beautiful lake, four miles in length,
and of various breadths, would
seem to have been anciently con-
siderably longer, and some thirty
feet higher than it now is at high
water mark, and its fall to have
been caused by a disruption and
lowering of its outlet in Lebanon.
At its head it receives a brook run-
ning from George Pond through
Centre Village, on which stream
are mills and factories. The other
principal brooks are Bicknell’s,
flowing into, and Johnson’s, flow-
ing out of, East Pond, on both of
which are saw mills. At the foot
of East Hill, about two miles east-
erly from the head of Mascomy
Lake, is East Pond or Crystal
Lake, with its single islet, whose
deep, clear water, about two miles
in length and three-fourths of a
mile in width, once abounded in
salmon trout weighing from two to
ten pounds, but which have been
exterminated by pickerel, intro-
duced into the pond about half a
century ago. At the outlet of this
lake is one of the best unimproved
water privileges in the county.
Here was erected the first grist
mill and store in the town. The
village here was long known as
Johnson’s mills, but now as East
village. It was once the centre of
business of this and the adjoining
towns.

Here stands the mansion of
Judge Jesse Johnson, erected in
1803, and the occasional summer
residence of his surviving children
and descendants. The old man-
sion house of Judge Johnson is
now owned by his son, George W.
Johnson, Esq., of Gasport, N. Y.
And here also resided two of the
town’s early and worthy citizens,
George Conant, Esq., Justice of
the Peace, its first clothier, and
Captain Richard Currier, whose
house, erected before 1800, is in
possession of one of his grandsons.

Villages. North Enfield* is one
of the most enterprising and im-
portant villages in the southern part
of Grafton County. It is located
on Mascomy river, about one half
mile from where it discharges its
waters into Mascomy Lake. The
river at this village produces some
very fine water power, which is
generally improved. There is one
card printing and job office, large
bedstead manufactory, two flannel
and hosiery mills, one of the larg-
est grist mills in the State, large
tannery, lumber mill and various
other small shops. These various
manufactories employ about one
hundred males and females, who
annually receive for their labor
about $40,000, and produce goods
valued at $365,000. There are
also six stores of all kinds, one
hotel, two churches, one large
graded school house, and about one
hundred dwelling houses. The
Northern Railroad passes along
the southern border of the village,
where there is a depot, telegraph
and express office. At the Centre
there is quite a pretty village, with
considerable manufacturing. Here
is one hosiery manufactory, car-
riage and sleigh manufactory, tan-
nery, two lumber mills, marble
shop, grist mill, printing office and
other small shops. There are also
two stores, one good hotel, post-
office, one church, a large school
house, and about fifty dwelling
houses, some of which are very
fine dwellings. The Hon, James
W. Johnson resides here, and has

* The post office address of this Tillage is
Enfield.