Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-05-25
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Iup IN The heart Of New Hampshire an5
few Of those few probably are fally con
vornans with The circumstances of ~
rise and progress. Where this chr = IL
years $50. was nothing huta piehsifal
growth Of plach-pine trees and less ihaa I
half dozen farm houses, The sitewhick
|itoccupies, on the east bank &c tha Ter,
rimac. was bought up by . raanuiszEaf'
I'M eoaanany z nasaonieGls, sailed -
Land and Water Compa ny. This cone
pany, disposing Of par. of its sites for
mills, other companies were formed, TO
the number of tour Of hve-among which
are the Ma nchester, the Stark, ESQ called
after Gen. John Stark, Of Revolutionary
tame, whose >burial>place is here) and the
Amoskeag-the mills Of which. by the
way of distinction, are called the Amos
keag New Mills. The number OF mills
is ten-all Of which are Of the largest
dimensions, and give employment 70
1900 girls, beside men. One Of the mills
stopping at the time Of our visit. seventy
eight girls left in the cars to spend q few
days ut their respective homes, We
know not whether the plan on which the
manufacturing part Of the city 10 buils.
was borrowed one or was indigenous
with The growth of the city itself. Prob.
ably noshiag precisely like Il exists In
this counsry. Between every two blocks
Of boarding houses, where is ordinarily .
street. are garden>plats with pathway
running ,hro' them, longi,udinally with
tho block, and equally dividing taem
while the rears Of the same blocks are
united to the reass Of other blocks--a
paved csrt-way separating In the mans
ner Of the garden>pash. These are built
next to the factories on declivity, while
the residences Of The sowa people occupy
the level above. The main effect Of the
town is Elm. which is beautiful street.
parallel with the EiRer, and about halls Q
mile in length.
The Gall Of water obtained here ID
somewhere between thirty and forty Zee,
80 great hat the sane water u used
tvics, VI y Two ducss o. ea6aIs-shs
one az . considerable elevation above the
other, from which, the mills on is having
been accommodated, the water In dis
charged into the lower and secondary
rsnge OF factories supplied.
The width Of the Merrirnac here IL
appa, entity abou. 10 yards-and this. 90
far as 10 to DO observed In following Il BY
railroad to Concord, is about its average
| width.
The country about Manchester 10 billy
and In q westerly direction mountain-
Gus, Three quite large mountains are Ia
fine view-she largest called the Can
oon'ck, Is apparently Of 1000 feet eleva
ton. The smaller elevations are th'
Dodge and Orr mountains. We hayi0i
asked man the name OF these Hountain In
he replied .sthe Masonic" from The
chief summit of which could be seen, BY
the aid of glass. the Bunker Hill Mon.
umen,. He added that they talked o
Il" Directing monument there. Anoth'
er person of whom we had the curiosity
10 ask the same question aflerward call
ed the monument 10 be erected light
house. Asking for what purpose light
house was needed there, he said, 1T
see the land of Boston" Nearly ever.
person of whom visiter inquiries res
pecting the place is tolG "that he ha
not been there long," which, TO one un
acquainted with the ephemeral growt
of the place, is a somewhat curious fac
which shows that the inhabitants gene
rally Of such a place have themselve
only a kind of confused knowledge Of i
| Il was here that the foul murder of M
Parker, the Collector of Manchester. tw
or three years since was committed ID
perpe,ra:or of which goes yet unhun
| and vnheard Of. He 10 supposed by ma
! ny 70 inhabit the place. The spot o
which !: vas perpe.rated 10 q most secTe
and gloomy one, It being In the midi
| Of o thick wood, though bet halfa mil
from the principal hotel.
Manchester contains lis quota Of pot
lie buildings, excepa churches, but thre
Tor four Of which ere In the place. Il ha
10 very stylish town-hall and some off
lho.sis are on the most liberal scale.
has an Ashenepm, with large library
II liberal donor 10 which, 10 the amount
sl.OOO. was Hon. Abbott Lawrence
Dost0gs.
| Manchester 10 distant n. u. w. fFoi
Boston 60 miles; from Lowell D, and ]
soath from Concosd. Amoskeag, . muc
older place than Manchester. and whic
10 sometimes co0foanded wish IT, b a mil
sbove. and ON ihe opposite side Of th
liver. Though far older than Manch {
lter, i. 10 IN inconsiderable villlge. wit
nrnhably mt exceeding IG0O inhahiiapt.