BOSTON DIRECTORY, MASSACHUSETTS REGISTER, MAINE REGISTER, OFFICE, 91 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. VOLUME II. PROVIDENCE: GLADDING & BROTHER; GEORGE H. WHITNEY. 1856. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by GEORGE ADAMS, in the 1861, March 30, Gift of Arms Sasmitives & be REG. 315 Baston! PREFACE. The RHODE ISLAND REGISTER, in its present form, embracing information respecting the Government, Institutions and Business of the State, was first published in 1853. The present edition is the second number of the series commenced at that time. Every portion of the work has been thoroughly revised and corrected, and particular pains have been taken to give full and accurate information. The names of the State Officers, General Assembly, Town Officers for 1855-6, will be found in the work, together with the Constitution of the State and the Articles of Amendment. The various trades and professions, and the manufacturing and mechanical branches of industry, recorded in the work, will be found valuable to all interested in the growth and prosperity of the State. A few additions will be found on pages 170 and 171, the information having been received too late for insertion under the proper headings. Our thanks are due to all who have assisted us in preparing this work, and also to the business people for their liberal patronage. ..6 34 INDEX TO THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH THE BUSINESS OF THE ADVERTISER IS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. [See end of the Book.] Sullivan Blacking Co.,.. WALCOTT'S PATENT Graduating Button-Hole Cutters. We respectfully call your attention to our PATENT GRADUATING BUTTON-HOLE CUTTERS, which we are manufacturing in three sizes, adapted to the use of all who have occasion to cut Button-Holes. With No. 1, which is the largest size, Button-Holes may be cut from to 1 inches in length, either with or without an Eyelet Hole at the end. No. 2, Medium size, cuts from to 13 of an inch, with or without an Eyelet Hole. The above sizes, Nos. 1 and 2, are particularly adapted for the use of TAILORS AND TAILORESSES. No. 3, Small size, is designed for FAMILY SHIRT and DRESS MAKERS' use, and cuts from to of an inch in length. In a single pair of these Cutters, are combined the CHISEL, PUNCH, BENCH & MALLET, Formerly used for cutting Button-Holes, especially among Tailors. These Cutters are perfectly simple in their construction and operation. They are used in the same manner as Shears, with the utmost facility, exactness and rapidity. Any required length of Button-Hole may be made with them by sliding the brass bed, which is easily adjusted by the fingers. By means of them, a very great saving of time and labor may be effected: and among TAILORS, TAILORESSES, SHIRT AND DRESS MAKERS, and in fact, in every family, they may be considered as indispensably necessary as Shears or Scissors. Our extended facilities for the manufacture of these unequalled cutting instruments, and the consequent increase of our business, have enabled us to reduce them to the following low retail prices : No. 1-Large size-Improved Tube, ..... 1- Do. Round do.. ... $1.50 1.25 1.17 1.00 .50 For Sale at the principal Hardware and Fancy Goods Stores throughout the Country. WALCOTT BROTHERS, SOLE PROPRIETORS & MANUFACTURERS, PAWTUCKET, R. I. |