Putnam patriot., 1910-08-19
 CHILD REUNION.

CHILD REl N1oN.
 Ipon invitation Of Cyrus and Charles Potter the oth Reunion Of the Child family was held last Thursday at Pond Factory. 1t was the most largely attended of any of the reunions ogef 15o being present. A bountiful collation. in charge of Mrs. J. S May and Miss NJ. +. Potter, the members of the Executive committee who were nresent. was served under the trees near the shore. After dinner President Chester Child of Putnam appointed a Nominating committee to choose of. fcerS for the next term. They were II T. Child, Gassius Child. and Mrs. Henry ]. Potter. They brought in the names of the same officers. Chester Child declined n reelection, however, and Clarence Child was elected in his stead The report of the Historian, Mrs. Charles Potter, was called for and she gave list of the marriages, births and deaths since the last re- union two years ago. Miss Mary K. Potter gave sketch of Pond Factory, which appears elsewhere. Dr. Will ialn Child of Bath, N. Ill., who can trace his family on both sides eight generations of the Child name, then spoke He said the name of Wood stock had borne a charm for him since early childhood but this was his first xisiI to the town. Lueian Burleigh of Troy. N Y., cousin of J. K. Chandler and his guest during his stay in town, xas the next speaker. He WAS quite brief, as he said speech aking was not in his line. A paper on the Wood stock. Thompson Land Case was pre- senied by Mrs. Agnes t'hilde Paine of Thompson and she credited Miss Ellen Larned with most of the data il con- tained. poem from Brainard Child Of Pasadena, Cal. was read by his niece, Miss Grace Child. Shoxt but witty speeches from Mr. Basto, Cas- sius Child, Clarence Child. H. I. Child and J. K. Carpenter followed A solo by Miss Kathleen Leaxitt was much enjoyed. A vote of thanks was rendered the hosts and it was voted to send greetings to several absent nem- bers whom illness detained al home.
 POND FACTORY.
 Daniel Webster. the boasted legal adviser of the Child family. said. "N hen tillage begins other arts follow, the farmer, therefore, is the founder of eivilization.n Following this line of procedure. our relative of long ago Peter Child, after clearing and uiling the land in this vicinity, realizing the possibilities of this beautiful lake. built a dam, and then mill.
 Legend tells us that this first mill was wo0len mill, and that the oni- put was taken to New York city by oxen, the journey occupying one week. This was probably in the last part of the 18th century.
 The first definite record we have of The waterpower, is that she second and last mill was built by Chester. Mil laid, and RensalIaer Child, and Amasa nd Judah Lyon, who were incorporsi- ed as the Woodstock Manufacturing Company in lsI5. Being one of the many mills starting up at the time oi AAe War of 1872.
 The mill was a two-story building V h basement. running east and wst. then al right angles to tue south
 iae old foundations still standing Nlth the deep wheel pit, show us taat the mill was about forty feet long eh the north side.
 West of the mill was the small pond into which the water ran from the headgate The dam is still standing on which the travelled road runs.
 south of the mill and running west about fifteen rods 10 the highway was the old factory street or road, north oi which stood the factory sheds and barn. South of the road were two tenement houses and near the highway larger tenement house connected with an- other by shed. In these latter tene- ment houses lived the pfoPrieters.
 Some rods south of the factory road lived Captain Aaron Child, and stih farther south Hiram Child.
 These old names are preserved on these farms by these, the Hiram Now ing, the Deacon Pasture, the Aaron Lot, the Cap'n Lot and the faetofy Lot.
 The hours of labor in the old null were from sunrise to eight oeioch at night in summer In winter some means of lighting must have been de yised, probably taliow candies. me workmen were paid once in tweiSe months. Some of the cloth was woven on hand looms in the homes by the women. Mrs. Betsey Oaks was re- ported the best weaver.
 There were about thirty men em- ployed in the mill. Among the n ames appear those of Dexter Clarke, John Clarke, Jos Hogan, Leonard Cheney, work. Christopher Horgsheimer, carder; James Taunton, Joseph Townsend, Jonas Eastwooa and Hugh Kitchen, spinners- Edward German, Joseph Bfoadbent, James Murphy, Benjamin Armitage, James Deiehanty, Benjamin Robinson, Ssm. uel Breshwade, John Whitehead, Jonn Mooney, William and Thomas Curry, Phiness 1uteiifYe, Thomas Wniie, James MeRoy and other weavess; also Abel Josiin, harness maker. and hsssy Hicks, warper. MT. Rowley ca!ls our attention tO the fact that ron1 sco1y wa called the "Engiish NeaSnoof- hood'' and thas . glance at the lore going namss shows that the feason Y noe fof to seek-
 Durine thess early days large camp meesinCs were heid in groves near sns