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                          TUFTS' SCHOOL-HOUSE

PAGE 397  So called in honor of my kind, good friends, gold old Father, 
John and and Servetus Tufts, early settlers and excellent citizens.   
Good old Mother Tuft, full of years, and ripe for heaven, is waiting in 
hope until the change comes.  And here is my friend, Wm. Sawdon, and his 
excellent family.
Here, too, is my friend, George Randal, who deserves a special notice.  
Friend Randal, when I first knew him, was a young circuit preacher of 
promise, but quite moneyless; under which circumstances, he married a Miss 
Rhoda Ewbank, youngest daughter of good old Father and Mother Ewbank, now 
of sainted and precious memory, and a most industrious and pious young 
lady.  Reared in comfort and competence, as she was, friend Randal resolved 
that she should never suffer want, if industry and good management could 
prevent it; and so it was that he abondoned circuit preaching, rented 
himself a farm, rolled up his sleeves, and went into business with a right 
hearty good will: and , behold, he now owns a full mile squareof land, 
minus eighty acres - say five hundred and sixty acres - four miles from
Aurora, and a splendid mansion house, barns, and everything to suit.  
He is worth, at least, some thirty thousand dollars, and has raised a 
large family of children - raised them well, too, for a more intelligent
and interesting family of children you scarely could find in a day's ride 
in any direction.  Poor young men, look up, be industrious, be economical, 
be honest, and you, too, may surprise both yourselves and your friends. 
 With brother Randal's indomitable energy and application, he must have 
been an eminent divine, long e'er this, had he remained in the itinerancy. 
This is rather an extraordinary case, and I have given to it an 
extraordinary notice.
  Well, here, too, reside my good old friends, Wm. McConnelll and lady, 
loved and honored by all; to all of whom, and others unnamed, my gratitude 
is due for personal interest and kindness, and especially so to Squire 
Tufts for his volunteer address in my behalf.



Barb Boese     barbwire@midusa.net