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Stores. 



The stores of the town are very numerous, and to a 

 stranger it is a wonder how so many of them are sup- 

 ported. There are about twenty groceries alone in the 

 place. The greater part of these stores are upon Main 

 and Centre Streets. They are large and have gener- 

 ally well-selected stocks, at prices that compare very 

 favorably with other places as far removed from bases 

 of supply. There are two large apothecaries, numerous 

 ice-cream saloons (all in dwellings), two restaurants, 

 four boot and shoe stores, milliners, dressmakers, bak- 

 eries, book, and dry-goods stores, confectioners where 

 the finest grades of candies are sold; and in fact, one 

 can generally get all one needs for comfort. 



Streets. 



The map which accompanies this article was drawn 

 expressly for this book by Mr. William F. Codd, from 

 designs "by the compiler, and will be found to be of 

 great value to the visitor. 



With the exception of Broad and Federal and parts 

 of Main and Centre, the streets of the town are nar- 

 row and crooked; a number of them are paved with 

 that most excruciating of all torments for man or 

 beast, the cobble-stone. Very little time or money is 

 expended on them. Some have brick or concrete 

 sidewalks. The name of no *' boulevard " has as yet 

 transpired; but there are two avenues, and quite a 

 number of lanes and courts. The buildings not be- 

 ing numbered, resident and visitor alike are caused a 

 deal of annoyance and trouble. A few years since, the 



