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where we had suffered much hardship and done 

 much heavy labor but where we had also planned 

 and saved and been happy where our first son, 

 Perry Buchanan Roberts, was born and where 1 

 had received the foundation of my agricultural 

 education. Little as we imagined it then we were 

 never to return to live in that humble house which 

 we had loved so much. 



We arrived at the College in August, 1869, and 

 took possession of a large, two-story brick farm- 

 house. We were expected to board and often to 

 lodge from six to eight workmen, the Trustees 

 when the Board was in session, the Professors who 

 were not yet provided with dwellings, and the 

 indoor employes a mixed company sometimes 

 amounting to thirty persons. As Secretary of the 

 Board of Trustees, I was an employe of the State 

 the Commonwealth's watch dog; as Superin- 

 tendent I managed the farm. The salary of the 

 former was one thousand, of the latter seven hun- 

 dred and fifty dollars per year with board, rooms, 

 heat, light and washing for myself and family in- 

 cluded. Mrs. Roberts superintended the farm 

 household, her salary being included in the above. 

 On the whole the salaries were liberal considering 

 the newness of the College and the country. 



