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dresses of osnabizrg were then given each person.


î‘	The field han~ds ‚ always considered an interior group by the ~ house servants, worked froii sunjip to sui~~T3o~i. when they retiiirned from

the fields they prepared sapper for ‚ their familles and many tizims

~	had to feed the children in the dark, far a curfew horn was bl~n

~	and no lights could be lighted after its warning nate had &ounded.

\	phere was very little visiting tOE, or from the group which dwelt here ‚ a s the curfew hour was e an.


Saturday varied a little from the other week days. The field work was suspended in the afternoon to allow the i~thers tIi~ to wash the Ir clothing . With sunset came the p~ e~rat I~a for the weekly trolle. A fiddler furnished mu~sic while the dancers danced nu.~erotis square dances until a late hour.


Home re~iediestor Illness were used much more extensively than any doctor‘s medicine. Teas,compounded from sage, boneset, tansy, and nnillen, usually sufficed for any nilnor sickness, end serlws Illness was rare.


Food ~s distributed œi Sunday morning. T~~-end-a-ha1i pounds ot meat, a quantity of syrup, and a peck of ~al were given each adult for the week. A special ration for Sunday alone was potatoes, buttermilk, and uaterlal for blsoulta. Each faiiily had Its o~ garden