Home Life in Colonial Days Part 24

Cheese-press, 150-151, 312.

Chesapeake, turkeys on, 109; wild fowl on, 125.

Chicory, introduction of, 449.

Children, at table, 101-102; occupations of, 179-180, 182, 188-189, 203-204, 261-262; dress of, 287; in meeting, 372 _et seq._; in noon-house, 376.

Chimney, catted, 15, 53; size of, 52, 68; description, 53; in Dutch houses, 55.

China, early use of, 100; importation of, 100-101.

Chinese stuffs, 294.

c.h.i.n.king walls, 5.

Chopping-bee, 403 _et seq._

Chorister, in Dutch churches, 386.

Churches, in Virginia, 381-383; in Albany, 385.

See also Meeting-house.

Churns, few in New England, 149; examples of, 149-150; whittling of, 312.

Cider, use by children, 148-149, 161; use by students, 161; price of, 161; manufacture of, 161-162; generous use of, 161-163.

Clam-sh.e.l.ls, use of, 308-309.

Clarionets, in meeting, 378.

Clavell-piece, 54.

Clay, for dyeing, 241.

Clergymen, in Virginia, 384.

Clocks, 299.

Clock-jack, 65.

Clock-reel, 174-175; price of, 177; for yarn, 200.

Clogs, 295.

Cloth, finis.h.i.+ng of, 231-233.

Cloth bar, 224.

Clothes, durability of, 281; extravagance in, 281; laws about, 281 _et seq._; of Ma.s.sachusetts settlers, 286-287; of Virginia planters, 287; of children, 288 _et seq._

Coaches, in Boston, 331, 353-354; in England, 354; Judge Sewall on, 354; in New York, 354-355.

See also Stage-coach.

Coat-of-arms, on sampler, 267.

Coat roll, 248.

Cob irons, 62.

Cocoanut-cups, 96-97.

Codfish, early discoverers on, 115-116; plenty of, 115; in New England waters, 120-121; varieties of, 121; for Sat.u.r.day dinner, 122; price in Boston, 123.

See Fish and Fis.h.i.+ng.

Coffee, subst.i.tutes for, 159; early use of, 165; queer mode of cooking, 165.

Colchester, girls' life in, 253.

Cold houses, 70-71.

Cold party, 419.

Colored herbs, 430.

Coloring, 23.

Combing, description of, 196.

Combing machine, 230.

Combs. See Wool-combs.

Comfortier, 69.

Common crops, 130.

Common herds. See Herding.

Common lands, 398.

Communal privileges, 390 _et seq._

Conch-sh.e.l.l, as summons to meeting, 367-368.

Concord coaches, 352-353.

Concordance, 33.