The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . d of one hundredand fifty years elapsedafter the cessation of hos- »-^vyatlw <?^ir& GEMS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHORE. 11 tilities by the savages, dur-ing which time the popu-lation and wealth of Ryeincreased but slowly, yetin a ratio proportionate tothat of other farmi ngtowns. Her people werefrugal and industrious, astheir well-tilled farms andabundant crops affordedample evidence. But theold town was destined toexperience a was to perch upon .:.her banner, and wealth flowinto her coffers. When
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . d of one hundredand fifty years elapsedafter the cessation of hos- »-^vyatlw <?^ir& GEMS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SHORE. 11 tilities by the savages, dur-ing which time the popu-lation and wealth of Ryeincreased but slowly, yetin a ratio proportionate tothat of other farmi ngtowns. Her people werefrugal and industrious, astheir well-tilled farms andabundant crops affordedample evidence. But theold town was destined toexperience a was to perch upon .:.her banner, and wealth flowinto her coffers. When in1840 John Colby Philbrick first be-gan taking a few summer boarders ina private house, it was little thoughtthat that event was the beginning ofa new era in the history of Rye. Butclearly such was the fact, as, witnessthe wonderful advance since thattime, in the value of real estate ;witness the imposing structures thathave been erected to accommodate therapidly increasing business that hadits inception in that little Commodious and well appointed. The Casino. hotels are now to be encountered allalong the six miles of Ryes casino and various other publichalls of amusement exist in adequatenumbers, while every objectionableelement that might in an}* way de-tract from the social and moral enjoy-ment of the visitor has been beautiful church, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, constructed of stone and ofa pleasing style of architecture, issituated in a shady grove close by thewater front, where religious servicesare held each Sundav during the sum- ;. ; rm / - . -
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