The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ing duties. Directly opposite is thehomestead of the late Stephen Mes-ser, a sterling man, generous, whole-souled, who amassed a competenceliterally by the sweat of his brow, hisfarm being one of the finest in town, 120 A SKETCH OF NEW LONDON. Eip%>mr -?-? ? --Cv-yEr^v.,^.,. :»*««.dfeSt CiLi, and now carriedon by his onlyson, Alvin- Thencome the Bur-pee, Herriek, and Colby homesteads, and thePresidents house, so-called. Thislast was the home of Hon. X. , during the earlier partof his connection


The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ing duties. Directly opposite is thehomestead of the late Stephen Mes-ser, a sterling man, generous, whole-souled, who amassed a competenceliterally by the sweat of his brow, hisfarm being one of the finest in town, 120 A SKETCH OF NEW LONDON. Eip%>mr -?-? ? --Cv-yEr^v.,^.,. :»*««.dfeSt CiLi, and now carriedon by his onlyson, Alvin- Thencome the Bur-pee, Herriek, and Colby homesteads, and thePresidents house, so-called. Thislast was the home of Hon. X. , during the earlier partof his connection with the New Lon- Ragged Mountain,from Colby Hill. through out The Presdents House, Colby Academy. long and usefullife has taken adeep interest inwhatever is cal-culated to ad-vance the agricultural and all otherinterests of the state. Leading offfrom Main street is the back road,where dwell the Nimrod and IzaakWalton of the town, John A. Seamansdon Scythe company, but on his and Ransom F. Sargent, whom the removal from the village on the hillhe presented it to Colby academy,of which he was treasurer, to beused as a home for the president. Xot far beyond are the church,—the clock in its modest steeple thegift of Hon. Luther McCutchinsand the late Marcus Nelson—thechapel and town-house, and the cosyparsonage, the home of Rev. \V.


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