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Early and late he toiled on his farm, cheered by the presence of his wife and children, who were all the world to him. The trees fell before his axe, and ere long he had room to sow his first crop. EARLY AND LATE HE TOILED ON HIS FARM CHEERED BY THE PRESENCE OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN WHO WERE ALL THE WORLD TO HIM THE TREES FELL BEFORE HIS AXE AND ERE LONG HE HAD ROOM TO SOW HIS FIRST CROP
 logs, notched and laid one upon another, to the height of twelve feet in front and eight feet behind. The spaces between the logs were filled with clay and mud, to keep out the wind and the rain. The roof was covered with boards, and the floor was made of logs, each split into two parts and laid the flat side up. A plank door and three small windows completed the primitive dwelling. There was but one large room on the ground floor, twenty by thirty feet, and a loft above, to which access was obtained by a ladder. In the loft were the straw beds on which the children slept. The land which the pioneers had bought was part of the forest, and was therefore covered with timber. This had to be cleared away before the land could be brought into cultivation. Much hard work and steady application were needed to accomplish this purpose. Abram Garfield was a strong, well-made man, who shrank from no labour, however hard, and boldly faced every difficulty with a stout heart and a determined will. OME WAS BUILT OF UNHEWN LOGS NOTCHED AND LAID UPON ANOTHER TO THE HEIGHT OF TWELVE FEET IN THE FRONT AND EIGHT FEET BEHIND THE SPACES BETWEEN THE LOGS WERE FILLED WITH CLAY AND MUD TO KEEP OUT THE WIND AND THE RAIN THE ROOF WAS COVERED WITH BOARDS AND THE FLOOR WAS MADE OF LOGS EACH SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS AND LAID THE FLAT SIDE UP A PLANK DOOR AND THREE SMALL WINDOWS COMPLETED THE PRIMITIVE DWELLING THERE WAS BUT ONE LARGE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR TWENTY BY THIRTY FEET AND A LOFT ABOVE TO WHICH ACCESS WAS OBTAINED BY A LADDER IN THE LOFT WERE THE STRAW BEDS ON WHICH THE CHILDREN SLEPT THE LAND WHICH THE PIONEERS HAD BOUGHT WAS PART OF THE FOREST AND WAS THEREFORE COVERED WITH TIMBER THIS HAD TO BE CLEARED AWAY BEFORE THE LAND COULD BE BROUGHT INTO CULTIVATION MUCH HARD WORK AND STEADY APPLICATION WERE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS PURPOSE ABRAM GARFIELD WAS A STRONG WELL MADE MAN WHO SHRANK FROM NO LABOUR HOWEVER HARD AND BOLDLY FACED EVERY DIFFICULTY WITH A STOUT HEART AND A DETERMINED WILL
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