lies on the river road, in the north
part of the town.

The prosperity of Franklin, like
that of Keene, Newport, Rochester,
Lebanon, Littleton and Farmington
is owing largely to the enterprising
spirit of its own inhabitants, who
invest their surplus capital for the
growth and welfare of their own
town; and do not seek investments
in the West, and quietly wait for
foreign capital to come in and
build their workshops and mills;
while they stand ready to sell their
corner lots at advanced rates. If
people wish to have their own
towns increase in wealth and pop-
ulation, let them invest their own
surplus money in them, and for-
eign capital will surely come in
and assist them in their enter-
prise.

Employments. As can be seen in
the foregoing, Franklin is a mer-
cantile and manufacturing town;
although in proportion to the area
of improved land, its agricultural
productions are as valuable as
those of any town in the county.
The amount of lumber sawed, of
all kinds, is 600,000 shingles and
laths, and 800,000 feet of boards,
valued at $ 12,000. The total value
of goods of all kinds manufactured
is $2,498,400. (See tables.)

Resources. Productions of the
soil, $ 79,000; mechanical labor,
$334,800; stocks and money at in-
terest, 61,700; deposits in savings
banks, $ 123,057; stock in trade,
$159,450; professional business,
$ 80,000.

Churches and Schools. First Bap-
tist, Rev. J. F. Fielding, pastor;
Freewill Baptist, Rev. James
Rand, pastor; Methodist, Rev. J.
W. Dearborn, pastor; Congrega-
tional, Rev. W. T. Savage, D.D.,
pastor; Christian, Rev. O. J.
Waite, pastor. There are sixteen
schools in town, seven of which
are graded; average length for the
year, twenty-two weeks; total
amount of money annually ap-
propriated for school purposes,
$4000.50.

Literary Institution. Franklin
Academy, Charles A. Jewell, prin-
cipal.

Libraries. Franklin Library As-
sociation, 1500 volumes; Aiken
Library Association, 800 volumes.
Private libraries of 500 volumes
or more: Judge G. W. Nesmith,

1,500 volumes; Jonas B. Aiken,
500; David Gilchrist, 600; M. B.
Goodwin, 4,000; A. F. Pike, 2,000;
Daniel Barnard, 1,200; Rev. Dr.
Savage, 1,500; Rev. O. J. Waite,
500; John W. Simonds, 1,000; Na-
thaniel Sanborn, 600.

Bank. Franklin Savings Bank.
(See tables.)

Newspaper. Merrimack Jour-
nal. (See tables.)

Hotels. Webster House and
Franklin House.

Boundaries. North by Hill and
Sanbornton, east by Sanbornton
and Northfield; south by North-
field, Boscawen and Salisbury, and
west by Salisbury and Andover.
Area, 9,200 acres; area of im-
proved land, 7,376 acres.

Distances. Twenty miles, by rail
road, north from Concord.

Railroads. The Northern Rail-
road passes through this town,
from Concord, in a northerly and
northwesterly direction. When
the railroad is built from Frank-
lin, to form a junction with the
Montreal Railroad at Tilton, and
thence to Alton Bay, their railroad
facilities will be equaled by but
few towns in the State.