. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. j i ^^ - \ ^ i m . ft ?I Scene in Keeley Traetment Hall. ^^ Keefey League. {Forrqer Club Mouse. HISTORY OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS. 139 were down at once in about two and ahalf feet of water. There were somevery wet and chilly men and horses be-fore we got out of that scrape. We ar-rived at home about 4 p. m. Saturday. In the fall when the roads were dry,the weather cool and the moon near itsfull, several neighbors would go to-gether for coal and have a jolly timeeven if they did camp out. In September of 18Gl three gentlemen,one of them a clergyman of my
. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. j i ^^ - \ ^ i m . ft ?I Scene in Keeley Traetment Hall. ^^ Keefey League. {Forrqer Club Mouse. HISTORY OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS. 139 were down at once in about two and ahalf feet of water. There were somevery wet and chilly men and horses be-fore we got out of that scrape. We ar-rived at home about 4 p. m. Saturday. In the fall when the roads were dry,the weather cool and the moon near itsfull, several neighbors would go to-gether for coal and have a jolly timeeven if they did camp out. In September of 18Gl three gentlemen,one of them a clergyman of my ac-quaintance from La Salle county, theother two young friends of his fromdown east, drove up to my door andasked if there were any deer m the vi-cinity, saying they had been told therewere, but they had not seen one andthey had been hunting a week. It waslate in the afternoon and I told them tocome the next morning at 8 oclock andI thought I could gratify them wrth thesight of one or two. They came at thehour appointed, and I mounted one ofmy horses and led the way. Less thana mile from my house an
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