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EARLY RECOLLECTIONS BY WM. C. HOYT
June 7th, 1873
Mr. Throop was decidedly and emphatically a matter-of-fact man, and what he devised was sure to be accomplished. In all his operations he was most rigidly systematic. His proposed farm improvements were first projected and platted on paper, the lines and angles, and bounds being accurately determined by the square, scale, and dividers, which was transferred to the land (enlarged) by the help of the compass and the chain. Along the highway he left some of the original
forest trees. Through the center, and running the entire length of the farm there was a lane, or farm road, on each side of which remained some of the old forest trees, while the spaces between them were occupied by small locust trees, and small clumps of young trees dotted the fields and pastures here and there. When felling the trees, in clearing the land, he had some trees, here and there, cut in such a manner that the stumps appeared like chairs with backs. This was done by chopping the tree half the way off on one side, and then cutting the opposite half about eighteen inches higher, by which means he was provided with a goodly number of rural chairs, from which he could readily select the one that would suit his inclination or convenience, from which he could note the movements of his workmen, observe the condition of his herds, and see his "ewes graze and lambs suck. " Besides a respectable herd of neat cattle he had a goodly number of valuable horses, and between two and three hundred sheep.
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