Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-29

LAKE MISUNDERSTANDING HAMPSHIRE FARM
HOUSES AND vILLAeEs-coNcoRD-T BIRTH |
PLACE OF DANIEL wEBsrER-MEERlMAc Val !
LEY-MANcHEsrER AND ITS MILLs-RAcE |
/. Bears ON THE MERRrMAc -LowELL-ITsI
GROWTH, &c, &C. - -
Editorial Cores pondenee Of 1As Star.
On THE Bosrox CONCORD, AND MoNrRxAL q. 4
no. "a - August 9, 1859.
After leaving Lake Village we continue down
the side of Lake Winnepseogee, new and
beautiful views presenting themselves from the
car windows as we pass rapidly from opposite to
one island to opposite the next. Some Of them
are cultivated which varies the scene agreeably.
Villages are seen In the distance the lake shore
or the PERCEPTIONS high grounds in the lap OF
which Lake Winnepisecgee nestles. AT the
lower Lake Village we cross picturesque arm or
neck of the lake, where II falls twenty feet sud
denly. Here are locks throuSh which both Lowell
and Lawrence secure valuable addition to the
supply of water for their mills when the Merri-
mack runs low; not unfrequently reducing the
level of the whole lake five feet ere the temporary
demand on 1t ceases. Again we cross other arms
and ponds of the lake, called bays At this LA.
coney) bay the lake falls ten feet lower. wher-
ever such changes in Its level take place, of course
much manufacturing is carried on.
We have now fairly crossed the lake. and see 1t
the other fright hand side, with isolated noun
tains and picturesque hills for its back ground,
water as clear as crystal and az smooth as plate
mirror, and numerous varying islands. many Of
them cultivated and crowned with neat farm
buildings and thrifty orchards. Winnepiseogee
is a gem, indeed, in this mountainous region,
sparkling with radiant prospects in whatever
direction the eye may be turned. At Union bridge
we leave the bays Of the lake and course down its
outlet, winnepiseogee river, a broad and rapid
stream with a beautiful and highly cultivated
little valley.
Throughout all Of New Hampshire over which
have 30 far journeyed, the farm houses make no
architectural pretensons; nor 10 any effort visible
in the villages, from the car windows, to catch
the eye of the traveller by elaborate application
Of paint and putty. Nevertheless, they build
perhaps as substantially as in Western New York
Just after passing Sanbornton Depot We have
remarkably fine hill slope view on the right Of
the cars, seeing five or six miles Of hill side two
miles or so deep, divided all into thrifty small
farms.
We not long since left the rivers bank, and are
now crossing an IS miles ridge, TO Concord-the
States capital-with rough and 80 far, unculti-
waited hills Oh both sides of the railroad. Smiling
farms soon make their appearance again, how
ever, and thus the panorama cor stantly changes
As We draw nearer to Concord, the country,
where cultivated-much of 1t being still as wild as
Nature made it's cultivated with great care
Through the woods on the ridge we now and
then obtain glimpses of the valley in which the
Merrimac courses, as beiutiful in all its attri-
butes as any valley have seen on this tour An
instant ago, an opening in the woods exposed to
view Bosquine, the village Of the town where
Daniel Webster was born. One who knew him
and 81.
impression that no little Of the grandeur of the
turn of w ehGtFs mind is the result of his early
associationwth the scenes Of these serene, rugged
grand, and wild views.
The train entered upon the brow Of the Merri.
mac valley, three miles ere reaching Concord
efording fine view Of the little city Of Is .cOl
souls-than which no other interior New Eng
| land town is more prosperous. 1t is well built
and two of its public buildings instantly atrac,
| the travellers atsention-the Town Hall and the
State House. We did not pass su niciently near
either Of them to permit me to critcisc the par.
ticulars Of their respective styles. An immense
brick depot is In process Of construction at Con-
cord, il being point Of convers e1ce and crossin,
Of several railroad connections Concord is prob
ably at this time the est manufacturer OF vehi
Giles of all descriptions, from 81 900 carriage
down to $50 wagons) in the world, as one ma,
easily imagine who scans the freight exposed OF
Its depot platforms as being loaded on TO the cars
Jus. below Concord. as we journey down thu
river to Nashua, the Merrimac is here a bold and
deep stream, with fine Plateaus either bank
The lands here evidently In the hands for tho
| most part Of persons Of considerable means WIN
| improve them in all conceivable ways. Three.
fourths at least Of all the cult vable lands bavs
SO far seen In New Hampshire are in grass, in
which # doubtless pays best the whole country be-
| Ing dotted with thrifty towns and Villages A,
Gookset, considerable manufacturing Village
nine miles below Concord in crossing the river we
lave hng and fine view Of 1t, its platsaus and
tue hill sides adjacent. Indeed, from that Dol n,
down to the now large manufacturing city 10,
$1,000 Inhabitants OF Manchester, we enioy tine
river prospects at every turn Of the river and rail
| road.
Ere reaching Manchester we passed the dam
throwing almost the whole BODY of the water O,
| the Merrimac into the canal supplying the powe,
to drive the various mills and factories of the CITY
The rocks below IL I'm the bed Of the stream are a,
fantastic as those In the Mohawk below the dam
at Little Falls described in Of my letters writ
ten on the New York Central railroad cars. The
railroad runs thence on the canals bank afor,, Ing
| very fine view Of the Stark Mills, Amoskeag and
New Amoskeag Mills, where 80 many goods re
manufactured that are consumed by the S.ay',
readers; for the marks Of these immense establish
ments are familiar to all who trade In our seci OH
| OF the Union They compose i row or range Of
buildings four stories high stretching perhaps IN
| eighth OF mile. Thence the canal turns nearly
at right angles supplying other cotton and wooden
mills and manufactures in wood and iron suni
cient in all, to keepa population Of $1,000 souls
| here The boarding houses Of the operatives ire
| built-neat and substantial three-story and base
inent bricks-in blocks. by the different compane,
| OF employers. whose agents, STIMULATING that the
hands (who may not be housekeepers) EMPLOYED
by the company shall board at one Of its boardin,
| houses, take the supervision Of the manner in
which they are kept. As we leave the suburbs
OF Manc chester we again cross the Merrimac-on
this occasion through tubular bridge. The eyi.
dent cost Of the agricultural improvements of the
valley increases as we jog on towards Nashua;
wnich town we see nothing of, merely stopping
at a suburban depot to switch of the portion o.
the train destined for Worcester and New York
and to take on other cars freighted with way mas.
| sengers for Lowell and Boston. As we course
4 down hail halo n.