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wife for $50 per year and gave him the privilege of keeping a cow, cutting his

wood on the farm, having 4 acres of land to plant on halves, and have his fruit

for watching the orchard. They didn't move in until April 1857. In February 1858

they were taking another man & wife to look at the farm. In July 1858 there was

a terrific wind and hailstorm which destroyed all their seed onions, cut down their

corn, injured their orchard and tin roofs, and broke almost 1000 panes of glass

im their windows. In July 1859 was another storm, a "tremendous hurricane," that

tore off one side of the roof of the brick shop and threw it against the sisters'

shop where it broke windows, clapboards and the roof; tore down one of the chimneys

of the dwelling house that then damaged the roof; and damaged their crops. Some

came from the other families to help them repaiar their buildings so it must have
been more in the nature of a localized min-tornado.

In March 1864 they built a cider house. In 1865 they had two calamities.

In September a tremendous rain carried away part of their sawmill dam and undermined

the north end of the mill, filling up the raceway the whole length to the CF pond.

Twelve days later their drying ikiln was completely burned along withthe woodhouse

attached to it. The other families gave them barrels of apples and the use of

their kilns and mill to dry applesand make cider for the winter. In December the
other family brethren turned out to help them repair their sawmill dam, and they

were able to use it in January 1869. But part of the sawmill dam washed out again
in April and again in October 1869..

In November 1871 they were working at an addition to the dwelling house and
in July 1873 "put large windows in the house."
6 August, 1874 - "This is the 100th anniversary of Mother Ann's landing in
America. George Albert Lomas and a large party meet on the old ground of first
settlement ... and speak and sing to the joy of many."
11 Oct., 1875 - Start digging a cellar 36* x 22' for a tenant house west of our
new barn. 1 July 1876 - Fixing the new house for a family from Troy to move into.
3 July - Go to Troy after the family - Samuel and Margaret Gould and two boys,
who move into south half of the new house.