our man and maid for whom they are ordinary sights, and neither would they regard with the same historical interest that moves us the bits of stone from the Scrooby Manor in England, the bricks from the old pier at Delft Haven in Holland, or the piece of carved pew-back from the old church at Scrooby. Possibly our Pilgrim maid is one of the few who can write, and if so, her fingers have doubtless fashioned a sampler as exquisite as that of Lora Standish, whose meek docility and patient workmanship are forever preserved in her cross-stitched words. ANKARDS AND GOBLETS AND THE BEAUTIFUL MORTAR AND PESTLE BROUGHT OVER BY WINSLOW BUT THE TWO TINED FORK THEY WOULD REGARD WITH CURIOSITY FOR FORKS WERE NOT USED EVEN IN ENGLAND UNTIL SIXTEEN FIFTY THE TEA POTS TOO WHICH LOOKED ANTIQUATED ENOUGH TO US WOULD FILL THEM WITH WONDER FOR TEA WAS PRACTICALLY UNKNOWN IN BOTH COLONY AND MOTHER COUNTRY UNTIL SIXTEEN FIFTY SEVEN THOSE FRAGMENTS OF RUDE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS WHICH WE TREASURE WOULD NOT INTEREST OUR MAN AND MAID FOR WHOM THEY ARE ORDINARY SIGHTS AND NEITHER WOULD THEY REGARD WITH THE SAME HISTORICAL INTEREST THAT MOVES US THE BITS OF STONE FROM THE SCRUBY MANOR IN ENGLAND THE BRICKS FROM THE OLD PIER AT DELPH HAVEN IN HOLLAND WERE THE PIECE OF CARVED PEW BACK FROM THE OLD CHURCH AT SCRUBY POSSIBLY OUR PILGRIM MAID IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO CAN WRITE AND IF SO HER FINGERS HAVE DOUBTLESS FASHIONED A SAMPLER AS EXQUISITE AS THAT OF LAURA STANDISH WHOSE MEEK DOCILITY AND PATIENT WORKMANSHIPS ARE FOREVER PRESERVED IN HER CROSSTITCHED WORDS
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