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The Mill Wheel Fifteen Years Ago. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : 



We were greatly interested in the 

 history of the Old Wire Mills in your 

 magazine for January. The enclosed 



THE WHEEL FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. 



photograph shows the old wheel as it 

 appeared about fifteen years ago before 

 some one cut the big axle in two as 

 shown in your illustration, thus letting 

 it go clown the stream for freshets and 

 time to send it to its total destruction. 



We have been told that this was one 

 of the first, if not the first rolling 

 mill in the country and that these 

 early promotors of this mill went to 

 Pittsburg or that vicinity and started 

 the industry which is now so great in 

 that part of the country. 



The woodman and his axe are 



gradually getting in their work in the 

 spot which nature has made so beauti- 

 ful and where the children and the 

 picnickers gather in large numbers dur- 

 ing the summer months to enjoy the 

 cool refreshing air, will ere long be but 

 a memory of the past. 



Yours very truly, 



Mrs. "R. M. Clark. 



Co 



nn. 



A Huge Ash Tree. 



Long Ridge, Stamford, 

 To the Editor : 



In the heart of the village of Long 

 Ridge, in front of the Universalist 

 Church, there stands a black ash which, 



THE HUGE ASH TREE. 



