The sun., 1914-09-27
Home of Unique Organization and
Birthplace of Louisa M. Alcott,
Dates Back to 1717

drink Of milk 10 assuaGe his hunger as
well as his thirst. although it was a
luxury that was not all wed. cold water
being the only beverage that was toll
Grated at Frultlands.
A curious old advertisement hangs
on the kitchen door COMPOSED by Silas
l.amsun. lie was a well known char
acter in his time. just crazy enough to
make himself picturesque. clever in in
vcl;ing farming utensils. lie used To
nearly break up the aanti-slavory
meetings in I;uston hy rushing into the
ass mhled thrung ana crNing out wildly
that the end the world was coming
and advised the people. before he was
! thrust out, to buy one of his scythes.
Down the floor by the door ia tbo
Id noon mark. When the sun cast
a shadow along It's line il was high
noon and they all SAT down to the
midday meal ] Scph PaImer's boot
Jack hangs by the old kitchen door and
above it is Nancy Palmer's hetchpl for
cum1.ng out the faN for her wheel.
The Colonial kitchen w. in ruins
when the Community was there The
chimney had fallen dawn tho roof had
cayod i'm and on. nf Jns.nh Palmer. ..
grandsons has told how as n child
he PLAYED there and dis, jvrrcd the old
crane which he kent untU recontlv.
when he returned IL /, Fruitlands 10
%, placed in tae restored chimney. Tho
. r,uudat.nns nr ,b,. cbi,,n.,, v..r. intact
as we'll as those of the kitchen wall -
Il was quite easy tu build the room as
! t vs. in former time Against the
wall is the old settle tn I belonged tn
Joseph Palmer ana which was his
favarit seat
! L. H.. .I...1
! Nancy palmers candle moulds. and two
of l,r candles made with her own
hands are in two of the original candle
sticks. on the settle is her bowl OF
tal!ow lef; by her when her son took
her away to l.eominster after .Joseph
| Palmer died. She always made her
candles and sometimes made dipped"
candies and her sticks for the purpose
are On the mantel shelf The Jars here
and in the long kitchen We're home
made, but at a period long before the
days of frutlandS. They were found
almost buried in the foundations of the
chimney, and they must have becl
here well over a century An old
Revolutionary gun hangs over the man
tel shelf, and two hlunderbusses on the
walls bring back to mind stories of the
old stage coach days when two men
rode at the back of the coach each with
a blunderbuss, to protect the passengers
from the sudden attack Of highway
r"np'rs'
me tbple is ON" OF J"hcph Ialmcr's,
ana on II are the ".d mortar and pcstle
ana wv" oi IN" earliest kind of candle
S'''NS MADE IN thls '"uh'rN-thc pncers
were Tor holding rush while there
was also place Tor the hayherry
candle TWO Betty lamps are there
als"' ana th"s" used 10 hang on nail.
IN" Kitchen dresser Is a very unique
o'd piece oi furniture. da.ing back to
th' last part OF the seventeenth con-
Jury as does also IN" old Jacobcan
STOOL
"poN" me selt." hdng pictures Of the
three thSHsh kings 'e"rg' L. George
H. ana George III ana IN" manu-
s'tlpts hanging with th"m ar" original
documents nearing ne signatures Of
rach hihE as Wei as those OF IN" Prime
Minister ana other memorable names.
ih'Se are huhE mere To draw attention
u" 'h' laol lhht thS "'d house was