HE RedirectED THE DEAD BRANCH Brook TO make A MILLPOND, USED THE HYDROPOWER TO CUT STONE AND BEGAN TO MAKE AND SELL 'OLD NORWICH SCYTHE STONES.' THE RUINS OF His STONE MILL ARE WONDERFUL to EXPLORE.
NEAR THE CHAUNCEY BROOK BRIDGE, HE SET UP A BLACKSMITH SHOP AND MADE KNIVES AND SAP SPOUTS, AND REPAIRED WAGONS AND SLEDS. LATER HE HAD A STORE THERE. The dirt road in front of the glow was busy, for a little hollow tucked away in the mountains.
'HISTORIC HAMPSHIRE,' REPORTS THAT 'EVENING CHURCH SERVICES WERE HELD IN IN A LITTLE HALL OVER THE CHESTERFIELD HOLLOW BLACKSMITH'S SHOP, AND WHEN HE WORKED LATE, SMOKE FROM THE FORGE SEEPED UP FROM BELOW. LYCEUMS IN THE BLACKSMITH-SHOP HALL DREW CROWDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE ADJOINING TOWNS. THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF A FEW RECITATIONS, SONGS BY THE QUARTET, THE READING OF A NEWSPAPER CALLED THE VALLEY STAR, AND A DEBATE A QUESTION OF THE DAY.'