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Title: Annals of Chicopee Street : records and reminiscences of an old New England parish for a period of two hundred years
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Palmer, Clara Skeele, 1830?-1911
Subjects: First Church (Chicopee, Mass.) Chicopee (Mass.) -- History
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : H.R. Johnson
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ll in existence, shows on one side haystacks andsheaves of grain, on the other an ox and sheep with-the name, S. Chapin, in large letters underneath. Col. Abel was a large farmer, and fatted cattle forthe Brighton and New York markets, cattle whichwere the wonder and admiration of all. His son,Sumner, after him, continued the tavern and the fat-tening of cattle. Both father and son received manypremiums for their stock. Some of us remember thebeautiful Short Horns coming home from CattleShow with their blue ribbon premium badges tied totheir horns. It has been the fashion with some of this day andgeneration to deride the narrowness of old NewEngland times. It is true that life in those days wasvery simple, but that life can hardly have beenamusingly narrow, which dwelt continually on thetremendous realities of Liberty in this world and ofSalvation in the world to come; and to the sweet andwholesome influence of these homely lives we owemuch that is good in these latter days. Devout in
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C hie op ee Street 47 thought and habit, no people ever had truer reverencefor God, the Bible, or the Sabbath. Family worship was almost universal, as was alsothe custom of asking a blessing at the beginning andof returning thanks at the close of every meal. Inmost families the Sabbath began and ended at sun-down, but a few thought with Mr. Pyncheon, thatthe Lords day did begin with the natural morningat midnight, and end with the natural evening atmidnight. At first there were few clocks or watches, thehour glass, sun dial, and noon mark bemg used tomark the time. But by the close of the last century,tall clocks had become common. Homespun was the common, everyday dress, butmost men had a Sunday suit of English broadcloth,while their wives had one or more silk dresses.Cloaks of beautiful red broadcloth were worn, and,occasionally, one of black satin. Mrs. Kezia, wife of Major Moses, who was mar-ried in 1785 and died in 1822, left a wardrobe thatwould be elegant even in these modern d

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