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years ; William C. Eastman, one year ; George F. Boston, two years ; Lycurgus Pitman, three years ; Ephraim E. Hodgdon, two years; William H. Bragdon, one year ; James L. Gibson, five years.
OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE FURNISHED BY CARROLL COUNTY. - Through the kindness of George P. Cleaves, Grand Secretary, we are enabled to give the following list : Ezekiel Wentworth, Ossipee, Grand Steward, 1826 to 1829, inclusive. Cyrus K. Drake, Effingham, District Deputy Grand Master, 1856, 1857, 1862, 1863. Christopher C. Fellows, Sandwich, Grand Pursuivant, 1862, 1863 ; District Deputy Grand Master, 1864, 1865. Jeremiah W. Dearborn, M.D., Effingham, Grand Lecturer, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867; District Deputy Grand Master, 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871. John Blackmer, M.D., Sandwich, District Deputy Grand Master, 1866, 1867. Asa M. Brackett, Wakefield, Grand Lecturer, 1868; District Deputy Grand Master, 1882, 1883, 1884. Henry R. Parker, Wolfeborough, Grand Lecturer, 1869, 1870, 1871. Rev. Thomas B. Newby, Conway, Grand Chaplain, 1869. Charles A. Varney, Union, District Deputy Grand Master, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881. George F. Horn, Wolfeborough, Grand Lecturer, 1882, 1883, 1884; District Deputy Grand Master, 1885. Frank (Francisco) W. Barker, Effingham, Grand Lec- turer, 1885, District Deputy Grand Master, 1886, 1887. William C. Sinclair, Ossipee, Grand Lecturer, 1886, 1887; District Deputy Grand Master, 1888. Lycurgus Pitman, North Conway, Grand Lecturer.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.
This Fraternity has for many years existed in Carroll county, and carried on a most beneficent work within its borders. It is deemed fitting to here preserve in perpetuity the short records some of the brothers have compiled, that in after years those who laid the foundation-stones shall not be forgotten in the noble edifice they have helped to erect.
Saco Valley Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. F., North Conway, was instituted April 19, 1848, at Conway Corner, by Grand Representative Timothy G. Senter, for Grand Master, George W. Towle, with these charter members: Francis R. Chase, Samuel W. L. Chase, Charles C. Cloutman, Henry E. Eastman, Gideon R. Hart, Elijah Stanton. Brothers F. R. Chase and Cloutman were initiated in Winnipiseogee Lodge, No. 7, Laconia, in April and September, 1845; Eastman in Motolinia Lodge, No. 18, Rochester, May 4, 1846. Brothers F. R. Chase, Eastman, and Stanton passed the chairs, and Brother Chase was admitted to the Grand Lodge in 1849, the only one of the charter members ever admitted
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to that body. In 1849 he was elected Grand Warden, in 1850 Grand Repre- sentative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge for 1850 and 1851, and was in good standing when the lodge disbanded in 1861. None of these charter members are now members of the lodge, but four of them were in good standing when the lodge ceased to work.
July 22, 1875, the lodge was resuscitated by Special Commissioner Joseph Kidder, and located at North Conway. Among the petitioners for the restora- tion of the charter were these members of the old lodge: Albert Barnes, Chandler E. Chase, Joseph F. Dinsmore, Andrew Dinsmore, Reuben Eastman, William C. Eastman, Joseph Pitman, Christopher W. Wilder, and Orrin Seavey, all of whom were initiated in 1848, excepting William C. Eastman, initiated in 1852; and all are now members except two, J. F. Dinsmore, who died April 26, 1877, and Andrew Dinsmore, who withdrew from the lodge November 9, 1880.
But three have been admitted to the Grand Lodge : William C. Eastman in 1879, Reuben Eastman in 1880, and Christopher W. Wilder in 1879. Fifteen past grands of this lodge have been admitted to the Grand Lodge.
There are now sixty-seven members. The officers May, 1889, were George A. Wagg, N. G. ; John B. Hobbs, V. G .; E. F. McFarland, secretary ; Reuben Eastman, treasurer; W. W. Pease, J. A. Barnes, F. P. Allard, trustees; Charles H. Whitaker, chaplain.
Beur Camp Lodge, No. 37, I. O. O. F., Sandwich, was instituted May 15, 1851, by Grand Master John T. Stevens, with these charter members: Nathaniel Berry, Norman G. French, Ebenezer Horn, Jr, Nathaniel Johnson, Caleb M. Quimby, William M. Weed. All were initiated in Winnipiseogee Lodge, No. 7, Laconia : Horn, November 24, 1846; French, Johnson, and Quimby, February 4, 1851 ; Berry and Weed, March 4, 1851. Brothers Horn and Weed were the only ones who passed the chairs, and were admitted to the Grand Lodge, the first in 1855, the latter in 1852. Brother Quimby dropped his membership in 1853, French in 1857, Berry and Weed in 1859. Johnson withdrew from the lodge in 1852.
This lodge had an existence of fourteen years, and was declared defunct by the Grand Lodge in 1865. At that time there were but four members in good standing : Ebenezer Horn, Jeremiah S. Dinsmore, William S. Prescott, and James M. Smith, all past grands. Ten past grands were admitted from it to the Grand Lodge, but never held office in that body. There were seventy- seven candidates initiated by the lodge, and it built a good hall which, after the representative of the Grand Lodge had visited Sandwich, collected the effects of the lodge, and turned them over to the Grand Secretary, was sold to the Freemasons. The number was given to Mt William Lodge, North Weare, February 27, 1878.
Cold River Lodge, No. 40, T. O. O. F., Tamworth, was instituted March 25,
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1852, by Grand Master John Peabody, with Edward W. Bradbury, Andrew W. Hill, David S. Hidden, Nathaniel Johnson, William L. Johnson, Joseph B. Kennison, and William O. Weed as charter members. All these except Nathaniel Johnson (see Bear Camp Lodge) were initiated in Bear Camp Lodge, Sandwich, during the year 1851. The charter members all passed the chairs, but Brother Johnson was the only one who entered the Grand Lodge, which he did in 1855. The lodge was disbanded in 1860, having during that time initiated forty-three candidates and admitted two brothers by card. The charter members, except Brother Hill, who dropped his membership in 1859, were in good standing when the lodge was closed, and although reports had gone to the Grand Lodge that but three meetings had been held for the year, there were thirty-four members in good standing on the books. The number of the lodge was given to Unity Lodge, Hinsdale. Only two past grands of Cold River Lodge entered the Grand Lodge.
Osceola Lodge, No. 27, I. O. O. F., Bartlett, was instituted May 25, 1877, by Grand Master Alonzo F. Craig, having as charter members Thomas Black, Frank W. Brown, John O. Dodge, Leonard Foster, Caleb F. Ordway, Sidney W. Peakes, Humphrey P. Richards, Frank A. Rodgers, Edward C. Thompson, Uriah M. Wright, Sanford E. Whitten. Brothers Black, Dodge, Foster, Ord- way, Peakes, Thompson, Wright, and Whitten were initiated in Saco Valley Lodge, North Conway, as follows: Thompson, August 19, 1875; Foster, December 21, 1875 ; Black, January 25, 1876; Ordway, Peakes, and Wright, April, 1876; Dodge and Whitten, July 18, 1876; Richards was initiated in Saco Lodge, No. 2, Saco, Maine, July 20, 1869, and Rodgers in Dirigo Lodge, No. 63, Milo, Maine, March 26, 1873. Brothers Brown, Peakes, Richards, Thompson, and Wright have passed the chairs. Brother Brown was admitted to the Grand Lodge in 1878, Richards in 1879, and Thompson in 1884.
Osceola Lodge took the number of Pemigewasset Lodge of Bristol, which disbanded January 2, 1856. Only six of the eleven charter members are now members, three having withdrawn from the lodge and two dropped their membership. Seven past grands have been admitted to the Grand Lodge.
Trinity Lodge, No. 63, I. O. O. F., located at Snowville, in Eaton, was instituted May 5, 1880, by George A. Robie, acting Grand Master, assisted by George W. Gordon, Deputy Grand Master, C. E. Chase, Grand Warden, Joseph Kidder, Grand Secretary, and William Boyington, Grand Guardian. The charter members were Edwin Snow, Andrew J. White, Abner C. Wake- field, Benjamin F. Wakefield, Clinton S. Warren, and Horace M. Thompson. The lodge experienced a very slow growth for several years, owing to the prejudice against secret orders then existing in its vicinity. As the purposes of the order became better understood, and it was relieved of this unjust oppo- sition, the lodge increased in membership very rapidly, and has added forty- eight initiates to its charter members. Considering the territory accessible
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to the lodge, it has enjoyed a notable degree of prosperity, and although it recently parted with eleven of its active members in the institution of Crystal Lodge, Madison, it is still in a flourishing condition with an active member- ship of thirty-six.
Fidelity Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., Wolfeborough, was instituted March 15, . 1886, by District Deputy Grand Master John A. Glidden. The charter mem- bers were Darius F. Ham, George F. Horn, Herbert M. Horn, Joseph Lewando, William J. Mattison, Downing V. Osborne, Charles H. Parker, Charles W. Sylvester, Fernando Willand, Edgar F. White. Brother Ham was initiated in Mechanics Lodge, No. 13, Manchester, February 7, 1872; Mattison in Miltonia Lodge, No. 52, Milton Mills, November 4, 1879, and George F. Horn in the same, March 14, 1884; Willand in Belknap Lodge, No. 14, Meredith, September 8, 1879: White in Equity Lodge, No. 33, East Northwood, March 17, 1880: Sylvester in Blue Hill Lodge, No. 79, Blue Hill, Maine, June 7, 1881 ; Osborne in Kennedy Lodge, No. 57, Rochester, May 12, 1885 ; H. M. Horn in Caledonia Lodge, No. 6, St Johnsbury, Vt, September 6, 1885; Parker in Wecohamet Lodge, No. 3, Dover, October 16, 1844, preparatory to becoming a charter member of Swamscot Lodge, No. 8, Newmarket ; Lewando in Suffolk Lodge, No. 8, Boston, Mass. (He afterward became a member of Orient Lodge, No. 17, East Portland, Ore.) Everett S. Albee, Joseph P. Heath, and Edward E. Cate were made members under a dispensation on the evening of the organization of Fidelity Lodge. Bro. Charles H. Parker passed the chairs in Swamseot Lodge, and was admitted a member of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire in 1847, and was in the same year appointed District Deputy Grand Master for that district. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master for this district in 1886, holding the office two years. He is the Nestor of the lodge, his work and walk for nearly half a century in Odd Fellowship causing him to be held in great veneration and esteem. Brothers White, Sylvester, Lewando, Heath, and Cate have passed the chairs. Sylvester and Lewando were admitted members of the Grand Lodge in 1888. C. W. Gilman was elected Noble Grand in December, 1888; and the same year Joseph Lewando was appointed District Deputy Grand Master.
For nearly two years the lodge held its meetings in Masonic Hall. In 1888 it rented the third story of Union Block, and fitted up a hall and side- rooms in a fine manner at an expense of over $1,000.
Crystal Lodge, No. 77, I. O. O. F., Silver Lake, Madison, was instituted September 18, 1888, by Grand Master Folsom, assisted by Grand Secretary Kidder and several grand officers pro tem. appointed for the occasion. It is the last lodge instituted in the jurisdiction and, of course, the youngest on the list. The projectors of the lodge are young men full of zeal and thoroughly indoctrinated with the principles of the order and will negleet no proper opportunity nor flag in their efforts to make Crystal Lodge a success among its sister lodges.
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The charter members were John A. Forrest, Jr, Fred L. Moore, Mark E. Robertson, Samuel J. Gilman, George M. Atwood, Lewis N. Knox, Josiah C. Flanders, Charles E. Biekford, James O. Gerry, and Frank R. Kennett, ten in number. Two other petitioners failed of having their names on the list, namely, Edwin Blake and Edgar F. White, simply because their withdrawal- cards were not received in season, under the law regulating such matters. All the charter members came from Trinity Lodge, No. 63, Eaton, where they were severally initiated thus : Flanders, June 18, 1884; Atwood, February 3, 1885 ; Forrest, Kennett, and Gerry, February 24, 1885; Knox and Bickford, February 3, 1886 ; Robertson, July 20, 1887 ; Gilman, September 28, same year ; Moore, January 25, 1888.
On the evening of the institution, which was a stormy one, rendering trav- eling exceedingly difficult along the dark country roads, but five candidates presented themselves for initiation and the degrees. Four of these were resi- dents of Madison : Jesse E. Lyman, William C. Lord, John F. Chick, and John T. Frost. The fifth, Everett W. Kenerson, lives in Tam worth.
The following were duly elected and installed as the first list of officers for the lodge, namely, noble grand, Dr George M. Atwood ; vice grand, Mark E. Robertson ; secretary, Lewis N. Knox; treasurer, Charles E. Bickford; warden, John A. Forrest ; conductor, Samuel J. Gilman ; outside guard, Frank B. Ken- nett ; inside guard, Josiah C. Flanders; chaplain, Rev. Edwin Blake.
CARROLL COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY was organized June 26, 1883, by virtue of a charter obtained from the New Hampshire State Medical Society, June 20, 1883, by Dr William H. H. Mason. The charter members were William H. H. Mason, Frank L. Judkins, Thomas E. Hubbard, Nathaniel H. Scott, Melvin A. Harmon, James C. Bassett, Jeremiah W. Dearborn, and J. M. Leavitt. The officers for the year 1883-84 were William H. H. Mason, president ; J. W. Dearborn, vice-president ; James C. Bassett, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer. Officers for 1885 : J. W. Dearborn, president; M. A. Har- mon, vice-president ; J. C. Bassett, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer. Offi- cers for 1886 : M. A. Harmon, president; William H. Bragdon, vice-president ; J. C. Bassett, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer. Officers for 1887: W. H. Bragdon, president ; A. L. Merrow, vice-president ; M. A. Harmon, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer. Officers for 1888 : A. L. Merrow, president; J. E. Scruton, vice-president ; M. A. Harmon, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer. Officers for 1889: J. E. Scruton, president ; N. H. Scott, vice-president; M. A. Harmon, secretary ; J. M. Leavitt, treasurer.
This society meets twice a year ; its annual meeting is at the court-house at Ossipee, and the semi-annual arranged for by a committee, or by vote of the society. This latter meeting combines pleasure with business ; partaking of the nature of an excursion, each member inviting his family and friends. It is
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made as social, instructive, and enjoyable as possible, and is one of the most pleasant features of the society.
Original Members. - W. H. H. Mason, Frank L. Judkins, Thomas E. Hub- bard, Nathaniel H. Scott, M. A. Harmon, James C. Bassett, J. W. Dearborn, A. D. Merrow, George W. Lougee, James M. Leavitt.
Members, July 29, 1889. [Furnished by Dr M. A. Harmon, secretary.] Frank L. Judkins, N. H. Scott, M. A. Harmon, J. W. Dearborn, A. D. Merrow, G. W. Lougee, James M. Leavitt, H. I. Berry, John E. Seruton, W. H. Brag. don, George M. Atwood, Joseph H. Pitman, R. H. King, E. W. Hodsdon, Samuel W. Roberts, Charles F. Roberts, C. B. Cotton, W. G. Martin, David Watson, William M. Moore, of Provincetown, Mass., G. H. Shedd, of Frye- burg, Maine.
Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. - [By Mrs Fanny M. Grant.] March 7, 1882, Mrs Asa Tuttle, of Dover, organized the first local Union in Carroll county at Centre Sandwich, with Mrs E. R. Beede, president ; Mrs L. W. Stanton, corresponding secretary ; Mrs Annie R. Folsom, recording secretary ; Mrs George McGaffey, treasurer. In addition to these officers, there were eleven members, making fifteen in all. They adopted this constitu- tion, prepared by the State Executive Committee for local unions who wished to become auxiliary to the state unions : -
ARTICLE I. This organization shall be known as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Centre Sandwich, auxiliary to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New Hampshire.
ART. II. The object of this union shall be to educate publie sentiment up to the standard of total abstinence, train the young, save the inebriate, and seenre legal prohibition and complete banishment of the liquor traffic.
ART. III. Any woman may become a member of this organization by signing the constitution, and by payment of fifty cents per year into the treasury. She shall also sign this pledge: " I hereby solemnly promise, God being my helper, to abstain from all distilled, fermented, and malt liquors as a beverage, including wine, beer, and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of, and traffic in, the same." Gentlemen may become honorary members by signing this pledge, and paying fifty cents a year into the treasury.
The State Annual Convention of that year was held at Derry, September 26 and 27, and Mrs C. C. Fellows was sent as delegate. As it was something new in the annals of the town to send women as delegates, the credentials read " To whom it may concern," and was signed by the president. There being no other union in the county and. Mrs Fellows being the only representative therefrom, she was chosen by the convention assembled to serve as president of
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Carroll County Union ; but she, having recently moved into the county, felt that she was too much of a stranger to do the work justice, declined, at the same time recommending Mrs Asahel Wallace, of Sandwich, who was elected and entered upon her labors with great energy. At the next state convention, held in Milford, September 24 and 25, 1884, Mrs Wallace reported eleven unions formed at an expense of twelve dollars, and only five towns in the county where there were no unions. This had been accomplished by visiting from house to house in the day, and speaking in the evening, through much hard work and many prayers of faith.
At the next state convention, held in Great Falls, September 29 and 30, 1885, Mrs Wallace gave a detailed and a most encouraging report of work done. Eight more unions had been formed and several county conventions held. This year there were six towns represented by delegates: Sandwich, Moultonborough, Wakefield, Union, Brookfield, and Wolfeborough. Several of these new unions presented their first report which showed they had made a good beginning. Brookfield received special mention in the annual report of that session. At this convention it was voted to institute a new department for the " suppression of Sabbath-breaking." Mrs Ira T. Wallace, of Centre Sandwich, was chosen superintendent of this department. The state conven- tion of 1886 was held at Littleton. Previous to this the county presidents reported individually, giving a summary of work done, but for lack of time it was voted that in future the reports be sent to the corresponding secretary, Miss Wendell, and she report by counties. In her report for this year, Miss Wendell said : "Carroll county was organized last year and now has fifteen unions, though not all in active operation ; the county president reports good work done in old unions and in organizing new ones ; the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, uniting with the men's organization called the Carroll County Temperance Association, have held nine county conventions which have done much to awaken the people." Brookfield's union, though in one of the smallest villages, does not lack for enterprise. It has a membership of about forty, a juvenile society, and public meetings are held monthly with good attendance. South Tamworth reports they are holding the fort, and trying to keep the boys from drinking cider. Centre Sandwich and Union always send good reports. The other unions are Albany, Conway, Effingham Falls, Eaton, Madison, Moultonborough, Tamworth, Tuftonborough, Wakefield, Wolfe- borough, and East Wolfeborough. Three unions in the county having never taken any active steps were dropped from the report.
At the state convention for 1887, held at Manchester, Carroll county was reported as having held seven county conventions, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union holding the forenoon session, and the Carroll County Tem- perance Association (which had done much towards awakening temperance sentiment in the county), the afternoon. The total number of active unions in
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the county is thirteen with a membership of two hundred and twenty ; nine- teen union signals taken. Three unions have juvenile societies, and three are holding public meetings. All unions have distributed literature ; three have used the monthly readings, and two have loan libraries.
The state convention of 1888 was held at Keene, the corresponding secre- tary reporting Carroll county as having held five county conventions with good success and attendance. Other meetings were held in various places with good results. Two new unions formed at Ossipee and Centre Ossipee which have started with promise. Each union has about twenty members and several honorary members. The one at Centre Ossipee has had several public meetings and entertainments, organized a juvenile society, and introduced temperance songs into the day-school. Much active work has been done in the town of Wolfeborough to check the tide of intemperance.
At this convention, Mrs Fanny M. Grant, of Centre Ossipee, was elected president of the county in place of Mrs Asahel Wallace. During the amend- ment campaign for constitutional prohibition, Mrs Grant was a member of the state committee for Carroll county, and did all in her power to further the good cause. The ladies of all the unions did very active work, and it was greatly owing to their efforts that Carroll county gave a majority for the amendment.
In February, 1884, a department for the " suppression of impure literature " was taken up by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Miss Lucy J. Holmes, of Derry, being national superintendent, Mrs C. C. Fellows was invited to take charge of the work in New Hampshire. In February, 1885, she started the work. She sent circular letters to all ministers, editors, superintendents of schools, presidents of colleges, and principals of high schools and seminaries, asking the minister to preach one sermon at least on the subject ; the editor to suppress all tending to deprave, and publish only the pure ; and the superintendents of educational institutions to look well after the morals of teachers and pupils. She sent circular letters with petitions to every town according to population, to presidents of unions, and where there were no unions, to ministers and postmasters. She received returns from sixty- two towns, and more than thirteen thousand signatures. Just at this stage of her labors she received an injury to her right hand which prevented her writing and her husband came to the rescue. He made all copies, directed and sent all mail matter, prepared the petitions and put them in proper shape to present to the legislature, furnished the money, postage, and stationery needed, and then drew np the bill for presentation to the legislature. He furnished means and encouraged his wife to go to Concord and place " the yards of names" in the hands of Rev. James Thurston, who took charge of the petitions, presented the bill to the house, and ably assisted in securing its passage. Mrs Fellows gives great credit to Miss Holmes for earnest advice and continued assistance, and to
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Miss Wendell who drafted the petition-headings and rendered great assistance by her zeal in sending directions and advice. Mrs Fellows said: "In looking forward, I could not see how anything could be accomplished, but in looking back I was reminded of that memorable sentence, 'I came, I saw, I conquered.'" The women of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organized this department ; a good sister of Carroll county took the work in hand, and working with a will, received help from sisters all over the state. The bill was presented to the legislature ; they passed the act; it became a law, and the work was done.
CHAPTER XIX.
NEWSPAPERS AND MANUFACTURES.
Newspapers -Charles H. Parker -Timber and Lumbering - Maple-Sugar Making - Other Resources - Healthfulness - Why Manufacturers should Locate here - Emigration should tend hitherward.
C ARROLL COUNTY NEWSPAPERS. - In January, 1841, Junot J. White- house began the publication of a newspaper at South Wolfeborough, then a flourishing business centre. This was a great undertaking. The new paper had quite an amount of legal and other advertising, and was well- conducted, but it had a short life. It was called the Carroll County Republican. It was a four-paged, six-column paper; price, " $1.50 in advance, $1.75 if not paid within six months, or two dollars if not paid before the end of the year." It was devoted to miscellany, politics, and general news. In politics it was Democratic, although it advocated the abolition of slavery. The next effort to establish a paper in the county was made by John F. Roberts, who in Jan- uary, 1856, issued the first copy of the Carroll County Pioneer. Mr Roberts was a practical printer, having given three years' time in Boston and New York to the business. At the above date he came to Wolfeborough and opened an office in the Bank building. The Pioneer was a six-column paper devoted to politics, local and general news, and miscellany. In politics it was Repub- liean. Mr Roberts was an excellent printer, a hard-working honest man of fair ability, and by great effort continued the publication of the Pioneer up to March, 1858, when it was sold to D. Warren Furber, by whom its publication was continued for some months, and then removed to Rochester. The Pioneer was published Thursdays at $1 per year in advance, or $1.25 at end of year.
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