Bethany and its hills; . were remarkably bright scholars, l)ut ijft the town beforemarriage, and it is said are all in Chicago. 111., with the mostfavorable surroundings. Lewis Thomas owned the Darius Deecher house, which wasa wedding gift from his father. He married .Aliss Feck and theonly descendant is Mrs. Andrews of Xew Haven. LEUAXOX HILL. Lebanon Hill derived its name from a pond or lake surroundedby cedars. The lake covers several acres and is said to be unfath-omable with lead and line. It is covered ( with the exception ofa few rods in circumference which never freezes) with m
Bethany and its hills; . were remarkably bright scholars, l)ut ijft the town beforemarriage, and it is said are all in Chicago. 111., with the mostfavorable surroundings. Lewis Thomas owned the Darius Deecher house, which wasa wedding gift from his father. He married .Aliss Feck and theonly descendant is Mrs. Andrews of Xew Haven. LEUAXOX HILL. Lebanon Hill derived its name from a pond or lake surroundedby cedars. The lake covers several acres and is said to be unfath-omable with lead and line. It is covered ( with the exception ofa few rods in circumference which never freezes) with mossesand creeping roots which Mr. Lincolns Botany describes as aroot that extends horizontall\- and sends out fibres, which isvery tenacioiLs of life, as any part of it containing a joint , its hbres spreading and interlacing theuLselves. thus ren-dering a soil more permanent. Holland would be liable to bewashed away by the action of water were it not that its coastsare bound together with these creeping
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