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house was still used. Every day one of the daugh- 
ters assembles her smaller brothers and sisters there 
and school keeps. The district library contained 
nearly one hundred readable books, which were 
well thumbed. 
The absence of society, etc., had made the family 
all good readers. We brought them an illustrated 
newspaper which was awaiting them in the post- 
office at the Lower Works. It was read and reread 
with great eagerness by every member of the house- 
hold. 
The iron ore cropped out on every hand. There 
was apparently mountains of it; one could see it in 
the stones along the road. But the difficulties met 
with in separating the iron from its alloys, together 
with the expense of transportation and the failure 
of certain railroad schemes, caused the works to be 
abandoned. No doubt the time is not distant when 
these obstacles will be overcome and this region 
reopened. 
At present it is an admirable place to go to. 
There is fishing and hunting and boating and moun- 
tain-climbing within easy reach, and a good roof 
over your head at night, which is no small matter. 
One is often disqualified for enjoying the woods 
after he gets there by the loss of sleep and of proper 
food taken at seasonable times. This point attended 
to, and one is in the humor for any enterprise. 
About half a mile northeast of the village is Lake 
Henderson, a very irregular and picturesque sheet 
of water, surrounded by dark evergreen forests, and 
