, On the afternoon of Sept. 14, Dr. Gallinger was renominated by acclamation for member of Congress from the second district. "The Concord Monitor" says,

"It is conceded on all hands that Dr. Gallinger's speech accepting the renomination for the member of Congress was one of the most graceful speeches of acceptance ever heard in this State.

"The nomination of Congressman Gallinger, for a second term, by acclamation, while it was in accordance with a long established custom, yet had a significance peculiarly its own; for the reason that the result would have been the same if the proceedings had been different. Dr. Gallinger has been one of the ablest and most faithful representatives that his district has ever had. His initiation into the practical duties of congressional life have been very rapid. He has an exceedingly happy facility in adapting himself to any position in which he finds himself placed. This quality has enabled him to discharge the functions of the numerous State

offices which he has held, with readiness and unusual success; and it stands him in good

stead in the higher office which he now fills. He has not found it necessary to serve a long apprenticeship of timid silence. He has served but half of his first term in Congress, in a way creditable to himself and gratifying but he has already been "heard from," and to the people of his State. He has successfully participated in the debates, and his speech on the silver question was one of the ablest of the session. He has faithfully represented the interests of his constituents, and has cheerfully responded to all demands which they have made upon him.

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"There should be, and indeed there is, no doubt of his re-election by a very large madred votes ahead of his ticket. To the perjority. Two years ago he ran several hunsonal popularity to which that result was due, he can now add an excellent public record, and the voters of the second district will doubtless show their appreciation of his services by giving him a generous support at the polls."

Dr. Gallinger's congressional record, as above outlined, is one of exceptional brilliancy. Rarely, if ever, has the State had a representative who, during his first session, gained so prominent a a place in Congress as he. Industrious, faithful, and aggessive, his reputation is already established as a congressman of great oratorical power and rare executive ability. His future career will be carefully watched by the people of the State, who to-day look upon him as one of the few men in New Hampshire who can properly look forward to the probability of further preferment in the political field.

THE firm of JAMES R. HILL & Co. of Concord, the manufacturers of the Concord harness, the standard harness of America, to whom the attention of the readers of THE GRANITE MONTHLY has been frequently called in past years, have continued to sustain and increase the reputation of their goods until, not only in name but in fact, they are at the head in this country in their line. They furnish from their factory all classes of harnesses, from the onethousand dollar set for fancy coaches

to the common buggy and freight harness used by teamsters and farmers; adapting their prices to the demand of every community, but insisting on furnishing reliable goods to their custom

ers.

They now employ about one hundred and fifty skilled operatives.

They have lately issued an advertising chart of their various kinds of harnesses which will prove an ornament to every counting-room, where its occupants take an interest in the horse or in its accoutrements.

HARRY G. SARGENT, Esq., the Republican candidate for Solicitor of Merrimack County, is a young lawyer of Concord, who has already won an enviable rank in his chosen profession; and, in the opinion of his many friends, is bound to rise higher.

He is the son of Samuel M. Sargent, for many years an engineer on the Concord Railroad, and Cyrene M. Sargent. He was born in Pittsfield, N.H., Sept. 30, 1859; and after residing in Hooksett and Bow, N.H., a few years, while still a lad, removed with his parents to Concord, where he has ever since resided; receiving the advantages of the excellent schools of the city, and graduating from the High School with honor in 1878.

He immediately commenced the study of the law in the office of W. T. & H. F. Norris, where he remained one year, when he entered the Law School of the Boston University, and continued his studies there for another year. On his return to Concord, he entered the office of Hon. John Y. Mugridge, and there finished his preparatory course of reading; being admitted to the bar at the September term, 1881. In the rigid examination to which the applicants were subjected, Mr. Sargent, the youngest of the thirteen successful candidates who passed the ordeal, stood third; ranking above six of the eight applicants who had rereceived the advantage of a college education.

For a few months after his admission he occupied a part of the office of Jackman & Larkin, after which he entered the office of Mr. Mugridge, where he continued until the latter's death, and which he still occupies in

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connection with Hon. and Hon. A. W. Silsby. he has been successful. He brought to the profession a level head, sound common sense, and a good constitution. He is very energetic. What he has to do, he does with all his might. His discharge of official duties is done in the most conscientious manner, and with the most painstaking care. He cannot be bought or influenced by promises or threats. With a deep voice, clear and full, his speaking is impressive and earnest. His untiring energy, physical strength, and mental activity make him a force before the courts.

He has already been employed in many important cases; he has been administrator of several estates; he has been the assignee of several firms.

His chief reputation at the bar, however, has been gained during the past two years, while he has been engaged in the important duties attached to his office of county solicitor, to which he was elected in 1884. He has proved himself an able lawyer, a strong and forcible advocate, skilful in argument and in the conduct of cases, and a close law-student.

Socially he is good-natured, a pleasant companion, fond of witnessing the "national game," temperate, dignified, and popular. He married, Dec. 14, 1881, Elizabeth Dudley of Concord, and their home is blessed by a lovely child, Margaret Dudley Sargent.

In the coming contest Mr. Sargent will prove, as in the last election, a very strong candidate, and one hard to defeat in a county where he is so well and favorably known. He will at least receive a full party vote.

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ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, the great Chancellor Livingston of our fathers' time, is forgotten. Time has dealt unkindly with his memory. The man who entered public life as a member of the committee that framed the Declaration of Independence, and closed a long diplomatic career spent in patriotic services of his country with the purchase of Louisiana, deserved a high place on the roll of American states"The National Picture Gallery," a publication accessible to few but diligent students of our national history, contains a brief sketch of Livingston and his family. Such is fame. A few pages of an ephemeral magazine constitute the tribute of American historical writers to the memory of the statesman, jurist, and scholar, who in his time was the friend of emperors, the rival of presidents, and the head of a family that at his behest might easily have destroyed a nation.

Descended from the great Livingston family that for fifty years had exercised a powerful influence in the public affairs of New York; the son of a judge of the Supreme Court, who, as a member of the famous Stamp Act Congress of 1765, draughted the address to the king adopted by that body; and already noted at his graduation from King's College, in 1765, for "the sublimity of his sentiments, the elegance of his style, and the graceful propriety of his pronunciation and gesture," young Robert may well be said to have been born great. The only path to distinction then open to young men of talent and ambition was through the legal profession. Entering the office of Judge

William Smith, the future historian of the Colony of New York, young Livingston devoted himself to the study of law with such assiduity and success, that soon after his admission to the bar he was appointed to the honorable and lucrative position of recorder of New York City. His success as a lawyer, notwithstanding the advantages derived from his connection with a distinguished family, was remarkable. New York, before the Revolution, had not yet begun that marvellous growth which has finally made it the great commercial city of the new continent, and afforded no alluring hopes of success to a young barrister, who began practice at a bar distinguished by the efforts of the great Colonial lawyers, Duane, Egbert Benson, Robert Troup, and Melancthon Smith, and in after years by the successes of Jay, Kent, Hamilton, and Burr.

Eminent, however, as was his future career as a lawyer, Robert R. Livingston early gave indications of a fitness for the duties of a position that would call into action those qualities that had won for him a high place as a brilliant advocate and learned jurist. As early as 1765, "The New-York Gazette," in commenting on his oration at graduation from King's College, had stated that "many of the audience please themselves with hopes that the young orator may prove an able and zealous asserter and defender of the rights and liberties of his country, as well as an ornament to it." The early promise was not unfulfilled. The father and grandfather were both active in the cause of liberty; and the removal of