NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTEER.

The Statistics and Gazetteer of New-Hampshire, Seventh
Edition, Compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg. Concord, N.H.:    D.L.

Kilkenney. Area, 31,000 acres.

Distances. One hundred and
forty miles north from Concord,
and twenty east from Lancaster.

Railroad. Grand Trunk Rail-
road passes through the eastern
portion of the town.

BETHLEHEM.

GRafton Co. The soil of Beth-
lehem is good, and produces fine
crops of grain, potatoes and grass.
At present, the lumber business is
extensively carried on.

Rivers. Great Ammonoosuc
and Gale Rivers are the principal
streams, and afford abundant
water-power.

Mountains. The principal moun-
tains are Mount Agassiz and Peak-
ed Mountain.

Minerals. Specimens of magne-
tic and bog iron are found in vari-
ous localities.

Employments. The inhabitants
are generally devoted to agricul-
ture and keeping summer board-
ers. The town is in the vicinity
of the White Mountain Range,
and is the Rendezvous for travel-
ers who wish to visit the Moun-
tains, or on their return to take the
cars. A branch road from the
White Mountain Railroad has its
junction here, and extends six
miles to the Twin Mountain House
in Carroll. It will be extended
farther the coming season. The
village of Bethlehem is very pleas-
antly situated, and the scenery
around it is beautiful and hard to
be surpassed. A prominent resi-
dent of this town says: “The
future prospects of Bethlehem are
very flattering, owing to the great
rush of summer tourists. The
number who stopped in the season
of 1872, from one week to three
months, according to careful esti-
mation, was four thousand.”
Large boarding-houses are being
erected every season, and are fill-
ed. If the tourists average forty
dollars each in their expenses in
town, which must be a low esti-
mate, it will amount to the large
sum . of $160,000 for the season.
This large influx of people through
the Summer affords the farmers a
fine opportunity to market their
surplus produce at advance rates.
The lumber business is important.
Over 1,300,000 clapboards, 1,900,
000 shingles, and 8,800,000 feet of
boards and dimension timber are
annually sawed; and give employ-
ment to over 100 men in its manu-
facture. (See tables.)