The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . is house in turn(1857) by Farmer, Little & Co.,which soon employed from 200to 375 men. From the day whenMr. Farmer became manager ofMr. Whites manufacturing de-partment, he has giv
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . is house in turn(1857) by Farmer, Little & Co.,which soon employed from 200to 375 men. From the day whenMr. Farmer became manager ofMr. Whites manufacturing de-partment, he has given his spe-cial attention to that importantbranch of the business, and manywonderful mechanical processeshave been developed under hiseye and hand. All the varie- .ties of plain and ornamentaltype, borders, ornaments, rulesand dashes, and all the type-casting machines, steel punches,matrices, and other appointments of a thoroughlyequipped type-foundry have been produced underhis skilled direction. For more than half a centuryhe has labored in this department with the same ap-plication which he would exact of an employee. was married to Sarah Burns, of New Yorkcity, by whom he has had two daughters and oneson. The latter, William W. Farmer, having beenbrought up in his fathers foundry, has thoroughlyacquainted himself with the various details of thebusiness, in which he is now partner. Mr. Aaron. C/c^i^d^:^^^^ Farmer has been a steady adherent of the republi--can party from its foundation, but has never beenan active politician or an aspirant for oflice. Thefirm name of Farmer, Little & Co., is familiar tothousands of newspapers in all sections of the country. CABKOLL, Howard, journalist and author,was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1854. His Carroll, a gallant and cultured young Irish-man, who early gained distinction as one of theablest civil engineers in the country, was killed whileleading a charge at the battle of Antietam, in thecivil war. The boy thus ea
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