“ There is a public library in the village of Great Barrington and another in the village of Housatonic. Monument Mt. (1710 ft.) , partly in Stockbridge, commands a fine view of the Berkshires and the Housatonic Valley. The Sedgwick School (for boys) was removed from Hartford, Connecticut, to Great Barrington in 1869. There are various manufactures, including cotton-goods (in the village of Housatonic) , and electric meters, paper, knit goods and counterpanes (in the village of Great Barrington) ; and marble and blue stone are quarried here; but the township is primarily given over to farming. ”