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BOBBINS. Anson Warren had a bobbin-shop at Northville for a number of years. Wilcox & Keith had a shop at North- ville and at Diamond mill.
BOOK-BINDERS. Edmund Wellington was engaged in book- binding and paper-ruling for a number of years.
BRICK-MAKERS. David Brown made the first bricks in town, in 1776. Jeremiah Kelsey, Roswell Kelsey, Henry Peck, Benjamin Emerson, Clark Emerson, Oliver Emerson, and Cy- rus Emerson made brick at the N. Mudget yard on Sunapee street ; C. Peck, O. Emerson, Caleb Young, and Joseph Wil- cox, at the Wilcox yard on Spring street ; J. M. Wilmarth and James Stone & Son, at the B. W. Jenks place at the corner of Oak and Pine streets ; Albert Hurd, at his home on the Goshen road. A Mr. Bachelder made brick in the marsh above the school-house in District No. 14, in ISHI and IS12.
BUILDERS. W. L. Dow & Co., since the erection of their large factory in 1873. have been extensive contractors and builders. They employ some forty hands, and fill contracts amounting on an average to some $75.000 a year. They have operated in various states. Church-building, of which they have done a large amount of tasteful work, has been their
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specialty. They built the new court-house in this town, and are now filling a contract for the wood work of the new New Hampshire state prison. Their operations have been an im- portant element in the prosperity of the village.
BUTCHERS. Seth Richards, Allen Towne, Edward Ingham, Samuel F. Chellis, Harvey Richards, Freeman Chellis, A. F. Nettleton, Edward P. Woods, Rufus P. Claggett, Putnam George, Benjamin Coles, B. C. Whipple, L. F. Dodge, D. G. Chadwick, F. A. Rawson, George F. Livermore, George F. Watts, Charles H. Silsby, Henry M. Kimball, Wiggin & Brit- ton, and John B. Haven have operated here as butchers.
CABINET-MAKING. Asa Corbin, a brother of Dr. James Corbin, who had a shop near the brick-yard on the B. W. Jenks place, was the first cabinet-maker in town. Maj. Willard Har- ris was one of the earliest workers, commencing in ISo8 at the Enoch Noyes place. From 1820 to 1837 cabinet-making was one of the most extensive and successful branches of business in town. Joined with this, to a greater or less extent in sum- mer, were carriage-, sign-, and house-painting. There were then two large rival shops,-the one occupied by William Lowell, in which was employed a large number of hands, stood upon the site now occupied by the Rounsevel tannery ; the other, run by Maj. Willard Harris, employed some fifteen hands, and operated in the Samuel E. George building. His machinery was propelled by water, by means of a long belt which extended from an ell down to the pond. An underground sluice-way, now hid, carried away the waste water, and afford- ed an eight-foot fall. The shops were both run by finished mechanics, and turned out a large amount of nice work. Among the workmen were Leander Long, Moses Hall, Sumner Millen, Francis Gay, Simon Dodge, Samuel Dame, Harvey Silver, Horace Ellis, William Dunklee, David Batchelder, Amos Dwin- ell, Samuel E. George, Elias J. Severance, and Washington Cressy. Dame & Ilowe had a chair factory at the Diamond mill. James L. Riley, R. P. Claggett, Putnam George, S. N. Stevens, William W. Hubbell. James H. Hubbard, and C. F. Osgood & Co. have been dealers in cabinet work.
CARD-BOARD. Royal Booth had a card-board shop at the brook near Randall's mill. It was shortly burned, and never rebuilt.
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CARPENTERS AND JOINERS. Ebenezer Merrit, one of the first eight men who came to town in 1766, was by trade a car- penter. Daniel Wilmarth, Thomas Tenney, Jonathan Haven, Loa Walker, John Gilmore, J. M. Wilmarth, Benjamin M. Gilmore, Wm. Darling, Hial Dow, Wallace L. Dow, Wilber F. Dow, S. S. Ingalls, S. P. Whitney, D. G. Reed, E. D. Baker, E. D. Taylor, John Turner, S. T. Trumbull, William H. Badg- er, Harlan P. Hunter, Daniel W. Dudley, Elmer Dodge, Ar- thur W. Clark, Israel Young, Frank Latimer, Charles Currier, Frank H. Davis, Sanford H. Bascom, Benj. F. Haven, Charles Wilkins, Charles H. Matthews, Edwin H. Wakefield, Benj. R. Allen, S. S. Cram, Christopher George, Edward Stevens, Ed- win Cutts, Charles Hutchinson, Edwin H. Tenney, Thomas Heald, James Perkins, Henry Tenney, Luther P. Tenney, Mar- tin L. Whittier, Oliver Call, Moody E. Blood, have been en- gaged in the business.
CARRIAGE-MAKERS. The first one-horse wagon was brought to town in ISHI, by Capt. Matthew Buel. The first chaise made in town was for Col. Wm. Cheney, Mr. Daniel Wilmarth making the wheels and Willard Harris the remainder of the wood-work. Mr. Wilmarth made the wheels for the carts and wagons for many years. Zacheus Bachelder, John Bachelder, Orlando Mack, William Thompson & Co., C. D. Dunbar, J. WV. Clement, Wm. H. Dunbar, H. H. Silsby, S. T. Silsby, James S. Heath. Byron C. Heath, Hunter Brothers, Bela C. Pike, Edward Wilkins, and James K. Pierce have been en- gaged in the business. Heath, Lathrop & Halpine once did an extensive business, making many very elegant carriages for this and other markets, at the shop below the village saw-mill, on River street.
CARRIAGE PAINTERS. Maj. David Harris, Terrey Halpine, T. L. Heath, L. D. Baker, Sidney A. Williams, Stocker Bros., and Jolm Sargent are among the principal workmen.
CLOTH-DRESSING. During the first half-century, the people were all almost wholly clad in homespun. women as well as men. and wool-carding and cloth-dressing was a very important branch of business. The first cloth-dresser in town was Reuben Bascom, who commenced business in 1778. He lived at the Bascom place on the Unity road, and had his shop at the up-
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per falls on the Goshen Branch at Southville. His son, Reuben, Jr., learned the trade of him, and succeeded him in business at the same place. Nathan Hurd built a mill about 1800, at the falls near the residence of A. T. Fletcher, on the Sunapee road, where he carried on an extensive business for more than twen- ty years. He sold to Elisha Kempton in 1822. It was pur- chased by Philo Fuller, who introduced machinery for the man- ufacture of satinets. It was afterwards owned by Oliver Com- stock and Smith & Rockwell. The present Scribner's mill was built by Osha Ingram and Simon C. Fields, in 1822, for a carding and cloth-dressing mill, where they carried on business for many years. It has since been owned by John Puffer, Da- vid J. Goodrich, and John Scribner.
COMB-MAKER. Hiram Smith had a shop for the manufac- ture of combs at the Diamond mill.
COOPERS. Daniel Chapin was the first cooper in town. He commenced in 1781, on the place since occupied by his son Frederick, in the north-west part of the town, and carried it on in connection with his farming. Previous to 1830, work of this kind was done by hand, and Jonathan Haven and Cyrus B. McGregor were prominent among the workers. Moses P. Dur- kee and Cyrus B. McGregor built a dam and shop at the upper bridge over the brook at Northville in IS31, where they made barrels and tubs for the Boston market. In 1832 they sent away some 2,000 barrels. Since Mr. Durkee's death, the work in the shop has been carried on by Mr. McGregor, who invent- ed the patent for shaving and jointing staves. King & Chellis had a shop at the Diamond mill, at the village. where they made mackerel kits. H. & W. L. Dow had a pail and tub fac- tory on the site now occupied by the Allen mill, at Northville, where they did quite an extensive business. In 1870 they made 18,000 tubs and pails. They have since operated at their fac- tory in the village.
DESIGNERS AND DRAUGIITSMEN. Henry E. Baldwin, in I850, and George S. Barton, in 1856, were engaged in business as draughtsmen, the former also an engraver on wood.
DOORS, SASH, AND BLINDS. Alpheus Goodwin built the upper dam and shop above the B. F. Haven mill, on Morse brook at Northville, for a sash and blind shop, and carried on
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business there several years. Gilmore & Clark and Lorenzo Whittemore had shops at the carriage factory on River street. The establishment of W. L. Dow & Co. was built in the autumn of IS73, since which time they have done a large amount of business in that line.
DRESS-MAKING. The following are a few among the many ladies who have had a reputation for extra taste and skill at dress-making : Mrs. P. S. Adams, Mrs. E. C. Clement, Mrs. George E. Little, the Misses Barrett, and Mrs. George H. Comstock.
GUNSMITHI. Vinal W. Goodwin for several years kept a stock of arms and ammunition for sale, and was engaged in the repair of arms. He was succeeded by C. T. Palmer.
HAME-MAKERS. Rev. Joseph Baker, a Methodist clergy- man at Northville, had a shop at the J. Jones place, and was the first man to establish the business in town. He was fol- lowed in the same place by Schuyler Smith. Benj. F. Haven carried on quite an extensive business for a number of years at his mill at Northville.
HANDLES. The fork- and hoe-handle business has been car- ried on by Jonathan M. Wilmarth, L. F. Dodge, and Leander Long, at the J. M. Wilmarth place on Oak street, and by Gco. E. Wilmarth and E. M. Alexander at the shop near the village saw-mill on River street. In IS74, Mr. Dodge made 100,000 handles.
HATTERS. James Church, one of the earliest settlers, made hats at his house, which stood on the site of the E. A. Jenks residence. Nathaniel Fisher had a shop at the E. Noyes house. Nathan Moulton also made hats. James White made hats at the house of Maj. Wilcox, on the Unity road, as early as 1784. Benjamin Mirick was the first man to operate at the trade within the limits of the present village. Amos Little, first, when a young man, in connection with Thomas Rundlett, and afterwards alone, had a successful business through life, sup- plying a large region of country around him. James and Moody Bricket, brothers-in-law of Mr. Little, Bela N. Cham- berlin, and Charles H. and George E. Little, sons of Amos, have also been engaged in the business.
JEWELERS. As elegant and costly jewelry did not correspond
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with the homespun attire of our mothers, and was not needed to add to the charms of the daughters, it was little used by them. Dr. Arnold Ellis, who was a sort of universal genius, took care of their clocks and watches, and supplied the wants of the community in this respect. He was succeeded by John Dunklee, who had a shop at the Harvey corner. Jacob Beck- with, at the Nettleton store, was the first man in town who made eight-day clocks. Benjamin Tuell and Benjamin B. Cush- ing opened shops here in 1830. The former soon left town, while the latter remained here some eight years. In 1841 Amos Woodbury came to town, and opened a shop. When he left, Hiram Smith, S. G. Sweatt, and Amos O. Woodbury, son of Amos, came to take his place. Since then, Lyman Carr, Orison N. Hull, A. O. Kidder, a Mr. Hallett, C. W. Graham, George H. Woodbury, and E. P. Fisher have been engaged in the business. Mr. A. O. Woodbury has been the most prom- inent worker, and has carried on the business for more than thirty years. The present attractive establishments are those of A. O. Woodbury & Son and E. P. Fisher.
KNITTING. James M. Kenerson, in 1873, operated twenty- five knitting-machines, and knit 80,000 pairs of stockings. Charles H. Kelsey put out 66,000 pairs of stockings for heel- ing and toeing in 1873, and J. Barnard 50,000. John Scribner has been engaged in the manufacture of stockings for a number of years at his mill on Canal street, producing at the rate of 75,000 pairs annually.
MARBLE-WORKERS. W. E. Moore, a fine mechanic, opened the first marble shop in town in 1854. He has been succeeded in business by Charles H. Puffer and Mitchell W. Howe. Mr. Puffer still continues in the business.
GRANITE-WORKERS. Stephen H. Hurd, Walling & Son, Jonathan Blake, Daniel Severance, Puffer & McQuestion, and David Leach have been the prominent workers.
MASONS. Jonathan Wakefield was the chief operator for many years. John Silver did most of the mason work on the early brick buildings. The South church, court-house, and old Newport House were erected by him. Among the other work- men are John Silver, Jr., Samuel Noyes, James and Joseph Karr, Geo. HI. Tasker, and J. W. Sargent. Tradition says
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Mr. Wakefield was a moderate worker, and that the massive chimneys of his day contained many thousand bricks. Once, when rebuked for his slow progress, he replied that he always made it a rule, when the job was half done, to take a note with interest, and he had found it a great help.
MACHINE SHOP. The building now known as the Diamond Mills was erected by Stephen W. Little, in 1836, for a machine shop, he being aided in his enterprise by Alvin Hatch ; but the revulsions in the business which occurred at that time brought things to a stand-still, and labor in the shop was suspended be- fore the machinery was all fairly in. Subsequently the busi- ness was carried on for a while by Moses Hoyt, in the same building. Stephen S. Kimball, the present operator, com- menced here in IS75.
MILLINERY. The first milliner in town was Mary Nevers, wife of Matthew Buell, 2d, who is recorded as having especial skill in the arrangement of the head-gear of the belles of her time. For many years milliners kept no goods, but simply made into bonnets and hats such materials as their customers brought them, which were usually obtained at the stores. A Miss Pierce advertises, in 1825,-" Bonnets, caps, turbans, gowns, spencers, pelisses, walking and riding dresses, London and Boston fashions." The following is a list of the principal milliners : Hannah Hale, Sophia J. Person, Lydia Forsaith, Susan Wilcox, C. Wood, E. L. Webster, R. T. Angell, Parme- lia Hurd, Elizabeth Jenks, Thankful M. Newell, Caroline L. Nutting, Nancy M. Thissell, Fanny Woodard, Dean S. Clem- ent, Jennie Hurd, Mrs. I. W. Parker, A. J. Prescott, Mrs. A. D. Howard, Bell A. Dunlap & Co., S. H. Edes, and Abby Foote. The frequent changes of fashion, and the demand for high-cost goods, which originated during the inflations of the civil war, have tended greatly to enhance the importance of this branch of trade.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. David Lyons, the "inn-keeper," made an organ which was kept at his house at the Claggett place for many years, which was used to entertain his patrons. Dr. John B. McGregor made a double-bass viol. in 1833, to be used at the South church. Luther King carried on quite a business in the manufacture of bass-viols.
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PAINTERS. William Lowell, Samuel E. George, William A. Humphrey, W. S. George, Clifton C. George, Daniel Blais- dell, and E. J. Graves are among those who have been en- gaged in house-painting.
PEGS. S. G. Bret had a factory at Northville quite a num- ber of years, where he manufactured some 15,000 bushels of shoe-pegs annually, which he sold at $1.50 per bushel, amount- ing to $22,500.
PHOTOGRAPHERS. Before the invention of the Daguerrean art, most likenesses were preserved by portrait-painters, who operated on canvas with oil-colors. B. F. Mason, E. Wool- son, and a Mrs. Shute executed most of this kind of work here, -that of the latter having the most admirers. Christopher Rowell, V. W. Goodwin, O. P. Baston, G. W. Goodrich, J. Parker, and H. J. Brown have each been engaged here in the photograph business.
PLOWS. William Haven made the wood-work for most of the plows previous to the introduction of the cast-iron mould- board and point. The wooden mould-board was covered with pieces of old iron. The plows of the early days were clumsy affairs, when compared with those of modern times.
POTASH. The pot- and pearl-ash manufacture was at one time quite a business in town. Potash was made at the foot of Claremont hill, at the Claggett place on the Unity road, on the hill beyond the Griffin place, known once as Potash hill, at the foot of the hill near the Sunapee line, on the hill road, and at the A. S. Kibby place. Col. William Cheney made pot- and pearl-ash at a building in rear of his store.
RAKES. The manufacture of hand-rakes by water-power has long been an important branch of business in town. It was first introduced here by Norman McGregor in 1833, who had a shop on Kimball brook, just west of the residence of Mr. A. Wylie. The lathe for turning the handles was invented by James Haven, of this town. The business has been carried on at Northville since, by James and B. F. Haven, Daniel C. Story, John Johnson, N. O. Page, David Fletcher, Jr., and H. P. & J. M. Wakefield. Henry Chapin had a shop on Perry brook, in the west part of the town, and afterwards, in connec- tion with A. W. Tenney, had a shop at Southville, on the
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Goshen Branch, where they made some 2,500 rakes annually. The shop of J. M. Wilmarth, below the village, built in 1839, has always done a thriving business. Since his day it has been owned by Peyton R. Gardner and L. F. Dodge. Pre- vious to the use of water-power, rakes were made by hand. Tames Whipple, at Southville, was the principal manufacturer for several years. N. O. Page & Son, in 1870, made at North- ville 6,000 rakes. E. M. Alexander has a shop near the vil- lage saw-mill.
SADDLERS. Saddle-, harness-, and trunk-making, and horse- findings, has, during nearly the whole history of the town, been one of the important and successful industries. In the earlier days, saddle-making was the more prominent branch, but in later times there is less of that, and more of harness-work. Capt. Oliver Lund, the pioneer in the business, came to this town, on horseback, from Nashua, in 1797, bringing his kit of tools with him, guided on his way by marked trees, and here spent nearly the whole of his long life at his trade. Asa Wilcox learned his trade with Mr. Lund, and went West. Thomas Wait, a good mechanic, had a shop here for a number of years, but he had sad domestic afflictions, which resulted in serious pecuniary embarrassments. James Wheeler, a son of Dea. Nathaniel Wheeler, of Croydon, was here from IS16 until his death, in 1832, and did a thriving business. William P. Wheeler spent much of his minority with his uncle James, and at his death assumed the responsibility of the business, though only twenty years of age ; but at the end of five years he turned his attention to law, graduated at the Harvard Law School, and went into the practice of his profession at Keene, N. H. He was succeeded by David H. Hale, a son of Dr. William Hale, of Hollis, who, at the end of two years, sold out, and went to California. Edmund Wheeler, who had commenced his trade with his brother, William P., in IS33, purchased the establishment of Mr. Hale in IS39, and had a successful busi- ness, which he continued until 1866, a portion of the time in partnership with Granville Pollard, when he sold out to G. & E. A. Pollard, the present owners. Nathaniel F. Lund was in business with his father for a short time. William F. Young was with Mr. Hale and Mr. Wheeler a number of years, but
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went to Lowell, Mass., where he became an editor. He subse- quently became a merchant in Boston, where he now resides. Edwin R. George was here some five years, when he sold out and went to Bristol. Giles O. Thompson, now in business at Franklin, was with Wheeler & Pollard four years. Bela G. & Charles R. Jones had a shop in town for a while. Charles H. Watts commenced here in 1864. Hamlet W. Belknap was with Mr. Watts as a workman. Silas B. Call, a son of Stephen, learned his trade, and was with E. Wheeler four years, when he went to San Luis, Obispo, Cal., where he has had a success- ful career, and amassed a fortune.
SHINGLES. The first shingle-machine introduced into this town was by Abijah W. Tenney, in 1830. It was Earl's pat- ent, and was put into the Parmelee mills, at Southville, where it was run for several years. Stephen Parker had a machine at the Diamond mill for a short time, where shingles were cut, in- stead of being sawed ; ash timber, steamed, was used. Ma- chines for sawing shingles have been introduced into nearly all the saw-mills in town, and it has become an extensive and profitable business.
SHIRT-BOSOMS. Story & Clement manufactured shirt-bosoms at Wheeler's block in 1859.
SHOEMAKERS. Daniel Dudley was the first shoemaker and tanner in town. During the earlier years Nathaniel Sheldon and others went about from house to house doing the shoemak- ing, the people where they went furnishing the stock. Rev. Bial Ladoyt and Robert Durkee made shoes at the old Baptist Hill village, above the H. Brown place. David Wheeler, Syl- vanus Knapp, and Isaac Hanson worked at Northville ; Levi Sholes and Hutchison Sholes on Thatcher hill ; John Hunton, Daniel Dudley, John Russ, Calvin Messenger, Chase Noyes, Amos Noyes, Luke Atwood, Sawyer Belknap, William H. Belknap, Abijah Dudley, F. P. Dudley, C. E. Dudley, Joseph T. Chase, Ethan S. Chase, Alvah S. Chase, Dean S. Clement, B. C. Logue, Silas Kempton, E. M. Kempton, Charles Rich- ards, Francis Boardman, and Daniel F. Patch at the village.
SILK. The mania for the raising and manufacture of silk prevailed here between 1838 and 1850. It was introduced by Calvin Messinger. The first mulberry used for the raising of
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silk not proving satisfactory, it was soon supplanted by the Morus multicaulis, in which for a time there was a wild spec- ulation. Mr. Messinger and the Rev. John Woods built a large cocoonery, in which they fed the worms. Silk was manufac- tured into thread, twist, handkerchiefs, vests, aprons, and dress patterns. Dea. Henry Chapin, in the north-west part of the town, raised silk, and was engaged in its manufacture by water- power. During the year IS40 he manufactured a large quan- tity from silk from the worm. John Puffer & Co. had a factory at the Scribner mill, where they made a large quantity of thread from raw silk, domestic and foreign. Rev. John Woods and Amos Gleason had a factory at the Diamond mills for a num- ber of years. Col. Jacob Reddington and Amos Little, Esq., were also engaged in the business and speculations ;- but the climate proving too rigorous for the successful production of the article, the business was abandoned. In 1843, Amos Little, Esq., wore to the legislature garments made of silk of home production, in which he presented a petition praying for bounty and protection to silk producers.
STOVES AND TIN. L. Baldwin & Co. had a stove and tin shop, standing at the east of Wheeler's block, in IS29. Seth Richards furnished the stoves for this community for a number of years. Wood & Orvis opened the first important manufac- ture of tin and stoves in town in 1842. It has since been car- ried on by Mr. Orvis, Robinson & Orvis. Jacob Robinson, Rob- inson & Wilcox, Sibley & Hatch, C. Wilcox & Son, Hatch & Stowell, and S. G. Stowell & Son, and has become an impor- tant business.
SCYTHES. The manufacture of scythes by water-power was first introduced into this town by Stephen Dexter, previous to 1787. His shop was just below the village grist-mill. David Dexter was connected with him for a while in the business. When Mr. Dexter removed his business to Claremont, he sold out here to Ruel Keith, who in turn sold to Samuel Church. Jr. John Parmelee, who learned his trade with Mr. Dexter, had a shop at the falls in the south part of the town, where he con- tinued in business until his death. Sylvanus Larned built the factory at Northville, in 1842, where he carried on business, a part of the time in connection with Mr. Sibley, until his death. S
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They were succeeded in business by Sibley & Dunton. Since the termination of their partnership, Mr. Sibley has carried on the business. In 1873 he rebuilt and greatly enlarged his man- ufactory, and admitted his son, Frank A., as a partner. In 1870 Mr. Sibley employed 14 hands, used nearly 44,000 pounds of steel and iron, and made 30,000 scythes ;- wages paid, $7,500.
TAILORS. William Brittain, the first tailor in town, began his labors as early as 1774, by making leather breeches, going from house to house to do his work. Samuel Church soon after opened the first shop for the business near the Call place. For many years the work was done mainly by females, Eunice Comstock being prominent among the workers. Dr. Arnold Ellis was among the early operators. Naylor Starbird com- menced as early as 1828, and spent most of his life here. J. H. Fuller, H. P. Gront, C. C. Chadborne, F. Kelley, L. H. Chase, Ira Mitchell, B. F. Tibbetts, L. White & Co., William Alex- ander, J. W. Clement, A. V. Hitchcock, John O. Hobbs, M. W. Burke, and John Lyons have since been engaged in the business. It is now a very important branch of trade. In 1870 Mr. Hobbs employed ten hands, and Mr. Hitchcock eight. On the death of Mr. Hobbs, in 1875, Messrs. Moony & Meserve purchased his large stock, and continued the business at Rich- ards block. Young & Hutchinson opened an establishment in Wheeler's block in 1876, where they have had a liberal patronage.
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