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Went to engage help for her sister—inquired of Aunt Sarah. She planted her elbows on the fence & said "There ain't any girls now days; they are all ladies."
Mrs. S's parents went when young with two of their children to western N.Y.—timber land. Cleared, made a home—mother very delicate; Mrs. Nash, a child then, the principal helper. Ten yrs. passed & then the title proved not good & all was lost. They went back to the old home & took care of the father & mother. They lived comfortably, but there was still $1000 unsettled claim of other heirs when the father died & estate was settled.