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��Concord, Nciv Hmnpshire.

��schools good. In fact, the average common-sense of the citizens approves of all that tends to improve and beau- tify the city.

Concord is to-day one of the most charming cities in the world. On ac- count of its government, its people, its climate, and its civilization. New Eng-

��and cleanliness, indicate the ambition of the occupants. A stranger looks in vain for the abode of wTetchedness. Of course there is poverty, but it is covered by the mantle of charity. The church edifices of every denomination in the city are creditable to the zeal and piety of the members. Several of the

���GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

��land is perhaps the most favored locality on earth ; within New England, at least, Concord has few rivals and no superiors, in variety and extent of at- tractions and beauties. Within the city limits, there is no quarter assigned to squalor and poverty. There are many cottages, but none so poor that attempts at beautifying are not made : flowers in the windows or in the garden, ivy or grape-vines, bushes and shade-trees, neat fences and paths, paint, whitewash,

��buildings are elegant specimens of ar- chitecture, and compare favorably with any in the State.

Its situation is far enough inland to escape the east wind of the coast : its elevation is enough to render the air dry, bracing, and salubrious. The Mer- rimack River flows through the city, and is joined in its course by the im- portant tributaries, the Contoocook, the Soucook, and Turkey River, and many small brooks. The Merrimack is bor-

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