Sausages, making of, 154-155.
Sausage-gun, 154.
Save-alls, 42.
Scaffold, name for pulpit, 368.
Scarne. See Skarne.
Sconces, 42.
Scouring-rush, 85.
Scutching. See Swingling.
Scythe snathe, 309-312.
Seal of Germantown, 181.
Seating the meeting, 370-371.
Seats, at table, 101; in New England meetings, 369; in Virginia churches, 383-384; in Dutch churches, 386-387.
Section. See Bout.
Sedan-chairs, 356.
Sermons, length of, 376.
Sewall, Samuel, quoted, 354-356; character of, 418.
Shad, low regard of, 123-124; price of, 124; fishing for, 124; salting of, 124.
Shallop, 328.
Shed, in weaving, 221.
Sheep, in Ma.s.sachusetts, 188; laws about, 188, 189; herding of, 409.
Sheep-folds, 401.
Sheep-herds, 401.
Sheep-ranges, 401.
Shelburne, girls work in, 262.
Shepster, 187.
Sherry-vallies, 296.
Shingles, making of, 316-317.
Shingle-bolts, 318.
Shingle-mould, 317.
Shoe-pegs, 315-316.
Shuttles, for loom, 224-225.
Sign-boards, name on, 358-359; historical value of, 359; of Philadelphia, 359; of Baltimore, 359.
Sigourney, Mrs., quoted, 277-278.
Silk-gra.s.s, 211.
Silver, use of, 89-92.
Skarne, 216-217.
Skeins, of flax thread, 175.
Skillet, 50.
Skilts, 236.
Slave-kitchen, 54.
Slave quarters, 14.
Slavery, in New England, 163; in Virginia, 164.
Sleds, 343.
Sleighs, in New York, 355.
Sley, of loom, 219-220; price of, 224.
Slice, 67.
Slippings, of flax thread, 175.
Smith, John, quoted, 115-116; plants corn, 127; description of first Virginia church, 381-382.
Smoke-house, 153.
Smoke-jack, 65.