The Newtown bee., 1906-05-04

near the old HOlllSter house. There they were burned in kilns, the ashes being used to make lye and that was boiled into potash in potash kettles set there for that purpose.
 Daniel Nettleton, ST., and his wife came on horseback from Milford. It is thought they came soon after they were married, the exact date being unknown, but it is thought to have been 1775 or 1776. Why they located in this narrow valley with the farm running up the steep side hills has been mystery to the present genera tion. There is no one living who can tell why but two reasons have been suggested. First there is said to have been log house here when he came, and that might have been an induce ment to stop. There is also said to have been great deal of fine white may have made it a desirable tract to buy. After the log house there was a long low rambling structure that showed it was built at several differ ent times. No one now living knows anything about the date of even the latest additions. Daniel NettletOn, ST., and his wife had six sons and two daughters. Several of them followed the old custom, as son married they began housekeeping in part of the old home, going to home of their own when the next son married. Daniel, David, Nathan and Lewis with their wives went to Ohio, also Abby, who married Mira Northrop and was per- haps the first to go. The Northrops bought land in Medina, Ohio, in 1Sl6 Cor,oo of tho,,o 1 1rovo n tho uuou hojrr six weeks making the trip. One cou- pie went from Buffalo to Cleveland by boat and were three weeks on the lake, as when they got nearly to Cleveland there was heavy wind that blew the boat across to the Canada side. There were two sons and one daughter who remained here. For Samuel the father had house built across tbe meadows from his own home. There Samuel and his family of seven children lived and the place is now owned and Occu- pied by bis youngest SOD, Henry Net tleton. The daughter, Patty, married Sherman Hollister and lived near her old home and had eight children: Ly- len and lived at home. They cared for the parents as long as they lived and had the homestead. They had four children and lafter the death of Lyman Nettleton, his young est son, Treat, had the homestead. In 1887 he tore down the old house and had the present one built. This he occupied with his mother until his death in 1872, then his brother, Daniel, with his family came from Morris and have lived on the original Nettleton homestead since that time.
 Daniel Nettleton, ST., used to send a team of two yokes of oxen with a horse as leader to Darby Narrows. !" One of the youngest boys rode the horse and two of the oldest ones drove es, salt and rum for himself and his neighbors. It was said of Daniel Nettleton, ST., that he was progress i've and ahead of his neighbors. He had 'pig sty" with a kettle set in which to cook food for his hogs, when his neighbOrs' hogs run entirely at large. He was probably the first one in this section to own wagon. About 1850 he bought two wagons, one to use on the farm, the other in which they rode to church. This wagon had no springs and the body was dishing, lower in the middle than at the ends somewhat like boat. There was one seat in the wagon, duu d uOuUlc dTIu CndlI was dlWdyS used as the second seat. This chair is now used as veranda seat. This early settler evidently found it neces- sary to be ia Jack Of all trades" as he had what at that time was a full set of carpenters tools, also set of tools to make and hoop barrels and full supply of shoemaker's tools as we'll. This part of the hollow was for years called Pork Hollow. There are two reasons given for this, one being that Daniel Nettleton, ST., every year had the largest and finest pen of pork in this vicinity. The other is that sur veyors while in this hollow found the salt pork put up for them had spoiled, poles in the ground and there it stay ed until the place had gained the name of Pork Hollow. Up the hill back of Clarence Nettleton's there used to be two houses, owned one by the Northrops and the other by the Ranneys. No one living remembers these houses but heard the older peo- pie talk about them. In the meadow between Clarence Nettleton's and John Hollister's there was an old house. Sheldon Hill lived there at one time. One of his sons, Henry Hill, now lives in Bethlehem. There also a ldullly Ol DldCkS llVeu. duu tue ldSO UO occupy that house was family of Bar toes. It is said that miser who lived in the neighborhood owned land near here. This miser always got his meals away from home when he could and when he went to attend to his land went to Mrs BartOe'S to dinner. A man in koxbury brought in droves of Canadian horses and hired them pas tured on this land. The fences being poor they broke into Mrs Bartoe's gar den and destroyed it, over which she felt very badly. The owner of the horses was merchant and when he heard of her loss he was sorry for her as she was poor; the next time he came he brought her sack of flour. The miser was there the next day and hear ing of the gift took the sack of flour home for his own use.