The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ecent general depression inbusiness, and the decease of men forwhom the factory did a large amountof work, preceding the death of , caused a lessening of the cus-tomary output, but the machineryhas been kept in operation and meansfor a steady increase of the monthlyshipment are in immediate, if notalready completed, consideration. In the natural friction of strangersand unfamiliar methods of work therewill be occasional disaffection, butstrikes are infrequent in Farmington, persons employed by fellow townsmenbe
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . ecent general depression inbusiness, and the decease of men forwhom the factory did a large amountof work, preceding the death of , caused a lessening of the cus-tomary output, but the machineryhas been kept in operation and meansfor a steady increase of the monthlyshipment are in immediate, if notalready completed, consideration. In the natural friction of strangersand unfamiliar methods of work therewill be occasional disaffection, butstrikes are infrequent in Farmington, persons employed by fellow townsmenbeing generally as desirous as are thesuperintendents to send out goodwork, and they have at heart as acommon interest the welfare of thevillage which is their home. In days of old a great deal of shoework was done by women, in privatehouses, and nearly all the surround-ing farms held a little shop wheremen were diligent in labor when notneeded in the cultivation of theirland. But at present every depart-ment of the manufacturing: is housed 1 fe 1 \ \:-i&* I h : each of. iilllllllllll Residence of Jared P. Tibbetts. in the great factories built for thepurpose, and, save for a very littlehand work, the many processes re-quired in the making of shoes aredone by marvels of invention in intri-cate machinery. In the producing of the many thou-sands of cases worth several millionsof dollars, such as are the usualannual shipment from Farmington,more than a thousand persons havefound employment, and their pay-rollhas amounted to more than a halfmillion of dollars. The first wax-thread sewing-machine used in Xew Hampshire 290 FARMINGTON was brought to Farmington by theHon. J. F. Ckmtman, who began themanufacture of shoes in 1854, andhas been a favorite employer of anarmy of people. The political opinions held in townare as many as there are citizens;sometimes the majority of votes is onthe Democratic side, and again itweighs down the Republican latest elections haT A been em-phat
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