Churches and Schools. A Union
church, supported by persons of
the Congregational, Baptist and
Methodist persuasion, Lorenzo
Draper, pastor. There are five
^;    schools; average length for the

j    year, thirteen weeks. There is

:    .    frequently a High school, which is

open during the spring and fall,
j    First Organization. A large

portion of Hebron was included
in the Cockermouth Grant, the
remainder was taken from Ply-
mouth.

Hotels. Central House.

Boundaries. North by Rumney
and Plymouth, east by Plymouth,
south by Alexandria and Orange,
and west by Groton. Area, 13,305
acres.

1    Distances. Forty miles north

'    from Concord, and nine west from

Plymouth.

i    Railroads. Eight miles by

■    daily stage to Bristol station, on

the Bristol Branch Railroad.

HEWNIRER.

!    Merrimack County. Henni-

ker is pleasantly situated in the
valley of the Contoocook. The
j    surface of the town is broken, hut

>    the soil is deep, and produces ex-

|    cellent crops of wheat, corn, hay,

|    &c. As an agricultural town Hen-

|    niker is not inferior to any town in

I    Merrimack county, either in soil

j    or cultivation. Many of the

I    farms are under a high state of

cultivation, and yield abundant
crops. The farmers have reaped a
j!    .    rich reward for their labor, and

|    have carefully laid by a portion of

[    their surplus earnings, if the re-

I    cords of the various savings banks

ij    in the State are not deceptive.

[j    But few if any farming towns in

|    • the State, show more wealth, thrift
and prosperity than Henniker.
With its railroad facilities, central
location, aud with one of the best
water privileges on the river, it
can he made one of the largest
manufacturing towns in the State,
and that too on its own surplus re-
sources. At the present time the
people appear to be alive to manu-
facturing interests. Capital in-
vested for manufacturing purpos-
es, over a certain amount, and for
a certain length of time, is exempt-
ed from taxation. With this in-
ducement, the Henniker Manufac-
turing Company has been formed
and is now erecting a large building
sixty feet long, thirty feet wide
and three stories high, for the man-
ufacture of boots and shoes. The
future prospects of Henniker, with
the present facts before us, appear
very flattei’ing.

Rivers and Ponds. Contoocook
River passes through this town in
•an easterly direction, and affords
in its course abundant water pow-
er. There are several ponds of
considerable size. Situated about
one mile from the village is Long
Pond, nearly two miles long, and
sixty rods wide. The town is al-
so watered by several small
streams in different sections,

Elevations. Crany Hill is the
principal elevation, and is of con-
siderable altitude, and embraces
a large portion of the territory on
the south of the town. It is most-
ly under good cultivation.

Village. Near the centre of the
town on the Contoocook is the
pleasant village of Henniker. It is
the centre of considerable trade
and manufacturing of various
kinds. There are four stores, two
church edifices, academy, town
house, one large hotel, and about