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success—at the schools of which she and her husband were the guiding stars. She holds these little tokens as giving her far more satisfaction than if they were of shining gold. Some of the readers of this volume, who were pupils in the. Nine Partners School, will doubtless recall the shining countenance of Esther, the colored cook, and also the ebony visage of her consort, Emanuel Carman, who figured as a man of all work. She used to "haul him over the coals," so to speak,. after the manner of a notable housewife, when he did not. demean himself according to her standard of propriety. The cut of the school building, here given, is taken from memory,, but is believed to present quite a correct idea of its appearance..
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William Thorn, great-grandfather of the present owner of Thorndale, was one of the first settlers of Nine Partners. He was a merchant and large landholder. He also owned considerable land in the State of Vermont. It consisted of bounty lands of soldiers, which he had purchased—giving them a suit of clothes in exchange for a land warrant. His wife: was named Jemina, who died at the extraordinary age of years. She was a tall, spare woman, of very plain features,. but very amiable disposition and sterling worth. William used facetiously to remark that he did not marry Jemima from motives either of love or money, but solely for her beauty. Samuel Thorn, son of William, also kept a store at Nine Partners, (now Mechanic,)opposite the Nine Partners boarding_,
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