at S 181,000,* There are also man-
ufactured, bobbins and spools,
$ 35,000; harnesses, $ 9,500; 300,
800 pairs of sale boots and shoes,
valued at $ 325,000. There are no
shoe manufactories in town, but
the stock, ready exit and put up in
cases, is brought from out of the
State to be made into boots and
shoes. Perhaps a few cases come
from the adjoining towns. There
are bakers', confectioners, custom
boot and shoe workmen, carpen-
ters blacksmiths, painters, marble
workers, masons, photographers,
printers, tailors, and various other
trades; there are six church edi-
fices, two large school houses, two
banks, between sixty and seventy
stores, of all kinds, two hotels, sev-
en lawyers, nine physicians and
various other professions. This
village is located in a remarkably
romantic part of the country.
Nearly opposite the office of the
Great Falls Manufacturing Com-
pany, and in the centre of the vil-
lage, is a handsome public grove,
on ground, sloping towards the
mills. This grove is a great
resort for the inhabitants, in the
warm season of the year.    Nearly

all varieties of trees are to be found
here, such as the maple, oak, elm,
chestnut, pine, etc. Many of the
streets are beautifully shaded, and
lined on either side with fine resi-
dences and adorned with spacious
yards.

The cemetery is about one mile
from the village, and has many
expensive monuments and head-
stones. It is a beautiful and at-
tractive spot for mourners to spend
a silent hour near those they once

* The business of the manufactories was tak-
en from the census of 1870, not receiving any
returns from them of their present business.

held dear, but who now lie slum-
bering in the dust.

Employments. As can be seen,
Somersworth is a manufacturing
and mercantile town. There are
some very fine farms under a high
state of cultivation, and the coun-
try around here is an excellent
farming district.

The.capital invested in manufac-
tories is $ 1,884,000; males employ-
ed, 1,053; females and children,
1,089; annual pay roll, $715,000;
value of productions, $3,594,000.

Resources. Annual productions
of the soil, $39,980; mechanical
labor, $ 715,000; stocks and money
at interest, $ 157,400; deposits in
savings banks, $ 361,046; stock in
trade, $344,214; summer tourists,
$ 10,000; professional services,
$ 125,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational Rev. S. W. Webb, pastor;
Methodist, High street, Rev. J.
W. Adams, pastor; Main street,
Rev. F. Ryder, pastor; Baptist,
no pastor; Freewill Baptist, no
pastor; Roman Catholic, Rev.
Patrick Canovan, priest.

There are fourteen schools, elev-
en of which are graded; average
length of schools, for the year, thir-
ty-four weeks; value of school-
houses and lots, $ 20,500; annu
al amount of money appropriated
for school purposes, $ 6,783.50. The
public schools have stood high in
this town for many years. The
law which provides for the union
of several districts to establish
graded schools, originated through
the citizens of this town in secur-
ing a law for this purpose, now
called the “ Somersworth Act.”

The High School is under the in-
struction of James W. Dixon, as
Principal.