. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. tastes, with a penchant for historical research, andhas written extensively for the press. He has one of thebest private libraries in the state, largely bequeathedhim by his aunt, the late Miss Mary P. Thompson of 376 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. Durham, for the proper accommodation of which he hasadded a wing to tlie family mansion. April 6, 1887, he was united in marriage with MaryLizzie, daughter of the late Henry A. and Lizzie (New-ell) Gage of Manchester. They have three children,Robert Gage, born Sept. 17, 1888; Ruth Elizabeth,March
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. tastes, with a penchant for historical research, andhas written extensively for the press. He has one of thebest private libraries in the state, largely bequeathedhim by his aunt, the late Miss Mary P. Thompson of 376 NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURE. Durham, for the proper accommodation of which he hasadded a wing to tlie family mansion. April 6, 1887, he was united in marriage with MaryLizzie, daughter of the late Henry A. and Lizzie (New-ell) Gage of Manchester. They have three children,Robert Gage, born Sept. 17, 1888; Ruth Elizabeth,March 16, 1891, and Helen Pickering, Jan. 13, 1895. JOSEPH AVERY traveler, journeying from Dover to Concord bythe old Province Road, after passing the far-famedBow Lake, pursuing his way through the long w^oods,comes to a series of long, steep hills, fragments of theold Blue Hills : the top is soon reached, aud The WinxcHER Homestead, Strafford. sentineled by a sturdy rock-maple tree, planted morethan a half-century ago by the hand now resting in thelittle farm burying-yard, he sees the modest farm home,herewith pictured, the residence of the late Joseph A stubborn and rocky soil, under his strong PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 377 hand and quick brain was beaten and molded into aproductive, profitable farm, a demonstration that in themiddle of the present century farming paid. On thisfarm, progress was the watchword. The first cast-ironplow used in this region was owned by the were in the lead in the use of mowing-machine,horse-rake, and other new and improved farm machin-ery . The Whitchers are descendants of Thomas Whittier,*who sailed from Southampton, England, with John Dob-son, master, in the ship Conjidencc. landing in Salem,Mass., in April, 1638. Salisbury and Newbury wererespectively the dwelling-places of Thomas Whittieruntil 1650, w^hen he moved to Haverhil
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