Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978 Page: 14
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ears. The first to sound off would be the barred owls and then
as darkness came on the timber wolves would howl and bark over
on the hill in the deep forest. An hour or so after dark the
driver and his team would be approaching the old farm, and the
mules would hasten their pace and begin to hold their heads high
listening for familiar sounds back home. No matter how long their
days' journey they always had enough energy to hasten their steps
when they came near home, and when their harness was removed and
cool well water quenched their thirst, they went to their stalls
for their corn.
One of the most important things in the home of a generation
ago was the fireplace. No home worthy of the name would exist
without a fireplace. In the old time boxed-up houses where one by
twelve boards made up the walls and strips of one by fours covered
the cracks, the mud chimney and a large fireplace with rock jams
was just as important as the doors and windows. This writer re-
calls seeing new homes like the ones described with a good chimney
and fireplace with a quilt spread over an opening designed for a
window.
The quilt would turn the chill winds and keep the warmth of
the big fireplace inside. And the fireplace supplied heat for the
entire home. The big oak and hickory logs used for wood soon
burned to a glowing red and the heat could be felt 15 feet away.
In winter time the glowing coals fell underneath the logs
that rested on large firedogs and the sparks jumped about with
lively patterns going up the chimneys with the air that had been
saturated with the odor of kitchen foods. The old fireplace was14.
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 4, Number 1, July 1978, periodical, January 1978; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255383/m1/22/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Orange County Historical Society.