Mills and Toungue
There have been upon it mills at various times. One near Mr. A. G. Corning's was known as "Corning's mill." This was a sawmill built by the elder Corning at an early period. There was a cornmill near where the brook crosses the road beyond Mr. Walter H. Noyes's. This was owned by a Mr. McDuffie, and was known as "McDuffie's Mill" as early as 1795. These mills have long since passed away. In later times there has been a sawmill further up the stream, in Londonderry, built by Col. Francis Menter, and known as "Menter's mill." This has gone to decay. The Little Cohas receives the water of Long Pond by a brook joining with it near the house of Mr. John Huse. Aside from this it receives no considerable tributary.
The stream emptying into the Merrimack near the Cohas falls, should be called COHASANTEE or COHASETT, to distinguish it from the one described above. This passes but a little way in Manchester, crossing that tongue of land in the lower part of the city lying betwixt Londonderry and the Merrimack.
It is folly to rely upon any treatment applied to polluted water to make it fit for drinking purposes. The only way in which safe, palatable drinking water can be obtained is to take it from a source of the finest quality, which is far from the abode of men and thus free from a suspicion of contamination.
The water of certain springs fulfills these conditions, but the mere fact that a certain water is a spring water is not a guarantee of its healthfulness. The character of the country in which a spring is located, the depth from which it comes and the rate of flow are important factors. The manner in which the water is handled from the spring to the consumer is also of the utmost moment.
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