The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-07-04
THE TWO BRASS kETiLEs


Dorchester. Mass, 20 take diaber With u!
sani We tso. my amt snd had wsnd
cred over The old house, mp The huge stair
way. eud do~n toto the cellar. Saljsnll
ann orcned she door II aa cid paatry 4
,is soo' ~ be porch, ana said. Chill
ipok hei,i
VINE, snni9
Ths Two B'ass kettles
Tws arerunuS hrats KETTLES INST my
eyes Tbey wsr luraeI over On the ilcor
and each wcull have hold the co tents o
bali barrel
Those arc the ones. my dear.
What op.s, sunt'
The ones that saved the tvo children
from the old Indian strssgler.
What Indisn t'rsgelefS ] asked with
! inierse interest
Il Oh, the one in King Phillips war. Did
, Mt you ever hear the sioryf
No. sunt
Well. Ill get UDcle Zsbedee 10 tell il 10
ron after diuner Come.
But what could any one do with such
kettles rs these. Where did they hang
them2 continued.
Come here and will show you.
She swept away, and shut the door OF
the q K room. which was lighted only by
opening the door. and followed her. We
went into the kitche She pointed TO an
enormous fireplace and said. There
child.
But. aunt. how did tho Two Brass Ket
ties save the children? asked again.
Oh. they craw led about oil over the floor
here, there aui youaer. pointing.
Which crswled about the kettles or the
children. aunt?
A din here fell upon the air aud echoed
through the great. fortress.like rooms IT.
was tho huge bell for meals
Come. child, let's go Uncle zsbedee
will tell you all about il.
Ia moment we were iu the dining hall.
How r and it all seemed The sideboard
was full Of baked meats and steaming pies.
Ovef il hung hintloca eun or blunder.
buss' The room had been decorated Tor
the occasion with creeping jenny. and
boughs loaded with peaches that had been
broken of by September gale. There
was wbitewasbed beam across the room.
on which we've great hook and stal 5,
The table was on and the chars W y
a curious old pattern. At the head Of the
table was great chair, and in it sat Unclo
Zebedee, GOOD old man. now nearly 90
years Of age.
Alter tie iaullly Was seated, Uncle Zebe-
dee was asked to say grace. He bad
habit Of saying 'and" after ending sen
teuce. and this made another sentence nec.
essary. often when lie had nothing more
to say. 1t WAS so even in his prayers. and
was very noticeable in his story telling.
There usually followed an "and" when the
story was done.
II was queer structure the old Minot
House in Dorchester. II VIZ really brick
house encased In wood fort it was call
I'd. II was built in this way TO protect .
he dwellers against rude Indian assaults.
rhore is Lat ne house standing that re- 7
lem bles 1.-THE Cradock Mansion in Med 8
ord. There are many such houses in the I
'ld colonies, but one by one they grew
.ray with moss, and vanished. The Minot 3
House itself VII burned about twenty
ears ago, after standing about two hun. Il
lred and thirty years. q
The old people OF Dorchester and Ne q
'onset must remember IT, II rose solemn Il
nd stately at the foot OF the high hill. Il
overlooking the sea mer lows. The high
ides came into the ihaioh mr.gins near il al
nd went ont again, leaving the abundant
hcll-ish spouting 10 the sun The fringed u
entisns grew amid the aftermath OF the b
ay fields around it. The orioles swung n
, the tall trees 10 summer time, and os lo
reys circled and screamed 10 tho clear al
ky over ell. ar
But the orcbsrds-here we're the fulneSs Ii
nd perfection Of the old New England or.
1ardsl The sonth winds Of May scatter bl
the spple blossoms like snow over the IN
ner 4 turf, and filled the air with fra. ed
'ancc. The earliest hluebirds came to th
em. and there the 1t robins built their b,
SITS. How charming and airy it ell was Ia
May. whom the days we're melting into vi
miner. and how really beautiful and full v,
life were oil Of these venerable New hs
ngland bomssl be
Alter the Old Louse was burned visited ",
9 place. and brought away few bricks
a souvenir Of home of heroic memories th
Of happy memories. too. II we excepi q b
Isle tragedy OF the Indian War. THO ii,
sst orchards were gone. The old b. & sto
d their swallows; only the we'll remain III.
and heap Of burned bricks. and the dr.
,ckened outline Of cellar wall. kei
Itw Ahouse full Of legends I'd stories. cri
sonder tales that once led the stranger Gre
look upon il With kind oisupsntitious big
e. II bad its historic lore. and like eli In,
-, colonial houses. it's ghost lore, bat bu
most thrilling legend associated xith an
old wsllr was known ss tic Two Bras, al
tiles. The legend MAJ have eroan lou
b time. but il vas well .sed OF s 1
ic facts. and often told At the pIs !
sides OF three generations Of Dorchester mo
'ple. II
Ne aiUues Uacis Zebedee's pisyar. w
mel re,ea ed. After the many /
rsas oi iood there an and. ~ a.
! s1d apple. end nuts. and 30. Of Y
,etn eats bei,
'nrIa Zehedec 4 nft.el ma,