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HISTORY
OF
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
-[FROM HIS OWN PEN.]-

I followed Mr. Douglas to his own
island, and commenced preaching to
his church, and baptized a good share
of his members, among whom were
several sea captains. Ministers from
the main land were sent for, who
came over and tried to put a stop to
the work, by preaching and lying
about us; but the work continued to
roll on. They wished me to work a
miracle to convince them that my doc-
trine was true. I told them they had
rejected the truth, and they would
see signs, but not unto salvation.

Vinal Haven, which includes both
north and south Fox Island, is in lat.
44°, long. 69°10'. The inhabitants
are generally healthy and industrious,
and hospitable to strangers, the people
obtain most of their wealth by fishing,
and fit out annually over one hundred
licensed vessels, beside many smaller
crafts. The north island is nine miles
long and two wide; population 800,
and contains a post office, a store,
a grist mill, four school houses, and a
Baptist church. The land is rocky
and rough, yet there are farms which
produce good wheat, barley, oats,
potatoes and grass; the principal
timber is fir, spruce, hemlock and
birch. The rasp and gooseberry grow
in great abundance. Sheep are the
principal stock.

South Fox island is about ten miles
long and five wide, and is a mass of
rocks, principally granite, formed into
shelves, hills, hollows, and cut up into
nooks, points and ravines by coves
and harbors; population 1000. There
are some small patches under cultiva-
tion, at the expense of great labor and
toil. Many resident fishermen fish at
Newfoundland, and bring them home,
and dry them upon flakes; they annu-
ally supply the market with a great
amount of codfish, mackerel and
boxed herring. The latter island
contains two stores, three tide saw
mills, six school houses, a small branch

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HISTORY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF. [FROM HIS OWN PEN.]

I followed Mr. Douglas to his own island, and commenced preaching to his church, and baptized a good share of his members, among whom were several sea captains. Ministers from the main land were sent for, who came over and tried to put a stop to the work, by preaching and lying about us; but the work continued to roll on. They wished me to work a miracle to convince them that my doctrine was true. I told them they had rejected the truth, and they would see signs, but not unto salvation.

Vinal Haven, which includes both north and south Fox Island, is in lat. 44°, long. 69°10'. The inhabitants are generally healthy and industrious, and hospitable to strangers, the people obtain most of their wealth by fishing, and fit out annually over one hundred licensed vessels, beside many smaller crafts. The north island is nine miles long and two wide; population 800, and contains a post office, a store, a grist mill, four school houses, and a Baptist church. The land is rocky and rough, yet there are farms which produce good wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and grass; the principal timber is fir, spruce, hemlock and birch. The rasp and gooseberry grow in great abundance. Sheep are the principal stock.

South Fox island is about ten miles long and five wide, and is a mass of rocks, principally granite, formed into shelves, hills, hollows, and cut up into nooks, points and ravines by coves and harbors; population 1000. There are some small patches under cultivation, at the expense of great labor and toil. Many resident fishermen fish at Newfoundland, and bring them home, and dry them upon flakes; they annually supply the market with a great amount of codfish, mackerel and boxed herring. The latter island contains two stores, three tide saw mills, six school houses, a small branch