A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . s a stringent law for thesuppression of traffic in intoxicating li-quors. It allows the seizure and confis-cation of liquor wherever found, withthe exception of places designated byproper authority, wheie it may be soldfor mechanical or medicinal who are discovered with this illicitarticle of traffic in their possession, areallowed no redress for the loss by theconfiscation of their property; and theattempt to try the matter judicially isineffectual
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . s a stringent law for thesuppression of traffic in intoxicating li-quors. It allows the seizure and confis-cation of liquor wherever found, withthe exception of places designated byproper authority, wheie it may be soldfor mechanical or medicinal who are discovered with this illicitarticle of traffic in their possession, areallowed no redress for the loss by theconfiscation of their property; and theattempt to try the matter judicially isineffectual, as the courts are forbiddento entertain suits of this description. The contrast presented in this state,by a comparis(m between the presentand several past periods of its history,is striking indeed. The most favoi-ableeffects resulted from its separation fromMassachusetts and erection into a , with the energies of the peo-ple, has effected wonders ; while com-merce, agriculture, manufactures, andeducation, are annually making advances,which bid fair to continue. DESCRIPTION OF TIIK STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 25. This state is bounded on the northby Canada, east by Maine, , and west by river forms a part of thenorthern boundary, and its westernshore the whole of the western, theentire breadth of the stream belong-ing to New Hampshire. Extendingfrom latitude forty-two to forty-five,and having much mountainous sur-face, the climate is cold, and in someparts severe, although the southernregions, being both low and nearerthe ocean, have milder seasons andshorter winters. The Allegany range, which crosses this state near the middle, though herefar distant from its broadest ranges, has its highest peaks in the White hills,whose principal eminences tower above all other peaks this side of the Rockymountains. In that region are the sources of the principal rivers of the Merrimack rises from the outlet of Winnipiseogee la
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