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Foster (STEPHEN COLLINS an American)

STEPHEN COLLINS, an American song-writer; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., July July 4, 1826; was educated at Athens Academy and Jefferson College, Pennsylvania. He composed the music and wrote the words of over 125 popular songs and melodies, among which are: "Olk Folks at Home"; "Nelly Bly"; "Old Dog Tray"; "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"; "Suwannee River," etc. He died in New York City, Jan. 13, 1864.

FOULOIS (1879); "Kith and Kin" (1881); "The Lass of Laverhouse" (1888); "Oriole's Daughter" (1893). She died in London, July 30, 1891. FOUGÉRES, a town and capital of an arrondissement, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, France, situated on the Nançon river, 25 miles N. E. of Rennes. It is the center of a considerable industry in leather goods, boots and shoes, sail cloth, dairy products and timber, being surrounded by extensive forests. The population is about 14,000.