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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 Main 

 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 



mgenious 

 known as 

 low Pine 

 Lines." 



system, 

 the'"Yel- 

 Log Pipe 

 The early 



The Morning-room Has a Fine Old 



Into the 



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 



all was the pastor of 

 the flock, 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 horn 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 



