Sterling, Vt.
Lamoille co. Sterling Peak, in the South part,of this town, ranks among the most elevated- summits of the Green Mountain range. Some streams'issue from this moun- tain town. It wgs first settled in 1799, and contains 23,040 acres of land. The quality of the soil may be known, by the number of its in- habitants, 183 ; and by the number of its sheep, 350. It lies 24 miles N. by W. from Montpelier.
Sterling, Mass.
Worcester co. This town was first settled about the year 1721. It was taken’from Lancaster, in 1781. It lies 40 miles W. from Boston, and 12 N. from Worcester. It is watered by Still river. Its surface is. uneven, and its.soil light. Population, 1837,1,650. The man- ufactures of the town consist of boots, shoes, leather, straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, scythe snaiths, chairs. and cabinet ware : ’ total amount, for the year ending April 1, 1837, $76,528, of which $53, 228, was- for chairs and cabinet ware.
Sterling, Ct.
Windham co. This town lies 10 miles S. E. from Brooklyn, and 44 E. by S. from Hartford. It was taken from Yoluntown in. 1794. Population, 1830, 1,240. The soil is a light gravelly and sandy loam, and produces good grain. Sterling is watered by two branches of Moosup river, a good mill stream, on which are four cotton mills. |
“.Near the centre of this town, there is a cavern, called the “ Dev- il’s Den,†possessing very singular and curious features. It is situated within a ledge of rocks, and has a circular area of about 100 feet in diameter. The rock is cleft in two places, forming at each a chasm or fissure about 50 feet in depth, through one of which there runs a.small stream of water; the other communicates with a room about 12 feet square, at the interior part of which there is a fiye place, and a chimney extending through the rock above, forming an aperture of about 3 feet square. In another part of the rock there is a natural stair case, winding around it from the bottom to the top. In the cold season of the year, a large mass of ice is formed in the room above de- scribed, by the dashing of the water down the chimney, which contin- ues there through nearly the whole of the warm months, the sun being almost excluded from this subter- ranean recess.â€
Stetson, Me.
Penobscot co. This town is bounded N. by Exeter, and S. by Etna and Carmel. It is 63 miles N. E. from Augusta, and 18 W. N. W. from Bangor. It ts watered by branches of the Sebasticook and Sowadabscook, which rise here. It was incorporated in 1831. Popula- tion, 1830, 114b, 1837,437. The sur- face of the town is undulating, and the .soil excellent. Wheat crop, 1837, 3,704 bushels.
Steuben, Me.
Washington co. This is a mar- itime township, and comprises Dy- er’s Bay, which sets up from the sea about 9 miles, and contains a number of -good harbors. This bay lies between Little Menan Point and Goldsborough harbor. It is about a mile wide at its mouth.
Steuben is a place of considera- ble ship building, and a number of vessels are owned here, employed in the .coasting trade and fishery. Narraguagus river passes its north- eastern border.
Steuben lies 107 miles E. Irom Augusta, and about 35 W. by S. from Machias. Incorporated, 1795. Population, 1837, 802. |