| Show TING s tile alic Ilot leers of 61 i I 1 tars fars rast past the lm aites lad bud been driven west and the country occupied by settlers lera from virginia aud and north carolina clearings were made in lu the 1 be furest forext and the celal rated log cabin was tits lie palatial abode eth land ord lord these theae houses were built of I 1 logs 0 ga anti anil covered with clapboards four t fit ela tong IOD anti abdil from six six to tin tell inches wide rived out of straight grained oak tim liter her and laid on riga ram in in courses on the build building ilig and held hed in in place placa with wilh a heavy polo pola laid on each course nuila nails were not cot to bo be tied I 1 there were ft en no windows window glass was not in in bitae light come in in through the chinka and by the door which was 8 always ien except when the w wind i od or 01 worta storm beat against it there was waa gen generally orally two door saud when the storm coma came it ID at ono onn door it was waa closed an and d the other opened and when the storm skimped round to I 1 ibe be other side that door was waa closed and the other opened some one had to be on duty in it a storm to 16 bep 1 beep it out oat aud and lot let the light in in the chimney was built of wood on the outside at the end of the tha cabio cabin it was waa plastered plaat ered with mud mod to keep it from burning the bra ra place wai waa frow from four to six feet will wide with back anti addams jams of rock or mud the ibe fuel fool was waa wood placed on andirons and find irons irons it took the I 1 of a cord to make mak one good fire anre in in cold weather Tho doors were hung with wooden hinges binges and fastened with a wooden latch which was worked on the outside with a and when tile the string was pulled in the door could not cot bo be open ed from the outside hence the origin of if the saying the latch string bangs on the outside out Bida moaning meaning we welcome and hospitality tile the mode of raveling draveling was on horsek k for or both in indies and gentlemen in this baj ong long jour ailys were performed the m puling lip at night at the he country tH taverna the clothing wit was all made at home by the female nor tion of the family rach each farmer lad had a cotton and its tatti patch an and d a mall mail alock of sheep alfans all waa done by bond baud with cards spinning wheel and hand looms this win before beford the el elihu nl lit rowing hewing machine agent was born punta pauls buttons were made of pewter cast in in a mould shirt buttons were made of thread egedi ansly worked with wilh a needle female clothing was wan secured with cords corda sod and bipes books haid d eyes were unknown the abo lead head dress was the sun aun bonnet la gentl in 1111 0 old be seen with ao an L konlski bullseye bull neya buver watch but this was very rare rara timid lima was measured in in a clear day by the nuon noon mark in in I 1 he south dour at all other title it was guessed aland the approach of morn was known by the cro crowing ilag of ct the cock about twenty years later the yankee peddlers from coo came into the iba month and bof selling belling wooden clock fland every farmer had bad to have bava a cluck the peddler would sell beell on time limit take it a note and many mortgaged their growing crops to geta get a wooden cl cloctt and although wood was worth only fity cents a cord these clocks were sold at forty dollars each find a bouse without t a clock was wag as much out of place as a loube hoube now dow a days without a sewing me machine chino and baby carriage carnage table were made of pewter und about ovary every five bearo beare the tinker linker would come around with a sack or on his hia back containing moulds mould aud ladle to renew the dishes which won would III got get battered and discolored he would put thorn them into his ladle and throw in in a little addition additional t ml metal to n make la ke op dp the I 1 loss 0 by wear li ha would wool melt the taws class and pour it into 6 ins 11 moulds and bring out ant a new set of if dishes as bright as a new dow silver dollar in in this way one set would blast ast for gone generations rations the spoons were mado made in tho the same way and the outfit was called a pewter set sat when anybody was waa taken sick rick the neighborhood doctor would be callad I 1 in in haste on his bis arrival ha be would feel the pulse of the patient and bial no mat ter what the complaint was he almost invariably corded the arm opened a vein with wilb the lance and draw a pint of blood front from 1 a I grown person and proportionally less lesa from a child both arms of the writer bear tha marks of aba lance inflicted in in this wo way y 61 aty years year ago what a won derifaj cha change ogo in an the treat treatment mAtli of tb eick since that time A doctor who aou would id bleed it a patient now would be sent to the manna insane asylum wheat was cut with the erlih and the thrashing thra thing was done with flails and sometimes by aspre spreading 1 adank the a on a barn floor slid aud ei driving riving horses around on it till it w was tramped out oat when it was cleared cleare d by hand band with rakes lakes and tiddles leg the school house was a log pro pem W with ith a dirt floor the aba desks for the scholars were made nt t logs 1098 split open opan the leg alegn being driven into auger holes boles to hold j hein up two feet from the tha floor with the hat ant sida up ap we did not have bc school hool teachers in those days we bail school ni ro astere asters armed rith nth a big hut flat ruler and a birch or hickory rod about four feet long theto there was a lecul peculiar liar seat brat or block near the be chair on which occasionally be would wake make a refractory scholar sit with a pec peculiar aliar cap on bis bead to but be gazed at by the school by way of this wits waa called the donee block and cap and if ibis did nut give satisfaction he be would come down on tie ns with the ruler or hickory anti and thus like the ion auth it of ancient sparta we were trained with knocks god and blows aud and it we did to not t make scholars we were qualified for hard bard service J B pleasant peasant grota march 27 1887 1 I 1 I 1 t |
