igO FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



we had nearly doubled that amount, without any radical change in 

 the mill, being assisted in the increased product by the use of wood 

 pulp. I think the mill now makes about five tons, steam-engines 

 having been put in. 



WILLIAM AUSTIN, JR. 



William Austin, Jr., whose death is recorded below, was 

 a son of the Honorable William and Charlotte (Williams) 

 Austin, and born at Charlestown, on September 15, 18 11, 

 and died at Groton of typhoid fever, on January 8, 1835, ^t 

 the house of Mrs. William Farwell Brazer. He graduated at 

 Harvard College in the Class of 1831, and, while yet an un- 

 dergraduate, as well as afterwards, he had taught District 

 School, No. I. For several years he was engaged to a young 

 lady of Groton, who took care of him during his last illness. 

 His father vi?as the author of " Peter Rugg, the Missing Man," 

 a tale of some note, which first appeared in the "Norfolk 

 Republican" (Roxbury), September 8, 1827, and the two 

 succeeding numbers, though it was afterward considerably 

 enlarged and otherwise changed, and printed in " The Boston 

 Book" for the year 1841. It was said that a remark of the 

 son, when a lad, prompted the writing of the story. 



In Groton, 8th inst. Mr, William Austin, Jr. of Charlestown, 23, 

 a graduate of Harvard University, of the class of 1831. 



" Boston Daily Advertiser & Patriot," January lo, 1835. 



On the 8th inst. Mr. William Austin, Jr. 23. 



The many friends of Mr. Austin will need no recital of the striking 

 and interesting traits of his character to quicken their recollection of 

 all that he was, and no portrait of ideal excellence to enhance the 

 sense of their loss. The world at large, unconscious of his merit, 

 will deem his praise but the customary tribute to the departed, or 

 ascribe it to the partial voice of friendship. But it is imposed as 

 a sacred duty on the witnesses of his mental and moral worth, that 

 they do not permit his virtues to pass with him unacknowledged to 

 his untimely grave. His character was most rare and estimable. 



