The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ernacular, and finely typify the NewEngland life and character. Thebook is admirably adapted, if not spe-cially designed, for holiday gift pur-poses, and may be had, prepaid, for75 cents, by addressing the author atMeredith, N. H. The annual announcement of theSpringfield Republican appears onthe outside cover page of this issue ofthe Granite Monthly. We callspecial attention to the same for thereason that we regard this paper asthe model American newspaper, es-pecially for New England, not only
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . ernacular, and finely typify the NewEngland life and character. Thebook is admirably adapted, if not spe-cially designed, for holiday gift pur-poses, and may be had, prepaid, for75 cents, by addressing the author atMeredith, N. H. The annual announcement of theSpringfield Republican appears onthe outside cover page of this issue ofthe Granite Monthly. We callspecial attention to the same for thereason that we regard this paper asthe model American newspaper, es-pecially for New England, not onlyfor its admirable presentation of theessential news of the day, divested ofall sensationalism, but for its fearless,faithful, candid, intelligent and inde-pendent expression of opinion uponall important questions of current in-terest and public concern. While thedaily and Sunday editions are admir-able, the Weekly is particularly wor-thy of recommendation for generalcirculation as containing more reallyvaluable matter than is given by anyother paper in the country for theprice—$ per Hon. JACOB H. GALLINGER The Granite Monthly Vol. XL, No. 12. DECEMBER, 1908. New Series, Vol. 3, No. 12 By James 0. Lyford One of my earliest contributions toa newspaper was a notice of a lectureby Dr. Jacob H. Gallinger before theEducational Society of the town ofCanterbury. This was in the earlyseventies. The acquaintance thenformed became intimate when I wentto Concord in 1874 to study law. In1876 we were fellow members of theConstitutional Convention, where Icast a complimentary vote for DoctorGallinger as its presiding officer. Thepresent ratio of representation oftowns and wards in the legislaturewas the result of an amendment of-fered by me to his original proposi-tion on that subject, and his accept-ance of the same was followed by theadoption of the amended resolutionby the convention. This was ourfirst cooperation in public affairs, andour association in politics has beenalmos
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