The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-08-23

inuicda'o and ,d' scores of spindle wheels
I;scovered in one of the eNca'a ~
t tn%ns nroye beyond question una
',,o,v;nr must have been common
,,u u" among the women of TINS Pc,
plo. Copper AIDES show tnaa o n"t' has
p ras , trade in vogue, and coucn ias
Man, found in illustration OF this "''
with finely carved bull's legs % hard
Thasn neoplc were II nation OF nary
,.,lr,,ora for while vases of stone anu
W. WIN n n'.terals have been found III
,,.aot abundance. none Of them SHOWS
.ho slightest sign of the turning wnecl
~ the lathe. This fact in itseli 10
sufficient to distinguish completely .n'
"nlnown race from the Egyptian,
amonp whom the wheel was wei
ND All I" The workmanship thus far discov-
ored. however, is exquisite. me vases
esnccinlly are beautifully wrought, any,
every kind of material, from aiapas'11'
RI granite. was used. Pottery, lnuooo,
must have been the favorlte arr a''ohs
them. The discoveries ueclarc Wv
variety. fineness and quantity Oh IL "
be surprising. .ho+ aid not
Few graves were opened tha' olu nv ~
contain from two to IL vases, AM ="
some were found as many as ooi ' n3
we're of the coarser klnd, iiieieiy u
for containing the ashes OF lhe s'Ia a
runeral fire. Bodies so far as can ne
Ia ,uore never burned among these
neonle, but great burning was mace
~ n.ch funeral, and the ashes Thereon
werc carefully taken and preserved,
sometimes in as many as ~ to ~ large
| jars. ,
Clues from the BfbIe'
In this custom OF constructing an
/ especial funeral pyre, not FOR the pu th
| ing of the dead, but simply Io[ .ho
dnad there is important proof that
,hasa nnonje were related to the Amor
! ;tes and we're of their stock, if, indeed,
I thev we're not after all branch OF the
o Amorites themselves. For this custom
I is an exceedingly curious and strange
9 one Nevertheless in at least TWO
nlaces in the Bible it is mentioned III
u connection with the Amorites.
r second Chronicles, xvi, Ia, says
l"And they buried him in his own
a sen,,Ichre which he had made fo1
:. himself in the city of David, and laid
N him in the bed which was filled WIN
@ sweet odors and divers kinds OF splces,
a prepared by the apothecary art ano
IS IN nav made very great burning fo'
e him" ..p,,. .ho,
n sbalt die in peace: and with the burn
IF ings of thy fathers, the former kings
d which we're before thee, so shall thei
,e hurn odors for thee, and they VII
,. lament thee. saying, All, Lord for
ia have pronounced the world saith tn
re Lord. y
is Jrnioue and interesting, many speci
N mems being unlike anything AS YET un
r. narthed. is the collection of potter.
ne that has been collected from the graves
8 Experts and connoisseurs VIII be gia'
to know some of the details. In
varieties so far discovered have beei
at the polished red hematite facing, III
So red with black tops and the llgh
ld brown with wavy handles, IKE III
IS. Amorite pottery. \ later variety wa
ld of coarser brown and OF much aiterr
mt form copying somewhat from Es!ptia
ey TYPES of the old kingdom.
.ro Animal shaped vases and vases WI,
ire DESIGNS of many curious sports are I
M NE found in the red faced potterie'
lite Beside these forms three other sor'
is nave been unearthed-bu vases, nm
by tatipr stone with red spiral and inquire
ps. of animals and men. red polished vas'
is With figures of animals and patterI
9TH Of white and black, bowls with incls,
the patterns. most like the earliest ltal
no pottery. ,;.;,,is,
the Strange and decisive, as ulh.ihsu ri =,
ing these people definitely from u
IN Egyptians of any dynasty whatever
the the fact though great variety
abs signs. marks, pictures and designs a
we scratched on the vases. bowls, al
.ir lars. there is not one solitary ,ndic
pen ton of an Egyptian hieroglyphic n
AL. ANYTHING even remotely resembling.
tier If is more than likely, however, IN
me the discovery Of this race, which n
va hitherto been without record IN I
WI nages of history, will lead to the
russing of many important sidellgf
eat upon the customs and manners OF !
to ancient dominion of Egypt. Alread
,ple though the excavations so far are
t where near complete, one minor Egg
ices tian mystery has been satisfactor
,nts explained. A very puzzling class
abit objects long known in Egypt are I
slate figures of birds and ANNA
rhombi, squares, etc. These now pr:
net to be the toilet palettes for grindil
Nth malachite, probably for painting
r. ewes, as among the Egyptians OF
inc fourth dynasty. 49, New York world.