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The governor's "circ'lar steps" brought many pilgrims down the main street of Beulah first and last, and the original Hamiltons had been very proud of them. THE GOVERNOR'S CIRC'LAR STEPS BROUGHT MANY PILGRIMS DOWN THE MAIN STREET OF BEULAH FIRST AND LAST AND THE ORIGINAL HAMILTONS HAD BEEN VERY PROUD OF THEM
e year 1810), while the old oaken bucket left nothing to be desired as a means of dispensing water to the household. He had one weakness, however, and that was a wish to make the front of the house as impressive as possible. The window over the front door was as beautiful a window as any in the county, and the doorway itself was celebrated throughout the state. It had a wonderful fan light and side lights, green blind doors outside of the white painted one with its massive brass knocker, and still more unique and impressive, it had for its approach, semi-circular stone steps instead of the usual oblong ones. The large blocks of granite had been cut so that each of the four steps should be smaller than the one below it; and when, after months of gossip and suspense, they were finally laid in place, their straight edges towards the house and their expensive curved sides to the road, a procession of curious persons in wagons, carryalls, buggies, and gigs wound their way past the premises. IT WAS ONLY THE YEAR EIGHTEEN TEN WHILE THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET LEFT NOTHING TO BE DESIRED AS A MEANS OF DISPENSING WATER TO THE HOUSEHOLD HE HAD ONE WEAKNESS HOWEVER AND THAT WAS A WISH TO MAKE THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AS IMPRESSIVE AS POSSIBLE THE WINDOW OVER THE FRONT DOOR WAS AS BEAUTIFUL A WINDOW AS ANY IN THE COUNTY AND THE DOORWAY ITSELF WAS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE IT HAD A WONDERFUL FAN LIGHT AND SIDE LIGHTS GREEN BLIND DOORS OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE PAINTED ONE WITH ITS MASSIVE BRASS KNOCKER AND STILL MORE UNIQUE AND IMPRESSIVE IT HAD FOR ITS APPROACH SEMI CIRCULAR STONE STEPS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL OBLONG ONES THE LARGE BLOCKS OF GRANITE HAD BEEN CUT SO THAT EACH OF THE FOUR STEPS SHOULD BE SMALLER THAN THE ONE BELOW IT AND WHEN AFTER MONTHS OF GOSSIP AND SUSPENSE THEY WERE FINALLY LAID IN PLACE THEIR STRAIGHT EDGES TOWARDS THE HOUSE AND THEIR EXPENSIVE CURVED SIDES TO THE ROAD A PROCESSION OF CURIOUS PERSONS IN WAGONS CARRYALLS BUGGIES AND GIGS WOUND THEIR WAY PAST THE PREMISES
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