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Surely it is a long cry from these kitchen fireplaces  so large that often a horse had to be driven into the kitchen dragging the huge back log  these immense families, to the kitchenette and one child family of to day! SURELY IT IS A LONG CRY FROM THESE KITCHEN FIREPLACES SO LARGE THAT OFTEN A HORSE HAD TO BE DRIVEN INTO THE KITCHEN DRAGGING THE HUGE BACK LOG THESE IMMENSE FAMILIES TO THE KITCHENETTE AND ONE CHILD FAMILY OF TO DAY
om the barrel in the cellar." * * * * * One notices the frequent reference to beer in these old chronicles. The tea, over which the colonists were to take such a dramatic stand in a hundred years, had not yet been introduced into England, and neither had coffee. Forks had not yet made their appearance. In this admirable picture Mr. Sheldon does not mention one of the evening industries which was peculiarly characteristic of the Plymouth Colony. This was the making of clapboards, which with sassafras and beaver skins, constituted for many years the principal cargo sent back to England from the Colony. Another point--the size of the families. The mother of Governor William Phips had twenty-one sons and five daughters, and the Reverend John Sherman had six children by his first wife and twenty by his second. These were not uncommon figures in the early life of New England; and with so many numbers within itself the home life was a center for a very complete and variegated industrial life. ING WAS TO REPLENISH FROM THE BARREL IN THE CELLAR WHAT NOTICES THE FREQUENT REFERENCE TO BEER IN THESE OLD CHRONICLES THE TEA OVER WHICH THE COLONISTS WERE TO TAKE SUCH A DRAMATIC STAND IN A HUNDRED YEARS HAD NOT YET BEEN INTRODUCED INTO ENGLAND AND NEITHER HAD COFFEE FORKS HAD NOT YET MADE THEIR APPEARANCE IN THIS ADMIRABLE PICTURE MISTER SHELDON DOES NOT MENTION ONE OF THE EVENING INDUSTRIES WHICH WAS PECULIARLY CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PLYMOUTH COLONY THIS WAS THE MAKING OF CLAPBOARDS WHICH WITH SASSAFRAS AND BEAVER SKINS CONSTITUTED FOR MANY YEARS THE PRINCIPAL CARGO SENT BACK TO ENGLAND FROM THE COLONY ANOTHER POINT THE SIZE OF THE FAMILIES THE MOTHER OF GOVERNOR WILLIAM PHIPPS HAD TWENTY ONE SONS AND FIVE DAUGHTERS AND THE REVEREND JOHN SHERMAN HAD SIX CHILDREN BY HIS FIRST WIFE AND TWENTY BY HIS SECOND THESE WERE NOT UNCOMMON FIGURES IN THE EARLY LIFE OF NEW ENGLAND AND WITH SO MANY NUMBERS WITHIN ITSELF THE HOME LIFE WAS A CENTER FOR A VERY COMPLETE AND VARIEGATED INDUSTRIAL LIFE
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