The Press., 1909-11-03

at the left as you went north. Chester Burnham and pr. Chester Carpenter $ family; next was Leonard and Aunt Basha Holt; next was the Amos Pres tons, with their large family A little to the left. some one third of a mile up the hill, was Dea Abram Weston and Timothy Weston, with his large family. At the east of the Prestons was, first, Uncle Hosea Vim ton. then my Grandfather Holt, the Esq Dunton homestead, then the Widow Weston place, then James Weston in what had once been Gener- al Orrin Holt's store; next was the old red schoolhouse, with it's hard seats. with the back of the lower seats forming foot rest for the older ones on the upper seats.
 A short distance east of the school house the road branched off two ways from the Ashford road, the one at the left going north and the one at the right going south. In the corner, at the right, was the home of Dr. Silas Partridge and his son in law, Thomas Russ. On the corner, at the left, was the home of David Heath and his son, John Heath, with his five children. Between the Ashford road and branch leading south was the long onestory building that Heath used for the manufacture of horn combs, of which he at that time did quite nice business.
 About mile to the southeast from Dr. Partridge's place was the home of tha Wheeler family, of the mother and four children, two sons and two daughters, of whom may say more further on About 8 mile east of the Hollow, on the hill a little to the left, on short branch road, was the home of Dea. John Holt, who, with his two sons, Sanford and Arnold, carried on small tanners and cur riers' and boot and shoe business.
 Some quarter of a mile and short distance from the Ashford road was the home of Timothy and Esther Holt, with their son, Gen. Orrin Holt. with their then four sons, Henry D. Norman. George A. and Winfield s. Two others were born to them few years later, Thadeus K. and Eliza D now Mrs. Thorne of Highland Park, Ill.
 Some one. third of mile north from John Heath's was the home of Samuel Stiles with their family of four ohil- dren, Samuel Jr {, Sally, Catherine and Faith. Sally married a Mr. Battle of Ashford, Catherine married first William Vinton and second Joh n H. Holmes, and Faith married Philo Wright
 A short distance north of the Stiles place was the home of Capt John Wright, near where the read branched off to go more directly toward the Rider schoolhouse.
 In the Rider school district there
 
 than in any other district in the town. There were quite number of promi nent families who were we'll to do, and in those days were considered wealthy. The principal industry was the store and grist mill of Origen Dimock and the woolen mill at what afterwards was known as Moose Meadow, but many of the farmers, as have already indicated, were we'll to do.
 The principal families as I recall them, beginning near tha Westford border, were the Fullers, John ST, John Jr. and Willard, my first school teacher in the Hollow. Bartholomew Potter, connected by marriage with the Glaziers, Uncle Thomas Knowl- ton and his son-in- law, Wm. L.. Marcy, zsbadiah Marcy and his son, Timothy Marcy. the Origen Dimock family, the Dea. Rufus Rider family. the David Glazier family and Capt. Oliver Holt family.
 was very young ana 4lVed III tne Hollow and was not as familiar with the Rider district as the Hollow, and may have omitted number of other families
 Of the industries in the Hollow have already mentioned the grist and saw mill owned by the Widow Wes. E0n and thn o0nh hnsinasa co rriod 0v, by Jobn Heath, who employed some four or five hands in making tht combs and one or two preparing the hoofs and horns, by boiling in oil and pressing them into such shape as wal required for the making of combs.
 The men in the employ of MT Heath in the making of combs were