Resources. Agricultural produc-
tions, $ 97,973; mechanical labor,
$255,500; stocks, &e., $30,200;
money at interest, $12,350; deposits
in savings banks, $ 137,248; stock
in trade, $43,375; from summer
tourists, $ 3,000; professional bus-
iness, &c., $ 60,000.

Churches and Schools. Congre-
gational-Freewill Baptist, Rev. A.
Deering, pastor; Cal. Baptist, Rev.
J. M. Coburn, pastor; Episcopal,
— -; Union, Rev. Joseph Har-

vey, pastor; Quaker, Hiram Paige,
pastor. There are ten school dis-
tricts, and eleven schools in town;
average length, for the year, eight-
een weeks; amount of money an-
nually appropriated for school
purposes, $ 1,755.45.

Literary Institution. Pittsfield
Academy, a prosperous institution,
is located here,

Library. Pittsfield Library As-
sociation.

Newspaper. Pittsfield Star.

Hotel. “ Washington House.”

First Settlers. John Cram and
others were the first settlers in
this town. It was incorporated
March 27, 1782.

First Minister Rev. Christo-
pher Page, (Congregational,) set-
tled in 1789, dismissed, 1793.

Boundaries. North-east by
Barnstead, south-east by Strafford
nd Northwood, south-west by
Chichester and Epsom, and north-
west by Loudon. Area, 14,927
acres; improved land, 10,648 acres.

Distances. By railroad, twen-
ty-two miles north-east from Con-
cord; private conveyance, fifteen
miles.

Railroad Pittsfield is the ter-
minus of the Suncook Valley Rail-
road. Suncook Valley Extension
to Alton, it is thought, will be
built another season. The Con-
cord and Rochester Railroad pas-
ses through Pittsfield, if ever
constructed.

PLAINFIELD.

Sullivan County. Plainfield
is one of the best farming towns
in the State. The Connecticut
River waters its western border
where can be found some very
valuable interval. In other parts
of the town, there are many fertile
meadows. The hills furnish some
of the best pasturage for sheep in
the county. The soil is generally
strong and fertile, producing ex-
cellent crops of wheat, corn, oats
and potatoes. Nearly 4,000 bush-
els of wheat and 18,000 bushels of
corn are annually produced.

Rivers and Ponds. Connecticut
River waters its western part,
while a small stream whieh has its
source in Croydon mountains pas-
ses through the centre. Hart’s Is-
land, in the Connecticut, contains
nineteen acres. There are two
small ponds.

Elevation. Home Hill, on the
Connecticut, is a considerable ele-
vation. Its summit can be seen
for a long distance, either up or
down the river, and it was named
by the Indians, who had their en-
campment near its base.

Lime Stone, of a good quality, is
found in the western portion of the
town.

Plainfield has a pleasant village
situated on a plain, through the
centre of which a street passes,
north and south.

On a gentle eminence, in this
town, is located the beautiful vil-
lage of Meriden, upon the top of
which eminence are two churches,
a school house, two stores, a hotel,