CHAPTER HI 



BUSINESS AND DOMESTIC EIFE 



GKORGE AUGUSTUS BOARDMAN, son of 

 William and Esther (Toppan) Boardman, was 

 born in Newburyport, Mass., February 5, 1818 and came 

 to Calais with his parents in 1828. All the education he 

 ever received was the little in his early childhood and 

 that obtained during the scanty terms of a Maine country 

 school at that early date between the age of ten and thir- 

 teen years, with one term at Newburyport. After the 

 family had settled in Calais he went back to the place 

 of their former home where he attended school during 

 one winter, making his home with members of his 

 mother's family. At the age of thirteen years he left 

 school to go to work and after that never had but one 

 term at school nor did he take a course of study in any 

 branch of education. At that time he engaged as clerk 

 for Mr. Hemy Hoyt with whom he remained a year. He 

 was faithful and worked constantly for the interests of 

 his employer. This was one of the earliest characteristics 

 developed in the business career of the young man. 

 After this first year of work he went into the store of Mr. 

 B. F. Waite, one of the early merchants of Calais and 



