One early spring morning on our way to school on Sawyer Hill in Mount Holly, the melting snow and ice was covering the small bridge we had to cross. It was not a very wide bridge, perhaps half a dozen planks wide, but the water we had to wade through was too wide to jump, se we waded through the icy water. My sister, Maggie Townsend, was helping our little sister, Mary, who was about seven years old, over the bridge. Little Mary tried to jump over a cake of ice and fell into the water. It took us about ten minutes to reach the school house. The teacher draped off a corner of the room and disrobed Mary of her icy wet clothes. The other children contributed their dry sweaters, coats, and leggings. The teacher wrung out Mary's wet clothing. It was then draped around the hot stove to dry before she could wear it home. The school children had a steam bath that day.
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