twenty-five miies    north-west,

where in the warm season, it con-
nects with steamboats running to
all points on the Winnipiseogee
lake, also connects with the Great
Falls and Conway Railroad for the
White mountains.    The Ports-

mouth and Dover Railroad, built
in the season of 1873, connects
these two old towns together,
making the distance by rail, about
eleven miles.

DUBLIN.

Cheshire County. The sur-
face of this town is uneven, but
the soil is strong, yielding fair
crops of corn, oats, hay, &e. The
inhabitants are noted for their
energetic spirit in business.

Streams and Ponds. Dublin is
situated on the height of land be-
tween Merrimack and Connecticut
Rivers; consequently its streams
are small. Center Pond, about one
mile in diameter, is the principal
sheet of water.

Mountains. A large portion of
the grand Monadnock lies in the
south-west part of the town.
Breed’s Mountain lies near the
center.

Employments. Agriculture is the
principal occupation of the people.
Three thousand, eight hundred
boxes of clothes pins are annually
manufactured. Lumbering and
some small manufactories are car-
ried on.

Resources. From productions
of the soil, $50,705; mechan-
ical labor, $12,800; Money at inter
est, $21,532; stocks and bonds,
$8,400; deposits in savings banks,
$108,206; stock in trade, $6,400.

Churches and Schools. Unitarian,

G. M. Rice, pastor; Trinitarian,
no pastor. There are ten schools
in town. Average length of schools
for the year, twenty-four weeks.
The Rev. Edward Sprague made a
bequest of $8,000 for the support
of public schools. He also left the
town $5,000, the interest of which
is to be applied to the support of
an ordained Congregational min-
ister, who shall statedly preach in
Dublin.

Library. Social Library, 1817
volumes.

First Settlers. Settled by Mat-
thew Thurston and others in 1749.
Incorporated March 29, 1871. It
was originally called Monadnock
Number Three.

First Ministers. Rev. Joseph
Farrer, Congre'gational, ordained
June 10, 1772. Rev. Elijah Willard,
Baptist, ordained June 5, 1793.

Boundaries. North by Harris-
ville, east by Peterborough, south
by Jaflrey, and west by Marlbor-
ough. A portion of Harrisville
was taken from the north part of
this town' in July, 1870.

Distances. Ffty miles south-west
from Concord and ten south-east
from Keene.

Railroads. Peterborough Depot,
six miles, on Monadnock Railroad.
Stage on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.

DUBBER.

Coos County. The surface is
rocky and uneven, but the soil is
strong, and good crops of oats,
barley, potatoes and hay are
produced.

Rivers. Androscoggin and Little
Ammonoosuc Rivers are the prin-
cipal streams. In the latter are
the Pontook Falls.

Employments. Agriculture is the
principal vocation of the inhabi-
tants. Over 400,000 feet of sawed