A Fire in the Hearth

A Fire in the Hearth

“If we suppose the great Creator to condescend to survey his works in detail, what object can be so pleasing to him as that of the laborer, after his return from the toils of a cold winter day, sitting with his wife and children round a cheerful fire, while the wind...
We Need More Fires

We Need More Fires

“Fire is a capital article. To have no fire, or a bad fire to sit by, is a most dismal thing. In such a state man and wife must be something out of the common way to be in good humor with each other…”  — William Cobbett, Cottage Economy In this coldest winter in...

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