The Granite State Monthly Volume 19 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...return, seeking pond lilies, through the odd little neighborhood of "Dog hollow," and soon arrive again in the village by streets lined with comfortable homes. From Central square one may pass the landmark known in old times as the Steamboat Hotel, but for many years the property of James E. Fernald; the Barker, Small, and Shackford blocks, the bank building, the M. L. Hayes factory, the J. W. Waldron house, and many other pleasant residences; crossing bridges, passing the stoneyard of the Prides, he may leave behind him the Fernald lands, and meet, perhaps, Mr. S. S. Amazeen, who served for an exceptionally long period as a selectman, and can tell the valuation of every estate to a dot. Or one may go into the Boston and Maine railway station to see Wallace & Elliott Factories and Wilson House. George W. Wood, who has been for many years the efficient agent of the company, from whose office telegrams may be sent, telephonic service being obtained at the Wilson House, a leading hotel. Other hostelries are kept by men, but the Central House, now in charge of Mr. Gray, was conducted for a long time by its owner, Mrs. Mary Welch. Passing the Waldron saw-mill and box factory, which are served by both water and steam as motive power, by the Free Baptist church, the handsome homes of Miss Emily Davis, Mrs. Adelaide O. Foss, Mr. W. W. Whitney, Mr. G. B. Johnson, High the factory of Langdon S. Flanders & Son, where the unique industry of last making is carried on; and far beyond these buildings one may see dwelling-houses more or less valuable and attractive. Eastward from the principal street lies a thickly settled part of the village, which is known familiarly as "Nebraska," and was a part of the old Ham farm "over the brook...".