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Decorative drawing: a country lane. Not a photograph of this place.

Nantucket Town (part 2 of 2)

Part 2 of 2 of the account of this town in Illustrated Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River; a Guide and Souvenir to the Famous Resorts and Noted Cities of Southeastern Massachusetts, with Maps, List of Hotels, Rates, Time-tables, Etc, published in 1889. 1,024 words, covering 37 settlements.

Contents

13 sections

The section headings the book prints inside this chapter, on this part. Each one jumps to where it begins.

Parts

2 pages

The source prints this as one continuous account. It is split here so no single page grows too heavy to load; the text runs straight on across the parts and nothing is omitted.

The chapter

1,024 words

Reproduced complete and unedited. The text is machine-read from a scan of the 1889 printing, so expect the errors a machine makes reading a century-old page: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters. Nothing has been corrected, because correcting a proper name invents one. The headings below are the book's own.

Largest Stock, And Low Prices

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Cottages For Sale And To Let

Orders taken for Building, Repairing, Painting and Mason Work. Cottages closed and taken care of during the winter and opened for summer. Cottages placed in my care will receive personal attention.

Deeds, Leases, Mortgages And Conveyances

Leave your Cottages in my charge and I will close them in the Fall and open them in the Spring. Personal attention given to all business. Selling Farms and Land in the County a Specialty.

Cottage City, Mass

On Circuit AVENUE, directly opposite Post-Office; three minutes' walk from Steamboat landing and bathing houses. 'Table strictly first-class: all the delicacies of the season; best of service. Dining Room seats 125 persons. Private Dining Room for families. Large airy rooms; good beds; ample Piazza-room.

Hotel Nagmkeag

Tue Hote, NAuMKEAG is a first-class house, elegantly furnished, having perfect sanitary arrangements. It contains 4o rooms; has large Dining Hall and private Dining Rooms. One of the best locations on the Island.

Open June 1

Wesley Park, Near Baptist Temple. SCIENTIFIC COTTAGE CITY, MASS. Mrs. CHARLES SIMMONDS. PrRoprieTRESs. HORSE SHOER An interesting and healthy locality for Sojourners, aaa 0 0. / y ir Tourists and Students. A delightful view of the At- Cai : nee Sinith and Genes al lantic Ocean, and the islands in Buzzard's Bay. Excur- Jobber.

The Business Interests Portland, Ore

Messrs. Ivers & Pond Piano Co. Dear Sirs: The Piano that Tjpurchased of you two years ago for my school is in perfect order to-day. {shows no signs whateverof tif rough hand ling it has received at the hands of our pupils, who have used it continuously for practicing and evening amusement. It has been in almost constant use during that time. It keeps ni tune remarkably well, and is altogether the most satisfactory instrument we have ever used in our school work. I should certainly give your Pianos the pieference over any with which I amacquainted,for school purposes, being reasonable in price, extremely durable, thoroughly reliable, and aatisfactory instruments.

Nov. 30, 1887. Messrs. Ivers & Pond: In an experience of more than six years we have found your Pi anos, for continuous school ractice, more durable and satsfactory than those of any

Julia A. Eastman

The Ivers & Pond Piano Co., who have for many years done a large and constantly increasing business with us, amounting to hundreds of thousands yearly, have given such evidences of able business management that I am warranted in expressing the opinion that they are decidedly ยป progress- - ive and at the same time conservative and financially strong and solid house ; further than this, from my personal acquaintance with them I am sure they area highly honorable house, with the disposition

Write us. Wherever you live we will send one, GUARANTEEING it to suit you, otherwise to be returned to us, we paying railway freights both ways. We are one of the Largest MANUFACTURERS of First-class Pianos in the world. Grand Square and Upright, all sizes, styles and prices. Don't think it inexpedient to buy from us because you live one or three thousand miles from Boston. If you want a Piano, direct from the people who make it, at the very lowest price, Easy Payments if desired, write us and we will explain all. But few Piano Dealers sell our Pianos, because poorly made and low-cost Pianos pay larger profits. We refer to the TraprERS Na- TIONAL BANK, Boston, as to our ability and disposition to make good our word. Remember, we make it just as easy to deal with us as if you lived within ten miles of Boston. Write for information.

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PEEKSKILL, N. Y. Nov. 9, 1887. Messrs. Ivers & Pond Co. Dear Sirs: We have had two of your Pianos in use for some time, and like them very much indeed. They have good wearing qualities, and we expect to ig one in our new school ( Worrall Hall, a school for young boys) in the course of a few weeks. Yours, Con. C. J. W RIGHT,

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The best of material is used in the construction, making them attractive in appearance, fine singing tone, price reasonable and are fully warranted.

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Mason & Hamlin Decker & Son

SPECIAL. - Residents of other parts of the State, or United States, can select and have shipped to them, one or six months later, at a price which will defy competition. K At No. 7 Pleasant Street, New Bedford. No. 84 Main Street, Brockton,

A box of Shipman's Ointment should always be kept in the house. ree It is equally good for Horses, Cattle, and animals of all kinds. we No fly will bother a sore when Shipman's Ointment is used. Price 25c., 50c., $1.00 per box: 344s

For Piles, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Burns, Wounds, Etc., it is unexcelled. " FEVER SORES and SCROFULA SORES are soon changed into a HEALING CONDITION and frequently. entirely

All Bowel Or Summer Complaints

Or anything injurious, and can be given with perfect safety to young children as well adults. All Druggists keep it for sale, or you can procure it of the Agents.

Provenance

Text from Illustrated Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River; a Guide and Souvenir to the Famous Resorts and Noted Cities of Southeastern Massachusetts, with Maps, List of Hotels, Rates, Time-tables, Etc, by Grieve, Robert, published 1889 and in the public domain in the United States. Digitised by the Internet Archive. The settlements listed against this township are matched by point-in-polygon test of each Geographic Names Information System coordinate against the Census Bureau's county subdivision boundary, not by name.