Bard for sawing staves concave on one side and convex on the other.
In the year 1834 they obtained a patent for the invention. As a
consequence the business of the store was neglected. The invention did
not yield a large return in money, as it was soon superseded by other
devices. The saw, a hoop-saw, was set up in a mill two miles away, and
from time to time I tended the saw, and thus I began a training in
mechanics which has been useful to me in my profession as a patent
lawyer. Heywood also invented a wheel for bringing staves to a bevel
and taper, for the construction of barrels systematically. Mr. Heywood
remained in town eight or ten years, when he moved to Claremont, N. H.,
where he died at the age of eighty years or more. He was thoroughly
upright, but he had too many schemes for a successful business man.
During my term with Mr. Heywood, I had charge of the post-office,
keeping the accounts, which were then cumbrous, and I made the returns
once in three months.
During a part of the time a stagecoach ran from Lowell, through
Tyngsboro, Pepperell, Townsend Harbor, Lunenburg and Fitchburg, and
thence westward through Petersham and Belchertown to Springfield. The
distance was about one hundred miles, and I was compelled to be ready
to open the mail three mornings each week, at about two o'clock.
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