Excerpt from Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum: January 1912<br><br>Heavy keys of different patterns, and excessive bulk and weight, queer iron stoves for burning wood, wonderful old quilts of patch-work, counterpanes of tuft or lampwick designs; books of patterns for the various homespun cover lets and other textile articles of home use; and heckles of every description for combing flax.<br><br>The dining room is well supplied with utensils - knives, forks and spoons, of steel and wood or bone; dishes and glass; and a full series of pewter and moulds, show how the pioneers supplied their lack of silverware.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.