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��is lined on either side with shade trees, the dwellings are neat and attractive, and the location, upon an elevated table- land, commands a fine view of the sur- rounding country, restricted only by the mountain ranges in the distance. Before the advent of the railway this was an im- portant business point, being one of the old stage centres, but the passage of the railroad through the lower part of the town, and the building up of a village at the "Depot," or East Canaan, has car- ried the current of business in that di- rection. This renders the Street a quiet and pleasant resort for summer visitors, and of late, many people from the cities have been attracted thither, and taken up their abode during the summer months. The spacious mansion upon the Weeks farm, among other fine old resi- dences in the place, is now occupied as a summer boarding house.

The care of the large estate left by his father in various investments, the over- sight of his extensive farming opera- tions, the attention to such legal busi- ness as naturally comes to his hands, and other business cares, including the

��management of a lumber mill, above Factory Village, so-called, which recent- ly came into his possession, and which is adjacent to a large tract of heavy pine and spruce timber, of which he is the principal owner, together with the inter- est which he takes in general public af- fairs, educational, political and other- wise, keeps Mr. Weeks fully and actively employed, so that, although inheriting ample means, he has neither the oppor- tunity nor disposition to follow a life of ease and leisure, which many in his situ- ation would seek.

Mr. Weeks is an active member of the Mascoma Valley Agricultural Society, has been Superintending School Commit- tee of the town, and in all movements in- volving the material, educational, and social welfare and progress of the com- munity he always occupies a leading po- sition. He was also one of the delegates from his town in the Constitutional Con- vention of 1876. He is a member of no religious denomination, but attends upon the services and contributes liberally to the support of the Methodist church in his village.

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��Fast the minutes pass away, Fades the day, and night is falling O'er the earth. Beyond recalling, Days like life will have their birth, Life like days will pass away. Slowly sinking from my sight Pass dear faces, well-known places ; Death, you meet me, but I greet thee — See ! where yonder dawns the light, The morn has come to life's dark night.

— WillE. Walker.

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