I have heard the Secretary tell that when the day of their exodus came. he had to be dragged from under .a bed where he had hid himself because he did not want to leave his home. Young Davis was 8 years old when he came to America with his mother and five other children. one of them a babe in arms. They came in the steerage and landed at old Castle Garden in New York. The city staggered them with its size and they soon became acquainted with one of its peculiarities. A thief got away with much of their baggage. including a feather bed highly prized by his mother. In Wales a feather bed is a mark of standing and affluence. To the immigrant mother it still had that value in America. The theft of it was a tragedy to her and while she tried to find it. two of her children were lost for several days and most of the family savings had to be spent before they were found. At last the brood was gathered together and boarded the train for Sharon.
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