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Show ACenlenniaL Contrast, ; t Ah 1 old-fash'ioned ' New England farmer's home of one hundred years ago was exhibited at the Centennial. In this was shown the ancient kitchen kit-chen with its roomy fireplace, . span-nragrwheel, span-nragrwheel, qutlting-f i ame, and other house-wife appurtenances, all in use aa: in. the days when we lived under th'erking. Close, by may.- be found as perfect: at raoder n New England kitchen as it is possible to build. . First- as. 'Tuor. Richard? had it ini7r6: "Farmers -atthe plow, , "Wife milling the cow, . , Daughter spinning yarny. Son threshing jm the barn, : All happy to a charm." And now for the.modern Improvement Improve-ment in 1876: "Farmers go see -a show, . Daughters at the piano, Madame gaily dressedin satin, All the boys learning Latin, With mortgage on thearm." |