66 JOSIAS CHRISTOPHER GAMBLE 



for the concerns of manufactures and of com- 

 merce, and the benefits which his successors 

 are conferring on the town in which he found 

 his home, would indicate that the deep im- 

 pressions of the work with which his own life 

 opened are still being perpetuated in the 

 characters and labours of his descendants. 



The business was formed by courageous 

 enterprise and self-reliance, was conducted in 

 the face of difficulties and opposition which 

 called forth great endurance and perseverance, 

 and has been established, built up, and 

 extended by unwearying industry and vigilant 

 attention. On the qualities which the story 

 reveals are founded the securities of permanent 

 and increasing prosperity, and the benefits of 

 individual success are ever enhanced when 

 they are associated with devotion to the 

 public weal. 



