I'm laughing. My parents would be so surprised to think that flush toilets were around in the 1600s. It would be interesting to know how they did this. Did some slaves stand by and pour pails of water as needed? Not having your addy, I had to send this to the VT website. Joan in NH with paternal relatives from Vermont. ----- Original Message -----
On 1/18/2011 4:36 PM, Joan Little wrote: > I'm laughing. My parents would be so surprised to think that flush toilets > were around in the 1600s. It would be interesting to know how they did > this. Did some slaves stand by and pour pails of water as needed? > > Not having your addy, I had to send this to the VT website. > > Joan in NH with paternal relatives from Vermont. Joan: That was 1,600 years BEFORE Christ that they had flush toilets in Knossos, Crete (an island southeast of mainland Greece). In Vermont, at least in the old Dutton farmhouse in Springfield, this convenience did not arrive until the 20th Century (somewhere about 1935 +/- 10 years). That last bit was to try to stay on topic for Vermont. Pretty iffy.... Darrell
Darrell: The DUTTON farmhouse in Springfield.... Would that be part of Ralph Dutton's family? His daughter graduated with me in Brattleboro, 1951. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Darrell A. Martin To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:30 PM Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Cataract surgery in 1885 On 1/18/2011 4:36 PM, Joan Little wrote: > I'm laughing. My parents would be so surprised to think that flush toilets > were around in the 1600s. It would be interesting to know how they did > this. Did some slaves stand by and pour pails of water as needed? > > Not having your addy, I had to send this to the VT website. > > Joan in NH with paternal relatives from Vermont. Joan: That was 1,600 years BEFORE Christ that they had flush toilets in Knossos, Crete (an island southeast of mainland Greece). In Vermont, at least in the old Dutton farmhouse in Springfield, this convenience did not arrive until the 20th Century (somewhere about 1935 +/- 10 years). That last bit was to try to stay on topic for Vermont. Pretty iffy.... Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I do not have the answer to your question, but I do know that some of the ancient civilizations were very advanced... but they went out of existence and little is left of what they achieved. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darrell A. Martin Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VERMONT] Cataract surgery in 1885 On 1/18/2011 4:36 PM, Joan Little wrote: > I'm laughing. My parents would be so surprised to think that flush toilets > were around in the 1600s. It would be interesting to know how they did > this. Did some slaves stand by and pour pails of water as needed? > > Not having your addy, I had to send this to the VT website. > > Joan in NH with paternal relatives from Vermont. Joan: That was 1,600 years BEFORE Christ that they had flush toilets in Knossos, Crete (an island southeast of mainland Greece). In Vermont, at least in the old Dutton farmhouse in Springfield, this convenience did not arrive until the 20th Century (somewhere about 1935 +/- 10 years). That last bit was to try to stay on topic for Vermont. Pretty iffy.... Darrell *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message