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THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

ticed at Stewartstown a short time, then at Guildhall, Vt., for twenty years, subsequently at Newbury, and has been in Littleton for the last fifteen years. While at Guildhall he served two years in the Vermont House of Representatives, two years in the Senate, and was postmaster under James K. Polk. He was also postmaster of Littleton for a short time during Johnson's administration.

Dr. Moffett is a native of Littleton, born March 6, 1842. He served in the 13th N. H. Vols, from 1862 to 1865. Previous to his enlistment he had commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Buffum, of Waterford, and after the close of the war he finished his studies with Dr. Tuttle in Littleton. He grad- uated at the Harvard Medical School in June, 1870, and has since been in practice in Littleton.

Dr. Page is also a native of Littleton, a brother of Samuel B. Page, the well known lawyer of Woodsville, who is also a Littleton boy. He studied with Dr. C. H. Boynton, of Lisbon, and graduated at Vermont University Medical School in 1867. He practiced in Lisbon five years, then removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., whence he came to Littleton in the spring of 1881.

Dr. McGregor is a native of Bethlehem, a son of the late W. A. McGregor, of that town, twenty-eight years of age. He studied medicine with Dr. How, of Manchester, graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1877, was in practice two years in Lunenburg, Vt., and has been in Littleton since August, 1880.

Dr. Genereux is a native of Toronto, and a graduate in medicine at Laval University, of Quebec, in 1880. He has been in practice in Littleton since October of that year.

In 1868 the village districts in Littleton united for school purposes, a spacious school house having been erected for the accommodation of all the schools, at a cost of about $35,000. A graded school has been established, with high, grammar, intermediate, and primary departments. There are now, two primary and two intermediate schools, making six in all. The principal of the high school has supervision of all the lower schools. The first principal of the Littleton High School was Rev. C. E. Harrington, now pastor of the South Congregational Church, Concord. His successors have been—F. J. Burnham, now a lawyer at Moorehead, Minn.; John J. Ladd, superintendent of schools at Staunton, Va.; Frank D. Hutchins, now cashier of the Lancaster National Bank; Frank P. Moulton, professor of Latin and Greek in Bates College; B. F. Robinson, editor of the Littleton Journal; A. H. Kennerson, now a teacher at Nahant, Mass.; H. H. Mclntire, superintendent of schools at Lake City, Minn. : A. G. Miller, superintendent of schools at Oneonta, N. Y.; and Dana P. Dame, the present principal. Mr. Dame is a native of Tuftonborough, residing since childhood in Dover, and a graduate of Dartmouth College, of the class of 1880. He entered upon his service here in January last. Miss M. Lizzie Cushman is assistant in the high school; Lottie J. Lee, teacher of the grammar school; Rose A. Pierce, first intermediate; Adelia S. Norwood, second intermediate; Minnie D. Beebe, first primary; and Anna M. French, second primary. There are two hundred scholars now in attendance in the various departments, about forty being in the High school. There are nine members of the Board of Education in Union District, which is now constituted as follows: Wm. J. Bellows, president; B. F. Robinson, secretary; George A. Bingham, George Farr, T. E. Sanger, Alexander McIntire, William H. Mitchell, C. F. Eastman, F. H. Lyford.

The first newspaper published in Littleton was the Ammonoosuc Reporter, established by F. A. Eastman in July, 1852. Mr. Eastman, who subsequently removed west, and became postmaster of Chicago, now an editor in Wiscon-