I was put upon the stone, and the grinder put his foot upon the treadle, and the bands pulled, and the wheel sped, and the fire flew, and it seemed as if, in the heat and pressure and agony, I should die.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Her skirts fell upon the treadle of the spinning-wheel.
"A Dozen Ways Of Love"
Lily Dougall
Sara proved an apt learner, and soon was making the treadle fly, while her hostess, seeing her well underway, ran down-stairs for a time.
"Sara, a Princess"
Fannie E. Newberry