Historical Wyoming County September 1949 - Old Fulton History

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"" IH.H i.imiHM. IHUliP|M.>n
early days in covington-CONT.
some day he would find a darkey's^ about to pay his bills, he was
toe. To prove her point she drop^-| told that all expenses had been
ped into tie jug a few plump rai- f met by a number of young men,
sins. Nothing daunted, the jug I workers on the canal,I think, who
was again tipped up, when "plunk, § had been their fellow boarders .
plunk", out popped a molasses-f Their work having been finished,
coated raisin. A round-eyed boy I they had gone away ..leaving n o
beat a hasty retreat. I opportunity to even thank them.
The neighbors vera often to- | The population of the town
getter. It was almost imperative f reached its peak, about the
that the men change work. Thef time that the Paines arrived,
women frequently got together for | This was before the division of
a day of dyeing. There were also f the town . Business flourished,
chopping bees and husking bees, | On Pearl Cr3 Jk were a saw mill,
paring bees and quilting bees. \ grist mill and carding mill. At
1 the Center, store, hotel, ashery,
My Grandfather Townsend i> I blacksmith shop, cabinet and wagvited
my Grandmother, then Sally I on shop. A place where chairs and
Burt, to attend a te"ra of singing f spinning wheels were made. The
school at Peoria, '-'hen he rushed § store drew trade for man - miles,
up to the door in his lumber wag- |
on, she bashfully refused to go f Shoes were made to measure and
unless Luthenia Parsons could go f an occasional cobbler went from
along, so an extra kitchen chair I house to house. His trade was
was added to the two already in. § known as "'..hipping the cat". Mrs.
I never heard of Grandfather's f True was a tailoress living on
singing but o ice. I think the f this road. An Irish woman east
tune he used was the same that he § of the Center made shirt bosoms
hanuad down to me. f which she sold for 13ct apiece.
| Laca pleat was made by drawing
To illustrate the kindness | two threads each side of t he
that prevailed: Mr. & Mrs. Daniel | crease. These were folded so
"toward came early to LaGrange.Al- | that one came over the other and
most immediately both were striken § sewed,two threads at a time, over
with fever. For eight weeks tPoy § and under,the length of the seam;
were critically ill. They ware 1 then turned and the alternating
wholly dependent for care upon f stitches taken up. This look-e d
women who gladly rode miles through | like our present machine stitch -
the woods on horseback. In 1.82!.|_, | ing. Eight of these pleats were
my great*-grandparents, Isa, c and fmade.
Sally Wellman,coming from Vermont |
i ith an ox team and settling near | The town house, then the Ccnthe
Morrows,vere halted at Greags- | gregational Church, had rocentville
by the serious illness of § ly been completed,On Jan. 7, 1335
their four year old daughter. The f John and Sumner Paine wore refamily
of seven had to put up at f ceived by letter from the York
the tavern. A few days later the § church. The record shows also
baby died. They ••ere overcome f the names of Lucy,Rodney and Seth
with grief. Besides this, the f Paine. Seth and Sophronia were
little money they had was melting fmembers of the choir. The tuning
away. Their poverty must have' | fork was the only musical instrjibe
an apparent, When father was | ment and the preacher lined off