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November 16. 1922REbentylihe.‘HIn-rhoen-;ia-PICTURE OF MILL HUNG AT MUSCATATUCK INNatetheItsaveverfheco-indat-A framed picture of the old stone mill known as “Vinegar Mill” which was taken in Llie year 1SS1, was hung at Muacatatnck Inn, Monda-The pictnre was taken by A. E. Leavitt, who now resides at Harri-man, Tenn., and who recently visited the scenes of his boyhood in Jen nings County. Mr. Leavitt presented the picture to W. A. Guthrie, chairman, of the state board of conservation, and Mr. Guthrie, believing that the picture would be of interest to the visitors at the park sent it to the inn.The picture is a beautiful scene showing the old mill at the top of the bluff, with many of Its timbersits. | torn away. A figure of a woman intosesfheinIngru-ke,)8i8roofan,toier-theoftheareetathe foreground, in the fashionable dress of forty-one years ago, increases one’s interest in the picture..Mr. Leavitt in a letter to Mr. Guthrie, stated that since living in Tennessee he has made a hobby of the collecting of blooming shrubs peculiar to the mountains and he says he has a large assortment gathered from various parts of the Appalachian region. Mr. Leavitt further wrote, “I wish you could grow the laurel, rhododendron, azaleas and trailing arbutus in the Vine gar Mill park but the presence of much lime in the soil is fatal to them. They will stand any amount of cold.tt:luLult;sefffn«foccerPiaTCiladtwcohiasmpiu »U1tbthJiWiiylaooatfe
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North Vernon Plain Dealer
North Vernon, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1922
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