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               <b>1868</b>                         ""''
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<b>4  Apr</b>         Sarah    Dean   goes   to  Lebanon     to  live.
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<b>11  Apr</b>        Ministry     return    to  Lebanon.       Snow   2  1/2   ft.   at  WV,
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                              only   6  in.   at  Lebanon.
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<b>9  May</b>        Ministry     come    to  WV.
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                              Return    to  Lebanon     on  May   28.
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<b>9  June</b>       Ministry     leave    for   western    societies.        Expect    to  be   gone
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                              about    3 months.
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                              Visit    Niagara    Falls,    Detroit,     visit    Lebanon     CF  farm   at
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                              Buchanan     (320   acres    on  St.   Joseph    River);     Chicago,     then   via
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                              Michigan     City   Ind.,    Indianapolis       &  Louisville      to  So.   Union.
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                              Leave    on  26th,    via  Louisville      to   Pleasant     Hill.
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                              About    300  members     there.      Meet   Andrew    Bloombjr'erg    who   was   to
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                              go   to  NYC   to  meet   some   Swedish     Believers     who   were    coming.
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                              Leave    on  July   7th   for   Cincinnati      &  go  to  Whitewater.        On
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                              14th   to   Union   Village.       Leave    there   on   30th   for  Watervliet,
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                              Ohio.     On  August     4th  on   to  North    Union   via   Xenia.
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                              "Strong     feeling"     at  No.   Union    to  sell   out   & move    to  a  more
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                              favorable      locality..      "It  is   referred     to  us  to   decide    upon."
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                              They   find    about   25   acres   of  wheat,     heavy   erops    of  oats,
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                              good   crops    of  grass    &  potatoes.       "We   all  feel    that,    with
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                              economy     &  scientific      farming,     it  is  a  better    place    to  live
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                              than   New   Lebanon."
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                              However,     at   the  Mill    or  West   Family,     there   were    only   6
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                              males    &  10  females     &  "half   of   these   better    not   be  here    at
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                              all.     Can   do  no  special     good   here,    nothing    to   work   with   or
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                              upon."
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                              Leave    No.   Union   on   Aug.   11  via   Cleveland      & Buffalo     for
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                              Groveland.       Arrive     12th.
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                              Look   at   a  farm   in  Mt.   Morris    called    the   "Camel    Farm",    of
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                              527   acres    of  wheat, corn     &  meadow    lowlands,     owned    by   a Mr.
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                              Oliphant     of  NYC.     For   sale   for   $94.60    per   acre,    $50,000.
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                              Gro^veland      want   to   buy  but   haven't     the  money.      Talk    of  having
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                              South    Union   buying     it  &  renting     it  to  them.
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                              Visit    another    farm    owned   by   Charles    Jones,    rented     by  the
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                              West   Family--80      aeries    for    $10/acre.
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                              Start    for    home   on   Aug.   24,   arrive    at  WV  on   25th.
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<b>31  Aug</b>       Giles    accompanied      by    Chauncey     Miller    goes   to  Albany     to  have
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                              Dr.   March    take   out  a  tumor    on  his   back.
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<b>2  Sept</b>      ,Giles    &  Chauncey     go  to   Troy   Savings    Bank    to  see   "if   money
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                              can   be    obtained     in  any   consistent      way   to  buy   the   Garnel
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                              Farm    at  Mt.   Morris."      Do  not   have   any   encouragement.
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<b>4  Sept</b>       Albert    Lonias   to  go   from   NF  to   SF  to  live    with   Elder    Issachar
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                              Bates    and   Isaac   Anstatt     to  teach    school    in  place    of  Albert.
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                              Albert    replaces     Richard     Dean.
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<b>6  Sept</b>    (Sun)   Bro   Albert    Lomas    addresses     the   spectators      &  "really    had
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                               a  good   gift.     Satisfactory       to  all."
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<b>9  Sept</b>        Ministry     return    to  Lebanon.
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