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��exemplary gentlemen as J. Frank Web- ster, Frank B. Cochran, Waldo A. Russell, Isaac W. Hill, Sumner L. Thompson, Charles F. Batchelder, James A. Wood, Nahum Robinson, Charles W. Lynam, Henry O. Adams, M. J. Pratt, George L. Stratton, Fred K. Peacock, and others too numerous for extended personal notice. Mr. Webster is the present cashier and paymaster of the Boston, Lowell & Concord Railroad, and Mr. Cochran is efficiently connected with the clerical force of the road, and both occupy high positions in the management of this important line to Boston. Mr. Russell is the traveling agent of the firm of Abram French &Co.,of Boston, extensive importers and dealers in crockery and fancy wares. He is a very courteous and popular gentle- man. Mr. Hill has for many years been the clerk of the Concord Gas-Light Company, and has charge of the meters and collections. He is a very methodical accountant, and his books are kept with the most scrupulous accuracy and neatness. His services are invaluable to the compa- ny. Mr. Thompson is the popular clerk of the Eagle Hotel. It is cus- tomary to call every hotel clerk popu- lar, but Mr. Thompson is one of those very intelligent and polite gentlemen that has won high respect from the traveling public, with whom he has a very extensive acquaintance. His quiet, unassuming manners, and his long acquaintance in, and thorough knowledge of, his business, give him a front rank among hotel managers, and such is the prestige of his ability that he can command almost any sal- ary. Charles F. Batchelder greatly enjoys the advantages of the associa- tion, and in his regular visits to the rooms he finds a needed rest from his busy duties as news agent, which at times require the utmost exertion. He is an industrious, straight-forward business man, of good standing in the community. Col. James A. Wood, whose home is at Acworth, is the agent of the New Hampshire Statesman

��and the Coficord Daily Monitor, and has an extensive acquaintance through- out the state. He is a prominent pol- itician, and takes an active part in politics, and enters a gubernatorial or senatorial canvass with remarkable zeal and devotion to the candidate of his choice. He delights in whist, plays an excellent game, and his even tem- per and cheerful countenance are ever welcomed. Nahum Robinson is a member of the Club in good and regular standing, but seldom finds time, in his extensive building opera- tions, to call at the rooms. He is a brick-builder of the widest experience, and has superintended the erection of a great many public buildings and pri- vate residences in Concord, and else- where, which stand as monuments to his industry and executive ability. He is a man of the most exemplary char- acter, and his name uoon the Club roll is a guaranty of the purity and good character of the institution. Charles W. Lynam is a concreter by trade, but, strange as it may seem, he is an artist in paint, and has executed some remarkably fine pieces on can- vas, one of which adorns the billiard hall of the Club. Mr. Adams is the partner of Loren S. Richardson in the ready-made clothing business, in which they have a large trade. Mr. Pratt is the business manager at Concord of the United States & Canada Express Company. He is a valuable citizen, a kind-hearted neighbor, and a public- spirited man, who is held in great re- spect. Mr. Stratton is a member of the flour firm of Messrs. Stratton, Merrill & Co., and is a fine gentleman. He is a lover of fun, and the author of many a harmless, practical joke. Mr. Peacock is associated with Batch- elder & Co., of Concord, wholesale and retail grocers, and his individual popularity adds more than a little to the extensive sales of this creditable establishment. We should be negli- gent indeed if we omitted particular mention of Perry Kittredge, of the firm of Messrs. Underhill & Kittredge, druggists. He is a charter member,

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