The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-07-27
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Mr, AMI Mrs Raymond were raised in
Ncw-j.gS,and, and were OF the gcnuinc
Puritan stock The mothers of both
were lytt in wijowhool during the revo
tuUcnary struggle, anI Tie children pas
sad tue critical period Of youth without
the Trotet.ion and supervision of the pa
rent upon whom the most wcjgAty part
or family government depends
They had reached their teens" when
The struggle Of the colonies seemed to
!e hanging in very doubtful suspensc.--
MIS- Raymond'S father died in the army,
aLa her mother was left poor aui depen-
Gout with . sicily infant at her breast
Ann was about fifteen when this event
occurred, aal upon her necessarily de-
yo,Y,d 4 large share Of the labor Of tue
house, as we'll as the business out Of doors.
During the hard winter" she was oblig-
u 20 bring wood from the ucighborin.
ban, chopping it with her own hands, to
warm Ler mothers cottage BY this
course of decjpline, Ann acquired hard
ness Of muscle, 4 strength Of purpose, aud
q power of endurance which never left
ler through long life
When young. Raymond was united in
te.y matrimony TO Ann Taylor, at tie
house Of the village parson; so far as pc
auaiary interests are concerned, their for
tune was to be made "Out Of whole cloth.
They had, indeed, an excellent web out
.1 which to cut fortune, for they were
% the possession Of nerves hardned by
-cvcrs physical labor, and rendered elias
'io by the confidence which honesty Of
purpose and innocency Of life inspire.
some time between the close of the
revolutionary war and the commencement
ct tie nineteenth century, Mr. Raymond,
>i.A some half dozen children, immi-
grated to THE new country" some fifty
laiIas west Of the Hudson, il tic State Of
D. York The fierce MoLawas had Just
cone oH to Canada, and the fairest por-
lions of tLe glorious 'lake country were
occupied as the hunting grounds Of "the
a.1 nations" Mr. Raymond erected a
laG cabin il glen, by the side of a beau
,5ru3 li-+1a g.ra9,,, f MIRO S-,rinr water the
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b-ratc from hi!I TO Lill, and the scream of
tie panther would cause a quaking among
the small herds Of the neighboring farms.
Hard handed ,abor and strict economy
l--,lirl tbe necessities of the liffIa or0nD
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forced upon all, and no immortality suf-
tered to mass without fearful religious
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