Chapter I
The Patterson Family immigrates to
the United States from Ireland.........................................................pages
1 - 4
Chapter II
James Patterson's children...........................................................................................................................pages
5 - 6
Chapter III
Diana Patterson and her Nephew George
Dean..........................................................................................pages
7 - 8
Chapter IV
Arthur Jones and the death of John
Gallager.............................................................................................pages
9 - 11
Chapter V
William Patterson & Family..........................................................................................................................pages
11 - 13
Chapter VI
William Patterson is Introduced to
Mrs. Daniel Palmer...............................................................................pages
14 - 15
Chapter VII
Wm Patterson and Mrs. Daniel Palmer
are Married and I have an adventure with Serenaders...............pages
16 - 17
Chapter VIII
I Help Wm Patterson on his Farm and
I Meet the Oldest Post Master in the United States.......................pages
18 - 20
Chapter IX
Moveing from Brookfield to Tompkins
County and Picking Apples at the Patterson Farm.........................pages
21- 23
Chapter X
Life on the Patterson Farm 1900 - 1904,
and Mothers Busy Life.................................................................pages
24 - 27
Chapter XI
My Visits Back in Chenango & Madison
Counties........................................................................................pages
28 - 30
Chapter 11 A
Thrashing on the "Old Time" thashing
floor in 1903....................................................................................pages
31- 34
Chapter 12
Some of our neighbors at the Patterson
Farm, and Harriet Butler who came public nuisance No. 1.........pages 35
- 37
Chapter 13
Coon Hunting with Jake DeCamp................................................................................................................pages
38 - 43
Headstone inscriptions...................................................................................................................................page
43 A
Chapter 14
The Machine that Talked and Played
Music and the Phonograph Age.......................................................pages
44 -46
Chapter 15
Down Robinson's Trip to the Moon...............................................................................................................pages
47 - 48
Chapter 16
Our Neighbor John Buckley and His Purchase
of the Dan Lane Farm.......................................................pages
49 - 52
Chapter 17
Working for John Buckley and Frank
Pierson..............................................................................................pages
53 - 56
Chapter 18
Valentines School of Telegraphy...................................................................................................................pages
57 - 59
Chapter 19
Going to School at Valentines, and
Mrs. Parkers Family. Also the Railroad wreck on the C. & N. W.......pages
60 - 62
Chapter 20
Fighting the measels, and trying my
hand at being a Nurse......................................................................pages
63 - 66
Chapter 21
William Dunn of Shopfire..........................................................................................................................
..pages 67 - 70
Chapter 22
Mr. Dunn the driver.....................................................................................................................................pages
71 - 75
Chapter 23
Back in Janesville and Mr. Dunn takes
some of his own medicine.............................................................pages
76 - 80
Chapter 24
Homeward Bound and the passing of John
Bartholomew, Wm Patterson, Lib and Leeander Low,
Art Jones and Jane Jones ...........................................................................................................................pages
81 - 84
Chapter 25
The Shilohites of Shiloh Maine, and
Diana Patterson Osmun appears as both a good
and an evil angel.........................................................................................................................................pages
95 - 90
Chapter 26
Working the Patterson Farm in the year
1907 and the dedication of the New Agricultural
Building at Cornell......................................................................................................................................pages
91 - 92
Chapter 27
The Smith Family and John Ralph's adventure
with the "Injun Pirates" of 1909....................................pages
93 -96
Chapter 28
Some of our problems and how we solved
them and the Buckley - Palmer Dairy deal - 1911..................pages
97 -100
Chapter 29
John Buckley 's new Ventures running
a rooming and boarding house in
Groton in 1912 and 1913............................................................................................................................pages
101 -102
Chapter 30
John Buckley and his first tenant,
Jack Scott...........................................................................................pages
103 - 107
Chapter 31
My last years on the Patterson Farm
1913 - 1914....................................................................................pages
108 - 111
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