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��Stephen Peabody.

��being made to strike the vein from the bottom of the shaft by con- tract."

All the facts in the case bear wit- ness that the mineral resources of Lisbon have never been brought to a reasonable test. And now, when excitement gives place to rational de- liberation, experienced mining men express the opinion that the quartz veins in Lisbon carry gold in quanti- ties sufficient to pay for working, and that in the near future the spirit of speculation will subside, and there will spring up a profitable business.

[Lisbon to-day is a charming little village nestling in the valley on the banks of the Ammonoosuc river. The people are wide-awake and enter- prising, and use every endeavor to increase the business and improve the appearance of the village. This pub- lic spirit is shown not only in hand- some private residences, but in a verv

��attractive hotel built by the citizens of the village, a modern iron bridge across the river, and neatness and thrift on every hand.

During the year 1886 the village was permanently improved by the introduction of a never-failing water- supply from Mink pond or Pearl lake, distant two miles, and four hun- dred and fifty feet above the bridge. There is a head of two hundred and fifty feet, as water is obtained from the outlet of the lake, only a mile distant, and it is brought in an eight- inch main. There are thirty-one hy- drants. The water is very soft and pure. The water-works complete cost $21,000, and will eventually be under the control of the precinct. There is in the village a well-organ- ized fire department, consisting of a board of engineers, a hose company, and a hook and ladder company. — Editor.]

��THE ANNULLING OP THE COMMISSION OF STEPHEN

PEABODY.

BY LEVI W. DODGE.

��In the January number of " The Granite Monthly''^ was published, by request of John Wentworth. a copy of the "Writ of Supersedeas" issued by the last royal governor of New Hamp- shire, just previous to his hasty flight from the country already grown too ardently democratic for the safe abode of royalty. The document was made to apply to the revoking of the com- mission of Stephen Peabody as cor- oner in the county of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, because " it appears

��not to be consistent with Our Honor, and the good of Our Subjects of our said county, that the said Stephen Peabody should any longer be con- tinued in the said office."

The true inwardness of the repeal of this commission is found in the events of that period, and the history of the two men most immediately connected with the serving of the document, viz., the man whom it was designed to effect, and the sheriff of the county.

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