The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Batchelder Place occupied by the Batchelder familyand the large farm carriedon from 17^85 to 1905, when at thedeath of David Batchelder the farmwas bought by D. T. Atwood. Al-though at present unoccupied it is amost desirable place for either sum-mer or permanent residence. Theyoungest daughter of the Batchelderfamily married Winfred Gilpatric,one of-the successful younger farm-. The Gilpatric Place ers. Their home is in the central partof the town near the town-house. Like nearly al
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Batchelder Place occupied by the Batchelder familyand the large farm carriedon from 17^85 to 1905, when at thedeath of David Batchelder the farmwas bought by D. T. Atwood. Al-though at present unoccupied it is amost desirable place for either sum-mer or permanent residence. Theyoungest daughter of the Batchelderfamily married Winfred Gilpatric,one of-the successful younger farm-. The Gilpatric Place ers. Their home is in the central partof the town near the town-house. Like nearly all New England farm-ing towns, Bridgewater has sufferedfrom its slowly decreasing popula-tion. In recent years, however, themovement from city to country is growing, as people begin to realizehow well adapted the desertedfarmhouses are for summer or all-the-3^ear-round homes—since the in-troduction of the telephone and freemail delivery—and at what small ex-pense the}^ may be made not onlycomfortable and homelike, but attract-ive as well. The old colonial housesof Bridgewater with their numerousfireplaces, small-paned, wooden-shut-tered w^ndow^s, panelled rooms andinteresting legends are full of inter-est to the city dweller who is planningsome time a real country home. Bridgewater has been especiallyfortunate in the people who havechosen to make their summer homeshere. They can scarcely be calledsummer residents since their interest
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