that there once resided, in this
vicinity, a powerful tribe of In-
dians, of whose former existence
all traces will soon be obliterated,
by time and the progress of civi-
lization.

Villages. On the Winnipiseo-
gee, where it forms the boundary
line between this town and North-
field, is situated the village of Til-
ton—formerly called “ Sanborn-
lon Bridge”. This village is on
both sides of the river, and is con-
nected by several bridges. Here
are three woolen mills, one cotton
mill, a saw and a grist mill, two
church edifices, two school-houses
(one graded), New-IIampshire
Conference Seminary and Female
College, two banks, twelve or fif-
teen stores, of various kinds, one
hotel, various mechanical shops,
two lawyers, five physicians and
about one hundred and twenty-
five dwelling houses. The mills
in this village respectively do the
following amount of business, viz.
Tilton Mills employ 39 males, 16
females; annually produce tweeds
to the value of $ 175,000. Win-
nipiseogee Mills employ 40 males,
80 females; annually produce cot-
ton sheeting to the value of
$ 167,000. On the Northfield side,
Granite Mills employ 26 males, 54
females; produce repellents valued
at $ 210,000. Elm Mills employ 7
males, 14 females; produce repel-
lents valued at $ 66,000. The an-
nual pay-roll for all the mills is
$ 103,600. The New-Hampshire
Conference Seminary and Female
College is one of the most popular
literary institutions in the State.
The buildings are fine structures,
and cost over $ 40,000. It has an
endowment of $ 12,000, and the
number of students, the past year,
was 256. It has a library of 1,183
volumes, and a valuable cabinet—
especially relating to mineralogy.
{See Literary Institutions.) It is a
lively business village, and has
many pleasant residences. With
its valuable unimproved water-
power, it has every encourage-
ment to double its business and
population within the next ten
years. It is the center of a large
mercantile trade, which is a very
important branch of business. At
East Tilton, is an excelsior factory,
saw and grist mill, two church
edifices, school house, store, and
fifteen or twenty dwelling houses

Employments. The vocations of
the inhabitants are nearly equally
divided with farming on the one
side, and the various trades on the
other. There are annually pro-
duced 6,000 bushels of corn, 27,000
pounds of butter, and 2,500 tons of
hay. The annual value of manu-
factured goods, of all kinds, is
$ 445,000.

Resources. Agricultural produc-
tions, $ 108,915; mechanical labor,
$69,300; stocks and money at
interest, $ 18,675; deposits in sav-
ings banks, $ 64,037; stock in
trade, $ 19,675; professional busi-
ness, $42,000; from summer tour-
ists, $3,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. Theodore Pratt,
pastor; Episcopal, Rev. Mar-
cellus A. Herrick, D. D., rector.
At East Tilton, Methodist, Rev. J.
W. Bean, pastor; Freewill Baptist,
Rev. Gilman Sanborn, pastor.
There are six schools in town;
average length, for the year, thirty-
six weeks.

Literary Institution. New-
Hampshire Conference Seminary
and Female College.