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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  July, 
  1907 
  

  

  and 
  resourceful 
  men 
  

   — 
  men 
  appreciative 
  

   of 
  the 
  higher 
  refine- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  life, 
  as 
  evi- 
  

   denced 
  by 
  the 
  high 
  

   grade 
  and 
  class 
  of 
  

   the 
  houses 
  and 
  farm 
  

   buildings 
  which 
  they 
  

   built. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  

   houses 
  on 
  M 
  a 
  i 
  n 
  

   Street, 
  erected 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  the 
  War 
  of 
  the 
  

   Revolution, 
  stand 
  

   to-day 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  

   spacious, 
  comfort- 
  

   able 
  and 
  tasteful 
  

   d 
  w 
  e 
  1 
  1 
  i 
  n 
  g 
  s 
  to 
  be 
  

   found 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   Connecticut 
  villages. 
  

   Into 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

   houses 
  water 
  was 
  

   conducted 
  from 
  an 
  

   early 
  period 
  by 
  a 
  

   primitive 
  and 
  most 
  

   ingenious 
  system, 
  

   known 
  as 
  the 
  "Yel- 
  

   low 
  Pine 
  Log 
  Pipe 
  

   Lines." 
  The 
  early 
  

   settlers 
  were 
  mostly 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  rep- 
  

   resentative 
  families 
  

   of 
  other 
  colonies, 
  

  

  having 
  come 
  from 
  their 
  landing 
  in 
  Boston 
  with 
  numerous 
  

   companies 
  of 
  migrators 
  who 
  formed 
  settlements 
  throughout 
  

   Connecticut. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  farmers, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  one 
  of 
  

  

  The 
  Morning-room 
  Has 
  a 
  Fine 
  Old 
  

  

  Into 
  the 
  

  

  all 
  was 
  the 
  pastor 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hock, 
  to 
  whom 
  

   was 
  allotted 
  a 
  

   double 
  portion 
  of 
  

   land. 
  After 
  they 
  

   had 
  thoroughly 
  es- 
  

   tablished 
  themselves 
  

   they 
  turned 
  their 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  in- 
  

   tellectual 
  and 
  indus- 
  

   trial 
  side 
  of 
  life. 
  

   Schools 
  were 
  built, 
  

   a 
  general 
  store 
  was 
  

   opened, 
  saw 
  and 
  

   grist 
  mills 
  were 
  es- 
  

   tablished, 
  and 
  tan- 
  

   ning 
  yards, 
  black- 
  

   smiths' 
  shops 
  and 
  

   weaving 
  looms 
  were 
  

   set 
  up. 
  The 
  people 
  

   universally 
  had 
  

   "genteel" 
  manners 
  

   and 
  customs, 
  and 
  

   everyone 
  went 
  to 
  

   church, 
  except 
  

   "Seth" 
  North, 
  who 
  

   did 
  not 
  take 
  kindly 
  

   to 
  Puritan 
  ways 
  and 
  

   never 
  went 
  to 
  

   church, 
  and 
  the 
  chil- 
  

   dren, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  

   elders, 
  were 
  pleased 
  

   to 
  call 
  him 
  "Mr. 
  Sinner." 
  However, 
  Mr. 
  North 
  was 
  quite 
  

   in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  times, 
  for 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  drawing 
  near 
  to 
  his 
  

   end 
  he 
  directed 
  that 
  his 
  body 
  should 
  be 
  cremated, 
  selecting 
  

  

  Fireplace, 
  and 
  a 
  Pleasant 
  Outlook 
  

   Garden 
  

  

  The 
  Original 
  Kitchen, 
  Dating 
  from 
  1 
  660, 
  Has 
  Been 
  Transformed 
  Into 
  a 
  Library. 
  The 
  Old 
  Chimney 
  Is 
  very 
  Interesting 
  

  

  and 
  Is 
  Provided 
  with 
  a 
  Bake 
  Oven 
  and 
  an 
  Old 
  Crane 
  

  

  