the charter amended in 1821,
and went into operation in 1822.
The business of this company is di-
vided into two departments. In
one is the manufacturing of cotton
print cloth, and in the other is
printing calico. The first depart-
ment does not produce two thirds
of the number of yards of cloth
that is printed. The number yards
of cotton cloth wove is 16,000,000
annually, and valued at $1,240,000.
Uie number yards of cloth printed
is 31,340,000, valued at $3,447,400.
In 1870 they printed 18,000,000
yards at $2,000,000—this shows the
rapid increase of their business.
The number of hands employed, in
both departments, is 502 males and
687 females and children. F. A.
& J. Sawyer, woolen mills, manu-
facture flannels and other woolen
goods. Value of goods produced
in 1870, $340,060, They employ
eighty-eight males and sixty-nine
females and children There are
eleven sale hoot and shoe manu-
factories, with a capital of $400,000,
employing 655 men and boys, and
135 women, annually making 1,150,
000 pairs of boots and shoes of every
description, valued at $1,580,000.
The Freewill Baptist printing es-
tablishment has a capital of $80,000,
and employs 12 males and 12 fe-
males. Value of productions in
1870, $70,519. There are also man-
ufactured sand paper and glue,
$125,000; floor oil cloth, $60,000;
clothing, $75,000; hats and caps,
$20,000; baker’s bread, $20,000;
sash, blinds and doors, $40,000;
carriages of all kinds, $50,000;
lumber sawed, $30,000; newspa-
per and job printing, $35,000; meal
and flour ground, $45,000; illumin-
ating gas, $30,000; leather tanned,
$25,000; brick, $30,000; foundry
and machine shops, $60,000; mar-
ble and soapstone, $15,000; besides
photographers, tin workmen, har-
ness makers, blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, painters, masons, and various
other professions. The total capi-
tal invested in manufactories is es-
timated at $2,051,000, employing
1484 males and 982 females and
children, who annually receive for
their labor, $1,120,000, and pro-
ducing manufactured goods to the
value of $7,352,900.

Resources. Agricultural produc-
tions, $55,648; mechanical labor,
$ 1,120,000; engaged in professional
service, trade, transportation. &c.,
855 persons, $513,000; stocks,
&e., $209,375; money at interest,
$190,360; stock in trade, $717,
620; deposits in savings banks,
$1,203,307.

Churches and Pastors. Freewill
Baptist, Rev. I. D. Stewart; C.
Baptist, Rev. W. T. Chase; Chris-
tian, Rev. J. G. T. Colby; Metho-
dist, Rev. O. H. Jasper, Presiding
Elder of Dover District—Rev. C.
W. Millen, pastor; Congregational,
Rev. George Spaulding; Episcopal,
R ;v. J. B. Richmond, rector; Ro-
man Catholic, Rev. C. J. Drum-
mond, priest; Unitarian, T. W.
Brown; Universalist, Rev. J. Cre-
hore.

Schools. There are forty schools
in town, of which thirty are grad-
ed. Average length of schools for
the year, thirty-six weeks. There
are 907 male and 980 female schol-
ars. Sixty-five per cent, of this
number regularly attend school
through the year. Total amount
of money annually appropriated for
school purposes, $20,937.29; value
of school houses and lots, $140,000
H. P. Warren is the principal of
the High School. Franklin Acad-