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Capt. Peter Clark built a saw-mill on this brook back of the house where Henry Holden lives. Traces of the old dam may still be seen. He records in his "Diary " that he " began to saw at my mill March 15, 1775." Considering that he set out for Lyndeborough Jan. 23, 1775, arriving the 25th of that month, he must have labored diligently through the winter. He built his house near this mill, sawing the lumber for the same at the mill. About the year 1835 Ebenezer Flint built a peg-mill
SENTER'S FALLS, NORTH LYNDEBOROUGH.
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on this brook also. It was located near where the new road crosses the brook.
FRENCH OR DUTTON BROOK
Has its source in springs on the old Woodward or French place on the north side of the mountain. It is a small brook, and runs in a northerly direction until it reaches the Woodward meadows in Francestown, when it turns to the east and flows into Cressy River, or Rand Brook as it is called by some. It is a turbulent stream during high water, as its course is almost directly down the mountain side. Its length is about a mile and a half, and there was never any mill on its banks.
SCHOOL HOUSE BROOK
Rises on the north side of the mountain and not more than twenty rods from the source of the Dutton Brook. They have both been famous trout streams. It flows north through the in- tervale land south of No. 8 schoolhouse, and thence down the mountain side, joining the Dutton Brook just before it enters Cressy River. On the bank of this brook is a large boulder of steatite, or soapstone, of the finest quality. It was found by Daniel Woodward, Sr., in 1835, and since then it has caused much speculation as to how it came there, and much searching for a quarry of the stone, supposed to be in the vicinity. The land where it lies is now owned by Willis J. Stephenson.
BEASOM BROOK
Is a small brook which rises on the mountain southwest of the Dolliver place and flows into the river a little way below But- trick's mill. It is a very crooked stream, but its general course is a little north of east.
THE RIVER.
The stream commonly known as the " River" has its source in the swamps west of the Fletcher place in Greenfield. Its upper part is known by several names, and there is a tradition that it was called as a whole, " Bear Brook " in the early days ; but now that part of it in Lyndeborough is generally spoken of as the River-probably for the reason that it is the largest stream of water in town. At first its course is generally south- west and it is but a small brook, but in the meadows east of Russell's Station it runs due west for some distance. In this meadow it receives the waters of Duncklee Brook, and there is a very noticeable increase in the volume of water from this on.
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Just below this meadow it bends to the south and maintains that direction until it leaves Lyndeborough and becomes "Stony Brook " of Wilton. After passing through the intervale land near the Jacob Butler place it receives the waters of Frye Brook from Peterborough mountain, and when it enters Lyndeborough has become a considerable stream. It bends sharply to the east soon after passing the town line, but soon returns to its south- erly course. A short distance below where it passes under the railroad bridge, are the remains of a dam* and some of the tim- bers of the penstock where once stood a mill, the first on the stream. Who first built there is to the writer unknown. Only a little way below this mill site is where the Stephensont saw mill stood for many years, but nothing except some of the stone work of the dam remains at this time. From this on the river is a succession of dark pools, about immense boulders with but little fall until the site of the mill best known, perhaps, as But- tricks, now owned by Mr. Colburn, is reached. It is said that Joshua Sargent once had a fulling mill here. Not far below Buttrick's mill this stream receives the waters of Beasom Brook, and thence to South Lyndeborough its course is through a deep, rocky ravine. Its next interruption is the mill site and dam of the Hadley Bros. mill, where Levi Tyler first built. It is said there used to be a mill west or southwest of the village, and another grist mill just before the Wilton line is reached. This stream flows into the Souhegan River at Wilton and is its principal branch.
MILL OR FURNACE BROOK
Two small brooks from the south side of the mountain, unite in the meadows south of B. G. Herrick's place to form Mill Brook. The easterly one is known as the Poor Farm Brook, and the one to the west as the Herrick Brook. They are small streams, but ever since farmers' boys tied a string to an alder pole, and on days when it rained so hard they could not shell corn in the chamber, went forth with a box of fish worms, these two brooks have been their Mecca. At the foot of the above-mentioned meadow used to stand a saw-mill said to have been built by a Mr. Hildreth, afterward owned by Jonathan Stephenson.# It is gone now but the dam remains to confine the water as a reservoir for the mill, which has been built below the road. This mill is owned by Willis J. Stephenson.
* Built by Jonathan Butler. t First built by John Stephenson and Jotham Hildreth. # Built by Jotham Hildreth, Sr.
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Just below this mill is Andy Holt's shingle mill, and in this vicinity, probably between the two, was built the first corn or grist mill to be erected in town. It must have been an im- portant place to the early settlers of the town. This brook possesses more historical interest perhaps than any other in town, from the fact that the first saw-mill and the first grist- mill to be erected were on its banks. From the Holt mill its course is almost due east through the Stephenson and Boutwell meadows, under the old stone bridge on the road from South Lyndeborough to the Centre, through the wood lot known as the "Promised Land " to the Lucas meadows, where it bends to the southwest. Below here is the saw-mill now owned by E. H. Putnam and a little below that is the "stone mill," so called, where for a number of years the quartz rock was ground and prepared for use in the glass factory. This mill is also owned by E. H. Putnam. It was in this sec- tion of the stream that the first saw-mill was built, but its exact location is to the writer unknown. It is said that an iron furnace or foundry was located near here, where kettles and various useful articles were moulded, and from which the brook got one of its names.t After passing under the railroad the stream soon enters the " River " or " Stony " Brook.
DUNCKLĘĘ BROOK
Has its source in swamps on the mountains northwest of the Pinnacle House. It flows down the steep mountain side in a series of pools and cascades until it reaches the meadows in Greenfield. Its general direction is northwesterly and its waters are peculiarly clear and limpid. It flows into the " River " east of Russell's Station and was once a noted trout stream.
BRANDY BROOK
Is a small stream, often dry in summer, which has its source northwest of Ethan Woodward's place. It gets its name from the amber hue of its water. It enters the river near Hadley Brothers' mill.
TRAIL BROOK.
Mr. E. C. Curtis says this stream was called "Winners " Brook in the early days. That name is probably a corruption of " Wainwood," by which name this brook, after it joined Purgatory or Halfway Brook, was referred to in the early records of Salem Canada. It was known as "Trail " Brook
t Owned and operated by Henry and James Cram.
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from the fact that the first path or trail from Narragansett No. 3, or Amherst, into Salem Canada followed its course for a long distance. It has its source in Badger Pond and is at first a shallow, sluggish stream. It flows easterly through meadows which were undoubtedly beaver ponds at one time, but it soon turns to the south and thence its course is southeastward until it enters Milford. Just east of the old Rand place there are the ruins of a dam, where Nehemiah Rand built a saw-mill, proba- bly in 1777, one of the first erected in town, but long since gone. It was in the vicinity of this mill that many thought the central village would be located. Near where this brook crosses the road to "Johnson's Corner " it is said once stood a grist mill, but little if any trace of it can now be found. A short distance below this is the saw-mill built or removed to this place by Micah Hartshorn, now owned by E. J. Hardy.
Next is the site of a saw-mill owned by E. C. Curtis and in operation until a comparatively recent time. The stream crosses the road from Johnson's Corner to Wilton and near here Eli Curtis, father of E. C. Curtis, had a mill which he operated many years. Mr. E. C. Curtis is authority for the statement that below this was once a grist mill, the first built in that section of the town, and that some of the old timbers may still be seen. Still farther down this stream, almost to the Milford line, is the saw-mill owned by the Howards of Milford. This brook joins Purgatory Brook and ultimately flows into the Souhegan River. It is eminently a "trapper's " brook, its many sluggish pools making it the congenial home of the mink, the muskrat and the otter. Only two mills remain on its entire length but it has probably furnished power to saw more lumber than any other brook in town.
There are many other small brooks and water-courses in town, most of them dry in midsummer. One that has its source near H. H. Joslin's place and crosses the roads north of the Foster Woodward place, flows through Mrs. Sargent's and the Stephensons' meadows and enters Mill Brook at Andy Holt's mill. Another has its source south of the schoolhouse at North Lyndeborough and flows easterly, crossing the turnpike and entering New Boston and the Piscataquog River. Another, sometimes called Silver Mine Brook, skirts the base of Scata- quog mountain on the east side, and flowing northerly enters Cold Brook at the head of Senter's meadow. Purgatory Brook is also for a short distance within the limits of the town.
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THE FAUNA.
The flora has been prepared with painstaking diligence by Mrs. E. A. Putnam. The fauna and its incidents of adventure are submitted with much diffidence by a less skilful hand.
Wild animals, as all are aware, were numerous in the early days of our town. The moose, though less common than the deer, was not a great stranger to our territory. The bear, the wolf, the beaver, the sable had their dwelling places on our hills and along our streams. There is a tradition that when one of the pioneers, whose name now escapes memory, was plowing with his oxen a moose came out of the neighboring forest and frightened his oxen. In an attempt to scare the wild creature away, it rushed at him, threw him down, and with its forward feet punched at him to crush his head. It, however, missed its aim, and sunk its sharp hoofs into the ground on each side, and went away, leaving him but little injured.
Captain Wellman had an adventure in bear hunting similar to that which has been reported of Israel Putnam of Revolution- ary fame. He killed the animal in his den when he could see little more than the glare of its eyes. He afterwards went into the den and fastened a rope around him, but needed assistance to draw him out.
Captain Wellman lived at Johnson's Corner, on the place now occupied by Mr. Frank Carson. He had two sons, Jacob and John, respectively, ten and eight years of age. About the year 1758, the boys were left alone by their parents one day. The gun hung in its accustomed place, and they were warned not to use it, for it was heavily loaded for a bear. They were also ordered not to leave the house for fear the bears might catch them. But no sooner were the parents out of sight than the boys took down the gun and started off into the woods. When about a half a mile from home they met a huge bear, which stood up before them. Jacob rested the gun on John's shoulder and fired, and shot the bear dead. The boys then went home. When the parents returned they soon learned what had hap- pened, and with the assistance of neighbors the bear was brought home.
We may suppose that the father was so glad that his children were unharmed and had made such an excellent shot that he did not insist on trouncing them as they deserved for their disobedience.
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One season, it is said, the bears made sad havoc of the corn fields in Johnson's Corner. The people had tried to hunt and trap them but without success. At their wits' end, they sought assistance from Osgood Carleton, who had just returned from one of his surveying trips, and whom they knew as a skilful trapper and hunter. He tried his hand at setting a gun-trap, and spent the night at Mr. Carson's, on what is now known as the Kilburn Curtis place. In the gray dawn of the next morn- ing the old Scotch housekeeper called out, " Osga, your gun gaed off !" "Stopping only for his pants, - barefoot - he re- paired to the scene. It was not yet light. He could see no bear. He jumped from the fence on what seemed to be a black log, and landed plumb on the dead bear." Major Proctor, the narrator of this incident, thought the surprise had been mutual had bruin been alive. The beast had thriven on the corn, and is said to have tipped the beam at more than four hundred pounds.
It is also told that a man living where Harry Richardson now lives, had a big, shaggy dog which one day started a wildcat. The man had his gun. The wildcat seized the dog and gave him a furious shaking. But the man shot the cat, which proved to be a very large one.
There is a well attested tradition that on Woodward Hill, in the western part of the town, was a farm which produced a large quantity of hay that the owner was accustomed to feed out on the place to his sheep and young cattle. It was easier to dis- pose of it thus, than to haul it away to be fed out elsewhere. His two sons, who were large boys, were sent there to take care of the animals in the winter. These boys were frequently aroused in the night by the howling of the wolves which came near to seek their prey. Sometimes the boys would go out in the night to protect their flock and drive the wild beasts away.
Mr. Luther Cram, who occupies the old homestead, states that once when wolves were howling around his grandfather's buildings, his father was directed to take the gun and go out and discharge it to frighten them away. He did so, and saw several of the pack bounding off over the hill above the house.
Bears and wolves have entirely disappeared from our town. So have also the moose, which probably never were numerous. For a few years past, however, many deer have been seen, and seem to be on the increase. Some specimens of the Canadian lynx or wildcat are occasionally seen, and Mr. Samuel Dolliver
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has succeeded in shooting one or two within a few years. An otter was trapped in the eastern part of the town last fall by Mr. Roy Burton. Red foxes are frequently caught. Rabbits abound. Squirrels, red, gray and striped are hunted. The hedgehog, woodchuck, weasel, skunk, rat, mouse, mole and bat are among the inferior creatures which infest our borders. Beaver and sable, common in early days, are unknown, but the raccoon, mink and muskrat inhabit our territory now.
It is narrated "that when Andrew Harwood was a boy he used to bait wild turkeys with corn on what was called Carkin Hill. He fixed a place for them to put their heads through to get the corn so that they would be in a straight row. A flock came, and while eating he fired from his ambush and killed eight of them at a single shot."*
Partridges are often abundant. But they are said to be un- lawfully snared at 'times; and are surely killed in the game season in such numbers as to diminish the abundance. Water- fowl visit us but in passing. Our ponds are too small to afford them seclusion and safety. Heron have, however, been with us a few seasons, and are believed to have reared their young beside a neighboring fen.
The valleys of the Souhegan and its tributaries are the pleasant haunts of many varieties of the feathered tribes. To name these might afford something more than holiday diversion to even an ornithologist, which the writer is not. Only the common names, therefore, of well-known birds may be ex- pected. The crow, the owl, the hawk, blue-jay, robin, wood- pecker, yellow-hammer, lark, brown thrush, catbird, bobolink, oriole, finches, sparrows, barn swallows, chimney swallows or swifts, quails, pigeons, whip-poor-wills, nighthawks, warblers, flycatchers, blackbirds, blue birds, tanagers, grossbeaks, chick- adees, wrens, humming birds; these and the varieties ranged under some of the foregoing terms will impress upon us the idea that our feathered guests are very numerous and of grave as well as gay and even gorgeous plumage.
An expert fisherman informs me that our fish are limited to speckled trout, pickerel, horned pout, sunfish, minnows and eels.
The reptiles are those common to neighboring towns ; and consist of the tortoise, toad, snake- the green, striped, black, mottled snake or adder, and water snake-small lizards, snails,
*John Carleton's letter.
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centipedes, &c., are also found here and there, but are neither very numerous nor venomous.
Such are the principal creatures which have found either temporary or permanent abodes upon our soil.
THE FLORA OF LYNDEBOROUGH
The following paper was contributed by Mrs. Eliza A. Putnam in response to a request for a description of the flora of Lyndeborough. The paper is itself an evidence of her in- dustry and interest in the subject to which she has so kindly contributed .*
CROWFOOT FAMILY
Clematis Virginiana
Common wild clematis ; virgin's-bower; traveler's joy.
Anemone Virginiana
Wind-flower
Anemone quinquefolia
Wind-flower ; wood anemone
Hepatica triloba
Round-lobed hepatica ; liver leaf
Thalictrum polygamum
Tall meadow-rue
Ranunculus bulbosus
Bulbous crowfoot ; buttercups
Ranunculus acris
Tall crowfoot or buttercups
Ranunculus repens
Early crowfoot; buttercups
Caltha palustris
Marsh marigold Gold-thread
Coptis trifolia
Aquilegia Canadensis
Wild columbine White baneberry
Actea alba
BARBERRY FAMILY
Berberis vulgaris
Common barberry
WATER-LILY FAMILY
Brasena peltata
Water-shield
Nymphæa odorata
Sweet-scented water-lily Common yellow pond-lily
Nuphar advena
PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY
Sarracenia purpurea
Side-saddle flower; pitcher plant ; huntsman's cap
Chelidonium majus
FUMITORY FAMILY Pale corydalis
Corydalis glauca
MUSTARD FAMILY
Nasturtium Armoracia
Horseradish
Cardamine Pennsylvanica
Small bitter cress
Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge mustard
Brassica Sinapistrum
Charlock
Brassica nigra
Black mustard
Capsella Bursa-pastoris
Shepherd's purse
* A few names have been added to this list by W. L. Whittemore and by H. W. Whitte- more ; some corrections have been made at the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University.
POPPY FAMILY Celandine
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VIOLET FAMILY
Viola rotundifolia Viola lanceolata Viola blanda
Viola cucullata
Viola fimbriatula
Viola conspersa Viola pubescens
Round-leaved violet
Lance-leaved violet
Sweet white violet
Common blue violet
Arrow-leaved violet
Dog violet Downy yellow violet
Lechea intermedia
Drosera rotundifolia
Hypericum perforatum Hypericum ellipticum
Hypericum maculatum
Hypericum mutilum Hypericum Candadense Hypericum nudicaule Elodes campanulata
Orange-grass; pine-weed Marsh St. John's-wort
PINK FAMILY
Common soap-wort ; bouncing Bet Common chickweed
Long-leaved stitchwort
Mouse-ear chickweed
Pearlwort
Corn spurry
PURSLANE FAMILY
Common purslane
MALLOW FAMILY
Common mallow
LINDEN FAMILY
Tilia Americana
Basswood
GERANIUM FAMILY
Geranium maculatum·
Geranium Robertianunı
Herb Robert
Pale touch-me-not
Spotted touch-me-not
Common wood-sorrel Yellow wood-sorrel
CASHEW FAMILY
Staghorn sumach Smooth sumach
Dwarf sumach
Poison sumach or dogwood
Poison ivy ; poison oak
Rhus typhina Rhus glabra Rhus copallina Rhus venenata
Rhus Toxicodendron
ROCK-ROSE FAMILY Pin weed
SUNDEW FAMILY
Round-leaved sundew ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY
Common St. John's-wort
Saponaria officinalis Stellaria media Stellaria longifolia
Cerastium vulgatumı Sagina procumbens Spergula arvensis
Portulaca oleracea
Malva rotundifolia
Impatiens pallida Impatiens fulva
Oxalis Acetosella Oxalis cymosa
Wild cranesbill
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VINE FAMILY
Vitis Labrusca Vitis æstivalis Vitis vulpina Ampelopsis quinquefolia
Northern fox-grape Summer grape Winter or frost grape Virginia creeper
SOAPBERRY FAMILY
Acer Pennsylvanicum
Acer spicatum
Acer saccharinum
Acer dasycarpum Acer rubrum
Striped maple ; moosewood Mountain maple Sugar or rock maple White or silver maple Red maple
MILKWORT FAMILY
Polygala sanguinea Polygala paucifolia
Trifolium arvense
Rabbit-foot or stone clover
Trifolium pratense
Red clover
Trifolium repens
White clover
Trifolium agrarium
Yellow or hop clover
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow melilot
Melilotus alba
White melilot
Robinia Pseudacacia
Common locust or false acacia
Desmodium nudiflorum
Tick-trefoil
Desmodium acuminatum
Tick-trefoil
Lespedeza capitata
Bush-clover
Ground-nut ; wild bean
Hog pea-nnt
Prunus Pennsylvanica
Wild red cherry
Prunus Virginiana
Choke-cherry
Prunus serotina
Wild black cherry
Spiræa latifolia
Common meadow-sweet
Spiræa tomentosa
Hardhack ; steeple-bush
Agrimonia striata Geum rivale
Common agrimony
Potentilla Norvegica
Water or purple avens Norway cinque-foil
Potentilla simplex
Common cinque-foil or five-finger
Potentilla argentea
Silvery cinque-foil
Potentilla fruticosa
Shrubby cinque-foil
Fragaria Virginana Dalibarda repens Rubus odoratus
Dalibarda Purple flowering raspberry
Rubus occidentalis
Black raspberry ; thimble-berry
Common or high blackberry
Rubus nigrobaccus Rubus villosus Rubus hispidus
Running swamp blackberry
Rosa Carolina
Swamp rose
Rosa lucida
Dwarf wild-rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Sweet-brier
Low blackberry ; dewberry
Wild strawberry
ROSE FAMILY
Apios tuberosa Amphicarpæa monoica
PULSE FAMILY
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Cratægus coccinea
Cratægus tomentosa
Pyrus Malus
Apple
Choke-berry
American mountain ash
Shad-bush ; service-berry
SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
Ribes Cynosbati
Ribes prostratum
Ribes rubrum
Red currant
Saxifraga Pennsylvanica
Swamp saxifrage
Saxifraga Virginiensis
Early saxifrage
Mitella diphylla
Mitrewort; bishop's cap
Tiarella cordifolia
False mitrewort
Chrysosplenium Americanum
Golden saxifrage
ORPINE FAMILY
Sedum Telephium Live-for-ever
WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY
Hamamelis Virginiana Witch-hazel
EVENING-PRIMROSE, FAMILY
Circæa Lutetiana Circæa alpina
Enchanter's nightshade Enchanter's nightshade
Epilobium angustifolium
Great willow herb ; fire-weed
Epilobium lineare
Epilobium coloratum
Œnothera biennis
Œnothera pumila Ludwigia palustris
Common evening primrose Common evening primrose Water purslane
PARSLEY FAMILY
Hydrocotyle Americana Pastinaca sativa Angelica atropurpurea Sium cicutaefolium
Water pennywort Common parsnip Great angelica Water parsnip
Aralia racemosa Aralia hispida Aralia nudicaulis Aralia trifolia
GINSENG_FAMILY Spikenard Bristly sarsaparilla Wild sarsaparilla Dwarf ginseng ; ground-nut
DOG-WOOD FAMILY
Dwarf cornel ; bunch-berry Round-leaved cornel or dogwood Red-osier
Alternate-leaved cornel Tupelo ; "pepperidge ; black or sour gum tree
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY Fly-honeysuckle
Lonicera ciliata
Scarlet-fruited thorn
Black or pear thorn
Pyrus arbutifolia
Pyrus Americana
Amelanchier Canadensis
Wild gooseberry Fetid currant
Cornus Canadensis Cornus circinata Cornus stolonifera Cornus alternifolia
Nyssa sylvatica
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Diervilla trifida
Sambucus Canadensis
Sambucus racemosa
Red-berried elder
Viburnum Lentago Viburnum dentatum
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum lantanoides
Viburnum cassinoides
MADDER FAMILY
Galium asprellum Galium Claytoni
Galium triflorum Galium lanceolatum Cephalanthus occidentalis Mitchella repens Houstonia cærulea
Rough bedstraw Small bedstraw Sweet-scented bedstraw
Wild liquorice
Button-bush
Partridge-berry Bluets
COMPOSITE FAMILY
Joe-pye weed ; trumpet weed Thoroughwort ; boneset White-topped aster
Eupatorium purpureum Eupatorium perfoliatum Sericocarpus conyzoides Aster corymbosus Aster macrophyllus Aster lævis Aster undulatus Aster ericoides
Aster Tradescanti Aster puniceus Aster acuminatus Aster linariifolius Aster umbellatus Erigeron Canadensis Erigeron bellidifolius
Double-bristled aster
Horse-weed ; butter-weed Robin's plantain Daisy fleabane; sweet scabious
Erigeron annuum
Erigeron strigosus Solidago bicolor Solidago cæsia Solidago puberula Solidago arguta Solidago nemoralis Solidago Canadensis Solidago serotina Solidago rugosa Solidago lanceolata Inula Helenium Ambrosia trifida Ambrosia artemisiæfolia
Golden-rod
Tussilago Farfara Rudbeckia laciniata
Bush-honeysuckle Common elder
Sweet viburnum
Arrow-wood
Maple-leaved arrow-wood ; dockmackie Hobble-bush ; American way-faring-tree Withe-rod
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