Jed did odd jobs of carpentering and cabinet making, went fishing sometimes, worked in gardens between times, did almost anything, in fact, to bring in the needed dollars.

And when he was thirty-eight years old he made and sold his first "Cape Cod Winslow windmill," the forerunner of the thousands to follow.

That mill, made in some of his rare idle moments and given to the child of a wealthy summer visitor, made a hit.

The child liked it and other children wanted mills just like it.

Then "grown-ups" among the summer folk took up the craze.