INDUSTRY OF COUNTIES. 
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On the Manitowoc river, in the towns of Chilton and 
Charleston, are rapids, extending three miles in length, on 
which are built several manufacturing establishments, among 
which are saw and grist mills, sash and chair factories, and 
cabinet shops. There are also two steam grist mills and one 
steam saw mill in the above named towns. 
I should judge six thousand dollars worth of furniture, and 
about eight or ten thousand lights of sash were made yearly 
in those places. 
I must not omit speaking of the beautiful maple greves, 
which are very plenty on nearly every farm in the county, 
with the exception of the older ones in Brothertown. About 
75 tons of sugar is made annually in Calumet County, and 
also about 5,000 gallons of maple molasses. 
Cattle here are very abundant, and considerable pains has 
been taken to get those of a good quality: I think you will 
not find in the State a much better stock of cattle than in 
Calumet County. Sheep also thrive nicely; of which I should 
think we have about 5,000 in number. They yield on an aver¬ 
age 3J or 4 pounds of wool per head. 
There are three villages in Calumet County, namely : Chil¬ 
ton, Gravesville and Hayton, all of which are growing rapidly, 
and in which are many useful manufactories. They are situ¬ 
ated on the Manitowoc river, are in the center of the County, 
and are inhabited by a stirring and enterprising people. These 
villages are three-fourths and one and a-half miles apart, 
Chilton being at the head of the rapids, Gravesville three- 
fourths of a mile down the stream, and Hayton one and a half 
miles farther below. There is a Democratic paper published 
at Chilton by J. P. Hume, and at Gravesville J. N. Stone edits 
a Republican sheet. These villages are rapidly gaining in 
size and importance, and contain such manufactories as are 
common to such places, viz: cabinet, blacksmith and tin shops; 
of fanning-mill factories, carriage shops, sash and chair facto¬ 
ries, there are several. Stores, hotels, saloons and breweries 
in abundance. 
But little attention has as yet been paid to fruit-growing, 
