EARLY FURNITURE In the report of the Exhibition held in Crapaud in 1820 (in this Book), the hope was expressed that Ramshag ( Wallace , N. S. ) across the straits, "would exchange chairs and spinning wheels for sheep." The need of furniture soon began to be filled, for many skilled craftsmen were among the early settlers. Samuel Sherren Among the earliest of these was Samuel Sherren , who had served seven years as apprentice in England . He was a very fine cabinet-maker, and tables and chests seem to have been his specialty. The Communion Table in the United Church in Crapaud was his work, placed in the Church while it was in Westmoreland . A great great granddaughter in Toronto , values one of his hand-made tables. Other tables of simple design and big substantial chests, are stiH in use in some homes in Crapaud . Henry Cutcliffe Henry Cutcliffe of England was another skilled carpenter, who supplied many of the early Crapaud homes with chairs. An arm chair with box seat and unusual rockers, built by him about 1840, for Colin Leard , Tryon , is in the possession of a great great grandson. He also built many houses. He died in 1845. Artemas Wadman (1836-1904) A carpenter of the middle 1800s was Artemas Wadman , and it would appear that he was a prolific and honest workman. He made many types of chairs, all strong and nicely designed, and many have weathered over a hundred years of use in the old homes. They may also be found here and there throughout the Island, given, no doubt, to children "to set up housekeeping" on their own. His kitchen chairs were of pine. His parlor chairs were of hard¬ wood, with a seat two inches thick, as also had his captains' chair with circular back and seat. Rocking chairs of unusual design can still be found. He also made pine sideboards and chest-on-chests, which have become prized heirlooms. He made and presented the first Pulpit which was used in the Westmoreland Baptist Church. Of his family of fourteen children, only one, Wesley T., of Cam¬ bridge, Mass. , survives. The town of honored him by naming one of its Thoroughfares "." Recently he has had pub¬ lished a volume of poems entitled "The and other Poems." -4 17 ^