Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-08-06
Gbe 9air SPY: aaluesst Gnsoap aonmg august g. 1892

walls were often covered with hangiugs, some
times richly ornamented, on which arms and
trophies of the chase were hung. The fire was
made in the middle of the apartment, the smoke
finding its way out Of the aperture in the roof.
Wood was generally burned, though il is be-
heVed the Saxous were acquainted with the use
of coal, Brcakfasting about 0 o'clock, the
Anglo-Saxon was ready for his dinner OF princi-
pal repast at g. after which was the Gfen-mete,
or evening meal, the time for partaking of which
was uncertain. 1t is thought that the last-named
meal was not originally in use among our Saxon
forefathers If the food was deficient in quality
it was made up in quantity. The great oak
forests fed large droves of swine, and bacon WIS
largely eaten. Boiling seems to have been the
chief mode of cooking meat, which was eaten
with great deal of bread $50 that servant
was called hlaf @tan, or loaf eater,) and yegeta-
bles. Many OF our culinary terms are Saxon,
such as kettle (cytel), cook (coc) kitchen ICY
cene), and broth (brod). Wine Twin, from Latin
viEum,) was used by the Saxons, though only
on state occasions, few only of the monasteries
appearing to have had vineyards. Whieindul
ing in their pOtations the Saxons had various
persons TO afford them amusement, such as the
hearpere or harper; pipere, or piper: gligman,
or gleeman. Minstrels were always welcome to
the hall, and for this reason spies generally
came in this disguise. They had also the game
of t9lel, supposed to have been like backgam-
mon, to beguile weary hours either in the hall
or the bowers of the ladies. The beds in the lat
Ter were of the rudest description, and generally
consisted merely of a bench with a sack filled
with straw placed upon it, hence the words for
this article were bene "a bench) and streow
straw. People went to bed perfectly naked,
and the bedclotheS consisted of a sheet (Scyte)
and coverlet (bed felt). 1t is surprising to find
that hot baths were frequently used, derived
probably from the Romans. Marriage was treat
ed as civil institution among the Anglo-SaXons;
it is not therefore, surprising that when couple
disagreed after marriage, they could speedily
separate and marry again. Nevertheless, Mr..
Wright (author of the Homes of other DayS'')
says: The Saxon women in every class of So
clety possessed those characteristics which are
still considered to be the best traits of the char
acter OF Englishwomen; she was the attentive
housewife, the tender companion, the comforter
and CONSIDER Of her husband and family the
yirtuous and noble matron.' 1t is pity that
ladies did not treat their servants better there
islittle doubt that, as a rule, the fair sex used
their slaves flor they were nothing else) very
cruelty. Charos were used for travelling, and
called wRgn or wen thence wagon, but only
by people of high rank. Though the word inn
is Anglo-Saxon, meaning, lodging, those in
country districts were few and far between.
Our author suggests that the ruins of Roman
villas by the side of roads may have been
roughly repaired for travellers carrying their
own provisions, and that the term cead-here-
berga, or cold harbor, given to so many places
lu ulhSlSHl pdIlS Vi WAS dppHeu III
this species of accommodation. There was no
lack, however, of hospitality in these times, and
the deficiency of shelter for travellers was great
ly compensated by the ever open door of the
hall.-Chdnber'S Journal.
The TRANSMITTING OF CHILDREN AND
OTHER PERsONs.-Much is printed almost daily
upon the traDsplantng of trees, flowers, roots
aud vegetables, but seldom anything on the
transplanting ofchildren or other persons prob
n IN q
mind, has become one of the necessities of civil
lied life, and is SO well known for its salutary
effects upon both sexes and all ages. As the
greater marts of commerce and manufactures
increase in population and business, the people
are more and more confined to particular duties
and avocations; to crowded, narrow and cir
cumscribed sections, and to stores, shops and
residences in low, damp, and sckly situations.
The children of many of them, instead of being
hale and bright, are dull and feeble; while their
parents, overcome in the course Of years by
overwork and repeated ills, begin to find it i'm
such changes as can only be had
where there is always an abundance of
sunlight, fresh air, new and varied scenery. 1t
is then that the mature, and those more adj
yaDced, whose means permit, remove with the
young to some more suitable and desirable site
for temporary or permanent habitation. Such
changes are often followed by very beneficial
results, provided they are made in due season
and to the right spot; and especially if they be
from low plains to the higher ones. descent
to a lower one would, of course, be fatal. In
cases referred to the resort is to elevated grounds
like, for instance, those In Sharon, within this
state, where the elevation of the town is such
as, in combination with the peculiar healthness
of the soil and other characteristics of the local
ity, to insure an atmosphere not less grateful to
the mind than invigOrating to the whole system
alike of the rich and the well.
But neither valetudinarans nor convalescents
should, even in this place, cOnfine themselves
any more than they can help to their houses.
They sl1Ouldj on the contrary, keep out OF doors
as much as possible, at all proper times and sea-
sons, walking about, roaming through the groves
and fields, or riding on the old-fasboned roads
over the hills and valleys. LocomotiOn, the live
air, the actnic effect of the suns rays, are in
valuable 10 them. Nor should the children be
allowed to attend school more than half the day
at time. The Other half should be devoted to
exercise and recreation in the open air. Prop
erly taught in carly life, the young take as much
interest and delight in employing themselves
upon many of those useful things which they
see their seniors do, as upon most of the games
and trihes which have been invented merely for
temporary amusement: and in such place
they can have room and verge enough, and give
full vent to their own tastes, and that innate
love, which all possess more or less for the nat
ural productions of the earth. They can have
their parterree flowers, their strawberry beds,
their sweet corn and melon patches; they can
help in the gardens and vineyards, gather ber-
ries and make wild nosegays by the woodsides;
and betimes, fish and swim, have an eye to the
horses and cattle, and even begin to work in the
fields and forests; reaping, half the day, practi
cal knowledge of real pleasure and value from
the open books of nature out of doors, and tue
other half day not less useful knowledge from
other books in the schoolhouse; and all the
while inhaling the pure atmosphere, growing
stronger and heartier, exuberant in spirits, and
building up constitutions for themselves that it
would be impossible to expect or acquire in bad
localities, even in those places where the cry still
is, Study, all study-no work nor play"