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Rh Dickerman of that town. He concluded the same with Harry Bingham, was admitted to the bar at Haverhill in March, 1872, and in 1875 formed a partnership with Mr. Bingham. In 1878 he was elected Solicitor of Grafton county, serving for the term of two years. Last year he removed to Concord, to engage in practice, but continues his interest in the Littleton firm. Albert S. Batchellor was born in Bethlehem, April 22, 1850, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1872, studied law with Harry and George A. Bingham, and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He became a partner with Messrs Bingliam and Mitchell in 1879. He was three years a member of the legislature from Littleton, and the latter year (1879) was the Democratic candidate for Speaker. At the election in November, 1880, he was chosen county solicitor, which office he now holds. William H. Mitchell, a brother of John M., a native of Wheelock, Vt., born September 18, 1856, educated at Derby Academy and Littleton High School, read law with Bingham & Mitchell, was admitted to the bar in March 1880, and became a member of the firm in July 1881.

The only law firm in town at the present time, aside from those mentioned, is that of Stevens & Warner. Elbert C. Stevens was born in Piermont, November 10, 1847. He was educuted at Meriden, studied law with N. B. Felton and George W. Chapman, at Haverhill, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and was a partner with the late Congressman Farr from 1873 to 1878. Edgar M. Warner, who has recently formed a partnership with Mr. Stevens, came from Plainfield, Connecticut, where he had been in practice several years. He has been clerk of each branch of the Connecticut legislature, and is said to be a young man of ability.

The first physician practicing in Littleton was Dr. Calvin Ainsworth, who was located at the west part of the town. Dr. William Burns who was for many years a prominent citizen of the town, was subsequently long in practice here. Among other physicians in practice in the town, for longer or shorter periods, aside from those now here, have been Drs. Adams Moore, A. W. Clark, J. L. Harriman, O. H. Boynton, and M. L. Scott. There are now eight physicians in active practice in Littleton, namely C. M. Tuttle, Ralph Bugbee, T. E. Sanger, H. L. Watson, F. T. Moffett, B. F. Page, George W. McGregor, and L. A. Genereux.

Dr. Tuttle is a native of Eaton, P. Q. He studied medicine with Drs. Tuttle and Nelson, at Barnet, Vt., graduated at the Vermont University Medical School, and has been in practice in Littleton for the last forty-two years, with the exception of three years in New Bedford, Mass., and has attained a standing among the foremost members of the profession in the state.

Dr. Bugbee is a son of the late Dr. Ralph Bugbee, of Waterford, Vt., born December 20, 1821. He studied medicine with his father, attended lectures at Woodstock and Castleton Medical Colleges, graduating at the latter, and commenced practice in Waterford, where he remained ten years. He was subsequently four years in Franconia, and located in Littleton twenty-five years ago, where he has since remained in successful practice.

Dr. Sanger is a native of Troy, Vt., forty-nine years of age. He studied medicine at Toledo, Philadelphia, and St. Johnsbury, Vt., and graduated from the Cleveland Medical College, and the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia—from the latter in 1856. He commenced practice in Hardwick, Vt., but came to Littleton in 1857, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Vermont and New Hampshire Homeopathic Medical Societies, and was three years president of the latter. He is also a member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and has been examining surgeon for United States pensions for ten years past.

Dr. Watson, a native of Salisbury, born February 10, 1811, studied at Warner and Hanover, graduated at the Vermont University Medical College,