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which is under the superintendence of a physician. 

 Other manufactures are produced' in the city than 

 those which I have specified, of the value of $1,500,- 

 000, employing a capital of $400,000, and about 

 1,500 persons. 



There are also Powder Mills, Paper and Batting 

 Mills, and Saw Mills belonging to private individuals. 

 There are two institutions for Savings — the " Lowell" 

 and the " City." The Lowell had on deposit in 1849, 

 from 4,650 depositors, $792,291. The City, at the 

 same time, had on deposit, from 615 depositors, 

 $75,970. The operatives in the mills are the prin- 

 cipal depositors in the above banks. There are 

 several other banks beside these established in the 

 city. There is a valuable Library of 7,000 volumes 

 belonging to the city, to which any one can have 

 access by paying fifty cents per annum. Railroads, 

 gas works, magnetic telegraphs and water works inter- 

 sect the city in every direction. 



It is almost suffocating to a stranger to enter 

 a cotton mill ; it is intensely hot, and the windows 

 are closed so as not to admit the slightest air ; added 

 to which is the smell of oil, and the atmosphere of 

 the room filled with fibres of cotton and other small 

 particles, which one would think would be highly 



