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and Hon. John Y. Mugridge, of Concord, was admitted to the bar last fall, and is now in practice in Concord.
H. S. Randolph, pension agent and notary, who does a large business in his line, is also pursuing the study of law in Mr. Dearborn's office.
PHYSICANS.
Bristol has a full quota of physicans of good repute at the present time, and has always been well favored in this regard. Prominent among those who at- tained celebrity in the earlier history of the town, in this department of profes- sional labor, was Dr. Samuel Smith, still well remembered by many of the older citizens. Drs. Eastman, Sawyer, Eaton and Hoyt, subsequently, at different periods, enjoyed extensive practice. There are now four physicans in full prac- tice in Bristol Village, three of whom have been located here for more than thirty years.
Dr. Ira S. Chase, a native of (iilmanton, born Nov. 21, 1815, graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1841. He commenced practice in .Alexandria in 1842, where he nmained till 185 i, when he removed to Bristol, where he has since been in sue. essful practice.
Dr. liadK')- 11. b'wAler, born in Bridgewater in 1825, graduated from Dart- mouth Medical College in 1850, and immediately located in Bristol, where he has since practiced his [profession, except three years during the late war, when he served as surgeon of the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment, being the only man who went out as the surgeon of one of our New Hampshire reg- iments, who served through the full term of three years. Dr. Fowler has been somewhat prominent in political circles as a representative Democrat, and has twice been the candidate of that party for the office of railroad commissioner.
Dr. J. M. Bishop, eclectic, has been in active practice here for thirty-one years past, and has attained a good degree of professional success. He has taken a lively interest in educational affairs, and is a member of the present board of education in Union District.
Dr. George A. Calley, a native of the town, twenty-eight years of age, pur- sued the study of medecine in Dr. Fowler's office, graduated from the Col- umbia College of Physicans and Surgeons, in New York City, in 1880, and is now in partnership with Dr. Fowler.
Dr. J. M. Preston, who came here a year ago from Plymouth, is not in active practice, but is engaged in business as a pharmacist. He is the proprietor of one of the largest and best appointed drug stores to be found in the state, north of Concord.
There are now two dentists in town, F. C. Butrick, who has been in practice about one year, and has established a successful business, and C. M. Coolidge who came here recently from Hillsborough.
NEWSPAPERS.
There was no newspaper published in this town previous to 1868. In that year Isaac B. Gordon commenced the publication of a paper called the Bris- tol Weekly News, which was continued for about one year, when it suspended. From that time the people again depended upon foreign publishers until June, 1878, when Richard W. Musgrove, who had been for a time engaged in the job printing business, started the Bristol Weekly Enterprise, which he has since published. When started, it was a small sheet with four columns to the page, but has been three times enlarged, and is now a seven column paper, with a fair advertising patronage and a circulation not exceeded by that of any other paper in the county.
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