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��iSc Smith, a trip-hammer scythe-shop, and grist-mill, the first improvement at Sanbornton Bridge. In 1830 the site was occupied by a cotton mill, which

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��was burned in len factory was started there. The square is bounded by Hill's three-stor}^ brick block, containing four stores ; W.

��almost a counterpart of the original ; but this was built of massive blocks of granite laid on a fimi foundation, keyed together, and designed to withstand the changes of our climate for an infinite time. The storms of a thousand win- ters will leave it intact, if man's cupid- ity or savagery be not tempted. The

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��P. Hill's wooden block. Dodge's hosiery mill, and several other places of business. Overlooking and commanding the square from the south is a decided emi- nence, on the summit of which is a memorial arch. Both a carriage-road and a concrete-paved footpath lead to the top of the hill ; and an excursion there well repays the labor of the under- taking. The arch itself is unique in this country-. It is a copy, in our splendid New- Hampshire granite, of the arch of Titus, in Rome. In dimensions it is

��arch stands as a monument, a reminder, a memorial of the Tilton family ; and as such, for all time, it is designed to be consecrated. On the platform beneath the arch is a marble sarcophagus, with polished sides, surmounted by a re- clining lion. Nothing in Central Park, the pride of our great metropolis, com- pares with this monument, save the Needle of Cleopatra ; and it may well be likened to that great wonder, — the towers of the New York and Brooklyn bridge.

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