are asking $30 a month for 6 months. She comments "it is a mean,
unjust piece of work.l Why didn't they bring suit long ago when
Elder Isaac was living. He would have made things hot for them.
Mary has had a good deal of money, $66 already, and a great lot
of furniture from the WF as part payment in the past."
In Sept. 1916 Anna says "Mr. and Mrs. Storey to rent WF for their
church interests for $25 a month." in October Anna walked to the
WF and sstayed all afternoon. "Had tea with the cook there, an
Irish lady from Dublin, who also told her fortune with cards and
tea leaves. The cook is hired by the Storeys who hope to buy the
WF for their church.
On October 26th Eldress Rachel's brother came to visit her and
Elder Isaac, not knowing they were dead.
In November she says "three cities, Albany, Troy & Schenectady,
are talking of buying the WF for a Capital Park, no liquors to be
used on the grounds."
In March 1917 Eldress Anna received a letter from Mrs. Storey
giving up entirely the idea of buying the WF. "She is in debt
now, thinks it best to quit before becoming more heavily
involved. So far all have failed to buy." The next day, Eldress
Anna listed the WF with Blanchfield, an Albany real estate
dealer.
In March 1917, the Winegarten suit comes up again. Eldress Anna
says she is willing to settle with May at the rate of $20 for 9
months of service, or $180 in all. But this does not seem to
satisfy her. "When the Shakers took her in, a poor little girl
and raised her up, she was in a very bad plight, a forlorn little
object. How sharper than a serpent's tooth is an ungrateful
child."
In June 1917, the family living at WF is named Finn. Father
David and son David Jr. are working for SF doing "kitchen
chores." But on July 5 she records "the two David Finns laying
at home, dead drunk, not able to be on duty."
On March 15, 1918, Eldress Anna had a letter from War Dept.
asking use of WF buildings "for sick and dying soldiers, a hos-
pital by rights." They offer good pay. But in May she notes
that the WF has been rented for 5 months at $25 per month for
agricultural purposes, with a lot of girls coming. "One of our
renters will have to move to a smaller building to make room
for the girls." The next day SF sisters and girls go to WF
all day, cleaning ans traightening up. In June she notes that
"the farmerettes get $15 a month and board. They prove to be
very good workers."
In August 1918 " man from Cuba aged 71 years came to buy the WF.
Eldress Anna and Elder Josiah had a long talk with him." The
next day they went to Mt. Lebanon to get the ministry's signa-
ture to sell the WF, and the next day the sale took place for
$25,000, $15,000 to be paid down. On December 31st, the wife

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