Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1895 — Old-Time Accomplishments. [ARTICLE]

Old-Time Accomplishments.

The following extract from the Biddeford Times gives us an idea of the accomplishments of our grandmothers in household arts, of importance in every girfs education: Mrs. Ann Emery, of Saco, died last week at the advanced age of 93. When she was married, iu 1825, her accomplishments were stated as follows: She could cook all kinds of food in an expert manner; sew and knit, spin and weave cloth, make Jier own clothes from cloth made with ner own hands, make butter and cheese, make soap and tinder—this was long before the days of friction matches—dip caudle, sing and dance. All excepting the last two were considered Indispensable requisites in beginning the married life, aud when to these were added the two last the bride was regarded as very highly accomplished.