Name/Title
Goodwill NotesEntry/Object ID
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William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
... Cordials of mine, I shall take of them, A little myself so taking Up Her smelling Bottle of Hartshorn took a small snuff, and handed it to Sarah, who Did the same and then to Christopher, Who Cautioned the Men to be moderate ... Then taking a Small Lump of Refined Sugar, with a few Drops of the Essence of Peppermint, to Brace the Stomach, and so On again to the Men, who Received it, with a Sensible satisfaction ........ While this was Doing, Sarah took a small slice of Bacon, with Her New Greens & a Piece of a Potato, and placed them On the Trenchers, for Elizabeth, & Christopher... All Being Thus prepared, Christopher, Spoke to the Men & Said, "if there be any thing On this Table at present, prepared for supper, which you would prefer, One and all of You, Speak, & We Will endeavour to serve You" Whereupon, The Carpenters spoke and Said, We had it, in Contemplation, first, to preserve Our Old Bread, which was yet Good, and in the Next place, To Hansel Our New Building, Of One Days work, with some kind of Rare festivity, prepared for supper, when we made known our Wishes, to Sarah; about which, She was engaged, When You... came to the Door... And which is now, in Readiness for Us, on the Table, and We have Discovered Nothing as Yet, to Change Our Opinion and first impressions... We Shall, Therefore, Prefer, Sarah's New Milk from the Cows, Her New-bread Baked in the Pan for the first time, together with Her Coffee, now smoking, on the Board Before Us; Nevertheless, we are willing to taste, whatever Your kindness may think proper to Bestow, so as to Compleat the festival of this evening supper....... To Which, the Indian Men All Noded assent — and They were served accordingly by Sarah. — While Elizabeth and Her Husband, Partook, of the Bacon & Greens, which they said, surpassed their Expectation...
For the Bacon, in the cooking with the Greens, had seasoned them, with a proper Relish, to them at present, Equal to, if not superior, to common Pigweed, When They took a Dish of Coffee with Sarah ... After Which — Elizabeth —
— here in the Woods, Upon which, She handed forward two Wooden trenchers, for the purpose...
When Elizabeth Replied, and Said, "Not only the Bacon and green pottage, is Of Sarah's new Cooking, here in the Woods, But all that is Newly prepared, on this Her table this evening, as the Bread, the Milk, the Coffee, the tea and Chocolate, which is Now in Readiness & Steaming Before us, are of Sarah's preparation ... and the Table is, or was made for Her, it Would Seem necessary, at Least this evening, For Her to Preside, At this Serious Yet Festive Board, and therefore, Let us, Bring Her Bench, Alongside, that she may Act, Accordingly... and the Bench is Long Enough, to Hold us, all three, and We will sit, One ^of^ Us, on Each side of Her, & help Her, to Distribute the Present Fare, Among our friends around us ........ This proposal, was so Unexpected to Sarah, as almost to overcome ^her with^ the Coy... & Delicacy of Her feelings... But upon a Little Reflection, She Complied & took Her seat — as all was Ready; Elizabeth Said, she would Commence the Course; by taking, a small Sniff, from Her Smelling Phial of Hartshorn, it had Occasionally, Awakened her Drooping senses, on Her Journey ..... Also she had Received a Sensible Benefit, from a few Drops, of the Essence of Peppermint which seemly Braced & Enlivened Her stomach, so that she could take a bit of cake, or a Biscuit, as she Rode on; .... For, as Sarah Said, that on her Journey, Yesterday, from New Windsor, to the Otter Creek, here, Near by — That there, Our Newly Acquainted friends and Neighbours, Of the Wilderness, would, as they passed Along — Occasionally, snatch sprigs of flowers, from the Bushes, such as Honeysuckles &c and present them to Her, for Nosegays ..... and to convince her they were harmless and Usefull, would take some of those flowers and Eat them .... Their Example, to me, is Worthy of imitation ... whose Acts, of Benevolence ... is A plain Language .... With "Thy Neighbour as thyself" I Shall therefore, Before Offering Any of these, Restorative Cordials
