Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-07
BROTHERS LIKELY TO CLASH
Eugene And Edmund Foss, Soma Of
Vermont In Congress, Mon Of
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F'osS boys were in their early teens IN"
father ana mother Mr.. and Mrs. George
Edmund Foss, who row live at S Everett
street. Jamalca Plain. Boston. moved to
ST Adams. tn" largest town in Franklin
=. 10 let their children enter the st
Adams high sChoo,. This both boys at
terdtd and became familiar and popular
tiGufc around town
Tie fother and mother Of these two
! Young men were dcVout church people
and the father was y deacon in the
! BAPTIST 'hurch In St Adams. Like
most \ermont"rs he was n rock-rihbed
, republican. Plain living and high think
ing was the rule III the family and
both boys grow up knowing tho value
/ of dollar and understanding that life
was u struggle. From the first II was
| 7e"n that ine brothers we're 10y instinct
ana temperament different. It was fore
gone conclusion that business would claim
/ Eugene. and hN the same token profess
sional life was the magnet for George
or Edmund, rs all his northern Vermont
| acqtaintances call him. Edmund was
! factie in speech. an orator with srac"
and tact. but firm in determination. Eu-
gene WAS kcener and hard worker with
| the tenacitN Of the bulldog who never
gives up TIL mastered by sheer strength
and who rises from a punishment TO fg"t
again. Both are and ever have been tho
soul OF honor in dealing with their fellow
men. I, developed that in 1877 after FIJI
gene had finished his schooling in St.
Adams he went 10 the University of Yer
mont, where he was a diliEpnt student.
| But restless desire to enter the business
world led him To- leave the university in
his sophomore year and he became a
| travelling salesman for a Vermont con-
| Germ II. was successful from the start
| and /, vas rot long before r. g. Stur-
| tevant OF Ho..ou discovered that this
| salesman vas cu,ting into his trade He
| searched oul rir man and secured his
vices AT an advanced salary. From,
that time he made great progress. fur
thor winning the confidence Of Mr.. Stur-
,eyani hy making suggestions which in
creased The business. and finally winning
ono of his erplover's daughters as a
wife So II fell ONT that when MIR. Stur-
! ,evspt laid down ufe's labors the con-
duct of the business fell to MIR Foss and
| he mas since directed IL. building I'M a
large business in this country and abroad.
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