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and llieir last preparations were made there. The wagon was 

 dismantled in the Hickory Grove yard, the running gears 

 going to the wheelwright's at Norlan Square, some three- 

 quarters of a mile away, the body remaining for some addi- 

 tions for personal comfort that were being put in by Joseph 

 Fussell and his nephew, Joseph Fussell, Jr. During a mom- 

 entary absence of the workers in the barn, the four year old 

 Linnaeus tried his hand at wielding a hatchet, and as a result 

 severely cut his foot. After it was bound up there was no let 

 up in the lad's desire for play — not a bit of it ; he played on 

 as long as there was any one to play with. The wounded foot 

 healed all right, and a few days later, when everything was 

 about ready, it was found necessary that some one should go 

 to Norlan Square. A number of boys volunteered to do the 

 errand. Linnaeus was eager to be allowed to go, which was 

 permitted on the promise of the bigger boys to take good care 

 of him. The party was climbing the last fence when LinnKUs 

 fell, hurting his shoulder, " a little," he said, but as it did not 

 seem to trouble him, and kept on his play, nothing was 

 thought of the hurt. The boys had to wait about two hours 

 for the article needed. All played vigorously, none with more 

 keenness than Linnaeus. The final start was to be made next 

 morning and all the folks were assembled at Sunnyside. The 

 boys returned from their errand and had reached the valley at 

 Hickory Grove, when Dr. Kd\vin Fussell said, " Linn has 

 broken his collar bone," and started down the hill to meet the 

 boys. Linn was tenderly picked up and carried the rest of 

 the way to the house, where, after the bone was set and his 

 arm bound up, he was just as eager to continue his play, to 

 have "lots of fun" seeming to be his controlling desire in 

 those days, and it remained such until his early manhood. 



In September, 1849, the family moved to Philadelphia, 

 living for a short time at Eighth and Brown streets. The 

 boys were entered in a primary school kept in a church build- 

 ing on Franklin above Green, to be in due time transferred to 

 the Jefferson Primary, on Fifth street above Poplar, a "move" 



