Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . TION 23 be procured; now in almost every place from which goods can becarried to a market, there are busy hands at work to guide the ma-chines which embody human ingenuity, and human brains as busilyoccupied in devising plans for diminishing labor and increasing itsproduct. And in all this, from the settlements in the wilderness to thework in thriving towns and cities on the lines of the worlds traffic,from the gathering of a few neighbors discussing a few simple rulesfor t
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . TION 23 be procured; now in almost every place from which goods can becarried to a market, there are busy hands at work to guide the ma-chines which embody human ingenuity, and human brains as busilyoccupied in devising plans for diminishing labor and increasing itsproduct. And in all this, from the settlements in the wilderness to thework in thriving towns and cities on the lines of the worlds traffic,from the gathering of a few neighbors discussing a few simple rulesfor the common advantage to the assembly of the representatives ofa modern State, from the study of the isolated minister to the lec-ture-rooms and libraries of the great university, it lias been the workof faithful and good men which has been of benefit to its own timeand has made ready the way for the coming ages. This is trueeverywhere; but probably nowhere is it more evidently true than inConnecticut that the record of the men of mark is the story of thecommonwealth. Qui transtuUt sustinet. SAMUEL HART. HENRY ROBERTS. R OBERTS, HENRY, the popu-lar Governor of Connecticut,was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.,in January, 1853. His father, GeorgeRoberts, was a prominent Connecti-cut manufacturer, who at the time hisson was born was in business inBrooklyn. The same year he returnedto his native State to retire to a farmin South Windsor. In 18G-i he waschosen treasurer of the Hartford Car-pet Company and two years later hebecame its president, a position whichhe held for twenty years. He waslikewise president of the Hartford Woven Wire Mattress Companyand director in various benevolent and financial institutions. He wasesteemed as a man of sound judgment, high integrity, and great execu-tive and business ability. He was a staunch Republican and a manof deep religious convictions. The Governors mother was Elvira(Evans) Roberts. His ancestors came from England in colonialdays and rendered servi
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