A Man for the Ages

In 1831 Samson Traylor, Sarah, his wife, and their two children started from Vergennes, Vermont, in a covered wagon to ward the land of promise. On their way they fell in with other "emigrants" bound for the same vague destination. Perhaps it is not too much to say that a more faithful picture of such a family, hearty, spirited, hopeful, patient, good-humored and God fearing, never has been painted ; while the description of the journey itself is as full of color as it is historically accurate. Too

much emphasis can not be laid upon this feature.