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dotted with beautiful farm houses;
the whole presenting a picture of
nature and art combined, worthy
of the pencil of a limner’s bright-
est skill.
The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.: D.L.
Rivers and Ponds. Connecticut
River washes its north-western
border for about ten miles. It is
about 20 rods wide at this point,
very deep and crooked. Israel’s
River passes through the town in
a north-westerly direction, and af-
fords some valuable water pow-
er. There are several ponds,
the largest of which is Martin
Meadow Pond, named for a hunt-
er who frequented this locality
many years ago. This communi-
cates with Little Pond. The Ba-
ker Pond, one mile north of the vil-
lage, is a pleasant sheet of water
and is situated so near the Con-
necticut that, by a short canal,
logs are run into it from that riv-
er, thus affording remarkable fa-
cilities for the steam saw mill, on
the track of the railroad, near the
inlet.
Minerals. Limestone is found
in limited quantities.
Villages. On Israel’s river and
about one mile from the Connecti-
cut, is located the large and pleas-
ant village of Lancaster. The fine
country which surrounds it, the ex-
cellent roads, and pleasant drives,
together with the magnificent
mountain scenery on every side,
have rendered it very attractive as
a summer resort, for the denizens
of our large cities and villages.
From the cupola of the Lancaster
House nearly as fine a view of
river, country, and mountain scen-
ery can be obtained as in any other
section of the State. The streets
tire wide and beautifully shaded,
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vate residences, betoken an air of
neatness, so much admired by eve-
ry lover of a village home.
The river passes through nearly
the center of the village, and is
spanned by two substantial bridges,
the one on Main street being a
fine structure. In its passage
through the village it furnishes
some fine water power, which is
generally improved. There is
one paper mill, two saw mills ca-
pable of sawing 4,500,000 feet of
lumber tinnually, one carriage fac-
tory, one of the largest grist-mills
in the State, door, sash and blind
factory, furniture shop, foundry,
machine shop, tannery, starch
mill, two printing offices, shoe
shops, harness shops, blacksmith
shops, marble shop, tailors &c.
The total value of goods annually
manufactured in the village, in-
cluding meal and flour ground, is
estimated at $300,000. It is the
centre of a large mercantile trade.
There are between twenty and
thirty stores, of all kinds, with a
capital of over $ 200,000. There
are also one bank, two hotels, five
church edifices, with another in
process of erection, one large grad-
ed school house, academy, court
house and jail, insui’ance, express,
telegraph, and post offices, twelve
lawyers, six physicians, two den-
tists, &c. There are about three
hundred dwelling houses and fif-
teen hundred inhabitants in the
village. At South Lancaster there
is a large steam saw mill doing an
extensive business. There are
four large potato starch mills in
town, and an excellent fair ground
and race course where annual fairs
and races are held.
Employments. The inhabitants
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