The Portland daily press., 1871-08-23

ems OF harrington rellgiousy beheve In the
rade Of the adage for leather has built up
beautiful town of $500 inhabitants on the {
ranks of the Cocheco not tar below Lake Win
,ipesaukee and put great deal of money IN
he pockets of the people. Pennington 10 the
most extensive shoe manufacturing town IN
New Hampshire Seventeen large establish
mepts are located here and the number is IN
creasing very fast. i saw one large buildlpg
going up, which in few days will swarm with
v orkmen, and others were beipg enlarged to
the growing demand for room.
If you should ask me how many people are
employ ed in the shoe manufacturing, should
answer, should tell you that in my Iudg-
ment 80 per cent. OF the able bodied, working
the other 10 per cent. act as medi-
ums of exchange for dry goods, groceries, pro-
duce. provisions, &c. More than fifty build
ings were put up last year, and was told that |
the visitor of year and half ago would hard
ly recognize the place now it has been so |
changed. A large and elegant hotel was put
up and opened last December. 1t is admira.
bly, kept by Geo. F. Nutter, assisted by Mr..
Joseph w. Doughty as clerk. The Congrega-
tiOnalist church edifice was also reconstructed |
architecture. Like the other towns 1 have |
been through these two or three days past, |
Pennington is situated on plain; and here |
note it as a remarkable fact for east and
west course of travel, that the Portland and
Rochester railroad, though crossing rivers at
right angles, Iuns through very level section
The physical geography of this part of the
State in peculiar, and one who has been &C.
customed to crossing the State in the same dl-
recton, but further north, will note this fact
There are many evidences of wealth in Farm
ington, shown by elegant residences and wide
and highly orname nted grounds. "did' the
village pretty thoroughly on foot one warm al
ternoon, to admire its beauty. Portland has
been sealed to this people until lately; now
our merchants sends up their large quantities Of
goods monthly, and the orders seem to be in
creasing. / am told that one or two large con-
Germs look to Portland exclusively for their
lasts, and trader gave me lin confidence the
amount of his purchases in Portland for the
last two months. A good deal of freight prom.
ses to turn off at Rochester for Portland be-
fore the season closes. Said one merchant, II
never was in Portland until the road opened;
men, and IIgo often now could not but
feel gratifed at this suspicious beginning of
new business acquaintance. ...
Next above Pennington is the town of New
Durham which made great quantities of pow
der for the government during the war, load
ing two railroad trains per week. Now the
people devote themselves to civil pursuits and
the powder mills make acids and chemicals.
Alton lies Iext above and at the foot of the
Lake. The centre OF business is at the Corner,
two miles south of the railroad terminus. 1t is
apparently busy little town, the centre of a
considerable area of agriculture, land pays
some attention to shoemaking.
Alton Bay is at the foot of the Lake. the ter
minus of the Dover and Winnepiseogee rail-
road, which is operated. by the Boston aud
Maine railroad company, and the point where
the tourist takes the fine steamer Chocoraa
across the Lake to Wolfboro and Centre Rar-
bs- 1t is IS miles from Rochester-or more
properly speaking in these fast times-thirty
minutes. It's a straight piece of railroad that
| connects the two points, and there's some
| smart running done. 1 rode from Farminton
| to Rochester-8 milcs-the other day in eight
| minutes.
Everybody, almost, has heard of the Alton
Bay camp-meetlngs. This is where they are
| held. The camp ground is on an eminence to
the left of the railroad station, 30 rods distant,
in beautiful grove, famed by the breezes
from the Lake. did not count the buildings
on the ground, but should judge there are over
one hundred, including the boarding houses
About fifty have been erected since last season,
am told. These meetings are held by the
Second Adventists. and the limits of the Asso-
citation or Conference take in towns in Canada
and large part OF Vermont, New Hampshire,
Maine and Massachusetts, There are two So
| ciety cottages belonging to Portland, and
| others are marked Portsmouth, Salem, Lynn,
| Newburyport, Concord, Lawrence, &c. The
meeting this year will begin September 9th
and continue over Sunday the 18th. There is
to be reduction of railroad fares to half price,
and board can be had at the boarding cottages
at 80 cents per day. The committee in charge
of the arrangements for the coming meeting
are Elders j. Couch, j. G.. Smith, F. w. Pr
per, G. G. Pickering, c. s. Emerson, j. Lang
ley and 7. L. Churchill. This will be the
eighth annual meeting, and the committee
were ON the ground several days ago, designat-
| ing lots for society and family tents and per-
| fecting arrangements for the reception and &C
commodatiOn Of the people. Probably there
will be, by the opening day of the meeting,
| over three hundred permanent and temporary
camps on and around the grounds. Each year
makes this place more and more attractive to
| the mempers of the sect and the worlds PEG.
| pie. The number present last year was esti-
mated by some as high as eight thousand in
| single day. The Adventists exceed the Meth
odists in the fervor of their open-air meetings,
| for, though numerically the denomination is
very much smaller, there is no division of opin-
ion as to the efficacy of these religious seasons
and it is regarded as sort of obligation for
every one who can to attend them. They are
primitive in method and no cenventionality or
malism has crept in, and here we get the
pure, unadulterated camp-meeting.
The travel across the Lake is quite good this
year, the steamer Chocorua, Capt Wiggin, be
ing we'll freighted every trip. But 1 am sur
prised to see SO few familiar faces on board the
boat, and note the scarcity of Portland names
on the hotel registers. A sail across the Lake
is one of the most delightful experiences of
lifetime, and had time now, my pen would
fail Ito describe adequately the magnificent
water and mountain SCENERY which this thirty
miles of navigations affords
From WOlfboro on the east side of the lake,
and Center Harbor, at the head of it are stage
connections with North Conway, % miles from
the latter place, over an easy road Astounding
in fine scenery. Another route which can be
reached by this line, and that has not been
mentioned, is to Western New Hampshire and
Vermont; by steamer Lady of the Lake from
Center Harbor to Wiers, connecting with the
Boston and Montreal railroad. The season
on Lake Winnipesaukee will close on the Goth
Of September. and one of the pleasantest vaca-
ton trips that can suggest is to spend a couple
of day at the villages on the lakes, then return
to Alton Bay during the camp-meetings and
make as long stop there as interest may in
spire.
The Portland & Rochester road has another
railroad connection at Rochester-with the
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway road-to
Portsmouth and Boston southcrly aud Ossipee
northwardly. The distance from Rochester to
Portsmouth, is one hour and ten minutes, and
the line takes in Great Falls (6 miles) Salmon |
Falls and South Berwick. From Rochester to |
Ossipee is 81 miles, through Milton, Union Vii |
age and Wakefield. The contractors began
the first of the month, to grade the road from |
Ossipee to North Conway, IL miles, SO that |
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