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The Stowell building was erected by Dea. Joseph Farns- worth and Alvin Hatch in 1826, and occupied by them as a store. J. S. Farnsworth, P. N. Newell, Lovell White, Charles E. Wheeler, Sylvanus Stowell, Barnard & Carter, and C. M. Emerson have in turn occupied the same place as traders.
The old Cheney block, built in 1816, was always occupied for purposes of trade. Wm. Cheney, A. Hatch, S. Partridge, Charles Forbes, W. H. Cheney, Fisher Dudley. Seth, Dexter, and Abiathar Richards, E. C. Converse. J. S. Parmalee, Philo Fuller, Nathan Clark, H. P. Coffin, and J. W. Person have at different times been its occupants.
The traders at the Nettleton block have been Jeremiah Kel- sey, 2d, in ISIo, Aaron Nettleton, Jr., T. W. Gilmore. Joseph Farnsworth, Bela Nettleton, F. W. Lewis, Wm. Young. Benj. Wadleigh, Quimby & Simmons, Rawson & Livermore. Bas- com & Livermore, Stowell & Wiggin, A. D. Howard, and A. P. Welcome.
Wm. White had a store just south of the village bridge, and John Cutting one at the Goldthwait place, in the north part of the town.
Samuel Allen had a store at the Howe place on Page hill, on the Goshen road.
Ilarrison Rice traded at Northville in IS43, Wm. B. Dug- gan in 1850, and E. H. Wakefield in 1878.
In the early times there were two stores north of Northville,
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-one on the old Joel McGregor place, and the other on the Eben Rowell farm. Dea. Elias Metcalf, Dr. James Corbin, Moses P. Durkee, and Joel McGregor were among the owners, and Jonah Griswold, the famous old school-teacher, was the most noted clerk.
Samuel H. Edes & Son have been in trade for several years at the Eagle block. Geo. W. Britton, Edwin A. Kenion, and Jonathan Barnard have also been engaged extensively in trade.
Nathan White and Nathan White & Son have for many years been commission dealers in wool, furs, pork, butter, and poultry for the Boston market.
E. H. Dunbar commenced the poultry business for the Bos- ton markets in 1872, and Henry A. Wilcox in 1873.
DRUGS. Drugs and medicines were kept for a long time by the merchants at their stores, mainly by Wilcox and Cheney, until 1848, when Nathaniel Adams opened the first drug store in town in Little's block. His successors have been Samuel Day, Jr., W. W. Leavitt, E. C. Converse, Sam Nims, Ira P. George, D. W. Howe, Hurd & Ayer, Carleton Hurd, and John C. Kelley.
BOOKS. William Cheney in IS15, Cyrus Barton in 1824, Simon Brown in 1833, David Harris, Mudget & Higbee, E. C. Converse in 1859, John C. Kelley, and Carleton Hurd have been dealers in books. Calvin Messenger, in 1825, kept a de- pository for tracts and Sabbath-school books, in the south part of the village.
Lovell White & Co., Abiathar Richards, M. W. Burke, Lo- ren H. Chase, A. V. Hitchcock, John O. Hobbs, and Young & Hutchinson have dealt largely in ready-made clothing and gentlemen's furnishing goods.
James Wheeler, William P. Wheeler, David Hale, Edmund Wheeler, G. & E. A. Pollard, and Charles H. Watts have kept large stocks of saddles, harnesses, trunks, and horse-furnishing goods.
John Russ, Joseph T. Chase, Sawyer Belknap, John B. Stow- ell, Dean S. Clement, B. C. Logue, Hunton & Dudley, Board- man & Patch, Patch & Dudley, Daniel F. Patch, Ethan S. Chase, and E. S. Chase & Son have traded extensively in boots and shoes, keeping large stocks.
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STOVES AND HARDWARE have been largely dealt in by Rob- inson & Orvis, Robinson & Wilcox, Calvin Wilcox & Son, Sib- ley & Brown, Hatch & Stowell, and S. G. Stowell & Son.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY. Large stocks have been kept by Amos O. Woodbury, A. O. Woodbury & Son, A. O. Kidder, and E. P. Fisher.
MILK. Abner P. Welcome first commenced the milk trade, since which time Francis H. Goldthwait, Putnam George, E. H. Dunbar, S. A. Tenney, Henry Stearns, and Arthur H. Wil- marth have supplied the market.
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D URING the first fifty years after the settlement of the town, travelling was done almost wholly on foot, on horseback, and on sleds and carts drawn by ox-teams. So late as ISIO, the Rev. Baron Stow, D. D., of Boston, says,-" At the large church at Northville, well filled with hearers, there were no carriages present." The usual way was on horseback : the man took the saddle, the wife sat upon a pillion behind, a child in the lap of each, while the other members of the family followed on foot. Ox-teams, which carried the whole family and the less fortunate neighbors, were more generally used at first.
ROADS. The first road opened in town was a cart-road from Charlestown. It extended from North Charlestown, through Unity, over Pike hill, to the foot of Call hill on the Unity road. It was laid out in pursuance of a vote of the proprietors, passed on the second Tuesday of March, 1766. The road at the west end of the first division of lots,-the one extending north from the Griffin place,-was voted to be built at the same meeting. It was surveyed and laid out, eight rods wide, in July, 1770. The road extending from the Fairbanks place to the Giles (now Granite) mills was built in 1770. The Unity road was laid out in 1776. The village road, extending from Croydon to the Goshen line, was built in 1779. The old road to Claremont, north of the river, was built in 1793. The new road following the river was built in 1834. The road from the D. Wilmarth corner to Cornish was built in 1804. The road from North- ville, north, was probably a county road, and built about 1770, the time of the first settlements in that part of the town.
TURNPIKES. A turnpike fever prevailed, and was at its
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height here from 1804 to IS14. The Croydon turnpike, extend- ing from Lebanon to Washington, passing through the town by way of Croydon Flat, and the village, to Goshen Mill village, was chartered June 25, 1804, and built in 1806. It was very useful in its day, and over it passed nearly all the travel and freight along the line to and from Boston. The flattering pros- pects of large dividends to the stockholders, which induced them to commence the undertaking, were never realized. It was given up, and a public road laid out over it by the town in IS38.
At the annual meeting in ISog, the proposition to pay money in aid of the Newport Turnpike Corporation, extending from the Croydon turnpike in Newport to Keene, came up for con- sideration, and the town voted not to extend the aid.
March 13, 1810, the town voted to give the Cornish Turnpike Corporation, which was incorporated Dec. 9, ISOS, $1,500, in three annual instalments. In April, following, it was voted to rescind the above vote ; and in March, ISII, the town voted to pass over an article appropriating money in aid of the cor- poration. At the end of a vexatious lawsuit, the town paid the $1.500. This road extended from the Croydon turnpike, at A. P. Welcome's, through Northville, to Cornish bridge, by way of Governor's pond at the north-west corner of the town.
March 12, 1812, the town voted to give the Sunapee Turn- pike Corporation $1,200, in three annual instalments. On this proposition the vote stood,-yea, 104 ; nay, Si. This road ex- tended from the village to Bradford through South Sunapee.
BRIDGES. At the annual meeting, March 8, 1774. the town "voted to build a bridge across the cast branch of Sugar river, near the east end of the first division of lots," which was near the site of the present village bridge on Main street. Fif- teen pounds was raised to defray the expense, to be paid in labor or grain at market price. Aaron Buel, Phineas Wilcox, and Ezra Parmelee were chosen building committee.
" March 13, 1775, voted to build a bridge over the south branch, between lots No. 16 and No. 17, in the first division." This was near the present bridge on Elm street. Twenty- five pounds was raised for the purpose. Amos HIall, Eben- czer Merritt, and Aaron Buel were chosen building committee. This bridge was not built until 1776.
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The first covered bridge was erected at Kelleyville in 1839. Previous to this, bridges across the river were made with string pieces, supported in part by trestle work standing in the stream ; and more or less of them were swept away by nearly every spring freshet, thus subjecting the town to inconvenience and expense.
CANALS. The " Connecticut and Merrimack River Canal," which was to extend from the Connecticut up Sugar river, through this town, Sunapee, New London, Wilmot, and An- dover, was surveyed in 1828. The project had many friends, and was warmly advocated by the press, and in speeches at public meetings, but was finally abandoned.
RAILROADS. The N. H. Central Railroad, connecting Man- chester and Windsor, Vt., and the Concord & Claremont Rail- road, were incorporated at the June session of IS4S. The for- mer was built as far as Henniker, and the latter as far as Bradford, when in January, IS53, the two incorporations were united by the legislature, and took the name of the Merrimack & Connecticut River Railroad. In the fall of that year a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in town to promote the in- terests of the new corporation. A committee, consisting of N. Mudget, D. Richards, and M. Glidden, was appointed to solicit the taking of bonds. Fifty thousand dollars was the amount assigned to Newport; but Claremont refusing to take its $100,000, the amount thought to be its share, the matter was abandoned. The Sugar River Railroad was incorporated in IS66. The road is now known as the Concord & Claremont Railroad.
At a meeting held May 9, 1866, the town voted, 192 to 70, to give any responsible party that would construct a railroad from Bradford to Newport, $45,000, which was five per cent. on the total valuation of the town. Subsequently $20,000 more was raised by individuals for the same end, making in.all $65,000. The contracts for building the road were made in IS70. Mr. A. M. Shaw, of Lebanon, was appointed construction agent, and Mr. R. S. Howe, of the same town, engineer. Mr. Howe has since removed to this town. The first ground broken in the grading of the road in town was near the passenger depot, at sunrise, on the morning of May 31, 1870. A large crowd
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was present, and the general joy of our citizens was manifested by the cheering of the multitude, the ringing of the bells, and the firing of cannon. Seth Richards, Esq., struck the first pick, and Dr. Mason Hatch wheeled the first barrow of dirt,-two of our oldest and most respected citizens. The track was laid to the depot, and the first train of cars passed Main street on the evening of Nov. 21, 1871, cheered by a jubilant throng of spectators. The first regular train from Bradford to Claremont through town was on the morning of Sept. 16, 1872, which event was duly celebrated at Claremont.
ROAD STEAMER. The " Fairy Queen," a road steamer man- ufactured by Mr. E. M. Clough, of Sunapee, made its first ap- pearance in our village Sept. 11, 1871, by trips around the pub- lic park and up and down Main street.
STAGES. The first line of stages in Newport ran between Windsor, Vt., and Boston, passing through this town by way of Washington, making a trip each way once a week. It was established in ISIS. Its appearance was hailed as an advance step in the progress of the town, and excited almost as much interest as did the first railroad cars at a later period. People came from distant parts of the town to witness the event. Short- ly after, another line was added by Joseph Dewey, of Hanover, which ran from his place over the Croydon turnpike, and formed a junction with the other line at our village. Not being sufficiently patronized, it was soon given up, but was started again, in 1828, by Capt. John Russ. This renewal the Wind- sor line chose to regard as an infringement upon their right to carry all the passengers from Hanover. A sharp compe- tition at once arose, and went to such lengths that Russ carried his passengers for a while for nothing, and the Wind- sor line on the same terms, and, in addition, paid their grog bills at the taverns. About the same time with the other two, another line was started to Boston by way of Bradford and Henniker, and in 1829 still another from Concord to Albany, N. Y. Some year or two later the Woodstock and Lowell line commenced its trips, running at a different hour of the day from either of the others. The daily lines of stages to Acworth, Sunapee, and Croydon were started at the opening of the rail- road in 1871. During the last half century, by far the largest
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amount of staging has been done over the route now occupied by the Concord & Claremont Railroad.
Our account of staging would be incomplete should we fail to make some reference to that jolly set of fellows known as drivers, who, with reins in hand, bravely endured the muds of spring, the heats of summer, and the chilling blasts of winter, cracking their whips and their jokes.
Among the principal drivers on the Lebanon route were War- ren Ryder, Stephen Williams, and A. P. Welcome ; on the Washington route, Benjamin Simpson, Warren Ryder, and Jer- ry Hubbard ; on the Claremont route, Samuel Vose, Ward B. Royce, a Mr. Judevine, Oscar J. Brown, H. A. Perry, and Pren- tice Welcome ; and on the Bradford route, Samuel Vose, Mr. Robbins, T. J. Eastman, Chester Averill, H. A. Averill, and H. A. Perry. The stageman who will be the longest remem- bered is probably Mr. Chester Averill, who for a quarter of a century was noted for his careful driving and his attention to the wants of his patrons, and whose gentlemanly bearing and keen wit never failed to transform his bitterest rivals into warm friends.
The palmiest days of staging were after the completion of the Concord Railroad, and before the inauguration of the Sulli- van road, when we had six stages, loaded to their utmost ca- pacity, passing through town every day. The team of Mr. Oscar J. Brown, driven at this time, composed of six beautiful white horses, fat and sleek, was a source of much pride and satisfaction, especially to the young ladies and gentlemen, to whom he granted occasionally a sort of triumphal excursion about town.
LIVERY STABLES. John Russ, Seth Richards, William Car- ter, Milton Glidden, Charles W. Jenks, A. P. Welcome, A. S. Dill, J. Hosley, M. B. Bartlett, H. A. Averill, J. W. Ladd, George F. Watts, M. S. Jackson, Putnam George, Frank Nich- ols, S. A. French, and O. P. Brown have each in turn been keepers of livery.
TEAMS. The early settlers, during the first years in their hard struggles with the wilderness, lived almost wholly within them- selves, raising their own provisions, and manufacturing their garments from wool and flax of their own production ; but when
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more of the land had come under cultivation, the skill and in- dustry of the people produced more than was sufficient to sup- ply the demands for home consumption, and the surplus sought other markets. This trade was carried on by what was after- wards known as "pod teams" ;- that is, a farmer, upon the fall of the first snows of winter, would take a span of horses, or a yoke of oxen and sled, on which were loaded his beef, pork, butter, and cheese, a bag of oats for his team, and a bucket of provisions for himself, and make a trip to Boston or Sa- lem, where he would exchange them for salt, tea, coffee, or whatever else the family might desire. But with the increase of trade, there began to grow up a division of labor, and larger teams were put upon the road, and teaming became a business. In 1833 there were six large teams of heavy horses making reg- ular trips between this place and Boston. Leonard Richards, David Carr, and Aaron Clark had each a six-horse team, and Norman McGregor three eight-horse teams. During this pe- riod our roads and hotels were constantly thronged, from sun- rise to sunset, by large teams jostling each other on their way to and from Vermont to Boston. This continued until the com- pletion of the railroads to Claremont and Bradford, when travel and freight were diverted to other channels; after which, two six-horse teams, the one driven by William Bachelder, and the other by W. J. Sanderson, were able to meet the wants of the community until the completion of the railroad through the town. The first team in town was owned and run for several years by Alvin Hatch (afterwards a merchant), who sold out to Leonard Richards. William Carr, T. B. Richards, and D. D. Muzzey were also teamsters.
JOB TEAMS. Jesse T. Cobb started the first job team in 1870. Since then, George F. Whitney and David J. Remmington have run them.
CHAPTER XVI.
MANUFACTORIES.
T HE numerous streams, and more especially the main river, through which flow the waters of Sunapee lake, furnish the town with an abundance of water-power, and rare oppor- tunities for manufactures, which have been well improved. Prior to 1830 nearly every farm-house was a manufactory, with wheels, looms, and other appliances, and these were aided by the carding-machine and the cloth-dressers. Since then it has assumed its present form, and has been steadily in- creasing until it has become, with the exception of agriculture, by far the most important branch of business in town, and has contributed most materially to promote the growth and pros- perity of the village. The following is a brief sketch of each of the mills. The golden harvest of manufacturers was during the civil war, when their products were in great demand for the soldiers, and commanded the highest prices.
NEWPORT MILLS. Col. James D. Walcott erected a build- ing in 1813, on the site now occupied by the establishment of W. L. Dow & Co., for the manufacture of cotton yarn. After running it for several years, he sold out to Hon. Franklin Si- monds, who continued the business until 1831, when the fac- tory was burned. It was rebuilt, and occupied as an oil-mill until 1844, when Ingram & Parks put in machinery for making broadcloths and cassimeres. It was afterwards known as the Eagle Mills, and was occupied by Solomon Dean for the manufacture of flannels. He sold to Abiathar Richards, on whose hands, in Nov., 1872, it was burned.
The whole amount of cloth produced annually at this and the Eagle Mills, the only ones in operation July 1, 1846, was, as reported by a committee at the celebration that year,
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43,525 yards, worth $43,000, thus showing the extent of manufacturing business in town at that time.
In 1870 Mr. Dean employed in this mill, according to the U. S. census, fifteen hands, wages, $6,000 ; used 75,000 pounds of wool and cotton ; and made 140,000 yards flannel. He used 300 cords of wood, and $1,500 worth of dyestuff.
THE EAGLE MILLS were built by Farnsworth, Durkee & Co., in IS22, for an oil-mill : subsequently Breck & Co. fitted it up for the manufacture of cotton yarn. In 1835 several individuals formed a company, and by act of incorporation were known as the Newport Mechanics Manufacturing Company, for the man- ufacture of satinets, which company, after running some two years, failed. Parks & Twitchell took the mill in 1838, and commenced making cassimere. Two years after, Mr. Twitch- ell bought the interest of Mr. Parks, and continued the business until 1844, when he enlarged the building, and put in machin- ery for making broadcloths, satinets, cassimeres, tweeds, flan- nels, and fancy cloths. Mr. Twitchell did a very successful business for more than a dozen years, but became embarrassed, and in 1854 sold out to the Eagle Mills Company. After run- ning it several years, they sold to William Nourse, who had a successful business during the war. He sold to S. H. Edes and Amos O. Woodbury. After one year Mr. Edes became the sole owner of the mills, and has since continued the business. In IS70, by the U. S. census, Mr. Edes employed seventeen hands, wages, $6,500 ; used 76,000 pounds of wool and cotton ; produced 150,000 yards of blue mixed flannels ; and used 350 cords of wood, and $3,000 worth of dyestuff.
SUNAPEE MILLS. Smith & Rockwell commenced the man- ufacture of satinets in IS32, at a factory standing at the falls at the bridge near the residence of A. C. Fletcher, above the Sugar River Mills, which was built originally for a clothiers' shop. The building was burned in 1835, and another was soon after crected in its place. This was occupied by Philo Ful- ler, for the manufacture of worsted yarn, until 1839. It was destroyed by fire the following year.
THE DIAMOND MILL, standing at the corner of Main and River streets, was built in 1836 for a machine-shop, but has been occupied for several years as a flannel mill. The machin-
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ery was first put in by Jordan & Marsh, of Boston, and was operated by D. J. Goodrich. It has since been run by Dexter Richards, George S. Coffin, and George C. Richardson. In 1876, the machinery was removed to the Granite Mills. In 1870, Geo. S. Coffin employed nineteen hands, used 80,000 pounds of wool and cotton, and made 190,000 yards flannel. Amount of wages paid, $12,000.
THE SUGAR RIVER MILLS were built in 1847 by Perley S. Coffin and John Puffer. Mr. Puffer sold his interest to David G. Goodrich, and he in turn soon after sold to Seth and Dexter Richards. Mr. Seth Richards having retired from the com- pany, his son, Dexter Richards, and Mr. Coffin, continued the business until 1867, when Mr. Coffin retired. During the war their goods were in great demand. The establishment was greatly enlarged and improved, and they had a most prosperous business. In 1870, by the U. S. census, Mr. Richards em- ployed sixty-two hands, wages, $18,000 ; used 250,000 pounds of wool and cotton ; made Soo,000 yards flannel ; used 500 cords of wood, and $7,000 worth of dyestuff. In 1872, Seth M. Richards was admitted as a partner with his father. The following is a brief summary of this mill in 1878 :
Dexter Richards & Son, proprietors. Capital, $150,000. Dexter Richards, president ; S. M. Richards, superintendent ; A. B. Chase, clerk. Employs eighty-five operatives. Run eight sets cards, Francis Foote, overseer ; forty-four narrow looms, B. F. Peasley, overseer ; fifteen spinning-machines, H. M. Ingram, overseer ; coloring and finishing, Patrick Herrick, overseer. Manufacture 900,000 yards gray twilled flannels an- nually ; use 280,000 pounds cotton and wool. Selling agents, Lewis Brothers & Co., Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. Trade mark, D. R. P. In this mill eleven hours constitute a day's work.
THE GRANITE STATE MILLS were built in 1867 by Perley S. Coffin and William Nourse, and have always been occupied as a woollen manufactory. They employed, in IS70, as by U. S. census, forty hands, wages, $18,000 ; used 266,000 pounds of wool and cotton ; and produced $600,000 yards of blue- mixed twilled flannels annually. They used 700 cords of wood and $20,000 worth of dyestuff. In 1876, this mill was enlarged
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to more than twice its former capacity. It now (1878) em- ploys 100 operatives, uses 45.000 pounds raw stuff per month, has nine sets of cards and forty-eight looms, and manufactures 30,000 yards seventy-two inch skirting and 15,000 yards flan- nels per month.
CHAPTER XVII.
OTHER MANUFACTURES, AND ARTISANS.
T HE following is a list of the other principal manufactures, and the artisans who have lived and practised their vari- ous trades in town, so far as ascertained, given as nearly as may be in the order of time in which they operated.
BAKERS. Mr. C. Boyle had a bakery for a short time at the building now occupied by the Fairbanks & Royce store, com- mencing in 1832. Muzzey & Carr, the present operators, com- menced here in 1877. Previously the public wants in this direction had been supplied by the bakers at Keene, Clare- mont, Hanover, and St. Johnsbury, Vt.
BARBERS. Elkanah C. Sweet established the first barber- shop in town, in the autumn of 1858. D. W. Watkins, a Mr. Bundy, and William Jones have since had shops here for a brief time. Rufus S. and G. Freeman Dudley, the present opera- tors, commencing in 1860, have, by their skill, attention to busi- ness, and financial tact, placed it among the prosperous indus- tries of the town.
BEDSTEADS. Bedsteads were made to quite an extent by Willard Harris and William Lowell, in their cabinet shops ; but the more extensive manufacture, for foreign markets, was introduced by Nutting & Buxton, who had ample machinery fitted up for this special business. They have been succeeded by Leander Long, J. H. Hubbard, W. W. Hubbell, and Rufus P. Claggett.
BLACKSMITHS. Seth Chase had the first shop in town, at the E. Noyes place at the foot of Claremont hill. Another shop, among the earliest, stood on Pine street, half way to the cor- ner, north. The business has since been carried on in various parts of the town : Samuel Church, Samuel Church, Jr., and
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Jonathan Church, near the place where now stands Wheeler's block ; Enoch Woods, James D. Gordon, David B. Chapin, D. D. Chapin, at the M. Harvey corner ; Sargent Heath, a Mr. Bailey, Andrew Walker, C. M. Brown, and C. A. Maxfield, on River street ; Ruel Keith, Ruel HI. Keith, Charles Lathrop, Elias Lathrop, Lucius Lathrop, Isaac Woodbury, Jacob Wood- bury, John B. Cooper, Charles Kelsey, and E. Wilkins, at the Woodbury shop on Sunapee street ; M. Campbell, a Mr. Bug- bee, and Joel McGregor, at old Baptist hill, near the present res- idence of Hillard Rowell ; David Fletcher, Alanson Fletcher, William Atwood, and Jonathan Emerson, Jr., at Northville ; Flanders & Dame and Benjamin Noyes, at the Granite Mills ; John Parmelee, at Southville ; Jacob Dwinell, at Kelleyville ; Jonathan Wakefield, at the Dea. Kibby place ; David B. Cha- pin, Chapin & Cooper, Chapin & Kelsey, and Lear & Maxfield, at the D. B. Chapin shop on Elm street. Charles and Lucius Lathrop have a shop near their residence, opposite the trotting- park, on the road to Sunapee.
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