Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . FACTORS IN BINGHAMTON HISTORY. 837 and leave it with a watchman, who took charge of it without extra expense. From1840 to 1850, he continued to reside at Liberty, and was engaged in selling goods atauction at the general trainings, following them up from day to day, sometimesdriving twenty miles after the close of the days work to be ready to open up busi-ness the next day at another training. This contmued until 1846, when the generaltrainings ceased. From that time until 1850, he was engaged in the butcher busi-ness and in droving, buying
Binghamton, its settlement, growth and development . FACTORS IN BINGHAMTON HISTORY. 837 and leave it with a watchman, who took charge of it without extra expense. From1840 to 1850, he continued to reside at Liberty, and was engaged in selling goods atauction at the general trainings, following them up from day to day, sometimesdriving twenty miles after the close of the days work to be ready to open up busi-ness the next day at another training. This contmued until 1846, when the generaltrainings ceased. From that time until 1850, he was engaged in the butcher busi-ness and in droving, buying cattle and sheep in Central New York and driving themto Sullivan county, and buying horses in Ohio and Canada and bringing them Eastand selling them. In his business transactions he early learned to rely upon fathers name was good in the surroundmg country for a considerable amount,and this credit he loaned to Horace in his business, by endorsement and otherwise,but the paper was always taken care of by Horace as faithfully as though it
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