. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. of Wreiitliaiii inthe (then) conntyof Snffolk, into atown by the nameof Franklin. Then a ni e originallyselected for thetown was the bill in-corporating it mi-der that name jxissL-d two rL-admi^- in Uk- lycgislalnre, when itwas changed to Franklin, thougli the records fail to show bywhom the change was made or under what anthorization. Sincethat time it has gradually passed through that period of transi-tion from the typicalNew England villagiwith its proneness toquiet and comforta-ble ease, its
. Bicentenary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, January seventeen, nineteen hundred and six. of Wreiitliaiii inthe (then) conntyof Snffolk, into atown by the nameof Franklin. Then a ni e originallyselected for thetown was the bill in-corporating it mi-der that name jxissL-d two rL-admi^- in Uk- lycgislalnre, when itwas changed to Franklin, thougli the records fail to show bywhom the change was made or under what anthorization. Sincethat time it has gradually passed through that period of transi-tion from the typicalNew England villagiwith its proneness toquiet and comforta-ble ease, its conscr\ -atism and <i ua li t froni a uu-r-cantile point of \iewFranklin has super-ior advantages, yet as a residential town It has tew equals mthe state. It is rapidly l)ecoming favorably known as a sum-mer resort, its proximity to the l)eautifnl lakes making it amost desirable])lace to ^])end the heated term: attracting many \isitors a u dgnests fro mthe large cit-ies of the eastand w est,who find herean ideal placefor recrea-tion, pleasureand
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