History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . Bart., his relatives, Thomas, Robert, and Edward,of the same cognomen, with several others from Barbadoes, in the year1771, being at first caUed Maynesborough. The act of incorporation isdated 1S29. There are several ponds and streams, the largest of whiciiare the Androscoggin, running through the east ))art, and the UpperAmmonoosuc, through the west. Berlin Falls is a wild and interestingjiiace in the Androscoggin, where the great vohtme of waters comingdown from the Umbagog chain of lakes, and the Clear, Diamond, Marg- NEW nAiMPSIlIlli: T
History and description of New EnglandNew Hampshire . Bart., his relatives, Thomas, Robert, and Edward,of the same cognomen, with several others from Barbadoes, in the year1771, being at first caUed Maynesborough. The act of incorporation isdated 1S29. There are several ponds and streams, the largest of whiciiare the Androscoggin, running through the east ))art, and the UpperAmmonoosuc, through the west. Berlin Falls is a wild and interestingjiiace in the Androscoggin, where the great vohtme of waters comingdown from the Umbagog chain of lakes, and the Clear, Diamond, Marg- NEW nAiMPSIlIlli: TOWN OF EETIILEHEJI. 4-2:J alloway, find other smaller streams, forces its way through ;i rockydefile of about fifty feet wide, with a descent of six or seven to everyten. The chasm is spanned by a narrow bridge for persons on loot,from wliich the near view is very exciting, affording also a fine view ofthe river for some distance. In this vicinity also the northerly slojies ofihe mountaina are presented in their magnificence. The town has one. village, called Berlin Falls. The trade of the place is in lumber andcountry produce. There are three large saw-mills, with a capital ot§100,000; four school districts, and two post-oflices — Berlin and Ber-lin Falls. The Grand Trunlc Railway passes nearly through tlie centreof the town. Population, 173 ; valuation, 8161,04-3. Bethlehem is in the northern part of CTrafton county, one huntlredmiles from Concord. Tlie village is about seventeen miles west ot theNotch of the White Mountains, on the road to Franconia and road here passes over a broad, undulating hill, in an open and airysituation, which gives the traveller the most satisfactory view of therange of mountains to be anywhere seen. Mount Washington herestands out in its just proportions, flanked upon either side with his tel-lows of lesser stature. Jonas Warren, Nathaniel Snow, Nathan Wheeler,and others, arrived at Bethlehem in 1790, and commenced the settl
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