. Memoirs: half a century of recollections of an unusually active life; considerable space devoted to the progress of the city of Meriden and its people; enterprises organized in many places, covering varied lines of business . s runningfor governor Mr. Graham was his ardent day he stepped into Mr. Lounsburys bank in NewYork, drew a check for $2,500. The cashier told Gra-ham he could not honor it as he did not know replied Mr. Lounsbury did. Mr. Lounsburyobligingly put his 0. K. on it, and remorsefully had torefund the money to the bank when it was returnedfrom Meriden
. Memoirs: half a century of recollections of an unusually active life; considerable space devoted to the progress of the city of Meriden and its people; enterprises organized in many places, covering varied lines of business . s runningfor governor Mr. Graham was his ardent day he stepped into Mr. Lounsburys bank in NewYork, drew a check for $2,500. The cashier told Gra-ham he could not honor it as he did not know replied Mr. Lounsbury did. Mr. Lounsburyobligingly put his 0. K. on it, and remorsefully had torefund the money to the bank when it was returnedfrom Meriden marked No funds. Graham, while unscrupulous as to how he obtainedmoney, was a shrewd reader of character. For instance,when he wanted to touch a man like the late I. he was a strong temperance advocate, andextolled his goodness and liberality. Mr. Lewis on oneoccasion paid Graham and his wifes expenses to MEMOIRS 69 Europe and shortly before Graham died sent him toColorado to recover his health. Graham raised thou-sands of dollars upon one plea or another. In the 70she stood out strongly for the manufacturers whenwages were being lowered, telling the workmen ofMeriden how much better off they were even with the. HON. JOHN C. BYXBEEOne time Sheriff and Internal Revenue Collector. reduction than others were in nearby cities. The man-ufacturers fell for Grahams support, endorsed hisnotes, paid them, at first charged them off, but latercapitalized the amount in the stock of the RepublicanPublishing Company. The Republican carried a motto 70 MEMOIRS
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