Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



125 



KEWBURY. 



NE\\ BURY 



Deer-Isle, Me., in 1799. His successors 

 at JNevvbury have been Rev. Jacob Wood, 

 settled Jan. i), 1763; Rev. Nath'l Lam- 

 bert, Nov. 17, 17;U); Rev. Luther Je welt, 

 Feb. 28, lb-21 ; Rev. Clark Perry, June 4, 

 1828, and Rev. George W. Campbell, the 

 present minister, July 27, 1836. The 

 Methodist Episcopal society was formed 

 in 1827, but did not enjoy constant minis- 

 terial labors until 1834. Since that time 

 the following ministers have been sta- 

 tioned here: Rev. S. Kelly, 1834-5; 

 Rev. E. J. Scott, 1836; Rev. J. G. Dow, 

 1837-8. Rev. W. M. Mann, 1839; Rev. 

 J.Templeton, 1840; Rev. L. D. Burrows, 

 1841. Communicants about 200. Con- 

 necticut river waters the eastern border 

 of this township, and along this stream 

 are here some of the most beautiful tracts 

 of intervale in Vermont. The meadows 

 are designated as follows : Upper meadow, 

 in the north part, Cow meadow. Oxbow 

 meadow, in the bend of Connecticut 

 river, called the Great Oxbow, containing 

 450 acres, the Musquash meadow, south 

 of the mouth of Harriman's brook, con- 

 taining 300 acres, Kent's meadow of about 

 200 acres, Sleeper's meadow of 160, and 

 Hall's meadow of 250 acres. The other 

 streams, of most consequence, are Wells 

 river, which crosses the northeast corner, 

 affording- some excellent stands for mills, 

 Harriman's brook, whicii rises in a pond 

 of the same name, passes through New- 

 bury village, and joins Connecticut river, 

 a little south of the Great Oxbow, and 

 Hall's brook, wliich originates in Hall's 

 pond, and runs through the south part, 

 and falls into the Connecticut in Brad- 

 ford. These are all considerable mill 

 streams. By the side of Harriman's 

 brook, about 50 rods north of the meeting 

 house, is a mineral spring, whicli is a 

 place of considerable resort for invalids. 

 The water is strongly impregnated with 

 sulphureted hydrogen gas, and is said to 

 resemble the celebrated Harrow Gate wa- 

 ters of Yorkshire, England, and likewise 

 those of Ballcastle and Castlemain, Ire- 

 land. They are found to be a specific for 

 scrofulous and all kinds of cutaneous 

 eruptions and complaints. A good shower 

 house and baths are constructed near the 

 spring, and every accommodation is pro- 

 vided at the hotel, which the visitant can 

 desire. Springs of the same kind are met 

 with in several other places in the town- 

 ship. There are two very pleasant vil- 

 lages in Newbury. Keinbury village is 

 situated near the Great Oxbow, contain- 

 ing 2 meeting houses, and the buildings 

 of the Newbury seminary, together with 

 a large hotel, stores and mechanic's shops. 

 JVewburij Scminarij commenced its oper- 



ations in the fall of 1834, under the direc- 

 tion of Rev. C. Adams and Rev. Osmon 

 C. Baker. Tiie seminary building is a 

 large, substantial, brick edifice, three sto- 

 ries high, and conveniently arranged for 

 study and recitation rooms. Connected 

 v/ith this is a large boarding house, suffi- 

 ciently extensive to accommodate about 

 100 students. In the immediate vicinity 

 of the Institution, such ficilities are af- 

 forded, that between 200 and 300 students 

 may be accommodated. Newbury Sem- 

 inary is under the immediate patronao-e 

 of the New Hampshire Annual Confer- 

 ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 but its privileges are equally extended to 

 all denominations. The Institution is 

 furnished with good apparatus for illus- 

 trating the various branches of natural 

 science, and also, with a very respectable 

 library and cabinet of minerals. The 

 following statistics, giving the number of 

 students for the year ending July, 1841, 

 will show its present condition. 



Fall. Winter. Spring. Summer. 

 Gentlemen, 140 51 109 62 

 Ladies, 96 32 111 46 



Whole No. 236 83 220 108 

 Aggregate of all the Terms, 647. 

 The board of instruction for the past 

 year has consisted of Rev. Osmon C. Ba- 

 ker, A. M. Prhicipal, and Teacher of Belles 

 LctJrcs and Katiiral Science; Rev. Clark 

 T. Hinman, A. B., Teacher of Greek and 

 Miithemat.lcs ; Charles P. Merriman, 

 Teacher of French, Italian, and Spanisk 

 Langtiagcs ; J. Harrison Goodale, A. B. 

 Tcaikcr of Lnlin and English Literature ; 

 Miss Rachel Smith, Preceptress, and 

 Teacher of Ornamental Branches ; Miss 

 E. E. Cheney, Teaclier on the Piano Forte. 

 The other village is situated at the 

 mouth of Wells river, a,jid is called 

 Wells river village. It is well situated for 

 trade, and has valuable water privileges 

 on Wells river, on which is a paper mill 

 and a variety of other mills and machine- 

 ry. It contains 3 stores, a tavern, a con- 

 siderable number of mechanics and a post 

 office, called W^ells river post office. Just 

 below this village is a new bridge across 

 the Connecticut, and there is another just 

 below Newbury village, leading to " Ha- 

 verhill corner." The Legislature has 

 held two sessions in Newbury ; the first 

 in 1787, and the other in 1801. There 

 are in Newbury 4 meeting houses, 9 

 stores, 3 taverns, 1 paper mill, 4 carding 

 machines, 4 fulling, 9 saw and 3 grist 

 mills, and 1 shingle mill. Statistics of 

 1840.— Horses, 644'; cattle, 2,528 ; sheep, 

 10,976; swine, 2,015 ; wheat, bus. 6,358; 

 barley, 397; oats, 43,-587; rye, 679; 



