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Out-Patient Department .- Surgeons, H. M. Perry, M.D., Charles W. Dulles, M.D ; Physicians, Abner F. Chase, M.D., W. C. Barrett, M.D. ; Apothecary, Charles T. C. Gerhard ; Chaplain, Rev. Francis Hendricks ; Superintendent, John A. E. Walk ; Matron, Mary E. Fondersmith.
St. Mary's Hospital (corner of Frankford Avenue and Palmer Street) is conducted by the Sisters of St. Francis, and is entirely supported by voluntary con- tributions. It was founded in 1866, and patients of all creeds are received. In connection with the hos- pital there is a dispensary, which gives relief to out- door sick.
Officers,-Medical Director, Dr. Andrew Nebinger ; Physicians, Dr. W. R. D. Black wood, Dr. Michael O'Hara, Dr. Napoleon Hickman, Dr. J. Eskridge; Surgeons, Dr. J. H. Grove, Dr. J. E. Mears, Dr. W. W. Keen, Dr. John B. Roberts. Dispensary Department : Surgical Discases, Dr. Audinell Hewson, Jr .; Eye and Ear Diseases, Dr. Charles A. Oliver ; Throat Diseases, Dr. George M. Cracken ; Resident Physicians, Dr. George Seifert, Dr. C. L. Codding, Dr. Richard Wetherill; Sister Su- perior in Charge, Sister Mary Borromeo; Solicitor, Hon. Benjamin H. Brewster.
Under the care of Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis,
The Germantown Dispensary and Hospital (Shoemaker Lane, near Chew Street, Germantown) was opened in 1870, for the benefit of the sick poor of Germantown and Chestnut Hill. The hospital has forty beds, and beside the usual cases treated at dis- pensaries there is a special surgeon for diseases of the eye and ear. It is supported by public contributions.
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Officers,-President, James E. Rhoads, M.D .; Secretary, Galloway ('. Morris ; Treasurer, S. Harvey Thomas ; Managers, James E. Rhouds, M.D., John S. Haines, Elliston Perot Morris, Owen J. Wister, M.D., Charles Spencer, F. Mortimer Lewis, Thomas Stewardson, Amos R. Little, S. Harvey Thomas, Galloway C. Morris, Philip C. Garrett, Francie B. Reeves, T. Charlton Henry, William H. IIsioes, William E. S. Baker ; Attending Physicians, Auguste F. Muller, M.D., R. W. Deavor, M. D., Edward F. Garrett, M D, C. S. Witherstine, M.D .; Resident Physician, McCluny Radcliffe, M.D.
The Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases was organized in October, 1867, and incorporated in December of the same year. The institution occupies a large building, purchased in 1872, at the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Summer Streets, and at the time of its organization was the only one of the kind in America. The hos- pital was originally established on South Ninth Street.
Officers .- President, Edward Hopper ; Secretary, Alfred Jones; Treas- urer, A. B. Williams ; Managers, Edward Hopper, Dillwyn Parrish, Joseph C. Turupeony, Edward B. Green, M.D., Richard K. Betts, Alfred Jones, Franklin Taylor, Enoch Lewis, William C. Smyth, Samuel Fisher Corlies, Robert R. Corson, Edward Hoopes, Albert B. Williams; Attend- ing Surgeons, Thomas G. Morton, M.D., H. Ernest Goodman, M.D., Wil- liam Hunt, M D. ; Attending Physicians, S. Weir Mitchell, M D., Whar- ton Sinkler, M.D., Robert H. Alison ; Assistant Surgeons, Washington H. Baker, M.D., Joseph MI. Fox, M.D., M. Frank Kirkbride, M D.
The Hospital of the University of Pennsyl- vania (on the south side of Spruce Street, between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth Streets) was formed at a meeting of the University of Pennsylvania on the 12th of June, 1871. On the 3d of April, 1872, the State Legislature appropriated one hundred thou- sand dollars for the purpose of constructing the hos- pital, on condition that two hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars should be raised by subscription, and that two hundred free beds should always be main- tained. The prescribed amount was raised, and on April 9, 1873, one hundred thousand dollars more was appropriated, on condition that the University would give one hundred thousand dollars and sup- port two hundred more free beds. This amount was also raised, and, with two hundred thousand dollars from the State and three hundred thousand dollars from subscriptions, the sums were taken to begin the building. In May, 1872, City Councils granted a lot of ground for the site, and work was soon after begun. On June 4, 1874, the main building and west pavilion, capable of accommodating one hundred and forty-six patients, were completed, and formally dedicated. The hospital occupies a lot of ground fronting seven hundred feet on Spruce and Pine Streets, and three hundred and twenty on Thirty-fourth and Thirty- sixth Streets. It is directly south of the collegiate building of the University. The exterior walls are of green serpentine, with stone of other colors. The hospital is entirely free to all patients needing its services who are residents of Pennsylvania.
Baker, president ; Cadwalader Biddle, treasurer; and Horace T. Evans, secretary.
Hospital Naff .- Alfred Stille, 31 D., LL.D, professor of Clinical Medi- cine; William Pepper, M.D., LL.D., professor of Clinical Medicine ; D. Hayes Agnew, M.D., LL.D., professor of Clinical Surgery ; William Goodell, M. D., professor of Clinical Gynecology ; James Tyson, M.D., professor of General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy ; John Ashhurst, Jr., M.D., professor of Clinical Surgery ; William F. Norris, M.D., clin- icul professor of Diseases of the Eye; George Strawbridge, MI.D, clini- cal professor of Diseases of the Ear; Horatio (. Wood, M.D., LL.D., clinical professor of Nervous Diseases ; Louis A. Dubring, M.D., clini- cal professor of Skin Diseases; Roland G. Curtin, M.D., Edward T. Bruen, M.D , Louis Starr, M.D., assistant physicians ; Charles T. Ilunter, M.D., J. William White, M.D., H. R. Wharton, M.D., Richard 11. Ilarte, M.D., assistant surgeons; Frederick C. Sheppard, M.D., assistant gyna- cologist ; Samuel D. Risley, M.D., assistant ophthalmic surgeon : Walter M. L. Ziegler, M.D., assistant anral surgeon ; llenry W. Stelwagon, M.D., assistant dermatologist ; Benjamin F. Hamell, M.D., superin- tendent of the hospital; Charles W. Dulles, M.D., surgical registrar ; William E. Hughes, M D., medical registrar; Henry F. Formad, M.D., pathologist ; Judson Daland, M.D., curator; Gwillym G. Davis, M.D., surgical anasthetizer ; B. C. Hirst, M.D., Edward Martin, M D., Joseph Stokes, M.D., resident physicians; Joseph ( Rogers, apothecary.
Dispensary Service .- Charles T. Hunter, M.D., chief of the Surgical Dispensary ; Samuel D. Risley, M.D., chief of the Dispensary for Dis- enses of the Eye; Walter M. L. Ziegler, M.D., chief of the Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear ; Benjamin F. Baer, M.D., chief of the Dispen- sary for Diseases of Women ; De Forrest Willard, M.D., A. Sydney Rob- erts, M.D., surgeons in the Orthopedic Dispensary ; J. William White, M.D., chief of the Dispensary for Venereal Diseases ; John H. Musser, M.D., chief of the Medical Dispensary ; Louis Starr, M.D., chief of the Dispensary for Diseases of Children ; Carl Seiler, M.D., chief of the Dispensary for Diseases of the Throat ; Francis X. Dercum, M.D., chief of the Diepensury for Nervous Disessee ; H. W. Stelwagon, M. D., chief of the Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin; Lewis H. Kirk, M.D., Wil- liam E. Hughes, M.It., ss-istant physicians in the Medical Dispensary ; Hollingsworth Neill, M.D., William Barton Hopkine, M.D., Richard H. HIarte, M.D., Charles W. Dulles, M.D., assistant surgeons in the Surgical Dispensary ; William L. Taylor, M.D., William A. Davis, M.D., assistant physiciane in the Dispensary for Diseases of Women ; James Wallace, M.D., G. E. De Schwejoitz, M.D., assistant physiciaos in the Dispensary for Diseases of the Eye; James Hendrie Lloyd, M.D., assistant physi- cian in the Dispensary for Nervous Diseases; Robert H. Hamill, M.D., assistant physician in the Dispensary for Diseasee of the Ear; J. Madi- sou Taylor, M.D., Thomas R. Nelson, M.D., assistant surgeons in the Dispensary for Venereal Diseases ; James Sheets, M.D., W. R. Hoch, M.D., assistant physicians to the Dispensary for Diseases of the Throat.
The Home for Consumptives, designed for the ac- commodation of the destitute and homeless afflicted with that terrible and fatal malady, consumption, was established by the Philadelphia Protestant Episcopal City Mission in March, 1876, and since that time nearly six hundred patients have been adopted as beneficiaries. The House of Merey, No. HI1 Spruce Street, the greater portion of which is devoted to the purposes of a home, was opened April 1, 1877.
The home is not so much a hospital, confining its beneficence to the inmates actually within its walls, as a central ministering agency, from which, through its system of out-door relief, the poor consumptives in all parts of the city may be properly cared for. The sphere of this good work is thus capable of indefinite expansion, with no limit save of the funds provided it.
The officers of the board of managers are Eli K. No fee is charged for admission to the home, and no discrimination is made by reason of nationality, ereed, or color, but it is expected that those who Price, president; Samuel R. Shipley, vice-president ; Richard Wood, secretary; and Wharton Baker, treasurer. Officers of the contributors: Alfred G. I avail themselves of the charity thus bestowed will
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conform to the ministrations of the Protestant Epis- copal Church. This rule does not apply to patients at their own homes. The superintendent is Rev. Samuel Durborow ; Treasurer. William M. Runk.
The Home for Incurables No. 4700 Woodland Avenue| was incorporated Nov. 14, 1877, to provide a home for that class of sufferers whose diseases are pronounced incurable. It was opened Nov. 8, 1877. and is managed by the following officers :
Oficer., Board of Managers: President, Mr-, Seth B. Stitt; First Vice-President, Mrs. C. K. Inglis ; Second Vice-President, Mrs. Israel Maule, Treasurer, Mrs. Henry C. Townsend ; Secretary, Mrs. Edward R. Fell, Mrs. M. R. Trevor, Mrs. G. Albert Lewis, Mrs. Benjamin Grif- fith, Mrs. Nathan Il. Sharplese, Mrs John A. Lewis, Mrs. Samuel A Harrisoa, Mrs. Edward H. Ogden, Mis. J. Eastburn Mitchell, Mi-> Augusta Taber, Miss Susan Gorgas, Miss Helen V. Wriggias, Mis Samnel R. Shipley, Mrs. Benjamin J. Crew, Mrs. Iloratio Gates Jones, Mrs. J. Lewis Or szet, Mrs. Charles H. Caldwell, Mrs. C. G. Hunsworth, Mirs. 11. S. Hoffman, Mrs. C A. Dickey, Mrs. W. A. Griswold, Birs. Thomas Roberts, Mr. T G. Wormley, Mrs. Gideon Stoddart, Mrs. H. MI. Dechert, Mrs. J. F. Keen, Miss E. (' Eguer, Board of Advisors, William S. Peirce, Horatio Gates Jones, S. Weir Lewis, Benjamin J. Crew, J. Eastburn Mitchell, J. E. Gillingham, Daniel M. Fox, John Baird, Henry C. Townsend, Joha M. Collins, Culeb J. Milne; Medical Advisers, W. W. Keen, M.D., Thoms G. Morton, M.D., Charles P'. Tur- ner, M.D., W. C. Dixon, M.D .; Attending Physicians, H. B. Rockwell, M.D., J. P. C'rozer Griffith, M.D.
Children's Hospital Twenty-second Street, above Locust) was founded in 1855. This institution is sup- ported by voluntary contributions of the benevolent, by legacies, and to a small extent by board of patients, Children under twelve years of age, suffering from non-contagious diseases or from accidental injuries, are admitted on application to the attending phy- sicians and surgeons, who visit the hospital daily at 11 A.M. Since its opening in November, 1855, three thousand four hundred and fifty-four in-door cases have been admitted into the wards, and ninety-six thousand two hundred and fifty-nine out-patients pre- scribed for at the dispensary. The expense for their maintenance and treatment has been $159,090.58, exclusive of repairs and improvements to the hospital building.
Officers. Presi lent, F. Mortimer Lewis, Vice-President, W. R. Lejee. Treasurer, Robert W. Ryerss , Secretary, Francis W. Lewis, M.D. ; Mana- gers, W. Heyward Drayton, Richard Wood, Francis W. Lewis, M.D., Wil- linm R. Lejee, Morton P. Henry, Henry Winsor, T. II. Bache, M.D .. G. A. Wood, Edward S. Clarke, F. M. Lewis, Emlen Hutchinson, N. Burt, Roh- ert Ryerde, John S. Newbold, Thomas Stewardson, Jr., W. Brockie, O. ... Jude 4, M.D., Clarence Il. Clark. Officers elected by the Managers: Attending Physicians, James H. Hutchinson, M.D., D. Murray Cheaton, M.D., Loouis Starr, M.D., Arthir V. Meigs, M.D. ; Attending Surgeons, John Asbhurst, Jr., M.D., HI Wharton, M.D., Samuel Ashhurst, M.D., 1 !. S. Schell, M.D., ophthalmic and aurul surgeon; Consulting Phy- st luns, J. Forsyth Meigs, M.D. J. M. Da Costa, M.D.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children No. 132 Diamond Street, opposite Norris Square was in- corporated in November, 1875. It is intended for the treatment of sick and injured children of the poor, without regard to creed, color, or nationality, and is supported by voluntary contributions. The dispen- sary for children is at 552 East Dauphin Street.
Of cer , Physi Jan-in-Charge, In W. II. Bennett Secretary, James s. Wh trevi Predlent, J. SEpley Newlin Treasurer, Elward A. SH
The Sanitarium Association .- The object of the association is to provide a place where fresh air, whole- some food, and cleanly surroundings may be enjoyed by the very poorest class of sick and helpless children. The Sanitarium buildings are situated on Windmill Island, Delaware River, and are open during the sum- mer months for the reception of destitute children. During the season of 1882 there were received and cared for 46,124 persons ; of these there were 9471 in- fants, 12,620 children under five years of age, 9893 between five and ten years, 4874 over ten years, and 9266 adults. The average cost of maintenance has not exceeded six cents per day for each person.
Officers .- President, Daniel Bangh ; Vice-President, Dr. William B. Atkiasoa; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. Engene Wiley: Maangers of Sanitariamı, Dr. William H. Ford, George C. Thomas, Francis R. Abbott, William 11. Hart, Jr., George D. McCreary, William Barnett, John T Bailey, Samuel M. Binea; Solicitor, Joseph R. Rhoads, Esq.
German Eye and Ear Infirmary |No. +41 North Fifth Street) was founded July 3, 1876. Its objects are the gratuitous treatment of patients in indigent circumstances suffering from diseases of the eye and ear, and the advancement of medical science, in par- ticular the branches of ophthalmology and otology.
The Homeopathic Hospital (1116 Cuthbert Street, in the rear of Hahnemann Medical College) was in- corporated in 1873, and is supported by voluntary contributions. It is open for the reception of the sick and suffering requiring medical or surgical aid. The dispensary is open daily. W. Hobart Brown, president ; Dr. John E. James, secretary.
The Children's Homoeopathic Hospital No. 914 North Broad Street is open for sick children between the ages of two and fourteen and those suffering from non-contagious diseases. The dispensary for the treatment of children and adults is open daily.
Officers,-President, Capt. Eaoch Turley; Vice-President, Thomas F. Brock ; Treasurer, William H. Allen ; Secretary, M. S. Williamson, M.D. ; Resident Physician, J. T. Ridge, M.D. ; Board of Directors besidea Offi- cers, S. L. Kirk, C. S. Middleton, M.D., J. E. James, M.D., B. W. James. M.D., W. H. II. Neville, M.D., Pemberton M. Dudley, 3I.D., Ang. Kora- doefer, M D., T. F. Brock, J. B. Roney, D. A. Waters, W. M. Shoemaker.
Pennsylvania Homeopathic Hospital for Chil- dren (southwest corner of Forty-third Street and Oregon Avenue, West Philadelphia) receives infants and children with acute and chronic diseases other than contagious. Special provisions are made for the reception of surgical eases. A dispensary for the treatment of children is open daily.
Officers. Board of Counsel: William H. Furness, D.D., president ; Eroch Lewis, treasurer. Board of Directors Mrs. William II. Furness, president ; Mis. William E. London, secretary ; Resident Physician, Edward Everett Davis, M.D.
Maternity Hospital No. 734 South Tenth Street ), formerly the "State Hospital for Women and In- fants," was established for " the care, nurture, and maintenance of destitute women, married or single, during childbirth."
Oficers. Board of Governors and Medical Staff: President, J. W. White, M.D. : Trenaurer, W. HI. Ingham; Secretary, W. H. Stanke . Board of Governors, J. W. White, M.D., W. H. Ingham, W. H. Stanke,
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R. W. Clay, John P. Verres, J. V. Watson, C. C. Febiger, Andrew Gray, Charles M. Lea, William B. Robins, L. Clarke Davis, J. V. Ingham, M.D., T. Morris Perot, Charles Bullock, N. C. Mitchell ; Obstetricians, W. H. Baker, M.D., B. F. Baer, M.D., John B. Deaver, M.D., Robert H. Hamill, M.D. ; Surgeons, Edward L. Duer, M.D., John A. McArthur, M.D., J. William While, M.D., John M. Kesting, M.D. ; Consulting Ob- stetricians, R. A. F. Penrose, M.D., Ellerslie Wallace, M.D .; Coneulting Physicians, Alfred Stille, M.D., S. Weir Mitchell, M.D .; Consulting Surgeons, H. Earnest Goodman, M.D. ; D. Hayes Agnew, M.D.
The Church Dispensary of Southwark (at No. 1719 South Ninth Street) was incorporated in 1873. It was established to afford medical assistance to the sick poor living in the southern part of Philadelphia.
The Southern Sick-Diet Kitchen is located in this building, enabling the sick to be supplied with the necessary food, under the direction of a physician.
The results of the work at the dispensary since its establishment, in 1872, by the Philadelphia Protestant Episcopal City Mission, have been very encouraging.
Officers .- President, Henry R. Edmunds ; Secretary, Rev. Thomas L. Franklin, D.D. ; Treasurer, Rev. A. D. Heffern; Executive Committee, Henry R. Edmunds, Rev. Thomas L. Franklin, D.D., Rev. A. D. Heffern ; Medical Director, B. F. Nicholls, M.D.
The Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates (on Locust Street, between Ninth and Tenth) was or- ganized and incorporated in 1872. The object of this institution is the thorough and permanent reforma- tion of inebriates, and in it are combined church privileges and home comforts.
Officers -Board of Directors : President, Samuel P. Godwin ; Vice-Pres- idents, Richard Wood, Isaac Welsh, William G. Warden; Treasurer, Isaac Welsh ; Secretary, Thomas N. Boyd; Attending Physician, James Graham, M.D. ; Solicitor, Hon. John K. Valentius.
The Philadelphia Dispensary for the medical and surgical relief of the worthy poor was founded in 1786, and is the oldest dispensary in the United States. It is located at 127 South Fifth Street, be- tween Library and Walnut, and is supported by pri- vate contributions, and by income from investments. It has in connection with it an obstetrical and eye and ear department, at the corner of Thirteenth and Chestnut Streets. The managers are Rev. H. J. Mor- ton, D.D. (president), T. Wistar Brown, George Har- rison Fisher, Joseph P. Smith, Dr. Thomas Wistar (secretary ), William Hacker, A. E. Harvey, C. W. Trotter, Lewis Rodman, M.D., John Hockley, Jr., Richard Wood, Henry Bettle.
The benefits of the dispensary are bestowed upon all applicants whose circumstances do not admit of their employing a physician, except those suffering from delirium tremens or venereal disease, and mere paupers. All medicines are furnished gratuitously.
Twenty-five thousand and twenty-six patients were treated in 1882, as follows : House and district cases, 21,115; obstetrical, 727; eye and ear, 3184.
The Northern Dispensary (at 608 Fairmount Avenue) was instituted Oct. 1, 1816, and chartered March 26, 1817, amended June 4, 1855, and Sept. 21, 1868. It has a lying-in department.
The Southern Dispensary (318 Bainbridge Street) was founded March 24, 1817.
The Episcopal Hospital Dispensary .- This is a department of the Episcopal Hospital, which affords medical relief to an immense number of out-door patients.
The Episcopal Hospital Training-School for Nurses .- This department of the Episcopal Hospi- tal is a part of its original design. It has been quite useful, and plans are laid for its development on a more extended scale.
The Dispensary for Skin Diseases (216 South Eleventh Street) was incorporated in January, 1871, and has for its object the gratuitous relief of the sick poor afflicted with diseases of the skin.
Pennsylvania Free Dispensary for Skin Dis- eases (No. 923 Locust Street) was established in No- vember, 1876. The daily clinics are open to grad- uates and medical students.
CHAPTER XLI.
PROMINENT WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA HISTORY.1
EXACTLY when the first woman of European birth came to the Delaware River cannot be certainly known. It might have been when the Dutch reached Fort Nassau, in 1623, or at the settlement of Swanen- dall as early as 1631, or in Ployden's strange terri- tory of Albion. In the Epistle and Dedication of Beauchamp Plantagenet, after describing the great advantages of the Albion settlement, he speaks of "The Lady Winefrid, Baroness of Uvedale, the pattern of mildness and modesty," also of " The Lady Barbara, Baroness of Ritchneck, the mirror of wit and beauty," and also of a Lady Baroness whose title is unfortunately lost by a break in the page, but who was expected to come to America, as Plan- tagenet hopes, "to get them, as they promised to goe with us." There can be little doubt that when the Swedes came, in 1638, women came with them. It was to be a colony permanent in character. A set- tlement of men only, without women to take care of their domestic interests, would have been a failure. That John Printz, the Swedish Governor, brought his wife with him in 1642, can scarcely be doubted ; and in 1660, Mrs. Printz made complaint-the ac- count of which is contained in the Albany records- that she could not vacate her residence (at Tinicum) without much inconvenience. Armgard Printz, daughter of Governor John, married John Pappe- goya, who came over with letters of introduction in 1643. Madame Armgard Pappegoya was living under the Dutch rule in 1656, and she appeared as plaintiff in a law-suit before Upland Court in 1672. Among the English who came early were the women of the family of William Crispin and Nathaniel
1 This chapter was prepared for this work by Miss May Forney.
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Allen and Thomas Holme, who arrived some time before Penn's arrival. Among the women who came over with Penn, Watson1 mentions Elizabeth Hard. Her story is told to us in the will by which Mrs. Deborah Morris, a Quakeress, who died early in the present century, bequeathed a silver tankard to her heirs. Watson's "Annals" says that Mrs. Morris came into possession of the tankard as a legacy from Elizabeth Hard, who was the aunt of her mother. In the bequeathing document she speaks of Elizabeth Hard as
"a worthy, good woman, she being the first orphan ever left in charge of George Fox's Society of Friends, whose sweet, innocent deportment need to give me high esteem and regard for the ancient people. She came from England with William Penn and other Friends. My grand- father and wife came two years before ber, and settled in the Jenieye; but when she heard her sister designed moving to Philadelphia they removed thither also, and just got settled in a cave on the banks of the river, where is now called the Crooked Billet Wharf (so named from at ancient tavern on the wharf, about one hundred feet northward of Chestnut Street, having a crooked billet of wood for its sign), when my dear aunt (IJard arrived, which she esteemed a divine providence thus to find her sister, whom she had not suen for some years, thus ready to receive her in the cave. There they dwelt together until they could buil ]."
Mrs. Morris continues with a very realistie pen- picture of the work of the new colonists in providing themselves with dwellings. "They lovingly helped each other," and " the women set themselves to work they had not been used to before, for few of our first settlers were of the laborious class, and help of that sort was scarce." Elizabeth Hard seems to have been an energetic and muscular woman. She "thought it expedient to help her husband at one end of the saw, and to fetch all such water to make mortar of as they then had to build their chimney." She was not easily discouraged. The construction-work was going on, and her husband rebuked her one day for excessive labor. "Thou hadst better," he said, "think of dinner." She was willing enough to think of dinner, but there was nothing in the larder but a little bread and cheese. The dolefulness of Mistress Hard's reflections is put into sombre language by the writer in the " Annals :"
"Thus she walked on toward her tent (linppy time when each one's treasure lay safe therein), but was a little too desponding in her mind, for which she felt herself closely reproved and os if queried with ' didst thou not como for liberty of conscience? hast thon not got it: also been provided for beyond thy expectation ?' which so humbled her, she on her knees begged forgiveness and preservation in futuro, and never re- pined afterward. When she arose, and was going to seek for other food than what she had, her cat came Into the tent, and had caught u fine large rabbit, which she thankfully received, and dreesod as an English hare When her husband enmo into dinner, being informed of the facts, they both wept with reverential joy, and ate their menl, which was this seasonably provided for them, in singleness of heart."
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