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I settled in the woods and went to work improving my land. From this time settlers came in plentifully—like bees into the hives. I attended a,l the raisings, log-rollings, wood chop, pings, rail splittings, c., putting in as many as twenty days in a season in this way. I took an active part in clearing out the brush and blazing out the roads. We early settlers had good times in some respects—every man loved his own wife better than anyone el$6’s, and we all lived peaceably. But we had some tough times, too. Meat we always had plenty. I wras expert with the gun and used to kill a great many fine deer and ‘ tur* keys. But wc did not get our bread so easily. Sometimes our little corn yield would give out before the new crop had come on. And we had to go a great way to mill—mostly' up into Parke county, about sixteen!miles distant. As every man had to» » 11wait his turn, it sometimes took three days to make the “round trip.”
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Brazil National Index
Brazil, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1879
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