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IT was a cold day in February, 1847, and the little town of Milan, Ohio, was noisy with the rumble of farm wagons carrying wheat to the canal for shipment to Lake Erie; the wharf was crowded with farmers, shippers, laborers, and idlers, all gathered together to assist or retard the weighing and loading of the grain; everywhere appeared bustle and movement save, perhaps, in the Edison homestead, where the advent of a new life was awaited.