. ^ ^d where his two sisters now reside ^XT rT ^r ^y ^° ^^^ ^*^^°d time moved toWest Hartford, Philip was a strong lad of fifteenable to do a mans work, and from this time untilhe reached the age of nineteen the most of histime was spent in farm work away from homehis wages being paid to his father, as was thenthe general custom with minors. In addition to the education received at thedistrict school, he had the benefit of a term anda half at the West Hartford academy. Consid-ering his advantages, he was well informed. In-deed, at on
. ^ ^d where his two sisters now reside ^XT rT ^r ^y ^° ^^^ ^*^^°d time moved toWest Hartford, Philip was a strong lad of fifteenable to do a mans work, and from this time untilhe reached the age of nineteen the most of histime was spent in farm work away from homehis wages being paid to his father, as was thenthe general custom with minors. In addition to the education received at thedistrict school, he had the benefit of a term anda half at the West Hartford academy. Consid-ering his advantages, he was well informed. In-deed, at one time in this period, he had agreedto teach a school in the Stanley Quarter of NewBritain, for ten dollars per month, but AugustusStanley induced his kinsman, Noah Stanley the selectman who had the matter in charge, to give the school to a distant relative named Carter who offered to do the work for two dollars per month less. In the autumn of the same year his father contracted to cut one hundred and fifty cords of wood, relying upon four of the .»^ i6. I < HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF P. & F. CORBIN Philip who set the pace and, as is usual with leaders, performed the greatestportion of the work. Axes are heavy in boyish hands, and it is easy to let anambitious worker have a clear field for his efforts. It was Philip who finishedthe job alone. At this time, at the age of nineteen, he cut two cords of two-foot wood for a days work, receiving therefor forty-five cents per cord. A man named Rowley passed the house one day while Philip was at workin the yard and strongly advised him to follow his example and secure a placein one of the New Britain hardware factories, saying that he could earn moremoney. The idea appeared to the young man to be a good one, and thelonger he pondered upon it the better it seemed. It did not, however, meetwith the same favor from his father, who refused to give it any consideration,saying that he had made arrangements for Philip to work for a farmer
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