The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-22

meeting house b New England, and which is 80
isMoUs Tor It's woodsn ware. General L,pooln, one
Of the moot respectable officers of the revolutions, WAS
born there He Wan the first Cullsosor oI sossoa
under our pres ent form II government There -
Hub, which has become almost world reno yned, al
though her ipbsbt,nts lees than three hundIeiin
number Hull dates from 1874. out is very small Tor
her age theagh sbe has lost the honor OF being Tue
smallest town 10 Massachusetts. More toah Two
hundred years ago Hull was publicly described is
containing divers fishermen and men OF good
ability and the same can be said OF her nov.
Skipper Taybox can be there co,Isulted concerning
6sh ard the weather and Peeping Fom--a iineal
descendant OF the excasably curious geatleinaa OF
Coventry there pnrsues his literary aboS. Ano
ther remarkable town il DuSbury, incorporated IN
| 1887 end said TO have b IN named from Captain
NJ lea Standish, the DIR or military leader Of the
! Old Colony. StandiSh had estate in Dnybnry,
snd Died III that town in 1856. Scitnate J.'es irom
1888 and is supposed 10 contain the OLDEST d~eiog-
| horse in New England. was garrison house IN
Philips war and then about forty years Old, as
il was bnilt in 1884 by one John Williams. Ware
ham, famous ior It's iron works was purchased oy
| the whites in 1865, but did not become ali incor-
! p,rated town until 1899. Rochester IL 1917 years
old and has req uta'ion for ship building IL con-
iaihs the villages OF Mattaposit and Sppican both
Of which well kkrsn 70 mariners and merchants
Brdgewsfer has had existence Of two centuries.
Some OF the most venerable towns OF the Old Colony
are situated in the present counties Of Barnstaoe
| and Bristol The pilgrims 6rsf landed in what is
now Bsnstsb!e coanty.
The county of plymouth presents no such startling
contrasts in The rase Of increase OF population that
are aBords by some Others OF our counties In 1920
the population was $780, ia 1880 42,393; an 1870,
4G 7SG; ard in 1850 IL was "a 500. Taking the
mean rate Of increase since 1910 for the basis Of
calculation IL is probable that the Damber Is now
! 81 Geo Cor side,ably more thar one-hsli the whole
| Increase Of the countys population, between ls4V
ard 1850. made by the three towns OF A oiogson,
North Bidgewser, and WarehAM; while two.tords
oi the remainder was made by the four towns
| Of Brdgswatsr, East Bridgewater, bingham and
Ply B'outb, leaving only about thOuand increase
| 10 divide among fourteen towns two Of which,
| Dxbury and Rochester positively lost in numbers.
The other teeve towns made small additions to their
people. Halifax Increased u, Hull -, Plympton go,
Carver l72, Marsbfeld 81, Kingston l2S, Penn broke
| lOl, Hanover II, Middieborougb III, and 30 on.
These facts show how little Of change there is in
the Old Colony, and that this part OF Massachusetts,
| ought TO be the favorite home of conservatism,
though the fast happens TO DC the exa ct reverse Or
the places that made the largest increase, AbDgton
stands first Her population was 3iA in 1870,
and q, 2ss in ls5O-incTease Aha. marlborough
was much larger place IN 1910 than Abingdon,
having 00G; bat, in ten years, marlborough
mace but little increase in men, while Abingdon
fcursheG in that way amazingly. marlborough
il the largest town in the State, in point OF territory
IL is democratic in its politics. while AbioHton is
famous Cor its free soilsm. marlborough has re-
Gently been sivided.
In ls40 the valne of property in Ply mouth county
was $1,000, 7l9, which. in 1860 he'd Increased 70
| $4,000 66s. The greatest increase was made by
Arlington, which assembled from S49l sac IN 1870 70
81 4G6,s5S ia 1890 bingham increased from
..s..,oio to Il 67OsS6; Plymouth, from 81 59SSS0
| to 20 3,l23 marlborough, from 81 o42357 to
81 ,603,s2S; North Bridgewater, from s423 5l4 to
| 81 0lS ,ld0; East Bidgewater, from S343 ,493 TO
$sl46C0; Wareham, from s5ls23O 70 1901 sos;
| Mar tfeld, from sdiS,473 to $G43, l9l; Hull from
| $5s,l2t 10 $Il7,323. have mentioned that Dux-
bury and Rochester lost in population between lS40
and $780, and jet both added largely to the amount
OF their property Duxbury was valued at $7l3 667
in am AZ I in yyhli -
increased from $1,000 to 81, ISL 1923. Every town
added something to its properly, ard the whole
amount appears TO have been apportianed among
| the whole number OF towns, with more than the
| usual approach to equality.
| The agricultural character of Plymouth IS rcspec
table, bnf nothing more. The land, though in some
places rich and very productive is, as ~aole, OF
secondary character OF salt marsh thercare 6,i05
acJes; OF fresh meadow, 1861; OF English and up.
lard moving, 26,O64; Of pastorage, 1920; Of
ti)lage lard, 1872: Of Woodland, 95,l44; Of
uD'mproyed land, 96,ll9; Of land covered with
water, 27,2is; used for road, 1925. The amount
| Of hay produced in 1850 was 32,467 tons;
Of Indian corn, loa,2I9 bushels; Of oats, 20 400;
Of rye, II $685. Of barley, 3,0as; Of wheat, 2sS; 81
potatoes, aoout 500 GOO; fruit, about loo, 600. The
Other agricultural productions are iircwood wool,
butter cheese, milk, honey cbarccal beeswax, POSI-
Try and egas HDlltt, broom corn fruit trees, beans,
peas, and all kinds Of vegetables garden stufs. and
| so firth common 20 Massachusetts. Horses, cattle,
sheep and swine are rsised in large numbers. The
nun Der u horses in 1850 was 1921 Of oxen above
four cars DID, 9ij Of COWS 1850; OF steers 3,ils;
swine above six months $3.50; of sneep above Elk
| months, 16l.
There were eight cotton factories in this county in
1850, vilued SCI SOC, aud containing 1880 spin
dies. These are located in the towns OF Plymouth,
MIDI thorough, Plympton, Marshdeld and Kingston.
The factories at Plymouth town have threetiiths OF
the capital, and almost third the spind!es emu
meratsd; marlborough comes next, and then
Plympton, Mansfield, and Kingston; the last named
town doing but little in the business. There WAS q
m al
faosufcd a. DuNbury, bingham, and Plymouth.
At Bridgesa water, in 1850, were two rolling mills,
valued a. sos 600. One at East Bridgcwater,
sl2 eco; two at Plymouth, $4,000, and five at
Wareham, sll4 900. At Bridgew ater, Carver East
Brdger a'tr, Henson, bingham. Niddieborous h,
Plymouth, Wareham, and West Bridgewater, were
nineteen foundries, whose united capitals were
s727Go In Bridgeraier, East Bridge. alter, Hano-
| capitals S50,000. Seven machine shops had capitals
| ofsl9,G00. The whole SUN invested in nail and
tack machines was sl35,500. The number OF
machines was 55l. OF which Warehun had 2i9,
with SCI 600 capital. At East Bridgew.ter is cot
| ton gin DlaDutactnry, with a capital OF $50 900.
Shoyes, nyets, su2ers, and anchors, are man'lfac-
| tered At kiGgstcn, Eiddleborough, Plymouth,
| PlymptoD, and WaTehsHl. The number OF tlnReries
is ten Of ropesalks, eight OF grst mills, sixty four;
Of saw mills, l05; OF mills of various kinds, (not in
cludlng those employed in the manufacture OF oct
ton, wool, and iron0 tsenty seven; and one oil
factory.
TIE miscellaneous manufactures Of Plymouth couu
~ n1eboots ana shoes, leather, confectionery luta
Der sidiles, trunks, harnesses, boxes OF numerous
kinds, cables anchors, nails, brass ware, door han
dies md latches, soap, candles, straw bonnets and
hats, straw brad brooms Of a kinds bricks, railroad
| cars, hollow ware aud castings willow baskets,
chairs, cabinet ware, tin ware, building stone, tacks
| and brads, cotton gins, carriages, wooden ware,
wagons, shCehit,ng machines, bout trees ayes shoe
las's poughs hats aud caps, edge tools O all sorts,
blocks, spars pumps, mechanics tools Dotters' ware
| frames, agricultural implements, paln-leaf hats,
snu, segaIs naiI casks, musical Instruments, brush
es. stores ryets, cod liver oil, ship thimbcs salt,
| slaves, sieighs, &c.
| Plymouth has considerable shipping, amounting to
wards ~ 10000 tons, in vessels Of i've tons and up
wards. The town Of Plymouth Is the largest ship
holding place IN the county, as il had 97i6 tons in
1850. The little town Of Kingston came next, and
then Hull, Buxbury, Rochester, bingham Sctuate,
and Narchsm. The other maritime places dc not
own, altogether abo7e thousand tons Of shipping.
Many vessels and boats annually balt especially
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