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The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.: D.L.
efficacious in cutaneous eruptions.
About a mile north is a spring
of pure, cold water, sixteen feet in
diameter, through the centre of
which the water, containing a
small portion of white sand, is
constantly thrown up to the height
of two feet. The spring furnishes
water sufficient for mills. On the
stream, nearly a mile below, is a
beautiful water-fall of seventy
feet perpendicular. Descending
on the left of this fall, a cave is
found, containing charcoal and
other evidences of its having once
been a hiding place for the In-
dians.
Indians. The Ossipee tribe of
Indians once resided in this vicin-
ity, and some years since a tree
was standing in Moultonborough,
on which was carved in hiero-
gliphics the history of their expe-
ditions. Many Indian implements
and relics have been found, indi-
cating this to have been once their
favorite residence. In 1820, on a
small island in Lake Winnipiseo-
gee, was found a curious gun bar-
rel, much worn by age and rust,
divested of its stock, enclosed in
the body of a pitch pine tree, six-
teen inches in diameter. On the
line of Tuftonborough, on the
shore of the lake, at the mouth of
Melvin River, a gigantic skeleton
was found, about sixty years since,
buried in a sandy soil, apparently
that of a man more than seven
feet high, the jaw bone easily
passing over the face of a large
man.
Employments. ' Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
people. 700,000 shingles, and 325,
000 feet of boards &c., are annual-
ly sawed. |
Resources. Productions of the
soil, $109,622; mechanical labor,
$7,600; money at interest, $3,064;
deposits in savings banks, $22,
442; stock in trade, $ 10,401; from
summer tourists, $ 3,Q00.
Churches and Schools. Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Rev. Hen-
ry Chandler, pastor. There are
seventeen school districts in this
town, and sixteen schools. Aver-
age length of schools for the year,
nineteen weeks.
Hotels. Jaclard House.
First Settlements. Moultonbo-
rough was granted by the Masoni-
an proprietors to Col. Jonathan
Moulton and sixty-one others, No-
vember 17, 1763. Incorporated
November 27, 1777.
In the month of August, 1784, a
boy of Mr. Leach, eight years of
age, was sent to a pasture, towards
the close of the day, to put out a
horse and bring home the cows.
His father, being in a neighboring
field, heard a cry of distress, and
running to the fence, saw his child
lying on the ground, and a bear
standing by him. He seized a
stake and crept along, with a view
to get between the bear and the
child. The bear took the child by
the throat, and drew him into the
bushes. The father pursued till
he came up, and aiming a stroke
at the bear, the stake broke in his
hand, and the bear, leaving his
prey, turned upon the parent, who,
in the anguish of his soul, was
obliged to retreat, and call for
help. Before any sufficient help
could be obtained, the night was
so far advanced that a search was
impracticable. The night was
passed by the family in the utmost
distress. The neighbors assem-
bled, and, at break of day, renew-
ed the pursuit. The child’s hat. |
