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school houses, two hanks,one news-
paper office, telegraph and express
office, insurance offices, four law-
yers, Six physicians, and two den-
tists, besides various other profes-
sional businesses. There are about
400 dwelling houses, and 2,500 in-
habitants. West from the village,
on a bluff, is to be located the new
cemetery. There are some beau-
tiful dells in these grounds, and
when they are laid out by the skill-
ful hand of Rev. Mr. Downs, it
will be a lovely spot for the re-
pose of the silent dead. There is
being built (1873) a new high
school building at an expense of
$ 20,000. When all these new im-
provements are completed, the peo-
ple of Lebanon can truly boast as
having one of the pleasantest vil-
lages in the State.
West Lebanon village is situa-
ted on the Connecticut, opposite
White River Junction, and at the
terminus of the Northern (N. H.)
Railroad. It is one of the finest
little villages in the State, and is
becoming quite a resort for sum-
mer tourists, being near one of the
greatest railroad centres in New-
England. A bridge over the Con-
necticut connects it with Hartford,
Vt. There are five or six stores,
of all varieties, one fine hotel,
church, school house, grist-mill,
lumber mill &c., and seventy-five
dwelling houses. The street, run-
ning parallel with the Connecticut
is handsomely shaded. On a hill
back of the village, and overlook-
ing the valley of the Connecticut
and on to the green hills of Ver-
mont, is located Tilden Female
Seminary. No more lovely spot
for an institution of this character
can be found in this country. (See
Literary Institutions.)
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Employments. Although Leba-
non is considered one of the best
farming towns in the State, still it
has to be ranked as a manufactur-
ing and mercantile town, as the
receipts for labor, trade and pro-
fessional business is more than
double that of all the farm produc-
tions in town. The capital invest-
ed in manufactories is $ 612,000.
employing 591 males and 45 fe-
males, and annually producing
goods to the value of $ 1,221,600.
(See tables.)
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $171,249; mechanical labor,
$314,800; stocks and bonds, $77,
900; money at interest, $ 94,195;
deposits in savings bank, $ 155,
592; stock in trade, $ 173,940; pro-
fessional business, $95,000; from
summer tourists, $ 2,000.
Churches and Schools. 1st Con-
gregational, Rev. Charles A.
Downs, pastor; Methodist, Rev.
Charles E. Hall, pastor; Baptist,
Rev. H. F. Barnes, pastor; Catho-
lic, Rev. M. J. Goodwin, priest;
Universalist, no pastor; 2d Con-
gregational, (at West Lebanon,)
Rev. A. B. Rich, D. D., pastor;
There is a Unitarian Society in
town. There are twenty-two
schools, seven of which are grad-
ed; average length for the year,
twenty-three weeks; total amount
annually appropriated for school
purposes, $4,570.70; value of
school houses, $30,000.
Literary Institutions. Tilden
Female Seminary, Prof. Hiram
Orcutt, Principal.
Cabinet. Rev. C. A. Downs at
Lebanon village has the largest
variety of minerals (it is said) of
any cabinet in the State. ’
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