But the work supplied to William did not satisfy the holy men of the church, who furnished us advice.

He still made fire engines, and a brook in a meadow presented irresistible temptation to water-wheels and machinery.

One of his tilt-hammers made a very good ghost, haunting the meadow and keeping off trespassers.

He had a foundry, where he cast miniature cannon, kettles and curious things, and his rifle-practice was a neighborhood wonder.

He brought water from the cellar, and did other chores which Pennsylvania rules assigned to women, and when boys ridiculed him, he flogged them, and did it quite as effectually as he rendered them the same service when they were rude to a girl.