MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF PROGRESS A CENTURY

Ebenezer Vose, 1812–1816.
Ebenezer Vose & Co., 1817–1828.
(Josiah Pierce)
Josiah Pierce, 1829–1834.
Josiah Pierce & Co., 1835.
(Daniel Bingham)
Daniel Bingham & Co., 1836.
(Amos P. Tapley)
Amos P. Tapley, 1837–1838.
Bingham & Tapley, 1839–1846.
Amos P. Tapley, 1847.
Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1848–1854.
(W. S. Messenger)
Amos P. Tapley, 1855–1868.
Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1869–1905.
(Henry F. Tapley)
Amos P. Tapley & Co., 1905–1917.
(Henry F. Tapley)
Surviving partner.

PROFIT AND LOSS.

Lye didn’t live long, didn’t make money, didn’t make a reputation, didn’t build up a big business, didn’t go into politics, didn’t follow any sports as a fad, and didn’t break into society. But it looks as if he enjoyed life while he lived.

Lye was contented to work for a living, to live in simple fashion, and to enjoy humble pleasures. He had a knack of getting along. When the shoe trade was dull he turned his hand to something else. He kept down his cost of living, for he farmed, fished and raised a pig. If anything around the house or shop needed repairs, he did it himself. He was an independent person. Yet he wasn’t selfish. He was always ready to give a helping hand to his neighbors.

He read the Book of Life, and believed it, according to his views. He lived according to his conscience, and he was a contented man through the days of his life.

Did he get more out of life than a fellow these days of complex ways. Who knows?

Transcriber’s Note:

Changes to the original publication have been made as follows:

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- October 14, 1915 changed to
  October 14, [1915.]
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- has hand to most anything changed to
  [his] hand to most anything
- calked boats and helped changed to
  [caulked] boats and helped
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- by some sacriligious robber changed to
  by some [sacrilegious] robber
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- lived acccording to his changed to
  lived [according] to his