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Title: Down the eastern and up the Black Brandywine..
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: MacElree, Wilmer W., 1859-
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Publisher: (West Chester, Pa., F. S. Hickman, printer)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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generously devised hisfarm of one hundred and eighty-one acres in West Nantmeal(now Honeybrook), on a branch of the Brandywine, to the con-gregation of people residing there and the places adjacent,which congregation are a people of British extraction, whichprofess with me in the following articles, of keeping the SeventhDay, Sabbath and Water Baptism, and denying the use of thecarnal sword and legal oath, and all the rigour of the law of na-tions, to be to them made use of as an Alms House for thebenefit of the poor and necessitous which shall stand in need ofrelief, and are not in capacity to help themselves. Owens purpose was a noble one, the proposed relief wasgreatly needed, the site selected by him was admirable, and thematerials for building were ample and close at hand. Therewas abundant timber on the mountains and the fields were fullof stones, so full, in fact, that the very courses in his deeds werenot content to call for one, but insisted upon heaps to marktheir endings. (
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For some reason, however, his hope failed of realization,and in 1832, the tract devised by him to his Seventh Day Baptistbrethren, was conveyed by them to Jarmin Hughes. Had Owensproject only been successful, some Presbyterians might havebeen tempted to turn Seventh Day Baptists. Could any unfor-tunate son of Adam—unless his fancy was altogether ex-tinguished by his misfortunes—fail to experience a certainsombre pleasure in contemplating as a refuge for his closingyears, such a mountain home, with its pure water and purer air?Even if his reflections took on a melancholic tinge as he remem-bered how often the gifts of charity are perverted by sordid ad-ministrators, he might still find consolation in the very location.Not every almshouse when its larders are empty can regale itsinmates with mouthfuls of beauty. In visiting Honeybrook Township, it is well to have yourvalet carry with him a copy of Futheys History of ChesterCounty, or, if like the writer, you are so fortunate as to h

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