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ployment cutting down trees and pulling up stumps. 

 He used to work sixteen hours a day, making four or 

 five dollars daily then an unheard-of figure. 



He took a fancy to a girl who also had come to 

 Woodbine in search of work. Sarah, as was her 

 name, was employed in the boarding-house. Soon 

 they were engaged, and my husband decided that their 

 wedding, the first in Woodbine, should be a social 

 event for the colony. A certain sum of money was 

 allotted for the wedding-feast and everybody was in- 

 vited. The factory was turned into a banquet-hall. 

 Musicians from Philadelphia were hired to play the 

 dance music, and all had a good time. Not until the 

 early hours of the morning did the party break up and 

 the guests bid good-bye to the happy couple. 



To provide for the future of the pair, both orphans, 

 and realizing what a wonderful worker the man was, 

 with all the promise of a splendid future farmer if 

 but given the chance, my husband assigned him a farm, 

 where he and his wife settled down, raising, besides 

 cows, poultry, vegetables and fruit, a fine crop of seven 

 children. 



Every birthday of my husband's or of any member 

 of his family was made a pretext for an entertainment 

 and informal dance at our little house. In later years 

 we used the hall at our agricultural school. All the 

 young folks were invited, refreshments were served, 

 and everyone enjoyed a jolly evening. 



An event of interest shining out as a memory among 



