Pioneer Life in Kentucky : a Series of Reminiscential Letters From Daniel Drake, M.D., to His Children
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When the seed was gathered and winnowed, father and I proceeded with it to the "Lick" (as the village was by abbreviation called), where it was bartered for a sufficient amount of "fus- tian" to make me a "round-about" and a pair of pantaloons, with something else (I don't recollect, but believe it was cheap Marseilles), for an "under-jacket." This was my first "boughten suit," and I fear that when I made my appearance at the meeting house the first Sabbath that I put it on, my thoughts were no...t much better than they will be when I visit St. Paul's in the new suit of broadcloth you are to send me down. Dr. Daniel Drake. 69 The transition from the meadow to the flax patch is easy, ior a fence only separated them. The pulling, threshing;, spreading out to rot, taking up, and stacking flax, were works which no one need to covet. Many a long dav through many a year I had my hands made sore bv them. Other manipulations were postponed till winter. It was then dried over a slow fire, sunk below the surface or the ground, and " broke," a very hard work for a boy, but on^ which I performed through many a tedious dav.
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