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��that institution. He is the general manager of the outside business of the firm, attending to the purchase of- stock and the sale of goods.

C. C. Phillips, born in New London, December 22, 1842, superintends the work at the factory, assisted by his brother J. S. Phillips, born December 12, 1846. The former was representative in 1S75.

C. E. Folsom, a practical mechanic, is the foreman in the manufacturing pro- cess. He was born August i, 1833 ; learned the trade at North Wayne, Maine ; was a member of the firm of Hubbard, Blake and Co., West Waterville, Maine ; came to New London in 1869 ; 32 years in the business. Harry Greenwood is the book-keeper. He was born Nov. 27, 1S57 ; admitted as partner, July, 1880.

Each member of the company has his work to do and does it. The gross business of the concern amounts to one hundred thousand dollars annually.

The village of Scytheville has been built up chiefly by the scythe factory. There is, besides, a tannery owned by E A. Jones, who employs from ten to fifteen workmen. There is a store, two halls, a i)Ost-office, and many comfort- able homes. A daily stage connects the village with New London and Bradford to the west, and with Wilmot Flat and Potter Place to the east. About half a mile down the stream, on the latter route, is the hosiery mill of (ireen Johnson and Son, where thirty employes are at work. Under the energetic management of the members of the New London Scythe Company, the future of their business and of the village can be safely predicted. j. n. u.

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��The nation mourns to-day for James Abram Garfield. Grandly he stood at the helm of state, guidmg the destinies of this great country, when he was stricken by the bullet of the wretched assassin. For weeks he lingered, his life slowly ebbing away, till at last he crossed to the other shore. The readers of the magazine will remember a sketch of Gen. Garfield's ancestry, from the pen of L. P. Dodge, which appeared in October, 1880. The general ac- knowledged the receipt of the sketch by sending to the publisher his Life, by J. M. Bundy, with his compliments on the fly-leaf. The book is highly prized. From it we learn that James A. Garfield was the youngest son of Abram Gar- field and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, and was born in Orange, Ohio, November 19, 1831. His mother, Eliza Ballou, was a native of Richmond, N. H., of a race which has ever been distinguished for intellectual power as the Garfields have been noted for physical strength. The father died when James was an infant, leaving his young family in very humble circumstances.

��The after career of James A. Gar- field, from poverty and lowly station to the highest honors in the gift of the American people, will be classical, illus- trating the advantages secured by a free government, the power of will over obstacles, the gratitude of which repub- lics are capable, and the love and esteem which one man can gain from a powerful nation.

He was elected President of the United States, November 2, 1880, and was inaugurated March 4, 188 1. July 2d, he was shot and wounded unto death by a thing in human form, and lingered until September 19, 1881. September 26, the day of his burial in Cleveland, Ohio, was observed throughout the United States with appropriate cere- monies.

��Travellers from northern and eastern New England, journeying towards New York, will find the Stonington Line the most attractive and pleasant on many accounts. At the Boston and Provi- dence depot, in the latter part of the afternoon, one enters a train of cars

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