The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-09
TWO BUSINESS FIRMS
OF EMERSON & SON
H. L. Emerson of Brattlcboro and C. S
Emerson of Milford, with Father.
Subjects of Article.

The current issue Of the Furniture
World contains an appreciative article
entitled The Houses of Emerson, with
halfton portraits of Harry l.. Emerson
of Milford, n. H., as they appear at
the present. time and as they appeared
when they were children. The article
is as follows
This article is not about Ralph Wal
do Emerson but of Emerson & Son,
Milford, n. H., and Brattleboro, Vt
In 1898 Sumner B. Emerson took con-
tract work from David Heald. father
OF Edward Head, of the firm of the
present French & Heald Co. He work
ed for Mr.. Heald until 1867 when be
started out for himself, making exten-
sion tables and frames. In 1870 he
shipped the first student chair frames
that ever went to Boston. They were
for Joseph Travis, afterward connect
ed with Frank Rohmer Of New York.
Every one who was in the trade at
that time knows how popular i student
chair was in those DAYS about 1888
They were often called sleepy Hollow
chairs and were mostly covered in
enamel cloth, repp and sometimes in
hair cloth and plush.
say when your correspondent went into
his store, Well, whose chairs have Won
now.' They We're sold so cheap thar
about every firm that made them failed
after one trip on the road
! In 1880 Mr.. Emerson, senior. started
in the retail furniture business taking
his oldest son, Harry, into the firm. In
1855 Emerson s. Son left Milford. n.
| H., and went to Brattleboro, Vt, buy
/ ing out the furniture business of Brown
& Son. They still resided in Milford.
| In 1887 S. B. Emerson moved to Brat
| tieboro, still retaining his interest in
| Milford, that store being looked af-
ter by his younger son, Charles S.
In 1898 Harry Emerson bought out
| his father s interests IN both stores and
his father is living at the ripe old
| age Of 81 years and is hale and hearty,
full of life and cheerfulness. Perhaps
this JOY and cheeriness is the result OF
/ getting out of the furniture business.
| We know he got out of the business
and we also know that it is always q
| pleasure to meet him, to receive his
/ genial smile and cordial shake of the
hand. Everybody has a good word for
Sumner B. Emerson.
In 1894 Harry sold his interest in
the Milford store to his brother Charles
5. Emerson, but retaining the same firm
name, Emerson & Son, making two diff
ferent and distinct firms with exactly
the same firm name and title, one il
Milford, \. H., and one in Brattleboro
=, VT, carried on by the two sons OF
Sumner B. Emerson.
They are two very entcrprising young
men, Charles s. of Milford is very
popular, having represented the town
in the legislature and been solicited K
run for governor He is very active il
Odd Fellowship and is pre-eninent rep
resentative Of the sovereign grant
lodge Of New Hampshire. and in line I,
hold the highest Office in the state. H,
is now in California in the interes
of the order.
He IS a is a public spirited citizel
and looks the the future for results. II
has already planted thousands of pin
trees. which although Of no possibl
o benefit to himself, viii be a grea
' blessing to the coming generation.
. Harry Emerson of Emerson & Son
D BrattlebOro, Vt, has made wonderful
r progress in business. He has built
fine block. occupying the greater par
g of il himself and he has made numer
r our profitable investments, so he is abl
o to live on the competence he won an
: enjoy life surrounded by his family. \
\ a citizen there are none better; he
a man of honor and integrity, esteeme
r most highly by all who come in bus
r ness or social contact with hom.