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<b>2  Aug</b>    (Sun)   Meeting    attended     by  a  couple    of   Adventists      from
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                               Albany     and  Rebecca     Jackson.
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<b>9  Aug</b>         Two   male   Adventists      attend    meeting    -  one   from   Troy,
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                                Other   from   Springwater      Valley.                  /
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<b>11  Aug</b>        Dr.  March    came   from   Albany    and   "opening     Matilda     Wells'
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                                Swelling    on   her   side,"    removed    "3  pints    of   corrupted
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                               matter    which    eased    her   distress     very  much."
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<b>26  Aug</b>        (NL)   Peter   Long    & Elisha    Blakeman     returned     from    Buffalo
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                               Groveland      etc.     "They   brought     more   news   concerning      the
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                                society    of  True    Inspiration.        They   say   they   are   an
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                               Orderly,     meek    &  self-denying      people    &  were   kind   to
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                                them   & gave    a  strong    invitation      for  some   of   the   breth-
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                               ren   &  sisters     to  visit    them."
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<b>11  Sept</b>       ((R)i} Eight   young    brethren     &  sisters    went   to   the   world
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                               during    this    week.     Great    shock!    [4  from   CF]
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<b>14  Sept</b>       (NL)   Three   more   boys    left.
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<b>23  Sept</b>     ^Polly    Vedder    died.      r>-
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<b>21  Oct</b>       Thieves     broke    into   "clothiers'      shop"    in  evening     while
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                                family   was   in  meeting     &  stole    7 pieces     of  cloth    &  other
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                               Articles     but   the   meeting    was   dismissed      before    they   got
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                               away    and  a  lame   man   by   the  name   of   Wood   who   was   unable
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                               to   run   & who   once   lived    in  the   family    was   caught.      He
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                                said   there   were    two  others    with    a horse    &  wagon    SW  of
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                               the   WF.    So   the  brethren     went    &,  after    a chase    of  about
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                               ^ mile,     caught    the   one   driving     the  wagon.      They   kept
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                               them    for  the   night    &  took   them   to  Albany    to   the   police
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                               .the  next   morning.
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<b>24  Oct</b>      "Theodore     Bates    died   at  NF   -  84.
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<b>25  Oct</b>        Four   fat  oxen    stolen    from   River    Farm.
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<b>31  Oct</b>        Found   that   the   oxen   had   been   sold   in   Waterford     by  "a
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                               youth    who   by  description      is   thought    to  be   George    Wood"
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                               And   the   oxen   had   been   butchered.
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<b>2  Nov</b>         Some   brethren     went/   to   Waterford     to   claim   the   oxen.    In
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                                the  meantime     George    Wood    & his   mother    came   to   the
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                                Office    & visited     his   brothers     &  sisters    here   and   at  the
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                               MF.     While   he   was  here,    FSWicker     went   for   an  officer     &
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                                they   arrested     George    about   ^ way    to  Troy    & took    him  to
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                                jail   in  Albany.     $100   was   found   on  him   &  "he   did   about
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                                as  much   as  own   his   guilt   before     the  brethren     left    him."
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                                "It  is   to  be  remembered      that   George    was   among    the   chil-
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                                dren   in  the   CF  &  was   a  thievish     boy   & otherwise      wicked
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                                &  j/when  he   was   about   17-18    years   of   agihe   was   cut   off
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                                By  the   Heavenly     Father    &  returned    to   his   parents,     who
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                                had  both    apostasized      from   our   Society."
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<b>18  Dec</b>        (NL)   "I  heard    today   that    Lydia   Wood    {mother    of   George)
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                                ...has    cut  her   throat     [with   a  pair   of  scissors]!        This
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