The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . anding is the Senter House,originally built by Samuel M. Sen-ter way back in the 30s, and whosold it in 1835 to his son-in-law, JohnCoe, who made a great reputation asa boniface in this house. It was thissame John Coe who planted the beau-tiful elms and maples bordering eitherside of the village street. About 1852the house was purchased by James , who added to the laurels the Moulton House, on a site nearlyas eld as the Senter, for you mustknow that the Senters and Moultonswere among the original settlersof
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . anding is the Senter House,originally built by Samuel M. Sen-ter way back in the 30s, and whosold it in 1835 to his son-in-law, JohnCoe, who made a great reputation asa boniface in this house. It was thissame John Coe who planted the beau-tiful elms and maples bordering eitherside of the village street. About 1852the house was purchased by James , who added to the laurels the Moulton House, on a site nearlyas eld as the Senter, for you mustknow that the Senters and Moultonswere among the original settlersof Centre Harbor, and by petitionhad the town set off from NewHampton and incorporated on theseventeenth of December, 1797. Itis now chiefly a summer resort andits hills are dotted with a numberof very elegant summer residenceswhose occupants fully appreciate thequiet beauty of this ideal shores of the harbor have manysmaller cottages, but they are allsmart looking and well kept, andCentre Harbor is almost a world toitself. Guarding the entrance to this por- It*. 4 SKETCH OF LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. 161 &a tion of the lake from theBroads is Bear island, whichis second in the lake in pointof size. Lovejoys farm occu-pies a commanding eminenceupon the island and a numer-ous colony of cottages are clus-tered about its one wharf andupon the adjacent shore. Wesail along its entire lengthon our way from CentreHarbor to The its southern ex-tremity, upon ;< Dollys (Point, we see the Iruins of the house once -^occupied by Dolly Nich-ols, a strong old woman, ^x^whose cider was appreciatedby the bargemen on the lake, and ofwhose muscular feats many fabulousstories are told to this day. A few miles toward the sunsetbrings us to The Weirs, which wasfull}- described in this magazine forAugust, 1894, in connection with asketch of Laconia, of which enter-prising and hustling city it is a that article was written, how-ever, a syndicate of wealthy gentle-men, under
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