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lumberman I ever knew. His mansion is always 

 open to every one, and his urbanity and affability is 

 the same to rich and poor. No word of censure was 

 ever breathed against him until the failure of the 

 Lumberman's Bank at Warren, when for a short time 

 reports injurious to his reputation were circulated, 

 but he outlived them, and was almost the only one 

 who paid his indebtedness to the Bank. Whenever 

 a transaction terminates to his satisfaction he is 

 always willing to share his good fortune with others, 

 who have aided in bringing it about. At one time 

 while I was interpreter for the Seneca chiefs, I acted 

 in that capacity for them in negotiating with a num- 

 ber of persons, one of whom was Mr. Irvin, for a 

 lease of land on which to build mills. It required 

 two days to complete the arrangements, during which 

 time my whole efforts were exerted for the benefit of 

 the Indians, but before going away, Mr. Irvin gave 

 me twenty -five dollars in cash, and said that I had 

 done so well for the Indians, I might have twenty- 

 five thousand feet of boards at the Bucktooth Mills, 

 worth at that time fifty dollars, saying that if I had 

 not earned it then he was sure I would some other 

 time. 



Mr. Irvin, in company with Edwin Sanderson and 

 Mr. Clark of Vermont, are now erecting on Willow 

 Creek, in McKean county, the most extensive sawmill 

 in that section of country, to be driven by steam, in 

 addition to two good mills they now have, driven by 

 water power. They are the owners of about seven- 

 teen thousand acres of excellent land, covered with 



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