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business was represented by Hartry and Wallis doing business in this Water Street tannery which had been built by Mr. Moulton, a school teacher. In 1870 John Hartry advertised that he would pay cash for hides which was an innovation for even as late as 1870, while cash was offered, barter still lingered. There are still memories of the huge loads of hides brought to the market which were purchased by Mr. Hartry. (9) Business outgrew the premises on Water Street and Mr. Hartry secured accommodation in the northâ€"end tannery; this was cut off when that tannery was burned in 1896. He then secured a lease on the old Gorham Woolen Mills and fitted the basement with six vats; the building on Water Street henceforth was used for manufacturing the finished skins into gloves, mitts, etc. This eliminated the odor which frequently overhung the south end of the village. During the tremendous flood in 1878, a flood which dwarfed the Hurricane Hazel flood, when ten bridges were washed away and no communication was possible for three days, between the east and west sides of the village; the Cooper shop of Arnott and Fox was undermined and carried tothe centre of the stream. All bridges between New market and Holland Landing were washed away. In the winter, on the ice south of the dam and up to the bend beyond Dutchman‘s Bay, horse racing was a favorite sport, and until the water became poluted and stagnant, a seasonal business was cutting the ice in the pond, storing it in buildings and blanketing each block, approxiâ€" mately 16 inches square, in sawdust, then in summer the ice wagon became the familiar sight making its regular rounds. The late A.E. Widdifield carried on an extensive ice business, the ice houses (storage buildings) located on Court Street. About fifty years ago this business was purchased by the late Benjamin Hughes. (10) Older residents of Newmarket recall with happy memories that the Pond, the centre of the Town, was at that time a beautiful spot, highâ€" lighted by the many and varied pleasureactivities,â€" boating, tub races, curling matches, skating,â€" frequently while the Firemen held their tournaments on the Agricultural Grounds, at the same time they carried on water sports on the pond. The dam, previous to the present, had a platform across which one could walk, while at the same time a railing protected one side. (11) This was a favorite bandstand, and in the evening across the quiet surface of the pond echoed the delightful music played by New market‘s band. The present dam was erected by William Reilly following the washout by flood in 1928 or 1929, and the monument on the waterworks lawn was almost precipitated into the water. (12) It would be interesting to know how many dams this had replaced since the first erected in 1801. The Holland River! Often called the ‘crick‘, the stream; when Nature decides to take a hand in affairs, it becomes the river again to demonâ€" strate that it retains much of its old power stored in the hills to the south. 304