The Somerset reporter., 1893-09-07
forthe Reportef.
Earlv Settlers in Canaan SEQUEL


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Pt#Hh tlIsf .#9sH. Ia the fall and haa au
SOD y laf harvest the HsSi }ear. He
cN Nhirh rhe} brought 8iih .Lcu ST.
tufaed I'd sBtleIef' supply af mill Besu-
aud pca, Wefe y,es -aan adGri ~
ucH -rttler- esm, ir. IT, iil-f couei
Wei auie to supply lhem ill Hey could
faI-e crop II iheir 0Wn. When my
father gni 10 raising surplus II sold alb
hlld, OF farm pfeduce except wheat.
aud il appcaf. from hi- account Book
thai he -ald fix time a- many bushels
Of pea IL Of beans
" iir-t thcy had 70 10 fo lIa3lpWell to
mill: hy boat in summer. dud by hand
-leds in winter. Lar they .omefimc-
pounded corn III a mortar. A5el bayi-.
E-q. in hi history II New Portland
,aN. tho pcopla thor Weut - ~in-low
To- mill ueXer heard If mill there in
those time. bat after Il while fhcre may
haNe been one at ~eha-ticeok iall-. In
liz Lieut.. Timothy Head bHilt Il Gli-t
mill on The stream in south Norridg"-
Woek. which Wa- "a great relied "a the
'anaauites.
Thus they very soon had the materials
for baked Indian pudding and beai-
which continued - be the sunday din
ncr Tor many year; aud now, not only
in Boston n The witlings have il. but
hcre in Colorado. a large proportion of
the families have baked bean, hahituaIN
on Sundays.
For meats moose were 20 abundant
and saneyl that they made port Tor
themselves in winter. tearing down and
scattering the little stacks Of hay. Deer
too, and smaller game ab"unded; and
everybody had guns and traps. llog-
were often Killed by bears hut bear met
was pretty good substitute for pork.
Small fish Amounted Tor the boys 10
catch with hooks. and in many places IN
the river Salmon could be speared IN
shallow water: and who ever has eaten
OF salmon. fresh from the cool waters
of abe kenncboc in June and baked in
cream. viii admit that those early set
tiers had ut least one OF the luXurles OF
life.
Dress.-flaX was raised rs soon a
land was cleared more than "as needed
for food products. Among my grand
80
Their coming. were a linen Wheel and 4
loom. Kitchen work was slmple ana
took little time, and hardy and indus
trious women spun and WoYe all the
cloth needed Tor sheets, shirts, table
cloths etc. 1t was cheaper tlan cot
ton. toarser articles were mate from
the tow. For wool they had to wait a
lew years; they could not Keep sheep
On It a.
was supplied III Il measure by deer skins !:
leather brooches were IN common use.
ana moecasinS were worn Instead Of
shoes and were warm and comfortable
even i'll winter: and so were the leather
breeeheS, aS was told by an old man
VINO HAD worn them Tor years when ne
was young man.
Schools.-lt Is presumed that the
1rst settlers both men ana Wolneh' liiId
Il decent common sclloul euucatlon' put
thcy We're TOO BUSY WIN nome dilalfN TO
undertake to teach. Such teachers a.
could be obtained We're Incompetence
ana the second generation were NOT a.
wen educated a. thelr parents. useu
10 near many stories OF thcir blunerrs
~ language. perhaps stretched ilttie'
/ he school house III which | went 10
school Was bullt III l''F THINK ana me
one IN the seth lyman district auo'l'
tiie same time.
liis snow thal tilefc was lauuahI'
interest III ne SUBJECT ana We may sup
pose scheolS We're lhuch improved al
TINS time, and continued steadily to I'M
prove. believe nearly one-hali OF my
mates III that district school became
larry competent teachers III the branches
usually taught. | believe Arithmetic
ana Grammar We're more thoroughly
taught ID those schools than they are
nov asSalporough man VINO grad
ualed at "atefFlile ana was the mead
'eacher III our sthool mere about dozen
years ago comedies in this opinion.
ne Whoie range OF the sciences We're
not introduced III common schools.
kehglon'-lt Is not known that any
OF those VINO composed the ffst church
IN canaan were members OF any church
III thcif former homes. Ifohaply some
ol them We're Anyway being brought
up III Ne" England, they had hlgh re-
Srect Tor religion. 1t Is much to he re
GREETED that the l'ec"rdS OF that church
are lost some ihat were eNtaht Whcn
Hanson History was written are not t."
he found now.
Only Il few OF the names are known,
or now many there were. II requires
no small amount of courage to under
take the payment oil even a moderate
salary when money was a scarce ana
the people were as poor as Dr. hltakel
represented them III ms Memorial to the
Legislature III -. Inc parish III
cluded the whole town, and every one
Ina maid sIIEiEi.f "a