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except for two, then these two remaining members should evenly divide whatever there might be left. It wouldn't surprise me if they had excluded Americans. It also wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a substantial amount of money left for the final two, because all the guys joining were young men and the interest on the $1600 was probably more than enough to cover expenses for many years. 

I've carried and shaped a lot of large boulders and shale, and I've broken them down until they were only 10 inches thick after which they were delivered out to the country roads and placed every 1/4-1/2-1 fathoms. After which they were broken down further until they were 1 1/2 inches in size and were now called "skjærver"/ballast that were then used to resurface the road. 

I've crushed numerous fathoms of "skjærver."

I've cleaved and split many fathoms of boulders until they were six inches in size and were used for masonry.

Our little Lisbeth who was born on the 5th of February 1868, got croup and died when she was a little over a year old. The exact date escapes me, but I remember there being a lot of snow and we were driving sleighs across the fields. She was buried in the Roholte cemetary, just North of the church, about 20-25 feet from the North-East corner. I placed a     

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ring of cement around her grave. On the ring itself we put a little inscription written in gilded letters. Furthermore, when we left the area we used a large share of our now liquidated belongings in Roholte to pay a woman to take care of the grave for us for as long as she lived. 

Fast forward to the 11th of December 1871 when Jørgen was born just before noon. That afternoon I went down to teacher Melow's house in Roholte to deliver the news. Melow noted how strange it was that I had gotten a son today since it was such a noteworthy day. It was "terminsdag" as well as the day when his wife had passed away. His statement was followed by him folding his hands together as if he was praying.

"Terminsdag"/due date, came around twice a year, on the 11th of June and the 11th of December. On these two days, which happened to be exactly six months apart, all interests, regardless of if it was owed or earned had to be settled before the end of the day. Even the banks wouldn't pay out interest except for on these two days, during what they referred to as the "dues period," and the days were referred to as the "due dates."Later, in the fall of 1872, the waters rose at a tremendous rate and we had a flood. It was a South-West wind that drove the waters in from Kattegat and into the North Sea