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               REEL   2
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               Journal     #5,  kept    by  Galen      Richmond
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               Begins    with    the  year   <b>1874</b>,    which    was,on    previous     reel.
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<hr>                <b>1875</b><br>
<b>1  Jan</b>         "The   SHAKER    &  SHAKERESS     is  severely     faulted     for   Elder
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                              Frederick's      articles     of   late   on  Jesus    &  2nd   Thunder.      It
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                              is  Jan.   No.   for   <b>1875</b>."
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<b>2  Jan</b>   (NL)  Giles   writing     to  different      societies    to  apologize      for   Elder
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                               Frederick's      articles.
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                               Cabbage    seed   suit    at'Watervliet       decided    against     them   by
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                               Judge   Jackson     of  Schenectady.        He   sets   the   damages    for
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                               Shakers    to  pay   at   $5,276.11.       The   case   is  to   be  appealed
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                               from   decisions     of   this   Referee.
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<b>19  Jan</b>        (NL)   Report    from   Wvlt    that   C.  Copley    badly    hurt   in   a  fall.
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<b>20  Jan</b>        (NL)   Eld   Albert    Loinas   comes    from   Wvlt   &  "says    they   have
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                                resolved     to  appeal     the  cabbage     suits    as  all": the --.-par ties
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                                having    suits    against     the  Shakers     will   not   settle    short    of
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                                $15,000     damages."
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<b>6  Feb</b>          (NL)  At   11:30    am  a  fire   was   discovered      in  the   woods,    west
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                                side   of   woodhouse     west   of   great   house    and   in  71   minutes
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                                the   large   woodhouse      &  sisters'     shops,    the   Great    House,
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                                Ministry     Shop,    Old   Eastpl  House,    ice   house,    East    Barn,   Cart
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                                house    &  dry  house    at   East   Barn   &  cider   mill    were   in   ashes.
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                                Also   all   the   cheese,    butter,     about    8  bbls.   sugar,     2 hogs-
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                                heads    of  molasses,      70  bu.   potatoes,     10   bbls   flour    &  all
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                                the   household     furniture      "except     a  trifle".      The   1st   Order
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                                left   homeless,      without    food    &  all   the  hay   &  grain    for   oxen
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                                burned    &  1  yoke   of   oxen.     Fire   set   by  a  hired    man,   Charles
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                                Harris.
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<b>7  Feb</b>   (Sun)    Barrels    of  kerosene      oil  had   been#    rolled    into   Great    Gar-
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                                den   &  was   now   retrieved;      brethren     &  sisters    were    carrying
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                                beds    to  shops    or  some   shelter,     some    baking    &  cooking,     some
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                                caring     for  sick.     Elder    Daniel    is   nearly    dying,    got   his
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                                lungs    badly    smoked;    and   Elder    Daniel    Grossman     suffering
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                                from    hard   fall   &  overdoing;      Bro   Andrew    Barrett    had   his
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                                 shoulder     broken    when   he  fell   with    Eld  Daniel     Grossman     from
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                                roof    of  old   infirmary
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                                The   North,    Second     & South    Families     cooked    all   night.      Hired
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                                men   &  firemen     from   Pittsfield      toiled    hard   to   extinguish      th
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                                flames.      The   Meeting     house    took   fire   but,   by   most    strenuous
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                                exertions,      was   saved;     the  infirmary      took   fire   &  burned    half
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                                 through    the   west   door    & some    of  windows     & west    side.
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<b>8  Feb</b>        Met   to  decide    where    to   cook   &  eat.    Decided     to   cook   in  the
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                                soap   room    & eat   in   ironing    room   at   washhouse.       Lodgings
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                                are   fixed    in  every    room   in  washhouse,      in   old  Girls     Shop,
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                                in  Infirmary,      Garret     of  Office,     Seed   Shop,   Brick    Shop,
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                                dairy    building,     old   Infirmary,      etc.     Some   sisters     go  to
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                                the   other    families     for  a  time.     The   CF   at  present     take
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                                meals    at  2d  Order.
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