Peter chase had made a beginning on lot seven, range nine in 1802. A year later he cleared land and sowed grass seed on it. In 1804, that most delicious berry, the strawberry, appeared. In 1805 they were quite abundant.

In the meantime, Me. Chase had built a small house. His nearest neighbor, Moses Smith, had made a beginning on an adjoining lot. Chase and Smith were young men without families and lived together in the house of the former. When the berries had ripened those men conceived a plan of calling the scattered inhabitants together to share with them a feast of berries. In response to the invitation the people of the entire township assembled at the strawberry field at the appointed time. At the end of an hour spent in picking berries they were invited to the house, where, where to their surprise and gratification, they found a table covered with substantial food which had been provided by their bachelor friends. With the addition of strawberries, and the cream that had been brought by some of the company, and tea sweetened with maple sugar, which the women pronounced delicious, the entertainment was without doubt, enjoyed as keenly as the more elaborate entertainment of the present day. At the close, a brief time was spent in the expression of friendly interest and good wishes. The company then separated and soon disappeared in the shadows of the forest, eagerly threading their way to their scattered homes, carrying with them pleasant memories to cheer them in the days that followed.

At the close of the season Chase and Smith left the township not to return. It must have been an occasion of keen regret to the scattered families that an acquaintance so pleasantly began, should have terminated so abruptly.