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He then secured an academical education, and, after teaching school a short time, engaged in shoe-manufacturing, which he continued for several years. In 1841 and 1842 he was a Senator, and in 1844, 1845, 1856, and 1850, a Representative, in the Legislature of Massachusetts. In 1851 and 1852 he was re-elected a member of the State Senate, of which he was President.
"You don't say!" exploded the colonel. "Why, what does Johnny Gamble want with it?" "He didn't tell; but I think he's organizing a shoe-manufacturing company," lied Polly glibly. "Goodness me!" muttered the colonel, and, breathing heavily, he cursed his procrastination heartily to himself, threw discretion to the winds and hurried down to the Boyden box just as Gresham returned.
To say that Lynn is the greatest shoe-manufacturing city in the country, and, for that matter, in the world, may be an exaggeration, but it is a very common one. In a history of Lynn we might expect this fact to be at least recognized. Let us see how that is in the present case. The shoe business was not unknown in Lynn before 1750, but in that year it first got a firm footing here.
"The colonel is still bargain-hunting," observed Loring with a laugh. "His shoe-manufacturing business has increased to the point that he must have more space and he must have it at once. The only available ground is Gresham's adjoining property, which Gresham long ago gave up trying to sell him.
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