And among them was one cow which I called mine, one evening I accompanied my father to the barn,
to fodder them. It being in the fall of the year we were feeding out pumpkins and among our stock
Father had a large surley Bull, & while distributing the pumkpkins my cow got one & the Bull another, soon
the Bull came & got the one my cow had. I then went & got the one the Bull left, to give my cow No sooner
had I got it in my arms, than the Bull left his & came after me, I ran down a hill with all my might &
the Bull at my heels my Father seeing my danger told me to throw down the pum^p^kin but feeling anxious
to see that my cow should have her right I still held on. Bullt while the Bull was approaching me with
the fierceness of a tiger I made a miss step fell flat upon the ground, the pumpkin rolled out of my arms
the Bull leaped over me run his horns into the pumpkin & tore it to peaces & probably would have
done the same by me had I not have fallen which escape like many others I attribute to the mercy & goodness
of GOD. It was during the same year that I was again under the necessary of employing a physician
while paying a visit at my Uncle Eldad Woodruff I was standing in a porch with one arm around a
pillar leaning over the railing my arm sliped off the pillar & I fell several feet across some timber &
broke my other arm. One would naturly suppose by this time that I should begin to grow caucious
in my procedings. But not many months rolled around defore I was called to endure still heavier
fate. My father owned a lumber sawmill in addition to his flowering mill, and one morning in
company with several other boys I went into the saw mill & got onto the head Block of the carriage
to ride not anticipating any danger but before I was awere of it my leg was caught between the
head block & fender post & broaken short into, I was taken to the house & lay nine hours before my bones
wer replased which time was spent amid severe pain, but being young my bones soon nit together
& in few weeks I was again upon my feet as usual attending to the sport & of my youth.
During my confinement with this lameness, my Brother Thompson was was my companion going
through a course of the tipus fever. Thus one scene of accident after another followed me through
my youth from ymonth to month & year to year. I had occasion one dark evening to cross my fathers
meadow while doing so I run against an ox that was feeding the ox not knowing what it was concluded
to defend himself with his heels, he kicked me in the bowels but I being so near him I was rather more frightened
than hurt. Again my uncle had a load of hay to get in and for the want of help proposed for me to load
it. Although I was young I agreed to make the trial, & with his assistance I thought it loaded vary well but
befor he reached the barn he drove over a large stone & turned most of the hay over I fell onto the ground
& the load top of me. But an exertion was made & the hay removed from me as soon as possible & I
once more breathed a free element. While 8 years of age I accompanied my father with several others
in a one horse waggon about three miles from home to attend to some work, while on the way the horses decame
frightend ran dow a hill & turned the waggon over with us in it But again while in danger I was saved
by the hand of providence none of us was injured. While in the days of my youth I cluimb^ed^ an elm tree
to procure some bark & while about fifteen feet from the ground the limb deing dry upon which
I stood it broke & I fell to the ground upon my baccks which apparrently beat the breath out of
my body A cousin that was with me ran to the house & told my parents that I was dead, but
before my freinds got to me I had revived rose upon my feet & met them on the way
At Twelve years of Age I was drowned in Farmington River & sunk in 30 feet
of water and was almost miraclulously saved by a young man named Bacon I suffered
much in being restored to life. At Thirteen years of age while passing through Farmington

And among them was one cow which I called mine, one evening I accompanied my father to the barn, to fodder them. It being in the fall of the year we were feeding out pumpkins and among our stock Father had a large surley Bull, & while distributing the pumpkins my cow got one & the Bull another, soon the Bull came & got the one my cow had. I then went & got the one the Bull left, to give my cow No sooner had I got it in my arms, than the Bull left his & came after me, I ran down a hill with all my might & the Bull at my heels my Father seeing my danger told me to throw down the pumpkin but feeling anxious to see that my cow should have her right I still held on. But while the Bull was approaching me with the fierceness of a tiger I made a miss step fell flat upon the ground, the pumpkin rolled out of my arms the Bull leaped over me run his horns into the pumpkin & tore it to peaces & probably would have done the same by me had I not have fallen which escape like many others I attribute to the mercy & goodness of GOD. It was during the same year that I was again under the necessary of employing a physician while paying a visit at my Uncle Eldad Woodruff I was standing in a porch with one arm around a pillar leaning over the railing my arm sliped off the pillar & I fell several feet across some timber & broke my other arm. One would naturly suppose by this time that I should begin to grow caucious in my procedings. But not many months rolled around defore I was called to endure still heavier fate. My father owned a lumber sawmill in addition to his flowering mill, and one morning in company with several other boys I went into the saw mill & got onto the head Block of the carriage to ride not anticipating any danger but before I was awere of it my leg was caught between the head block & fender post & broaken short into, I was taken to the house & lay nine hours before my bones wer replased which time was spent amid severe pain, but being young my bones soon nit together & in few weeks I was again upon my feet as usual attending to the sport of my youth. During my confinement with this lameness, my Brother Thompson was my companion going through a course of the tipus fever. Thus one scene of accident after another followed me through my youth frommonth to month & year to year. I had occasion one dark evening to cross my fathers meadow while doing so I run against an ox that was feeding the ox not knowing what it was concluded to defend himself with his heels, he kicked me in the bowels but I being so near him I was rather more frightened than hurt. Again my uncle had a load of hay to get in and for the want of help proposed for me to load it. Although I was young I agreed to make the trial, & with his assistance I thought it loaded vary well but befor he reached the barn he drove over a large stone & turned most of the hay over I fell onto the ground & the load top of me. But an exertion was made & the hay removed from me as soon as possible & I once more breathed a free element. While 8 years of age I accompanied my father with several others in a one horse waggon about three miles from home to attend to some work, while on the way the horses decame frightend ran dow a hill & turned the waggon over with us in it But again while in danger I was saved by the hand of providence none of us was injured. While in the days of my youth I climbed an elm tree to procure some bark & while about fifteen feet from the ground the limb deing dry upon which I stood it broke & I fell to the ground upon my bacck which apparrently beat the breath out of my body A cousin that was with me ran to the house & told my parents that I was dead, but before my freinds got to me I had revived rose upon my feet & met them on the way At Twelve years of Age I was drowned in Farmington River & sunk in 30 feet of water and was almost miraculously saved by a young man named Bacon I suffered much in being restored to life. At Thirteen years of age while passing through Farmington