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labor, study, disease, and business cares are recuperated more 

 in a few weeks than by all the patent medicines ever sold. As 

 a summer resort for health and pleasure, Nantucket offers 

 superior advantages ; but the special object of this circular is 

 to call the attention of business men and manufacturers to its 

 advantages for manufacturing purposes : — 



First. There are residing upon the island a large number of 

 unemployed young men and women, who are anxious to be 

 employed and are willing to labor for a reasonable compensa- 

 tion. 



Second. Among the buildings erected for candle and oil fac- 

 tories there are quite a number of large, substantial ones, both 

 of brick and wood, which can be had by purchase for a small 

 price, or can be leased for a term of years at a nominal rent. 



Third. A number of these buildings are located near the 

 wharves, so that the expense of cartage of coal and other 

 necessities of a manufacturing establishment would be trifling. 



Fourth. Rents of dwellings are very low, so that a tenement 

 which in the vicinity of Boston would cost from $10 to $25 per 

 month can be had here from $2 to $8 per month. 



Fifth. The cost of living is very low. The ocean yields a 

 bountiful supply of fresh fish; the farms furnish fresh and 

 superior vegetables, milk, and butter ; meats are almost daily 

 sold by auction upon the public square, at very reasonable 

 prices ; coal and wood are cheaper than at almost any manu- 

 facturing centre in New England ; and groceries, clothing, and 

 all kinds of furnishing goods are as cheap as elsewhere. 



Sixth. The schools of Nantucket have been noted for many 

 years for the advantages they offer to acquire a good education. 

 There are schools of every grade, from the Primary to the High 

 School. 



Seventh. Religious privileges are abundant, there being seven 

 different societies, — Baptist, Methodist, Congregationalist, Epis- 

 copal, Unitarian, Friends, and Catholic, — and all have good and 

 commodious houses of worship 



