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��THE CITY OF NASHUA.

���NASHUA PUBLIC LIBRARY. (ERECTED, 1866.)

��Shearer Company, (Messrs. Earl, Blunt Priest and Smith, proprietors,; ; Nashua Bed and Batting Company, (Towne & Cross, proprietors,) ; Nashua Cement Drain Pipe Works, S. D. Chandler, agent. The schools and schoolhouses of Nash- ua are justly its honor and pride. The high school building is the finest edifice of the kind in the State. In it are located the high school, with a corps of four teachers, and one of the grammar schools, also with four teachers. This edifice was completed in 1874, and cost $100,000. In the solidity of its construction, beauty of architecture and completeness of appoint- ments it is all that could be desired. There are three courses of instruction af- forded by the high school, namely : busi-

��ness, English and classical. The "Mount Pleasant" grammar school is a noble building on the finest location in the city. It was erected in 1870, and cost $50,000. It has a fine hall in the third story ; gram- mar school in the second, and middle and primary schools in the first. The Main street school house is a substantial brick edifice, and in all respects one of the most valuable structures in the city. It is used for primary and middle grades. Altogether the city has 17 school houses, 47 teachers, and 1600 pupils. These schools are graded, and furnish 39 weeks of schooling throughout the year. Vo- cal music and drawing are among the branches taught in all the schools. Nashua has one of the best public li-

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