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INTRODUCTORY 
 
 When Roger Conaiit, that observing pioneer, sailed 
 along the Cape shore from Gloucester to the mouth of the 
 Naumkeag river, he saw the coast was one of no common 
 beauty. To his penetrating glance was revealed a land- 
 scape of fresh and charming lines, — the foreground a pic- 
 turesque coast, the distance filled by undulating hills that 
 lay soft hidden in the blue of a bright summer morning. 
 Conant was delighted. Seeking a spot where religion 
 should be as free as the air around, could he do better than 
 to plant a colony where every influence of nature seconded 
 his pious purpose ? Intolerance and bigotry could hardly 
 find place where every idling wind placed its veto on 
 slavery to anything. Conant needed no second thought, 
 and with the readiness of a man who appreciates, he at 
 once moved a portion of his little colony to the mouth of 
 the Naumkeag. 
 
 What Roger Conant gloried in two hundred and fifty 
 years ago, strikes the observer to-day with the same gentle 
 force ; whether he sails along the coast, or travels the cen- 
 tre of the Cape by the Eastern railway to Salem, Marble- 
 head, and Beverly haibors, acres of tiny forests, little 
 villas like diamonds in rich natural settings, broad and 
 undulating fields, glimpses of the sea, each and all contrib- 
 ute to paint a picture for the traveler that can scarce fade 
 from his memory. 
 
 From Newport to Portland a more dainty bit of natural 
 beauty it would be hard to find. And visitors to the north 
 
4 INTBOI?irCTOIlY. 
 
 shore of Massachusetts hay, let them come when they may, 
 never leave it without the resolve to return. How charm- 
 ingly Higginson has written of it in his Oldport Days, and 
 yet the immortality conferred on it there has not made it 
 known to the large mass of readers ; for Higginson wrote 
 as a poet, and the practical part, the unpoetical part of this 
 life, is wanting. Had he supplied this, no special pleading 
 for our heloved cape would have been needed. And 
 while we do not presume to place ourselves on a level with 
 that distinguished Avriter, we trust the work we submit to 
 the public in all modesty, may fill their needs, and satisfy 
 their thirst for knowledge. Woven with a description of 
 the localities the reader will find the more interesting 
 events of their histories, and, while not overlooking the 
 needs and certain aims of a guide book, we have endeav- 
 ored to obliterate as much as possible the dry matter-of- 
 factness of such productions. 
 
 Preface to Fourth Edition. This work was first 
 issued in May, 1879 ; a second edition w^as issued the same 
 season, and a third edition in May, 1880. We now submit 
 the fourth edition. The work has been substantially re- 
 written for this edition, and with each issue our endeavor 
 has been to correct, revise, and improve. The map which 
 accompanies the book this year, and for which w^e are in- 
 debted to Mr. Lucius Tuttle of the Eastern railway, will 
 be found a great improvement over that of 1880. 
 
 Salem, May, 1881. 
 
 Copyright by Benjamin D. Hill and Winfield S. Nevins, in the 
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MAEBLEHEAU. 
 
 Its Histoey — Old Landmarks— Clifton IIul^i^ — The 
 ISeck. 
 
 As the reader of tbis book turns over leaf after leaf and 
 recurs to the brief historical sketches of the towns along the 
 North Shore, he will note one peculiar fact in connection with 
 each, and one common to all. It is this: These towns which 
 are now popular summer resorts for the wealthy people of 
 Boston and elsewhere, were once fishing ports and the abodes 
 of that humble yeomanry who fight the battle of life amid 
 greater perils than those which surround the soldier himself. 
 Especially is this true of Marblehead. This old town has a 
 romantic history, and even to this day there is a tinge of 
 romance surrounding its every day life as there is of pictu- 
 resqueness overshadowing it topographically, It was deeded 
 to the white men by the Indians in 1684, for the sum of 
 £14, 13s. It was incorporated on May 2, 1649, as " Marble 
 Harbor," and is, therefore, one of the oldest towns in New 
 England. Previous to this it formed a part of Salem. Very 
 little fishing is now done by its citizens, the principal industries 
 being market-gardening, and the manufacture of boots and 
 shoes. Marblehead is a grand old town, and has a record for 
 devotion to the cause of liberty, of patriotism, and of courage 
 unsurpassed in history. The following interesting descrip- 
 tion of some objects of interest is from " Old Naumkeag" : 
 
 '' One of the curiosities of the village is its crooked, mean- 
 dering streets. The town was evidently settled without regard 
 to streets or boundary lines, each settler locating on some 
 ledge or rise of ground, wherever he pleased. Marblehead is 
 rich in landmarks of the past. There is the Mugford monu- 
 ment on Pleasant street near the Eastern depot; the Soldiers' 
 
8 MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 and Sailors' monument on Mugford street; tlie old Nortli 
 church, rich in historic associations; St. Michael's church, 
 built in 1714, still in a good state of preservation, and serving 
 the Episcopalians of Marblehead as a place of worship, and 
 whose second pastor, the Rev. David Mosson, subsequently 
 moving to Virginia, had the distinguished honor of marrying 
 George Washington and Mrs. Martha Custis. Also, the town 
 house, built in 1727, on the spot where the " gaol and cage'' 
 once stood ; the old powder house; parson Barnard's old resi- 
 dence, built in 1720; the house in which Elbridge Gerry was 
 born; the birthplace and early home of Judge Story; the 
 early home of good old parson Holyoke who left Marblehead 
 to take charge of Harvard college and win fresh laurels; the 
 old burial ground with its quaint tomb-stones bearing the 
 oddest of inscriptions. Then there is the famous old Lee 
 house, built by Hon. Jeremiah Lee at a cost of £10,000. It 
 was magnificently finished and some remains of its former 
 grandeur may be seen to-day in its spacious hall, carved 
 wainscotings and beautiful historic paper hangings. Towering 
 above all these monuments of the past is the new Abbot Hall, 
 a bequest from a generous native of the town, Benjamin 
 Abbot. Mr. Abbot's bequest amounted to oyer .$100,000, 
 and the hall cost $75,000. The sum of 820,000 was set apart 
 for a public library and reading room, of which strangers may 
 enjoy all privileges by depositing .$3 as security." In the 
 Abbot Hall reading room are several paintings of unusual 
 merit, especially the famous "Yankee Doodle," and in the 
 main hall one of Mr. Abbot. 
 
 On the outskirts of the village is the Devereux mansion, 
 where Longfellow wrote, in 1849, "Fire of Driftwood" : 
 
 •' We sat within the farm-house old, 
 
 Whose windows looking o'er tlie bay, 
 Gave to the sea-breeze, damp and cold, 
 
 An easy entrance night and day. 
 
 Not far away Ave saw tlie port. 
 
 The strange, old fashioned, silent town, 
 The lighthouse, the dismantled fort, 
 The wooden houses, quaint and broAvn. 
 
MARBLEHEAD. 9 
 
 The windows, rattling in their frames, 
 
 Tlie ocean roaring up tlie beach, 
 The gusty blast, the bickering flames, 
 
 All mingled with our speech." 
 
 As a summer resort, Marblehead lias no superior on the 
 Atlantic coast. Its bold and rocky shores extending far out 
 into the open sea, its cool, pure and invigorating air, its irreg- 
 ular cliffs, its green fields, its beautiful slopes and its pleasant 
 roads, make it a delightful retreat for such as seek genuine 
 rest and recreation. 
 
 The peninsula known as Marblehead Great Neck is one and 
 a quarter miles in length, and about a half a mile in width at 
 the widest point. Just before the first gun of the Revolution 
 was fired a company of "British regulars" was stationed on 
 its heights to overawe the people of the town and to compel 
 compliance with the restrictions which the British government 
 was attempting to enforce. But although the place was cool 
 and airy, the Marblehead boys who afterward composed the 
 "amphibious regiment" of Col. Glover made it so uncomfort- 
 ably warm for them that they soon deemed it expedient to 
 evacuate. The Neck is connected with the main land by a 
 narrow isthmus, along which the sea itself has constructed one 
 of the firmest fotuidations for a higliway by washing up a vast 
 line of boulders. In a storm the sea beats upon the ocean side 
 with tremendous force. There can hardly be conceived a 
 grander sight than is witnessed on this neck when a south- 
 easter gets at work in earnest. The ledges exposed to the 
 ocean are high, and in several places channels have been worn, 
 into which the water is driven in storms withsucli tremendous 
 force as to throw the spray often more than one hundred feet 
 into the air. The Neck is bounded on the one side by Massa- 
 chusetts bay and on the other side by Marblehead harbor, 
 and comprises every variety of shore. 
 
 The harbor, on the northwesterly side, between the Neck 
 and the village, is a half mile wide and is one of the best 
 yacht harbors on the coast. This fact has brought many 
 yachtsmen here to live and made the Neck the headquarters of 
 the Eastern yacht club, which built a club-house here during 
 
10 MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 1880. The view across the harbor is charming by day or night. 
 The quaint old town on its eternal foundation is the extreme 
 of picturesque, and reminds one of some ancient Italian villa 
 nestling on the banks of the Mediterranean and backed by 
 bold bluffs surmounted by a noble castle of the days of yore. 
 There too, are those sombre old Marblehead wharves, as solid 
 as the foundation on which stands the town. There, also, to 
 the eastward, is Peach's point, and on one side of it Fort Sew- 
 all, still maintained as a fortification under the care of a 
 gentlemanly sergeant. The view along the coast and out to 
 sea is grand in the extreme, taking in a full sweep of the ocean. 
 On the harbor side are Beverly, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and 
 Gloucester, with their variations of beach, bluff, and sloping 
 bank, the light-houses on Thatcher's island, and Eastern point, 
 ■while as the eye sweeps to the south it rests on Hospital point, 
 and Baker's island, Marblehead Neck light itself. Egg rock, 
 and Miuot's ledge lights, and the outer lights of Boston har- 
 bor. Swampscott, Lynn, and Nahant fade away to the west 
 and south into the dimly seen South Shore. 
 
 The bathing facilities are very good, although there is no 
 high rolling surf. As for fishing, the sea perch may be caught 
 from almost any point on the shore, and cod and other large 
 fish by rowing a short distance. The drives both on the Neck 
 and about the town generally, are very fine. A splendid high- 
 way encircles the entire territory of the Neck, affording one of 
 the grandest drives on the New^ England coast. On the main 
 land the roads through Marblehead, Swampscott, Lynn, Na- 
 hant, along Atlantic avenue. Ocean street, and Nahant beach 
 can hardly be surpassed in attractiveness. In the other direc- 
 tion the drives to Salem, where all its historic points may be 
 visited, thence along the Beverly and Cape Ann shore, are 
 equally pleasant. 
 
 Marblehead Neck, as a summer resort, is of about twenty 
 years' growth, attention having been called to its exceptionally 
 favorable location for health, seclusion and comfort about 
 1860. No great amount of building was done during the next 
 ten years, only a few small cottages being erected each year. 
 Mrs. E. D. Kimball of Salem was the first to erect a large resi- 
 dence, about 1873, and since then there has been a steady 
 improvement in the character of the cottages. The growth 
 
MARBLEHEAD. 11 
 
 of the settlement lias been remarkably rapid during tbe last 
 four or five years. 
 
 Finely made roads lead around and across the Neck ; tbe 
 lots are laid out on a liberal scale and the shore is reserved to 
 public uses ; no purchaser of shore lots having control of the 
 immediate beaches or cliffs. The greater part of the land 
 formerly belonged to the estate of the late Ephraim Brown, 
 and the remainder to Isaac C. Wyman, Esq., who is now one 
 of the trustees of the Brown property, together with Hon. 
 William D. Northend and George F. Flint, Esq. For some 
 time the sale of building sites and the settlement of the place 
 was suspended on account of disputed claims. But full settle- 
 ment of all controversies was made in 1878, and under the 
 energetic management of the trustees named, sales of building 
 lots to the amount of more than $100,000 have been made 
 since October, 1877. Many of the best lots still remain in the 
 market and may be purchased at rates within the means of the 
 average summer resident at the sea-shore. 
 
 It has been and is the desire of the trustees that the estate 
 be sold in good sized lots, so that the place may not become 
 too crowded for comfort ; but smaller lots are sold in particular 
 sections. The distance from the entrance upon the Neck to 
 Devereux station on the Swampscott branch railway is about 
 three-quarters of a mile. Barges connect with all the trains 
 during th(i summer months, and Capt. E. A. Pitman runs a 
 fine new steamer from the village across the harbor almost 
 hourly, and in connection' with all trains to and from Boston 
 and Salem. Trains run to Lynn and Boston over the Swamp- 
 scott branch and to Salem and points beyond via the Mar- 
 blehead branch, at frequent intervals; special Marblehead 
 express trains being run to and from Boston. There are a 
 large number of never failing springs of the purest water on 
 the Neck. Ice, milk, vegetables and provisions of all kinds 
 are supplied daily from wagons from the town. The team of 
 I. P. Harris & Co. of Salem visits Marblehead and the Neck daily 
 with every variety of groceries, so that residents can obtain all 
 these supplies without visiting the store at all, and rely upon a 
 prompt attendance to every order. These facilities are among 
 the most attractive of such summer resorts, relieving people of 
 one otherwise unpleasant feature. 
 
12 MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 Tlio residents have erected a pretty ball or chapel where 
 social gatherings, amusements, and Sunday services find a 
 conunon temple. Among the more costly residences are those 
 of Thomas Appleton, W. G. Barker, Mrs. Edward D. Kimball, 
 Edgar Harding, Charles O. Foster, John B. Brown, and W. H. 
 Sweet, the latter costing some $10,000, and one of the finest 
 on the coast. One of the finest buildings here is the East- 
 ern yacht club house on the harbor side. It is somewhat of 
 the Elizabethean style and painted bright red. 
 
 As we leave the Neck we turn to the left and drive along 
 Atlantic avenue, which leads to Swampscott and Lynn. The 
 Clifton House is on this avenue near the Swampscott line. 
 
 CLIFTON IIOUSK. 
 
 This is one of the oldest summer resorts on the North Shore 
 and in many respects has few equals. The location is peculiar- 
 ly favorable, combining both rocky cliffs and bathing beaches 
 in front, while broad, sloping lawns surround the house on all 
 sides. Connected with the establishment is one of the best 
 farms in Essex county, and all under the management of the 
 proprietor, Mr. Benj. P. Ware, the president of the Essex 
 County Agricultural society; so that fresh fruit, vegetables and 
 milk, the latter from a herd of premium Ayrshires, are con- 
 stantly at hand. Billiard room, bowling alley, and croquet 
 grounds make up the complement, The stairways and halls 
 
SALEM. 13 
 
 have been much improved daring the past year, and other ben- 
 elicial changes have been made. 
 
 The view from the piazza of the Clifton is unusually fine, 
 for it overlooks nearly all of Massachusetts bay enlivened by 
 the numerous shipping passing to and from Boston harbor, and 
 also ii view of four light-houses. The shores of Nahant, 
 Nanlasket and Cohasset are visible, and the various islands of 
 the bay, present, under certain atmospheric conditions, won- 
 derful and beautiful mirage effects resembling the palisades on 
 the Hudson. A particularly interesting feature near the 
 Clifton House, is "gun rock," a singular crevice four feet 
 wide and ten feet deep, extending fifty feet into the rock, 
 through which the waves are forced at times, spouting some 
 sixty feet hiijh. Mr. Ware's post office and telegraphic address 
 is Beach Bluff, Mass. 
 
 On the Salem side of the town are the residences of the 
 Crowninshields, Hon. J J. H. Gregory, and Mr. Ringe, the 
 hitter built in 1881. 
 
 SALEM. 
 
 A Condensed Guide to the City.— Places and Events 
 Connected avitii the Witchcraft Eka.— Public 
 Buildings and Places. — Business Houses. 
 
 Witchcraft. The first inquiry of the tourist on arriving 
 at Salem is for the localities and objects connected with the 
 witchcraft fanaticism. This delusion did not originate in 
 Salem as some people seem to think. As early as 1485, forty- 
 one aged women were burnt in Burlia on similar charges. One 
 inquisition in Piedmont condemned one hundred persons, and 
 in Ravensburg 48; five hundred were executed in Geneva in 
 1.515. There is some authority for saying that witchcraft was 
 a bugbear as early as 1200, and Demonology is almost as old as 
 
14 SALEM. 
 
 the human race. English history, from tlie time of Henry 
 VIII- down to 1712, is filled with accounts of trials and execu- 
 tions for alleged witchcraft manifestations. As late as 1645, 
 ninety persons were hanged under these charges, and previous 
 to that time the usual punishment was burning. Chief Justice 
 Holt was the first judge to protect the accused, and from that 
 moment the superstition declined * Nor was Salem the first 
 town in the new world where a belief in the superstition took 
 root, for cases occurred in Charlestown and Boston as early as 
 1648 and 1688. The records of the court at Salem show that 
 from 1652 to 1692 numbers of persons were charged in one. 
 form and another with being bewitched. Most of the trials, 
 convictions and executions took place in 1692. There is far 
 more reason for saying that the men who prepared and con- 
 ducted these infamous proceedings were possessed of the devil, 
 than that their innocent victims were. Neither science, nor 
 theology, nor history, nor "the best light they had in those 
 days," can excuse or palliate the infamy. It was downright 
 fiendishness, in proof of which look at the method of packing 
 the court and conducting the trials. 
 
 Among the places of note to be visited in this connection 
 are the following: The Old Jail, which stood where Abner C. 
 Goodell's residence now stands on Federal street near St. 
 Peter. Many of the accused were confined here while awaiting 
 a trial which was a mockery, and after trial, while awaiting 
 murder under the forms of law. Some works have stated that 
 Giles Corey was crushed to death here, but Upham says the 
 brutal affair took place in a field. The Witch House, so-called, 
 corner Essex and North streets, and sometimes designated 
 the Roger Williams house, and sometimes the Curwin house, 
 was occupied by Williams about 1635. Subsequently it became 
 the property of Judge Curwin. This building obtains its 
 notoriety from the oft repeated assertions that the witch trials 
 occurred here, but they did not. They were held in the court 
 house, on what is now Washington street. It is quite well 
 settled, however, that many of the preliminary examinations 
 of accused persons were held here. The fact that Roger 
 
 * Pop. Hist. U. S., p. 45, 2-5. 
 
SALEM. 15 
 
 Williams lived in tins house is sufficient to render it an object 
 of interest to every one. It is now occupied by a drugciist. 
 Witch Hill, or Gallows Hill, as it is often called, is one mile 
 from the centre of the town and may be reached by horse cars, 
 up Essex street to Nichols. On this hill, eighteen or nineteen 
 persons were judicially murdered to satisfy the whims of a 
 few puritan fanatics, for whom there is no more justification 
 than for the authors of the Spanish inquisition, or the tools of 
 Bloody Mary. Bridget Bishop was executed on June 10; 
 Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Goode and probably three others, on 
 July 19; John Willard, Rev. George Burroughs and John 
 Proctor about August 19; Martha Corey, wife of Giles Corey, 
 Ann Pudeator, Alice Parker, and five others on Sept 9, the 
 last executions which took place. In the court house on Fed- 
 eral street are numerous papers connected with witchcraft 
 trials, including the original warrants on which the victims 
 were arrested, tried and executed, and the pins with which the 
 witches are said to have tormented their victims. The trials 
 were hell in an old court house which stood at the head of the 
 railroad tunnel near Essex street. 
 
 Churches. IVie First Church, corner Washington and 
 Essex streets, is the most historic institution in Salem. The 
 present edifice is a pretty, domestic-gothic structure, sur- 
 mounted by two handsome towers. The auditorium and 
 pastor's study are on the second floor, and underneath is John 
 P. Peabody's great fancy goods and furnishing store, one of 
 the most extensive in Essex county, a jewelry store and the 
 Exchange bank. Here was erected the first church building in 
 Salem, about 1634, and here on this spot has generation after 
 generation worshipped in four successive edifices. Here, on 
 July 20, 1029, and Aug. G, of the same year, was formed the 
 first independent church organization in the new world. Other 
 church organizations existed in America prior to this, but tliey 
 were all effected in the old world. The history of the First 
 church at Salem is a part of the history of American civiliza- 
 tion. It constitutes the most important chapter in the eccle- 
 siastical history of the new world. On July 20, 1629, Samuel 
 Skelton was chosen pastor, and Francis Higginson, teacher. 
 On Aug. 6, following, deacons and ruling elders were chosen, 
 and the organization completed. Among the succeeding pas- 
 
16 SALEM. 
 
 tors have been Roger Williams, John Higginson, Hugh Peters, 
 Hon. Charles W. Uphara, Dr. Briggs, James T. Hewes, and 
 the present minister, Rev. Fielder Israel. For fuller informa- 
 tion the reader is referred to an address delivered by Mr. 
 Upham on Dec. 8, 1867, to the chapter in "Old Naumkeag" 
 on the "Settlement of Salem," and the "Sketch of Salem." 
 East (Unitarian), Brown street, opposite the common. Rev. 
 Geo. H. Hosmer, pastor. The first branch of the First church, 
 organized in 1718. The front of the present church edifice is 
 very imposing, with its two round towers. The interior is the 
 best specimen of pure gothic architecture to be found in Salem, 
 and one of the very few edifices in this city, public or private, 
 which has any attempt at architectural style. Tabernacle 
 (Congregational), corner Washington and Federal streets. 
 Founded in 17o5 by an unhappy division in the First church. 
 Rev. Samuel Fiske, the first pastor, seceded from the First 
 with more than half the members. In 1769 the church gov- 
 ernment became Presbyterian, but resumed Congregationalism 
 in 1784. The present house was built in 1854. Rev. DeWiLt S. 
 Clark is pastor. North (Unitarian), Essex street, between 
 North and Beckford. Rev. Edmund B. Willson, pastor. A 
 branch of the First, in 1770. The first house of worship stood 
 on the corner of Lynde and North streets, wliere Judge Lord's 
 house new stands. It was there that young Dr. Barnard, then 
 pastor, on a Sunday morning in 1775, dismissed the congrega- 
 tion that they might go down to North bridge and prevent the 
 progress of Col. Leslie. 
 
 St. Peter^s (Episcopal), corner Brown and St. Peter streets. 
 Erected in 1733, and first used on June 25, 1734. The fourth 
 church established in Salem. There was Episcopal preaching 
 in Salem as early as 1626, but it was very objectionable to most 
 of the people. As late as 1777 the legislature affixed a penalty 
 of £100 to the "crime" of reading the Episcopal service. The 
 present building is a good specimen of Gothic architecture; 
 built of granite, with a handsome castelated tower. The wil- 
 low tree, growing in one corner came from the grave of Bona- 
 parte, at St. Helena. Rev. Charles Arey, D. D., is rector. 
 
 The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic), Walnut 
 street has a fine interior, having beeii beautifully frescoed in the 
 
SALEM. 17 
 
 spring of 1881. The fine tower was erected in the fall of 1880, 
 and the mellow-toned bell first rang on St. Patrick's day, 1881. 
 The first Roman Catholic house of worship was erected in 1820. 
 In 1838 the attendance, which included the Catholics of the 
 adjoining towns, numbered about 150. Salem now has two 
 societies, the other being St. James_. on Federal street; and each 
 of the towns has a society. The South church on Chestnut 
 street, Rev. E. S. Atwood, has the finest spire in the city, and 
 the Universallst on Rust street, Rev. E. C. Bolles, has an 
 artistic interior. 
 
 Public Buildings. Plummer Hall, on Essex street, is the 
 seat of the Essex Institute and Salem Athenaeum, the most 
 important historical and educational institutions in Essex 
 county. The building occupied by these organizations, was 
 built with a fund of $30,000 bequeathed by Miss Caroline 
 Plummer to the Salem Athen?eum. The Institute was formed 
 in 1848 by a union of the Essex County Natural History society 
 with the Essex Historical society. Its objects are general and 
 varied. Perhaps the most important is that of local historical 
 discoveries and the preservation of everything relating to P^ssex 
 county history, and especially of the towns in this vicinity. 
 The Institute library numbers about thirty thousand bound 
 volumes, and 100,000 pamphlets and volumes of periodicals and 
 newspapers. Every book, manuscript, pamphlet, catalogue, 
 circular, etc., pertaining to local history, finds a welcome here. 
 Also, directories, and state and municipal registers and 
 records, not only in the county, but throughout the world. In 
 addition to the library field, or that of written instruction, the 
 Institute is doing an important work in oral and object educa- 
 tion through lectures, concerts, exhibitions and excursions and 
 field meetings. Hours 9 to 1 and 2.30 to 5. The Athenoeum is 
 purely a library institution, and contains about 17,000 volumes. 
 The Institute occupies the lower floor and the Athemeum the 
 upper. A small side-room on the first floor contains a rich 
 museum of curiosities from different parts of the world, called 
 the "historical collection." The large natural history collec- 
 tion originally belonging to the Institute, was turned over to 
 the Peabody Academy of science in 1867. It numbered at that 
 time 125,000 specimens. The Institute publishes "The Histor- 
 
18 SALEM. 
 
 ical Collections," "The Bulletin," and occasional pamphlets. 
 The libraries of the Essex Agricultural society and of the 
 Southern District Medical society are deposited in Plumraer 
 Hall. The main room occupied by the Athenaeum library is 
 extremely fine and contains some rare old works of art. In the 
 rear of Plummer Hall is the edifice first occupied by the First 
 church society, built in 1636. Everything connected with these 
 institutions will be shown to the visitor free. The- institute 
 and Athenaeum libraries are open from 9 to 1 A. M., 2.30 to 
 5 P. M. (6 in summer). 
 
 Peahody Academy of Science, Essex street, head of St. 
 Peter st. George Peabody gave $140,000 "for the promotion of 
 science and useful knowledge in the county of Essex," naming 
 nine eminent gentlemen as trustees. Of this sum $40,000 was 
 given for the East India Marine hall and the valuable museum 
 of that society. The remainder constitutes a permanent in- 
 vestment. The collections of the Essex Institute and East 
 India Marine society were then united, forming one of the 
 grandest collections in this country. The museum is open 
 free to the public everyday (Sundays excepted), and a neat 
 little catalogue will explain what is to be seen and where to find 
 it. Hours from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5. 
 
 City Hall, on Washington street, near Essex. Plain, low 
 brick building, with smooth granite front. The city of Salem 
 was incorporated on March 23, 1836, with Leverett Saltonstall 
 as mayor. The first city government was inaugurated in the 
 Tabernacle church. The city hall was first occupied on May 31, 
 1838. The interior of the hall is equally plain with the exte- 
 rior, save the Mayor's suite of rooms which is very handsomely 
 furnished, and the aldermanic chamber which is a beautiful 
 room. This room contains a fine portrait of Washington pre- 
 sented by Setli Low; and a small portrait of Mayor Saltonstall. 
 The council chamber contains portraits of Washington and 
 Nathaniel I. Bowditch. 
 
 School Buildings. The buildings of the State Normal 
 school, and also the Salem high school, and the Oliver primary 
 are on Broad street near Summer. None of them are models 
 of architectural skill or beauty. The Normal school building 
 
SALEM. 19 
 
 is a three-story brick structure, well adapted to the purpose for 
 which it is used. -This school was established by the Commou- 
 wealth in 1854. The city of Salem gave the site and erected 
 the building, receiving from the state therefor, $6000. Eichard 
 Edwards and Alpheus Crosby have been principals, and D. B. 
 Hagar, Ph. D., is the present principal. The school is exclusive- 
 ly for females. Salem's school houses do not reflect credit on a 
 
 STATE NOBJ[A.L SCHOOL. 
 
 city of wealth and intelligence, and are universally ill-adapted 
 to educational purposes. 
 
 The Custom House is on Derby street, at the head of Derby 
 wharf. It is a two-story brick building with ware-house in the 
 rear, and was built in 1819. The Customs collections in 
 Salem are very meagre now, only about $10,000 a year. For- 
 merly they were very large, an immense trade being carried on 
 with foreign ports in all parts of the world. The time was 
 when Salem had the most extensive commerce of any Ameri- 
 can port. During the quarter ending with Dec, 1807, the 
 duties at this port amounted to $511,000. In those days Derby 
 wharf was lined with merchant vessels from different ports of 
 the old world, sometimes two or three deep. Millions on mil- 
 lions of dollars' worth of goods have been landed here. The 
 old wharf is now fast passing away, the sides crumbling, and 
 warehouses falling. 
 
20 SALEM. 
 
 The Passenger Station of the Eastern railway, at the inter- 
 section of Norman and Front streets with Washington, is one 
 of the most imposing buildings in the city. It is built of rough 
 granite, and surmounted on the northerly end with two noble 
 square towers. The freight and passenger traffic of this road 
 at Salem is quite large. The passenger receipts average 
 $150,000 yearly, and the freight $250,000. Branch lines run 
 from here to Marblehead, to Danvers and Lawrence, and to 
 Cape Ann. At the Northern Depot, on the other side of the 
 city and at the opposite end of Washington street, trains go to 
 Lowell and Lawrence over the Salem and Lowell, and to 
 Lynnfield, Wakefield and Boston over the South Reading, a 
 branch of the Eastern. 
 
 The old Tovm House and market building, in Derby square, 
 is an historic edifice. It was built in 1816, at a cost of 
 $12,000, and was used by the town officials until the City hall 
 was built. The County Jail is on St. Peter street. It is a 
 small two-story granite building with jailer's house attached. 
 There are other Essex county jails at Lawrence and Nevvbury- 
 port. 
 
 The Court Houses, on Federal street, contain the offices 
 of all the county officials of Essex county, save the registry of 
 deeds for the northern district, which is at Lawrence. There 
 are two buildings. The older one, built in 1841, contains the 
 county offices and the probate court room. The other, built in 
 1861, is where the supreme judicial and superior courts are 
 lield. Sessions of the superior court are also held at Lawrence 
 and Newburyport. Sessions of probate court are held at Salem, 
 Newburyport, Lawrence, and Haverhill. The new court room 
 contains the great portrait of Chief Justice Shaw, by Hunt, the 
 artist's undoubted masterpiece; a smaller portrait of Judge 
 Otis P. Lord of Salein, now on the supreme bench, and a still 
 smaller one of Judge Putnam. 
 
 Noted Houses and Private Residences. There are 
 no striking specimens of exterior architecture among Salem 
 houses, although there are many fine old mansions in the 
 town, like the Pickering house on Broad street, built by John 
 Pickering in 1650. It is now owned by one of his descendants, 
 John Pickering. Timothy Pickering, scholar, lawyer, jurist. 
 
SALEM. 21 
 
 soldier and statesman was born here. Kern wood, the residence 
 of Mr. S. E. Peabody, is a charminEj place, as is the estate of 
 Mr. C. A. Ropes in the same section. Judge Endicott's house, 
 No. 365 Essex street, is a fine specimen of the old-time Salem 
 mansion. The residence of Mr. James P. Cook on Bridge 
 street is attractive without and within, and contains a rich 
 collection of works on China, one of the finest in this country. 
 House No. 12 Lynde street, the residence of Hon. Wm. D. 
 Northend, was once the home of Rufas Choate. 
 
 The Hawthorne House, No. 21 Union street, the house in 
 which the great romance writer was born, should be visited. 
 It is an old-fashioned, two-story gambrel-roof house with a 
 monster chimney in the centre. Hawthorne was born in the 
 northeast corner room, on July 4, 1804. He also lived in a 
 large old house which stood on Herbert street, and now stands 
 in back toward Union street. One of his favorite haunts was 
 the old Ingersoll house at the foot of Turner street, frequently 
 designated The House of Seven Gablefi. It is claimed on the 
 one hand that this house, which has many gables, and in those 
 days had more, suggested to Hawthorne the name of his now 
 famous romance. On the other hand it is alleged that he once 
 said he had no particular house in view. This we can hardly 
 construe literally. The story was given to the world as a local 
 romance. The opening chapter more nearly describes this 
 house than any other in Essex county. We know, too, that 
 Hawthorne passed much of his time there. 
 
 Historic Localities. At North Bridr/e, on North street, 
 the citizens of Salem met Col. Leslie and three hundred 
 British regulars on Feb. 26, 1775. Leslie was after some 
 cannon whick were stored in North Salem. He landed in 
 Marblehead and marched to Salem. The citizens met him at 
 North bridge and told him he could not proceed. A compro- 
 mise was finally effected by which Leslie was allowed to march 
 his men across the bridge and then return to Marblehead and 
 embark for Boston. Thus ended the first armed resistance to 
 England's power, without bloodshed. Harmony Grove, in 
 North Salem, is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in this 
 country. It contains sixty-five acres of land, the western 
 portion extending into Peabody. In summer, the cemetery is 
 
22 SALEM. 
 
 charming with its flowers and plants and foliage. The gate- 
 way, a rustic arch of stone, is worthy of attention, and many 
 of the monuments and pieces of s^culpture are very beautiful. 
 George Peabody, the London banker and philanthropist, is 
 buried here. In Charter street cemetery were buried Hillard 
 Yeren and Martha Corey of witchcraft fame, Richard Derby, 
 Warwick Pal fray, Benjamin Lynde, Simon Forrester and 
 Deliverance Parkman, and in the Broad street cemetery Sheriff 
 Corwin of Witchcraft fame. 
 
 Hotels. Many years ago Ezekiel Hersey Derby owned 
 nearly all the land in South Salem, it being then unsettled. 
 Here he built a fine summer residence. That residence is now 
 the Lafayette House, a most charmingly situated hotel, quiet 
 and secluded. The surroundings are equally attractive. The 
 house is in some respects old-fashioned, but it is that old 
 fashion which we may well wish might never depart — the old 
 fashion of comfort. The Lafayette is on the direct road be- 
 tween Salem and Swampscott, Marblehead and Lynn. Chai'les 
 F. Kelly is proprietor. The Farrafjut House on Derby Square 
 is another hotel of excellent standing. Mr. James H. Ander- 
 son, the proprietor, renovated and refurnished it in 1880, 
 making it one of the neatest "down-town" hotels in the city, 
 and he has placed it on a high plane. The house has a num- 
 ber of fine, large, and elegantly furnished rooms on the 
 second floor, where are also the office, dining hall, and three 
 public parlors, with reading room. The rooms are heated by 
 steam, an especial recommendation to its patrons. 
 
 Business Houses. We will note here briefly a few of the 
 many business houses of Salem. There are two monthly, two 
 weekly, two semi-weekly and one daily, papers published : 
 namely, Peabody's Fireside Favorite, Conrad's Pavilion, 
 Observer and Post, Register and Gazette (Mercury, weekly 
 edition), and Daily Evening News. The first two are adver- 
 tising mediums. The Observer is located on the corner of 
 Essex and Washington streets, where it has been for many 
 years. In the same block is H. P. Ives' bookstore, where may 
 also be found house paper and all kinds of stationery. The 
 Gazette is in the large Hale block. The Register is in the 
 
SALEM. 23 
 
 historic Hawthorne building, corner Central and Essex streets, 
 where it has been published many years. The building has 
 been recently remodelled and the lower floor is now occupied 
 by the Shawmut hat store, one of the largest in the county, 
 managed by Geo. H. Smith. The Osbornes occupied this store 
 for some fifty years. Near here, on the corner of Essex and 
 St. Peter streets is located the new and enterprising firm of 
 Merrill & Mackintire, dealers in stationery and room paper. 
 Close by their store is Frank Cousins' dry and fancy goods 
 store, filled with an almost endless variety. It is known as the 
 Beeh-ive. The site occupied by this store was formerly William 
 Gray's garden. 
 
 At 198 Essex street is the jewelry store of Geo. A. Collins, 
 who makes a specialty of repairing watches and clocks, and 
 restoring antique articles. In Holyoke building, at the head 
 of the tunnel is J. G. Lowery's fine art store. There is nothing 
 in the matter of fine arts which is not represented here. Mr. 
 Lowery has had many years' experience and is an expert in the 
 business. He also frames all kinds of pictures. His rooms 
 are well worth a visit. In Brown block, next the Observer 
 office, we find C. II. & J. Price, the pharmacists. They have one 
 of the most extensive establishments in Essex county; next 
 door is C. M. Buffum's large hardware store. On the floor 
 above is Dr. A. S. Dudley's dental rooms. The doctor has 
 performed some of the most wonderful pieces of work in the 
 manufacture of artificial palates, noses, and teeth. Hon. W. D. 
 Northend, of the Essex bar, is also located here, and above is 
 Brooks' book bindery. Immediately opposite and under the 
 First church is John P. Peabody's elegant store, where the 
 ladies can find about everything their most fastidious tastes 
 can crave, and even gentlemen can be accommodated in many 
 lines. It is really surprising how any one can put so many 
 articles, and such a variety, in the space which this store occu- 
 pies. Mr. Peabody has grown into the business froin small 
 beginnings, and knows every diverging branch. His store is 
 well worthy to occupy the site of the historic "first church 
 organized in the new world." Speaking more in detail, it is 
 not merely a common dry goods store, but to no small extent 
 a jewelry store, a millinery store, and a ladies' furnishing 
 
24 SALEM. 
 
 goods store. It is such establishments as these that help build 
 up a small city, because they bring to it business from our 
 suburban towns. 
 
 To any one seeking anything in the furniture line Salem 
 offers unusual inducements. We find in close proximity, on 
 Essex street, the two best establishments — the best in Essex 
 county. At the corner of Barton Square and Essex streets, next 
 the Barton Square church, are Haskell & Lougee. It is 
 useless to speak in detail of the place, because everything in 
 their line of business will be found here. Just beyond, at the 
 corner of Essex and Crombie streets and near Mechanic Hall, 
 is the new and commodious store of W. C. Packard & Co. 
 This store was burned early in 1881 and rebuilt at once, and 
 reopened on May 4, following. It is now one of the finest 
 buildings on the street. Here, too, is a full assortment of the 
 choicest furniture. The old ''Ship Tavern," subsequently 
 known as the Mansion House, occupied the site on Essex 
 street at the head of Central street, now occupied by the great 
 dry goods house of Almy, Bigelow & Webber. John Gedney 
 kept the old tavern in the 17th century; subsequently it was 
 kept by John Stacey; in 1693 we find it kept by Francis Ellis, 
 and still later by Henry Sharpe. John Turner built the 
 Mansion House in 1748, and it was occupied successively by 
 Judge Andrew Oliver and Capt. Nathaniel West. It was opened 
 as a public house in 1833, and burned on June 8, 1859. It 
 was succeeded by the West block, which was enlarged and 
 remodelled in 1880. The firm of A. B. & W. was estabished 
 in 1858, and occupied West Block in 1802. The lower floor is 
 1.55 feet by G5; the second floor, nearly as large, is occupied 
 by the same establishment, and also a portion of the third 
 story. The floors of this store cover an area of one acre. 
 Goods are manufactured here in the store. The line covers 
 dry and fancy goods, ladies' and gentlemen's furnishing goods, 
 dl-ess goods, millinery, carpets, and custom work. James F. 
 Almy, Walter K. Bigelow, William G. Webber, E. A. Annable, 
 and C. R Washburn constitute the firm. David Conrad, on 
 Essex street, near St. Peter street, has one of the finest blocks 
 in the city since it was rebuilt in 1880. His " Pavilion" ranks 
 among the best stores in the city. Charles A. Ropes, at the 
 
SALEM NECK. 25 
 
 foot of Central street, has probably the largest grain and hay 
 store in Essex county. On North street, at No. 8, F. A. Wen- 
 dell has one of the best plumbing establishments in the city. 
 Richardson & Waters, on Essex street, near the market, are 
 hardware dealers of experience. 
 
 SALEM NECK. 
 
 Juniper Point. — Winter Island. — The Willows. — A 
 Pleasant Sea-Shore Settlement. 
 The growth of Salem Neck is somewhat phenominal. Ten 
 years ago the greater portion of the land was used as a pasture, 
 although there were a few small summer cottages, and under 
 the Willows a few children played. Seven or eight years ago 
 several Lowell people came over here from Marblehead, where 
 they had previously summered, and built some small cottages. 
 In 1873, 4 and .5, the number of summer sojourners increased, 
 and during the latter year Mr. Daniel B. Gardner, of Salem, 
 purchased that section then known as the Allen farm, contain- 
 ing about 42 acres, and laid out lots and streets. During the 
 past six years, he has been unremitting in his efforts to improve 
 the " Juniper" settlement, beautifying it with trees and foun- 
 tains. Water, gas and the indispensable telephone are in 
 place. This settlement contains about 100 houses, and in 
 July and August the population numbers nearly 800 people. 
 In 1880, Mr. Gardner opened a branch grocery store for the 
 accommodation of residents, while butchers, bakers, ice-men, 
 milk-men and all the attendants of city life are to be found. 
 The locality is healthy, pleasant and comfortable. The ocean 
 in front, and a salt water cove in the rear, purify the atmos- 
 phere and temper the air. Across the cove is Winter island. 
 This island is the property of the Plummer farm school. 
 
Boston k Northern Telephone Co. 
 
 [General Offices at Salem, Mass.] 
 
 This company affords telephonic communication between 
 Boston and all the principal cities and towns of Essex 
 county,Mass. , and Kockingham county, N. II., over its 
 own lines, and by connecting lines to the chief cities of 
 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Ehode Island. Offices 
 are now open on our lines in the following places : — 
 
 Boston, 
 
 Liyuii, 
 
 Nahant, 
 
 Svvampscott, 
 
 8alem, 
 
 Peabody, 
 
 South Peabody, 
 
 Beverly, 
 
 Marblehead, 
 
 Daiivers, 
 
 Tapleyville, 
 
 Daiiversport, 
 
 We 11 ham, 
 
 Hamilton, 
 
 Topsfield, 
 
 Middle ton, 
 
 Essex, 
 
 Gloucester. 
 
 Rockpoil, 
 
 Ipswich, 
 
 Newburypoit, 
 
 Aniesbury, 
 
 N. Hampton, N.H., 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H., 
 
 Newmarket, N. H., 
 Exeter, N, H., 
 1 awrence. 
 North Andover, 
 South Aiidover, 
 Methuen, 
 
 Manchester, N. 11., 
 Lowell, 
 Haverhill, 
 Groveland, 
 Georgetown, 
 Newton, I\. H. 
 
 Our Principal Offices are Open Bay and Night. 
 
 We connect with the lines to Worcester, Springfield, Fitch- 
 burg, Providence, and other cities and towns. 
 Offices will soon be opened in Concord, Nashua, Keene, Dover, 
 and Great Falls, N. H. 
 
 Rates always Lower than by Telegraph. 
 
 A message rate jpermits five minutes'' communication^ dur- 
 mg which time more can he said than in 500 words in tele- 
 graphic communication. 
 
 Storea, oflaces, residences, etc., connected, witli our 
 different Exctiang-es at reasonable rates. Private lines 
 built and equipped. 
 
 A. D. SWAN, Pres't. 
 Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 C. SANDEES, Treas'r. 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
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SALEM NECK. 27 
 
 save a small section belonging to the general government for 
 light-honse purposes, and the ruins of old Fort Pickering. The 
 frigate Essex, one of the most historic ships of the American 
 navy, was built here in 1799. 
 
 The " Willows " section of the Neck, is, perhaps the more 
 historical. Felt says that Salem Neck was occupied by fisher- 
 men as early as 1637, at the " point of rocks" on the present 
 Rowell farm near the Eowell homestead. The Hawthornes 
 owned land here at one time. On the left is the Salem city 
 farm, extending along the shore to the Willows. The Alms- 
 house, a large brick building, erected in 1815, stands at the 
 extremity of a lane leading off the main street to the left. A 
 little further along on the main avenue, and near the top of 
 the hill, is a building used as a public pest-house in case 
 of epidemic. Just beyond, on the brow of the hill, stands 
 Fort Lee, now dismantled and crumbling away. A fort was 
 built here as early as 1699, and has existed in one condition and 
 another down to the present time. In 1775 Gen. Henry Lee 
 rebuilt it and mounted guns on it. Hence the name. After 
 the war of the revolution and the war of 1812-14 it was aban* 
 doned by the general government. It was again rebuilt during 
 the fratricidal strife of 1801-5. The "Willows" through the 
 liberality of the city and the enterprise of theNaumkeag street 
 railway company has been admirably adapted to the public 
 wants. Here are seats, booths, pavilions, fountains and paths 
 to make pleasant the afternoon. There are some half dozen 
 little dining places on the public grounds where fish dinners or 
 lunches can be had at most reasonable prices. There are none 
 of the" swindling prices so often charged at the sea-shore. 
 Steamers often make trips down the harbor and pleasure boats 
 are always to be had. Time was when this locality was a mere 
 waste without a building on it. The only path leading here 
 was a rough and crooked lane. Now all is changed. A broad 
 highway and a line of street cars make the journey short and 
 pleasant, either on foot, or in a private carriage or public con- 
 veyance. All this has been done in the face of unexplainable 
 opposition on the part of some citizens and members of the 
 past city governments. As an event of a somewhat remarka- 
 ble nature in this connection, and as showing how some men 
 
28 DRIVES AROUND SALEM. 
 
 are so constituted that they dislike to see any improvements, 
 either because the idea did not originate in their barren minds 
 or because they would seek cheap glory as (penny-wise and 
 pound foolish) economists, it is due to history to record that a 
 Salem councilman, in the spring of 1879, would not favor an 
 appropriation for shade trees at the Neck unless it provided for 
 closing the restaurants at 8 P. M., and prohibited the band 
 from playing in the evening. Of course such obstruction as 
 this could not effect much, though, — 
 
 "Its proper sphere to hurt, each creature feels, 
 Bulls aim their horns, and asses kick their heels." 
 
 And, to-day, the land which, in 1873, was taxed for $9800, is 
 assessed for more than $100,000. The Naumkeag street rail- 
 way company has made vast improvements at the Willows 
 during the past two years. In 1879, this company erected a 
 4arge and handsome pavilion at the terminus of its track. 
 
 DRIVES AROUND SALEM. 
 
 To Wenham axd Hamilton — Ciiebacco. — ScNTAra 
 Lake. — The Danvers Asylum. — Spkinci Mansion. — 
 
 SWAMPSCOTT AND NAUANT. — MARBLEHEAD. 
 
 The roads in the vicinity of Salem present unusual attrac- 
 tions for carriage driving, that between Salem and Gloucester 
 beiag unsurpassed by any in New England. It will be found 
 fully outlined further on, and, therefore, need not be described 
 here. Another pleasant drive is made through Beverly, Wen- 
 ham, Hamilton and Ipswich. Crossing Beverly bridge, turn 
 to the left on to Kantoul street, shortly after entering the 
 town, which follow to the railroad crossing. Here take the 
 road leading to the reservoir and Salem water works, which is 
 open until 6 P. M. The gate leading to the reservoir itself is 
 
DRIVES AROUND SALEM. 29 
 
 open afternoons. This reservoir is 400 feet square and holds 
 20,000,000 gallons. The road continues to the highway and 
 thence to the pumping station on the shore of Wenham 
 lake, from which Salem and Beverly obtain their water supply. 
 The lake covers an area of 320 acres and contains the purest 
 water to be found in the Commonwealth. The works were set 
 in motion on Dec. 25, 1868. Returning to the public road, we 
 conti)iue along the side of the lake to Wenham village, one of 
 the purest types of a ^Tew England village in existence. The 
 town of Wenham Avas the first of the several towns to be 
 detached from ancient ISTaumlvcag. Hugh Peters preached 
 here in 1036. At the church two roads diverge: That to the 
 Ipft leadis to Asbury Grove, the Methodist camp ground, and 
 that to the right through the main street of the village. Both 
 will ultimately lead us to the railway station, from whence we 
 may go to Hamilton village and Ipswich. A branch railway 
 runs from here to Essex. There is some charming rural 
 scenery between here and Ipswich. The camp-meeting ground, 
 mentioned above, contains some three hundred residences and 
 thirty society tents, and in summer has a population varying 
 from five hundred to two thousand during camp-meeting week. 
 Between Wenham depot and Hamilton village we pass the 
 residence of Miss Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamilton"). It is 
 the old Dodge tomestead, and stands back some distance from 
 the street on the left, just before entering the village. One 
 may go from here to Ipswich along a road lined with thrifty- 
 looking farm buildings, or keep to the right and visit Chebacco 
 lakes. 
 
 This secluded spot is certainly one of the most delightful on 
 the North Shore. A retired, quiet nook in the woods, ap- 
 proached by a charming shaded driveway leading to a group of 
 as lovely sheets of water as ever the sun shone on. The 
 fishing and boating is unsurpassed, and the scenery strikingly 
 romantic. At the Chebacco House, Messrs. Whipple and Sons 
 can prepare the best dinners or suppers to be eaten in the 
 country. The spring chicken dinners furnished here have a 
 more than local reputation. The home trip may be made 
 through Beverly back roads or through Manchester woods and 
 up along tlie Beverly shore. If by the former, the drive will 
 
30 DRIVES AKOUND SALEM. 
 
 be about twenty miles altogether; if by the latter about seven- 
 teen. There is also a new road from the Dustan place in 
 Beverly to Chebaeco, back of the lakes. Between Beverly 
 proper and Pride's crossing the " back road" will be found 
 fully equal to the shore road. We shall not give minute direc- 
 tions because it is immaterial which way one drives; instinct 
 ■will lead in the general direction of Salem, and half the 
 romance is in striking boldly into any of the beautiful forest 
 roads and following their winding course to the end. 
 
 Perhaps the best inland drive is to Lynnfield and Suntaug 
 lake. Go up Essex and Boston streets to Peabody, then out 
 Foster street to Washington. The second house from the 
 junction of the streets — the two-story yellow one — is the house 
 in which George Peabody was born on Feb. 15, 1795. A 
 short distance beyond, take the right hand road, which leads 
 through a thriving farming community. The h\rge farm 
 with a handsome white dwelling house is Charles Goodrich's. 
 On the hill beyond is Ship-rock, the largest boulder in the 
 country east of the Mississippi, save one in North Carolina. 
 It is 40 feet by 20, and 30 in height and is owned by the 
 Essex Institute. The large brick house surrounded by a flour- 
 ishing farm is the Peabody alms-house. A mile or so farther on 
 note the two rows of ash trees on either side of the highway 
 along the Bryant estate; and just beyond, the most charming 
 arch made by a double line of locust trees bordering the Gen. 
 "NTewhall estate. The road by which we enter South Lynnfield 
 village crosses the Boston and Newburyport turnpike and con- 
 tinues on to Wakefield. Making a sharp turn to the right, on 
 the turnpike, by the old Lynnfield hotel, drive past the charm- 
 ing English villa of David P. Ives; then turning into the 
 grove, by the road to the left, pass the residence of Henry 
 Saltonstall and the Swiss villa of Francis Appleton. These 
 are all summer residences, overlooking the beautiful Suntaug 
 lake (formerly known as Humphrey's pond). They are de- 
 lightful retreats surrounded by groves, parks and lawns. Just 
 beyond Mr. Appleton' s, enter upon the turnpike and return to 
 Locust street, through that to the Lynn road, which follow, 
 along a rough but picturesque country road, to Wyoma, a sec- 
 tion of Lynn. Turn to the left, pass the Catholic cemetery 
 
DEIYES AROUND SALEM. 31 
 
 (formerly a trottiug park), the residence of Mr. John L. 
 Shorey, Brown's pond, on the left, and beyond, on the right, 
 in Peabody, look for the Shillaber homestead. The road to 
 Cedar grove cemetery leads off to the right. To Peabody 
 village by way of Washington street completes the trip. 
 
 The state lunatic hospital on Hathorne hill, Danvers, should 
 be visited by all who get as near to it as Salem, because it is a 
 building of gigantic proportions. It can be reached by rail, 
 from the Eastern depot (11.30 A. M., or 12.45 nn^i -^ 40 P. M.) 
 or by carriage. It is eight miles distant from 8alem. Go 
 through Salem to Danversport. The point of land between 
 the two rivers here was originally a grant to Gov. Endicott, 
 who was probably, the first land-holder in the limits of Dan- 
 vers. Just to the left of here, on a cross road, is the old Endi- 
 cott iiear tree, undoubtedly the oldest cultivated fruit tree in 
 the country. Drive through the pleasant village, turning to the 
 left, by the church, and continue a mile and a half, passing 
 through the Plains village. Here the Peabody institute, anoth- 
 er of George Peabody's monuments, may be visited. It is 
 pleasantly located amidst a forest of shrubbery and flowers. 
 Two miles further on is Hathorne hill. The surroundings of 
 the hospital, including the walks, drives, terraces, farm build- 
 ings, and everything connected with the institution, are most 
 perfectly arranged. The state owns 197 1-2 acres of land. The 
 extreme elevation of the hill is 2.57 feet above sea level. The 
 hospital building is of brick, four stories, in the domeslic-goth- 
 ic style of architecture, that meaningless style after which so 
 many of our j)ublic edifices are built. It is finished in the 
 most lavish manner and yet for want of some strong distinc- 
 tive architectural style does not impress the visitor in the re- 
 motest degree. It is divided into nine sections, an administra- 
 tion building in the centre, and four wings on either side, each 
 falling back some fifty feet or more. The distance from the two 
 extreme points is 1180 feet. ISTear here is the stone mansion 
 of J. E. Spring, (built 1880-1) which cost about $80,000, one 
 of the finest in New England. Near the Spring mansion lives 
 John G. Whittier, in a charming retreat just off the highway. 
 From the Asylum return to Salem through Peabody, passing 
 the Parris house of witchcraft fame, the Collins house and 
 other points of minor interest. 
 
32 DEIVES AROUND SALEM. 
 
 Swampscott, Lynn and Nahant may be inclosed in a pleas- 
 ant drive of twenty miles, includins; return. Lafayette St. to 
 the Lynn road, Sea View ave., to Hotel Preston, around the 
 hotel, main road to Ocean ave., which follow to the old Phillips' 
 homestead in Swampscott; keep to the left and drive around by 
 the shore, to the Ocean and Lincoln houses, through the village 
 to Ocean ave., Lynn; out of this to Lynn beach and to Nahant; 
 drive entirely around the peninsula and return along the beach 
 road, a most delightful spot, to Lynn again. Take Nahant 
 street to Broad, then to Chatham and by Chatham to Essex, 
 and back to Salem over the Forest river road. Arrange to be 
 betw^een Hotel Preston and Nahant from 5 to 6 P. M., when 
 the avenues are alive with fine turnouts. Another drive, com- 
 prising a portion of the above, but much shorter, is to Marble- 
 head village, around through Barnegat to the Salem harbor 
 side. Keturning through the town to Devereux station, go to 
 the Neck (elsewhere described). Drive around the Neck and 
 back to the station, then turn to the left, follow Ocean avenue 
 to the Clifton House, and then home through the ilawthorne- 
 lined avenue fj-om Clifton station, the Lynn road and Salem and 
 Marblehead road. This covers a distance of about twelve 
 miles. 
 
 These drives may be varied somewhat to suit the taste, and, 
 in fact, one who is not limited as to time and has no special 
 point in view cannot do better than to strike out utterly re- 
 gardless of any one route and drive wherever inclination shall 
 lead on the spur of the moment. Teams for these drives may 
 be obtained at W. S. Jones' on Front street, near the police 
 station ; also at Smith & Manning's on Essex street. 
 
PBABODY. 
 
 Chukciies—Schooliiouses— Other Public Buildings — 
 Business Houses— Peabody Institute — Statistical. 
 Among the pleasant and thriving towns in the vicinity of 
 Salem is Peabody. Turning from Essex street to the right 
 into Boston street and passing through that portion of Salem 
 know^n as Blabber Hollow, so called from the odor of the 
 blubber used in olden times for stutiing leather, we come to a 
 large elm tree, known as the "big tree." At its base is a 
 stone dated " June ye 7, 1707," which is supposed to be the date 
 when this monarch of the forest was located here. A flowing 
 drinking fountain for man and beast was placed here in 1880 
 that furnishes a copious supply of pure water summer and 
 winter. This formerly marked the limits of Salem on the 
 right. On the left Salem extended to Lynn line. A few years 
 ago the lines were changed, and now both sides are Salem, to 
 near the upper end of the old burying ground on the right. 
 This is probably the oldest cemetery in the town, and is 
 noted as the burial place of Eliza Wharton. No directions 
 are needed by strangers seeking the grave, as a well worn 
 path leads to the spot. The foot stone and a large part of the 
 head stone have been carried away in chips by relic-hunters. 
 What is said to be the the oldest stone in the cemetery stands 
 nearly facing the entrance under a wild cherry tree and bears 
 this inscription, "Here lyes ye body of James Gyles aged 
 about 10 years Decease ye 20 of May, 1089." The fine row of 
 elm trees that front the cemetery were set out in 1843. The 
 first house is that of Nathaniel Annable, the village black- 
 smith, whose anvil still responds to his sturdy blows as it has 
 from father and son for a century in its present location. On 
 the opposite side of Main street is the old burial ground of the 
 Quakers, or Friends, who were largely represented in this town 
 in olden times. A few of the families still reside in the town, 
 2* 
 
34 
 
 PEABODY. 
 
 The large mansion on the hill, in the rear, is the residence of 
 Gen. Wm. Sutton, whose lands extend as far as the eye can see. 
 On the left of Main street stands the Wallis schoolhouse, on 
 Sewall street, huilt in 18G9. It has 11 teachers and 590 pu- 
 pils. On the right of Main street, the building occupied as a 
 drug store belongs to the heirs of the late Dr. Joseph Shed, a 
 prominent member of Jordan Lodge of Masons, and who built 
 a hall in it for the use of the lodge. This lodge was formed in 
 the old town of Danvers in 1778, bat afterward given up, its 
 records, charter, &c., being destroyed by fire in 1808. In 
 September, 1808, another charter was obtained and a new 
 lodge formed. It bas continued ever since, and now has an 
 elegant hall in the Warren bank building. Passing on up 
 Main street, by the old Danvers bank on the corner of Hoi ten 
 street, we come to the junction of Main and Washington 
 streets, where stands the monument. This marks the spot 
 from which Capt. Foster marched his men to Lexington, April 
 19, 1775, when seven of them were killed. It is of Danvers 
 
 THE MONUMENT AND OLD BELL TAVERN. 
 
 granite, 22 feet higb, 7 feet square at the base, and was erected 
 in 1835. The old Bell tavern stood on what is now the lawn 
 in front of the residence of Hon. A. A. Abbot. In the west 
 
PEABODY. 35 
 
 front chamber Eliza Wharton lived and died in 1788. Over the 
 door on the west front was a quaint old sign that read : 
 
 " I'll toll yoii in If you have need, 
 
 Feed you well and bid you speed." 
 
 Over the other door was the sign : 
 
 " Francis Symonds makes and sells 
 The best of chocolate also shells." 
 
 A short distance up Washington street, stands the Methodist 
 church, organized in 1836. In 1880 a deserted pottery on 
 Washington street was turned into a chapel, and in 1843 this 
 church was purchased of the South Congregational society by 
 the late Timothy Walton, and removed here from the square, 
 the monument being moved to allow it to pass. On the oppo- 
 site corner is the residence of C. B. Farley, Esq. Above this 
 the residence of J. A. Lord, Esq., formerly that of the late 
 Hon. John W. Proctor. Adjoining this is the harness making 
 establishment of Thomas F. Hutchinson, where may be found 
 a good stock of harness materials, &c. Returning to Main 
 street, the large brick store opposite stands on a portion of the 
 old Southwick estate, noted as being the place where tanning 
 was commenced about 1750. It is occupied by the young and 
 enterprising firm of Bushby & Co., who do a very extensive 
 business in choice family groceries, &c. The handsome resi- 
 dence adjoining is that of Benj. S. Wheeler. A few steps 
 farther and we come to Peabody Institute, founded by the late 
 George Peabody, on June 16, 1852, the one hundredth anni- 
 versary of the division of the town from Salem. It Avas built 
 in 1853-4 of brick, with freestone trimmings, 128x50 feet, and 
 contains a library of 21,000 volumes, and a lecture hall that 
 will accommodate nearly 1000 persons, A full length oil paint- 
 ing of the town's benefactor hangs in the lecture room, with 
 portraits of Rufus Choate and Edward Everett. In the library 
 can be seen an oval miniature of Queen Victoria, presented to 
 Mr. Peabody by her Majestj^ It is painted on a plate of solid 
 gold, 14 by 10 inches, and bears the inscription, " Presented 
 to George Peabody, Esq., the benefactor of the poor in Lon- 
 don" ; also two gold boxes, the Peabody Educational medal, 
 autograph letters and other presents, of which the aggregate 
 value is more than $50,000. Mr. John H. Teague was janitor 
 
30 TEABODY. 
 
 from 1854 until his decease Dec. 4, 1880. John D. McKeaii 
 succeeded him. It was from here that the remains of George 
 Peabody were taken to their final resting place on Locust Path 
 in Harmony Grove, on February 8, 1870. He died in Lon- 
 don Nov. 4, 1869. In the rear of the Institute is the Eben 
 Dale Sutton Reference library, given to the town by Mrs. Eliza 
 Sutton, whose name will ever be revered by all citizens of 
 Peabody for the beautiful and useful gift. It was opened in 
 June, 1869, and now contains over 1900 volumes of the rarest 
 and most valuable books, free to the use of all. Nearly oppo- 
 site stands the palatial residence of Mrs. Sutton, with its 
 garden, lawn, fountain, &c. Opposite, on Main street, is one 
 of the best business blocks in the town, known as Sutton 
 block. The upper portion is occupied by Union Post 50, G. 
 A. E., and the lower by stores. The first one is the elegant 
 millinery store of Fernald & Sawyer, who rival the stores of 
 the metropolis with thfir choice selections of goods. The dry 
 goods store of this firm is also located in this block and is 
 noted throughout the entire section for its wares, and the bar- 
 gains to be had there. Charles A. Teague, who has the largest 
 and best selected stock of boots, shoes, and gents' furnishing 
 goods in tlie town, is an occupant of this block. Just above, 
 on tlie right hand side of Park street, are the elegant grounds 
 and residence of Mrs. J. B. Clement. This house was formerly 
 the parsonage of the Unitarian church, and is now one of the 
 finest in town. 
 
 The Unitarian church, next above, was built in 1826. Ptcv. 
 C.C. Sewall preached here from 1827 to 1841. In 1872 the 
 liouse was remodelled at an expense of .f;12,000. In tlie rear 
 stands the Baptist church, built in 1857, and remodelled in 
 1865 On the left of Park street, the new residence in process 
 of erection, (May, 1881) is that of Charles A. Teague, the boot 
 and shoe dealer of Sutton block. Returning to Main street the 
 second building on our left is the drug store of D. P. Grosvenor, 
 jr., formerly occupied by the late Sylvester Proctor with whom 
 George Peabody was an apprentice from 1896 to 1810, when he 
 was eleven years of age, and where he laid the foundation of 
 that immense fortune which enabled him to give away over 
 $12,000,000. Mr. Grosvenor is the telegraph operator of the 
 
PEABODY. 37 
 
 town, and keeps a well selected stock of goods in his line. He 
 has some of the old furniture of the store .that was proba- 
 bly used by Mr. Peabody. On the opposite side of Main street 
 stands the neat and handsome church of the Universalist so- 
 ciety. This was built in 1832, and the hall then underneath 
 was used for town meetings before the town of Danvers was 
 divided. The church has been remodelled several times and is 
 now second to none in the place. 
 
 Warren Bank building is a little farther west, a neat brick 
 block, occupied by the bank and by the Five Cents Savings bank. 
 The office of the Peabody Pveporter, Thos. McGrath, publisher, 
 a bright and newsy sheet, is in this building. Above are read- 
 ing and club rooms, and a Masonic and Odd Fellows hall. 
 Across the street stands one of the oldest business blocks in 
 town, known as Allen's building. This was foi'merly the loca- 
 tion of the post office. W. Winslow is located here, with the 
 largest and finest stock of men's clothing and furnishings in 
 the town. Baldwin's Hotel, which adjoins this estate, was built 
 in 1825 by the late Jonathan Dustin and has always been occu- 
 pied. Washington Simonds kept it for more than 25 years. 
 W. H. Baldwin is the present landlord and keeps a first 
 class hotel. In the Square the new Soldier's monument 
 is to be located in September. It is to be of Hallowell 
 granite, 50 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Amer- 
 ica. Its cost will be $6,500. Beyond is the depot of 
 the Eastern railroad and branches. This stands on a 
 portion of what was once known as Wallis mill-pond, which 
 in the writer's youthful days, teemed with fish. Alewives by 
 the thousands passed through here in the spring, on their way 
 to Brown's and Spring ponds, where they spawned and re- 
 turned to the sea. The refuse from the factories and tanneries 
 fouled the streams so that the fish deserted them years ago. 
 Opposite stands the South church, formerly the third church 
 of Sidem, gathered on Sept. 23, 1713, and was known as such 
 till 1750. This is the fourth edifice built on this site, the first 
 having been torn down in 1S36; the next one was dedicated 
 Feb. 1, 1837, and sold to the Methodists in 1843; another (just 
 completed) was burned in the great fire of Sept. 22, 1843, when 
 twenty-one buildings were destroyed; the present structure 
 
38 PEABODY. 
 
 was dedicated Aug. 10, 1844, and the church now numbers over 
 three hundred members. In the rear of the church can be 
 seen the town house, built Just before the division of the town 
 in 1855. It is a building that the town has outgrown. N. H. 
 Poor, Esq., has held the position of Town Clerk for 20 years, 
 and Selectman for a score of years. It is occupied by town 
 officers and the Peabody high school. The latter vi^as founded 
 in 1850, and now has tliree teachers and 73 pupils. 
 
 Central street was once noted for its potteries, where 
 earthen wares were made, known throughout New England 
 as Danvers China. One only of the potteries is now in opera- 
 tion. The Bowditch school on this street has six teachers and 
 216 pupils. The high hill in the rear is known as Buxton's 
 hill, the location of the water reservoir is one hundred 
 and fifty-nine feet above tide-water. From its top the 
 flames of burning Charlestown were seen in 1775. This sec- 
 tion of the town is noted for its excellent farms, and was where 
 the Uanvers yellow onion originated. Returning to the square 
 and up Lowell streets, we pass, at No. 18, the extensive stove 
 and tin ware establishment of D. A.-& F. H. Caskin who keep 
 an excellent variety of stoves, furnaces and housekeeping- 
 goods. They also do plumbing and general jobbing in their 
 line. In tlie old Dustln building just above is the ofiice of the 
 "Peabody Press/' Albert Vittum, manager; Charles D. How- 
 ard, editor and proprietor. It is now in its 22nd volume and 
 has a large circulation. In the rear of Lowell street stands the 
 elegant St. John's (catholic) church, a pure gothic structure 
 completed in 1880. 
 
 On Lowell street stands the handsome brick buiUiing of the 
 fire department, where two steamers, one hose carriage, and 
 ladder truck are kept. Above, opposite, is the plain and un- 
 pretending St. Peter's (Episcopal) church, founded in 1874, built 
 in 1876, and improved in 1881. In the rear of Lowell street is 
 the Center schoolhouse. It has eleven teachers and 500 pupils. 
 This street leads to what is called the " Kingdom," where 
 there are many families of Kings, but no one of them 
 is a ruler. This is also a farming region. Returning to the 
 square we pass Upton's block, which contains stores, offices, 
 post-office, and a dance hall. The homestead of the late Gen. 
 
BEVEELY. 39 
 
 Gideon Foster, who marched his men to the battle of Lexing- 
 ton, in 1775, from this town, stands on the earner of Main and 
 Foster streets. Foster street is lined with tanneries and cur- 
 rying shops, which do a very large business. Just above its 
 junction with Washington street are the extensive works of 
 the Danvers bleachery, where millions of yards of cloth are 
 bleached and colored annually. The second house above the 
 junction, on the right, is the house in which George Peabody 
 was born. Beyond is South Peabody, where are a number of 
 granite quarries and extensive farms. Cedar Grove Cemetery 
 is located here. It is 133 acres in extent, and was laid out in 
 1859. In the suburbs of the town are four smaller schools 
 with 4 teachers and 117 pupils, making a total of 22 schools, 
 with 5 male and 38 female teachers, and 1669 pupils. The 
 town expends about #^22,700 for schools annually. Its valuation 
 is $6,311,050, and its area is 9,050 acres; has 1340 dwellings, 
 121 steam boilers with 4554 horse power; 718 horses, 523 cows, 
 and a population of about 9080 souls. The original town of 
 Danvers was incorporated in 1757. The town was divided into 
 Danvers and South Danvers in 1855. The name of South 
 Danvers was changed to Peabody in 1868. 
 
 BEVERLY. 
 
 Its History.— Descuiption of the Sea Shore Section. ^- 
 Pride's Crossing, Beverly Farms.— Kapid Develop- 
 ment OF the Shore Section. 
 
 Across an arm uf the sea from Salem, where the North river 
 joins Beverly harbor, is the town of Beverly. The bridge here 
 is 1484 feet in length and was built in 1788-9. The Wenham 
 water pipe rests on piles on the westerly side. Beverly is one 
 of the oldest settlements in the Commonwealth. It formed a 
 part of Salem until 1668, when it was incorporated as an inde- 
 
40 BEVERLY. 
 
 pendent town. John and William Woodbury and Roger Oo- 
 naut were among the first settlers. The first meeting house 
 was built about 1G56, with Rev. John Hale as pastor, Hon. 
 John P. Hale, Hon. Nathan Hale and Rev. E. E. Hale are 
 numbered among his direct descendants. A second church 
 was established at North Beverly in 1713, with Rev. John 
 Chipman as pastor. He married a daughter of Rev. John Hale. 
 Chief Justice Gray is of their descendants. Agriculture is a 
 pursuit of considerable importance, especially at Ryall's Side, 
 Centerville and North Beverly. In the last named section is 
 the noted Cherry Hill farm of R. P. Waters, and also the ex- 
 tensive and picturesque estate by Wenham lake which John 
 C. Phillips is making into one of the most beautiful in the 
 country. The manufacture of boots and shoes is now the 
 leading industry of the town. The value of the products of 
 these shops cannot be less than two millions annually, and 
 they employ about 1500 persons. 
 
 Few towns in Massachusetts have made such rapid strides in 
 the onward march of progress during the last sixteen years. 
 The water supply and fire apparatus, and the streets and public 
 buildings are on a metropolitan scale almost. The Wenham 
 lake water pipes penetrate every section of the town ; the fire 
 department houses are in good condition and equipped witli 
 superior apparatus; the roads are usually among the best in 
 the county. It is true that these things cost much money, 
 and the town has a large debt, but the last few years have de- 
 monstrated the wisdom and foresight of all the expenditure. 
 The finest public building in the town is Odd Fellows hall on 
 Cabot street, corner of Broadway. It is a handsome brick 
 building and has one of the richest lodge rooms in tlie country. 
 The architecture of the room borders on the Grecian ; the walls 
 and ceiling are richly and elaborately frescoed, and eight oil 
 paintings enliven the four sides. The carpets and furniture 
 and lodge paraphernalia are exquisite. The town building near- 
 ly opposite is commodious, and contains beside the usual offices 
 two good halls and a public library of 5000 volumes. The 
 Briscoe school building near the common is another handsome 
 edifice. The Masonic block corner of Cabot and Wasliington 
 streets, built in 1867, at a cost of .^20,000, contains the post 
 
BEVERLY 
 
 office and national 
 and savings banks. 
 Among the fine resi- 
 dences in the village 
 are those of Hon. 
 John I. Baker on 
 Abbott street, Hon. 
 Francis Norwood on 
 Cabot street, Capt. 
 Newman on Lathrop 
 street and Dr. Had- 
 dock on Bartlett 
 street. Dr. H. has a 
 delightful place, his 
 flower garden being 
 one of the richest in 
 the town. In his 
 house are some rare 
 and curious ©bjects, 
 the most interesting 
 of which is the old 
 clock of which we 
 present a picture. It 
 was brought from 
 Amsterdam about 
 IG60 by Capt. Foster. 
 It came into the doc- 
 tor's hands some 
 years ago in a dilapi- 
 dated condition. He 
 entrusted it to Mr. 
 George A. Collins, 
 the jeweler in Salem, 
 who restored it to 
 its present beautiful 
 and artistic condi- 
 tion. Kobert Ran- 
 toul, the great states- 
 man and scholar 
 stands at the head of 
 
42 BEVERLY. 
 
 Beverly's distinguished men. Graduating at Harvard in 1826, 
 he practised law in Essex county, was representative to the 
 general court, collector of the port of Boston, United States 
 district attorney, succeeded Daniel Webster in the United 
 States senate, and finally died, while a member of the national 
 house of representatives. Contemporary with Rantoul was 
 Isaac Ray, a distinguished writer on medical jurisprudence 
 and mental disease; Wilson Flagg, the great naturalist; also, 
 Rev. A. P. Peabody, au eminent divine, now connected with 
 Harvard, and Hon. Nathan Dane. Beverly has a population 
 of about 8500. According to the census of 1875 it contained 
 1,399 dwellings. The amount of capital invested in manufac- 
 tures was (1875) ft314,700. The fishing business has dimin- 
 ished largely. The value of the cod brought to its ports 
 in 1875 was $131,000. The valuation of the town in 1878 was 
 $5,386,600 real estate; and $2,372,300 personal; polls, 1,910; 
 rate of taxation, $14.80, per $1,000. The art connoisseurs 
 who visit Cape Ann will find in Beverly one of the most at- 
 tractive institutions that the county affords, in the works 
 of the "Beverly pottery." Here they will see accurate re- 
 productions of all the best specimens of ancient pottery, literal 
 copies of some of the finest pieces now in the old world art 
 museums. Beverly has always had excellent deposits of clay 
 within her borders, and besides the early brick manufactory, 
 was among the earliest to establish manufactories of pottery 
 here in this country. Of early workers as early at least as 
 1700 were members of the Balch and Hay ward families, the 
 latter of whom owned land immediately contiguous to the 
 present Beverly pottery, if they did not include that, and there 
 were traces of their work in that vicinity when the present 
 pottery grounds were graded thirteen years ago. The Kettle 
 family also had cunning workers in clay here in the early days 
 and those skilled in the art emigrated hence to Charlestown, 
 Mass., Exeter N. H. and elsewhere. This work has always 
 been more or less prosecuted here ever since; Tarbell's ware 
 being well known as a Beverly product for many years; Mr. 
 Jesse Dodge who died a few years since, being the last survivor 
 of those who worked at Tarbell's pottery. Mr. Charles A. 
 Lawrence established the present Beverly pottery in continua- 
 
BEVERLY. 43 
 
 tion of those previously here, and has worked out great im- 
 provements in this kind of work in many convenient and 
 curious devices, attaining a large sale, and many visitors come 
 to see and purchase the curious specimens of clay handiwork 
 there made. 
 
 The Beverly shore is a section of unsurpassed attractions to 
 those who love rural scenery; especially lovely is it when 
 viewed from the harbor at a short distance from shore. Rocky 
 bluffs, beaches, and coves are pleasingly blended; trees of 
 bountiful and beautiful foliage crown the hill crests in the rear, 
 while here and there we spy the red roof of some summer 
 dwelling— here, perhaps, a pretty Swiss villa in the centre of a 
 broad lawn and surrounded with luxuriant flower beds; there 
 a stately mansion overlooking the sea; and anon a Norman or 
 Queen Anne villa crowning some summit and frowning overall 
 its neighbors. The little hastily built sea side cottage, costing 
 from $600 to $1000, has given way to the extensive establish- 
 ment costing from $10,000 to $25,000. Hale street, which 
 branches off from Cabot near the South church, is the main 
 thoroughfare along this shore, and extends to Manchester, a 
 distance of seven miles — some times at the water's edge and again 
 a half mile from the extreme end of some point. Or we may 
 turn from Cabot street into Washington, and from that into 
 Lathrop. The house on this latter corner is the old Rantoul 
 mansion. It has sometimes been occupied by Rev. A. P. Put- 
 nam of Brooklyn. Next beyond, on Lathrop street, is the 
 English villa of Wm. M. AVhitney, with a broad lawn in front 
 and a forest of shrubbery in the rear and on either side. At 
 the top of the little hill across the valley, we come to Hale 
 street and turn to the right. The cottage in the little grove on 
 the knoll is Israel Whitney's. And now we keep to the right 
 and follow Ober street, past Charles Elliott's pleasantly located 
 estate on the hill overlooking the harbor and surrounding 
 towns, and the beautiful new cottage house of Wm. F. Ash- 
 ton of Salem, built in 1881. On the same side of the street, a 
 little further along and surrounded by an imposing granite 
 wall, are the extensive grounds and mans^pn of B. F. Burgess. 
 This estate extends back from the water about a quarter of a 
 mile and is one of the finest on the coast. Adjoining the 
 
44 BEVERLY. 
 
 Burgess estate on the same side is William Sobier's residence, 
 and also the Bardwell estate. Opposite Mr. Burgess's and next 
 beyond the Bardwell estate is the fine residence of Alexander 
 S. Porter; and next is that of Mrs. Rodgers. Across the cove 
 on the next point of land is Hospital point lighthouse, reached 
 by a new street leading off Neptune street. The elegant man- 
 sion next to the lighthouse belongs to Amory A. Lawrence of 
 Boston. It is in the picturesque Queen Anne style. In close 
 proximity, is Henry W. Peabody's new residence — both built 
 in 1881. 
 
 As we return to Hale street along Neptune, we pass on the 
 right at tlie bend of the way the M. VV. Shepard estate, occu- 
 pied by Joseph W. Lefavour of Salem. Beyond it, approached by 
 a private way is Wm. D. Pickman's new and magnificent man- 
 sion (built 1881), in some respects unequalled. It is after the 
 pattern of the Salem houses of 1750 to 1800. Nearer to Hale 
 street is Mrs. Willard Peele's residence. These estates are 
 enclosed with a castellated granite wall, while on the opposite 
 side of the street, enclosed by a like wall, is a large park 
 belonging to them. In the woods, some distance back may be 
 seen the massive granite mansion of Andrew K. Ober, over- 
 looking the ocean and surrounded by beautiful groves. Brack- 
 enberry lane leads to Patch's beach and the residence of Mrs, 
 David Sears. Prince street leads to the summer residences of 
 John G. Cusliing (on Gushing point), Richard T. Parker, Mrs. 
 John B. Silsbee and S. Endicott Peabody. Across the cove 
 from this point is another frowning stone mansion, a castle 
 almost, that of Mrs. Franklin Dexter. It looks from the w^ater 
 very much like a small Rhinish castle. If now we return to 
 Hale street and continue along it we shall pass through a 
 charming wooded park. The estates on the right are those of 
 Mrs. Dexter and John G. King, both hidden from view. Those 
 on the left are George Z. Silsbee, W. G. Saltonstall, Mrs. Geo. 
 H. Shaw, Yv'aldo Higginson and J. P. Gardner's heirs. Next 
 on the right beyond the beach is the fine large mansion of 
 Mrs. J. S. Cabot. Directly opposite, a little distance from the 
 street, is the Swiss jjilla of Hon. Martin Bi-immer. The cot- 
 tage next beyond Mrs. Cabot's, on the same side, and partially 
 hidden in arbor mt(B is C. U. Cotting's and close to it is that of 
 
BEVERLY. 45 
 
 G. A. Goddard. Some distance in from tbe street, beyond 
 these, is Mr. A. Cochrane's, built in 1881, and near it a new 
 bouse built by C. G. Loring. On Uie bill opposite Mr. Getting 
 are Wm. Endicott, Jr., and Sidney Bartlett. Still further 
 along, on the very brow of the hill, is Francis W. Palfrey's 
 Swiss villa, and next that of Francis Bartlett. On Thistle 
 street, beyond Mr. Bartlett' s, is the residence of Gen. C. L. 
 Peirson, back of which is anew experimental farming establish- 
 ment of Augustus P. Loring, and between that and Pride's 
 crossing the sightly estate of James F. Curtis. The driveway 
 to the right, just before we reach the Pride's crossing station, 
 leads to Plum Cove beach and the estates of C. W. Loring, C. 
 G. Loring and the villa of P. T. Jackson. 
 
 If, just beyond the station, we turn down the road to the right, 
 we shall visit a cluster of summer mansions most charmingly 
 situated, amid parks, groves, gardens and lawns, where the 
 foliage is luxuriant and the air filled with the perfume of 
 liberal acres of flowers, and where nature Las been assisted in 
 the beautifying process by all that art can suggest and wealth 
 supply. Here are natural and artificial forests, meadows, and 
 fields of grain and grass, interspersed with ponds, rivulets, 
 carriage roads, bridle paths and foot paths. The new house on 
 the left, builtjn 1881, belongs to John T. Morse, Jr. ; next is 
 the cottage which he occupies, then those of E. Rollin Morse, 
 and John T. Morse, Sen. The house on the right nearly 
 opposite the last named is Mrs. Judge B. F. Thomas. The old 
 fashioned mansion in the hollow beyond belongs to F. Gordon 
 Dexter. Back of this road, on our right as we enter, is another 
 series of houses. Beginning next to the Lorings there are, in 
 order, George Gardner, Wm. C. Paine and S. B. Schlessinger 
 on the immediate shore. Miss Paine, and F. L. Iligginson 
 behind these. Continuing to the beach and coming out at 
 Beverly Farms we pass, on the way, the estates of Franklin 
 Haven, T. A. Neal, R. S. Rantoul and Mrs. S. Cabot. Few of 
 these houses can be seen from Hale street or from the railway. 
 Beyond the station, the white brick house belongs to Jonathan 
 Preston and the yellow one to Mrs. E. A.- Boardman. 
 
 The beautifully situated mansion on the point towards Man- 
 chester-by-the-Sea belongs to Col. Henry Lee. Tbis Beverly 
 
46 BEVERLY. 
 
 Farms section is so called because it was once comprised in two 
 great farms. John Blackleacb originally owned a farm which 
 extended from Mr. Haven's present residence to Manchester-by- 
 tbe-sea. He sold to John West, and he in turn to his son Thomas. 
 Mary West, a daughter of the latter, married Robert Woodbury 
 and thus the farm was divided. Woodbury built the house now 
 occupied by Dr. Curtis and which bears date 1673. The other 
 farm was owned by William Woodbury and extended in the 
 other direction to Patch's beach. The unique Swiss villa seen 
 from Beverly Farms in the distance on a "back" street belongs 
 to Mrs. Ozias Goodwin, and near it is W. B. Sewall' s cottage. 
 Others in this vicinity are owned F. S. Morrison, Charles 
 Storrow, Henry Dexter, Henry Adams, Mr. Luke, and Mrs. 
 Parkman, while further along the shore toward Manchester- 
 by-the-Sea, is Mr. S. T. Morse's elegant villa. And on the 
 highlands opposite, are the prominent and equally pleasant 
 estates of C. H. Dalton, J. Elliot Cabot, Dr. R. W. Hooper, 
 and Thornton K. Lothrop. 
 
 We have now completed our tour of the sea-shore sec- 
 tion of Beverly, and seen how wonderfully clianged it is from 
 what it must have been twenty years ago. Men now living re- 
 member when the entire sea-shore section of the town was as- 
 sessed for $2.5,000 ; to-day the non-residents alo^e are assessed 
 at for least one and a half millions of dollars on rea"'l estate. A 
 telephone is much needed in this section, but for some reason 
 the town authorities will not grant permission for its construc- 
 tion. 
 
MATSrCHESTEE-BY-THE-SEA, 
 
 The Oldest Resort — Masconomo House — History and 
 Description of the Town. 
 
 This is one of the oldest, as it is one of the most charming 
 of the North Shore resorts. Its four miles of coast is a pleas- 
 ing combination of bold headlands, pretty beaches and quiet 
 coves. During a storm one may behold gigantic seas dashing 
 against the projecting bluffs with sufficient force to make the 
 granite walls tremble, while boats ride quietly at anchor in the 
 coves ; and in pleasant weather the waves roll gently up the 
 beaches and break noiselessly on the rocks. The air of Man- 
 chester-by-the-Sea is tonic, and a spirit of freshness and vigor 
 pervades every one who inhabits its shores. A well-known 
 ex-mayor of Cambridge comes here as soon as the snow is off 
 the ground and remains until the return of cold weather, 
 because it is the only place where he can get relief from Asthma 
 and hay-fever. 
 
 The town of Manchester originally formed a part of ancient 
 Salem, from which it was detached on May 14, 1645, being the 
 next after Wenliam, and incorporated as an independent 
 municipality. The early name was Jeffrey's Creek, so called 
 from William Jeffrey, the first settler. It was once a fishing 
 port of some note, but that industry has practically disap- 
 peared. Some of its people engaged extensively in the manu- 
 facture of furniture, but with the depression of 1873-9, the 
 business declined to a minimum. It is recovering somewhat 
 of late. The valuation of the town is about two and a half 
 millions, and the rate of taxation in 1881 about $5 per $1000. 
 The population in 1880 was 1640, and the area of the town 
 4ol0 acres. The principal settlement is at the head of the cove 
 on Jeffrey creek. Here are three churches. Baptist, Orthodox 
 and Methodist— stores, schools, halls and the like. A good 
 hotel is wanting. About a third of a mile from the village is 
 the only hotel in this part of the town, the Masconomo. It is 
 
48 MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
 
 one of the finest sea-shore caravansaries on the coast and was 
 built by Junius B. Booth in 1878 and opened to the public in 
 June of that year. Without and within it is a model of hotel 
 architecture. When Mr. Booth built his villa, which now 
 forms an annex to the hotel, he selected the finest site on the 
 Manchester shore, and every guest at the Masconomo has the 
 benefit of that judicious selection. In general outline and 
 interior finish it reminds us of one of those fascinating hotels 
 on the shores of the Swiss lakes or among the snowy Alps. 
 On the northern front is a garden and park, beyond which the 
 hill falls away to the cove and the village. On the southerly 
 side broad lawns slope to the beach. This beach is known as 
 Singijig beach, because of the peculiar musical sound of the 
 sand when struck with the foot or by an incoming wave. The 
 New Yorlc Graphic says that, in selecting this spot, Mr, Booth 
 studied the coast very thoroughly from Long Branch to Old 
 Orchard. Those who follow him in the study and make up 
 their conclusions at his hotel will speedily assent to the claim 
 that he holds the gem of the North Atlantic sea coast. Mr. 
 Booth's estate is a superb lawn of twelve acres looking out on 
 a smooth, broad crescent of shore, whose sand, by some pecu- 
 liarity of its particles, actually whistles as you tread upon it. 
 Beaten hard by the surf, it is compact and almost unyielding to 
 tread or wheel, and sloping gently, has a splendid floor for the 
 bather, with no perils from undertow, the reefs, far outside, 
 receiving the first force of the sea. By the trend of the shore 
 line the beach fronts almost due south, and the dreaded north- 
 east wind comes to the Masconomo house across eight miles of 
 pine woods. The hotel was named for the Indian chief, 
 Masconomo. Its front is 240 feet, depth 52 feet, and height 
 three stories. Within are a dining room 77 feet by 32, hotel 
 and telegraph ofiices, parlors and twenty-two guests' rooms on 
 the first floor; twenty-four rooms for guests on the second floor, 
 and thirty on the third. The octagon hall in the centre of the 
 house contains four large fireplaces which throw out cheer and 
 warmth on stormy nights when "the ocean roars up the beach" 
 and the " gusty blast mingles with our speech." The building 
 is surmounted with a tower which rises 70 feet above sea level. 
 An annex on the westerly end, built in 1880, contains billiard 
 

 
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50 MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
 
 liall, bowling alley and sleeping rooms. The whole institution 
 is lighted with gas. Connected with it is a stable with horses 
 and carriages. 
 
 Some of the best drives of Essex county radiate from here. 
 One may ride or walk for miles along the pathways of costly 
 estates or turning inland drive through pleasant valleys, inside 
 fertile farms or in the "deep solitude" of the forest. The road 
 to Essex through the noted Essex woods is peculiarly pleasant 
 and romantic on a summer afternoon or in the early morning. 
 As we enter the town from Beverly we note first, on the right 
 and some distance from the road, the residence of Benj. G. 
 Boardman. Near it is that of his son, Commodore T. Dennie 
 Board man. The cottage on the point of rocks near West 
 Manchester station is also owned by the former. The peculiar 
 looking structure on the hill to the right of the highway and 
 to the left of the railway is Henry L Higginson's new resi- 
 dence. He has been several years building it and has expend- 
 ed thousands of dollars on it. On the further side of the hill 
 is a road leading to West Manchester depot and a cluster of 
 summer cottages. Among them are those of N. B. Mansfield, 
 Dr. Bartol and W. C. Cabot. Dr. Baitol's is the cottage with 
 the tower on top, and near it is his observatory. West Man- 
 chester is a remarkably cool place. Evenings, when the heat 
 in Salem or Boston is almost unendurable, a summer overcoat 
 will be needed here. 
 
 Pursuing our way to the village we pass the town house and 
 Congregational church; turning to tlie right, follow railroad 
 avenue across the railway and up the hill to the Masconomo. 
 The large, prominently located residence on the hill to the left 
 was occupied during several years by M. B. Conway, the actor. 
 The red-roofed cottage on the top of the hill, a little further up, 
 on Thunderbolt-rock, was for many years the summer residence 
 of the late James T. Fields. At the Masconomo we turn to 
 the right and drive along the old Neck road a few rods and 
 then take the driveway to the right. The white farm house 
 on the right belongs to the Smith estate. The fine establish- 
 ment on the left, fronting on the Neck road, with the 
 grove in the rear (formerly the Martin estate) is occupied by 
 David B. Kimball of Salem. Ascending the hill on the Neck 
 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 61 
 
 we have the old O. S. Fowler place on the right and two fine 
 residences on the left owned by Hon. J. Warren Merrill, the 
 further one occupied by Mr. Sawyer (built 1880) and the other 
 built in 1881. The house on the top of the hill, with pointed 
 tower, is the residence which Mr. Merrill occupies himself; 
 just below it is E. E. Kice's<iottage. A driveway encircles the 
 Neck and the visitor should go around on the westerly side 
 and return on the easterly. The first house which confronts 
 us as we ascend the hill at the further end is that of George B. 
 Howes of Boston (built 1880) one of the most costly on the 
 coast, — about $30,000 having been expended here. Adjoining 
 it is Gen. A. P. Rockwell's (built 1880-81). These houses are 
 nearly a hundred feet above the level of the sea. From the 
 brow of the hill as we return, may be had a fine view of the 
 ocean, bay, harbor and town. We return from the Neck by a 
 road which passes between a little fresh-water pond and Lob- 
 ster cove. The point of land on the right, across the cove, is a 
 part of the Hemenway estate, now occupied by Lewis Cabot. 
 The next estate along this road on the same side is that 
 of Eussell Sturgis, jr., and adjoining that is Mrs. Jedediali 
 Cobb's residence. This brings us back to the Masconomo. 
 
 The street which leads from the depot to the Masconomo 
 continues across the old Neck road past the hotel to Singing 
 beach. Another street branches off the Neck road just beyond 
 the hotel, and we follow it past Mr. Gilbert's residence, the 
 last on the left before entering the grove; and Mrs Stephen H. 
 Bullard's, the last on the right. It terminates at the charming 
 English villa of Mrs. John II. Towne of Philadelphia. The 
 visit to Mrs. Towne's should by all means include Eagle-head, 
 that grandest old headland of Massachusetts bay. Leaving the 
 carriage we walk down any of the embowered paths leading to 
 the base of the ledge and then clamber up its steep side until 
 we are on a level with the tops of the trees and one hundred 
 and thirty feet above the sea, which breaks along the cragged 
 rocks at our feet. Now it rolls softly, almost noiselessly up 
 the side of some sloping ledge, and anon dashes against a per- 
 pendicular front. The white winged craft which sail to and 
 fro below us, as we sit here, look like toy ships. This on a 
 lovely May afternoon. How changed the scene on a dark 
 
52 MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA. 
 
 winter's night when a south-easterly storm ra^es. The damp 
 snow which half blinds us makes the distance to the water 
 seem double what it really is. The wild waves bear down on 
 our post like an army attacking a fort, as if, in their wild rush, 
 they fain would carry all before them. As they approach 
 nearer, rolling now like mountains, they seem to pause for a 
 moment as if for renewed breathy and then to throw them- 
 selves against the giant rock in a perfect rage. Above the 
 beating of the storm, above the howling of the forest trees as 
 they bend before the wind, rises the roar of this furious war of 
 the waters and the rocks, like ten thousand infuriated demons, 
 each bent on destroying the other and ruling both land and 
 sea. It is difficult at such a time to believe the sea inanimate. 
 
 If now we return to the main road through the village, we 
 may continue on towards Gloucester. The large, old-fashioned 
 house some distance to the right which we see, about the time 
 we cross the railway after leaving the village, is the Dana 
 house, the first summer residence built in Manchester. During 
 many years, and until his death in 1878, it was the summer 
 liome of Hon. Eichard H. Dana, the scholar and poet, the 
 friend, companion and contemporary of the poet Bryant, and 
 the contemporary of Caleb Gushing. The fine estates of 
 Greely S. Gurtis and Mrs. Emily F. Gurtis are near the Dana 
 place, but hidden from our sight by the woods. The drive 
 through this wood for about a mile is undoubtedly the most 
 charming between Salem and Gloucester. The settlement just 
 beyond the woods is known as Kettle Cove. There are a feu- 
 farms here and some fishermen's houses; also t\?^Oi" three 
 summer cottages. The estate of T. Jefferson Goolidge lies off 
 to the right across the cove on a point of land. In close prox- 
 imity is Rev. James Freeman Clark's estate, one of the newer 
 ones. 
 
 The Crescent Beach House, at Kettle Cove, was built in 1873, 
 and has been enlarged until now it will accommodate 150 
 guests. It was kept by Mr. Allen Knowlton for many years, 
 but has now been taken by Mr. W. P. Davis of Gloucester who 
 has had a life experience in hotels at the North and in Florida. 
 He will maintain the same high standard which has made this 
 place so popular in the past. This house has a superior loca- 
 
MAGNOLIA. 53 
 
 tioii, a fine house, and provides a first-class table, leaving 
 nothing to be desired by the guests. It is sheltered from the 
 north and east winds by the dense woods, a short distance 
 inland. In the cove the opportunities for boating and bathing 
 are excellent. Some marked improvements have been made 
 during the past season. 
 
 MAG]^fOLIA. 
 
 The Newest Summer Resort— Its Rapid Growth — 
 Hotels and Private Residences — Norman's Woe. 
 Magnolia is the newest summer resort on the North Shore. 
 Its growth has been something surprising upon first thought, 
 but when we fully realize its varied attractions, we shall only 
 be surprised that it was not earlier settled by some of the 
 seekers for sea-shore summer homes. The place is reached by 
 a road turning to the right off the Salem and Gloucester road, 
 just beyond the Crescent Beach House, or by a road which turns 
 off at this house. The first real summer residence was built 
 here in 1872, by Charles E. Billings, W. O. Trowbridge, J. S. 
 Potter and Lucien Chase, of Newton. The second was built 
 by Mr. Goodwin in 1873, since when each year has added to 
 the number until there are now some thirty cottages, many of 
 which are unusually fine, and also several hotels, stables, 
 stores, etc. To Mr. Allen Knowlton is due the m-edit of start- 
 ing Magnolia on the road to prosperity. He built the Crescent 
 Beach House some years ago, opened a baige line from 
 Manchester and finally secured the Magnolia railroad station. 
 The next man to become interested in the place was Daniel W. 
 Fuller, of Swampscott, who purchased all the land on the 
 "point" in 1867. Much of this he sold in building lots. He 
 also erected several cottages of his own, and in 1877 he built 
 the westerly win.g of the Hesperus House. In 1879 he added 
 the easterly wing and the pagoda between, and otherwise 
 improved the surroundings. The Hesperus will now accom- 
 
54 MAGNOLIA. 
 
 modate about a hundred guests. It commands a magnificent 
 view of the ocean and the North Shore, and the rooms are 
 mostly large, bright and airy. It will long remain a monument 
 to Mr. Fuller's industry and good taste. He did not live to see 
 the fulfilment of his high anticipations as to the future of 
 Magnolia. He was killed by falling down the shaft of a mine 
 at Leadville, Col., on Feb. 19, 1880. His death was a sad blow 
 to a large circle of friends, and a serious loss to the little 
 community of which he was the leading spirit. There are., 
 besides the Hesperus, four good hotels at Magnolia point. 
 They are Willow cottage, Oceanside, Oak Grove and Sea View. 
 Mrs. Fuller will continue to manage the Hesperus, with the 
 assistance of Theophilus Herrick, formerly of the Marlboro, 
 Boston. She has very much improved the house since the last 
 season by additions and changes. 
 
 The Ocean-Side, as its name truly indicates, is near a very 
 picturesque shore, having a fine elevation ; views from the 
 rooms and the extensive piazzas, of fields, woods, islands, the 
 bay and the broad ocean are most excellent. Mrs. O. Paige 
 kept this house last year, receiving much praise for its neat- 
 ness and order and particularly for the excellence of the table. 
 She continues the management this year and with increased 
 conveniences will doubtless win new laurels. The guests of last 
 season with few exceptions have engaged rooms the present year. 
 Willow Cottage, near the Hesperus, is the oldest established 
 hotel here and one the reputation of which is too well known 
 to require any words of praise from this source. Mr. and 
 Mrs. Bray, who will manage it during the season of 1881, also 
 have the use of Norman cottage which adjoins it. A row of 
 graceful willows in front of the cottage gives name to it and 
 adds to its attractiveness. The Sea View House is near the 
 above named hotel and once formed an annex to it. Mrs. M. 
 C. Honnors is the proprietress in 1881 as in 1880, and past 
 management is a guarantee of what the future will be. Mrs. 
 Honnors has had the house put in fine order throughout. It will 
 comfortably accommodate twenty-five guests. Some two hun- 
 dred feet back from the old Magnolia point road stands the 
 Oak Grove House, a most delightfully situated hotel. A 
 very handsome grove of oaks in the rear i« much admired by 
 
MAGNOLIA. 55 
 
 all guests ; and not less the pretty lawn in front. This cottage 
 has room for fifty guests. The cottage is of that size which 
 enables the proprietress, Mrs. R. C. Hunt, to have a personal 
 supervision of the wants of her guests. 
 
 The Salem Cadets encamp on the hill here some time during 
 the month of August in eacli year, and their band discourses 
 music for the benefit of all the residents. Magnolia is, beyond 
 question, in some respects, the most attractive sn'-;iinor resort 
 between Salem and Gloucester. It boasts every variety of 
 attractions On one side is as good a bathing beach as the coast 
 affords, and a cove for the anchorage of yachts. On the other 
 is " a stern and rock-bound" coast, backed by a dense forest. 
 In front, is Massachusetts bay, with its fishing grounds and 
 islands, and innumerable sail. The woods of wliich we have 
 spoken are threaded by countless footpaths, which lead to 
 pleasant groves, or to the bluff" shore ; while a good carriage 
 road extends through towards Gloucester. Berries and wild 
 flowers greet us on every hand, and back in the neighboring 
 swamp grows the fragrant magnolia, whose perfume permeates 
 the evening air for miles around. " The Flume," about a half 
 mile from the hotels, is a channel in the cliff, 150 feet in length, 
 50 feet in depth, and G feet in width, with perpendicular sides. 
 Rafe's chasm, a liftle way beyond, is another attractive " natu- 
 ral curiosity." It is a channel cut into the solid rock, nearly 
 60 feet in depth, 200 feet in length, and 10 feet in width. 
 During a storm the water rushes into this channel with tre- 
 mendous force, striking against its sides with the sound 
 of thunder, and spouting upwards in torrents. The reef of 
 Norman's woe is an island rock a short distance from the high 
 cliffs of the mainland. It was here, tradition says, that the 
 schooner Hesperus was wrecked in the latter part of the seven- 
 teenth century. The probate records of Essex county show 
 that a Richard Norman, about 1680, sailed on a voyage from 
 which he never returned, and if the tradition is founded upon 
 fact, the tragic termination of his voyage was probably on this 
 reef. Longfellow in his " Wreck of the Hesperus," tells how, 
 while 
 
 " The snow fell hissing in the brine, 
 
 And the billows frothed like yeast," 
 
56 MAGNOLIA. 
 
 the skipper, who had "taken his little daughter to bear him 
 company," 
 
 " Wrapped her warm-iu his seaman's coat, 
 
 Against the stinging blast ; 
 He cut a rope from a broken spar, 
 And bound her to the mast." 
 
 The father froze to death ; then : — 
 
 "And fast through the midnight dark and drear, 
 
 Througli the whistling sleet and snow, 
 Like a sheeted ghost the vessel swept 
 Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe. 
 
 She struck where the white and tleecy waves 
 
 Looked soft as carded wool, 
 But the cruel rocks, they gored her side 
 
 Like the horns of an angry^buU. 
 
 At day-break, on the lileak sea-beach, 
 
 A fisherman stood aghast, 
 To see the form of a maiden fair, 
 
 Lashed close to a drifting mast. 
 
 The salt sea was frozen on her breast, 
 
 The salt tears in her eyes ; 
 And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, 
 
 On the billoAvsfall and rise. 
 
 Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, 
 
 In the midnight and the snow! 
 Christ save us all from a death like this, 
 
 On the reef of Norman's Woe!" 
 
 Those who visit this reef, or the shore along here, should not 
 approach too near the water, for it is very deceptive, and often 
 springs up the rocks unexpectedly. People have been w'ashed 
 oft and drowned, and the iron cross here marks the spot where 
 the body of Miss Marvin was laid after being taken from the 
 water, in 1879, an unexpectedly high wave having washed 
 her away. Besides the highway and the railway, Magnolia 
 may, at some seasons of the year, be reached by boat. The 
 railroad station is about a mile from the point, but lines of 
 barges connect wuth all trains. The regular lines of barges at 
 the Magnolia station are run by Gorham Davis and A. J. 
 Rowe. Mr. Davis also keeps a stable at the point. T]ie Glouccs- 
 
BODIES & ©©ffiPA»¥, 
 Rogers' Plated Goods, Crockery, Glass, etc. 
 
58 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 ter boats frequently touch here in summer, and sometimes 
 boats run from Salem. With the growth of the place the 
 frequency and regularity of the boat trips will increase. If 
 now we return to the Gloucester road and drive for about 
 two miles through the woods, we shall emerge at the bead 
 of Fresh-water cove, an inlet from Gloucester outer harbor. 
 The English villa on the right, with lawns sloping away 
 to the edge of the cove is "Brook Bank," the residence 
 of Mr. Samuel E. Sawyer who gave a liberal sum to found 
 a public library in Gloucester, and for whom the library 
 is named. The avenue now extends along the side of the hill, 
 the trees and houses far above us on the left, and tbe ocean 
 sixty or seventy feet below on the right. On one of these cliffs 
 above is the cottage occupied by the family of the late Eben 
 Dale. Between here and the town is some attractive natural 
 scenery, and among the handsome residences is that of John 
 Briiy, on the next hill, to the right, instead of following the 
 avenue the traveler should enter the iield on the shore side and 
 drive along the carriage path past old Stage Fort. This is sup- 
 posed to be the site of the first settlement on Cape Ann. 
 There is little doubt but that Conant's " large frame house" 
 which was moved to Salem, was built near where the old 
 breastwork now is. 
 
 GLOUCESTEK. 
 
 Brief Histoey of the City — Extent of its FisnEiaEs. 
 
 Bass Rocks — East Gloucesteh — Annisquam — Bay 
 
 YiEw — Some Business Houses. 
 
 Gloucester is 31 miles from Boston, and at the head of 
 Gloucester harbor. Its Indian name was Wingfersheek. The 
 first settlement was effected here by Roger Conant about 1624 
 for fishing and farming purposes. He and his followers 
 
GLOUCESTER. 59 
 
 abandoned it in 162G and part went to Salem; the others 
 returned to England. The historian Babson thinks a perma- 
 nent settlement was effected about 1033. In 1642, a plantation 
 was incorporated by the name of Gloucester. A church was 
 organized under Rev. Richard Blymman, probably in 1643. 
 John Emerson, the third minister, was jiaid "60 pounds per 
 annum in Indian corn, peas, barley, fish, mackerel, beef or 
 pork." He served 40 years or more. Rev. John White, who 
 succeeded him, was ordained April 21, 1709. He died at the 
 age of 83, having served as pastor of this church 58 years. In 
 the year 1743, the population having outgrown the agricultural 
 capacity of the place, a number of young men emigrated to a 
 township in Maine about twenty miles from Portland which 
 they named New Gloucester in honor of the parent town. 
 Among the citizens of the new town we may now find the 
 names of some of the earlier settlers at Cape Ann, such as 
 Eveletli, Grovcr, Haskell, Nevens, (then Evans), Skellin 
 (now Skillings), Fogg, Rowe, Wharff, Witham and others. 
 Our municipal history of Gloucester may be closed with its 
 incorporation as a city on April 28, 1873, and the inauguration 
 of Robert R. Fears as the first mayor in 1874. Its population 
 by the United States census of 1880 was 19,288. The town of 
 Gloucester originally included the entire portion of the head- 
 land on the northerly side of Massachusetts bay, known as 
 Cape Ann and also a portion of nearly equal extent running 
 back on the cape to Manchester. The present city is divided 
 into six distinct villages, East Gloucester; Annisquam on the 
 north side of the Cape; Bay View, Lanesville; West Glou- 
 cester, and Gloucester village, or city proper, which borders on 
 the harbor. Gloucester is noted especially for two things: For 
 being the largest fishing jDort in the United States; and as the 
 place where Universalism was really founded as a religious 
 denomination. The doctrine was first preached here in 1774, 
 and the first religious body in America professing the doctrine 
 of universal salvation was organized by John Murray on 
 January 1, 1779. The church was on what is now the corner 
 of Spring and Water streets. 
 
 The fishing industry was first actively pursued in the 
 eighteenth century. In 1841 it had so increased that seventy 
 
60 GLOUCESTEK. 
 
 lisliing vessels were owned in tlie town. In 1875 the number 
 had increased to eiglity of an aggregate tonnage of 4,000 
 tons, and an average value of $1,400. Besides these fish- 
 ermen in distant waters, some seventy vessels were em- 
 ployed in fishing in home waters. The figures of the fishing 
 business in 1873 are as follows: Cod fish, 460,000 quintals, 
 valued at $2,070,000; other fish, 25,000 quintals, valued at 
 $50,000; fresh fish, including halibut, 9,000,000 pounds, valued 
 at $310,000; oil, 275,000 gallons, valued at $165,000; mackerel, 
 86,544 barrels, valued at $1,125,000; herring, 5,000 barrels, 
 valued at $23,000; shell-fish, 18,000 barrels, valued at $18,000; 
 miscellaneous, $40,000; total value of the fisheries for the 
 year 1873, $3,800,000. There were 375 vessels with 3500 men 
 engaged in the business that year. The figures for 1876 were: 
 Cod, $2,020,297; halibut, $679,954: mackerel, $710,201.* These 
 figures are ample to indicate the enormous extent of the fish- 
 ing business of this port. This work, as all know, is attended 
 with very great danger, nearly as great as that of active ser- 
 vice in the army in the time of war. Since 1830, 250 or more 
 vessels and more than 1800 lives have been lost in Ihe fisheries. 
 During the year 1873, alone, 31 vessels and 174 lives were lost. 
 The tower of the City hall, St. Anne's (catholic) church and 
 the wharves should be visited, if nothing else is. From the 
 tower of the city hall a grand view is obtained of the city, 
 the surrounding country and the harbor and ocean. St. Anne's 
 church was begun in 1876 and completed, save the tower, in 
 1880. It is a pure gothic edifice. It is rectangular in form, 78 
 by 142 feet, with a spire (when completed) 180 feet in height. 
 The windows are of beautiful, stained glass, Mdiile the ceiling 
 and walls are artistically frescoed, the various niches bearing 
 some sterling figures emblematic of the faith. The altar is of 
 the richest marble of different colors, from Italy, Spain, France 
 and other countries— and of pure Gothic. Behind and above 
 it the four great windows contain figures of Our Blessed Lord, 
 the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and St Anne. Two smaller altars 
 stand on either side. The painting on the left of the main 
 altar is one of the finest works of art in this country. It 
 
 Appletoivs Cyclopiieclia, 1874, Vol, viii., p. 36. 
 
GLOUCESTKK. 61 
 
 represents the mother of John the Baptist taking him to see 
 the young Christ. On the opposite wall is a fine painting 
 representing the " Adoration of the Magi." Both were done at 
 the Pitti palace in Florence under direction of Father Healey. 
 The wharves and fish-packing houses will be found interesting 
 and instructive. The station of the Eastern railway is on the 
 northerly side of the city. It was built in 1878. Cars leave 
 here for Eockport and for Salem, Boston and other points 
 seven times each day. Coaches depart for East Gloucester, 
 Bay View and Lanesville on arrival of the trains. 
 
 Among the business houses to which we desire to call atten- 
 tion are Alex. Pattilio's dry goods establishment; A. J. Howe's 
 livery stables and the copper paint manufacturies of Tarr and 
 Wonson and James H. Tarr, the two latter mentioned below. 
 Mr. Pattilio's house was burnt out in the great fire in 1804, 
 again in 1870, and yet again in 1872, but has risen each time 
 only to improve wherever improvement is possible. Mr. Eowe 
 keeps a fine large stable well supplied with every description 
 of vehicles and a plenty of good horses. He also has a stable 
 at Magnolia. 
 
 The East Gloucester section of the town is sub-divided 
 into East Gloucester village, Bass Rocks and Eastern Point. 
 The first named is composed of the modest cottages occupied 
 by the families of fishermen. There are also a few shops for 
 the manufacture of various articles used in the fisheries. 
 There are two extensive manufactories of copper paint here: 
 those of Tarr & Wonson and James H. Tarr. This is a 
 paint composed mainly of ground copper and tar mixed, and is 
 used to paint the bottoms of vessels. At the manufactory of 
 Tarr & Wonson an immense business is done. The copper is 
 ground, dried, and mixed by machinery. From the time it 
 disappears in the mill until it goes in the tin cans, ready for 
 use, it is not handled at all. During this time it has passed 
 from the second floor to the first; then back to the second, 
 then to the first again, next to the basement where it is mixed, 
 and lastly is pumped to the second floor, where it is canned. 
 
 On the ocean side of East Gloucester is the delightful sum- 
 mer resort known as Bass Bocks and (Jood IIaebor 
 Beach. We may go by stage or by private carriage, leaving 
 
62 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 the city by way of East Main street. From the elevation 
 between East Gloucester village and Bass Rocks we obtain a 
 fine view of the surroundings. Below us lie the city and the 
 harbor with its shipping, and the fishing vessels going and 
 coming. Back of this picture, across the liarbor and town, is 
 nature's setting of granite hills and dense woods, broken here 
 and there by a green field. If the day be clear, we see the 
 Cape Ann shore toward Salem, then Salem harboi-, the bay, 
 Half-way rock, Marblehead with the tall tower of Abbot Hall, 
 old Boston light, .and the South Shore with its burning sands, 
 in striking contrast with the cool green hills of the North 
 Shore. Away to the right, towards Essex, is Beacon Pole hill. 
 On the ocean side is the broad Atlantic, unbroken save by the 
 numerous white sail. A little to the left lie. Salt island, Milk 
 island and Thatchers island. Turning into Beach avenue, we 
 p:iss the Bass Rock House and proceed to Little Good Harbor 
 beach. The land hereabouts was formerly the property of the 
 late George H. Rogers. Mr. Rogers expended about a hundred 
 thousand dollars in improving the land and bringing it into the 
 market because he knew that in time it would become a popu- 
 lar sea-shore resort. His prediction has been fulfilled, but he 
 did not live to realize his hopes. When he died tiie Gloucester 
 Land company bought the property and sold some twenty or 
 more lots on which residences were built. The Bass Rocks 
 House was also one of the improvements of this company. 
 Subsequently Mr. Henry Souther, of South Boston, bought 
 the entire estate including the hotel and unsold building lots, 
 and set about improving the place and peopling it. The loca- 
 tion is peculiarly adapted to the intended use. The land slopes 
 away to the ocean and the high elevation renders it free from 
 all impurities such as poor drainage and marshes. 
 
 The Bass Rock House, the only hotel hereabouts, was opened 
 by Mrs. E. G. Brown in 1879, and has been a success from the 
 start. It enjoys one of the coolest locations on the cape and 
 as a health resort is unsurpassed. From its piazzas a magnifi- 
 cent view is obtained of Massachusetts bay and the surround- 
 ing country. The cut represents the buildings as they appeared 
 in 1879. Two stories and a broad piazza have since been added, 
 and the dining room enlarged and reconstructed, giving it a 
 
GLOUCESTER 
 
 63 
 
 capacity for seating 140 guests. The beach is crescent shaped, 
 about three-quarters of a mile in lengtli, and the finest on the 
 cape for surf and still water bathing. It is free from under' 
 tow, and perfectly safe at any time of tide. The Bass Rock 
 House is noted for the excellence of its cuisine, and has a 
 select class of patronage. Those wishing a quiet home-like 
 
 lace by the sea, will find here all that can be desired, away 
 from the annoyance of a crowd of transient people and excur- 
 ionists. A book, entitled "A summer Resort on Cape Ann," 
 can be obtained on application to Mr^:. Brown. 
 
 Some excellent drives radiate from Gloucester. We may 
 drive to Magnolia and Salem, or in the opposite direction to 
 
64 GLOUCESTEK. 
 
 Eastern point, over roads already described; or we may drive 
 to Rockport village and Pigeon Cove on the one side, or Annis- 
 quara, Bay View and Lanesville on tlie other; or we may 
 drive entirely around the cape, a distance of about eighteen 
 miles. If the visitor drives in either of the two last named 
 directions he should not confine himself to the highway but 
 enter some of the better conditioned quarry roads and drives 
 around them. Many of these roads are in good condition and 
 lead through striking scenery. Care should he taken when 
 visiting quarries not to get too near the blasts, as there is great 
 danger. If we are going to Bay View and vicinity we leave 
 Gloucester by Washington street, passing the cemetery on the 
 right. The first place of interest is the little settlement of 
 Riverdale with its old mill, pretty stream and thrifty looking 
 farms. A mile beyond we turn to the left and cross Annis- 
 quam river to the village of the same name, hut commonly 
 called Squam. Time was when more vessels fitted from here 
 than from Gloucester. On the hill back of the village is the 
 Cambridge settlement, so-called because most of the summer 
 residents are Cambridge people. The view from the top of this 
 hill is one of the best on the Cape. The residences are mainly 
 pretty cottages, although Isaac Adams, the patentee of the 
 nickel-plating process, has a costly mansion at the summit 
 of the hill, and Curtis Davis and W. B. Hastings on Cambridge 
 avenue.. The only hotel is the small Highland House. 
 From Annisquam to Bay View is some two miles. 
 
 Bay View is among the most widely known sections 
 of the Cape, because of General Butler's connection with 
 it. He has a summer residence and used to pass much of 
 his time here. His house stands on the left as we enter the 
 village. Col. Jonas H. French's being the first. Both are of 
 granite. Gen. Butler's has not I'eceived much care of late, 
 but Col. French's is a most charming retreat. The prospect 
 from the piazza of his house is unusually good, commanding 
 as it does Ipswich bay and all that line of coast to New 
 Hampshire. The Cape Ann granite company's works here 
 should be visited. CJol. French is president of the company. 
 H. H, Bennett, treasurer, and Scott Webber, supei intendent. 
 There are two distinct quarries worked by this company; one 
 
GLOUCESTER. 65 
 
 a lialf mile from the street, and the other about a mile. The 
 present proprietors purchased this land iii 1869, and began 
 work in April of the same year. The company employs from 
 300 to 600 men, according to the business on hand. 
 
 The process of quarrying stone is something like this: The 
 soil being cleared from a ledge and an examination having 
 been made to see liow the seams run, a steam drill is set to 
 work boring two holes from 10 to 18 feet in depth and three 
 inches in width, and two inches apart. A half keg of powder 
 is put in these holes, and ignited with electrictity. The ex- 
 plosion lifts the ledge from seam to seam, usually in a straight 
 line. Sometimes these lifts are of 20,000' tons weight. The 
 blasts do not smash the rocks at all ; a person is perfectly safe 
 standing a few feet away. The section of the ledge thus 
 broken off is split into smaller sections, to suit various pur- 
 poses, with small hand drills and wedges. These pieces are 
 taken to the yard by a train of cars, there to be worked into 
 whatever shape desired, with hammer and chisel. The work is 
 mainly done from drawings, though sometimes from patterns. 
 The pieces of stone for the various purposes are entirely pre- 
 pared at the company's yard, so that there is no cutting or 
 trimming when they arrive at their destination; nothing to do 
 but put them in place. The largest block ever taken out was 
 that for the platform of the Scott monument at Washington, 
 which in its rough state weighed 150| tons. When finished 
 and ready for shipment it weighed 119 tons. Among the more 
 prominent structures composed wholly or in part of Bay View 
 granite are the U. S. post office and sub-treasury, Boston; the 
 approaches to the patent office and post office in Washinglcn ; 
 the military academy at West Point; monument and tower to 
 Miles Standish at Duxbury ; the new public library at Phila- 
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EOCKPOET. 
 
 Its Histoky — Thatcher's Island — Pigeon Cove — 
 Ocean Yiew Point — Description of a Storm. 
 
 Eockport is the last town on Cape Ann. It is most appro- 
 priately named, for it is a port and a rocky one in the fullest 
 sense. The depot, the terminus of the Cape Ann branch of 
 the Eastern, is four miles from Gloucester and 35.4 miles from 
 Boston. The railway and highway pass through a largely 
 uninhabited section, the old Beaver dam farm being the only 
 interruption of the wilderness. " Great" hill, just beyond the 
 farm is a sightly place. The bay and village and Pigeon Cove 
 and village lie before us in the distance; to the left are hills of 
 rock and forest, — Pool's hill, Thompson's mountain and 
 Pigeon hill. Amid these rise the tall derricks of the great 
 granite quarries. To the right lies the open sea with its 
 islands, rocks and white sails. 
 
 A drive through the village and out Mt. Pleasant street 
 brings us very near to Straitsmoutli island and light at the 
 entrance to Eockport harbor, and to the famous lighthouses on 
 Thatcher's island, those familiar beacons, like sturdy sentinels, 
 standing guard for Cape Ann. Babson says this island was 
 purchased by Eev. John White for 100 pounds. He sold it to 
 Joseph Allen in 1727 for 175 pounds. In 1771 the colonial 
 government became its owner at a cost of 500 pounds, and 
 proceeded in the same year to erect two lighthouses and a 
 dwelling house on it. The lamps were lighted for the first 
 time on Dec. 21, 1771. The old lighthouses were supplanted 
 by the present noble structures a few years ago. Henry C. 
 Leonard, in his little work on Pigeon Cove, says, "the sea- 
 birds, attracted by the splendor of these quenchless flames, fly 
 with such force against the plates of glass which protect the 
 
68 KOCKrORT. 
 
 flames from wind and storm, that they fall dead upon the 
 rocks around the towers." 
 
 "Tlie rocky ledge runs far out into the sea, 
 And on its outer point some miles away, 
 Tlie liglithouse lifts its massive masonry, 
 A pillar of lire by night, a cloud liy day. 
 
 Like the great Christopher it stands, 
 
 Upon the brink of the tempestuous wave, 
 
 Wading far out among the rocks and sands, 
 The night o'ertaken mariner to save. 
 
 Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same 
 Year after year, through all the silent night, 
 
 Burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, 
 Shines on that inextinguishable light. 
 
 The sea-bird wheeling round it, with the din 
 Of wings, and winds, and solitary cries. 
 
 Blinded and maddened with the light within. 
 Dashes himself against the glass and dies." 
 
 The town was settled by John Babson, (1695,) and Eichard 
 Tarr, (1607,) the former at Straitsmouth and the latter 
 where the village now stands. At the breaking out of the 
 Eevolutionary war, seventy Kockport boats were engaged in the 
 fisheries, about as large a number as there has ever been since. 
 The government began to build a breakwater at Long cove in 
 1836, but abandoned the work for the want of money in 18^0. 
 The population increased from about 400 in 1775 to 704 in 1792 
 and 2,650 in 1840. In the last named year the inhabitants, 
 after much opposition from the parent town of Gloucester, 
 were set off as an independent municipality under the name 
 of Rockport. The first town meeting was held on March 9 of 
 that year. Col. Pool held the office of clerk continuously until 
 1868, when he resigned and was succeeded by his son, Calvin 
 W. Pool, the present incumbent. The most remunerative 
 interest at the present time is granite cutting. Nature be- 
 stowed upon Rockport a rich mine in the great granite ledges, 
 an apparently inexhaustible quarry from which generation 
 after generation will draw wealth. Granite was first cut from 
 these hills in 1710, to construct mooring stones for fishermen; 
 not, liowever, until the beginning of the nineteenth century 
 were stones cut and used for building i)urposes. The value o 
 
ROCKPORT. by 
 
 the granite (juarried in Ilockpoit and the section of Gloucester 
 adjoining must be several hundred thousand dollars. 
 
 Our interest, however, centres in Pigeon Cove and vicinity, 
 the far-famed summer resort. The journey can be made by 
 coach, the distance being two miles. These coaches connect 
 with every train. The fares are 25 cents each way. A railroad 
 is needed to the Cove and will be built sometime, no doubt. The 
 principal hotel is the Pigeon Cove House, kept by Mrs. Ellen S. 
 Robinson since 18G0. The praises of this house and its loca- 
 tion have been sung from New England to the Pacific, 
 and from Canada to Texas. The present building was erected 
 in 1871 by Mrs. Robinson. She also owns the Sea View 
 House near by, but does not manage it. Mrs. Robinson has 
 devoted the best years of her life to the management of sum- 
 mer hotels at the North and winter hotels at the South. How 
 faithfully she has served her patrons thousands can testify. 
 The house has seventy-five sleeping rooms besides offices, din- 
 ing rooms and elegant parlors. There are also several private 
 boarding and lodging houses in the immediate vicinity. 
 
 Just beyond the cove is Ocean View point, the extreme end 
 of Cape Ann. There are three principal avenues leading 
 thither— Phillips, northern and southern sections, and liabson 
 avenue between the two. The property here comprises the 
 entire projection of land constituting the northeasterly sec- 
 tion of Rockport, a territory of some fifty acres, formerly 
 known as " thfe Allen pasture." Byrant once wrote:— "No 
 place of resort by the sea-side in New England has such foi-e.st 
 attractions as Pigeon Cove. The woods look like a beautiful 
 temple." The late Ur. Chapin said, " The ocean view is one 
 of tire grandest I have ever seen." It is certainly an interest- 
 ing spectacle to witness the ocean from this point, during a 
 storm. The scene is marvelously grand; it is awe-inspiring; 
 it is sublime. Though the wriier has witnessed it often, it is 
 impossible to portray the picture more faithfully than does the 
 following article written by a lady correspondent of the New 
 Orleans Times, in 1877: 
 
 For three days they have had such tides as have not beaten 
 
 on these rocks for seven years ! A and I have lived out of 
 
 doors. Our hats have been on our heads from morning till 
 
70 KOCKPORT. 
 
 night, and the rocks have known us ''from early morn till 
 dewy eve." There has been a sort of fascination in the sight 
 for us, and while we gazed and never tired of gazing, we were 
 all the while conscious how utterly inadequate all language 
 was to convey any idea of the awful sublimity of the scene. 
 It has not rained ; and although a northeast wind was blowing 
 most of the time, if properly wrapped it was not at all uncom- 
 fortable for those on the shore. In fact, Saturday was the only 
 day really worthy of being called chilly. Yesterday the sun 
 shone, the temperature was delightful, with the noblest seas 
 running that we have yet had. The scene along the whole 
 coast as far as the eye could reach was sublime Every pro- 
 jecting rock was a point at which a fountain of milk-white 
 spray leaped forty or fifty feet in the air, and every billow 
 sweeping up the shore left the rock foaming with waterfalls and 
 cascades, which went frothing and swirling back toward the 
 deep, never reaching it before another wave broke and replaced 
 the fugitive torrent. In the chasms and rifts and gullies all 
 was boiling, seething foam, and here and there in some broad 
 ravine's mouth, where the wind and tide met and battled, all 
 was "confusion wi^'se confounded" and seemed as if hell-broth 
 were brewing in a cauldrons tirred by mad witches Upon the 
 stones facing the sea, the terrible magnificence of the scene 
 struck one dumb. Far out from the shore the waves could be 
 seen to rise, and growing as they rose, take up their awful 
 march toward the land. As they drew near, they seemed like 
 gigantic sea monsters which reared and pawed the air in sav- 
 age wrath, then with a fearful noise fluns themselves upon 
 the solid stones, which with calm defiance met the shock. 
 From point to point one wandered along the rocks, each new 
 view seeming grander than the last, everywliere groups of per- 
 sons could be seen gazing upon the riotous waters. There 
 was a general seeking for companionship; no one seemed to 
 wish to be alone, for a certain degree of terror was mingled 
 with the awe and admiration the scene excited. Seated upon 
 the rocks, thirty feet above the water level, we watch the 
 gathering billows. They sweep toward us— swell, roar— then 
 dash upon the shore, breaking into countless cataracts, and 
 filling the air with spray; as we see them come, the bravest 
 
ROCKPOIIT. 71 
 
 holds his breath. Involuntarily one grasps his neighbor and 
 shrinks back ; then with a gasp and a shudder, he sees the 
 volume of water disperse, and spell-bound fixes his gaze upon 
 the next wave. The noise and tumult meanwhile are that of 
 two or three Niagaras, and where the water is driven against 
 certain forms of rock loud reports are heard like the regular 
 shock of artillery. Hissing as if the rocks were red hot, 
 the white lips of the waves kiss the stones, while the 
 splash and splatter of the uptossed water is dropping 
 everywhere. Above all the ceaseless swish and swirni 
 and rush and riot of the maddened seas one hears 
 another and almost appalling sound. It is like the distant 
 roll of underground thunder. It seems to come from the 
 very throat of the lioarse deep, and the earth feels its vibra- 
 tions. It is a sound of the sea which yet seems distinct from 
 the sea, and falls upon the ear like a threat, ominous of some 
 dire thing to come, yet more terrible than any. Passing up to 
 the extreme point of the cape, entirely a new scene presents 
 itself. Here instead of rushing at the shore like rearing uni- 
 corns, the rollers stretch themselves out from north to south, 
 and roll westward. We see them built, as by magic, far out; 
 they rise, great wallis of green water ; borne forward by invisi- 
 ble hands, they resolve themselves into mighty cylinders of 
 malachite, millions upon millions of pale demons, robed in foam 
 and spray, dance and reyel, and hold mad orgies, until, suddenly 
 losing hold, they slip from the green summit and go headlong 
 down the grassy surge, which, suddenly shattered, sweeps past 
 in its shivered splendor, and is hurled against the shore a chaos 
 of froth and fury — of amber, emerald and pearl. As the eye 
 goes back toward the sea, it beholds a strange army advancing. 
 They are old men of the sea — Druids of the deep— their robes 
 are woven of emerald water, their long beards are like snow, 
 and their hair, whiter than the thrice-washed fleece, floats out 
 upon the wind. From their shoulders hang feathery mantles 
 of spotless white, and they march forward with the calm 
 courage born of a belief in their own invincibility, till, sud- 
 denly catching sight of the stern foe in rocky silence waiting 
 them on shore, they fall prostrate on their faces— their white 
 mantles cover them — their white hair tosses and tangles in the 
 
72 PvOCKPOET. 
 
 gale — the great deep swallows them up — and the eye seeks them 
 in vain in the tumultuous meadows of the sea. Amid countless 
 interruptions, I have feebly given you some idea of the scene 
 with only one regret, viz: that more of my New Orleans 
 friends were not here to share the picture. In it I found am- 
 ple reward for ray long journey by land and water, and my 
 determined purpose to reach "Pigeon Cove." This "stern and 
 rock-bound coast" is to me a source of endless interest. I 
 drink in draughts of briny air; I watch the changes of light 
 upon the water, the colors of the rocks on shore, and search 
 eagerly among the weeds and mosses brought up from the mys- 
 terious gardens of the deep for some sea flower which I may 
 keep as a memento of this time. 
 
 The only hotel at the point is the Llnwood. Its location is 
 
 LiNwoou House. 
 
 one of the most romantic and picturesque on the coast. It 
 stands within two hundred feet of the water, on a high cliff 
 overlooking the ocean, with Massachusetts bay on one side and 
 Ipswich bay on the other. From the top of the house the 
 panorama is grand beyond description. The whole shore 
 to Rockport village, and, beyond it, fStraitsmouth and Thatch- 
 
nOCKPORT. 73 
 
 er's on one side, the Salvages, and the open sea in front, and 
 the white sands of Ipswich bay, Mt. Agamenticus and the Isles 
 of Shoals, on the other, are plainly visible. The house is of 
 recent and modern construction, and is heated by furnace. 
 Mr. James Hurd is proprietor. 
 
 The distinctive feature of Rockport as a Summer resort, is its 
 picturesqueness. Some striking scene greets one on every 
 hand. If it is not the wild war of the waves on a stormy day, 
 it is the charm of the walks in the woods and among the old 
 granite quarries on a summer morning. America affords few 
 places where such charming wood-walks exist. Col. Higginson 
 says :— " The whole interior of Cape Ann, beyond Gloucester, is 
 a continuous woodland, with granite ledges everywhere crop- 
 ping out, around which the high-road winds, following the 
 curving and indented line of the sea, and dotted here and there 
 with fishing hamlets. This whole interior is traversed by a 
 network of foot paths, rarely passable for a wagon, and not 
 always for a horse, but enabling the pedestrian to go from any 
 one of these villages to any other, in a line almost direct, and 
 always under an agreeable shade."* If one is driving through 
 this section, he will, after leaving Pigeon Cove, proceed around 
 the shore by Folly point and Halibut point, and, passing 
 through a lovely arch of willows enter the little village of 
 Lanesville in Gloucester. The road to this point is usually in 
 good condition, although, as may be supposed, it is winding 
 and uneven. Here we take leave of that wonderful and charm- 
 ing section of New England known as Cape Ann. 
 
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IPSWICH. 
 
 A Charming Country Town— Its Interesting History 
 — Hills and Valleys — Heartbreak Hill — Town 
 Hill— Business Directory. 
 
 The beautiful town of Ipswich is 28 miles from Boston and 
 12 from Salem, on the line of the Eastern railway. It is here 
 that the double track ends ; beyond, there is only a single track. 
 In all New England it would be difficult to find a settlement 
 which more forcibly reminds one of the typical modern Eng- 
 lish country town. The houses are large and many of them 
 somewhat old-fashioned — sort of grand and imposing like. 
 The elms, however, are what give the place that English look. 
 They are the growth of many generations and their wide 
 spreading branches span the exceptionally broad streets. Some 
 of these trees are six feet in diameter. Ipswich roads are 
 broad, winding, undulating and as smooth as a house floor. 
 The whole air of the town bespeaks dignity and solidity, as if 
 it had come down from many a distant generation wearing all 
 its honors. And, yet, unlike Marblehead it has none of that 
 weather-beaten, antique appearance. Everything is moder- 
 ately bright and fresh. Few people, doubtless, are aware that 
 the Mayflower came near landing her now historic freight of 
 humanity at Ipswich. The vessel was anchored off the bar 
 and a boat sent out to prospect, but the sea was rough and it 
 returned without effecting a landing. Had the Pilgrims landed 
 here we should never have had Mrs. Heman's " A stern and 
 rockbound coast," because there are no rocks on this coast. 
 Ipswich was settled in 1033. Its Indian name was Agawam. 
 John Winthrop, jr., bought the plantation of the Indian chief 
 Masconomo, in 1638, for £20. The first meeting house was 
 built in 1G34. Rev. Nathaniel Ward, author of the tract, "The 
 Simple Cobbler of Aggawam," was the pastor. The town 
 was incorporated in the same year. In 1703, Ipswich hamlet 
 
76 IPSWICH. 
 
 was detached and incorporated as the town of Hamilton. In 
 1819, the second parish of Ipswich was incorporated as the 
 town of Essex. In 1846, a section of the town was added to 
 Boxford. The population in 1870 was 3,720; in 1875, 3,674; in 
 1880, 3,702; it has increased during the past year. The indus- 
 tries are farming, shoe making and the manufacture of hosiery 
 and woolen goods. The hosiery mill gives employment to 
 above 400 people and the monthly pay roll averages $12,000. 
 Ipswich is noted for its orchards and hay farms. It is one of 
 the most extensive hay growing towns in the commonwealth. 
 Its agricultural productions in 1875 exceeded those of any 
 other town in Essex county. There are five churches in the 
 village: The North Congregational, on the "Green;" the 
 South Congregational, on the South side; the Methodist, on 
 Common street; the Catholic, towards Prospect hill and the 
 Episcopal, on County street. The village has schools, halls, 
 offices and stores to an unusual degree for a country 
 town. There are two common schools and the Mjmning high 
 school. The latter was built in 1873-4, with a fund of $35,- 
 000 left by the late Dr. Thomas Manning. His nephew, Rich- 
 ard H. Manning, of Brooklyn, gave $15,000 and Hon. J. G. 
 Cogswell, of New York, $4,000 additional. The cabinet of 
 natural curiosities, mineral and botanical specimens is proba- 
 bly the best in the county after that at Salem. The town has 
 a splendid free public library, — the Heard library, — of about 
 8,000 volumes. It is on Common street and was established 
 on a fund of |18,000 left by Augustine Heard. He also left 
 books and other property, making his whole donation $50,000. 
 Daniel Treadwell of Cambridge, a native of Ipswich, gave his 
 library and other property, amounting in all to $20,000, to the 
 same institution. The first newspaper in town was the Ipswich 
 Journal, started in 1827. It was short-lived. The Chronicle 
 was started in 1872, by E. L. Davenport, and is now owned by 
 Daniels & Potter. It is a newsy sheet. There are lodges of 
 Odd Fellows, Masons and Good Templars in the town. One 
 of the county houses of correction and an insane asylum are 
 located back of the village. Two stone bridges span Ipswich 
 river. Choate bridge on Main street was built in 1764, at 
 a cost of £1,000 and the other, on County street in 1861. 
 
IPSWICH. 77 
 
 Ipswich has furnislied some really " great men" in the field 
 of letters and jurisprudence. Nathan Dane, member of Con- 
 gress, author of Dane's Abridgement of American law and 
 founder of the Dane professorship at Harvard, was born here. 
 Also, J. C. Perkins, who died in Salem, served on the court of 
 common pleas, and wrote many works on law; Hon. Otis P. 
 Lord, of Salem, now a justice of the supreme judicial court; 
 Nathaniel Appleton, minister and lawyer, and judge of the 
 probate court for 20 years; John Gr^ Cogswell, for many years 
 librarian of the Astor library and an intimate friend of 
 George Bancroft; Gen. Wra. Sutton, now of Peabody, well 
 known throughout the state. 
 
 So much for the history of the town. Now a word descrip- 
 tive. Ipswich has some features peculiar to itself. Nowhere 
 else do w^e find such noble, round, smooth hills. They rise 
 in every direction, like ant-hills on a sandy lawn. Between 
 them are beautiful green valleys, while on the ocean side are 
 vast meadows and marshes. The hills are free from rocks, 
 and the soil is remarkably fertile and productive. It is a com- 
 bination of fine gravel and loam which works well in the field 
 and treads in the road like so much adamant. Ipswich river, 
 the prettiest stream of water in the county, drains the town 
 and the section to the north. The water is very dark, almost 
 black from the rich soil, yet pure and clear as crystal. This 
 stream terminates in Ipswich bay. At the village it falls sev- 
 eral feet, and just beyond the county houses it meets tide wa- 
 ter, the head of navigation. From the village to the bay is 
 some two miles, and the river pursues a winding course 
 through the meadows. A trip "down river" is considered the 
 finest treat which Ipswich people can offer to their visitors, and 
 certainly it would not be an easy matter to find a pleasanter. 
 The pretty steamer Carlotta, Capt. Burnham, plys back and 
 forth during the summer. Inquire for his boat. Beyond this 
 is a vast saiidbar over which the water breaks into milk-white 
 spray. 
 
 There is a legend that one Harry Main, an early set- 
 tler, was, because of a blasphemous act, chained to this bar 
 with an iron shovel and sentenced to shovel back the sand for 
 a thousand years. So when the sea roars the people say : 
 
78 IPSWICH. 
 
 ''Harry Main has had hard work to-day." Such is the legend, 
 but probably no one believes it, any more than they do that the 
 town voted at one and the same time to tear down the stone 
 bridge and build a new one of the same stone, and "to use the 
 old bridge while the new one was being built." The shore at 
 the mouth of the river trends away on either hand, the same 
 low white line of fine sand. The facilities for salt-water 
 bathing could not well be better. This beach terminates at 
 Annisquam river after being cut across by Essex and Chebac- 
 co rivers. North of here Plum island stretches away for 
 nine miles, another unbroken line of sand, to the very entrance 
 of Newburyport harbor. But of all the features of the town 
 none are so striking as the great round-topped hills. The most 
 jiopular one in many respects is Town hill which lies just back 
 of the village. It rises abruptly from High street to a height 
 of some two hundred feet above the level of the sea. The 
 view from its summit is unsurpassed in all this section. Be- 
 ginning with the Dan vers Insane Asylum to the South-west we 
 find next in line toward the ocean, the village of Hamilton and 
 in the foreground, the winding Ipswich river. A mile further 
 to the east is the Candlewood district in Ipswich. Far away 
 in the distance is the Manchester and Essex woods and a range 
 of hills in Essex which hides the town from us. Nearer, and 
 to the left, is Heartbreak hill. There is a legend connected 
 with this hill. Celia Thaxter tells it in her beautiful poem : 
 
 ''In Ipswich town, not far from the sea, 
 
 Rises a hill which the people call 
 Heartbreak hill, and its history 
 
 Is an old, old legend known to all." 
 
 The legend is told in the third and last verses of a poem of 
 sixteen stanzas. 
 
 "It was a sailor w'ho won the heart 
 
 Of an Indian maiden, lithe and strong, 
 And she saw him over the sea depart, 
 
 While sweet in her ear his promise rang. 
 
 ******** 
 
 He never came back ! Yet faithful still 
 She watched from the hilltop her life away ; 
 
 And the towns people christened it Heartbreak hill, 
 And it bears the name to this very day." 
 
IPSWICH. 79 
 
 Still another range of hills stretches away from here to the 
 very water's ed£;e. This is the Castle hill range. What a 
 magnificent location for a summer hotel ! Behind Castle hill is 
 Hog island, the birth-place of Rufus Choate. This island is 
 situated in the middle of Essex river. In the distance we see 
 the Cape Ann shore, Aunisquam and Bay View. The water 
 at the base of Castle hill is of sufficient depth to float large 
 vessels. Crossing the mouth of the river we have Little neck 
 and Great neck, both parts of a bold headland wl.icli from the 
 water seems to rise perpendicularly out of the ocean. Beyond 
 all these objects we behold the broad ocean for 75 miles with 
 its numerous sails, from Cape Ann to the distant coast of 
 Maine. The Isles of Shoals and Mt. Agamenticus are distinctly 
 visible from this hill. Another turn to the left and we see the 
 spires of Newburyport, Amesbury and Kowley. Ipswich vil- 
 lage is three miles to the northwest, between two of those 
 great hills. In the same direction are Turkey hill, and Bar- 
 tholomew hill ; and directly west. Turner hill, noticeable for a 
 line of trees on one side, like so many silent sentinels. This 
 completes the circle around our location on Town hill. A 
 more sightly place or grander views are rarely found. The 
 wonder is that this hill has not all been built upon years ago. 
 There is not a better location for summer residences in all 
 Essex county. The health of the place is undisputed, because 
 the opportunities for drainage are perfect. In the very centre 
 of this hill, on the land owned by J. B. Wells, is a beautiful 
 tiny pond of pure water. At very small cost a good reservoir 
 might be constructed here and the whole town supplied with 
 water. A street has been begun, to extend between Spring and 
 High streets, directly over the summit of Town hill. It will 
 be 60 feet in width and lined with shade trees. There ean be 
 no question as to the future of this place. It cannot possibly 
 remain unoccupied much longer. The immediate sea-shore 
 along our coast is practically all occupied, and the nex 
 step must be in the direction of the elevated land back from 
 the shore. Considering that suburban residences are now 
 occupied from early spring to late fall, it is a question whether 
 a few miles removed from the water is not desirable. In fact, 
 this change is already taking place along the Cape Ann shore. 
 
80 IPSAVl'ClI. 
 
 and the eligible locations are fast being brought into market. 
 Those who are seeking for a building spot will be wise if they 
 include this hill and the town of Ipswich in their tour of 
 inspection. 
 
 The Eastern International House, kept by Mrs. Mary Smith, 
 is on Central street, just beyond the Manning school building. 
 This is the principal hotel of the town. Mrs. Smith kept the 
 dining rooms at the depot for many years, and it would be dif- 
 cult to tell how many thousands of hungry travellers have 
 received comfort to the inner man at the old International. 
 Who, that on a cold winter day has been warmed by that fa- 
 miliar notice, " hot muffins," as he entered the room, will ever 
 forget that happy moment ! The house was moved to Central 
 street in 1880, and entirely remodelled and refitted. It has been 
 again repaired and otherwise improved during the spring of 
 1881. A piazza runs entirely around the house, while the sur- 
 rounding grounds are prettily laid out. The location is one of 
 the best in town. In fact, few country villages are as fortunate 
 as Ipswich in the matter of hotel accommodations. The Inter- 
 national is not alone for transient guests, but for those desirous 
 of passing a week or two of the hot weather in the country. 
 
 A list of the principal business houses of tha town fol- 
 lows :— on the first floor of Caldwell block, corner of Market 
 and Central streets, we have the spacious pharmacy rooms of 
 Edward F. Brown, formerly for many years occupied by An- 
 drew Geyer. The telegraph office is in his store. On the same 
 floor are David M. Tyler's fine jewelry store and Joseph 
 Johnson's boot and shoe store, both numbered among the 
 town's best business places. Thomas Condon grocer, and 
 George Ellis, shoe dealer, are also located here. In the 
 second story are the offices of the Ipswich Chronicle and 
 Wesley K. Bell, trial justice, and the elegant dental rooms of Dr. 
 J. B. Wells. Dr. Wells has been located in these rooms a long 
 time, which speaks volumes for his popularity and efficiency as 
 a dentist. On Main street, in the vicinity of the First church, 
 we find the Agawam House, an excellent little suburban hotel. 
 Also the well filled dry goods store of Walter Lord, and William 
 Willcomb's confectionery and ice cream store. Opposite, 
 on the other side of the ''green", is Odd Fellows block, occu- 
 
IPSWICH. 81 
 
 pied by Agawara lodge iu the upper part, and by the post 
 office and the drug store of John Blake in the lower part. Mr. 
 Blake has the usual assortment of toilet goods. The telephone 
 office is in his store. Maynard Whittier's store is also on Main 
 street. On High street is Asa Lord's grocery store, one of the 
 best in town. On the "south side" of the river, E. Cogswell 
 and son keep a very large variety store, and Stackpole and Son 
 have a large soap manufactory. In Wildes block, near the 
 junction of Market and Main streets, Mr. Higgins has a large 
 and well stocked furniture store, and John A. Newman and E. 
 Plcuff and Son, spacious hardware stores. In the second story 
 we find Dr. A. S. Dudley, the dentist so well known in Salem. 
 In a building adjoining is the periodical store of Mr. Hale, 
 where he keeps all the articles usually found in such an 
 establishment. On Market street we have the spacious dry 
 goods store, of W. S. Russell, one of the best in town. Mr- 
 Russell has kept this store since 1865. Just beyond him, on the 
 same side, is Robert Jordan's tailoring and furnishing goods 
 establishment, the most extensive in the place. N'ear by is 
 the law office of Charles A. Sayward, Esq., and nearly opposite 
 is John A.. Johnson's shoe manufactory. Close by the depot is 
 the immense crockery store of Curtis Damon. It is the largest 
 outside of Salem, if not in Essex county. 
 
 4* 
 
A NEW EXCURSION ROUTE. 
 
 The authors desire to call attention to one excursion from 
 this section, which may be made cheaply, quickly, and com- 
 fortably, and which, although almost unknown among the 
 excursion routes of the day, has some features peculiar to the 
 section alone. We refer to the Aroostook and New Brunswick, 
 along the valley of the St. John. The trip may be made as 
 follows: Leave Boston or Salem in the morning over the 
 Eastern; arrive in Bangor at night on the Maine Central ; pass 
 the night in Bangor (Bangor House); leave the next morning 
 via the European and North American; dine atYanceboro; 
 take the New Brunswick and Canada for Fort Fairfield or 
 Caribou ; pass the second night here. If desired, the Swedish 
 colony known as New Sweden, nine miles distant, may be 
 visited by carriage. On leaving Caribou return to Fort Fair- 
 field and continue on the main line to Edmandston, and pass 
 the third night ; return the next day to Grand Falls, where 
 two days or even a week may well be passed. The return can 
 be made over the same route, or take the New Brunswick and 
 Canada to Fredericton, and thence to St. Andrews, a beautiful 
 seaport town which is destined to become the leading summer 
 resort in the maritime provinces, because of its magnificent 
 and wierd scenery, and remarkably pure and cool atmosphere. 
 It has splendid hotel accommodations, especially at the Argyll, 
 recently built. From St. Andrews return by rail to Bangor. 
 It would be impossible to detail the points of interest on 
 this route. The writers can only say from personal experi- 
 ence that if this excursion is made during the months of July 
 and August, it will bo found one of the most interesting in 
 New England and the Canadas. The route takes one through 
 the valleys of the Kennebec, the Penobscot aud the St. John 
 rivers, than which nothing finer can be imagined. Grand 
 Falls is one of the most delightful spots in America for a quiet 
 sojourn of a few days or a few weeks. The scenery is superb, 
 and the river below the falls reminds one forcibly of the 
 Canons of Colorado. Board costs from $5 to $10 per week at 
 good hotels. We have deviated thus much from the usual 
 course of this book because this section of the country is 
 almost unknown and because we know every one who visits 
 it will feel grateful for the suggestion. 
 
W. 8q J. Leonard, 
 
 196 Essex: STREET, 
 
 SALEM, MASS., 
 Offer to the residents at the various summer resorts 
 ill Essex County, the most complete and perfect 
 stock of 
 
 K^^ufe anil ^Ii0ti5 
 
 to be found east of Boston, consisting in part of 
 
 especially adapted to Beach and Country Wear. 
 They are more substantial than leather and very 
 stylish. Our leather goods embrace an almost 
 endless variety as to style, quality and price. 
 
 WE ALSO MAINTAIN A 
 
 First-class Custom. T^epartment, 
 
 where goods of every description are made to measure. 
 
 Do not fail when driving into the city to visit the oldest and 
 best-known shoe store in Essex County— ESTABLISHED 
 1815 — now kept by 
 
 ^W. & J. LEODSTA^HD, 
 
 Sueesssors to Buswell & Leonard, 
 
 Remember the Number, 196 Essex St., Salom, Mass, 
 
 (83) 
 
C. H. PULSIFER, 
 152 Washington St., Salem, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 Artists^ Mat@r£als^ 
 
 Mm anl Carriage Paialers' Siiilies, 
 
 INCLTJDIISrG- 
 
 Canvas, Canvas Board, Academy Board, Cardboard Panels, 
 
 Paper Plaques, Pottery Plaques, Wooden Plates, 
 
 Drawing Paper, Charcoal Paper, Oil 
 
 Color Boxes, Water 
 
 Color Boxes. 
 
 Oil Tube Colors, Moist Half Pans, China Colors, Charcoal, 
 
 Conte Crayons, Pastel Crayons, Sable Brushes, 
 
 Camel's Hair Brushes, Bristle Brushes, 
 
 Fitch Brushes, Masury's Colors, &c. 
 
 China sent to be fired twice each week, 
 
 White Lead, di^y and ground m oil, 
 
 Glass, Oil, Vaimisli, Spirits 
 
 Turpentine, Brushes, &c. 
 
 Orders for House Painting, Paper Hanging, &e. 
 Goods sold at Boston Prices. 
 
 (84) 
 
CHARLES P. SPENCER, 
 
 (FORMERLY WITH JOHN TUTTLE.) 
 
 Manufacturer of and Dealer in 
 
 HARNESSES, 
 
 TRUNKS, BAGS & VALISES. 
 
 ROBES, HALTERS, BLANKETS, CURRY 
 COMBS, RIDINa SADDLES, 
 
 Surcingles, Shawl Straps, Harness Soap, 
 
 Sponges, Chamois Skins, Horse 
 
 Brushes, Axle Grease. 
 
 INTERFERING BOOTS 
 
 MADE TO ORDER. 
 
 Haimesses a7id T7^Hnks 7ieatly and pi'omptty 
 
 repairedy and harnesses cleaned, 
 
 blacked and oiled. 
 
 J^ext door to Mechanic Rail, 
 
 (85) 
 
V. E. FBANKLAND, 
 
 Monuments, Tablets 
 
 AND GRAVESTONES, 
 
 NEA-E. STONTC DEPOT, 
 
 8ALEM, - = - - MASS. 
 
 Naumkeag Laundry, 
 
 215 WASHINGTON STREET, 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 C. H. JEWETT, - PROPRIETOR. 
 
 All work neatl}^ and expeditiously executed. Goods 
 called for and delivered without extra charge. 
 
 CONNECTED BY TELEPHONE. 
 
 LAUNDBY OPEN UNTIL 8 P. M. 
 (86) 
 
GETCHELLi Morrill, 
 
 Caepets, Window Shades, 
 
 A.NT> 
 
 Upholstery Goods. 
 
 Brussels, 
 
 Tapestries, 
 Ingrains, 
 
 Lineoleum and 
 
 Oil Cloth 
 
 CARPETS, 
 
 — AT THE — 
 
 LO^V^EST FJRIOES. 
 
 Getehell & Morrill, 
 
 73 WASHINGTON STREET, 
 
 Just above City Hall, - - - - Salem, Mass. 
 
 (87) 
 

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FRANK A. WENDELL, 
 
 (Formerly with Daniel F. Staten.) 
 
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 Gas & Water Pipe Fitter. 
 
 Special Attention to Ventilation of Wa- 
 ter Closets and Drain Pipes. 
 
 HOSE REPAIRED. 
 
 1. 1 mmm if.,, %mm. 
 
 All Work Warranted. Residence, No. 5 Winthrop St. 
 
 I. F». HA-RRIS & C(X; 
 
 CONNECTING STORES, FRONTING ON 
 
 Essex and St. Peter Streets, Salem, Mass. 
 
 Wagon runs daily to Beach Bluff, Clifton, Marblehead 
 
 Neck and the Town of Marblehead. 
 
 Popular and well-known brands of fine goods, which are always in 
 
 stock : 
 
 WASHBURN'S SUPERLATIVE FLOUR, 
 
 AMES' FANCY FLOUR. 
 
 Revere Granulated Sugar, Havemeyer & Elders' Cut Loaf 
 
 Su2:ar, Richardson & Robbins' (canned Meats, Lugana & 
 
 Pojero Macaroni, Rose's & Martinique Lime Juice, 
 
 Cantrell & Cochrane's Ginger Ale, Apollinaris 
 
 Water, Rae's Sublime Lucca Oil, Golden 
 
 Gate Canned Fruits, Wheat' Starch 
 
 Burnett's Extracts, &c. 
 
 r"INE 3BXJTTER-. 
 
 Diamond Creamery Butter, in 5 and 8 lb. boxes, and 20, 30 and 
 501b. tubs, received by Tiffany Refrigerator Car weekly. 
 The attention of the Summer Trade is respectfully called to 
 our facilities for furnishing the best goods at the lowest prices. 
 
 I. P. HARRIS & CO. 
 
 (89) 
 
totaaler, 
 
 198 ES8EX STREET, SALEM, MASS. 
 
 (Ten years with. Currier, Trott 
 
 Co., Boston.) 
 
 Watches, French and A7nerican Clocks, 
 Jewelry, Spectacles, JEJye Glasses, &c, 
 
 Repaired in a prompt and superior manner. Fine and difficult 
 work, requiring sl<:in and experience, given special attention. 
 
 Ladies' and Gents' Gold and Silver Watches 
 
 (Key and Stem-wiiaciers), 
 
 Opera and Marine Glasses. 
 
 Tlie largest and most complete stock in Essex County. 
 
 SPECTACLES and EYE GLASSES. 
 
 — a? h: E — 
 
 French and American Clocks, Rings, Chains, Charms, Ear- 
 rings, Lockets, Lace Pins, Cuff Buttons, &c. 
 THE BEST GRADES OF 
 
 Silver-plated Table Ware, Forks, Knives, Spoons, 
 Casters, Cake Baskets, &c., &c. 
 
 Our purpose is to sell reliable goods— only those that will give 
 ENTIRK SATISFACTION, at a very SMALL profit. 
 
 CiEORG-E A. COLLINS, 198 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. 
 
 (90) 
 
HEADQUARTERS 
 
 FOR 
 
 Mesicaa Hammocks 
 
 STRAW, TROPICAL AND HAMMOCK HATS. 
 
 Bathing Suits of all kinds. 
 
 SISAlTiriMLU'T 
 
 Hat & Fumisliiiig Store, 
 
 191 and 193 Essex Street, Salem. 
 
 Itrangers Ssitieg Salei 
 
 OUGHT NOT TO FAIL TO SEE 
 
 ©©ffiBAO^i lEl^mWl isAMli' 
 
 WHERE IS KEPT THE FINEST ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 Laces, Kids, Hosiery, Millinery Goods, 
 
 Ladies', Misses', Children's and 
 
 Lnfants' Ready-made Garments, 
 
 Worsteds, and all kinds of Flosses and 
 
 Silk Filling for Embroidery. 
 A large assortment of Berlin Embroid- 
 eries at very loiv prices. 
 
 D. CONRAD, 181 Essex Street, Salem. 
 
 (91) 
 
Old Coiner Book Store. 
 
 Henry P, Ives, 
 
 232 Essex Street, 
 
 '/OM// 
 
 Books, 
 
 Stationery, 
 Fancy Goods, 
 
 Paper Hangings, 
 
 BORDERS, DECORATIONS, &c. 
 
 Assortment tlie Largest. 
 
 Prices tlie Lowest. 
 
 Opposite E. K. E. Station, . . Salem, Mass. 
 
 (92) 
 
p. R. HARTIGAN & CO., 
 
 ImssiM. Mm 
 
 A LARGE STOCK'OP 
 
 Baby Carriages, Carts, Wagons, Telocipedes, 
 and Toy Carriages, on hand. 
 
 Harnesses of all kinds. Springfield and New York Harnesses from 
 ten dollars upwards. Our facilities for manufacturing Custom-Made 
 Harnesses are unsurpassed. We manufacture our TRUNKS, selling 
 a custom made article at manufacturer's prices. 
 
 A FINE ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 Ladies' Shopping and Gents' Travelling Bags at the Lowest Prices, 
 Whips, Halters, Bits, Feather Dusters, rfponges, Chamois Skins, Car- 
 riage llobes and Fancy Saddlery, of every Description. Particular 
 attention paid to repairing in all the above branches. 
 
 JVo. 81 Washington Street, Salem. 
 
 HTJBOIN- BLOCK. 
 
 City Hall Avenue, Salem. 
 
 Rear of Hubon Block and at Bev. Farms. 
 
 Thirty Years Experience in this City. 
 
 Particular Attention to Interfering- and Lame Horses. 
 (93) 
 
Eear of 11 Front St. and 8 Lafayette St. 
 
 The subscriber desires to call the attention of the citi- 
 zens of Salem and vicinity, to the extensive alterations he 
 has made during the past year, having added a 
 
 Stable 70 ft. x 38, and ample Shed Room. 
 
 HE HAS ALSO ADDED 
 
 TO HIS ALREADY FIKE STOCK. 
 
 BoarJli, Baitii anil HltcMi, 
 
 CAREFULLY ATTENDED TO. 
 
 Terms Lower than Elsewhere 
 
 IN THE CITY. 
 
 Telephone and Hotel connected with the Stable. 
 
 WM. JOjWES, (proprietor. 
 Rear of Police Station, Salem, Mass. 
 (94) 
 
SEASHORE LOTS 
 
 Juniper Point. 
 
 ACOOD CHANCE FOR AN INVESTMENT. 
 
 Juniper Point is situated on tlie extreme point of Salem Neck, 
 commanding a view of Salem and Beverly Harbors, also Marble- 
 l\ead Shores, including Massachusetts Bay, Islands, Lighthouses, 
 Shipping, &c., the whole embracing a scenery worthy of a visit. 
 For those in quest of a summer resort It cannot be excelled. It 
 has also the Wenham Lake water pipes extending through the 
 main avenues. The Salem Street Railway runs open cars every 
 half hour, during the summer season, giving ample accommoda- 
 tion to those wishing to make connections with trains running in 
 and out of Salem. For particulars, plans, etc., apply to or address 
 
 D. B. GARDJ^ER, Salem, Mass. 
 
 IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS IN 
 
 FINE TEAS, 
 FANCY GROCERIES, 
 
 FqMMIQN I))MLI€A€IES. 
 
 STORES A-T 
 
 127 Washington Street and Juniper Point, 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 
 (95) 
 
— -"§*^$ ASiJ© M^?*?— 
 
 AND 
 
 1 
 
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 Mm^ if 1 Si5ii)S iJtei)©tD 1^©^^ 
 
 Pure Confectionery, Ice Cream, and all Varieties 
 of CAKE, Made Fresh Every Day. 
 
 FAMILIES SUPPLIED. 
 C00j^J^S7 C/tOOM IJSr TUB €122. 
 
 Edwin N, Peabody, 
 
 iiOi'2 liiei Stisit, Saliii. 
 
 Particular attention paid to Views of Public and 
 Private Residences. 
 
 Parlor Interiors, &:g., a Specialty. 
 Instantaneous Views. ?Jatislactioii Guaranteed. 
 
 (90) 
 
CKCLS. J[f. J^ZLffzUTL, 
 
 LOWEST CASH DBALBE IN 
 
 HARDWARE, 
 
 Agikilliiil Implimeiti, 
 Cutlery, BrTishes and Seeds, 
 
 SSS ESSEX STK/EEO?, 
 
 SA.LEBI, MIA-SS. 
 
 Lawrence Cunningham, 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 
 OF ALL DESCRIPTIOJVS. 
 
 Men, Women and Children's Wear. 
 
 Our Sea Shore Friends will do well to 
 give us a call. 
 
 No. 147 ESSEX STREET, SALEM. 
 
 5 (97) 
 
Undertaker^ Embalmer, 
 
 COFFIN PLATES ENGRAVED. 
 
 CRAVE CLOTHES 
 
 OF EVBEY DBSCEIPTION CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 
 
 NO. 69 WASHINGTON ST. 
 
 On Sundays and evenings can be found at 
 
 11 Federal Street, 
 
 HABDY BKOi«. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 Dears, Sasti, Bllfiis I iieiiis. 
 
 Fence Pales, 
 
 Stair Balusters, 
 
 Framing Pins, 
 
 (xlass, &c. 
 
 9 and 11 Waslaington Street, 
 
 Near Northern Depot, SALEM, MASS. 
 
 (98) 
 
MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 ALSO DEALER IN 
 
 Engravings, C/iromos, Oil :Painlings, J^h^e 
 
 ^ictu7^e Cord, JVails and Jinobs. 
 
 OLD FRAMES RE-GILDED. 
 
 1@=" Chromos, Engravings and Oil Paintings Cleansed, 
 Mounted and Framed, on the preniisos, in the latest 
 and most approved styles. 
 
 cr. a-. i_.o^sA7"Eii^"Z", 
 
 116 AVASHING^TOISr S'PKEET, SAXiKM, 
 Goldtlivvaite's Old Stand. 
 
 Richardson & Waters, 
 
 215 ESSEX STREET. 
 
 Mechanics' Tools, Farming and Garden Tools, 
 
 Tarred and Rosin Paper, Wooden Ware, Brushes Scales, Bal- 
 ances, Paints, Linseed Oil, Belting, Lacing, Carpet 
 Sweepers, Clotlies Wringers, Fishing and 
 Shooting Tackle, Boat Trimmings, &c. 
 
 ALL jVT LC^AVEST X'RICES. 
 Cliag. M. Ricliardson. David P. Water*. 
 
 (99) 
 
CIIA.S. A.. (JlOIPJUS, 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 
 
 Choice Brands of Patent Process & St. Louis 
 
 \mi 
 
 GRAIN OF ALL KINDS, 
 
 MEAL, FEED, SHORTS, 
 
 HAY AND BEDDING, 
 
 LARD, HAMS, BEANS, DRIED APPLES, GRAHAM, 
 
 AND PASTE FLOUR, OATMEAL, 
 
 CExMENT. BROOMS, &c. 
 
 fPW 
 
 lybi^iMIIJyrli I 
 
 Th.e largest assormeiat of 
 
 HEI^ FEED 
 
 in the county. 
 
 GROUND SCRAPS, OYSTER SHELLS, &c. 
 
 41, 43, 45, & 47 CENTRAL ST. 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 (100) 
 
±3&Q. 1881. 
 
 B. L. GRISWOLD, 
 
 10 LAFAYETTE ST., SALEM, 
 
 DEALER I3sr 
 
 SEWING MACHINES, 
 
 All styles and kinds, at the lowest prices; and would call 
 special attention to 
 
 The New Stewart Sewing Machine. 
 
 A machine that is meeting with rapid sale wherever introduced. 
 It has all the recent improvements — High Arm, Self-setting 
 Needle, Self-releasing Tension, Loose Nickel Wheel, &c. 
 Also a new and simple mechanical movement (in this machine 
 only) which draws both threads alike without the use of cams, 
 that in the opinion of every disinterested expert who has 
 examined it, is unequalled. 
 
 Simplicity, Lightness and Quietness of Operation, 
 Perfection of Stitch, Range of Work, Ease of 
 Management, Quality of Workmanship (both 
 wood and iron), Number and Quality of At- 
 tachments ; in fact, in all that is required 
 for family sewing, dressmaking, 
 or light tailoring, 
 
 Has No Equal ! Machines On Trial ! 
 
 HE ALSO MANUFACTURES THE 
 
 COLUMBIA CLOTHES WRINGER 
 
 which is the most Simple, Durable, Efficient and Easy-turning 
 AVringer ever made. 
 
 Sewing and Wringing Machines repaired in the 
 best manner and at short notice. 
 
 10 LAFAYETTE STREET, SALEM. 
 
 Between Front Street and the Bridge. 
 
 1!^== No connection with any other store. 
 (101) 
 
BSTABtjISIIEr) IN 1839. 
 
 R. C. MANNING & CO 
 
 WOOD & BARK, 
 
 18© BERBY STREET^ 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 
 Have on hand a very large and complete assortment of 
 
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 of unsurpassed purity and excellence, and are constantly 
 
 increasing their facilities for giving their customers 
 
 the best articles to be found in the market. 
 
 Wood & Bark, k Prepared Wood 
 
 kept in stock at all times. 
 
 and coal for manufacturers supplied in any quantities, at 
 
 THE LOWEST PRICES. 
 
 R. C. MANNING & CO., 
 
 189 DERBY STREET, 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 (102) 
 
J, D. &. J. W. Eaton, 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 Furnaces, Ranges, 
 
 Stoves, Refrigerators, &c. 
 
 38 ^ 40 NORTH STREET, 
 
 SALEM, MASS. 
 
 FOR THE BEST 
 Refrigerator, Tce Cr^eam Freezer, 
 
 Range, -Furnace, 
 
 OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE 
 
 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 
 
 (103) 
 
KaxMii 
 
 The Ti-ustees, under the will of Ephraim Brown, offer 
 for sale lots on Marblehead Neck, yarying in size from 
 5,000 to 60,000 square feet. Prices according to location. 
 
 It is believed that the naturally fine features of this 
 beautiful peninsula are not surpassed by any other place 
 of summer resort The shores are bold, with high and 
 rough cliffs, indented by numerous coves and sand and 
 shingle beaches. On the one side is the ocean, with a 
 most extensive view, embracing the whole of Massachu- 
 setts Bay. On the other is tffe beautiful harbor and fine 
 old town of Marblehead. The harbor is one of the safest 
 for boats, and is well known to yachtsmen. 
 
 Large numbers of sales have been made and many fine 
 residences are now being built. One of the finest locations 
 on the Neck is just being opened for sale. 
 
 Further information will be given on application to 
 either of the undersigned. 
 
 Isaac C. Wyman, 33 School Street, Boston. 
 
 WiLLiA^i D. NoKTHEND, Salem. 
 
 George F. Flint, Salem. 
 
 'Trustees. 
 
 (104) 
 
Peatody Stove Store, 
 
 13 LoAvell Street 
 D. A. & F. H. CASKIN, 
 
 Dealers in 
 
 COOKING AND PARLOR 
 Ranges, Brick and Portable 
 
 i@f ill fUffiieii^ 
 
 OIL STO"V"JT]S, 
 
 Tin Ware, & House Furnishings. 
 
 RUBBER HOSE and COUPLIJYGS, 
 
 Water Attachments for Stoves, 
 Clothes Wringers, Japanned Ware, 
 
 IIEFRIGERA.TOES, 
 
 and all articles of Kitchen Furnishings. 
 
 REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS. 
 
 *5 (lOo) 
 
No. 35 Main Street, - - Peabody, Mass. 
 
 Constantly on hand a complete stock of all the 
 
 Popiilai* Remedies 
 
 To meet the wants of Physicians and Families. 
 
 All Popular Proprietary Remedies, Toilet Articles, 
 Fancy Soaps, Hair, Tooth, Nail & Flesh Brushes, 
 
 iPerfuinery and Sponges. 
 
 )i@="Office of Western Union Telegraph Company, with 
 its vast connections, open every day. 
 
 Thomas F. Hutchinson, 
 Harness Maker 
 
 AND 
 
 Carriage Trimmer. 
 
 ALSO DEALER IN 
 
 Blankets, Whips, Halters, Surcingles, Curry Combs, 
 Brushes, &c. 
 
 No. 16 Washington Street, 
 
 PEi^BODY, ]Mi?LSS. 
 
 All work warranted to give satisfaction. 
 
 (106) 
 
WKW 
 
 FIRST CLASS GROCERIES. 
 
 76 MAIN STREET, PEABODY. 
 
 BEAI^ERS IIV 
 
 TEA.S, COJFI^lllES. 
 Sugar, ]VIolasses, Spices, 
 
 ^ fit 
 J\£ecil, Oats, Feed, 
 
 EARTHEN AMD WOODEJV WARES. 
 KEROSENE OIL, &c. 
 
 BUSHBT & CO., 
 
 76 Main Street, 
 
 PEABODY, MASS. 
 
 (107) 
 
DANIEL B. LORD, 
 
 PLUMBING, 
 
 ®^/1/ i) 
 
 AND PIPING. 
 
 SOLIE AO^EIN'T IfOE. 
 
 iner's Hat^nt Stot lanterns. 
 
 -A.TL.SO DEALER IN 
 
 GAS FITTINGS, BURNERS, etc., 
 
 Hose Plpes^ SprinMers^ Etc. 
 Lamp Posts and Lanterns, 
 
 FURNISHED AT SHORT NOTICE. 
 
 All Work Executed in the Best Manner 
 
 D. B. LOUD, 
 
 1^0. 12 SewaU Street, Salem, Mass. 
 
 No. 7 Foster Street, Peabody, Mass. 
 Kesidence, 5 Andover Street, Peabody, Mass. 
 (108) 
 
ff BilMei 
 
 CARRIAGE WIEEL 
 
 MANUFACTURER. 
 
 Square, Panneled and Carved 
 
 HI w 1 a s . 
 
 Fancy Posts and Balusters, 
 
 Always on hand and Turned to Order, 
 
 9 Front Street, Salem, Mass. 
 
 ; (Successor^to F. B. Proctor,) 
 
 lil'^tti i Btiiiiisiliil 
 
 AND PROPRIETOR OF THE 
 
 Magnolia Line of Barges, 
 
 BETWEEN THE POINT AND DEPOT. 
 
 STABLE AT MAGNOLIA POINT, 
 Magnolia, Mass. 
 
 (109) 
 
DEALER IN 
 
 52 MAIN STREET, PEABODY. 
 
 -^-^-^r- 
 
 Gentlemen will find a large and well-selected stock of 
 
 Fine Calf Boots and Shoes. 
 
 Ladies will please examine our line of 
 
 Dongas, French and American Kid Boots. 
 
 THE BEST LINE OF 
 
 Misses' I Children's School Boots 
 
 TO BE FOUND AT OUR STORE. 
 
 ALSO A LARGE ASSORTxAIENT OF 
 
 GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, 
 
 Consisting of Trunks, Bags, Umbrellas, Hats, Caps, 
 
 Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Overalls, 
 
 Collars, Neckwear, &c., 
 
 52 MAIN STREET, - - PEABODY. 
 
 (110) 
 
ESTABLISHED, ITOl. 
 
 BEVERLY POTTERY. 
 
 MAKUFACTDllEE OF ALJL KINDS OF 
 
 »i 
 
 A LARGE ASSOKTMENT OF 
 
 ANTIQUE POTTJ]RY 
 
 on hand, and special attention gis^en to the reproduction of 
 
 ANCIENT POTTERY, 
 
 either from the originals, or from photographs, wood-cuts or draw- 
 ings. Also in stock, a large assortment of 
 
 Florists' Ware. 
 
 The Household Ware made at the Eeveely Pottery 
 is considered the best in the country for cooking purposes, 
 and all first-class grocers have it for sale. 
 
 ALSO AGENT FOR THE 
 
 Portland Sewer Pipe and Fire Brick, 
 
 acknowledged by all, and proved by actual test, to be the best 
 pipe in the market. 
 
 ALL ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 
 
 BEVERLY POTTEMT, 
 
 p. O. Box 252, Beverly, Mass. 
 
 (Ill) 
 
Fmmnalb & Sa wyee, 
 
 Dry Goods Store. 
 
 Hosiery, Gloves, 
 
 Ladies' Underwear, 
 Corsets, etc. 
 
 48 MAIN STREET, SUTTON BLOCK. 
 
 C3^^ F E ^ B o r> Y. ^=^~^ 
 
 JVo. 60 MAIJV STREET, 
 
 MILLINERY, 
 
 FLOWERS, 
 
 FEATHERS, 
 
 RIBBONS, 
 
 AND SMALL WARES. 
 
 Prices always Low, - - Quality Guaranteed. 
 (112) 
 
 )liL 
 

 No. 9 Allen's Block, Peabody. 
 
 • o'^. 
 
 Mien's, Yo\T.ths' and Boys' 
 
 €L&TMIMG 
 
 HATS, CAPS, 
 
 9 
 
 PRICES kVHky"^ THE LOWEST AND QUALITY 
 THE BEST. 
 
 OAK HALL SUITS, 
 
 MADE TO MEASURE. » 
 
 CUSTOM ORDERS A SPECIALTY. 
 
 Shirts made to orde7\ Clothing cleansed, repaired 
 and pressed. 
 
 COME IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. 
 (113) 
 
TARE & WONSON'S 
 
 OPPER 
 
 FOE VESSELS' BOTTOMS. 
 
 This Paint received the Prize Medal at the exhibition 
 of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association in 
 Boston, in June, 1865 ; also the Prize Medals at the ex- 
 hibitions of the American Institute held in New York in 
 1869 and 1870. 
 
 The attention of masters and owners of vessels, ship- 
 builders and others interested in shipping, is called to this 
 Paint, which has been thoroughly tested, and is now of- 
 fered to the public with the fullest confidence. It is espec- 
 ially valuable to yachtsmen. 
 
 When applied on Wooden-bottomed Vessels, it will 
 be found a perfect substitute for copper sheathing, effect- 
 ively protecting the bottom from Worms, Barnacles, Grass, 
 Seaweed, etc. 
 
 For vessels sheathed with copper or yellow metal it will 
 be of the greatest advantage, as the durability of the 
 sheathing will be doubly enhanced by the use of this Paint. 
 
 TARR & WONSON, 
 
 E€(Lst Glomeester, Mass. 
 
 (114) 
 
Sarges c^^ StabliTig. 
 
 A j: rowe, 
 
 Main St. Gloucester, and Magnolia Point. 
 
 KEEPS A FULL ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 Teams of all hinds to let, also Hacks, 
 
 And will furnish Barges and Drivers for large 
 or small excursions. 
 
 Warranted the Best 
 
 Cape lii Sipper Faiit 
 
 FOR 
 
 V^essels' Bottoms. 
 
 MANUFACTURED BY 
 
 GLOUCESTER. MASS. 
 
 (115) 
 
ALEX PATTILO, 
 
 120 & 122 Main Street, Gloucester. 
 
 Dry Goods I Carpetings 
 
 Hosiery, Kid Gloves, Dress Trimmings, 
 Corsets and Thread Store Goods. 
 
 Garraeets Gat I iaie to Irier. 
 
 GOODS FREELY SHOWN. AND NO ONE URGED TO BUY. 
 
 Agency for Mme. Demorest's Reliable Patterns. 
 
 1864. 1881. 
 
 OLD, RELIABLE 
 
 W- B. HASTINGS & CO., 
 
 CAMBBIDGE AVENUE, ANNISQUAM, in summer, 
 89 Cambridge St., East Cambridge, 
 
 7 EXCHANGE PLACE, BOSTON: OFFICE 
 HOURS, BOSTON, FROM 1 to 3 P.M. 
 
 Special attention given to insuring Buildings, Dwellings, 
 and contents, in Stoclv or Mutual Companies. 
 
 Seashore Residences a Specialty. 
 
 H. W. HASTINGS. W. B, HASTINGS. 
 
 Reference :— Our Record. 
 
 (116) 
 
^TTEllsrTI02<r! 
 
 BESV GOOBfS. I.01W£!SV PRICES. 
 
 N. Y. bhintnall & CO., 
 Wllie, LipSiS mi oiMie. 
 
 Brandy from $2.50 to $16 per gal. ; 75 cents to $1.25 per bottle. 
 
 Gin, from $2.00 to $3.00 per gallon; 50 to 65 cents per bottle. 
 
 Cordials, 40 to 75 cents per bottle. 
 
 Wines, from $1.25 to $3 per gall. ; 30 cents to $1.00 per bottle. 
 
 Porter and Ale, from 15 to 25 cents per bottle. 
 
 Champagne, from 25 cents to $2.20 per bottle. 
 
 White Port, $1.00 per bottle. 
 
 Lime Juice, 50 cents per quart. 
 
 Kock and Kye, 60 cents per quart. 
 
 Cherry Bounce, 50 cents per quart. 
 
 Cigars, imported, from $1 to $4 per box. 
 
 5!^°="0rders by mail or express will be sent C. O. D. to any part of 
 the country where exj)ress communication exists, at the same prices 
 as it the purchaser stood on our floors and gave his or her order. 
 Every package marked in plain figures, \v;ith the i:»rice per gallon 
 or case, or by the bottle; charges very low for packing; all expi-ess 
 charges to be paid by the buyers. Fe'ople will do well to examine, 
 as there are many choice goods at remarkably low prices that can- 
 not be replaced for anything like the money. 
 
 >Iill h^l }Ah^viik6tvitQ^^' 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 Belting, Waste, Hair Felts, 
 
 PacTcing, Oils, Wool Felts, 
 
 Hose, Lace Ijeatlier, Files. 
 
 127 Milk Street, - - ^ Boston. 
 
 (117) 
 
1842, 
 
 1881 
 
 F. M. Holmes Furniture Co. 
 
 Levi S. Gould. 
 
 Prank A. Patch. 
 
 :::;':;:;!|i!i 
 
 ".urji <.'ajtijlirii[i.^e, 
 
 i 
 
 ___ _ __ UpiMif 
 
 Mj ffii'iiii'i'iyj 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OP 
 
 O-f Every Descriptioia. 
 
 RATTAN FURNITURE, suitable lor Sea Side Cottages, 
 Specialty. 
 
 EMjEG^JYV GOOI9S. •^SOBER^^T'E PRICES. 
 
 Satisractioia Gruax'an.leed. 
 
 Send for Illustrated Catalogue of Rattan Ware. 
 (118) 
 
Abram French & Co, 
 
 Importers, Wholesalers and Retailers of 
 
 ■^^ AND 5^-:, 
 
 ^MM 
 
 Decorated 8/ Painted Stone China Sets, 
 
 AND A FULL LINE OF 
 
 Kerosene Chandeliers and Lamp Goods. 
 
 ALSO A FULL SUPPLY OF 
 
 FURNISHING GOODS, 
 
 Such as are required for Hotels, Restaurants, &c. Our facili- 
 ties for furnishing large lots of goods are well-known, and at 
 prices always as low as the lowest. 
 
 Inspect our stock before purchasing. 
 
 Abram French & Co-, 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 
 
 (119) 
 
Lithographing Mfg. €o. 
 
 BOSTON. 
 
 PUBLISHERS OF THE CELEBRATED 
 
 These pictures are fine reproductions of the best steel 
 engravings and comprise some 400 subjects, among which 
 are tlie famous 
 
 Alma Tadma's "Picture and Sculpture Gallery." 
 
 Bonheui's "Horse Fair," "Morning in the Highlands" 
 and "Brittany Sheep." 
 
 Cooman's "Defiance," "Perilous Passage" and "Pic- 
 nics." 
 
 Corriggio's "Magdalene" and "Madonna." 
 
 Dore's "Peace and War." 
 
 Landseer's "Night," "Morning," "The Challenge," 
 "The Sanctuary," "Monarch of the Glen" and "Connois- 
 senrs.' ' 
 
 Marak's "Morning," "Midday," "Evening," "Night." 
 
 Millar's "Yes,"^ "No," "Yes or No." 
 
 Nicol's "The Sabbath Day," "Steady, Johnnie, steady," 
 "Always tell the truth." 
 
 Eaphael's "St. Cecilia," "Madonna ee San Sisto," and 
 "Virgin Mary and Child " 
 
 Turner's "Ancient Italy" and "Modern Italy," &c. 
 
 These Albertypes are printed on heavy plate joaper, 
 22x28 inches^. and can be had at all dealers of engravings 
 everywhere at the uniform price of %\ each, or of the 
 publishers, on rolls for mailing, post paid, at same price. 
 
 Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., 
 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 (120) 
 
"O tS S to O CX>^ Go) (o 'i' 
 
 j^znvT(p:E;^l (Point, 
 
 JL A. 
 
 1^ Froprtstor. 
 
 This New Hotel is situated 
 on the extreme point of Salem 
 Neck and commands a splendid 
 view of the picturesque North 
 Shore, Beverly Harbor, Bakers 
 Island, and Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 3XKC 
 
 BOARD BY THE DAY OE WEEK. 
 
 Prices from $9 to $12 per week. 
 
 Excellent Stable connected with the House. 
 
 G (121) 
 
MARBLEHEAD. 
 B, P. WARE, Proprietor. 
 
 The Clifton House is thirteen miles from Boston on 
 the Swampscott Branch of the Eastern Railroad, within 
 three minutes' walk of Clilton Station in Marblehead, near 
 the Swampscott line. 
 
 This house accomodates 125 boarders. A large vege- 
 table and fruit farm extending back of the house supplies 
 fresh Iruit ard vegetables, and a premium herd of thor- 
 oughbred Ayrshire cows furnish an abundance of rich 
 milk. 
 
 The large stables of the establi.shment afford boarding 
 and livery accommodations. 
 
 A billiard room and bowling alley, with ample lawns for 
 Croquet, Base Ball and other games, offer opportunity for 
 various amusements, while the broad piazzas, and grove of 
 well grown trees give shaded resting places. 
 
 A beach directly in front of the house affords excellent 
 bathing and boating ; off" the rocks on the shore there is 
 good fishing, and the best of fishing grounds ncai- by. 
 
 The temperature of this location is cool and bracing; 
 very seldom is it uncomfortably uaim, as a sea breeze 
 sets in nearly every day. 
 
 P. O. and telegraph address, B. P. Ware, " Beach Bluff,' 
 Mass. 
 
 (122) 
 
yVlAGNOLIA, JAaSS, 
 
 "g' • \ 'VQ 
 
 This fine new house offers superior ac- 
 commodations for twenty-five guests. The 
 location is unsurpassed for healthiness and 
 pleasure. The table is kept up to a high 
 standard throughout the season. 
 
 CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE ARE 
 
 Three minutes from the Beach and 
 Bathing Houses. 
 
 Terms and other particulars furnished on 
 ajoplication to 
 
 Mrs. M. €. Honmers^ 
 
 MAGNOLIA, MASS. 
 
 (123) 
 
Willow Gottage 
 
 Magnolia, jWass. 
 
 Splendid Ocean View, Fine Bathing, 
 
 Boating and Fishing, Beautiful 
 
 Beaches and Charniini Drives. 
 
 The proprietors of the above House are prepared to ofler 
 first class accoiumodations to summer boarders during the 
 coming season, and those who may favor it with their pat- 
 ronage will be assured of comfortable and homelike hospi. 
 tality. In order to provide for the steadily increasing 
 patronage of Willow Cottage, the large and jjleasantly 
 situated Norman Cottage, has been leased and fitted lor 
 lodging. 
 
 Crescent Beach for Bathing, and Kettle Cove for 
 Boating, are handy for quests at the Cottage. 
 
 Rooms may be secured on application personally or by 
 mail, to the proprietors, 
 
 Alex. D. Bray and Maria H, Bray, 
 
 MAGJ\'OLIA, MASS. 
 
 (124) 
 
THE 
 
 JS£cLgnolicL, Jifciss. 
 
 This house has been recently leased by Wm. P. Davis 
 of the Carleton House, Jacksonville, Fla., and put in 
 first-class order, with gas, steam cooking arrangements 
 and other modern improvements. Pure spring water in 
 abundance, with perfect drainage. Fine large parlor and 
 reception room ; chambers nicely furnished. This House 
 is about one hour's ride from Boston over the Eastern 
 Kailroad via Gloucester Branch, in the new and beautiful 
 summer resort of Magnolia. It accommodates 125 board- 
 ers, — is near a smooth, clean sand beach. Good fishing 
 oft' the rocks, and the best of grounds for cod and other 
 deep sea fish near at hand. A billiard room, ample lawns 
 for croquet, base ball and other games, afford opportunity 
 for amusement. 
 
 A Stable is connected with} the House, which affords 
 boarding and livery accoramcdations. A large farm ex- 
 tending back of the House supplies the table with fresh 
 vegetables, and excellent cows furnish abundance of rich 
 milk. The location being high, the temperature is cool 
 and bracing, sea breezes blowing nearly every day. Every 
 thing necessary for the comfort and convenience of the 
 guests provided. Bath Houses furnished free. The larder 
 will be provided with all the luxuries of the season, and it 
 will be the special desire to give perfect satisfaction in 
 the cuisine department. 
 
 Eastekn Railroad. — Cars leave Boston for MaLjnolia at T.15, 
 10.50 A.M.; 2.15, 3.15, 5.00, 6.30, 9.15 P. M. Returning-, leave Mag- 
 nolia for Boston at 6.25, 7.37,8.47, 10.24 A. M.; 1.39, 4.49,9.34, P. M. 
 
 Coaches from the station to Crescent Beach House every train . 
 Address for further particulars, 
 
 Crescent Beach House, Magnolia, Mass. 
 (125) * 
 
HOUSE. 
 
 This house is delightfully located, some 
 two hundred feet from the road with a 
 Lawn in front and an Oak Grove in the 
 rear, Croquet grounds, &c. 
 
 Five minutes^ walk from Crescent 
 Beach and the Bathing Houses. It is 
 situated on rising ground with circular 
 drive. 
 
 The house has accommodations for fifty 
 guests. A good Stable is located in the 
 rear, with a fine vegetable garden. 
 
 Further particulars on application in per- 
 son or by mail at Magnolia, Mass., to 
 
 B.F.Huntand Mrs. R.C.Hunt. 
 
 (126) 
 
MAGNOLIA, MASS. 
 
 The location of this House, at Magnolia Point, with sea 
 breezes, east, south and west, and protected by a belt of 
 woods from cold north winds, is the finest on the North 
 shore. 
 
 At no other house are the attractions of Beach, Shore 
 and Woods within such easy reach. Bathing on a clean 
 white sand beach, a crescent of half a mile within one min- 
 ute's walk of the house. Boating in a sheltered bay, with 
 pier landing afall tides. Fishing " oft the rocks," a stone's 
 throw from the house, and " deep sea," a half mile from 
 shore. Driving and Walking by shore and woods — 
 through groves of natural growth of oak, pine and hem- 
 lock. The cuisine is kept at the standard which has made 
 its reputation, and everything necessary for comfort and 
 convenience provided. Nearest to Eafe's Chasm, Nor- 
 man's Woe, by path in view of the most picturesque scen- 
 ery of the New England coast. 
 
 Mrs. D. W. Fuller 
 
 (127) 
 
MAGNOLIA, MASS. 
 
 This House was first used as a Hotel 
 last year, and acquired a reputation under 
 the present management which was most 
 gratifying. It contains the comforts of 
 home, and may be heated with steam in case 
 of cold storms. The spacious cool piazzas 
 aftbrd the finest views, as also do the rooms. 
 Being near the ivoods, as well as the waves, 
 its patrons can visit either without incon- 
 venience. 
 
 All the facilities of Magnolia for Boat- 
 ing. Bathing and Fishing are at the com- 
 mand of the guests of The Ocean- Side. 
 
 MRS. O. PAIGE, 
 
 Magnolia, Mass, 
 
 (128) 
 
Bass Rock House, 
 
 mm Mmmm mmm, 
 
 GLOUCESTER, MASS. 
 
 3d SEASOjN. 
 
 This first-class family resort has been enlarged and now 
 accommodates 140 guests. The location is high, cool and 
 absolutely healthy. The rooms are large and furnished 
 with closets. The Beach is the finest on Cape Ann, free 
 from undertow, and perfectly safe for children at any time 
 of tide. A shallow inlet atiibrds still bathiug. Rod fish- 
 ing is good from Bass Rock, and deep sea fish can be 
 caught within a mile from the shore. The Ocean Scenery 
 and Drives for twenty miles around are unequalled by any 
 on the Massachusetts coast. The celebrated Magnolia 
 Swamp is only four miles distant, and Bass Rocks, Churn 
 Rock, and Pebbly Beach, are within a few minutes' walk 
 from the house. A fine Stable, under the charge of an 
 experienced groom, is attached to the Hotel. 
 
 (Billiards, (Bowling, Croquet, Etc. 
 
 SEND FOR BOOK ENTITLED 
 
 ''A Summer Resort on Cape Ann." 
 
 MRS. E. G. BROWN. 
 
 6* (129) 
 
Tum 
 
 ROCKPORT, MASS. 
 
 This botel is situated on the extreme NOiiTiiKASX point 
 OF CAPE ANN. It is the most picturesque spot on the North 
 shore, as nowhere else can the ocean he seen on three sides. 
 The house was thoroughly renovated in the spring. of 1880. 
 One might say it was away out in the ocean, 
 
 " Where the waves arc wihl, 
 And the winds are free." 
 
 In this respect it has no superior on the Atlantic coast. The 
 view here is one of the most picturesque of the kind in the 
 world. The house stands within a few rods of the ocean, high 
 above the water. It is a first class summer hotel in every re- 
 spect. The rooms are warmed by furnace on cold, stormy days. 
 The fishing, boating, bathing, and other attractions, will be 
 found in the body of this book. 
 
 J"^:M:ES HZUZ^ID, Proprietor, 
 
 P. 0. Box 78, Pigeon Cove, Mass. 
 
 (130) 
 
4. 
 
 f^4 
 
 140 Lafayette Street, 
 
 Salem, Mass. 
 
 Game Supper^ a Specialty. 
 
 Parties served with Oyster and Poultry 
 Suppers at short notice. 
 
 Itiitiai i iili Slii 
 
 CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE. 
 
 South *SaUm Street Cai^s pass the house. 
 
^>m 
 
 Pmaboilpy Squamjs^ 
 
 Peabody, Mass. 
 
 Wm. H. Baldwin, Proprietor. 
 
 This Hotel has been put in thorough 
 repair, and renovated throughout. 
 
 Connected with the Hotel. 
 — ^>-AMEEICAN PLAN.-^^— 
 
 Ottawa Hotel, 
 
 Situated on St. James Street, 
 
 Tlie Bi-oaclAvay of Montreal. 
 
 The only First Class Hotel near ihc 
 Public Baildings and objects of interest. 
 
 Passenger Elevator. Modern Furniture, 
 
 And all the Comforts of a First Class Hotel. 
 
 Rooms with Parlors, and Baths, <&c. 
 
 (132) 
 
ST' 
 
 r%M^ 
 
 ?Ik 
 
 Barigoi^, J\^fe. 
 
 ^&6 ^- S 
 
 ^a.Oro W'^m ^^T 
 
 THIS IS one of the BEST HOUSES IN NEW ENGLAND. 
 
 It sits in a square by itself, thus avoiding 
 the danger bj fire from other buildings, and 
 making every room a front one. It has a 
 brick partition between nearly every room, 
 making it hre-proof. 
 
 The Bangor and Mount Desert Stage line leaves the Bangor 
 House every morning (Sundays excepted), at 8 o'clock, arriv- 
 ing at Bar Harbor, Mt. Desert, at 5 p. m., commencing July 5. 
 
 F. 0. BEAL, Proprietor Bangor House. 
 (133) 
 
J J.U, 
 
 17, 19, 21 ana 23 
 
 IM 
 
 >>^c 
 
 JAMES E ANDERSON, - Proprietor. 
 
 This House has been repaired and refuniislied 
 throughout, and now offers 
 
 liist Oliss 4Q@QmniodatiQng 
 
 to }jermanent or transient guests, 
 TEBMS : $1.50 and $2.00 Per Day ; Dinners, 40. 
 
 Telei)hone, First Class Billiard Hall, and Stable 
 
 connected with the House. 
 
 (134) 
 
To the Cool Seashore. 
 
 The Eastern Railroad 
 
 Offers the most convenieiit and frequent means of access, and 
 
 lie Plems®.ie geefcei^ 
 
 has a choice more varied and extensive than is given by any other 
 line of equal length in the country. 
 
 Among the More Noticeable Points are 
 
 Swampscott, INIarblehead, Beverly Farms, JNIanchester-by-the-Sea, 
 Magnolia, Gloucester, Eocki)ort, Pigeon Cove, Salisbury, Eye 
 Beaches, Newburyport, Phim Island, Portsmouth, Tsles of Shoals, 
 York, Newcastle, and the Islands of Portland in Casco Bay. It is 
 the direct route to Poland Springs Kangely Lakes, Mt. Kineo, 
 Mooseliead Lake, Mt. Desert, and 
 
 S^he ^UxH^t $iuc U the mxik WXmwlm^ ; 
 
 And the only one from B )Ston runnins: through Ihe Notch, via 
 
 North Conway, to the Glen House. Crawford. Fabyan's, Profile, 
 Bethlehem, Jefferson, &c. 
 
 Pullman Cars and Observation Cars are used, and through 
 Sleej>ing Cars run between Bost:)n and Bangor. 
 
 CAPE ANN SERVICE— SEASON OF 1881. 
 
 Boston for Rockpott— 7.1.5, 10.5;) A.M.; 2.15. Ivxp., 3.^0, 5, 0.20 
 
 9.15 P. M. 
 Rockport for Boston— (i. 05, 7.'>0, Exp., S.;30,Exp., 10.00 A. M. ; 
 
 2. 00, 5.00, 9.15 P. M. 
 
 Call for List of Excursions. 
 
 D. W. SANBORN, LUCIUS TUTTLE, 
 
 Master Transpoitation. G. P. and T. A. 
 
 (135) 
 
Passengers over the Eastern 
 Bailroad will find at 
 
 W, 
 
 mm^m 
 
 tm _.. 
 
 A Large and Commodious 
 
 RESTAURANT 
 
 WHERE ALL THE 
 
 Luxuries of the Season 
 
 A.11 Trains Each "W^ay 
 
 Ten Minutes. 
 
 (130) 
 
• ^ T H E -^^ ■ 
 
 aiee Seetra! iaikoai 
 
 IS THE ONLY RAIL ROUTE BETWEEN 
 
 And Intermediate Cities and Towns. 
 
 IT CONNECTS VVCTH ALL TRAINS FROM AND TO BOSTON, 
 
 AND ALL POINTS SOUTH AND WEST, ANL> 
 
 AROOSTOOK COUNTY, AND ALL PARTS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Maritime Provinces, 
 
 ■V^IA. 
 
 Provincial and New England All Bail Line. 
 
 It is also the route to all of the 
 
 RESORTS OF MAINE 
 
 EAST OF PORTLAND, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 Moosehead and Rangeley Lakes, Eustis, Dead 
 River, Forks of the Kennebec, 
 
 VIA ROCKLAND AjYD BAJYGOR. 
 
 
 
 Boothbay, Mouse, and Squirrel Islands, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 Mining ^^gi05:l_^i_^ts^^ Maine. 
 
 Offices of the Company at Portland. 
 
 F. E. BOOTHBY, PAYSON TUCKER, 
 
 Ggy\. Ticket Agent. Superintendent. 
 
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& 
 
 BETWEEN THE 
 
 UNITED STATES & MARITIME PROVINCES. 
 
 The direct route to 
 
 f HI F114Slfll lli®llS 
 
 OF 
 
 Northern Maine and Eastern Provinces, 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 MT. KATAHDIN, 
 
 PENOBSCOT WATERS, 
 
 GRAND FALLS, 
 
 the beautiful Valleys of the Aroostook and 
 St. John ; and all parts of New Bruns- 
 wick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, 
 and Prince Edward's Island. 
 
 O THROUGH TRAIW8 O 
 
 ^— ^ EACH WAV, DAILY, BETWEEN ^— ^ 
 
 BAi\iGOR and ST. JOHNS. 
 
 PULLMAN SLEEPING CAES on NIGHT TEAINS. 
 
 Connections at Bangor dail}^ from and to Portland, Boston 
 and alt points in New England. 
 
 EXCURSION TICKETS 
 
 To points in Northern Maine and Eastern Provinces on 
 sale at all principal ticket offices. 
 
 J. F. LEAVITT, F. W. CRAM, 
 
 General Ticket Agent, Superintendent. 
 
 Bangor, Maine. 
 
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The only direct Rail route between 
 
 N. York, Boston, Portland, Bangor, 
 
 and otlier towns in 
 
 The Neiu England States 
 
 and the far-famed 
 
 Upper Aroostook, 
 
 IN NORTHERN MAINE; 
 
 and other noted resorts on the St. Johns river in I»^ew 
 
 Brunswick, and also to points on the South Western 
 
 Coast of that Province, conspicuous among which is 
 
 ST. .^ISriDE/EVsrS, 
 
 now rapidly taking the lead as a fashionable seaside 
 summer resort. 
 
 It is also the direct route to the towns of 
 
 WOODSTOCK AND ST. STEPHENS, N. B., 
 
 and to Calais, Houlton, and other flourishing towns in 
 North Eastern Maine. 
 
 FOR EXCURSION RATES 
 
 Apply to the Eastern, Boston & Maine, Maine Central, 
 or European and North American Railways. 
 St, Stephens, N. B. 
 
 N. T. GREATHEAD, HENRY OSBURN, 
 
 Gen. Ticket Agent. Manager. 
 
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N.Y.,LAKEERIEandW.R.R. 
 
 nmrn wist. 
 
 The scenery through Central I^ew York 
 is most magnificent. Best route to Buffalo 
 and ^N^iagara Falls. Travelers can go west 
 over this route via l^ew York City and 
 Hoosac Tunnel Route. 
 
 New England Agency, 
 
 268 Washington St., 
 
 IBOSTOISr- 
 
 O. \V. JORDAN, N. E. Passenger Agent. 
 
 H. W. FULLER, Gen. Eastern Passenger Agent. 
 
 JNO. N. ABBOTT, Gen. Passenger Agent, N. Y. 
 
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Mount Desert, 
 
 Portland, Bangor &. ^achias 
 
 StecLiizbocit Co, 
 
 On and after TUESDAY, June 14, 
 
 Steamer Lewiston will leave Portland every Tuesday and 
 Friday at 11.15 P. M. for Mt. Desert and Machiasport. 
 
 Returning, leave Machias Monday and Thursday mornings, 
 and Mt. Desert same day at 10 A. M., connecting at Portland 
 with trains for Boston. 
 
 The City of Richmond will leave Portland Mondays and 
 Wednesdays at 11.15 P. M. for Mt. Desert, touching at Rock- 
 land only. 
 
 Returning, leave Bar Harbor at 7 A. M. Wednesdays and 
 Fridays, touching at Southwest Harbor and Rockland, con- 
 necting in Portland with 6 P. M. train for Boston. 
 
 Boston Agent, J. W. RICHARDSON, 
 
 214 Washington Street. 
 
 J. PEMLEY, 
 
 ^ '"wM '^ssx^'^'' ^^sJ v^w 
 
 No. 2 St. Peter St., Salem, Mass. 
 
 Periodicals of all Descriptions 
 
 Bound in Plain and Ornamental Style. 
 
 And Blank Books made to any desired pattern. 
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International Steamship Co/s 
 
 LINE OF STEAMERS, 
 New Brunswick, City of Portland, 
 
 New York and Falmouth, 
 
 Boston, Portland, Eastport and St. 
 John, N. B., 
 
 WITH CONNECTIONS TO 
 
 Calais, Me., Grand Maiuiii, N. B., Halifax, N. S., 
 
 Charlottetown, P. E. I., and all the principal 
 
 places in the Provinces of New Brunswick, 
 
 Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. 
 
 DAY ROUTE BETWEEN BOSTON & PORTLAND. 
 
 Leave end of Commercial Wharf, Boston, at 8 A. M., every 
 Monday, Wednesday and Fkiday until July, when one or 
 two mure trips will be added on other days of the week. 
 
 For circulars, with maps and description of the route, and 
 any other information, apply at the company's office, 
 
 40 Exchange Street, Portland, Me., 
 
 T. C. HEKSEY, Pkesident. 
 
 Or to W. II. KILBY, Agent, end of Commercial Wharf, 
 Boston. 
 
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AVOIDING POINT JUDITH. 
 
 IN^SinJS HO ITT M 
 
 FOR 
 
 Steamboat Express Train Leaves Boston and Prov- 
 idence Railroad Station at 
 
 6.30 IP. lyU. 
 
 DAILV, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, 
 ArriviDs: at Stouinoton 15 P. M. & Xew York 6 A. M. 
 
 T®[i!a[]so(eir®ffi!] 
 
 AND 
 
 Kamts/aEOTinnr 
 
 No stop at any station between Boston & Stonington. 
 
 Ticke'.s and State-Rooms secured at Company's Offica, 
 
 214 Washington, corner State Street, 
 
 And at Boston & Providence Railroad Station. 
 
 A.. J^. :Er'oisoiTi, 
 
 Supt. Boston & Prov. R. R. 
 
 ,T. ^W. Plicliarclson, 
 
 Agent, Boston, 
 
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 WE OFFER A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF 
 
 For the Siainmor Trade. 
 
 Including Bath Sponges, Fiei^h Brushes, Chamois Skins, 
 
 Toilet Soaps, Cloth, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Den- 
 
 irlfice, Ac. Also a full stock of Mineral 
 
 Waters, Imported & Domestic Cigars. 
 
 The Largest variety in the United States of 
 Of our own Importation, in Store and in Bond. 
 
 We have a fall .stuck uf 
 
 Englisli White Grranite Ware, 
 
 John Maddofk & Son's make (warranted not to craze), and other 
 makes, which we offer at lowest prices. 
 Also AMERICAN STONE PORCELAIN WARE. These 
 goods are warranted not to craze; they have a fine tinish, nearly 
 equal to French Cliina, and cost about one-half the price. 
 
 Printed Tea, Dinner and Toilet Ware. 
 
 iS^ew and Desirable Patterns. 
 
 Fine White French China Tea and Dinner Ware, 
 Gold Band and Decorated China Tea Sets. 
 
 CUT, ENGRAVED AND PRESSED GLASSWARE. 
 
 Vase LaiT^ps, Decorated and Bronze Lai-nps, Extension 
 
 Library Lamps. 
 
 Table Cutlery, Tea Trays, Kitchen Furnishing Goods, Fancy 
 
 Goods, Majolica Ware, Decorated Fruit Plates, Ice Cream 
 
 Sets, Tete-a-Tete ISets, Vases, Bureau Sets, Epergnes, 
 
 Fancy Pitchers, Moustache Cups, Cuspadores, 
 
 Smokers' Sets, &c., tVrc. Decorated Chamber 
 
 Sets— largest assortment, lowest prices. 
 
 GEO. W. FULLER, 275 Essex St., Salem. 
 
 A few doors below Mechanic Hall. 
 
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80 Lowell Street, Peabody, 
 
 Manufacturer of Plain and Fancy 
 
 Biscuits, Wafers, Fancy Cakes, Pilot- 
 Bread, Ship Bread, &c. 
 
 Also Manvfarturer of the Celehrated 
 
 PILOT smD, 
 
 — AND — 
 
 SEA FOAM 
 
 BISCUIT 
 
 These two lust-named | 
 articles will be found 
 to be the best that nre 
 made, and are indis- 
 pensable for table nse, 
 picnic and excursion 
 
 parties. -^^Dglir^^ 
 
 Also Manufacturer of all kinds of 
 
 White Bread, Cake and Pastry. 
 
 WEDDING and other FANCY CAKE made to order. 
 All orders by letter or telephone promptly filled.