2 PLATTSBURG EOUTE TO THE ADIEONDACKS. 



to be very deep, and to have neither outlet nor inlet. It 

 is owned by the Fitchburg Eailroad Corporation, and the 

 grove on its borders is much resorted to by picnic parties 

 from Boston and intermediate towns. 



G-i'oton Junction is the next considerable station. Here 

 the trains from Nashua, Lowell, Worcester, Boston, Fitch- 

 burg, etc., meet, and are always sure to connect on time. 



Fitchburg, the next place of importance, is a well-built, 

 energetic, and thriving town. It is situated on the Nashua 

 Eiver, about fifty miles from Boston. Here connections 

 are made with the Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg and 

 Cheshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts Railroads. Popula- 

 tion, about nine thousand. Hotels, Fitchburg and Ameri- 

 can ; the Fitchburg is said to Joe the better. It has this 

 spring been repaired and reopened by Grould Ruggles, Esq., 

 well known in the northern section of the country, — an 

 old conductor on the Rutland and Burlington line, with 

 hosts of friends. 



Winchendon is a town of about three thousand inhabi- 

 tants. It is noted for the manufacture of wooden-ware, 

 of which it sends $ 1,500,000 worth every year to the 

 European, Australian, Indian, and Southern markets. E. 

 Murdoch, Jr., is the largest manufacturer. 



Here is the " State Line," and across the border we go, 

 leaving the old Bay State behind us. 



At Fitzwilliam the best granite for statues and monu- 

 mental purposes is obtained. The crystallization of the 

 quartz is so fine that it can be sawed like marble ; it is 

 entirely free from iron, the rust of Avhich so disfigures 

 many works of art. The colossal figures of Ceres, Pomona, 

 and Flora, that ornament the fa9ade of Horticultural Hall 

 in Boston, are wrought from this granite. 



At Troy the tourist wishing to visit Monadnock must 

 lefl,ve the cars. The mountain is three thousand four hun- 



