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MARLBOROUGH.
Ciieshike County. The sur-
face of this town is uneven and
frequently broken by hills, being
excellent for grazing. There are
some very good farms on the
streams which produce fine crops
of corn, oats, hay, &c.
Ponds and Rivers. There are
several ponds which are sources
of some of the branches of the
Ashuelot. The North Branch,
passing through the two villages,
is supplied by a large reservoir,
about seven miles above, and two
smaller ones, nearer, and thus fur-
nishes some of the best water pow-
er in the county. Marlborough is
one of the growing towns of the
State.
Employments. Agriculture, in
this town, is superseded by manu-
facturing, the people being largely
engaged in that branch of busi-
ness. The value of horse blankets
annually manufactured is $ 150,
000; tricots, diagonals, fancy cas-
simeres, $ 70,000, and machine-
shop productions, $25,000. There
are also manufactured 20,000 box-
es, 10,000 toy wagons, 1,500 toy
bedsteads, 1,340,000 pails, 14,000
chairs, and 300,000 feet of lumber.
There are ground, annually, 26,000
bushels grain, of all kinds. There
is an extensive granite quarry
which gives employment, during
the months from April to Decem-
ber, to about forty men. This
stone is of the best quality, and is
shipped to all parts of the country.
Several other branches of mechan-
ical business are carried on. (See
tables.)
Resources. Agricultural pro-
ducts, $60,306; mechanical, $92,
900; money at interest, $ 18,482;
deposits in savings banks, $ 76,785; |
stock in trade, $21,225; from sum-
mer tourists, $ 2,250.
Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational, Rev. J. L. Merrill, pas-
tor; Methodist, Elder A. K. How-
ard, pastor; Universalist, Rev.
E. L. Senft, pastor. Church val-
uation, Congregational, $8,000;
Methodist, $2,000; Universalist,
$ 4,000. There are nine school
districts and ten schools in town.
Average length of schools for the
year, fifteen weeks. Annual
amount of money appropriated for
school purposes, $ 1,149.10. Marl-
borough High School, C. E. Hough-
ton, principal.
Library. Frost Free Library,
has 2,300 volumes.
Hotel. Marlborough Hotel, ar-
rivals last year, 2,310.
First Settlements. Marlborough
was granted to Timothy Dwight
and sixty-one others, April 29, 1751.
The conditions of this charter were
not seasonably fulfilled, by reason
of the French and Indian war, and
a second charter was granted
September 20, 1754, and called
Monadnock, No. 5. Incorporated,
December 13, 1776. The first set-:
tiers were William Barker, Abel
Woodward, Benjamin Tucker,
Daniel Goodenougli, and one Me
Alister. Colonel Andrew Col-
burn, an officer killed in the Rev-
olutionary struggle, belonged to
this town.
First Ministers. Rev. Joseph
Cummings, ordained in 1778, dis-
missed in 1780; Rev. Holloway
Fish, ordained in 1793, died in 1824.
Boundaries. Nortfi by Roxbury,
east by Dublin and Jaffrey, south
by Troy, and west by Swanzey and
Keene.
Area. 13,000 acres; improved
land, 8,007 acres. |
