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Show m~r Q}lb concludet C?4t nIb A Nrff ~rt5t -~tll... - BROKEN 1'11'. Nell chnr DIlIi therewa... It GRAY STONE nes at tbe loot of a locust tree. In. 1848 .... be.. 0_ of tbe Htones from the old Neff gri"t mllJ-one of tbe KbDb all made thf FRAG~IENT " OF It I" a part of or .. hort .. wn......·n : for the IIweeplng" would be Mold on O..,.t mill" In Utab. 'Ve cannot realize tbe hanlllbl.,. and poverty of the ;'Iormon Plonee .... BOlOton St. L. 01' or nppreclate their courage and re .. onrcefnlne..... W1tat tbey could not make for and dl.bcUe",ed b themllelv"", the-y were obliged to forego. It III nato .... 1 tbat the O .... t laeto.." begaD to KWUT11 II. hnlf-'" .. bould huve been a grl>.t Inn I hl!(!~u"e their mo"t preslling need wa.. lood. Early I", tbe winter of 1SJS" n flour mill had been built. John Neff, tbe became reaching the " .. builder 01 tbb mill. wa .. of ... tordy PennsylvanIa Dutch ance .. ...", and before hi,," ship"- They reo conve .... lon to lUormonlsDl, wall one of the wealthiest and lorge,," landholde .... bare nece,..ltlclO Neff bo.1 proH- wagon .. , nnd reo perou" woole11 mills .... LaaeaHter County. He attended tbe O .... t nleetlng beld the Ne"ada de. of Lanea"ter CouBty. Pit. In addition to bI .. landholding... by ~Iornlon El~.... ~Ir. I.D bla commUJllty, Rnd >vas Immedlntel,. con ..-erted to the eager to trRde new I.Litb. He never faltered In hi .. allegiance aJld no .. acrillee waH too g .... at Mormon nlecha: for bim to make. goodlO 1 _ the lUI'. Neff .. pent SO'Dl.e berore the murtyrdom. time In Nauvoo at tbe ;'Inn"lon House In 18-14... hortly the emlg ran .... Upon hi .. return to Pennll,.lvnnln. be dispo.. ed 01 hi" Ughten tbelr , John Nett, property at great 108", and with team .. and equipment, retnrne-d to Nnuvoo. eager to get He ero .... ed tbe plalruo In 1847, bringing with blm the macblne.." for a grist mill. Early In tb~ pound for It. ..pring of 1848, John Neff began to build his Oour ;nlll on NeW.. ,vere starving, CRnyon, nnd were hauled to tbe mill alte and .. haped. The mill race ,,-a .. dug obtained ..uch for severnl bundred yard" to tbe mill pond In wllat III no.v Oak>vood. acUJe.... for .. lU11I Creek. The logs for tbl .. mill were probab17 cut from ~IIlI Creek 01' Late In the full of 1848. the nLllJ was ready lor operntlon. It wa" located ga"e 110ur OD> on tbe Jlttle flat below tbe pond In Oakwood. The grain wa .. first .. creened In 18M, J and then pas"ed Into aI hopper. It paslled between the lIl11ilotones and then for a :basemf Into the ballement. It wa .. tben elevated to the top floor Rnd went through tbe I_ber. Mr. Neff "bolter,.. .. cyUndricnl nrrangement covered with w::rers 01 Te.." fine .. Ilk cloth. The 110ur wn8 fi .... t sifted out aud tllen the IIhorill. continued to _".. Ion of hi The people, nt that tbne, bad little to eat and lell .. to wear. Tbey planted nearly aU their grain In the .. pring 01 1848. The frosts came" .. o .. oon In wood. lIe t. tho"e oJ"Y" tbat the corn didn't ripen. Some people brought thl .. 80ft nnd balf Some time I. moldy corn to be ground and were glad to ba ..-" even thnt. None 01 the bran !!::: PATRONIZE |
