. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . cesof the enterprise ofthe house. It hasbeen a theory, whichhas often beenyiroved true l)y , that thebuilding of half adozen good housesin some sightly sub-urb enriched sur-rounding property,and led others toerect handsomedwellings. Mr. Har-rington is a memberof Simon W. Robin-son Lodge, F. andA. M., of Lexington ;Menotomy Chapterof Arlington ; Beau-s a n t Commandery,K. T., of Maiden;Oriental Lodge,1. (). (). F.; andofSuffolk Council,R. A. In
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . cesof the enterprise ofthe house. It hasbeen a theory, whichhas often beenyiroved true l)y , that thebuilding of half adozen good housesin some sightly sub-urb enriched sur-rounding property,and led others toerect handsomedwellings. Mr. Har-rington is a memberof Simon W. Robin-son Lodge, F. andA. M., of Lexington ;Menotomy Chapterof Arlington ; Beau-s a n t Commandery,K. T., of Maiden;Oriental Lodge,1. (). (). F.; andofSuffolk Council,R. A. In May,1882, Mr. Harringtonwas married to MissMiriam A., eldestdaughter of Luther and Rozan Temple, at Worcester,Mass. Their home is in Lexington (East), a suburbof Boston, where Mr. Harrington is interested in every-thing that pertains to the benefit of the town or itscitizens. The suburbs of Boston have acquired world-wide fame for their beauty, taste of arrangement, and theartistic elegance of the residences that make them whatthey are. In this work of improvement and enterprise,Mr. Harrington has been, and is, a conspicuous EDWARD T. HARRINGTON. BOSTON. 51 BOSTON has been the home of many inventorswhose genius has revolutionized the mechanicarts and facilitated industrial progress. B. F. Sturtevantwas such a man, and though he has passed away, he hasleft, in a great industry, an enduring monument to hisname. It was about thirty years ago that he constructedhis first fan blower, which, in its many applications, hasbecome so important a feature not only in mechanicalbut in social life. At that time Mr. Sturtevant, havingjust come to Bostonfrom his birthplace inMaine, where helearned the trade ofa shoemaker, was in-venting and experi-menting upon a ma-chine for peggingshoes. This experi-ence revealed the ne-cessity of, and ledhim to invent andplace upon the mar-ket, a type of smallfan blower for remov-ing by suction thefine leather dust andclippings from buffingmachines.
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