. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. in Springfield, April 18, 1839. He wasreared a farmer, enjoying only common school advan-tages, and lived at home until twenty years of age. He then worked out, most-ly at farm labor, untiltwenty-four, when hepurchased from anuncle his grandfathersold farm in Spring-field, and went indus-triously to work im-proving the same, andultimately erected onit a fine, new set ofbuildings. January 3,1870, he marriedLaura A., daughter ofWilliam Moyan ofSpringfield. In Juneof the following yearhe sold his farm, and, in company with Alfred Martin,wh
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. in Springfield, April 18, 1839. He wasreared a farmer, enjoying only common school advan-tages, and lived at home until twenty years of age. He then worked out, most-ly at farm labor, untiltwenty-four, when hepurchased from anuncle his grandfathersold farm in Spring-field, and went indus-triously to work im-proving the same, andultimately erected onit a fine, new set ofbuildings. January 3,1870, he marriedLaura A., daughter ofWilliam Moyan ofSpringfield. In Juneof the following yearhe sold his farm, and, in company with Alfred Martin,who married his wifes twin sister, bought the mill prop-erty at Georges Mills, and they operated the same to-gether for eighteen sears. Meantime, recognizing the eligibility of this beautifullocation as a summer boarding resort, they commenced,in 1873, taking a few boarders, and gradually 1880, Mr. Chase began building what is now Pleas-ant Home, making additions from time to time, till hehas now a finely-appointed house, with accommodations. ) W. 200 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. for seventy-five guests, and has entertained not less thantwo hundred persons each season for the last few Chase has thirty acres of good farm land in con-nection with the house. He keeps six cows and pro-
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