to 40 feet in diameter, suffi- cient of the surface earth being retain- ed around the border to cover the pit and smoulder the burning pile. As soon as the pit site was prepared the wood haulers, with their horses and sleds, commenced operations by haul- ing thirty to forty cords of wood, which was

history, her present standing in all that tends to make her grand and great, her unrivaled soil, her climate arid general environments, together with the achieve- ments of her sons and daughters, yet we must acknowledge and greet our mother �county as a worthy rival in everything pertaining to education