I had the right idea in mind, just the wrong quote. I should have said, “An earlier source is Beecher’s Norwood : or, Village life in New England, Vol I (1867) [http://bit.ly/2j6aukl (p 57)].

(By way of explanation of my error, I am usually looking at a number of quotes attributed to the same author, trying to find sources, and yours is sometimes one of those. I’ve caught myself before: about to post a comment when I realize that my comments are on some other quote than the one that’s at the top of the page I’m posting to. This time I didn’t catch myself.)