Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-12-14

anu HAS uOtulIlS 10 DpdSI VI
either in the way of cushions or
beauty. In another part Of the
sitting-room is the "Fuller Cra-
die. /" This is known as being
the cradle in which 'Peregrine
White was rocked, when on
board the Mayfower, Time
has dispossessed it of itsrockers
andotherwise defaced it, till it
presents a very ancient appear
ance; yet it still remains 10 call
the mind back to Mr.. White,
the only person who had the
honor of Beginning existence
on that eyentful passage. of the
Mayfower, in the year 1920.
The desk of John Alden is an
other piece Of furniture, which
has many romantic and poeti-
cal associations. 1t is also ap-
preciated on saecountaof having
made the voyage with our pill
grim fathers Here is the
dressing case Of Rev. Sam.
Hopkins, the first minister in
Rhode Island. This is said to
be one hundred and twenty
eight years old, and strange to
say the glass is unbrokcn and
but few marks Of age are yisi-
bic. In a corner of the room
may be seen the old flaX-wheel
from Plymouth, which is traced
back between two and three
centuries. 1t is now so.old that
it scarcely fitfor service, but It's.
agehas become more valuable
than its utility. The fist clock
brought into Andover, Massa-
chusetts, is the aged time-piece
that takes note Of the passing
hours. The ravages OF time
have made way with. one of its
weights which was supplied at
a later date by attaching 10 the
cord jack plain and a smooth
ing iron, which seemed to per-
form their part admirably A.
boye the door on a wooden
rack rests an old rife, horn and
pouch-relies of the Reyolu-
ton. These are a few of the
many interesting memorials of
the colonial period and Reyolu- .
tionary times, collected in the
'old time house. 3r0 av.g.a
The house is managed exclu-
sively by ladies, who are. attired
in such antique looking gar
ments that they become one of
the greatest curiosities exhibi-
ted. Old and young have a
white cap surrounded with
broad ruffie adjusted on their
heads, and their pecul;arities E.
qually quaint. Althoughdressed
as maids and matrons of a CEN
tury ago,some of them are young
and by no means homely, as ey-I
cry candidate for matrimony,
who has seen them, will admit.
These ladies seem to have their
respective duties. On the right
of the spacious Fireplace sits
an elderly lady busily spinning
flax. In the opposite corner,
another is seated on a bench
welding a darnirg-needle with
alacrity. In the back part Of
the room a smiling girl Of some
eighteen summers with an an
cient looking wheel is drawing
rolls into thread at a rapid rate.
Several others are busily en-
gagged conducting visitors
through the room, explaining
with courtesy and with old fash
ion simplicity the wonderful ar
ticles Of furniture and other ex-
bibits.
The large fireplace is fur
nished with a crane to which
several boiling pots are append
ed, while an oven of sweet po-
tatoes, perhaps, occupies a rea-
sonable portion Of the extensive
hearth. The other cooking is
dispatched in the kitchen. A
she'd is attached to the back Of
the building which serves as a
temporary dining apartment.
Here the inmates Of the old
time house furnish visitors with
good substantial meals, such as
were reIished during the peri
cd they so we'll represent.
The tables are served in man
ner appropriate to the immedi-
ate surroundings. Even the
dishes have blue edges after the
the old style.
Beneath the tall fire board in
the sitting room Il string is
heavy ladened with baches of
washed cotton, going through a
drying process. A turkey wing
and an almanac adorn the nail
TO which the end of the sitting
is attached. Most of the seats
arc benches and stools. The
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