He that is faithful in tliat whiiii is least, is faithful also in much;— Luke 16:10. 



MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS. 



SOMETHING ABOUT SOME VEIiV NE.VR NEJGI 

 WITH WHOM WE AHE, NEVERTHELESS, A 

 MOST ENTIIIELY UNACQUAINTED. 



I will praise thee: for I nin fonrfully and wouder- 

 fully ninde; marvellous are thy works; and that my 

 soul knowcth lull well —Psalm 1;)9:14. 



ip T length the new factory we have long 

 I talked of is under way/ 1 woidd call it 

 r an addition to otir present factory, bnt 

 *" that, on account of insurance, it is to 

 be a separate building by itself. This 

 building is to contain all the wood-working 

 machinery, and must be placed far enougli 

 away from our present buildings, so that, if 

 it should take tire, it would not be likely to 

 burn us all up. Jt is to be lOU x 44 feet. 

 It is a little larger than the main building, 

 first erected on these grounds in 1878. Now, 

 before the work is commenced, a good deal 

 of headwork has to be done. Mechanics 

 and engineers, steam-engine builders, archi- 

 tects, and the oldest and wisest heads of the 

 establishment, have to hold long consulta- 

 tions together. To avoid danger from fire, 

 the engine and boiler are to be located quite 

 a distance from this new wood-working fac- 

 tory. One of the questions that has caused 

 much debate was. Shall we get power into 

 the new factory l)y running a large shaft 

 from the boiler and engine, or shall we locate 

 the engine in the new building and send 

 the power by means of a steam-pipe ? We 

 finally decided in favor of the heavy sliaft. 

 Then, again, how shall the machinery be set 

 up V Wliere sliall we run the railroad track 

 that carries iji carloads of lumber y llow 



shall we unload and load up V How shall 

 we get finished work from this new factory 

 into the old saw-room, which is now to be 

 used as a store and packing room V One 

 point after another is decided slowly and la- 

 boriously ; and, a good many times, after it 

 h(ts been slowly and laboriously decided up- 

 on, something else comes up that makes it 

 advisable to change again and start on an- 

 other track. After A\'eeks and months we 

 settle down on a plan. Our big stout team, 

 by gaeans of a scraper, excavates room for a 

 basement. Carloads of great heavy stones 

 come in for the foundation. The masons are 

 set at work, and finally the brick come in, 

 carload after carload. ' When these are in 

 place, the carpenters put in their work, then 

 the tinners put on the tin roof. While all 

 this has been going on, the great machine- 

 shops have been busy, and the new auto- 

 matic engine of 100 horse-power is placed 

 according to the plans laid down by the old- 

 est and wisest heads in the business, and so 

 on, until, by Christmas, we shall be able to 

 commence mak'ing bee-hives, etc., for your 

 use, my friends, another season. We want 

 to be prompt next year, as we shoidd have 

 been this year, liad it not been for the burn- 

 ing of our warehouse. What has this to do 

 with neighbors, do you inquire? Well, let 

 us see. 



Yesterday morning, when I stepped out of 

 the bath-tub, and began rubbing myself vig- 

 orously with a coarse towel, when 1 had got 

 as far as one of my great toes, something 

 fell on tlie Hoor witli a loud rattle. Thinks 

 I to myself, " What was that that dropped ?'■ 

 I stooped down to pick it up, ajjd it was the 



