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among the people than a million
of dollars invested in Western Rail-
road stocks and bonds.
Churches and Schools. Metho-
dist, Rev. Charles H. Smith, pas-
tor, members, 60, Church value,
$3,000. There are eleven schools
in town. Average length of schools
for the year, fifteen weeks; total
value of school-houses, $7,850.
Hotels and Summer Boarding
Houses. Sinclair House, valued at
$60,000; Mount Agassiz House,
valued at $20,000; Prospect
House, valued at $ 12,000; White
Mountain Boarding House, val-
ued at $9,000; Spooner Cottage,
valued at $ 7,000; Bean’s Cottage,
valued at 6,500; Turner’s Cottage,
$4,000, (it is being enlarged at
an expense of $ 5,000.) Wilder
Boarding House, $ 8,000; Bailey’s
Cottage, $ 5,000. There are other
houses where some summer tour-
ists stop through the summer.
Livery Stables. Clark Brothers,
30 horses, valued at $ 12,000; H.
Wilder, 16 horses, $7,000; Saw-
yer & Wallace, 8 horses, valued
at $ 3,000; Thompson & Son, 8
horses, valued at $ 3,000; Bowles
& Young, 5 horses, valued at
$2,000.
First Settlers. Bethlehem was
incorporated, December 27, 1769;
James Turner, Thomas and John
Hatch, Nathan and Amos Wheel-
er, and others settled here in 1790.
First Church Organization. Con-
gregational, October, 15, 1802;
Baptist, 1800; Freewill Baptist,
1813.
Boundaries. North by White-
field, east by Carroll, and ungrant-
ed lands, south by Franconia and
Lisbon, and west by Littleton.
Total area, 31,154 acres; improved
land, 10,955 acres. |
Distances. One hundred miles
north from Concord, and thirty-
six, by rail, north from Haverhill.
Railroads. White Mountains
Railroad passes through the north-
ern section of the town to Carroll.
The Portland and Odgensburg is
expected to pass through some
portion of the town.
BOSCAWEN.
Merrimack County. Before
Boscawen was divided and the
town of Webster taken from its
western limits, it was considered,
with one exception, the best and
largest .farming township in the
county. The soil on the river is
deep and easy to cultivate, and
when properly fertilized produces
excellent crops of corn. On the
uplands the soil is strong and good
for grazing and the raising of fruit.
The average value of production
for each acre of improved land is
$ I0.16|; the average of the county
is $9.33. This includes pasturage
and tillage land. Some of the
finest farms in the county are in
Boscawen. The Merrimack Coun-
ty Farm is located in the northern
part of the town near the Merri-
mack.
Bivers and Ponds. Great Pond,
which lies partly in this town and
partly in Webster, and Long Pond,
in the western section of the town,
are the principal bodies of water.
Merrimack River washes its east-
ern border, while the Contoocook.
waters the south-eastern corner.
The latter River furnishes some
fine water power at Fisherville,
which is situated partly in this
town and partly in Concord.
Employments. Manufacturing
is the principal employment of the
inhabitants, although the agricul- |
