. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . s a paid-upcapital of fi\e hun-dred thousanddollars. The man-ufactories of theMason & HamlinOrgan and PianoCompany, situateda t Cambridgeport,employ five hundredskilled workmen inthe various depart-ments. The Mason& Hamlin organshave carried off thehighest medals andpremiums at all thegreat worlds fairssince and includingthat of Paris in the kindred fieldof piano manufac-turing the companyhas met with pro-nounced succetis, theMason & Hamlinpiano pre
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . s a paid-upcapital of fi\e hun-dred thousanddollars. The man-ufactories of theMason & HamlinOrgan and PianoCompany, situateda t Cambridgeport,employ five hundredskilled workmen inthe various depart-ments. The Mason& Hamlin organshave carried off thehighest medals andpremiums at all thegreat worlds fairssince and includingthat of Paris in the kindred fieldof piano manufac-turing the companyhas met with pro-nounced succetis, theMason & Hamlinpiano presentingradical improve-ments in the methodof stringing, by which an unusually pure and refined musi-cal tone and great durability are secured, with greatlydecreased liability to getting out of tune. In everyrespect the Mason & Hamlin pianos are constructed inaccordance with the most advanced principles of theart, and their singing capacity is marvellous ; the tonepowerful, sweet, and brilliant, the scale perfect and theactions the best in every respect. Mr. Mason is con-nected with the leading social clubs of 122 MASSACHUSETTS OF TO-DAY. J OSEPH O. BURDETT, who is prominent in thecouncils of the Republican party of Massachu-setts, was born in Wakefield (then South Reading),Middlesex County, Oct. 30, 1848, being the son ofJoseph and Sally (Mansfield) Burdett. His early edu-cation was obtained in the public schools of Wakefield,and in 1867 he entered Tufts College, at Medford. Hewas a very hard-working student here, and was gradu-ated second in his class, notwithstanding the fact thathe had to be absentnearly one half thetime to earn themoney necessary forthe other half. Hetook up the study oflaw immediatelyupon his graduation,in the office of JudgeHammond, then citysolicitor of Cam-bridge, and in thesame year enteredthe Harvard I. a wSchool. On April19, 1873, he was ad-mitted to the bar inMiddlesex County,and during the fol-lowing year practisedwith Judge Ham-mond. In 1
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