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Newspapers are not to copy this advertisement without the express order of HARPER & BROTHERS. Address HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. FRED REED & COMPANY, DEALERS IN Fine Staple and Fancy Groceries, North Main Street, Phenix Block. Concord, N. H. THE GRANITE MONTHLY. A NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE. Devoted to Literature, Biography, History, and State Progress. VOL. X. FEBRUARY, 1887. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE SENATE. The last election resulted in the choice of thirteen Republicans and nine Democrats. There was no choice in the Somersworth and Nashua districts. The senate, as the word indicates, is supposed to consist of old men,the elders of the community. The incoming senate, however, includes several young men. It is probable that the average age of the senators will be less than that of the members of the house. In ability, the next senate bids fair to rank as high as any of its predecessors. Hon. EDMUND Erskine TruesDELL, senator-elect from the Merrimack district, son of Thomas and Mary (Boydon) Truesdell, was born in Jewett City, Conn., March 3, 1845. He is a descendant of Ichabod Truesdell, who came from Scotland about 1700, and settled in South Woodstock, Conn. Darius, his second son, and greatgrandfather of Senator Truesdell, was a veteran of the Revolution, and suffered with the army at Valley Forge, and died from effects of wounds received in the service. Mr. Trues No. 2. dell received his education in the common schools of Newton Upper Falls, Mass., and graduated at Comer's Commercial College in Boston. From boyhood he has been initiated in the mysteries of cotton manufacturing, and at the age of twenty-one years he was induced to accept a position in the Webster and Pembroke mills of Suncook. In 1870 he was promoted to superintendent and paymaster of the China, Webster, and Pembroke mills. He was town treasurer from 1878 to 1881, and represented Pembroke in the legislature in 1879 and 1880. Mr. Truesdell is prominent in Masonic circles, a very active Republican, and attends the Baptist church. He married, June 11, 1872, Mary Wilkins Austin, daughter of David Austin, of Suncook, and has one son. Mr. Truesdell would make a very good governor one of these days. Hon. ENOCH GERRISH, senator-elect from the Concord district, only son of Isaac and Caroline (Lawrence) Gerrish, was born July 28, 1822, in Boscawen, of which town his ancestors were original proprietors. Cap |