Tool/Implement

Rigging and rope 1907
Part of the William Howard, Jr. Collection

Scythe left by Augustus Bliss of Blissville in 1862. Augustus Bliss hung this scythe in a young pine tree in 1862 and went to fight in the Civil War. He never returned. His father Milton Bliss, discovered the scythe a year or so later and from sentiment, he let the pine tree grow around the scythe, erecting a railing around the base of the tree. In the hurricane of 1938, the tree was blown down. A year or so later, Warwick historian Charles Morse became interested in the story of the scythe, found the felled tree and acquired it for the Town of Warwick.

Scythe located on wooden stand, south wall, room 1a

Great wheel, also known as a wool wheel or spinning wheel with direct spinning drive.

Form used to cure hides of animals, found at Town Poor Farm.

An upright butter churn 19th century

Yarn reel made of maple.

Binoculars in leather case. Made by Stereo Megaphos, Paris
World War I vintage?

Butter maker. When the butter comes from the churn it is in clumps, laced with milk. A small amount of butter would be handled with paddles and larger amounts were worked with this "gadget."

Hinged wooden box with paper glued to outside with decorative motifs. Approx. 13" x 13" x 13". Label on lid says "Diaries of Wm. Cobb, Esq. 1803-1852. Presented to the Town of Warwick by his grandson, Geo. B. Cobb and by his great grandson Arthur D. Mayo. 1908".
The diaries themselves are in the vault in the Town Hall. A transcription by Beth Gilgun is available in the Warwick Library and online at http://whs.steamkite.com/sites/default/files/cobb.txt.

L.C. Smith statistical typewriter, model 8-18
Extra-long carriage