Ill health forced him to give up that work; and returning to Connecticut, he became partner in the firm of J.WILCOX & Co., corst manufacturers of Meriden. He continued with this company as their agent in NY City for 8 years, at the end of which time in 1875, he was admitted to the firm of WATERMAN & MAYER, corset manufacturers in W. Brookfield. When the firm was dissolved, the Bay State Corset Company was organized, with Mr. OLMSTEAD as its president, a responsible position, which he held for several years. On Dec. 1, 1894, hehelped organize theOLMSTEAD Quaboag Corset Company, one of the largest and most prosperous of the kind in this part of the state., and of which he has since been the general manager. In politics, Mr. OLMSTEAD takes an Independent course. THE END