Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-20
TWO BRASS KETTLES.
A New England Legend OF King
Phillips War.

had gOu to the old Minot House. in
Dorchester. Massachusetts. to axe din
ner with my amt We two. ny amt
and !. had wandered over the old house.
up the huge stairway. and down into
the cellar suddenly aunt opened the
door 81 an old PANTRY. on the aoor Of
the porch. and said, Child. look
here
What. auut9'
The Two Brass Kettle
Two enormous brass kettles met my
eyes They we're turned over on the soor.
and each would have held the contents
Of a half barrel
Those are the ones. my dear"
What ones. aunt5r
The oues tina, saved IN. two chill
dren from the old Indian s~,rsgsler
What Indian strsSglerR~ asked.
with intense interest.
Oh- the in kin- Phillips War.
Didn', yen ever hear the s,0rys"
NO. aunt
Well. III got Uncle Zebsdee to tell
1; tn you at;s- dinner. Come.
Bat wha. could auy one do With
sgeh kettles a. these1 Where did they
hang them I continued
Come here. and I viii shox ycu
She swept away. and I shu; the door
Of the darx room. which was lighted
only By opening the door. ard followed
her. We went into the kitchen She
pointed u an enormous Fireplace. and
said There. child.
But. aunt. how did the Two Brass
Kettles ave the ~ehldrcar ASKED
again
oh- they eraxIed about all over
the aOor here. there and youder. point
ing
Which crawlei about. the kettles or
the children. amt
A din here fell upon the air and ech-
osd through the great. ~fortres-lIxe
rooms Il vas the huge bell for
meals.
Come child. lets 20. Uncle Zebedee
will tell you all about it
In a M We we're in the dining
hall Ho~ grand il all seemed, The
sideboard Vas full Of baked meats and
sfeamins pies Over IL hung a flint
lock gun er a oiunierbusS The room
had been decorated for the ocrasiou
with creepinC-jeuuy. and bouxhs Load.
ed with peaches that had been broken
of BY a September gale There was a
whiiewashed beam arro@s the room. on
which we're great hooks ard staples.
The table was OAK. and the chairs were
OF curious old pattern Al the had
OF the table was a great chair. ard IN Il
sat Uncle Zebeies. a good Old man. nov
nearly ninety years IL age.
Afte- the family were seated. Uncle
Zehedee sss asked to say grace. IL
bad a habit Of saying and after end
Ing a sentence and this made another
sentence Necessary. often when he had
nothing more 70 say Il vas 80 even
N his prayers. and vas very noticeable
n his storytelling. There usually FOL
lowed the and when the s,ory va.
done
IL va a queer strlctHre-the old
Niros HoFss~ n Dor-hesser 2. W.
really a brick house -nczsed 10 wood
fort house II vas called Il was bull,
N this way IN protect the dxeIlers
against rude Indian assaults There /
but q house standing that -e<~nhe-
1.-THE CzdOck Mansion in Me4so-d.
There we're many such house, n the
Old colocies but one by ona thew grew
gray with moss. anI vanished The
Ainot House itself xas burned zbou,
twenty years ago. after standing abou,
two hundred and thirty years
The old people Of Dorchester and
Seponse. must remember il. II -osa
solemn and stately a; the zoo, OF the
high hills overlooking the sea meadows
The high tides came INTO the thatch
margins near il. and went out again.
leaving q abundan. shelE-hsh <us,u,.
ing IN the sun The frin-ed ceutian.
grew amid the aftermath OK n. has
fields around j. The orioles swung j.
the tall trees in summer time and
osp-eys eircle1 and screamed n n.
clear s<y over all
But the 0rehardS-he-e were tie full