bly for nine years. The value of his military experience was recognized by his appointment in 1787 to the command of the fifth brigade of militia, and he held the command till 1794, when he withdrew from military life by the following dignified letter of resignation:

"SIR: I have for nearly twenty years served my Country in the military department. I am now so far advanced in life that I wish for leave to resign my office as Brigadier General in the Second Brigade and Fourth Division of the Militia. I think, Sir, it would be for the interest of the Brigade which I have the honor to command that I should resign at this time. I therefore request from your Excellency that you would be pleased to accept it. I have the honor to be your Excellency's most obedient and humble servant, "ISRAEL MOREY.

"RUTLAND, October 18, 1794.

"His Excellency, Thomas Chittenden."

More fortunate than many of his contemporaries. General Morey lived to enjoy the reward of his labors. Blessed with a competence, his children settled around him, his old age was singularly happy. Men who were old thirty years ago remembered him riding about the peaceful lanes. and roads of Orford and Fairlee, mounted on a white horse, dressed in a red military cloak, his white hair falling down upon his shoulders, his shoulders, pausing for a leisurely conversation with his friends. A curious controversy which arose between him and the celebrated Nathaniel Niles, who settled not far from him in Fairlee, was the cause of considerable amusement at the time, and the memory of it survived long after both men were dead. He retained to the last his love of the House of God. Although living at some distance from the church, he was seldom absent, whatever the weather, declaring that "no man was ever made sick by going to meeting."

He died at the house of one of his sons in Orford, and a plain slab of slate from which time and storm have

Israel and Martha Morey had five sons and two daughters, all superior people, to one of whom pertains a remarkable interest. The sons wereIsrael who served in the Revolutionary War, and rose to a high position in the militia; Samuel; Moulton, who graduated at Dartmouth College, and became an associate justice of the supreme court; William and Darius. Of three of his children no descendants are known to be living, while one lady now in Fairlee and one in Orford are the only representatives of the lineage of General Morey in this part of the country.

The sons of Israel Morey inherited not only the sterling qualities of their father, but a certain genius which was a common inheritance in the families of both of their parents. Samuel, the second son, was one to whom fate has been unkind. He was by nature an inventor. While yet a young man he began experiments upon the expansion of steam, and set his mind upon the problem of steam navigation. He had long operated his father's ferry between Fairlee and Orford, and sought in some way to harness the power of steam to the task. result of a series of experiments was communicated by him to Professor Silliman, who encouraged his genius. In 1793 he constructed a small engine which propelled a boat by means of a paddle wheel, on the river, between Fairlee and Orford. The model of the engine and boat he sent to New York and, among those who saw the invention were Robert Fulton and Chancellor Livingston.

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In Morey's original boat the paddle wheel was placed in the prow, and drew the boat instead of propelling it. At the suggestion of Fulton the wheel was placed in the stern and other changes were made. According to the repeated statements of Samuel and his brother Israel, Fulton went to Fairles and acquainted himself with the manner of propulsion adopted

by Morey, in the boat which the brothers had constructed. Samuel Morey applied for and received a patent for his steamboat, and the Letters Patent, dated March 25, 1795, signed by George Washington, are now in possession of the New Hampshire Historical Society. He also published a philosophical pamphlet,

now very rare.

According to the statement of Captain Morey, he went to New York with an improved model of his invention but was treated by Fulton and Livingston with coldness and neglect, the former having, on a previous a previous occasion, acquired from him all they desired to know. This treatment and the theft of his idea, cast a shadow of bitterness over a most genial temperament. He believed that the honors and emolument which were heaped upon Fulton should have been his. It is certain that the idea of steam navigation was then at work in several minds both in America and Europe. But it is also certain that Samuel Morey propelled a boat by steam on the Connecticut between Fairlee and Orford in 1793, years before Fulton's successful experiment.

Had he comprehended the value of his own invention, and had he found such a wealthy and powerful patron as Fulton found in Chancellor Livingston, Samuel Morey and not Robert Fulton would be hailed as the father of steam navigation.

By the gift of Mrs. Amelia S. Kibbey of Fairlee, a grandniece of the inventor, the Vermont Historical Society is now the possessor of the original model of the engine which Morey invented to move his boat. "It is a mechanical curiosity, which in the absence of illustrations, defies intelligent description. It is a rotary engine, the cyliner being balanced on a standard above the boiler, and revolving horizontally. From the disc, upon which the engine is attached to the standard, the power is communicated. The ingenuity of this device for doing in a roundabout way what was subsequently done through a stationary cylinder and a piston rod connecting with a crank or walking beam, commands the admiration of the observer."

When we consider that it was the work of a young man in the backwoods of North America, in 1793, who had never seen a steam engine or the model of one, we marvel at his genius, and lament that his ingenuity was not rewarded by fame and fortune.

A beautiful lake in the town of Fairlee is called after the inventor, and the traveler upon a small steamboat of modern construction which plies upon its waters, is told that beneath its waves rests a boat built by Samuel Morey which contains the first engine ever employed in steam navigation.

DR. SAMUEL H. GREENE

Samuel Henry Greene, M.D., one of the most prominent and best-known physicians of southeastern New Hampshire, died at his home in the town of Newmarket, December 17, 1911.

Doctor Greene was a native of Newmarket, a son of Simon P. and Sarah A. (Smith) Greene, born February 12, 1837. His parents removed to Boston when he was seven years of age, but five years later his father died and he returned with his mother to Newmarket, where he attended school for a time, He also pursued his studies at the Pittsfield, Gilmanton and Atkinson Academies, and, later, spent three years in New York and Wisconsin. Returning home, he entered upon the study of medicine, attending lectures at the Dartmouth and Harvard Medical Schools, graduating from the latter in 1860. He immediately commenced practice in Durham, where he continued six years, then purchasing the practice of Dr. William Folsom in his native town, in which he continued through life, attaining a large practice and a high reputation for skill and devotion. In the homes of the poor as well as the rich he was welcomed in time of distress, as a "ministering angel," and with him there was no distinction of persons in this regard.

Doctor Greene was a Republican in politics and active in town affairs, holding nearly all the offices in the gift of his townsmen, including those of representative, selectman, and member of the school board. He also served eight years as postmaster, under the admin-" istrations of Presidents Arthur and Harrison. He was an active member of Rising Sun Lodge No. 47, A. F. & A. M., of Newmarket, a charter member of Piscataqua Lodge, N. E. O. P., and a member of Lamprey River Grange, P. of H.

He married, July 2, 1860, Mallie R. Baker of Newmarket, who survives, with one son, Walter Bryant.

HARRY S. PARKER

Harry Stanley Parker, born in Wolfeboro, February 18, 1832, died at Farmington, January 16, 1912.

He was the son of Samuel Sewall Parker, educated in the schools of his native town, and in early life learned the trade of a shoemaker. On March 30, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Hester A. Stevens, daughter of Capt. Manly Stevens of Lisbon. Soon after, the couple purchased a farm in Wolfeboro on which they lived until 1867 when they removed to Farmington children born to Mr. and Mrs. Parker numbered ten, only four of whom are now living: Samuel Sewall Parker, a lawyer in Farmington; Mrs. Nellie S. Nute, wife of United

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States Marshal E. P. Nute of Farmington; Percy F. Parker, a merchant in Spokane, Washington; and Ned L. Parker, a merchant in Farmington.

For many years after locating in Farmington Mr. Parker was engaged in some branch of the shoe industry. In politics he was a staunch Democrat, and was, up to within a few years, an active and interested participant in the political affairs of the town. He was honored by his fellow townsmen by a seat in the state legislature in 1869 and again in 1877-78. He also served the town for several years as moderator, and was a member of the board of education for three years. In 1885 he was appointed postmaster of Farmington by President Cleveland, which office he conducted for four years with ability and fidelity. He was a most popular and public-spirited citizen, with a wide circle of friends in his own and surrounding towns. He was the only remaining charter member of Harmony lodge, Knights of Pythias, and was a Mason of fifty-six years' standing.

MARY CLEMENT LEAVITT

Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, noted Temperance worker, for twenty years honorary life president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, a native of the town of Hopkinton, born September 22, 1830 died at her home, 18 Huntington Avenue, Boston, February 5, 1912.

She was the daughter of Rev. Joshua and Filiza (Harvey) Leavitt, and was educated in the district school, at Thetford, Vt., Academy and the Massachusetts State Normal School at Framingham, from which latter she graduated in 1851 as the valedictorian of her class. She was an assistant teacher in the Boylston Grammar School in Boston, from 1854 to 1857 in which year she married Thomas H. Leavitt of Thetford. From 1867 to 1881 she conducted a private school in Boston, meantime taking a deep interest in the Temperance cause and aiding in the organization of both the Boston and the Massachusetts W. C. T. U., being a member of the executive board of the latter. Subsequently she became lecturer of the National organization and was secretary of the same from 1883 to 1891, during which time she journeyed around the world, organizing Unions in every land, her journeying aggregating more than 200,000 miles-a record unsurpassed in any line of missionary effort. She spoke to people, through interpreters, in more than fifty different languages, including the followers of Mahomet, Buddha, Zoroaster and Confucius, as well as members of the Greek, Roman and other churches.

She was a voluminous writer upon temperance and kindred topics, and her sketches and poems appeared in various publications.

EDWIN F. READ

Edwin Forbes Read, born in Swanzey, March 5, 1819, died in Somerville, Mass., January 23, 1912.

He was the youngest of eight children of Josiah P. and Mary (Forbes) Read, an older brother being Col. Benjamin Read, long a prominent citizen of that town. He was educated at the district school and at Appleton Academy, New Ipswich. He engaged in the manufacture of wooden ware at West Swanzey where he continued for twenty years, during which time he served six years as postmaster and once represented the town of Swanzey in the legislature, though a Republican and the town strongly Democratic. Subsequently he resided for a few years in Keene, but about 1880 took up his residence in Somerville, Mass., with a daughter-Mrs. Whitcomb, wife of Irvine I. Whitcomb of the Raymond & Whitcomb Company, where he continued till death.

Mr. Read married, on June 24, 1841, Miss Ambra Stone, daughter of Martin Stone of Swanzey, by whom he had two daughters, one dying in childhood. He was deeply interested in music and in early life was director of the choir in the Congregational Church at Swanzey Center, of which his wife was a member. He was one of the managers of the first annual town picnic in Swanzey in 1876-a precursor of the "Old Home Day" institution.

BELA GRAVES

Bela Graves, born at East Unity June 23, 1836, died in the house where he was born January 21, 1912.

He was the son of John Graves, was educated in the district school and at Newbury, Vt., Seminary, and taught school in the winter season for a number of years after he was eighteen years of age, in his own and neighboring towns, He married Emma N. Shepardson of Claremont, October 15, 1862, and settled on the home farm where most of his life was spent. He was an enterprising and successful farmer and was prominent in the Grange organization. He was also a member of the State Board of Agriculture three years, from 1893.

Politically he was a strong Democrat and had been his party's candidate for State Senator and various other offices.

His first wife dying, he married her sister Eliza M. Shepardson, November 5, 1873, who survives him, as do five children-Mrs. E. L. Houghton of Walpole, J. Frank Graves of Montana, Grace E., a teacher, Richard C., of Newport, and Helen L., at home.

MRS. JOSEPHINE L. RICHARDS Mrs. Josephine L. Richards, a native of the town of Raymond, in the eighty-fourth year of her age, a daughter of the late Gen.

Henry Tucker, died, January 23, at West Medford, Mass., where her home had been for nearly forty years past.

She was a teacher for many years, serving as master's assistant in the Quincy School in Boston for sixteen years. She was specially interested in botany and a recognized authority on native wild flowers and ferns. She was a life member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

EUSTIS J. FLETCHER

Eustis J. Fletcher, a prominent shoe manufacturer of Brockton, Mass., died in that city January 24.

He was a native of the town of Littleton, N. H., born November 24, 1837, a son of John and Elizabeth (Taylor) Fletcher. In youth he went to Randolph, Mass., where he engaged in shoe manufacturing. He served in the Fourth Mass. regiment in the Civil War. He was foreman in a shoe factory at Atlanta, Ga., for a time after the war, and later in a factory at North Adams, Mass.

Removing to Brockton about forty years ago he became a partner of Leonard C. Bliss and the firm developed the great business now carried on by the Regal Shoe Company. Subsequently he was a partner in another important firm doing business in Brockton, but retired some years ago. He was a Mason and a member of the G. A. R. He married Miss Mary C. Bliss whose death preceded his just eleven months.

LYMAN J. BROOKS

Lyman J. Brooks, born in Acworth, June 28, 1832, died in Keene, February 11, 1912. Mr. Brooks was a son of the late Dr. Lyman and Mary (Graham) Brooks. He was educated in the common school and Marlow and Kimball Union Academies, and graduated from the law department of Albany University in 1860. He was for three years associated in practice with the late Hon. Ira Colby at Claremont, and then received an appointment as clerk of the court for the County of Sullivan, continuing for nine years, when he resigned, and went to East Saginaw, Michigan, where he became interested in manufacturing. Subsequently he returned to New Hampshire, and organized a manufacturing concern at Charlestown, which soon removed to Keene and became known as the Impervious Package Company, of which he had been manager, treasurer and president.

He was a Knight Templar Mason, and had been Grand Warden of the Grand Commandery. He is survived by one son, Clarence M., of Keene; also by three brothers-George B., a lawyer of Saginaw, Mich., Dr. Nathaniel G., of Charlestown, and William Erskine of Keene.