Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-05-05
nuns.
Dss:ruetiou Of "a CIJst saa-Hini IN ths
IL tsd states

D-ss.rue,Ioa of ,a- cIJst s.T-MnI n .h,
Uatsd states
Whist renaiIed OF the oldes: saw
niIl IN the country has been torr dosn
and upon i,s site is building a EeT
grist mill. the properly OF Z = EI'-
lingS. This historic eFot. situated il
the town OF Rocky Hill. has loEC lien
= faTorits t-ys:ias piace !o- lovers q!
the antique. aGd the yis;;o-' =Eo Eayc
paid their respects % iae P.2cs b: de-
facic= ihe crude logs ara numbered b.
:hc thousands.
b.: the nIl: wtl! % Tisi:si 10 moro
It w:s SaovG Is. and vide - the Oh
E7L-ain Goodrich sa=--:ll All .
Of the mos. pristine contraction
Imaginable. The saw wa = cruber-
some horizontal aE=ir. Sc. il = n0a-
s;rous wooden franz propelled b. i
natural WATERFALL EpJl "a BIZ wooden
wheel. n iavcufio= OF ?-s:aE=$ When
the machinery vas Sc: u motion the
earth i0- miles around r~eve-5erate1
with the uosi hi3e2Ts noises. aad the
WORK was s!ov. Il IS tod OF Ole
Ephraira that. after Surfing q
P~roiigious lc- upo2 It's road
OF separation. he u=eI 70 lie down
upon the carriage aid sleep The d-eary
hours away. nEa;sH:a; when the IL
lad run is race D? tGc c~oa7a-ati"v
stiffness OF the mill lie b-cE-l..
afflicted. so the story Ec>s. with .
p=culia- disease. contracted b. thi=
habit, which prevea.ciL!=2 from sleep
iny il 4 quie; spot. uAl he then TOOK
20 RAINING his s:w-:aLl .. the Gaai 81
nigh; iJE his own personal t2G=I- a1i
70 the d~s-rirnea. o. i.taGrE: O. his
nc;ghbo-s, ~ho. unable 10 s.a7l il cny
loagcr. svoopei down upon the ola
ma and his mill oac Gz-!; aad gloo:nT
night, and Spiked tas Ua;=--whe2!
down. Tha. was 1850. = gear a.:e- the
mill had been founded.
Old Ephrain. who was fast bccorr-
Ing aged. finally de=c-tei this indus
Try. and his soa. also bearing his
fathers aGEe. took the business aai
ran i 70 tae satisfaction OF the PIsbes.
his nsighbor4 BI: tho mill out-!ircI
:ne family, and in IS2J. TIE Goodrich
STOCK havin- become depleted. it passed
into the haai5 OF william and Thomas
TryCa. These men Tc-a taa C0aaec-
ticu: lvmberD2a o. ta".r day, but after
some five years they :oo deserted the
mill. aaI let j. IA. il:, = s.a.e o. dcsue-
tuje. Then = the r-ca: MU-gs-
1iuiticI2!us craze. Thousands OF men
became iubGea with the iica that
they we-a 10 make their fortunes o.
raising sill: worms. AID the creates.
excitement prevailed. Aero ai;cr acre
YVES planted with mulberry trees.
Iear-oid shoots bearing one bad -.ere
sold for One dollar apiece. and worms
were imported b. til: thousand. Rev.
Israel Williams. C.NtGil William BIT
le- unl several others were among the
mos; enthusiastic. AID they AZ once
seized u?oa the Goodrich mill and
were 20 build an extensive addition TO
Il preparatory TO turning i in.o Il giik
mill. But the craze fell through be-
fore one log OF the old mill had been
displaced. with nothing la, the sioao
foundation OF the extension erected.
and At "a loss 10 hundreds
OF people. Since that time the prop.
a.;y has remained in sIatu quo. cher.
islci By the descendants OF the set.
tiers OF Rocky Hill as Il monument "a
the noble deeds OF their ancestors. IL.
pride Of ~autiQuarians and the idol OF
itinerant sictchcrs and embryo artists.
But the only thing which now remain:
TO identity j; with tbs past il the Old
whcal, almost r0;.sl away. which lies
upon II high cmbanGmcnt. q few han,
drcd foct down the stream, where 4
was washed b. las years Eood.-Nor
w.ch Comm Letter.