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. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. ..^•R- •.__;;: I. ul » ILLI \M I. \l,l, \ i^-z: (III) riii: \i ?n;i:i: iw i\ i;|i(i\ \i;v ii\\s l^l;l••l i.\ riiiM:ii\s iiii;si:\r in .1 it u\ .w. noisy abode of journeymen slioemakcrspouniling leather under tlic direction ofMr. Andrus. thereafter kmuvn as BossAndrus. He died in 1845. and tlie oldhouse followed Ihe usual drear\ fortunesof a tenement hnuse until, in |, welind it transfdrnied li\ the magicI if a genial philanthropy, into the home? if the Tunxis Lihrary (5). Entertain-ing h
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. ..^•R- •.__;;: I. ul » ILLI \M I. \l,l, \ i^-z: (III) riii: \i ?n;i:i: iw i\ i;|i(i\ \i;v ii\\s l^l;l••l i.\ riiiM:ii\s iiii;si:\r in .1 it u\ .w. noisy abode of journeymen slioemakcrspouniling leather under tlic direction ofMr. Andrus. thereafter kmuvn as BossAndrus. He died in 1845. and tlie oldhouse followed Ihe usual drear\ fortunesof a tenement hnuse until, in |, welind it transfdrnied li\ the magicI if a genial philanthropy, into the home? if the Tunxis Lihrary (5). Entertain-ing hooks fill every nook and corner,and antique furniture ranged around thevast old-time welcome readersyoung and nid to a free and healthfule)Uertainnient. The old hnuse next west, in 1752 thercidcnee of Daniel Curtis, became there-after the iiome of his son Solomon untilhe died in the army in 1776. In i8jj,liis heirs sold it to Frederick Andrus(d). The brick hlacksniith shop (7)and the white house (8) adjoining werebuilt soon after |8_>3 by Charles land cm which the iii>use next
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