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... farmer and the farmer's wife and children performed many tasks which are now done in factories . The successful farmer on the frontier had to be a jack of many trades . Often he tanned leather and made shoes for his family and harness ...
... farmer and the farmer's wife and children performed many tasks which are now done in factories . The successful farmer on the frontier had to be a jack of many trades . Often he tanned leather and made shoes for his family and harness ...
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... farmer's tools were no less crude than his wife's . His plough had been little improved since the days of Rameses . He sowed his wheat by hand , cut it with a sickle , flailed it out upon the floor , and laboriously winnowed away the ...
... farmer's tools were no less crude than his wife's . His plough had been little improved since the days of Rameses . He sowed his wheat by hand , cut it with a sickle , flailed it out upon the floor , and laboriously winnowed away the ...
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... farmer , who occupied his leisure in making articles for his neighbors . We are told that young Eli displayed a passion for tools almost as soon as he could walk , that he made a violin at the age of twelve and about the same time took ...
... farmer , who occupied his leisure in making articles for his neighbors . We are told that young Eli displayed a passion for tools almost as soon as he could walk , that he made a violin at the age of twelve and about the same time took ...
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... farms , to earn money for a trousseau , to send a brother through college , to raise a mortgage , or to enjoy the society of their fellow workers , and have a good time in a quiet , serious way , discussing the sermons and lectures they ...
... farms , to earn money for a trousseau , to send a brother through college , to raise a mortgage , or to enjoy the society of their fellow workers , and have a good time in a quiet , serious way , discussing the sermons and lectures they ...
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... machine , was done by the wives and daughters of farmers and sailors in the villages around Boston , New York , and Philadelphia . In these cities the garments were cut and sent out to the dwellings of the 7 SPINDLE , LOOM , AND NEEDLE 97.
... machine , was done by the wives and daughters of farmers and sailors in the villages around Boston , New York , and Philadelphia . In these cities the garments were cut and sent out to the dwellings of the 7 SPINDLE , LOOM , AND NEEDLE 97.
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