American womanhood from Bunker Hill till now, and there stands its witness. Honor the old spinning-wheel and all it signifies, and to the spinster: “Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her works praise her in the gates.” [Illustration: FLAX WHEEL] FOOTNOTES [1] Owned by the Litchfield Historical Society. [2] To whose charming book, _Home Life in Colonial Days_, I am indebted for many facts relating to colonial spinning. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Tale of the Spinning Wheel, by Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel