. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. is H -- If/? /--•?;;^ I. THE EXETER OE TO-DAY. S7 famous cities 021 our coast, is nowonly known by the superior qualityof her famous rum. Half a dozenothers might be mentioned, but thelist does not include Exeter. Honor-able and ancient in its history as anyof the others, progress and improve-ment has ever been its motto, andto-day while it has the fine old flavorthat always attaches to a communityboasting a continuous history of 260years, it has, loo, enough of the mod-ern commercial spirit to bring it upto date, an
. The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress. is H -- If/? /--•?;;^ I. THE EXETER OE TO-DAY. S7 famous cities 021 our coast, is nowonly known by the superior qualityof her famous rum. Half a dozenothers might be mentioned, but thelist does not include Exeter. Honor-able and ancient in its history as anyof the others, progress and improve-ment has ever been its motto, andto-day while it has the fine old flavorthat always attaches to a communityboasting a continuous history of 260years, it has, loo, enough of the mod-ern commercial spirit to bring it upto date, and to make it a worthyassociate of its more modernly-settledneighbors. And chiefly among the influencesthat have tended to keep the townmodern in spirit, while preservingthe best of its hallowed memories ofthe great men who were nurturedhere, and who, growing to greatness,passed away without their fellow-townsmen really recognizing the pre-eminence to which thev had reached,
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