Table monitor

Poem in 8 eight-line stanzas on the proper use of food, from a Shaker viewpoint. Printed in black on white cardbord; in two columns divided by double rule, within double line border. At end of text within border: Shaker Home 1830; in border: Visitor's Dining Room, Shaker Village. Generally attributed to Hannah Bronson or Brownson; cf. Richmond. Also cf. version in Gleanings from old Shaker journals, compiled by C. E. Sears (Boston, 1916), p. 258-259.