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scot River flows from Philip’s
Pond, and unites with another
stream of about the same size,
about one half mile from the pond.
These two are the principal
streams in town.
Employments. In the summer
months, the larger portion of the
people are engaged in agriculture,
but many in the winter are engag-
ed in shoe making and lumbering.
About 120,000 pairs of shoes are
made. The stock, ready fitted to be
bottomed, is brought, principally,
from Haverhill, and Lynn, Mass.
There are annually sawed, 1,000,000
feet of lumber, valued at $13,000.
Resources. Productions of the
soil, annually, $ 30,694; from me-
chanical labor, $ 22,200; deposits
in savings banks, $ 8,345; money at
interest, $10,625; stock in trade,
$ 11,437.
Churches and Schools. There
are two churches, viz. Methodist,
and Congregational. Methodist.
W. H. H. Collins, pastor. The
students furnish the Congregation-
al. There are four schools; aver-
age length, for the year, eighteen
weeks.
First Settlers. This town was
originally a part of Kingston.
Moses Tucker, Israel and James
Huse, and others, settled here in
1736. It was incorporated April
6, 1756.
First Ministers. Rev. Joseph
Cotton, ordained in 1759; died in
1780. Rev. Samuel Collins settled
in 1781; left in 1788. Rev. John
Webber, settled in 1795: removed
in 1800.
Boundaries. North by Chester
and Fremont, east by Danville,
south by Hampstead, and west by
Chester and Derry. Area, 8,522
acres. |
Distances. Thirty-one miles
south-east from Concord, twenty-
six south-west from Portsmouth,
and thirteen from Exeter.
Railroads. Eight miles to Plais-
tow, on the Boston and Maine
Railroad. The Nashua and Roch-
ester Railroad, now being built,
will pass through this town.
SANDWICH.
Carroll County. The surface
is uneven, but the soil is deep,
strong, and produces excellent
crops of wheat, corn, oats and hay.
Sandwich is situated in a basin,
being nearly surrounded by moun-
tains, and affording some of the
finest and most picturesque scen-
ery in the whole mountain region
of New-Hampshire.
In the summer months, neaidy
every farm-house is filled with city
visitors, who spend their summer
vacation, in this quiet town,
among the hills, and beside the
mountain streams. It is estimat-
ed that nearly one thousand per-
sons, from all sections of the coun-
try, spend their summer vacation
here. Sandwich is the best farm-
ing town in the county. Its moun-
tain pastures are excellent, and
seldom affected by drouth. The
town is noted for its fine horses
and cattle, and the farmer finds a
ready sale for all his surplus prod-
ucts at home.
Rivers and Ponds. There are
numerous streams, many of which
are well stored with trout. Bear
Camp, Swift, and Red Hill Rivers,
are the principal. The waters
of the Bear Camp and Swift,
find their way to the ocean,
through the Saco,—the Red Hill,
through the Merrimack. About
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