CHINA 



NOT the great empire of China, with its four 

 hundred million of people on the opposite side 

 of the world from the country discovered by 

 Christopher Columbus ; not the China where they 

 do so many things backward, according to our 

 way of thinking the China of the Chinese 

 but some temperance china cups and saucers, 

 china plates, an old china flip mug, and Parson 

 Smith's china tea-set, most of them in the home 

 of a lady who lives in Portland, Maine, is what 

 we are going to talk about. 



You remember Mrs. Stevens in the story of 

 the Indians : she is the lady who has this pretty 

 old china in her home. First, the flip mug! 

 What in the world is that, do you suppose? I 

 wish you could see it. It is a very large blue- 

 and-white mug big enough to hold more than 

 a pint, and about the year 1780 this very mug 

 was used for cider in an old tavern, or hotel, 

 called the Broad House, near Mrs. Stevens' 

 home. Some famous people have been in this 



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