The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-02-08
Mr.. HENDERSON SENDS
INTERESTING LETTER.
Sees The Home Of Phillip Brooks
And Largest Cotton Mill In
The WOrId--Rides In
Old Fashioned
Stage Coach.
HEARS MORE OF KENTUCKY.
Danvers, Mass. Ian. 80. 1911.

I Dear Mr.. Babbage: Three weeks ago
it was my pleasure to take trip to
] New Hampshire and if you think the
readers would be interested, you may
publish this:
We lett Danvers about O'Clock in
the morning on the electric car which
runs from Salem to Lawrence, through
Danvers, Middleton and North Andov-
err. One mile from Danvers Square we
pass the States Insane Asylum, an
immense building standing on hill
some three hundred feet high. This is
a very imposing structure, made so
from the prominent position it occupies.
1t is one mile around the buildings.
After leaving the asylum we enter
Middletown and pass on into North
Andover going by the home of Phillip
Brooks, the great New England Divine.
North Andover is a pretty residential
town of some six thousand people, yet
it contains some large mills and machine
shops. North Andover is separated
from Lawrence by the Merrimac River.
The River of Spindles, so called from
the number of great Cotton and WOOL
en- mills built along its banks and whose
existance is due to the fine water pow
er afforded by this river.
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We are now in Lawrence, Massachu-
sets fastest growing mill city; Lowell,
further up the Merrimac, is called the
Spindle City, but Lawrence will soon
out strip her. There is a mill in course
of construction in Lawrence, when
finished will be the largest in the world.
We have to wait one hour in Lawrence
for train North, so spend the time
visiting the stores. We leave Lawrence
at 9:25 for Manchester, passing through
Methuen, Mass. The home of Mrs.
Searles, who was Mrs. Mark Hopkins,
whose husband, with Leland Stanford
and others, promoted and built the first
railroad TO the Pacific.
After leaving Methuen we pass into
New Hampshire through Salem, Derry,
! Londonderry, and other small places
and reach Manchester in time to con-
meet with the Montreal Elk. After
leaving the station in Manchester we
pass the Amoskeag Mills, at present
the largest cotton mill in the world.
Most of your readers know the Amos
keag giughams. From Manchester to
Concord we follow the Merrimac river
and cross it many times. We have an
eight minute wait at Concord, then our
train leaves the White Mountain Divis-
ion and here off to the West, passing
through Franklin and Andover to Pot
ter place, where we leave the train for
an eight mile ride in an old fashioned
Stage Coach, where of course at this
season is onrunners. After taking on
the mail and baggage we are off for
after leaving the station we reach Gel
lleyville, where we wait for the post
master to change the mail, then on IA
gain to Wilmot Flats where we have
another wait for the mail. Wilmot viii
lage is at the foot of Mt. Kearsage,
which is almost 5000 feet high. Our
next stop is at Elkins which is a pretty
little village at the north end of Pleas
ant lake. Three miles farther on we
reach our destination. New London is
a small town situated on n hill 1,400
feet above sea level, commanding a
view of the country for miles. To the
northwest is Kearsage mountain, to the
north Ragged mountain almost as high
and southwest Sunapee mountain about
2, 500 feet high and 600 feet below you
Pleasant lake about one mile in width
and three miles long, and as far as YOU
can see, are hills, and of course now,
snow covered. New London is the seat
of Colby Academy, founded by Gov.
Colby, one of New Hampshire's Cover
nor's in days gone by. Ii is also the
old home of Sherman L. Whipple, one
Of Boston's greatest lawyers, and the
Democratic candidate for U. S. Senator
few weeks ago against Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. Outside Of these two
men, New London hasn't much to
boast of except the very fine scenery
and lovely climate lin summerl While
there our host took us TO see real
New England sugar camp and sap house;
also took us for a drive to and on Lake
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