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test, and attracted wide attention. It was 

 designed and constructed for use in California, 

 and I am told was still in use hauling produce 

 and freight in the Sacramento Valley many 

 years before the modern tractors made their 

 appearance. This tractor had no steering appa- 

 ratus of its own, but depended upon a span 

 of horses attached to a long tongue to guide 

 it, but the Worcester people were so delighted 

 with this novel locotractor that two men 

 offered to steer it, which they did readily, 

 though horses were usually employed in this 

 capacity. 



The Lancaster Pubhc Library at that time 

 was the largest in all New England, except the 

 Public Library in Boston, and one may rest 

 assured that it was well patronized. 



The Religious Environment 



It is a little difficult for the present generation 

 to gain a clear conception of the New England 

 Sabbath of the time of my boyhood, and it may 

 readily be inferred that the day thus given over 

 to dolorous tasks was not one to which the child 

 would look forward joyously. 



Nor, for the most part, do those who were 

 children in that generation look back upon the 

 Sabbath day experiences with satisfaction. 



