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LIMINGTON.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
THE town of Limington comprises the eastern portion of the lands lying between the Saco and Little Ossipee Rivers. It is slightly over nine miles long, with an average width of five miles. It is bounded on the north by Bald- win, and on the east by Standish, in Cumberland County, the Saco River being the division line, on the south by Hollis and Waterborough, and on the west by Limerick and Cornish. The town is well watered by springs and streams. Horne Pond, in the northeast part, is a body of clear spring-water, two miles long and one wide, having an outlet to the south into the Little Ossipee, two miles distant. Near by are Ward's and Hopkinson's Ponds. In the south are Boyd's, Round, and six lesser ponds. The surface is varied and undulating, rising, in the highest points, as Moody Mountain in the north, Meserve, Veasie, and Crockett Mountains in the west, and Maloy Mountain in the south. The portion south of Little Ossipee is mostly plains. The northern part of the town is quite broken, with steep hill-sides and narrow valleys.
The chief source of income is from the numerous apple- orchards. Next in importance is the product of the dairy. Peaches are raised to some extent, and grapes are fast be- coming an important product.
TITLE TO THE LANDS.
A tract of land supposed to be equal to twenty miles square, and comprising all that tract of territory lying be- tween the Great and Little Ossipee Rivers, in York County, was purchased from the sagamore of Newichawannock, (Berwick), Captain Sunday, by Francis Small, an Indian trader, November 28, 1668, for two blankets, two pounds of powder and four pounds of musket-balls, twenty strings of beads, and two gallons of rum. The Indian signed the deed with his ancestral totum,-a turtle. An undivided half was purchased by Maj. Nicholas Shapleigh, of Kittery, and April 30, 1711, Francis Small conveyed his interest to his son, Samuel Small. The title was confirmed by the Massachusetts commissioners. The original deed was found in 1770, and the heirs of Small and Shapleigh made a division of the estate Aug. 5, 1771, and caused it to be sur- veyed. Elisha Small received as his share lands afterwards known as Little Ossipee, and which included all of Lim- ington north of the river of that name. About 2000 acres south of the Little Ossipee were formerly a part of Little Falls Plantation. The original Ossipee deed was delivered by Wingate Frost to William Pillsbury, a present resident of Limington village, and has since found its way to Vir- ginia.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
In 1773, Deacon Amos Chase, from Newbury, Mass., a previous settler in the town of Buxton, settled near the
point known as Chase's Mills, at the mouth of Little Ossi- pee River. He began to build a mill there the same year. Jonathan Boothby came in 1774, and commenced clearing for his farm, camping alone and continuing to improve his farm until after the war, when he brought his family and remained. Ezra Davis, Esq., came in 1774 with his family. In January, 1775, John McArthur moved into the town, and settled on Bartell Creek, half a mile west of Limington Centre. He was a native of Perth, Scotland. Joshua Small, the principal proprietor, moved in and opened a tannery, which he continued to operate for many years. This tannery was erected on a branch of Bartell Brook, on the farm now occupied by H. Small, two miles west of the mouth of Little Ossipee River.
Elections were held in the meeting-house from its erec- tion until 1825, when they were held alternately in the Free- Will Baptist meeting-house, in the south part of the town. A town-house was erected in 1826 by Arthur Bragdon on the site of the old pound.
The first marriage recorded in the town books was that of Nathan Cobb and Mary Sawyer, whose baans were pub- lished " July 8, 1792."
A petition was addressed to the General Court in 1793, asking for help in the numerous public improvements which were being made, and Ezra Davis was sent to Boston as town agent, with an appropriation of 2s. a day for 21 days, when he returned. Saco River Bridge required a keeper to prevent damage from the numerous log-drives which passed under it as early as 1799, and continued to annoy them, through the Saco River Log-Navigation Company and otherwise, until after 1830. Thirty-five dollars were appropriated to supply the magazine with powder in 1805, and the supply was constantly kept up afterwards, through frequent indictments by the General Court, until the law ceased to require it. Ephraim Clark was keeper of the magazine for many years.
To assist in the care of the poor, in 1820, Dr. Foster, an old man retired from practice, was supplied with a horse and $12 worth of medicine.
INCORPORATION.
That portion of the Ossipee tract near Limington, after its purchase by Mr. Small, acquired the name of Little Ossipee, and its municipal organization was known as Little Ossipee Plantation until its incorporation as a town by the name of Limington, Feb. 8, 1792, with the following boundaries : Beginning at Saco River, at the northeast corner of the plantation of Franeisborough ; thence run- ning down said river, as it now runs, to a place where a river called Little Ossipee flows into said Saeo River ; thence running up said Little Ossipee River to the line of the
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town of Limerick ; thence north 22} degrees west, five and one-fourth miles to the northeasterly corner of said town of Limerick ; thence north 25 degrees east to the southwest corner of a lot of land containing about 600 acres, formerly granted to Theophilus Bradbury, Esq .; thenee north to the place of beginning, at Saco River.
Feb. 27, 1798. a tract of land lying south and east of Little Ossipee River, containing about 2000 acres (mostly plains), was taken from Little Falls Plantation (now Hollis) and annexed to Limington.
The first town election was held at the school-house, Monday, April 2, 1792, under a warrant issued by Amos Chase. Joshua Small was elected Moderator of the meeting; Asa Edmonds, Town Clerk ; Capt. Robert Boody, Capt. Nicholas Edgcomb, Samuel Sawyer, Selectmen ; and the meeting was adjourned to April 9th, when John Boothby was elected Treasurer ; Jessie Libby, Constable and Col- lector, with three per cent. for collecting; Jesse Libby, Thaddeus Richardson, Capt. Robert Boody, Ebenezer Trish, Isaac Frost, Capt. Nicholas Edgcomb, Moses Me- serve, William Johnson, Isaac Strout, Joseph Fogg, Samuel Larrabee, and Aaron Libby, Surveyors of Highways; Asa Edmunds, Surveyor of Land; Humphrey McKenney and Josiah Blake, Fence-Viewers and Field-Drivers ; Amos Chase, Surveyor of Boards; Josiah Black and William Johnson, Wardens; Joseph Tyler and Daniel Dyer, Tith- ingmen ; Joshua Small, Leather-Sealer; Dennis Malloy and Joseph Tyler, Hog-Reeves.
It was voted that hogs should not run at large.
Jonathan Boothby, Benjamin Small, and Amos Chase were elected a committee to call a minister to preach out the sum of £15, which the town voted for the support of the gospel; £12 were voted for town charges, £30 for schools, and £300 for highways.
At this date the following named were residents and voters within the town : Jonathan B. Ardway, John Allis, John Andrews, William Anderson, Joshua Adams, Josiah Black, Jonathan and David Boothby, Joshua Abram, Samuel and Reuben Brackett, Richard, James, and Samuel Berry, Robert Boody, Azariah Boody, Elisha and William Bragdon, Daniel Bradbury (near the Limerick line), Deacon Amos Chase, Ephraim and Ebenezer Clark, Nathan and Ephraim Chick, Andrew and Nathan Cobb, Daniel and Isaac Dyer, John Douglass, Ezra Davis, Nicholas Davis, C'apt. Nicholas Edgcomb, Nicholas, Jr., Robert, and Wil- liam Edgcomb, Elias Foss, George Foss, Job Foss, John Foss, Charles Fogg, Joseph Fogg, George Fogg, Daniel Fogy, Moses Frost, Wingate Frost, Isaac Frost, James Gilkey, John Greenlaw, Isaac Hurd, Walter Hegan, David Hasty, Robert Hasty, Daniel Hanscomb, Robert Jackson, William Johnson, Edward Kennard, Paul and Luther Lumber Lombard ), Samuel and Isaac Larrabee, Philemon, Abner, Robert, Joseph, Harvey, Aaron, and Jesse Libby, Humphrey, James, and Dominicus McKenney, John Mc- Arthur, George and Nathaniel Meserve, Ebenezer and Jo- seph Morton, Thomas Miller, William and Mark Manson, Daniel Mitchell, Phineas Milliken, James Marr, Isaac Marr, Pelatiah Marr, Dennis Maloy, Joseph Meserve, Jon- athan, John, and David Nason, Abram Parker, Thaddeus, David, and Elisha Richardson, James Randall, Daniel
Ridley, Joseph Rose, Nathaniel, Joshua, Samuel, and Ebe- nezer Sawyer, John Sutton, John Stone, George Stone, Daniel Small, Joshua Small, Esq., Joshua Small, Jr., John Small, Isaac Small, Henry Small, Lieut. Daniel Small, William Small, Jacob Small, Benjamin Small, James Small, Reuben Small, Samuel Strout, Simeon Strout, Elisha Strout, Richard Strout, Enoch Strout, William Strout, Gilbert Strout, John Strout, John Strout, Jr., Isaac Strout, Robert and Enoch Staples, Jonathan Spar- row, Joseph Tyler, Abram Tyler, Obadiah and Ebenezer Trish, Nathan Wing, William and John Wentworth, Wil- liam Whitney, William Whitmore, David Young.
CIVIL LIST.
TOWN CLERKS.
Asa Edmunds, 1792; Ahner Libby, 1793-1800; John Libby, 1801 ; Isaac Mitchell, 1802-8; Ephraim Clark, 1809; Isaac Mitchell, 1810; David Boyd, 1811; Isaac Mitchell, 1812-21; Simeon Strout, Jr., IS22-25; Isaac Mitchell, 1826-28; James Frost, 1829-37: Samuel M. Bradbury, 1838-41; Benjamin S. Man- son, 1842-43; James Frost, 1844-47; Moses E. Sweat, 1848; Joshua W. Frost, 1849; Joshua W. Frost and Newell Moody, 1850 : Newell Moody, 1851; Isaac L. Mitchell, 1852-55; Moses E. Sweat, 1856-60; William G. Lord, 1861; George Small, 1862; Samuel M. Bradbury, 1863-65; Ezra Miles, Jr., 1866; Isaac L. Mitchell, 1867; George Moulton, 1868-71; Isaac L. Mitchell, 1872; Wm. G. Lord, 1873; John T. Lord, 1874-75; Caleb P. Brackett, 1876-77 ; J. F. Moulton, 1878; Sam. M. Bradbury, 1879.
SELECTMEN.
1792 .- Capt. Robert Boody, Capt. Nicholas Edgeomb, Sam'l Sawyer. 1793 .- Benjamin Small, Jacob Small, Joseph Libby. 1794 .- Joseph Libby, Abner Libby, Samuel Sawyer.
1795 .- Joseph Libby, Benjamin Small, Abner Libby. 1796 .- Abner Libby, Nicholas Edgeomb, Jonathan Boothby. 1797 .- Abner Libby, Benjamin Small, Joseph Libby. 1798 .- Jacob Clark, Capt. Nicholas Edgcomb, Abner Libby. 1799 .- Benjamin Small, Abner Libby, Joseph Libby. 1800 .- Jacob Clark, Ephraim Clark, Joseph Moody. 1801 .- Joseph Libby, Abner Libby, Ephraim Clark. 1802 .- Wingate Frost, Daniel Mann, Joseph Moody. 1803 .- Isaac Mitchell, Wingate Frost, Joseph Moody. 1804 .- Isaac Mitchell, Wingate Frost, Walter Hagens. 1805 .- Wingate Frost, Walter Hagens, Israel Small. 1806-7 .- Walter Hagens, Robert Boody, Isaac Mitchell. 1808 .- Walter Hagens, David Boyd, Nathaniel Mitchell. 1809 .- Walter Hagens, David Boyd, Abner Chase. 1810-11 .- Walter Hagens, David Boyd, Wingate Frost. 1812 .- Walter Hagens, Wingate Frost, Nathaniel Clark, Jr. 1813-14 .- David Boyd, Walter Hagens, Isaac Mitchell. 1815 .- Isaac Mitchell, Jedediah Allen, Nathaniel Clark. 1816-17 .- Isaac Mitchell, David Boyd, Nathaniel Clark. 1818 .- David Boyd, Nathaniel Clark, Solomon Strout. 1819 .- Isaac Mitchell, Solomon Strout, Nathaniel Clark. 1820 .- Nathaniel Clark, Solomon Strout, Benjamin Libby. 1821 .- Ezekiel Small, Benjamin Libby, Isaac Mitchell. 1822 .- Nathaniel Clark, James Frost, David Boyd. 1823 .- Nathaniel Clark, James Frost, Benjamin Libby. 1824 .- Benjamin Libby, Aaron Hagens, Nathaniel Clark. 1825 .- Nathaniel Clark, Benjamin Libby, Humphrey MeKenna. 1826 .- Aaron Hagens, Nathaniel Clark, Benjamin Edgcomb. 1827-28 .- Natbaniel Clark, Aaron Hagens, Cephas Meeds. 1829 .- Nathaniel Clark, Barzillai Small, Solomon Strout. 1830-31 .- Nathaniel Clark, Barzillai Small, Col. Solomon Strout. 1832 .- Nathaniel Clark, Capt. Hiram Joy, Capt. Benjamin Small. 1833 .- Capt. Benjamin Small, Jr., Simeon Strout, Jr., Capt. Reuben Gilkey.
1834 .- Simeon Strout, Jr., Aaron Hagens, Chase Parker. 1835 .- Simeon Strout, Jr., Aaron Hagens, Reuben Gilkey. 1836 .- Aaron Hagens, Reuben Gilkey, Solomon Strout.
ARTHUR MCARTHUR.
The subject of this sketch was born at Limington the 14th day of January, 1790, and was the ninth of eleven children of John* and Mary (Miller) MeArthur. After a preparatory course at Frye- burgh Academy he entered Bowdoin College, where he graduated in 1810. He entered, as a student-at- law, the office of Cushman, Esq., at Newfield, but completed his studies with the Hon. Cyrus King, at Saco, and was admitted to the bar, at Alfred, Jan- uary, 1815. Ile first opened an office at Sanford, but in 1818 returned to his native town, and there entered upon the practice of his profession, in which he continued to be actively engaged for over fifty years.
He was an able lawyer, and for many years had an extensive practice. He filled a large place in his town, and in all matters affecting its welfare he took a keen interest. Largely through his efforts the academy was established ; he was one of the builders of the Congregational meeting-house (an individual enterprise); he served with zeal and efficiency in the school-board, and in every way rendered a strong support to the educational and religious institutions of the town.
Fond of antiquarian research, he had collected munch and valuable material for a history of Liming- ton, which it was a cherished purpose of his to write. A kind-hearted, generous man, genial, scholarly, and gifted with rare conversational powers, he interested all who approached him and attracted their friend-
ship. He was an honest man and trne to every ob- ligation in life. He died sincerely mourned on the 29th day of November, 1874.
He married on the 1st day of September, 1829, Sarah Prince, daughter of Rev. William Miltimore, of Falmouth, Me., who at this writing survives him. Their children were :
1. Arthur McArthur, Jr., born September 15, 1830; gradnated at Bowdoin College, 1850; settled in Louisiana, and at the breaking out of the war entered the military service of his adopted State; was killed in battle at Winchester, Va., May, 1862, being at the time Major of the 6th Louisiana In- fantry.
2. Gen. William M. McArthur, born July 7, 1832 (see sketelı elsewhere).
3. Catharine MeArthur, born Jan. 29, 1834; graduated at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, 1853; died at Limington Nov. 30, 1864.
4. Duncan MeArthur, born April 5, 1837; lost at sea from on board ship " A. B. Thompson," in North Latitude 48° 38', West Longitude 11º 20', on the return voyage from Havre, France, March 1, 1854.
5. Charles S. McArthur, born July 9, 1839; en- tered Bowdoin College, 1859, but did not complete his collegiate eonrse; is now a member of the bar of Cass Co., Mo.
6. Malcolm MeArthur, born June 23, 1841; grad- uated at United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., 1865; is now captain of the 17th Infantry, United States Army.
* John McArthur was a native of Perth, Scotland, and the third settler of the town.
WM. M. MCARTHUR.
WILLIAM M. MCARTHUR, second son of Arthur and Sarah P. McArthur, was born at Liming- ton July 7, 1832; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege in 1853; admitted to the bar at the May term of the Supreme Judicial Court, at Alfred, in 1860. He entered the military service of the
torions services during the war," which he de- clined; again brevetted brigadier-general to date from March 13, 1865, " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864, and in the action of Williamsburg road, Oct. 27, 1864."
Comme mcarthur
United States Sept. 7, 1861, as captain in the 8th Maine Volunteers, in which regiment he con- tinuously served in the successive grades of major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel, until mustered out, Jan. 18, 1866; was severely wounded before Peters- burg, Va., June 18, 1864; brevetted brigadier-gen- eral to date from March 13, 1865, for "meri-
In the Legislature of 1867 he was member for Limington and Limerick of the House of Repre- sentatives; in 1868 was delegate to the national convention at Chicago which nominated Grant and Colfax; and in 1869 was member of the State Senate for York County. He was never in the active practice of law. He is a farmer.
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1837 .- Aaron Hagens, George A. Lord, John Purinton. 1838 .- James Frost, George S Lord, John Purinton.
1852 .- George S. Lord, Timothy Brackett. 1862 .- Pelatiah Carll, Robert H. Kimball, Henry C. Moore. 1863 .- Robert H. Kimball, Henry C. Moore, James W. Joy. 1864 .- Robert H. Kimball, Henry Wentworth, Cyrus Small. 1865 .- Henry Wentworth, Cyrus Small, Gardner R. Morton. 1866 .- George S. Lord, James W. Joy, Freeman Strout.
1867 .- Freeman McKenney, Edward B. Randall, Josiah E. Chase. 1868 .- James W. Joy, William P. Marr, John O. Anderson. 1869 .- William P. Marr, John O. Anderson, Smith L. Sawyer. 1870 .- Freeman MeKenney, George Bragdon, John O. Anderson. 1871 .- Freeman MeKenney, George Bragdon, Charles Edgcomb. 1872 .- Stephen L. Purinton, Andrew J. Hurd, Frederick C. Dimock. 1873 .- Freeman MeKenney, Gardiner R. Morton, John O. Anderson. 1874 .- Stephen L. Purinton, Luther Whitney, William G. Lord. 1875 .- Stephen W. Hobson, Luther Whitney, Charles A. Anderson. 1876-77 .- Stephen W. Hobson, Charles A. Anderson, Abram Cousens. 1878 .- Stephen W. Hobson, Frank P. Stone, James I. Larrabee. 1879 .- George Bragden, John Hill, Charles Edgeomb.
WATER-POWERS.
In available water-powers Limington ranks among the most highly favored in the State. Though abundant power is afforded by the various streams which traverse and sur- round its lands, they have, as yet, been but little used. Among the principal falls are Nason's Falls, on the Little Ossipee, in the southeast part of the town, having a descent of seventy-five feet in a distance of eighty rods. The river is here one hundred and seventy feet in width, flowing through lands especially adapted to the location of manu- factories, and abounding in excellent granite, suitable for building, which is easily removed from the bed of the river at almost any point. This power is regarded by experts as one of the best in the county. It is occupied by a stave-, shingle-, and grist-mill. Three miles below, Chase's Falls descend thirty-five feet, through a channel one hundred and sixty feet wide, within a distance of forty rods. This, the site of the first mill in the town, is occupied by a saw-mill, box- and shingle-mills.
At the northeast corner of Limington, Steep Falls, four miles below the " Rips," on Saco River, have a fall of forty feet in three-quarters of a mile. The river at this point is one hundred and fifty feet wide and ten feet deep, equal to 2180 horse-power, or 87,200 spindles for eleven hours a day. Near Steep Falls, Union Falls descend twenty-six feet in eighty rods, affording a continuous power of 650 horse. The river is here two hundred feet wide. A mile below, at Limington Falls, its width increases to two hundred and fifty feet, and it takes a further descent of sixty-five feet in one-third of a mile. At this point there are a box-machine, a saw-mill, and a shingle-mill. This fall is estimated at 3540 horse-power, equal to 141,600 spindles for eleven hours. The greater portion of this fall can easily be controlled, the lay of the land and bottom of the banks being favorable for building. On Small's Pond, at the outlet of Horn Pond, a good power is improved by saw- and grist-mills, upon Salmon Brook by a tannery and grist-mill, and an excellent power at Kellock Pond by a saw-mill, shingle-mill, and the manufactory of clapboards.
By a vote of the town all manufactories have been ex- empted from taxation for ten years from their completion, provided the cost of their buildings and machinery amounts to $6000.
VILLAGES AND HAMLETS.
LIMINGTON CORNER.
Limington Corner, near the centre of the town, is situated about twenty-four miles west of Portland, twenty miles north from Saco, and five miles from the Ogdensburg Rail- road at Steep Falls, with which places there is daily com- munication by stage. It is finely located on a point of land extending into a broad valley, surrounded by broken farming- lands to the west and timber-lands to the east. The streets are broad, unfenced, and beautifully shaded by tall elms and maples. There are here the Limington Academy, Masonic building, church, 34 dwellings, and the following business houses :
Clothing manufactories : William Dimock & Son, estab- lished in 1877, employs 15 to 20 operatives in the shop; S. T. Bickford, established in 1876, 4 to 8 shop operatives.
General stores : S. T. Bickford, established in 1876, in the Masonic building, opened by James McArthur in 1824; William Dimock & Son, since 1864, established by Eleazer Mckinney in 1827.
Tannery : O. P. Allen, since 1864, established by Abram Winslow in 1832, steam-power added in 1868. A pottery occupied the same ground previous to 1832.
Harness : E. I. Larrabee, established in 1840; John T. Lord, established in 1875.
Blacksmith : I. Wentworth.
Carriages : Milo J. Cutler.
Physicians : S. M. Bradbury, John F. Morton. Attorney-at-Jaw : Hon. William M. McArthur.
Postmaster : John T. Lord; mails daily by stage via Steep Falls to Nason's Falls.
SOUTH LIMINGTON.
South Limington contains 5 dwellings, Joseph Davis' grist-mill, A. C. Moulton's carriage-shops, established in 1866; general store, Walker & Hobson, established in 1872; blacksmithing and wagons, established in 1860; custom shoes, Orrin De Shon, established in 1879. The post-office was opened in 1875 ; mails daily ; F. A. Hob- son, postmaster.
NASON'S MILLS.
The main falls on the Little Ossipee River were early known as Nason's Falls, from the first settlers at this point, -Jonathan and David Nason. The falls were early occu- pied by a saw-mill, and afterwards by a grist-mill, which, after an existence of over fifty years, was burned in 1867. There are here a saw-mill, shingle- and stave-mill, a store owned by A. H. Watson since 1861, and 16 dwellings. Mails are daily; A. H. Watson, postmaster.
EAST LIMINGTON.
East Limington, at the mouth of the Little Ossipee, is the place of first settlement, and the site of Deacon Amos Chase's mill, erected in 1773. There are here 20 dwell- ings, a church, school-house, the store of George E. Mackie, established by Henry Small as early as 1810, in connection with a tavern which he kept open for forty years, and the following manufactories :
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Staves and lumber : John Chase, established in 1773; Webster Bros., on Horn Pond Brook, established in 1860.
Boxes and heading : Leroy Mayo, established by John Sawyer and Joel Burnham in 1825 at Limington Falls.
Shingle-mill : Weeman & Higgins, established by Charles Chick in 1854.
Mails daily by Gorham stage; George M. Small, post- master.
SMALL'S MILLS.
Small's Mills, a mile and a half north, contains 14 dwellings.
Carriage-manufactory and blacksmith-shop : James Nason, established in 1805.
Carriages : Silas Hubbard, established in 1871.
Shooks: Webster Bros., established in 1867.
Saw- and grist-mill: Edmund Black, operated by him since 1879, erected about 1806.
The South Limington post-office was moved here on the appointment of John Hubbard postmaster in 1878.
NORTH LIMINGTON.
North Limington is a clearing ineluding a cluster of 8 farm-houses, and one of which was formerly a hotel, but was closed on the opening of the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway and transfer of stage travel to that route. There was a store opened here by Zenas Elliott during the early settlement. and transferred to John Seavey, the present proprietor, in 1845. A new Baptist church, on the site of the old one destroyed by lightning in 1871, is nearly com- pleted.
STEEP FALLS.
Steep Falls has, on this side of the river, 12 dwellings, the frame-, moulding-, and box-works of S. W. Wood, estab- lished 1868, and Cousens & Banks' sash-and-blinds manu- factory. This has long been a lumbering eentre, and was from 1800 to 1830 a place of much energy. With the exhaustion of the forests, this, like many other villages and hamlets along the rivers and streams, lost its main source of support. A large amount of small timber, since grown, is cut by farmers from their timbered lands and sold to be made into boxes, shooks, and various small articles of woodwork.
CHURCHES. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
This church was organized Oct. 11, 1789, by Francis Small, Isaac Robinson, Amos Chase, Jonathan Boothby, Daniel Dyer, and Asa Edmunds. Fifteen pounds were voted for the support of the gospel in 1792 at the first election by the town, and a committee appointed to have it " preached out." At a meeting held in September for that purpose £15 additional were voted ; and it was also voted that Mr. Gregg continue to preach out all the moneys raised for that purpose. In November it was voted to give Mr. William Gregg a call to settle, and €125 lawful money settled upon him, besides an annual salary of £80 for his support during his ministry. Meetings were first held at a school- house in Limington village. A meeting-house was begun in 1793 on the site of the present one in Limington vil- lage. A petition of Joshua Small, Elias Foss, John Me- Arthur, Amos Chase, Daniel Dyer, Humphrey McKeuney,
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