The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-10-08
EARLY DAYS IN BENNINGTON
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breath said to those around thy
couch of death, My work is all done,
| have nothing more to do" and so
thou vast laid down to rest. And
thou my little Edward, my sweet
babe of eleven months, thou hast
early escaped from the troubles Of
this life.
Happy infant early blest.
Rest in peaceful slumbers rest,
Early rescue from the cares,=
Which increase with growing
years"
We arrived safe at home after an
absence of about two weeks. We
left Br. Asa Doty and wife in Nassau
on our way home. We found all
things right Aunt Sylvia Mosher
was my housekeeper while we were
gone.
In the spring of the year 1881 we
removed to the mountain farm now
owned by John Allen. Sylvester
rented the farm of him for two Years.
He had been talking Of going to Ohio
to buy himself a home, said he to me
one Sunday in October in the year
1882, 81 wish that you were willing to
go to Ohio to live. I could there buy
me farm with what we have got"
| said, Il am willing to go II YOU think
best" "Wil you?" said he, quite
overioyed. "Then | will go and look
for a farm. The next day he was on
his way for the west. The summer
and fall of this year was the first Wis
itation Of the cholera but he went
looked at a farm, the owner Benja-
min Nye promising to keep the farm
| for him until the next spring. He re-
turned safely, coming through Water
ford or Half Moon, as it was former
" called. Asa had been at work in
Waterford for year and he came
home with him. His father gave him
ten dollars to pay up his debts, so
that he could leave.
My William was a babe of eight
months and did not know his father
when he returned. I think he was
absent four weeks. From this time
until spring we were making prepar-
atoms to remove to Ohio On the
18th OF April which came on Monday
in the year OF our Lord 1888, we all
left our home i'm White Creek and
started on our journey to the west.
Just twenty years and two months
from the time We left the me house
before for the west. Asa remained
In Bennington.
We travelled by wagon, one two
horse and a one horse wagon. On
our journey We stopped two days at
Easton with Br Joseph Stewart and
three days at Lockport, N. Y, with
Br. Nathan Doty. We arrived at
| Clinton, Wayne Co., Ohio on the sew
enth of May in the year 1898. The
only rain that we had in the whole
| journey Of six hundred miles was
coming from Worcester to Clinton,
There were several showers during
our journey but they always came in
the night. We came to n. Chase's
| and lived in one Of his log cabins
(Sewell Snow also who came with
us) three weeks, when on the 29th
Of May we came to our home on the
hill, which Mr.. Stewart purchased OF
Asahel Webster. II was quarter
section OF land Mr. Stewart had
100 acres and Sewell Snow took 4C
acres. The whole quarter was
bought for $1,000
In few years Mr.. S. Snow became
dissatisfied with his purchase and
wanted Mr.. Stewart to buy him out
as he wanted to go farther west. Mr.
Stewart could not buy without In
volving himself in difficulty. Mr.
Snow said il he would not buy hin
out that he (Snow) would sell to III,
meanest man that he could find ant
stick him right under his nose Mr.
Stewart consulted with our sons ant
they all concluded to take the forty
acres for which they agreed to give
$500. This involved us so much thai
Mr.. Stewart was obliged TO get {
loan OF $500 of the Ohio Life lnsur
ance and Trust Company.