edited and well patronized newspaper--_Herald and Democrat_ and
_Oneonta Press_. There are two banks--the "Wilber National" and "The
First National"--both of which are doing a large business and are
under prudent management. There are a dozen or more lawyers and as
many physicians. Three roomy hotels care for and furnish entertainment
to the way-faring public, and another hotel is in course of
construction.

The village is rapidly growing, and new industries are multiplying. A
desirable water power could be furnished to drive the wheels of a
large manufactory--a subject that must sooner or later attract the
attention of some capitalist. Well-shaded streets and well-kept
roadways add to the attractions of the village, while its
surroundings of cultivated fields--of hill-side and plain--of wooded
slopes and mountains--render the scenery as grand and diversified as
can be found in the Susquehanna valley.

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ESTABLISHED 1853.

HERALD AND DEMOCRAT.

ONEONTA, N.Y.

A REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER,

Devoted to the interests of Otsego County, of the Second Assembly