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��most charming villages in New Eng- land. On the crest of the opposite hill is the sumptuous residence of Charles E. Tilton, in its park-like enclosure ; and, to the left, the buildings of the

��the Winnipiseogee River, the liberality of the citizens, and nearness of railroad facilities, place the town in the foremost ranks for a manufacturing place ; and the time is not far distant when the oppor-

���THE GRANITE MILLS.

��New-Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College. In the valley is one of the most flourishing business communities to be found in many a day's journey. The houses are neat and tasteful, the streets are attractive, the people are busy and happy.

The water-power facilities afforded by

��tunities will be utilized. The river, being the outlet of Winnipiseogee, running with an unobstructed flow of water from Laconia, with the great bodies of water in Winnisquam Lake, Middle and Lower Bays, as reservoirs, and a fall of water amounting to about seventy- five feet exclusive of the Great Falls at

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