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fortable. They did, however, finish one good 

 job between showers. They tile-drained the 

 routes for the two roads on the home lot, the 

 straight one east and west through the build- 

 ing line, about 1000 feet, and the winding car- 

 riage drive to the site of the main house, about 

 1850 feet. The tile pipe cost 1123. They also 

 set a lot of fence posts in the soft ground. 



Building progressed slowly during the bad 

 weather, but before the end of December the 

 horse barn, the woodshed, the granary, the for- 

 age barn, and the power-house were completed, 

 and most of the machinery was in place. The 

 machinery consisted of a fifteen horse-power 

 engine, with shafting running to the forage 

 barn, the granary, and the woodshed. A power- 

 saw was set in the end of the shed, a grind- 

 ing mill in the granary, and a fodder-cutter in 

 the forage barn. The cost of these items was : 



Engine and shafting $187.00 



Saw 24.00 



Mill 32.00 



Feed-cutter and carrier .... 76.00 

 Total $319.00 



I gave the services of my two carpenters, 

 Thompson and Sam, during most of this time 

 to Nelson, for I had but little work for them, 

 and he was not making much out of his job. 



The last few days of 1895 turned clear and 

 cold, and the barometer set " fair." The change 

 chirked us up, and we ended the year in good 

 spirits. 



