Date: 1856
These houses are a frequent resort of travellers in the summer season, attracted hither by the healthiness of the place and the opportunities for hunting and fishing afforded by the surrounding country.  There are also eight stores, some twenty shops of various descriptions, three woollen factories, where quite an exten sive business is done, two very extensive tanneries, and one machine shop, where various articles of merchandise are manufactured.  At Northville, a busy place a few miles from the principal village, are a scythe factory and numerous other departments of mechanical labor.