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merous sheds and forges, and a saw-mill. In front 

 of the saw-mill, and ready to be rolled to their place 

 on the carriage, laj a large pile of pine logs, so de- 

 cayed that one could run his walking-stick through 

 them. Near by, a building filled with charcoal was 

 bursting open and the coal going to waste on the 

 ground. The smelting works were also much crum- 

 bled by time. The school-house was still used. 

 Every day one of the daughters assembles her 

 smaller brothers and sisters there and school keeps. 

 The district library contained nearly one hundred 

 readable books, which were well thumbed. 



The absence of society, etc., had made the family 

 all good readers. We brought them an illustrated 

 newspaper which was awaiting them in the post- 

 office at the Lower Works. It was read and reread 

 with great eagerness by every member of the house- 

 hold. 



The iron ore cropped out on every hand. There 

 was apparently mountains of it ; one could see it in 

 the stones along the road. But the dilHcultles met 

 with in Separating the iron from its alloys, togethei 

 with the expense of transportation and the failure of 

 certain railroad schemes, caused the works to be 

 abandoned. No doubt the time is not distant when 

 thc^e obstacles will be overcome and this region re- 

 spcned. 



At present it is an admirable place to go to. There 

 is lishing and hunting and boating and mountain 

 dimbing within easy reach, and a good roof oveJ 



