120 AD IRON D AC. 



There was one large two-story boarding 

 house, a school-house with a cupola and a 

 bell in it, and numerous sheds and forges, 

 and a saw-mill. In front of the saw-mill, 

 and ready to be rolled to their place on the 

 carriage, lay a large pile of pine logs, so de- 

 cayed that one could run his walking-stick 

 through them. Near by, a building rilled 

 with charcoal was bursting open, and the 

 coal going to waste on the ground. The 

 smelting works were also much crumbled 

 by time. The school-house was still used. 

 Every day one of the daughters assembles 

 her smaller brothers and sisters there and 

 school keeps. The district library contained 

 nearly one hundred readable books, which 

 were well thumbed. 



The absence of society, etc., had made the 

 family all good readers. We brought them 

 an illustrated newspaper which was awaiting 

 them in the post-office at the Lower Works. 

 It was read and reread with great eagerness 

 by every member of the household. 



The iron ore cropped out on every hand. 

 There was apparently mountains of it ; one 

 could see it in the stones along the road. 

 But the difficulties met with in separating 

 the iron from its alloys, together with the 



