The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . d captured the two British shipsof war, the Cyane and the Levant. It was Vineyard bog-ore that did the job. ROARING BROOK. Roaring Brook roars you as gently as any sucking dove;those who named it must have come from a flat country whereany sort of babble from a brook seemed ferocious. Thus thename may arouse expectations that lead to disappointment,though it is a beautiful little brook all the same. Here stands the old
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . d captured the two British shipsof war, the Cyane and the Levant. It was Vineyard bog-ore that did the job. ROARING BROOK. Roaring Brook roars you as gently as any sucking dove;those who named it must have come from a flat country whereany sort of babble from a brook seemed ferocious. Thus thename may arouse expectations that lead to disappointment,though it is a beautiful little brook all the same. Here stands the oldgrist mill, built in 1849by Francis Nye, onthe site of a still ear-lier one. When pushedit could grind thirtybushels of corn a grist mills do notpay in these days, andit is some time sincethe mill has done busi-ness, though as re-cently as April, 1906,the owner set the wheels in motion for the sake of having a little real corn mealsuch as cannot be bought in these pure food days. Paint wasalso ground here to some extent, and clay for soap the mill ceased to pay, Mr. Manter, the miller, kept agrocery store when the brick works near the beach were going. The old Krist mill, Ruaring Bniok, 1849. VINEYARD HAVEN TO PROSPECT HILL. 163 and there were folks to buy. His rating in the mercantileagency book, while not as large as some for capital, was high-est grade for credit. PRECIPITATE ACTION OF THE NORTH SHORE. Doctor Freeman wrote in 1807:— ?About ten years ago, a piece of ground, above an acre inextent, and near a cliff, sunk in a mom^ent to the perpendiculardepth of more than 70 feet. It went down with a noise re-sembling that of an earthquake; but was seen by no one, as ithappened during the night. At the same time a part of thebeach, at the boundary of high water, rose to the height of 20feet, and composed a mingled mass of sand, clay and years before the land sunk, cracks were observed in theground, about 10 rods off- As the land there is hi
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