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1868
10 SeptNL From the Albany papers, learn that KKK visited South Union
and burned down their woolen factory, flour & grist mill &
saw mill-- loss $250,000.
Ministry sisters
28 Sept (NL) Sylvester Prentice goes to Lebanon & asks fe^Ss^to come
to WV this week & "assist some at the NF there."
I Oct Eldress Betsy & Elder Sister Ann come to WV. Return on 3d.
15 Oct Giles comes to WV concerning the destruction of the SF
mill dam by floor & their mill foundation; also their dry-
ing kiln which burned.
7 Nov Ministry come to WV. Bad roads. Many potatoes not yet dug,
turnips not yet in, corn not all yet harvested.
9 Nov CF brethren finish making cider; sold over 200 bbls in Albany.
Finish getting in seed turnips, now getting some cabbage.
10 Nov Finish digging chicory root. CF have made 1 ton of Extract
of Chicory, sells at 50 per Ib .
II Nov Gi/les goes to NF & WF "to see the Elders & Caretakers of
boys concerning the management of children & the care of
boys , etc. "
12 Nov Giles gets 9 swarms from Aspinwalls and 2 from SF -- now has
58 swarms, all Italian & semi-Italian.
16 Nov Hear from Pleasant Hill that South Union & PH have merged
into one bishopric.
19 Nov Letter from Pleasant Hill tells of arrival of 37 Swedes,
making in all 58 who have come. 44
20 Nov Letter from Canterbury tells of a meeting in Meonian
flto publish Believers' Faith j' attended by Elder Fred Evans &
Antoinette Doolittle from Lebanon, Wm. Leonard from Harvard,
Eld Henry Cummings of Enf ield NH -- speakers ; and 15 other
Believers -- 2 from Shirley, 5 from Harvard, 6 from Canterbury.
21 Nov Giles begins building a wintering beehouse, 30 x 16.
1 Dec Giles puts his hives in cellar -- 59 swarms.
4 Dec The WV families come with teams to help SF repair the breach
in their mill dam, made by the flood last summer.
Work on it the next several days in spite of snow.
14 Dec Ministry return to Lebanon.
^_ 18 Dec (NL) "There are a number of men at NF as enquirers this winter,
some German, some Prussian, one of whom cannot speak one
word of English. They come, mostly, from having read an
account of the Shakers by one Henry Vincent, an English
traveler & writer. "