last residence. Col. J. H. Kendall, the only survivor of seven children, and a non resident, owns and improves the estate; and so far as it respects the cultivation of flowers, of fruit and forest trees, the discernment of the son is equal to that of the father. Some years ago the late Dea. Wm. Burrage, together with his son Leonard and Mr. J. Wood, caused rock-maples to be set out on both sides of the road against their land for a third of a mile or more. Phinehas Goodrich has made an appropriate selection of trees, and arranged them very regularly on two sides of his little cottage place. Those choice trees by the side of Mrs. C. Baldwin's place in the village, in a few years more will show to great advantage. If we look into Manchester street, or at some of the roads that have been only recently established, in fine, into almost every part of the town, it must be apparent that many of the inhabitants have been individually turning their attention to this subject. And last, but by no means least, the town itself in its corporate capacity, has taken this matter up, and caused elms and other trees to be set out on the Common near three of the Meeting houses and the Town house, which already begin to show to good advantage. These circumstances, togeth er with the course which the town has pursued for some years past in relation to the Cemeteries, speak well for the good taste and discernment both of the present and of the past gen eration. The land for-the new Cemetery was purchased by the town in 1840. It is enclosed with a handsome fence, and the lots are tastefully laid out, and many of them ornamented with shrubs and flowers. Great improvements have also been made in the old one. MILLS. It has generally been supposed that the first grist-mill in town was erected by Jonathan Wilson, and it is more than probable that he superintended the work; but the mill was built and owned by Ebenezer Wilder, of Lancaster, and probably before the town was incorporated. The Selectmen, when they laid out the private way on the east side of the river, in October, 1740, commenced about four rods above the dam of Ebenezer Wilder's millpond. There was then no bridge, but a vote build one. had been passed just one month before, to Wilder owned large tracts of land in this town. He had two sons and one daughter; Benjamin went to Sterling, David staid in Lancaster, and Hepzibah was married to Jona. Wilson, and came here before 1740. After Wilder's death, which took place December 25, 1746, in the 65th year of his age, Wilson came into possession of a large portion of the real estate in this town, in the right of his wife. But, as is too apt to be the case with men who marry women supposed to be rich, he lived above his income, became involved in debt, and the mill with the farm and other land adjacent, passed into the hands of Major James Richardson, who rebuilt the mill, and constructed a new dam lower down the stream. ardson was in trade on a large scale for a country dealear at that time; but, having failed in business, the mill, etc., passed into the possession of some of his creditors in Boston, by name of Hubbard, who, by their agent, rented them and the farm for a number of years, and then sold to Asa Perry, who in 1795, conveyed to Hopestill Leland; and in 1809, the Leland's sold to Israel Nichols; and in 1830, Amos Haws, a grandson of Leland, bought of I. Nichols' heirs, and after putting in circular Rich saws, shingle mill, etc., sold to Jonas Kendall & Sons, and since then, there has been but little grinding or sawing done there. The building is now an appendage to Crehore's papermill. For sixty years the dam at the Wilson mill was the only one that had been constructed across the Nashua River, in this town. In the year 1800, Doct. James Carter, of Lancaster, erected a grist and saw-mill quite at the East part of the Town, which, after having been in the possession, at different times, of some halfdozen others, are now owned by Whiting Gates. And in addition to the common business of the mills, Gates & Harris manufacture horn buttons there, to the amount of $5,000 annually, employing from ten to thirteen hands, part females. For more than twenty years, while the mills were owned by Merritt Wood, he carded wool to a considerable extent. During that period, Mr. W. took down the old mill and erected new. The last mills operated by the water of the Nashua, were built by Major Amos Haws, in 1837. They are now owned by Joseph Cozzens, who does a vast amount of business, both in grinding and sawing. Large quantities of timber, sawed at this mill, are transported on the Fitchburg Rail Road. The saw goes the whole year. The water is carried about one hundred rods, in a canal, from the main stream. During the nine years these mills were owned. by Major Haws, the average quantity of grain ground annually, was 15,400 bushels, nearly one fifth of which was wheat. The bolting is done in good style. In 1808 or '9, some gentlemen had it in contemplation to erect a cotton-factory, on a large scale, near the papermills; but the project was finally abandoned. In 1832, a small cotton-mill was built at the outlet of Chualoom Pond, by Silas Bruce, Esq., and others. It was 54 by 35 feet, and four stories high, including basement and attic. There were 500 spindles, and sufficient power for 500 more. The lowest depth of the pond has never been ascertained. The head at. the outlet is 10 ft., and there is a fall of 70 feet in about 100 rods. The building and machinery were destroyed by fire, December 6, 1836, and has not been rebuilt. There is one fact connected with the erection of the mills now owned by Mr. Cozzens, too good to be withheld from posterity. From time immemorial it has been the custom in this town, whenever the mills, dwelling-houses, or |