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��THE GRANIIE MONTHLY.

��J. F. Tilton, secretaiy, with a nienil)or- ship of seventy-five.

Thk Littleton Xatioxal Bank, established in 1871; cai:iital§lo,000, sur- phis and undivided profits, >*50,709J)9; dividends, since 187, 4 per cent, semi- annual, .i§116,931.20 on deposit. John FaiT, president; Henry L. Tilton, vice- president; Oscar C. Hatch, cashier; J. E. Harris, teller; Kuel W . Poor, hook- keeper; Herbert N'V . Denio, cle;k. Di- rectors: John Farr, Henry L. Tilton, Eleazer B. Parker, Cyrus Eastman, scar C. Hatch, Geo. B. lledington, and Geo. A. Bingham. The company built their beautiful and substantial bank ])uilding in 187;}, at l'-u expense of .1i>12,0". The effort of the bank officers has been to foster and develop the business of the town, and their policy has always been very liberal.

The Littlktox Savings Piank. or- ganized in 1871, has on deposit .$620, .5G5.- 27; surplus and undivided profits, >!<22,- Bingham, president; Henry L. Tilton, vice-president; Oscar C. Hatch, secretary and treasurer. Dh-ectors: Geo. A. Bing- ham, Henry L. Tilton, -John Farr, Geo. B. Pedington, Eleazer B. Parker, Otis G. Hale, Hartwell H. Southworth, Augus- tus A. Woolson, Nelson C. Farr, and Oscar C. Hatch.
 * 560.22; 4313 accounts open. (ieo. A.

Ir.\ Parker an.i Comtany, manufac- turers of Littleton Saranac Buck Gloves, embarked in the manufacture of gloves in 1875; the company consists of Ira Parker, of Littleton, and George M. Glazier, of Boston, Mass. The company employ between two and thi'ee hundred operatives in the factory, and many more in the adjoining country. The amiual product is 50,OUO dozen. The material used in the manufacturing is the native American deer-skins, tanned by the Page patent process in their own tannery. The goods are sold to New England and western jobbers, — some going to the western coast. L-a Parker was the origi- nal manufacturer of the Saranac gloves, which are made from leather tanned with the grain on. The monthly pay-roll reaches sometimes as high as .$15,0(10.

The Eureka (J love Manufactui:- iNG Company was established in Marcli, 1870. The company consists of Nelson Parker, S. Oscai- Parker, Charles Parker, William F. Parker, Henry JNIerrill, and Porter B. Watson. The capital of the company is ■•$50,000. The company em- ploys fifty oj)eratives in their factory, and some five hundred out side, manu-

��facturing from 12,000 to 15,000 dozen annually, doing a business of $125,000 a year. They claim to make the most serviceable and best buck-skin goods in America. The raw deer-skins are select- ed from the best stock in the Chicago and St. Louis markets, shipped to the company's tannery in Littleton, where they are t nned by an improved patent process with the grain on, rendering the leather strong as green hide, pliant, and almost impervious to water. The leather is cut by dies into gloves and mittens at their factory, and made by hand with the best of linen thread. The niarket for the goods is found from iNIaine to Cali- fornia, and is being extended to Europe (the writer has worn a jjair of the Eureka gloves for two years, in all kinds of wet and cold weather, and they bid fair to become heir-looms in liis family). They are as soft and pliant as when first worn. Nelson S., Oscar, and Charles Parker, are brothers, sons of Silas Parker, formerly of Lisbon, well-known as a tan- ner. William F. Parker is their cousin, a native of Lisbon. Henry Merrill is a iKitive of Littleton. Porter B. Watson was formerly of ^Varner, and is treasurer of Coos county. Not a single dozen gloves of their annual products lias lieen made from any material save buck-skins. Their goods have reached their present celebrity from the thorougli workman- ship and excellent material empliyed. Their patented swivel level button and buttoner, adds to the value of the Eureka gloves. Nelson Parker is presi- dent of the company; Henry Merrill, secretary and salesman; Charles Parker, treasurer.

White Mountain Glove Works (Alonzo Weeks, George S. Whittaker, and Robert JNIeiner), established in Jan- uary, 1881, manufacture grained tanned l)uck-gioves. The dry deer-skins are bougi:t in Chicago and New York, tanned at AVaterford, Vt., cut, sewed and finished in their factory. They employ thirty-five operatives in the shop, and eighty to one hundred outside. The buck-gloves made by this firm are of leather, dressed with the grain on, wiiich is claimed to be an excellence, because the leather thus prepared sheds water and will not stifi'en from wetting. They are very durable and not expensive. The annual product for the past year has been 6000 dozen. The market for these gloves is in the North-west, where they are eagerly sought by all exposed to the inclemencv of the northern winter. Mr.

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