DEN TIME SERIES

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THE DAYS OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL IN NEW ENGLAND

_"To say that the past is of no importance, unworthy of a moment's
regard, because it has gone by, and is no longer anything, is an
argument that cannot be held to any purpose; for if the past has
ceased to be, and is therefore to be accounted nothing in the scale of
good or evil, the future is yet to come, and has never been
anything."_--HAZLITT.

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"_In my young days, when I was_ leetle,
_The only steam came from the kettle._

....

"_The_ Gals _on good old Dobbins rid then,
But folks don't do as they used to_ did _then._

....

_"Heigho! I grieve, I grieve
For the good old days of Adam and Eve._"

From HENRY J. FINN'S "Good Old Times,"

October, 1827.

THE OLDEN TIME SERIES

GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS

SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS

BY

HENRY M. BROOKS

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The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England

"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is
no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by
proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."--EMERSON

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BOSTON

TICKNOR AND COMPANY

1886

_Copyright, 1885,_

BY TICKNOR AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.

INDEX OF NAMES.

PAGE

ABERDOUR, JOHN LORD 71
Adams, Samuel 71
Amherst, General 38
Amiel, John 53
Amory, Jonathan 79
Apthorp, Charles Ward 30
Apthorpe, Charles 33
Apthorpe, Rev. Mr. 33
Apthorpe, Susan 33
Ashton, John 35
Avery, John 55, 56

BALCH, Rev. Mr. 29
Balkum, Daniel 89
Barnard, Benjam