crops of corn, grass, &c. The soil
on the uplands is strong and when
properly tilled, produces excellent
crops. There are many valuable
farms in this town, under high
cultivation. The apple produc-
tions are more valuable than in any
other town in the county. Some
of the finest maple sugar orchards
ir the State, may be found in this
t iwn. Forty thousand pounds of
maple sugar are annually manu-
factured.

Rivers. Sugar River, the out-
let of Sunapee Lake, together with
the North and South branches, are
the principal streams in town.
Near the village, the Sugar re-
ceives the waters of the South
branch, which has its source in
Lempster, Unity and Goshen;
thence flowing north about two
miles, it meets the waters of the
North branch, coming from Spring-
field, Grantham and Croydon,
nearly in an opposite direction,
whence it passes west through
Claremont into the Connecticut.
At the outlet of Sunapee Like,
there is a stone dam, with gates ar-
ranged for drawing from the sur-
face of the lake ten feet of water.
The full capacity of this valuable
reservoir has never been tested.

Mountains. Bald, Coit, Blue-
berry ledge, and East mountains,
are the principal elevations in
town. From the summit of these
mountains a fine view is presented
of the surrounding country.

Villages. On Sugar River,
about six miles from Sunapee
Lake, is located the thriving vil-
lage of Newport. It is considered
one of the pleasantest and most
enterprising villages in the State,
both in manufacturing and as a
centre of mercantile trade. The

main street is more than a mile in
length, crossing the river over a
handsome bridge nearly in the
centre of the village. On this
street are located four elegant
church edifices, the court and town
house, jail and county buildings,
three school-houses, two large ho-
tels, two banks, the Argus and
Spectator office, seven lawyers’,
three insurance, and six physi-
cians’ and dentists’ offices, be-
tween thirty and forty stores and
shops for trade, of various kinds,
and over one hundred dwelling
houses. There are many other
pleasant streets, with well built
residences on them. The man- ■
ufactories are valuable, being
situated on water power which
never fails in a dry time. The
woolen manufactories annually
produce 1,600,000 yards of flan-
nel, valued at $408,000. The
amount paid for labor, by these
mills, is over $ 60,000.    18,000    sides

of leather and 16,000 lbs. splits are
annually produced, valued at $ 77,
200; there is annually ground 19,
000 bushels of grain, valued at
$ 33,000. There are lumber mills,
carpenter shops, and various other
kinds of mechanical shops, com-
mon to a New-England village.

The court house and town hall
building was erected in the fall of
1872, and the spring and summer
of 1873, at an expense of over
$40,000, and is one of the fin-
est edifices of the kind in the
State. The hotels are new, com-
modious, and pleasantly located.
The books of the hotels show the
number of arrivals last year to be
over 12,000. Some of the business
buildings are large and substan-
tial structures. Richards’ building
is one of the finest mercantile