 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 642 страници
...splitting trees, about eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces of them with a broad axe. They were half the length of the floor they were intended...evening. The second day was allotted for the raising. In the morning of the next day the neighbors collected for the raising. The first thing to be done... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1846 - 814 страници
...were employed in getting puncheons for the floor of the cabin ; this was done by splitting trees about eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces...the length of the floor they were intended to make. These were the usual preparations for the first da)' — the second day the neighbors collected, raised... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 632 страници
...employed in getting puncheons for the floor of the cabin ; this was done by splitting trees, about eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces of them with a broad axe. They were half the length of the floor they were intended to make. The materials for the... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - 1848 - 782 страници
...this was done by splitting trees about eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces of them witli a broad-axe. They were half the length of the floor they •were intended to make. These were the usual preparations for the first day — the second day the neighbors collected, raised... | |
 | Wills De Hass - 1851 - 444 страници
...habitation. A day was appointed shortly after the marriage, for commencing the work of building their cabin. The materials for the cabin were mostly prepared on...evening. The second day was allotted for the raising. The cabin being furnished, the ceremony of house warming took place, before the young couple were permitted... | |
 | Ben Casseday - 1852 - 310 страници
...employed in getting puncheons for the floor of the cabin ;~this was done by splitting trees, about eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces...evening. The second day was allotted for the raising. In the morning of the next day the neighbors collected for the raising. The first thing to be done... | |
 | Elizabeth Fries Ellet - 1852 - 488 страници
...appointed shortly after their marriage, to commence the work of building their cabin. The materials were prepared on the first day, and sometimes the foundation...evening. The second day was allotted for the raising. The cabin being furnished, the ceremony of housewarming took place before the young couple were permitted... | |
 | Joseph Smith - 1854 - 480 страници
...were employed in getting puncheons for the floor of the cabin. This was done by splitting trees about eighteen inches in. diameter, and hewing the faces...the length of the floor they were intended to make. These were the usual preparations for the first day. The second day, the neighbors collected round,... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1855 - 908 страници
...was employed in getting puncheons for the floor of the cabin. This was done by splitting trees, aoout eighteen inches in diameter, and hewing the faces of them with a broad-ax. They were half the length of the floor they were intended to make. The materials for the... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1856 - 462 страници
...the length of the floor they were intended to make. The materials for the cabin were mostly prepared the first day, and sometimes the foundation laid in the evening. The second day was allotted I'or the raising. In the morning of the next day the neighbors collected for the raising. The first... | |
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They were half the length of the floor they were intended to make. The materials for the cabin were mostly prepared on the first day, and sometimes the foundation laid in the evening. 
