The New England magazine . h hestands ready to is-sue a challenge atany time. This isthe motto which ap-pears on his busi-ness cards: Eter-nal hustle coupledwith honesty andintegrity is the justprice of success. Notwithstandinghis busy life in con-nection with his in-dustry, he has givenmuch time to politi-cal matters. He waselected to the Gov-ernors council fromthe second districtby a very flatteringvote. He served inthat body one year, and declined a renomination on account ofthe pressing demands of his business. He has been to Washington many timesin the interests of our New England indus-t
The New England magazine . h hestands ready to is-sue a challenge atany time. This isthe motto which ap-pears on his busi-ness cards: Eter-nal hustle coupledwith honesty andintegrity is the justprice of success. Notwithstandinghis busy life in con-nection with his in-dustry, he has givenmuch time to politi-cal matters. He waselected to the Gov-ernors council fromthe second districtby a very flatteringvote. He served inthat body one year, and declined a renomination on account ofthe pressing demands of his business. He has been to Washington many timesin the interests of our New England indus-tries. He was elected a delegate to the Na-tional Convention which nominated Theo-dore Roosevelt, of whom he is a great ad-mirer. His friends throughout the State in-sist that he shall be one of the four dele-gates-at-large to attend the next NationalConvention. A lineal descendant of Merle dAubigne(corrupted to Bigney), the good old Hugue-not stock of his paternal side and the sturdyScotch ancestry of his mother have corn-. Frank Mossberg bined to produce a type of man who is es-sentially a builder and leader. Among the industries arising out of thejewelry manufacture is that of designing anddie-making, and prominent among thosewho are engaged in this work is the firm ofSworbel and Heath, who made the designand the dies for the first coinage of Cuba,and whose ideas are stamped on many ofthe most artistic products of the jewellersart. One is tempted to dwell too long onthese interestingbits of industrialhistory, for each ofthese factories hasits own story ofstrenuous effort andvictorious achieve-ment, its failures,losses, and notablesuccesses. For it is by nomeans true thatwhen the visitor hasseen one of thesefactories he hasseen all. Particu-larly the stranger inAttleboro shouldinquire for thegreat factory of theD. F. Briggs Com-pany, for years awell-known namethroughout the jew-welry trade of theworld. The busi-ness is now ownedby C. H. and Tappen, whohave also purchasedr
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