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For many years the Union Meeting House at Felch- ville was occupied on alternate Sabbaths by the Uni- versalists and Methodists; but the Methodists lost mem- ber after member, by death and by removals to other places, and since 1890, the Methodists have not main- tained here the regular preaching of the gospel.
Since 1874, the Methodists have maintained regular preaching services at So. Reading, and up to 1896, have had a resident pastor there nearly all the time.
The Methodist Clergymen stationed at So. Read. ing since 1870, have been as follows.
1871, John L. Smith; 1871 to April '77, Ira Carter; April 1877 to '79, A. B. Enright; April 1879 to '81 C. H. Sweatt; April 1881 to '83, W. A. Bryant; Aprii 1883 to April '86, Wm. E. Douglass; April 1886 to '87, W. F. Felch; April 1887 to 1890, R. C. Vail; April 1890 to '91, W. D. Spencer; April 1891 to '94, E. B. Harris; Apr. 1894 to '95, Moses B. Parounagian; April 1895 to '96, R, J. Gluckler. Since that time, the pulpit at So. Reading has been supplied as follows: April 1896 to '99, R. J. McGlaughlin, stationed at Brownsville; Apr. 1899 to 'oo, C. M. Charlton, from Perkinsville; Apr. 1900 to 'OI, G. H. Bolster, who was resident at So. Reading; Apr. 1901 to '02, supplied by W. H. White from Browns- ville; April 1902 to - by Frank H. Roberts, from Brownsville.
Chas. S. Louis, a licentiate, has preached here to some extent.
Moses B. Parounagian is a native of Armenia, and has mastered the English language and Christian the- ology and began here his labor as a pastor. He is a
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man of great mental power, earnest and forceful as a speaker, genial and sociable as a man and thoroughly imbued with the spirit of his calling. By his efforts, in 1894 the Methodists secured a controlling ownership of the pews, and at the memorable meeting of the pew- holders of the Union Meeting House, after an all day session, on the first Monday in January, 1895, succeeded in electing as trustees Calvin Robinson, Charles S. Louis and Abel Ray, Jr., and all Methodists.
Each party at this meeting was represented by a counselor learned in the law, J. W. Pierce, Esq., of Springfield representing the Methodists, and J. G. Sargent, Esq., of Ludlow representing the other factions.
This settled the controversies and since that time, the Methodists have annually been able to elect trustees and control the occupancy of the meeting house. How- ever, the spiritualists have had the occupancy whenever desired which has usually been for only one or two Sabbaths in each year.
The Methodist society has been reduced in mem- bers by removals and deaths, but have kept up their organization and maintained public worship nearly every Sabbath at South Reading.
South Reading Meeting House Association.
This association was formed by voluntary associa- tion, and the first meeting was held on the 6th day of April 1844, for the purpose of building a meeting house on land to be conveyed by Lewis Robinson and Rufus Buck, situated westerly of Rufus Buck's store, in South Reading.
The site was conveyed by Lewis Robinson April 20, and Rufus Buck April 22, 1844 to Ebenezer Robinson, Jr., Benoni Buck and Washington Keyes, "in trust for "the said association and unto their heirs and assigns
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"forever," and these gentlemen were constituted a com- mittee to superintend the building of the meeting house. It was provided that the structure should be 54 feet long and 44 feet wide, the walls to be of stone and to be erected substantially according to a plan presented by Washington Keyes. Saxon A. Craigue was elected moderator, Hiram Goddard, secretary, and Orpheus Coburn, collector.
There was an important vote adopted at this meeting of April 6, 1844 as follows, --
Voted, that in the meeting house in contemplation each owner shall be entitled to the occupancy of the house his equal proportion of the time according to his interests in the same for the use of such denomination or sect as he may choose to employ.
The meeting house was built and completed in 1844 and the report of the building committee was accepted at a meeting of the subscribers, held on the 21st day of Dec. 1844 at which Col. John F. Swain was elected moderator. A sale of the pews by auction was provided for and took place Dec. 26th, and it was further pro- vided that the buyer of the first pew, should have his choice in land 10 by 16 feet for a horse shed. Not all of the pews were sold and these remained the property of the Association. The pew holders were formed into an association and became a body corporate under the Ver- mont Laws, and By Laws were adopted for the regula- tion of their interests.
It was provided that the annual meetings shall be held on ten days notice on the first Monday in January of each year at which meeting a committee should be elected to have charge of the meeting house and the concerns of the association. It was voted that each pew holder should have one vote for each pew owned by him.
The tenacity of these people for the maintenance of their religious tenets is shown by the provision of the
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following articles:
Article 3rd. "That said committee shall immediately after election make a division of the time for the occupan- cy of said house, setting to each individual according to his interest in said house, to that sect or denomina- tion which they shall choose and to annually correct the list of names of owners."
Article 4th: "Every owner in said house shall have the right at the end of each year to change his occu- pancy and set the same as he may then choose."
The dedication of this house took place on Wednes- day, July 22, 1845, under the direction of Lewis Robin- son, Alden S. Page and Benoni Buck, Committee, and Rev. O. A. Tiletson, a Universalist, preached the ded- icatorý sermon.
Abel Bailey, Benoni Buck and Alden Page were elected a committee to make a division of the "time for occu- pancy of said house according to the Constitution."
On May 27, 1844, a small tract westerly of the land conveyed by Robinson & Buck was conveyed by John Watkins to Ebenezer Robinson, Jr., Benoni Buck and Washington Keyes, "their heirs and assigns forever."
This conveyed land as far westerly as Mill Brook, but in this deed there was no mention of any trust.
This meeting house was occupied by the different denominations, without much friction, and without any very material results in a spiritual sense until in 1894. the Methodists had become quite active and strong and had conceived the idea of obtaining the control of the edifice at least for the larger number of Sabbaths in each year and they set about getting a controlling interest by becoming the owners of the majority of the pews. Mat- ters became interesting. There was a great searching of family reeords and histories to get at the heirs of the original pewholders.
It was found that all of the grantees in the trust deeds had deceased without conveying their respective
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interests in the land conveyed to them by the deeds above mentioned, and that consequently it was uncer- tain as to who had the power to convey the unsold pews, that there was no living trustee to hold the title to this meeting house property, and that the land described in the John Watkins deed was not held in trust for this Association, but by the grantees their heirs and assigns in their own right.
The result was that Gilbert A. Davis brought a bill in equity in behalf of many pewholders and in accor- dance with the prayer of this bill, the Court of chancery for Windsor County at its Dec. Term 1896, made a decree reforming the John Watkins deed so that it would ex- press the same trusts as are mentioned in the Buck and Robinson deeds, and appointing Calvin Robinson, Chas. S. Louis and Abel Ray trustees under the Lewis Robin- son, Rufus Buck and John Watkins deeds to hold this real estate in trust for said Association for the uses and purposes for which it was organized.
In this suit Wade Keyes and Wm. E. Johnson ap- peared for some of the defendants.
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CHAPTER XXXIX.
Secret Societies in Reading.
Eastern Star Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.
This Lodge was organized on the 23rd day of Oct- ober 1815, at the hall of the Amsden tavern, now occu- pied by Budd D. Hawkins.
The charter was granted by the Grand Lodge sit- ting at Windsor, on Oct. 10, 1835.
The officers named in the charter were Dr. Silas Bowen, W. M., Dr. John Wakefield, S. W., John S. Hawkins, J. W.
The offiers were present at the organization of the Lodge, except that John York Sawyer acted as J. W., pro tem. Justin Burdick was elected Secretary.
The members present were :- Stearns, Aaron God- dard, Abel Amsden, T. F. Hammond, Justin Burdick, Bailey Merrill, David Goddard, - Hatch, Sewell Fullam. The visiting brethren were: Gilman H. Shedd, Nehemiah Parker, Calvin Chapin, John Jewett, Dr. John Wakefield, Dr. Silas Bowen, and Justin Burdick were appointed a committee to prepare by-laws for the govern- ment of the Lodge and Bros. A. Goddard, Silas Bowen and - Stearns were appointed a committee to obtain all the articles necessary for the Lodge.
Dr. Darwin R. Story of Proctorsville writes as fol- lows.
T. F. Hammond must have taken the two first de- grees at some other Lodge, presumably at Windsor or Ludlow; his name is the ninth on the catalogue of members and before him are the names of Silas Bowen, John Wakefield, John S. Hawkins, Daniel Goddard, Aaron Goddard, John Hulett and Bailey Merrill. So I
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infer those eight men were the charter members, al- though nothing is said, that I have been able to find, about charter members. There were 127 members. men from Reading and Windsor, West Parish. Prob- ably one half of the members belonged to Windsor, and most of these men I knew when a boy. The meetings were held monthly except during the heated months of summer.
I find the Lodge had no number, until January 31st 5817 when it was numbered 41.
In Oct. following it was numbered 43. At the reg- ular meeting Dec. 11, A: D. 5818, Calvin Chapin, Jr., of West Windsor was chosen Master, Rufus Root, Jr. S. W., and Joseph Stocking, J. W., A. North, Secretary. Luther Parker S. D., T. F. Hammond, J. D.
Jan. 12th, 5821, Jos. Stocking of West Windsor was elected Master, T. F. Hammond, S. W. Dec. 27th, 5821, Dr. Silas Bowen was again elected Master. At the Dec. election of 5822, T. F. Hammond was elected Master, and held the office yearly until Dec. election 5831 when Dr. John Wakefield was elected. 'There were only two communications after the above election until Jan. 9th, 5835 when the last meeting was held, closed in due form. T. F. Hammond was again elected Master, Dr. John Wakefield, S. W., A. Cummings, J. W., E. Wor- cester, treasurer, G. H. Shedd, secretary, A. N. Lincoln, S. D., E. Robinson, J. D., J. Cady, Tyler, Cyprian Woodruff and L. Hawkins, Stewards. All but Robinson and Hawkins were from West Windsor.
Dr. Silas Bowen resided at South Reading.
Dr. John Wakefield was a practicing physician and resided in the town of Windsor (now West Windsor) in a house on road from Marcellus Bryant's in Reading to W. H. H. Ralph's in West Windsor. This house has entirely disappeared.
Justin Burdick resided at Reading Center and conveyed to the town the land on which the brick meet-
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ing house was erected in 1816. In addition to the above names I have obtained from various sources, the names of other members of the Lodge:
Abel Adams, Samuel Aiken, America Amsden Abel Baldwin, Lyman Boutwell, Benoni Buck, John W. Emery, Abel Gilson, Jr. Samuel C. Loveland, Amasa Parker, Nehemiah Parker Jr., Abner Philbrick, Erastus Preston, Rufus Root, Benjamin Sawyer, Stephen Staf- ford, Levi Taylor, Jacob Washburn, and Samuel Lang of Weathersfield.
I. O. O. F.
Felchville Lodge No. 62, I. O. O. F. was instituted March, 17, 1899; by Grand Master Blakley.
At the organization Mt. Sinai Lodge, No. 42, of Proctorsville, worked the Initiatory degree, and Spring- field, Lodge. No. 42, worked the first and third and Windsor Lodge, No. 55, worked the second degree.
The first officers were :-
F. S. Payne, N. G .; E: M. Watkins, V. G .; O. S. Holden, Sec., B. R. Wilkins, Treas .; C. A. Wilson, Warden; W. S. Rist, Con .; M. G. Amsden, I. G .; Geo. Roy, O. G .; G. D. Burnham, R. S. N. G .; O. E. Sher- win, L. S. N. G .; Dr. W. L. Knowles, R. S. V. G .; E. B. Watkins, L. S. V. G .; B. D. Hawkins, Chap .; H. E. Gardner, R. S. S .; E. K. Hewlett, L. S. S.
Charter Members :-
Orsemor S. Holden, Wallace S. Rist, Walter L. Parker. Carter A. Wilson, Frank S. Payne, Burt R. Wilkins. Elner M. Watkins.
Twenty-two members were initiated making 29 mem- bers of the Lodge at the time of organization. The membership July 1, 1903, was 46.
The regular meetings are held on each Wednesday evening in the hall in the Newton store building.
The Noble Grands have been-Frank S. Payne,
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Wallace S. Rist, Chas. H. Sinclair, Geo. D. Burnham, Clarence N. Hook,
Elmer M. Watkins and Wm. H. Vittum are the only members who have died.
The Lodge room is nicely fitted up and the different degrees are worked in a manner creditable to all.
Members-
M. G. Amsden, D. E. Burnham, G. D. Burnham, D. D. Bannister, E. R. Buck, J. R. Bishop, B. L. Clark, E. E. Cross, L. A. Cushman, J. F. Call, C. M. Charl- ton, H. E. Gardner, B. D. Hawkins, O. S. Holden, C. G. Hutton, C. N. Hook, M. B. Horton, F. L. Hoising- ton, E. N. Howard, N. H. W. Jenne, C. H. King, Wade Keyes, Carl Lawrence, E. J. Marsh, F. H. Morse, B. M. Newton, E. A. Nichols, W. L. Parker, C. E. Par- ker, D. F. Pollard, F. S. Payne, Oscar Randall, F. M. Rowlee, F. O. Ranney, W. S. Rist, G. A. Roy, C. H. Sinclair. S. M. Sherwin, O. E. Sherwin, J. C. Taylor, G. C. Taylor. Wm. H. Vittum, E. B. Watkins, C. L. Wardner, C. A. Wilson, B. R. Wilkins, Wm. H. York,
Happy Thought Rebekah Lodge No. 45.
Happy Thought Rebekah Lodge was organized May 13, 1901, with eleven charter members, Mrs. J. B. White, Alice L. Burnham, Geoge D. Burnham, Lena A. Cushman, Leslie Cushman, Lou. B. Hutton, Chas. G. Hutton, Etta Nichols, Elwin Nichols, Elmer Wat- kins, Minnie Whitaker. Mrs. J. B. White was the first Noble Grand, Mrs. Alice L. Burnham the second year, and Mrs. J. Ella Holden the third year.
Friendship Lodge No 41, of Windsor doing the floor work for us at the instituting of this lodge. Thirty-five new members were taken in that night, viz: W. A. Rich, Zylphia Rich. Jennie York, W. H. York, J. Ella Hol- den, O. S. Holden, Kate F. White, Alice B. Watkins, Nellie S. Morse, Alice F. Amsden, Ida F. Bannister,
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Alice G. Sherwin. Lilla E. Perkins, Bertha M. Watkins, Mary L. Watkins, Nellie L. Bisbee, Inez Hoisington, Lettie E. Gardner, Mary A. Newton, D. May Grout, Lucia H. Gibbs, Lillie E. Churchill, OrzaD. Churchill, F. L. Hoisington, H. E. Gardner, B. M. Newton, M. G. Amsden, G. C. Taylor, Fred O. Ranny, Chas. Sinclair. D. D. Bannister, Frank H. Morse, Budd D. Hawkins, Ernest W. Howard.
The members since added are :- Jennie N. Hoadley, Ethel M. Bannister, Helen L. Buck, Rachel M. Gilson, Hannah Gertrude Roscoe, Jessie Edson, Ella D. Hawk- ins, Mary R. Cross, Ellis E. Cross, E. W. Eastman, Genett M. W. Eastman, Ethel M. Ely, D. E. Burnham, F. M. Rowlee, Jemina Rowlee, Ella H. Lawrence.
The present membership is fifty-seven, one sister, Mrs. Cross has died, Hannah G. Roscoe withdrawn on account of leaving town, and two have been suspended for non-payment of dues.
Good Templars.
Rocky Rill Lodge No. 39 of the Independent Order Good Templers, was instituted May 13, 1882. It had 86 members, and held its meetings in the school house hall at Felchville, usually on Monday evenings.
The last recorded meeting is March 14, 1887. - The records are in the hands of Minnie C. Fay.
This Lodge did good service in the cause of temper- ance but was superseded by the Blue Ribbon Club.
The Blue Ribbon Club was organized Feb. 12, 1887. The meetings have been held usually in the school house hall in Felchville. The membership in July 1903, was over 200. Meetings have been held once in two weeks. The object has been the promotion of tem- perance, and its influence in that line has been impor- tant.
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CHAPTER XL.
Biographical Sketches, Continned.
Dr. Elkannah Day ; The Holden Family; The Morse Family ; The Watkins Family ; Elisha W. Watkins ; The Washburn Family.
In the first volume of The History of Reading, there is an error on pages 72 and 73 as to the identity of the Dr. Elkannah Day who was the first resident physi- cian of Reading. This is not the Dr. Elkannah Day who treated the wounded at the time of the Westminis- ter massacre and figured so extensively in the struggles about the conflicting claims of New York and N. H., to jurisdiction over the territory subsequently known as Vermont.
The Dr. Elkannah Day who settled in Reading was the son of the Dr. Day of Westminister-and was grad- uated at Dartmouth College in 1786 and immediately lo- cated in Reading, residing between the Amasa Watkins place and the J. A. Bixby place.
He was Town Clerk of Reading in 1791-1792 and Representative of the town in the General Assembly of 1790 and 1791.
He removed to Springfield, Vt. and died from being thrown from his horse at Springfield, Vt., in March 1808. He married Esther, daughter of Alexander Campbell of Oxford, Mass.
The Holden Family.
Jesse Holden was born Aug. 21, 1779 in Barre, Mass. and moved from Barre, Mass. to Barre, Vt., and from that place to Reading and located on the Hartwell place on the west side of Mt. Moses and afterward on the Bailey
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farm, now occupied by H. S. Fay.
He m Lucy Persons, a sister of Samuel Persons. He was a farmer. His son, Joel Holden was born in Reading Feb. 17,1804. He m Priscilla Whitmore. He was a far- mer and lived on the Ed. S. Hammond farm, July 30, 1843, at the time his son, Orsemor S. was born. He moved from this farm to the hotel in Hammondsville, known as the "Forest House", and in the spring of 1848 moved to the hotel in Felchville which he kept about one year, 'until his death in April, 184).
Joel Holden's sisters were Lucy, who m Nelson Whit- more, (see the Whitmore family chapter) Abigail, who m Lewis Rockwood.
The Morse Family.
Joseph Morse came to Reading as one of the early settlers and m Sarah Annis of Hartland. He was a farmer and lived on a farm near Bailey's Mills, subse- quently owned and occupied by Benj. Weston. He had three children -- Sprague Arnold Morse, Adaline Morse, Wm. S. A. Morse.
Wm. S. A. Morse had a common school education. He m Eliza Cady and became a merchant at Bailey's Mills in co-partnership with. O. A. Keys about 1843.
Then he moved to So. Reading and went into part- nership with Lyman Cady, keeping a general store in the "Buck Store" for several years, and on the dissolu- tion of the firm, Mr. Morse moved into the Robinson store, a stone building, and carried on the mercantile business until about 1854. when he sold out to Asahel Wilder and removed to Baileyville, Stephenson County, Ill., and engaged in the business of farming. He re- moved from Baileyville to Grundy, Iowa, where he d. Asahel Wilder was in business about two years. O. A. Keyes, the son of Royal, and grandson of Solomon Keyes. Royal Keyes m Eleanor Annis of Hartland and subsequently removed to Chelsea, Vt. O. A. Keyes m
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Caroline Tenney of Hanover, N. H., and was in partner- ship with Wm. S. A. Morse at Bailey's Mills, and re- moved to Proctorsville and went into mercantile busi- ness in the brick store; and after a few years removed to Plattsburg, N. Y., and kept a liquor saloon and d there.
The Watkins Family.
Amasa Watkins emigrated to Wallingford, Conn., from Ireland. He in Lucy Wright, a native of Scotland, Sept. 1, 1791 and came to Hartford, Vt. where three of the sons were born.
Elisha W. Watkins m Drusilla Robinson, daughter of James Robinson. She d Dec. 1891, leaving two daugh- ters,-Caroline, who m Collamer T. Fay, and Mary who in John McCollough, and one son, Frank W. Watkins, who was b at Reading and here spent his boyhood days. He then carried on the business of Gents' Furnishings at Rutland for several years, but later returned to Felchville and carried on the home farm of his father, but in the fall of 1902 sold the farm to E. A. Locke of Lexington, Mass., and returned to Rutland.
Elisha W. Watkins was a prominent and influential farmer. He resided near Cavendish and southerly of South Reading for many years, but during the last years of his life owned and carried on a large farm in Felchville. He held the office of selectman and was one of the wealthiest men in town.
The Washburn Family.
Phillip Washburn was one of the first settlers of Reading and had a deed of 75 acres of land from Nathan Sherwin. He came from Bridgewater, Mass., and loca- ted on this land which is in the northerly part of the town near where Nathaniel H. W. Jenne now resides. He had only one son, Israel Washburn, who built the brick house now occupied by Mr. Jenne.
Israel Washburn had 6 children, Lemuel B., Charles
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Israel Jr., Levi, Alice and Rufus-all born in Reading. Lemuel B. was born Aug. 22, 1799 and d May 10, 1847. He was the most energetic of the three brothers who set- tled in Reading. He lived and died on the farm now oc- cupied by Mr. Rowlee, just south of the old homestead of his father. His daughter, Melvina, m Benjamin F. Stearns, and an account of her children will be found on another page of this History.
Charles was a farmer and lived and died on the farm next north of the old homestead where his son, Charles T. still resides.
Israel, Jr., was educated in the common schools. Was a noted lecturer on temperance, studied law, was admitted to the bar and located and practiced his profes- sion at Holley, N. Y. He had two daughters, one of whom, Mary, m John H. French, LL.D., who at one time was Secretary of the Vermont Board of Education, and prepared and published French's Series of Arithme- tics. Mr. and Mrs. French subsequently managed a school in Pennsylvania, where Mr. French died.
Levi and Alice d when children.
Rufus was a very industrious, hard working and successful farmer, and owned for many years the old home farm. His daughter m Henry N. Jenne, then of Hartland, but now of Proctorsville, Vt. Their son, Nathaniel H. W. Jenne still resides upon the old farm and has been a Selectman and Justice of the Peace in Reading.
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CHAPTER XLI.
Business Enterprises in Reading.
The changes in the methods of handling the milk produced on the farms have been very marked. The butter and cheese produced by the old method, on each farm was of good quality as a general rule and commanded good prices, but the amount of labor thus thrown upon the farmer's wife, daughter and "hired girl" was enor- mous, and this with the hand sewing, knitting, making of clothes and the endless round of daily toil and drud- gery, brought many of them to premature graves.
The sewing machines, cheese factories and creamer- ies have relieved the women of this drudgery giving them time for rest, recreation and study. As these burdens have been lifted, so in proportion has the life of woman been elevated and refined. The college for women has come as a natural sequence of these changes, and women have taken their places in society and business in the more congenial occupations of clerkships, type-writers, compositors, and in the learned professions.
The Felchville Creamery Association was organized in 1888 and became a corporation under the laws of Ver- mont. A building was erected at Felchville at the rear of the Universalist church, on land bought of Clark Wardner, and equipped with a steam engine and all the apparatus necessary for the manufacture of butter by the Cooley system.
This business was carried on for a number of years, but was discontinued in 1893, and the real estate ulti- mately passed into the hands of Gilbert A. Davis, who is the present owner.
It was used by Geo. H. Whitcomb in the early part of 1893 ; by Galen L. E. Tarbell from the fall of 1893 to
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the fall of 1894; by said Tarbell and Alstine J. Grow from Nov. 1894 to spring of 1895, and then subsequently by Mr. Grow alone, for the manufacture of butter tubs. In the fall of 1901 it was fixed up for a printing office and rented to Edwin White & Son, and has since been occupied by them for that business.
A building was erected at South Reading about 1893 by an association, and has since that time been oc- cupied as a cheese factory. Dr. F. C. Morgan became the sole owner in 1899 and operated it until the fall of 1901.
In 1901 a building was erected at Hammondsville by the "Hammondsville Cheese Co.," and has been used ever since by said company for the manufacture of cheese.
For some time Linneus H. Whitcomb carried on the manufacture of cider, about a mile north of Felch- ville, in the building that for many years was occupied by Hosea Benjamin for the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds. After a variety of owners this property was conveyed to Gilbert A. Davis in -, and has since been occupied · by Chas G. Hutton and Stephen R. Spaulding for the manufacture of cider.
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