Building The Approzches And Foundation 19 
     
    
   
   
    
     CON1ENTMENT ON A HUNDRED ACRES 
     
    
   
   
    
     Webster Rogerz, a former resident of this area, in his poem “The 
     
     Pioneers” has preseited a picture of the founders of Wilmot Valley. Here 
     
     are a few extracts fron that poem: 
     
    
   
   
    
     "heir deeds are written on the land, 
     
     Those men of lowly name; 
     
    

    
     ~theirs was the strong and faithful hand, 
     
     Unskilled to grasp at fame; 
     
     Content to lead a simple life 
     
    

    
     [ nvexed by discontent or strife,... 
     
    
   
   
    
     and the third stanza: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lnused to scenes that stir and thrill 
     
     To conquests lurid glow; 
     
    

    
     Tieir homely boast was strength and skill 
     
     To lay the forest low; 
     
    

    
     T) tear the stubborn stump from earth, 
     
     And burst the pine tree’s mighty girth 
     
    

    
     Vl ith strong and steady blow... 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A favorite spot IO sit unc’ Ihmk. Edward Clark, looking over the “Rolling Bank, " 
     
     just north oft/1e home Q’El'rier Waugh.