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Title: Building the nation : events in the history of the United States, from the Revolution to the beginning of the war between the states
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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A NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN. They played Blind-mans-buff and Come, Philander, let us bea-marching, and Roast beef behind your back; but there must be nodancing—that was an invention of the devil. When oyster-suppers cameinto fashion the old folks opposed them. One woman said oysters wouldlead to dancing. 1790-1800.) SOCIAL LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND. 85
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In March, when the sunwas swelling the buds of themaples, came the time formaking sugar. The farmersbored holes in the trees, in-serted spouts, caught the sapin buckets and troughs ; hungtheir great kettles upon a pole,kindled fires, boiling the sapuntil it became thick, thus ob-taining their molasses andsugar. Friends and neighborswere invited to a sugaringoff. Then the woods rungwith merry laughter. When spring came—whenthe farmer could drive histeam afield — there was notime for play. There was theploughing, sowing, planting,hoeing of corn and potatoes,washing and shearing ofsheep. In June the wood-mans axe was ringing, felling the forest-trees, that they might dry duringthe hot summer days, and be ready for burning in August. In July camethe haying season. In August was the wheat harvest, cutting the ripenedgrain with the sickle, binding it into sheaves to be threshed in winter.Then came the season for burning the trees felled in June. Tall columnsof smoke rose heavenward, fla

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