sides there are door, sash and blind,
furniture, and various oher man-
ufactories. The total value of
goods, of all kinds, annually man-
ufactured, is $2,275,500.00. (See
tables.)

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 139,888; from operatives in
the various manufactories, $463,
000; from carpenters, painters,
masons, blacksmiths, &c., $ 90,000;
money at interest, $ 11,848;
stocks, &c., $47,600; deposits in
savings banks, $ 410,531; stock in
trade, $ 181,100; from summer
tourists, $ 9,000; professional ser-
vices, $ 150,000. This town is be-
coming quite a popular resort for
summer tourists. The estimated
number who annually visit here,
for a few weeks or mouths, through
the summer, is three hundred.

Churches and Schools. Metho-
dist Rev. D. J. Smith, pastor;
number of members, 300; church
valuation, $ 30,000. Congrega-
tional, Rev. H. M. Stone, pastor;
members, 150; church value, $ 20-
000. Freewill Baptist, Rev. E.
True, pastor; members, 40. Cath-
olic, Rev. Father Pugh, pastor;
members, 300; church valuation,
$ 4,000. East Rochester: Meth-
odist, Rev. A. A. Cleveland, pas-
tor ; members, 75; church valua-
tion, $3,000. Freewill Baptist, Rev.
T. T. Kenniston, pastor; mem-
bers, 80; church valuation, $9,000.

Advent Church, value, $800.-

Two other Advent churches in the

town valued at $ 600. rGonic:

Fi-eewill Baptist, Rev. G. S. Hill,
pastor; members, 110; church

valuation, $ 10,000. One other

Freewill Baptist in town, Rev. P.
Chesley, pastor; members, 50;
church valuation, $ 2,500.

There are twenty-six schools in
town, seven of them being graded.

Average length of schools, for the

year, twenty-live weeks; value of

school houses, $ 19,950; amount'    ,

annually appropriated for school

purposes, $6,355.55.

Library, Banks, Hotels, Etc.

Rochester Social Library, 1,850
volumes. Gonic National Bank,

Gonic Savings Bank, and Norway
Plains Savings Bank. Dodge’s
Hotel, and “Mansion House,” at
Rochester, and “ Varney Hotel” at
Gonic. Total value of hotels,

$ 75,000; number of arrivals the
past year, 10,750. There are four
livery stables with 29 horses, val-
ued at $ 6,200.

First Settlements. Rochester was
granted by Massachusetts to sever-
al proprietors in one hundred and
twenty seven shares. At that    ^

time its area was 60,000 acres, but
at the present time the town con-
tains only 22,000. It was incor-
porated May 10, 1722. The first
permanent settler was Captain
Timothy Roberts, who moved here
with his family, December 28,1728.

Eleazer Ham, Benjamin Frost,

Benjamin Tebbetts, Joseph Rich-
ards and others came soon after.

Rochester was one of the fron-
tier towns till Canada came into
the possession of the English, in
1760. The inhabitants suffered
much through Indian and Cana-
dian cruelties for many years, of-
ten being obliged, for the protec-
tion of their lives, to live in garri-    ju.

son houses, and with this precan-    ,

tion, they also kept a vigilant watch
night and day. The frequent at-
tacks of the Indians and their
allies, caused the men to be bold
and adventurous, and their sons,
early trained to the use of arms,    ^

soon caught the brave spirit ol