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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. 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
oynton, who had married Mrs. Garfield's sister, also bought a tract of land in the same locality. The two families removed to the new scene of their labours at the same time, and lived together in one log cabin, until they had erected a second dwelling. When this was done, the Garfields and the Boyntons settled down to reclaim the wilderness. They had to depend on each other for society, as their nearest neighbour lived seven miles away. Garfield's new home was built of unhewn 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. AT THE SAME TIME AMOS BOYNTON WHO HAD MARRIED MISSUS GARFIELD'S SISTER ALSO BOUGHT A TRACT OF LAND IN THE SAME LOCALITY THE TWO FAMILIES REMOVED TO THE NEW SCENE OF THEIR LABOURS AT THE SAME TIME AND LIVED TOGETHER IN ONE LOG CABIN UNTIL THEY HAD ERECTED A SECOND DWELLING WHEN THIS WAS DONE THE GARFIELDS AND THE BOYTONS SETTLED DOWN TO RECLAIM THE WILDERNESS THEY HAD TO DEPEND ON EACH OTHER FOR SOCIETY AS THEIR NEAREST NEIGHBOR LIVED SEVEN MILES AWAY GARFIELD'S NEW HOME 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
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