The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . red land. At the top of the semicircle a housewas built which was long the showplace of the country, and until it wasburned down a short time ago, it re-mained a fine residence. Every nail init had to be brought on horseback fromUtica, a hundred miles away. Eachone of the floor timbers was the heartof a tree, and it being desirable to ridthemselves of trees as fast as possible ported with the aristocratic appearan* ?of the place. People came from nearand far to view the house. One daya sightseer exclaimed: The doorhinges baint solid silver, be they? idid
The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . red land. At the top of the semicircle a housewas built which was long the showplace of the country, and until it wasburned down a short time ago, it re-mained a fine residence. Every nail init had to be brought on horseback fromUtica, a hundred miles away. Eachone of the floor timbers was the heartof a tree, and it being desirable to ridthemselves of trees as fast as possible ported with the aristocratic appearan* ?of the place. People came from nearand far to view the house. One daya sightseer exclaimed: The doorhinges baint solid silver, be they? ididnt raly spose they was? Then shemade the discovery that the logs in theilreplaces were not turned in a lathe,and turned away with turned-up noseat finding so many of the reports un-true. She really felt aggrieved anddefrauded. Humphrey Howland was intenselyinterested in the construction of theErie Canal. Of course there were norailroads known or thought of in thosedays, and this canal was to open upcheap and speedy transportation be-. sif &?: WW v,.;: %j\ Mf/j(\ WM« r^UCj ISO
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