History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . lair; and Jonas A. Carruth dealsin clothing. The millinery establishments of Mrs. Ellen A. Converse,and Mrs. C. P. Fairbanks, are well known in all the vicinity. There was a store at Spring Village at different times. Mr. JohnD. Dunbar, and Rev. Joseph Watson, in his later years, kept dry goodsand groceries for sale. The traders in Waterville have been Moses Hancock, James Marsh,Trask W. Ray, and W. H. Whittemore. About fifty years ago, had a store near Joh
History of the town of Winchendon (Worcester County, Mass.) : from the grant of Ipswich Canada, in 1735, to the present time . lair; and Jonas A. Carruth dealsin clothing. The millinery establishments of Mrs. Ellen A. Converse,and Mrs. C. P. Fairbanks, are well known in all the vicinity. There was a store at Spring Village at different times. Mr. JohnD. Dunbar, and Rev. Joseph Watson, in his later years, kept dry goodsand groceries for sale. The traders in Waterville have been Moses Hancock, James Marsh,Trask W. Ray, and W. H. Whittemore. About fifty years ago, had a store near John Cooks. At present there is a largetrade in the Village, by which the wants of this and neighboring townsare supplied. CARPENTERS, BLACKSMITHS, &C. The larger part of the houses in the Village have been built by , Mark Whitcomb, Sidney and Levi N. Fairbank, E. W. Lord,A. W. Buttrick, and Raymond & Forristall. There was a blacksmith shop, long ago, owned by Jason Bemis, nearthe top of the hill on the road from the Village to the Centre. carried on the business on the Common. His sons Benjamin. First ISafctoal Ba&& HISTORY OP WCrcHTNDOS. 2~0 * and Oliver, wrought at the same trade. Most of this business in theVillage, daring the hat thirty-five years, has been in the hands of Oli-ver Adams, Daniel and Salmon Scon, Harvey Wyman and Luke C. Lynch is a carriage maker, and Levi Flagg aids in promoting gen-eral cleanliness by making a lar^e quantity of soao. The workers anddealers in tin, copper, stoves, 4c, at different times, have been Wm. andS. Knapp, E. I. Russell, J. P. Barber and A. P. Bateman. Bri:^iin large quantity, are made by S. Chamberlain and Wm. Brown. Butthis catalogue must have an end. AMOCXT OP BUSINESS. I: is not possible to give the exact amount of manufacturing businessin the town annually. The following derived from an authentic source,i3 given as an approximation. The annual product of wood ware, andthings of that nature, amounts pro
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