One bed is for mom and dad and the baby, and the other bed is for everyone else. Bulls can gore you. Simple homesteading of this era means you learn how to knit, spin and weave, and use only your own feet (or those of a horse) for transportation. Lion Coffee Bag (Small): This is NOT an authentic package. The sizes are very variable ranging from about an inch to over and inch and a quarter. September/October 2012 issue of Countryside. Vinegar-laced aromatics. Hopefully you have dug yourself a well wide enough you can keep stuff cool if you don’t have a springhouse or a root cellar. Reading these diaries gives a very good insight into how people lived. (Yes—I know folks who do it.). If you happen to live where there is plentiful wood, you get to chop down trees. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. If you grow your own grain, you’d better know the difference between a snath and a blade and how to sharpen the latter. By the way, you will probably only have two or three metal pans, a Dutch oven (or something that can be covered with coals), a frying pan and a boiling pan. The ultimate in recycling. This helped to stave off germs and nasty smells. Samuel morse invents the telegraph to send messages in a faster and more safe way. Tooth Powder in Tin Container: This is real tooth powder and could be used as an everyday … Electric cars worked but … Go to the grocery store for only flour, coffee, and sugar. same label as on the small Lion bag, only larger, made from an old advertisement, glued to a cloth bag and What is it? every day. Because of the high death rate among children, the “average” lifespan was 35. We use it in the kitchen for washing our hands. Clothes horses and airers. (Yes, the Franklin stove was invented in the late 1700s, but it weighed so much, most folks who went west didn’t take it with them. Here’s something else you can do in your spare time—boiling the horns from the cows so they can be flattened and used to make into spoons and the “glass” in the lantern. Auckland Museum via Wikimedia Commons. Paint Decorated Deed Box, The box has its original Chippendale brass handle, and is lined with newspaper from Keane, NH dated 1809. Shaving Soap: We have a variety of shaving soaps available, including one Burlap Bag: Made from burlap. Another chore that isn’t fun — flour. Of course, if you stayed in one of the “big” cities, you would have access to whale oil or kerosene for your lights.). Also take away modern medicine, familiarize yourself with a healing herbs list and learn to recognize gangrene. Have we talked about shoes yet? The bed will have ropes tied about every foot going across, and three or four ropes going from head to food. Weapons. already honed and ready for use. The 1872 Report of Commissioners on Bureau of Labor Statistics to the [New Hampshire] Legislature is an incredibly rich source of both prices dating from the 1800s: pages 34-36 focus on 1800-1810; pork, beef, veal, and butter prices are discussed on p.24; and a chart (p.32) provides prices for particular foods, articles of clothing, shoes, various household supplies and construction materials in two New … If you truly want to try life in the 1800s, be expected to have 18-20 children, all born at home, and have half of them die before the age of five because of dysentery, typhoid, scarlet fever or measles. Straight Razors: These come with different types of metal blades and There are 68129 1800s for sale on Etsy, and they cost $28.18 on average. One pair of pants and a shirt for poppa for church, and one outfit for him for the rest of the week. In fact, some didn't even exist. W.A. If you are not experienced at sharpening a razor, we Every house had multiple sets of playing cards. With a chainsaw it takes me two weeks solid to cut 10 cords. Thimble, Brass: Sewing thimble made of brass. He had had them on so long, his hair was growing through them. A battery is a chemical reactor that stores energy, which can be used in electrifying. Coffee beans used will Be prepared to slaughter pigs and use everything except the “oink.” (Think pickled pig’s feet.) And ladies — would you like to know the origin of the phrase “on the rag?” Just one of the many uses of the rag bag. Hardware store sold weapons, Dodge city, 1872. In simple homesteading, lots of cooking is done in crockery or wrapped in leaves and stuck in the coals.