INDUSTRIES CARRIAGE BUILDING John R. Thompson lived at Belmont Corner and had a carriage shop there in 1890. He carried on the building for 10 or 15 years, then sold the building to Matthew Gamble who continued in the same business for a number of years. TANNING Another early industry was the tanning of hides. This was carried on by Matthew Higgins in his tannery at Belmont Corner . SAW MILL James Auld ran the first sawmill around 1890 where Ivan Clark lives now. There was no circular saw then, instead they used long blades which went up and down, cutting on the up stroke and were driven by water power. This mill produced lumber for building purposes. MUSSEL MUD DIGGING In the spring of a great deal of mud f their land. The digg the top part was made capstan under the poi digging had a twenty- scoop on it. Lifting ing a heavy chain to the capstan. This wa to which a horse was in a ci rcle. the year farmers used to haul rom to fertilize er had a wooden frame-work, in a "V" shape with a vertica nt of the "V". The fork for five foot stem with an iron the mud was done by attach- the fork reeving it around s rotated by using a pole hitched. The horse went aroum FARM FENCES When considerable land was cleared it was fenced with zig-zag fences made of poles cut in equal lengths and placed on top of one another to a height of about four feet. Later stakes were 16