Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-06-04
HISTORICAL
SKETCHES OF
ESSEX COUNTY
Continued from last week.
BY MRS. MARGARET G. MARSHALL
PONDS

PONDS
There are 7 ponds in Brunswick,
called Great South and Little South
Ponds, Davis Pond, Dennis Pond,
Paul Stream Pond, Tuttle Pond, and
Mineral Pond.
The largest is Great South Pond,
and covers an area of about SO acres;
they are all tolerably we'll stored
with various kinds of fish, such as
the trout, pickerel, perch and eels,
which when well cooked furnish
delicious dish for the epicurean.
The Mineral Pond is celebrated for
the large quantities of lilies that an
nually bloom in its waters, and fur
nishes nosegays to hundreds who in
July and August frequent it's shores
to obtain the beautiful and odorifer-
Gus flower. This pond doubtless re-
ceived its name in consequent of its
being located in the vicinity of the
mineral springs, hereafter described.
RIVERS AND STREAMS
The Nulhegan River runs across
the N. W. corner Of the town, dis
tance of about one mile and a half.
The greatest fall and most rapid
portion of the river is in Brunswick.
This river was the great thorough
fare of the Indians in their migra-
tiOns from the St. Lawrence waters
to the Atlantic Ocean; and the paths
they made in carrying their canoes
and other effects by the falls in this
town were very distinct at late day,
and at many places were discernible
at the time of building the Grand
Trunk Railroad in 1851, which passes
up this river.
Paul Stream is a beautiful stream
of pure and limpid water, taking it's
rise in the towns of CRANKY and Fer
dinand. In it's course through
Brunswick it contains many good
mill privileges. 1t was upon this
stream that the first mills in Bruns-
wick were built by Ithiel Cargill, as
before stated.
Wheeler Stream( "a tributary to the
Connecticut River) has two branches
called the north and south branch
that unite about half a mile from its
junction with said river. The north
branch rises in Notch Pond in the
town of Ferdinand formerly Wen
lock-, and after entering Brunswick
passes through Davis Pond and Den
mis- Pond. The south branch takes
its rise in the Great West Pond in
Maidstone, and after entering this
town runs through Great South and
Little ESOuth ponds before uniting
with the other branch.
Reuben Hawkins and Isaac Stew
ems in 1902 erected a saw-mill upon
this stream, which was burned in
1914 by fire that extended over the
surrounding hills and destroyed much
valuable pine timber.
These streams are celebrated for
the abundance of fish that formerly
frequented their waters, the Paul
stream for it's trout, and the Wheeler
stream for its suckers, affording
amusement and profit to those of
piscatorial habits, and being great
source of support to the early set
tiers.
CURIOSITIES
There are some three or four ma
tural curiosities in Brunswick which
perhaps rre worthy of notice. The
first that | shall mention is the
mineral spring or springs, as they
seem to issue from two or three
points. They are located in the
north-easterly part of the town, and
come forth from a high bank of the
Connecticut River, about so feet
from the waters of the river, and
perhaps 20 feet from the top of the
bank.
Their waters are strongly impreg-
mated with iron, sulphur, lead, and
perhaps silver, and a thick sediment
is formed upon every substance with
which the waters come in contact,
and in such quantities that bushels
could be obtained with little labor.
The volume of water discharged is
large, making quite a brook as it
leaps and tumbles down the hill into
the river. These springs have long
been celebrated for their medicinal
qualities, and at an early day some
rude structures were erected for the
invalids; and many have realized
permanent relief by bathing and
drinking of the waters, particularly
those of cutaneous or eruptive COM
plants The water emits a strong
sulphurous odor, is clear and cold,
and is used as a common beverage
in warm weather by persons residing
in their immediate vicinity. A. j.
Congdon, Esq, of Lancaster, N. H.,
has recently purchased a few acres
of land embracing the springs, in
anticipation of erecting a boarding
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