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©ur Golden Roll of Honor 
C HERE is a proverb to the effect that “ Friendship is best tested by Time.” This of course means that the 
conduct and bearing of not one, but both the parties concerned must be correct, otherwise the intimacy would 
cease. A continuous business relationship cf forty years or more is certainly a fair test of integi ity and hon¬ 
orable dealing. The long list of names, and the portraits we are privileged to reproduce herewith, of customers who 
have traded with us from forty to seventy-one years, are an endorsement of the methods adopted and followed by 
the three generations of Brecks, who have controlled our business since it was established in 1822. It is natural 
jjj that we are proud of this record, and highly appreciate the patronage and consideration extended to us by our 
to friends and customers during such a long period of time. 
yj\ It is very gratifying, and at the same time instructive, to listen to the exchange of reminiscences, pleasant 
jj- and pensive, that frequently occur between our Mr. C. H. B. Breck, who has been connected with the business 
to for sixty years, and old customers who call to supply their wants or pay a friendly visit. We trust that these 
X conditions may be long continued for all. 
It is with deep regret and a full sense of our loss that we have to record the deaths last summer of two 
whose names were written in our Golden Roll of Honor : Mr. Fearing Burr of Hingham, and Mr. E. G. 
Andrus, East Weymouth. Mr. Burr was a life-long and keen student in horticultural matters. He was 
the author of the first important, and we think to date, the best work on “ The Field and Garden Vege¬ 
tables of America.” Mr. Andrus’ interest in gardening was that of an enthusiastic and successful amateur. 
Both have gone, full of years and honor to that “ undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns.” 
Our own “old” Mr. Willis, for sixty-four years a salesman on our floors, also passed to his rest since the 
1897 catalogue was issued. His was an upright, useful life ; he was esteemed by both old and new customers 
as well as by his associates. 
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Customers whose patronage we have 
retained from 40 to 71 years: 
Hon. F. L. Carney, Sheepscott, Me. . 50 yrs. 
Mr. John S. Tewksbury, Winthrop, Mass. 49 “ 
“ Asahel W heeler, Boston . . 47 “ 
“ L. W. Lincoln, Woburn . . 46 “ 
“ A. D. Puffer, Medford . . . 42 “ 
Rev. W. H. Willcox, Malden . 40 “ 
Mr. Moses Hemenway, Stoneham 48 “ 
“ Cyrus Littlefield, Avon . . 52 “ 
“ Charles E. Grant, Concord . . 61 “ 
“ Benjamin G. Smith, Cambridge . 61 “ 
“ Nathaniel T. Allen, West Newton 46 “ 
“ Milo H. Shattuck, Groton . 46 “ 
“ Alexander McGaw, South Braintree 45 “ 
“ *E. G. Andrus, East Weymouth . 45 “ 
“ W.H. Baldwi n, Pres.Y.M.C.U.Boston41 “ 
“ R. B. Leuchias, Boston . . . 45 “ 
“ David C. Robbins, Malden . . 61 “ 
“ Stead, Woburn . . • • 5 1 
“ John H. Reed, West Roxbury . 41 “ 
“ j. p. Con ant, Stoneham . . 49 “ 
“ Josiah Reed, South Weymouth . 46 “ 
“ Franklin King (E.& F.King) Boston 71 “ 
“ S. A. Stetson, Boston *. . . 61 “ 
“ George Bird, Cambridge . . 71 “ 
“ G. B. Talbot, Norwood . . .61 
“ John S. Richards, Brookline . . 64 “ 
“ S. W. Grant, Wrentham . .47 
“ C. S. Bates, Cohasset . . . 51 “ 
“ Samuel T. Sharpe, Watertown . 44 “ 
“ *Fearing Burr, Hingham Centre . 61 “ 
“ E. A. Brackett, Winchester . . 52 “ 
“ J. Harrigan, East Foxboro . . 42 “ 
“ Matthew H. Burr, Hingham Centre 61 
“ Daniel Bowker, Malden . . 67 “ 
Rev. C. S. Locke, West Dedham . • 43 
Dr. B. B. Chandler, Ilyffe Park . . 62 “ 
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•Deceased. 
/ij-We desire to add to our Golden Roll of Honor 
the names of all customers qualified by time to be 
included and solicit their correspondence. 
We take pleasure in reproducing here a letter received 
last spring from Hon. F. L. Carney. It is self explanatory. 
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