. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . of a century was a 258 The Granite Monthly flourishing institution and did goodwork in the higher education of theboys and girls of Dover. In its lateryears Mr. Brown was president ofthe trustees. About 1900, the schoolwas closed, the building and groundswere sold and the proceeds properlyinvested. Later when the subjectof having a Public Library buildingand a High School building erected,was under consideration, it was, largelythrough nis influence and good judg-ment that the funds of the ins
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . of a century was a 258 The Granite Monthly flourishing institution and did goodwork in the higher education of theboys and girls of Dover. In its lateryears Mr. Brown was president ofthe trustees. About 1900, the schoolwas closed, the building and groundswere sold and the proceeds properlyinvested. Later when the subjectof having a Public Library buildingand a High School building erected,was under consideration, it was, largelythrough nis influence and good judg-ment that the funds of the institutionwere invested in the purchase of the tion of dumb animals that were beingcruelly treated by their owners, and byhis vigorous enforcement of the lawagainst them. Mr. Brown stands very high inthe Masonic orders, being a memberof Moses Paul Lodge, Free and Ac-cepted Masons; Belknap Chapter ofRoyal Arch Masons; Orphan Council,Royal and Select Masters; St. PaulCommandery, Knights Templar, allof Dover. In Scottish Rite Masonryhe has taken all the degrees up toand including the Thirty-second de-. Mr. Browns Residence Hon. William Hale estate on Locuststreet, and donated to the city for theperpetual use of the library and theschool. So the funds of the Academycontinue to be used for purposes ofeducation. Mr. Brown is and has been for sev-eral years, vice-president of the NewHampshire Society for the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals, in which officialposition he has done much good workin Dover and vicinity, in the protec- gree, and is a member of the NewHampshire Consistory, of various other duties have notgiven him time to hold official posi-tions in these organizations, but hehas for many years been a loyal sup-porter of them. all. He has also formany years been a member ofWecohamet Lodge of IndependentOrder of Odd Fellows. In politics Mr. Brown is, and al-ways has been, a Republican, having Elisha Rhodes Broirn 259 cast his first vote for General Grantfor president
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