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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  MARCH  25,  1891

HO.  392

NATE, THE YANKEE PEDDLER. 

Written-for  Thk Tradesman.

I was the  village  constable—quite  an 
important  personage  sometimes—but  I 
wore  my  honors  very  meekly,  as  this 
office was to me  quite  a  side  issue. 
It 
was  not  my  profession,  neither  had  I 
sought  the  business,  and  just  how  it 
came about that I was selected for a con­
stable it would be hard to tell,  unless  it 
was because I jerked ajbig  schoolmaster 
out  of  his  hoots,  because  I  one  day 
caught  him  in  the  act  of  pounding  a 
small girl with a ruler. 
I was  a  profes­
sional  violinist—by  courtesy  or,  some 
other polite reason,  called  “a  fiddler”— 
where  I  then  lived.  This  was  before 
the war,  and,  although a real  down  East 
Yankee,  I  resided  in  West  Tennessee. 
In those days, and in that region especial­
ly,  a  white  “fiddler”  who  could  both 
“play and  call”  for  contra-dances  and 
cotillions was looked upon with great def­
erence and was generously paid the price 
asked to furnish the music for  all  kinds 
of parties.  My income from this  source 
was more than that of any good  mechan­
ic in that  region  and  not  only  allowed 
two of us to live comfortably but  luxur­
iously.  So much by way of preface.

There had been a  burglary  committed 
in  our  small  village  one  night,  and  a 
messenger came from  the  proprietor  of 
our only  hardware  store  asking  me  to 
come down after breakfast,  as he wished
to see me. 
It was during the summer of 
1858, and for the past two weeks we  had 
no  rain.  Somehow,  rainy  weather  al­
ways aided me in tracking a burglar. 
It 
was about six  o’clock,  some  time  after 
sunrise,  when 1  entered  Mr.  Albright’s 
store.  One nearly empty show-case  and 
a  back  window  from  which  two  large 
panes of glass were missing and the sash 
cut out between  them  were  the  visible 
evidences of a robbery.

“Can you explain  the  absence  of  any 
bits of glass scattered about?” asked  Mr. 
Albright.  “Of course,  the  thieves  may 
have taken time and coolly swept up and 
carried  away  all  the  debris  of  their 
work.”

After thinking a moment,  I replied,  “j 
think that your reasoning  and  my  close 
examination of the window  will  furnish 
a clew to the  thief—for  I  believe  there 
was but one—and  even  a  clew  is  most 
important for us to possess.”

“That is all the aid 1 can  furnish you,” 
said he, dolefully,  “except to say that the 
floor of this show-case was covered  with 
a  choice  and  valuable  assortment  of 
Wastenholm  pocket-knives, 
scissors,
pocket compasses and a select line of fine 
cutlery in general,  including  nine  phy­
sicians’ pocket  cases,  which  retailed  at 
$15 each.  My loss is over $160.”

“Replace the  glass  in  the  back  win­
dow at once,” said I.  “Put  other  goods 
in the show-case and say as little as  pos­
sible  about  the  occurrence. 
If  anyone 
enquires for me within the next few days, 
say that you think  I  went  up  to  Mem­
phis to play for a  party. 
I  will  report 
to you on my return.  By  the way,” said 
I,  with my hand on the door-latch,  “can 
you furnish me with a small tin box hav­

ing a handle,  which  I  can  conveniently 
carry in the hand?”

“Let  me  see,”  he  replied, 

looking 
thoughtfully about the store  a  moment. 
“I have an  old  one,  if  that  would  an­
swer your  purpose,  left  here  last  Jan­
uary by a peddler,  to  be  repaired,  and 
he never called for it?”

“Just the thing, I  expect—let  me  see 

it.  The older it is,  the better,” said I.

life. 

through 

It proved to be exactly what I wanted.
I had been over at Alemo,  in  Crockett 
county,  the previous  week,  to  play  for 
a ball,  and  the  particular  hero  of  the 
occasion that night was  “Tricky Ben,”  a 
young man  who had been brought up  on 
his father’s farm near the  village  where 
the robbery  had  occured.  He  had  re­
ceived this rather unenviable name from 
having  been  a  very  unreliable  boy  at 
school,  and it seemed destined to go with 
him 
I  had  never  been 
personally  acquainted  with  him  but 
knew that,  by  trade,  he  was  a  painter 
and  glazier.  At 
that  period  the  two 
kinds of business were  almost  insepara­
ble.  Before I  came to  the  State,  Ben’s 
father had removed from his old farm  to 
the north  boundary  of Crockett  county, 
about  fourteen  miles  distant.  About 
this time,  I was told that  Ben  had  been 
hired by a slave dealer to go into  Missis­
sippi to work at his trade.  He  had  just 
returned  after  an  absence  of  several 
years. 
I had been  told on  the  night  of 
the party who he was,  and I  noticed  his 
flashy  appearance.  A  small  diamond 
ring on one of his fingers,  coupled  with 
the fact  that  I  had  noticed  that  a dia­
mond  had  been  employed  in  removing 
the glass from window  of  the  hardware 
store,  impressed me with the belief  that, 
by a  little  stratagem,  I  could  bag  my 
man  and  he  would  he  found  to  be 
“Tricky  Ben.”

About  daylight,  the  second  morning 
after  the  robbery  occurred,  a  Yankee 
peddler might have  been  seen  trudging 
along on  foot  toward  Alemo.  He  was 
apparently a stranger  in  the  State  and 
his dress was peculiar.  He  wore  a  pair 
of  corduroy  pants,  close 
fitting  and 
rather short for him,  strapped down over 
a  pair  of  heavy  hoots.  His  vest  and 
coat were both as much too  long  as  the 
pants were too short,  and the skirt of his 
coat,  which  was of  some  thin  material, 
flapped loosely about him in  the  breeze. 
An  almost  white  sombrero  hat  (then 
fashionable in the  south,)  with  a  wide 
band  that  might  have  been  a  small 
United  States 
it,
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BALL

BARNHART 

adorned  his  head.  A 
faded  blue i 
neck-tie was  around  his  throat,  and  a 
red cotton handkerchief protruded  from  | 
In one hand he  carried j 
his coat pocket. 
a small tin trunk.  He seemed to pay  no j 
attention to objects by the wayside, appar- | 
ently intent upon  pursuing  his  journey 
and whistling  his  favorite  air. 
I  need 
hardly  tell  you  that  the  peddler  was 
myself, Nathan Owen,  “the fiddler.”

It was nearly S o’clock when I stepped 
through  the  open  door  of  the  hotel  at 
Alemo and, addressing the landlord, said: 
I hope I aint tew 
late fer  breakfast, ner  tew airly fer  din­
ner,  fer,  by Jingo, I feel  about as empty 
as a Methodist contribution box.”

“ How do yew dew? 

The man  knew me  well,  but  could not 
penetrate my disguise, for the paint upon 
my face  completely  altered my features. 
He looked  first at me  and then at my tin 
box, as I deposited it upon one end of the 
bar, and a smile played about the corners 
of  his  mouth.  Finally,  he  seemed  to 
wake up to the  importance of  my rather 
ambiguous  remark and said:

“We’ve  had  breakfast,  stranger,  but 
my darter’ll git  ye  up some eatable eggs 
an’  bacon  in  ten  minutes,  ef  yer  in  a 
hurry.”

“Yew  don’t  say!  Wall,  that’s  quick 
enough  fer  anybody,”  I  replied,  as  I 
bustled  about  to  wash  my  hands  and 
face  in a tin  wash  dish  in one  corner of 
the room.

“What  ye  sellin’,  stranger?”  was  his 
question,  and he again glanced at the tin 
box.

“ ’Most  everything  in  all  creation— 
pins, needles, thread, thimbles an’ sich,”
I replied.  “An’  they’re mighty good an’ 
dirt  cheap.  Thet ’minds me of  yer eggs 
an’  bacon,  mister.”  And the man rushed 
out the kitchen to order my breakfast.

“Say,  yew!”  said  I, as  he  returned  to 
the  room.  “Can  yew  tell  me  the  way 
tew reach  the  Dixon  settlement up near 
Friendship  somewhere ?  Mebby  yew 
know  Dixon?  He  moved  up from  Hay­
wood county a few years ago.”

“ No,  I  don’t know the  old  man,” he 
replied,  “but  I  know  one  of  his  boys, 
‘Tricky Ben’  thet has jest got home from 
down in Mississip’,  whar he’s bin several 
years.  Some say that Ben is rich.  Groin’ 
to peddle up there?” he asked.

“Thet’s  what  I  cal’late  on,” was  my 

reply.

“ Come in to breakfast,”  said he, open­
ing  a  door  into  the dining-room,  “ an’ 
■then I’ll show yew the way.”

After I had  breakfasted,  the  landlord, 

as he bade me “good morning,” said: 

“Yew’ll  find a good  many  housen  fer 
about three miles on yer way north where 
ye can sell considerable truck, but beyont 
that I aint much  acquainted.”

If  anyone  took  me  for a peddler that 
day,  he probably  imagined that I was out 
of  goods,  for I  made  no  calls,  stopping 
only  to  rest a moment  by  the  roadside. 
A  boy  whom I met  about  noon  gave me 
the  information  that  “ole  man  Dixon’s 
house  was  in  the  holler  a  right  smart 
w a y   ahead  of  me,” and  which  I  after­
ward found  meant one  and a half  miles.
The day was unusually warm.  Dixon’s 
dogs  were  probably  asleep  in  the  log 
barn  which 1 passed,  for  they  were  not 
aroused  by  my  approach.  After  con­
siderable  pounding on the  front  door, a 
female voice  in  a  high  key  said,  “Come 
around the  house.”  1  obeyed  the  com­
mand  and,  beneath  the  shade of  a  large 
sycamore  tree,  confronted  two  young 
girls  engaged  in  needlework,  who  said

“Oh!”  at  my  appearance  and  hardly 
seemed  to  know  whether to laugh  or  to 
run.

“Excuse  me, gals,” I  hastened  to say, 
at the  same  time  seating  himself  on  a 
bench  near  by  and  proceeding  to  open 
my tin box.  “ I  kinder  thought  mebby 
yew’d  like  tew  look at some  needles  or 
some little nicknacks.  Mebby yew don’t 
hev a little trav’lin’ store cum along every 
day.”  And  I  began to spread  out a few 
things on the bench beside me.

“Bring ’em over to this table,  mister,” 
said one of the girls, evidently gathering 
courage at my harmless  appearance.  “I 
want some thread and some pins.”

Pleased  with  anything  that  would 
make  the  girls  more  talkative, I  moved 
the  box  and  goods  to  the  table,  which 
was a wide  board  fastened  against  the 
trunk of the tree. 
I next  produced from 
my box  several  pieces of  bright  colored 
silk  ribbon  and a half  dozen  black  silk 
watch  guards  with  gold-plated  slides. 
At sight of  these, the younger girl  made 
a bound toward a back door of the house, 
which  she  as  suddenly pushed  open,  re­
vealing a stairway leading to rooms above, 
and,  in  the  same  shrill  key 1 had  heard 
before, yelled,  “Ben, come down!  There’s 
a  peddler  here  and  he’s  got  something 
you want.”  Leaving the door wide open, 
she  hurried  back.  Her  sister  was  just I 
paying me in silver for the goods she had 
selected.  “Ben” soon  appeared  in  the 
door-way  and,  eying  me  sharply  for  a 
moment,  walked  out  under  the 
tree 
minus coat and hat.

“Pretty  warm  day,  stranger,” was  his 

salutation,  as I looked up.

“Wall, I’ll be derned ef yew haint told 
the truth,” I  answered,  “ fer I’ve walked 
clear  from  below  Alemo  to-day and  jest 
thought I’d  better  git intew  the shade a 
while.”

“Anything  new down  that  way? ”  he 

carelessly asked.

"Nothin’  special,  I  guess,”  was  my 

reply.

“ What  do  you  ask  for  those  watch 
guards?” he  enquired,  as  he ran  his eye 
over the table.

"Wall, now, mister, they’re wuth more 
with them gold slides, but, bein’ its yew, 
say tew dollars, an’  ye can  hev one.”

After  examining  one  closely, he  said, 
“I’m a trifle short of  money.  Couldn’t I 
make  a  trade  with  you for  this  half  a 
dozen ? ”

“Thet  depends  on  what  yew  hev  to 
I couldn’t carry a y earl in’ 

trade, mister. 
heifer in my tin box, yew see.”

“Do  you  sell  pocket-knives?”  he  en­

quired.

“I’d  like  some,” said  I,  “but  haven’t 

been able tew buy ’em yit.”

“If the girls have got what  they want, 
pack up your traps and bring your trunk 
upstairs  a  minute,  while  I  show  you 
something,” said  Ben.

“ Won’t  we  bother  the  lady  of  the 
house,” I  asked,  putting  out  “a  feeler” 
to find where the old folks were.

“ Father  and  mother  went  away  this 
morning,  so there’s no one in the house,” 
he  replied.  “But,  say!”  he  continued, 
suddenly facing  me,  as though struck by 
a  new  idea.  “Where  did  you say  you 
lived ?”

I  was  prepared  for this  question and, 
without any hesitation, I replied,  “Down 
tew Memphis.”

I  followed  him  up the  stairs  and into 
a room where he motioned  me to a chair.
“You see,”  said he,  “ I  was in the hard­
w are  business  lately,  and  I  brought  a

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few  things  with  me to  sell  if  I  had  a 
chance. 
Some  of  them  are  surgeons’ 
instruments  and  are  very  costly  and  I 
don’t  show  them  to  everyone. 
I don’t 
want you to mention  that I have  any,  as 
I  might  be  robbed,  you  know, but  your 
being a peddler  and a dealer,  I’ll  let you 
see ’em, of  course.”  And  he  took a key 
from  his  pocket  and  opened  an  old- 
fashioned wooden  chest standing by  the 
wall.  From this he took two fine pocket 
cases  of  physicians’ 
instruments  and 
several  pocket-knives,  all  of  which 
answered  the  description of  the  articles 
taken from Mr.  Albright’s show-case.

“ Gewhitaker! ”  I  exclaimed,  as  he 
opened  up  one  of  the cases  on  a  table 
near  a  window,  giving  one a good  view 
of  every  instrument.  The  burnished 
steel  glittered  like  silver in  the  bright 
sunlight. 
“I’ll  be  dodrotted,  ef  these 
knives don’t fairly make a feller’s jug’lar 
veins  tremble.  How  much  dew  them 
cost?”

“Twenty-five  dollars  each,”  was  his 

reply.

“Tew don’t let  the gals  know what ye 

hev in this chist, dew ye?”

“Of course  not, though 1 made each of 
’em a present of  a  knife,” he  answered.
The  result  of  our  conversation  was 
that I purchased one of  the pocket  cases 
from Ben for $20 cash and took a number 
of pocket-knives, paying for them in trade 
from  my tin  box.  He agreed  to  return 
with me to Alemo on foot that afternoon, 
carrying  with  him  another  pocket  case 
and one  dozen of  his best  knives,  which 
I was to purchase when we arrived at the 
county seat,  where  I  told  him I had left 
a part of my money until my  return.

1  heard  him  say to his  sister  that  he 
would  not  return  until  some  time  the 
next  day,  and  he  cautioned  her  to  be 
careful  about  allowing  strangers in  the 
house.

I need  not say to the reader  that I had 
engaged this  man and  his teani,rbefore I 
left  home,  to drive  to  that  farm  house 
and to remain  until the  following day if 
he  did  not  see  me  return before.  The 
arrangement was also  made  for  him  to 
drive  into  the  water,  where  the  arrest 
was to take  place;  but  we were  entirely 
unprepared  for  the fellow’s  sudden  at­
tempt to kill me.  After  we got him  into 
the wagon  and started on again he looked 
like an enraged  beast.

“I  regret,”  he  said,  turning  to  me, 
“that  I  didn’t  have  time to bring  down 
these  ‘darby’s’  on  your  Yankee  skull, 
but I’ll  get a whack at you  yet—see if  I 
don’t!”

I had hardly spoken a word since snap­
ping  the'irons around his wrists.  I  now 
thought it time to' remark:

“Save all  your  regrets, young  man,” I 
replied.  By  this  time  he  was  looking 
me squarely in the  face  as if  I had  been 
some  strange  being  just  risen from  the 
dead.  “You  have  a  tough  Yankee  to 
deal with,  and  if  you  live to get  out  of 
state  prison—where  you  are  going—1 
shall be liable to kill you on sight, if you 
ever dare to cross  my path!”

glass?” he quickly asked.

“Who  saw  me  use  that  ring  on  the 

“To  the  town  where  you  used  that 
diamond  ring of  yours  on  the  glass?”  I 
answered.

“No  matter  who. 

I  know  that  you 
did,  and you  carried the glass away with 
you also.”

“Well,  I believe you’d deceive the very 
devil  himself,  anyhow,”  was  his  reply. 
“And  now  where  are  you going  to take 
me?”

As  the  heat  was  intense, we  did  not 
start  on  our  walk until  after  3 o’clock 
and  then went very  leisurely.  After we 
had  gone about  three  miles on the  road 
toward  Alemo,  we  passed  a  farm  house 
on  a  slight  rise of  ground,  with  a barn 
some  distance  back of  it, near  which  a 
man was  attaching a span of  horses  to a 
lumber wagon.  When  a  short  distance 
farther  ahead,  we  saw  the  man  drive 
down into the road and turn in the direc­
tion  we  were  going.  Noticing  that  the 
wagon was  double  seated,  I proposed  to 
my companion  that we ask  him to let us 
ride, to which  he  acceded.  As  the man 
came  near  us,  he  allowed  the  horses to 
walk.  Looking  from  one  to  the  other, 
If  ye’ve 
he  remarked,  “Hot  day,  boys. 
fur to go,  ye’d  best jump in  an’ ride. 
I 
shell  hev to drive slow  to-day,  anyway.” 
Thanking  him,  we  climbed  into  the 
back  seat.  A  mile  farther  ahead of  us, 
a  small  brook  ran  across  the  highway, 
over which was a rude bridge that seemed 
to be  abandoned  in  summer,  people pre­
ferring  to  drive  through  the  stream to 
Early the following morning,  I donned 
water their  horses. 
Into  this  brook  the 
my Yankee  suit  again  and on horseback 
man turned  his team  and  stopped when 
returned  to  Dixon’s  farm. 
I  was  the 
about  two-thirds  of 
the  way  across. 
same pleasant  peddler  to  the  two  girls 
Walking out on the pole of the wagon, he 
as on  the  previous  day.  To  their  en­
unchecked  the  animals,  that  they might 
quiries  for their  brother,  I produced the 
drink.  After  adjnsting  the  checks, he 
key to his  trunk,  saying that  he was  go­
walked  back,  stepped  over  into  the  box 
ing with me in another direction and had 
and took his seat exactly in front of Ben, 
sent me up  for a few little  things which 
leaving  the  reins  wound  around  one of 
he  wanted to take with  him,  and  that  it 
the box stakes as he had  left  them.  An 
might  be a week before he returned,  but 
instant after, he slowly turned around in 
that  he  would  write to them. 
I  was  so 
his  seat as if  to speak  and,  with a light­
innocent  withal  that  my  story  seemed
ning  movement,  grasped  Ben  by  both
wrists,  held  them  as  if  In  a  vice,  and I satisfactory  and  I  was  admitted  to  his

From  the  young  man’s  pocket  I  ex­
tracted the key to his chest, relieved him 
of  his  knives  and  instruments  and  my 
$20  cash  and,  lastly,  a  wicked-looking 
six-shooter  containing  a  cartridge 
in 
every  chamber.  Then,  after  feeding him 
a good  supper, but  never  once removing 
his  handcuffs,  I  placed  him  in  a  safe 
lock-up for the night.

’.I'HH  MICECtGAlSr  TRADESMAN.

3

to 
before  either  of  us  had 
say a word, I  had a pair of  handcuffs  on 
him.

time 

Every'movement of ours had been exe­
cuted so quickly,  and as if  preconcerted, 
that  Tricky Ben was the  most  surprised 
individual  you  ever  saw.  He  instantly 
sprang  to  his  feet,  raised  his  manacled 
hands  high  in  the  air  and would  have 
crushed  in  my skull with the  irons, had 
not  the  driver  struck  him  a  full  blow 
with  his  fist  on  one  side  of  his  head, 
sending him clear out of  the wagon.  Not 
being  able to help  himself  in  the  least, 
Ben  would  surely have  been  killed  by 
the  fall,  as  he  struck on his  head  and 
shoulders,  if  the  wagon  had  not  been 
standing  in  over  two  feet  of  running 
water.  As  it  was, he only  took  a  good 
bath, and  we  also  came very  near  it, in 
our  united  efforts  to  save  him  from 
drowning.

room, where  I  soon  transferred  all  his 
“hardware”  to a grain sack I had brought 
with me,  and as Ben  had asked me to do,
I  sealed  the  key of  his  trunk,  together 
with a letter  to  his  mother,  in an  envel­
ope  he had  directed  and  left it with  his 
sisters.  His examination  before a justice 
of the  peace took place that day.  As he 
waived examination,  but  little time was 
occupied,  and  the  same  night  he  was 
committed to the county jail to await his 
trial  before  the  circuit court.

Long  after “ Tricky  Ben ”  had  been 
sent to the state prison for the crime, and 
while I was visiting  friends  in Connecti­
cut,  1  learned that  he had  been  released 
and  had  gone at  once  to  Arkansas,  in­
stead  of  returning  to  his  old  haunts in 
Mississippi. 
I  obtained considerable  lo­
cal fame in this case,  and was ever after­
ward known  in  Tennessee  as “Nate,  the 
Yankee peddler.”

Spring  Season 1891.

I f  You  desire  to  sell

Carpets  bp  Sample

Send for

Circular  and  Price  List.

GUARD  RAPIDS.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

C

Spring & 
THE  PUTNÄM  GUNDY  GO.,
Wholesale
Man ufacturers.

Fruit  and  Nut  Jobbers.

ASK  FOR  PRICE  CIST.

GRAND  RAPIDS.
Buy our Custom Made River 
Boots  and  Shoes.  We  make 
the  Correct  Styles  in  River 
Goods.  The  bottom  stock  is 
more  solid  and the  fitting  on 
the upper is stronger than any 
other  lines  made.  Our  New 
Spring lines have proved great 
sellers.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Carland—J.  W.  Everett  has  sold  his 
store  and  general  stock  to  Shannon  & 
Scott,  who  will  incorporate  the  stock 
with their  own.

Kenton—The  Soper  Lumber  Co  has 
closed a bargain  for the Chick and  Kroll 
| tracts of pine timber,  near this point and 
j will put in a mill here.  The parties men- 
| tioned controlled the bulk  of the  timber 
I tributary to this  point.

Thompsonville — C.  A.  Robinson,  of 
Rothbury,  has  begun  the  erection  of  a 
store building  here,  which  he will  occu­
py  with a general stock.

4

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Eastlake—S.  Rothschild & Co.  have re­

opened their meat market.

Ypsilanti—Hewitt  &  Champion,  boot 

and shoe dealers,  have assigned.

Detroit—Robert  L.  Barclay  succeeds 

Teed Bros,  in the grocery  business.

Cadillac—John  Garvin  succeeds  Gar­

vin & Johnson in the meat business.

Port  Huron—G.  M.  Dayton  succeeds 

Frank Bagg in the hardware business.

Lake Odessa—Wright & Friend will add j 

Whitehall — Geo.  H.  Nelson 

a line of dry goods to their grocery stock.
is  suc­
ceeded  by Nelson  &  Co in general trade.
Imlay City—H.  A. R.  Wyckoff  has  re­
moved his hardware stock to Port Huron.
Manistee — Carl  L.  Preutz  succeeds 
Preutz & Skyette in the jewelry business.
Mayville—C.  E.  Brown  is  succeded  by 
Green & Brown in the hardware business.
West Bay City—Geo.  L.  Mosher is suc­
ceeded by the  Geo.  L.  Mosher  Hardware 
Co.
Detroit—Arthur  Tredway  &  Co.,  wall 
paper  dealers,  will  retire  from the  busi­
ness.

Graafschap—T.  Boven  is  succeeded by 
Boven & Knot  in the boot and  shoe busi­
ness.

Monroe—Mrs.  J.  Meyerfield is succeed­
ed  by E.  E.  Rauch in the  clothing  busi­
ness.

Big  Rapids—Edgar  Pierce  succeeds 
Pierce & Littlefield in the hardware  bus­
iness*

Owosso—C. J.  Stuart has sold his hard-1 
ware  stock  to  Cyrus  Reimmer,  late  of 
Detroit

Detroit—Jones  &  Co.  will  close  out 
their boot and shoe  stock and will  retire 
from trade.

Dorr—L.  N.  Fisher has sold his general I 
stock to John  Neuman,  possession  to  be 
given June 1.

St. Johns—C.  M.  (Mrs.  J.  M.)  Jones 
has  removed  her  dry goods and  grocery 
stock to Vassar.

Mt.  Pleasant—Garvin &Wadhams, gro­
cers,  have dissolved,  M.  Garvin  continu­
ing the business.

Alma—Stevens &  Son, dealers in  agri­
cultural implements,  have removed  their 
stock to Rosebush.

Detroit—Benj. E. Sickler is advertising 
to  close  out his  drug  stock  at  auction, 
beginning March 24.
Bronson—Wm.  F.  Morton,  boot  and j 
shoe  dealer, is closing  out his  stock  and 
will retire from  business.

Alto—Geo.  W.  McKee  has  purchased j 
the general stock of  D.  M.  Skidmore and 
will continue the business.

Big Rapids—T.  J.  Sharpe has sold  his 
grocery stock to  A.  C.  Berge.  He  will 
continue the  meat  business.

Alma—H.  A.  Delavan  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by Geo.  M.  Delavan  in  general 
trade and the lumber business.

Mt.  Pleasant—Palmer  Halsted,  dealer 
in  groceries  and  provisions,  has  been 
closed under chattel mortgage.

Saginaw—Pomeroy,  Kruse 4fc Kern  are 
succeeded by  the  Pomeroy  Cracker  Co. 
in  the wholesale bakery business.

Tekonsha—Elmer  Abies  has  opened  a 
new grocery store and  contemplates put­
ting in a meat  market in connection.

Standish—D.  W.  Richardson  is  sue- 
ceeded by A.  D.  Walker & Co.  in general 
trade and  the telegraph pole business.

Schoolcraft—S.  E.  Troxel  is  closing 
out  bis  grocery  stock  here  and  will 
shortly  engage  in  the  same  business a t ; 
Copemish.

Manton—The  Meyer  Hardware  Co.  is 
preparing  plans  for  a  two-story  brick 
building,  which  will  be  erected  during 
the coming summer season.

Charlotte—Shepherd &  Mikesell  have 
purchased the creamery of the  Charlotte 
j  Creamery Co.  and  will continue the  bus­
iness in connection  with their butter and 
egg business.

Muskegon—G.  W.  Griffin  writes  T h e 
that  he  has  taken  John 
T radesm an 
Knooihuizen  in  partnership with  him in 
the  grocery business  under  the  style  of 
G.  W.  Griffin & Co.

Detroit—The Hull Bros.  Co.  have  or­
ganized with a  capital  of  $50,000,  $10,- 
000 of which is paid in,  to engage  in  the 
wholesale and retail  grocery  and  provi­
sion  business.  Elias  Frank,  Benjamin 
Johnson,  Julia  A.  Hull  and  Hetty  C. 
Hull are the stockholders

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—The J.  R.  Hall  shingle mill, 
at Essexvilie,  will  start the season about 
April  1.

Goodman—Wm.  L.  Webber is stocking | 
a small sawmill here.  The  lumber  will 
be railed to Saginaw.

Harrison—S. White has cut and shipped 
from  Harrison Junction 105 car  loads  of | 
pine bolts for the St.  Louis  Wooden ware 
Works.

Trout  Creek—The W.  D.  Wing  Com­
pany is putting in a  large  sawmill  here 
and  will  have  same  in  operation  about 
June 1.
Blissfield—C.  E.  Rogers,  A.  S.  Bush j 
| and E.  Phelps have formed  a  copartner­
ship to build and operate a  canning  fac­
tory here.

Saginaw—Bliss & VanAuken  have  cut 
800,000 feet  of  hemlock  on  section  10, 
i near  Farwell,  all  of  which  has  been 
| railed to this place.

Detroit — The  Detroit  and  Marquette 
j  Brown  Stone  Co.  has 
filed  amended 
articles,  with $500,000  capital  and twen­
ty-three stockholders.

Standish—Jas.  Norn is  cutting  1,000,- 
000 of lumber a month at  his  mill  here. 
The cut is mostly long  timber,  car  sills 
and norway bill  stuff.

Flint—Uriah Thompson  is having 200,- 
000 feet of oak lumber cut  at  Elba,  and 
is  also  cutting  a  number  of  hundred I 
| thousand feet of other woods.

Saginaw — James  F.  Wylie  has  pur 

chased a half  interest in the  plant of  E. I 
! A. Gyde, hoop  and  stave  manufacturer, 
j  and the new firm will  be  known  as Gyde 
j & Wylie.

Detroit—Hiram  T.  Bush,  Henry  P. 
Cope and John  H.  Bissell  have  incorpo*
| rated  the  Excelsior  Stove  Pattern  Co., 
with  a capital of $30,000,  of  which  $12,- 
000 is paid in.

Detroit — Peter  Huyser,  Frank  H. 
Farnsworth and  Rokus  Huyser  have  in­
corporated  as  P.  Huyser  &  Co.  to make 
baking  powder,  flavoring  extracts,  etc., 
with $20,000 capital.

Marquette—The Cleveland Saw  Mill & 
Lumber Co.  has  let  a  contract  for  re­
moving the 100 light  incandescent  plant 
now in the Dead river mill and replacing 
it with a 250 light incandescent plant.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 85 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

205

iness, established five years in good town  of  1,900 
people.  A snap for someone, as there is but one  other 
clothing store here.  L. R. Hinsdill, Hartford, Mich. 181

IX>R 8ALE—CLOTHING A FURNISHING GOODS Bus­
1?OR  SALE—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK,  EXCEPT 

drugs and hardware, situated at good country trad 
tures will inventory about $8,500.  Purchaser will get a 
bargain, as owners have other business which requires 
their attention.  Postoffice in connection.  C.  Eddy  A 
Son, Grattan, Mich. 

ing point, 88 n-iles  from  Grand  Rarids.  Stock and fix­

1?OR SALE—LARGE  GENERAL  STOCK,  WELL  LO- 

cated, and carrying the good will of a long estab­
lished,  successful  business.  Goods  staple  and  all 
bought for cash.  This is a great  bargain  and  a  rare 
opportunity  for  anyone  looking  for  a  good  busi- 
ness opening.  Phil M. Roedel, White Cloud, Mich. 204

try town of 500 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 

For  sale- fine  stock  of  boots  and  shoes
Ft OR  SALE—WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK,  IN- 

special  line.  No  old  goods.  Everything  desira 
ble.  Good  trade,  mostly  cash.  Excellent 
farming 
country. Address “Shoes,” care Michigan Tradesman 211
ventorying about $1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
has other  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
i^REAT CHANCE  TO  BUT  A  WELL  ESTABLISHED 
V J  furniture  business  in  one  of  the  best  cities  in 
Michigan;$20,000  stock;  good  town;  good  trade;  no 
competition; present owner  has  other  business.  For 
full  particulars  address  H.  C.  Ransom,  Jackson, 
Mich. 
T   HAVE  A  FARM  OF  90  ACRE8,  PARTIALLY  IM- 
X  proved, to  exchange  for  a  grocery  stock.  A.  L. 
Vandercook, Mason. Mich. 

i?OR SALE—COMPLETE DRUG STOCK  IN  A  GROW- 

ing village on good line  of  railroad,  surrounded 
by as fine farming  country  as  there  is  anywhere  in 
Michigan.  Must quit the business  on  account  of  fail­
ing  health.  Address  No.  213  care  Michigan  Trades­
man 
213
FOR  SALE—a  COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND Fix­
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell,
Mich. 
124
TX7"ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
VV 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 

210

173

218

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SAMPLES OF TWO  KINDS  OF  COUPONS  FOR  RE- 

tailero  will  be  sent free  to  any dealer  who  will 
write for them to  the  Sutliff  Coupon  Pass  Book  Co.. 
Albany. N. Y. 
RUG 8TOCK—NEAT  AND ATTRACTIVE, AND NEW 
hardwood  fixtures.  Excellent  location  on  best 
retal 1 street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  light 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  just 
completed, $2,600.  On account  of  failing  health,  will 
sell  at  invoice  or  for  $2,400  cash,  if  sold  by  March 
16.  Otherwise will hold it as an  investment.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  investigation  solicited.  Ad- 
dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co.. City. 197

564

SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED — SITUATION  IN  OFFICE  BY  YOUNG 

lady of 20, who  has  had  the  advantage  of  col­
legiate education;  does not  write  short  hand,  but  is 
good penman; wages i ot so much an object as a pleas­
ant place to work.  Address Z,  care  Michigan  Trades­
m a n ^ ^ ____________________________ • 
m is c e l l a n e o u s .

122

218

220

Minn.  Lock box, 19>, Waldron, Mich. 

t TOR  SAL*—B0  SHARES  OF  STOCK  IN  AMERICAN 
I TOR  SALE—BUILDING  32  X 

Building; and  Loan  Association,  of  Minneapolis, 
219
l i t ,   THREE  FLOORS, 
suitable for handling produce.  Siding on C. A O. 
ring.  Liberal inducements offered right parties to  lo­
cate.  Correspond, nee solicited.  Address  Bec'y  Busi­
ness Men’s Association, Bancroft, Mich. 

T. Ry.  Fine opening for pickle  works  or  n anufactu- 

town  of  1,500  inhabitants  on  the  Michigan  Central 

I TOR SALE—A GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF  HARDWARE 

and agricultural implements, situated in  a  good 
Railway.  Good  farming  country  surrounding.  Has 
enjoyed and does now the leading trade.  Good satisfac­
tory reasons for selling.  This is a bargain for  anyone 
with energy and push.  Address No. 218  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

I  TOR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  81.200.  Terms  to 

dress No. 221, care Michigan Tradesman. 

try. ice  cream  and  lunch  counter;  cash  trade. 
Falling health only  reason  for  wanting  to  sell.  Ad 

t TOR SALE— AN OLD AND WELL-ESTABLISHED BAK- 
Room and power for rent in good location

on r. iiway track.  H. Rademaker A Sons,  Grand 
Rjpids, Mich. 
208
rpHOSE  WISHING  TO  BUT  PUKE  MAPLE  SYRUP 
X   would do well to write to  F.  N.  Cornell.  Sebewa,
Mich. 
117"ANTED—I  WILL  PAT  CASH  FOR  A  CLEAN 
VV 
stock of bootsand shoes or hardware in  a  good 
livetown,NorthernMlohiganpreferred.  Address No  209 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
ANTED—POSITION  BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
cist,  4  years  experience.  Address  H,  Fox,  238 
Jefferson St., City. 
217
WANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED- PHARMA- 
cist.  Nine years experience.  Best of reference. 
222
Address O. I. N. T , care Michigan Tradesman. 

187.

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Manistee—Louis Sands has had  eighty 
| men at work  about  his  sawmill  all win- 
j ter,  as  the  changes  and  repairs  made 
necessary by the  burning  of  one  of  his 
mills  last  summer  were  almost  equiva- 
| lent  to  building  a  new  mill.  The mill 
will not be  ready  to  run  until about the 
j middle of April,  but that will  be as soon 
as logs  will begin to arrive.

Evart—F.  S.  Postal  has  traded  the 
Evart Hotel  property  to  Willard  John­
son,  of Fulton,  N.  Y.,  the  consideration 
being 5,200 acres of timbered  land  lying 
| near Yanceburg,  Lewis county, Ky.  The 
land  in question is said to contain  7,000- 
000 feet  of  pine,  5,000,000  poplar,  and 
30,000,000 feet of oak,  besides other mer­
chantable  timber.

Reed City—Wenzel  Bros.,  of  Leroy, 
have  closed  a  contract  with  the  Reed 
City Improvement  Association  and  will 
erect  a  saw  and  shingle  mill  at  this 
place.  A site has been secured  and  ar­
rangements  perfected  for  constructing 
the plant.  There is  very  little  pine  in 
the  vicinity,  but  cedar  and  hardwood 
are quite plentiful.

Saginaw—The  Arthur  Hill  Company 
succeeds Hill  Bros,  and J.  H.  Hill*Sons 
in the lumber business,  the  latter  firms 
being wound  up and merged in  the  new 
company.  C.  M.  Hill  retains  his  mill 
and  individual  lumbering operations  in­
tact,  as heretofore,  as an individual  con­
cern,  and is not included  in  the  Arthur 
Hill Company,  of  which  he  is  a  large 
stockholder.  He  has  about  completed 
logging operations for  the  saason,  hav­
ing secured a stock for his mill here.

MUSKEGON.

Cook & Thorp  have  opened  their  new 

grocery store at  182 Houston avenue.

Subscription  books  will  be  opened 
March  25  for  the  new  gravel  road com­
pany,  which  proposes  to  construct  a 
gravel  road  twenty  miles  long  running 
southeast  of  the  city  through  Ravenna 
and Chester townships.  The project has 
| lately  taken  on  definite  shape  and  will 
undoubtedly be carried out.

The  Shaw  Electric  Crane  Co.,  which 
has  signed  a  contract  to  remove its ex­
tensive  works  from  Milwaukee  to Mus­
kegon  Heights,  has  re-organized  under 
the  laws  of  this  State,  with  a  capital 
stock of $150,000.  All  the  stock  is held 
I by  outside  capitalists.  Work  on  the 
buildings  will  be begun immediately and 
| pushed so rapidly that  the  shops will be 
| in  operation  with  at  least  seventy-five 
men by  August 1.

In Favor of Early Closing:. 

,
Grand  Ra pid s,  March  18—1  ask  you 
to allow me a little space in  your  paper 
to  write  a  few  lines  on  the  8  o’clock 
closing plan.  About two years ago most 
all  the grocers  in  the  city  closed  their 
stores at 8 o’clock,  until one by one  kept 
his store open  a  little  longer,  until  he! 
paid no more attention to it. 
I  think  it 
would be a good  plan to put  this  before 
the  retail  grocers  of  Grand  Rapids,  to 
close the stores at  8 o’clock  every night, j 
except  Wendesday  and  Saturday. 
It 
would make the clerks feel  better during 
the day and give  them  a  chance  to  do 
some other Jliings which,  as  it  is  now, 
must go undone.  A customer will  come 
before 8 o’clock,  as  well  as  after.  Let 
us all help to  get  this  into  practice  by 
sending your names in to  T h e  T ra des­
man  as approving the plan.  Gbocer.

THE  MICTÏIG^ÜSr  TRADESMAN
The  meeting  of 

RED T h e   m o st  effectiv e  C ou gh   D rop  in 

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ata rw\  a 

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MANUFACTURED  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

H. Austin succeeds Austin & Hough in 
the grocery  business  on  West  Leonard 
street.

The machinery connected with the two 
ovens  of  the  New  York  Biscuit  Co.  is 
now all  belted up and will  be started the 
latter part of the present week.

E.  E.  Day  has  opened  a grocery  and 
notion  store  at  Amble.  The Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman  Co.  furnished the  groceries 
and H.  Leonard & Sons the notions.

Herman  Burger  has  sold  his  grocery 
stock at the  corner of  West Leonard and 
Scribner streets to  H.  G.  Wait,  who  was 
formerly  engaged in  the  hardware  busi­
ness at Sault Ste.  Marie.

Myron Flanders and  Arie Fisher  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of Flanders  &  Fisher  and  will  shortly 
engage  in  the  grocery  business  at  the 
corner of Lyon and  Union  streets.

L.  M. Mills will remove his  drug stock 
at  54  South  Ionia  street  to Sand  Lake, 
occupying the building  formerly used by 
Jas.  S.  Cowau.  Dr.  W.  H.  Terrill  will 
continue  in  charge  as  manager  of  the 
business.

J.  K.  Frost and F.  L. Gill have  formed 
a copartnership  under the style of  Frost 
& Gill and will engage  in  general  trade 
at Canby.  The  stock  was furnished  by 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  Rindge, 
Bertsch  & Co., P.  Steketee  &  Sons  and 
H.  Leonard &  Sons.

Gripsack Brigade.

Len.  C.  Remington  is  now  carrying a 

line of samples for Gardiner &  Baxter.

Mont.  Pegg, of  Morenci,  has  engaged 
to travel  for  Daniel  Scotten  &  Co.,  of 
Detroit.

R.  L.  Hall,  State  agent  for  Allen  B. 
Wrisley, of Chicago,  was in town several 
days last  week.

Chas.  L.  McLain spent  Sunday in To­
ledo,  visiting  his  sister,  and  started out 
on the warpath Monday morning.

J.  B.  Josselyn, formerly on the road for 
the  Telfer  Spice  Co.,  has  engaged  to 
travel  for  the  Ellis  Lubricator  Co.,  of 
Boston.

Thos Yanderbeck  has engaged to travel 
for  J.  K.  &  W.  S.  Esselstyn,  wholesale 
cracker  and  confectionery  dealers  of 
Lansing.

Ed Yosburg, the Saginaw drummer who 
was sued for $3,000 by Edith Knickerboc 
ker, of Ithaca,  for beach of promise,  has 
settled for  $100.

Dave  Haugh,  who  is  something  of an 
authority on snow,  claims  that the beau- 
tifut  is  three  and  a  half  feet  deep on a 
level all  the way  from  Mauton  to Macki­
naw.

C.  H.  Adams,  formerly  engaged in the 
drug business at Otsego,  has  gone on the 
road  for  the  Michigan  Manufacturing 
Co.,  of  Otsego.  He  has  taken  up  his 
residence at Kalamazoo.

A.  O.  Freeman,  who  has  represented 
the  Olney & Judson  Grocer  Co.  on  the 
road  for  the  past  year,  has  engaged  to 
travel  for  the  Michigan  Whip  Co.,  of 
Hastings,  covering  Michigan,  Indiana 
and Ohio.

A.  D.  Baker and F.  R.  Miles  are  put­
ting in all their  spare  time  learning  to 
ride a  bicycle.  The  city  ambulance  is 
held in readiness,  whenever  either  gen­
tlemen ascends to the fourth floor,  where 
Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.’s  wheel  depart­
ment is located.

traveling  men  at 
Sweet’s Hotel Sunday noon was so poorly 
attended that it was  decided  to  adjourn 
one week,  when it is  hoped there will be 
a  full  attendance.  The  meeting will be 
called  to  order  promptly  at  12  o’clock, 
Sunday,  March 29.

“Your reference to some of  Frank Til- 
den’s antics  reminds me of  the tricks  he 
used  to  play on  traveling  men  ten  or a 
dozen  years  ago,” remarked  Ed. Telfer, 
the  other  day.  “In  those  days  Frank 
was clerking for Watson,  Obert & Co.,  at 
Bancroft.  He was  just as full of  fun as 
he is now and arranged a series of deftly 
concealed tackle in the  front  end  of  the 
store.  A  traveling  man  who  sat  down 
his sample case while he talked with one 
of  the  proprietors was  unusually  lucky 
if  he failed to find  his gripsack dangling 
from  the  ceiling when  he was  ready to 
open  it  or  leave  the  store.  The  only 
wonder is that Frank  never succeeded in 
getting  a  threshing  severe  enough  to 
cause  him  to  abandon  his  penchant for 
playing practical  jokes on others.”

Purely Personal.

W. S.  Adkins, general  dealer  at  Mor­

gan,  was in town last Friday.

C.  L.  Glasgow,  the Nashville hardware 
dealer,  was in town  a  couple of days last 
week.

Chas.  W.  Jennings,  who has  been con­
fined  to  his  house  nearly four weeks by 
illness,  is slowly recovering.

J.  W.  Fleming,  of  the  grocery  firm  of 
Winnie  &  Fleming,  Traverse  City,  was 
in town  a couple of days last week.

Ed. Telfer has  secured  customers  for 
all his hen’s eggs and  turkey  eggs,  and 
is now looking for an outlet for his  duck 
fruit.

Frank  J.  Wurzburg  is  gaining ground 
rapidly and hopes  to  be  behind  the pre­
scription case again by the  latter part of 
the week.

L.  L.  Holmes, 'th e  Belding  druggist, 
has  been  very  low  with  a  kidney  diffi­
culty,  but is  now  thought  to  be  on  the 
road to recovery.

I.  M. Clark  has  so  far recovered  from 
his complication of diseases as to be able 
to sit up,  but will probably  be  unable to 
get out under ten days or two weeks.

J.  K.  Frost  and  F.  L.  Gill,  who  are 
about engaging in general trade at Canby 
under  the  style  of  Frost  &  Gill,  have 
been selecting their  stock in this market 
for the past three days.

W.  D.  Peck,  manager of  the Cleveland 
branch  of  the  New  York  Biscuit  Co., 
was  in  town  over  Sunday,  on  business 
with Manager Sears, of  the  local branch 
of the same corporation.

Marcus W.  Bates,  improvement  mana­
ger for the St.  Louis Land  and Improve­
ment  Co.,  of  Duluth,  who  has  been 
spending a month with friends  here,  has 
returned to his duties at Duluth.

S.  H.  Knight,  who  hovers over the ter­
ritory  covered  by  Swift  &  Company’s 
fresh meat stations,  was in town one day 
last  week  and  accepted  the  resignation 
of  the  book-keeper of  the local  branch.
John  Cummings  has  been  called  to 
Bradford,  Penn.,  by  the  serious  illness 
of his wife.  His territory  will  be  cov­
ered in  his  absence  by  the  redoubtable 
Happy Hi.  Robertson.

For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices, etc.,  see  J.  P.  Visner, 
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Agent for E. J.  Gillies & Co.,  New  York 
City. 

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th e  m a rk et,  S e lls   th e
q u ick est  a n d   p a y s  th e

COUGH

Grand Rapids, Mich,

A. E. BROOKS & CO.
The  Finest  Line  of  Candy  in  the  State. DROPS
R E A D Y -M A D E   C LO TH IN G !

Merchants  will  best  consult  their  own  interests  by 

A L L   S IZ E S   A N D   A G E S !
looking 

through  the samples of

Michael  Kolb  & 

Wholesale  Clothing  MantlfaGttlrers,

,

R O C H E S T E R ,  N ,  Y .

ONE of  the  largest  trades  in Michi­

gan,  secured  by  selling  excellent 
made and  well-fitting  garments  at 
such  low  prices  as to meet  the  require­
ments  of  the  merchants  generally,  who 
when once they get Michael Kolb & Son’s 
goods  into  their  store  are  constantly 
sending mail orders.  As we supply forms 
and  instructions  for  measurements, our 
fits  and  make  up are  equal  to  the  best 
custom  made.

Write  our  Michigan  representative, 
William  Connor,  at  Marshall,  Mich.,  to 
go and  show  you  our  line  or meet  him 
(as  we  pay expenses  of  customers)  at 
Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  on 
Thursday  and  Friday,  March  26  and  27, 
room 82.

MICHAEL  KOLB  It  SON.
In addition  to  the  above William Con­
nor calls  attention to his  elegant  line of

BOYS’  AND  CHILDREN’S  SUITS,

Which  have  been  pronounced  by experienced  judges as the  nicest,  cleanest  and 
neatest fitting,  at lowest prices seen this season.
B o lts   W anted. I

I  

want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Wall  Paper  and Window  State.
NELSON  BROS.  &  CO.,
Pennsylvania  Lnmtarman’s.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

The  best  fitting  Stocking  Rub­
bers in the market.  A  full line of 
Lycoming Rubbers on hand.  Try 
them.
GEO. H. REEDER & C0.f

State  Agents for 

LYCOMING  RUBBER  CO.

158  and  160  East  Fulton  Street.

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THE  MICHIGJLISr  TRADESMAN",

D r y   G oods.
Balance the Invoices.

A Grand Rapids  jobbing  bouse  makes 
the  following circular appeal  to  its  cus­
tomers:

“Short settlements make long friends,” 
and we will consider it a favor if in mak­
ing  payments,  either  by  remittance  or 
otherwise,  you  will  try  to  balance  in­
voices, instead of paying random amounts 
on  account. 
In  the  latter  way  errors 
creep  in,  a  loug  unbalanced  account  is 
the  result,  and  a  final  settlement satis­
factory to both  parties is  almost  impos­
sible.

The Hardware  Market.

Impelled by the  competition  of  inde­
pendent axe  manufacturers,  the  combi­
nation has reduced its price  $1  a  dozen 
on single bit  and  50  cents  a  dozen  on 
double bitted.  The indications are  that 
still lower prices  will  be  made  for  the 
fall  trade.  Tin 
is  still  firm,  with  a 
higher tendency.  Sisal  rope  is  a  little 
weaker.

A  Model Juryman.

Judge—You are a freeholder?
Prospective Juryman—Yes, sir.
Judge—Married or single?
Prospective  Juryman—Married  three 
Judge—Have  you  formed or expressed 
Prospective Juryman — Not  for  three 

years ago last month.
any opinion?
years past.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEMÄN
Watch JWaker 
a Jeweler,
44  GRNRL  8Y„
Grand Rapids  -  JUicfe.

GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878.

W.BAKER& CO.’S
,  Breakfast 
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
I» Absolutely P u re 
*'  and it i» Soluble.  ¡

No Chemicals

U M  ation. 

feit are used in its prepar-  j 
It  has  more 
[than  three  times  the 
m&rength  of  C ocoa 
"m ixed  with  Starch, 
jrrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a j 
it is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
up. 
ig,  e a s il y   dig ested, and adm irably adapted 
>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 
I. BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS,  i

Sold  by C rocers everyw here.

P r ic e s  C urrent.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

2_11
7_18

Adriatic
Argyle  ...................  634
Atlanta A A............   6*4
Atlantic A..............7
H ..............  6k
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D..............6%
“ 
“  LL..............  5k
Amory....................   7
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5*4,
Blackstone O, 38__5
Black Crow.............. 6k
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL................  734
Capital  A............... 5*4
Cavanat V..............534
Chapman cheese cl.  3k
Clifton  C R ............   5*4
Comet..................... 7
Dwight Star............  7k
Clifton CCC...........  6%

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“  Arrow Brand 534 
“  World Wide.. 7
“  LL...............   5
Pull Yard Wide...... 6k
Georgia  A................6k
Honest Width.........   634
Hartford A  .............. 514
Indian Head...........  7J4
King A  A................. 634
King EC.................  5
Lawrence  L L ........  0*4
Madras cheese cloth 6k
Newmarket  G........  6
B.........5*4
N .........  6*4
DD....  5*4
X ........7
Noibe R..................  53»
Our Level  Best......634
Oxford  R ................  6*4
Pequot....................  734
Solar.......................  634
Top of the Heap__734
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............  734
Green  Ticket.........8*4
Great Falls.............   6*4
Hope.........................7*4
Just  Out........4*4® 5
King  Phillip...........7k
OP.....  734
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1034
 
.  ® 814
Lonsdale 
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   734
Oak View....... ....... 6
Our Own................   534
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................734
Sunlight.................   434
Utica  Mills..............834
Nonpareil  ..11
Vinyard..................  834
White Horse.........  6
.  .  834

Rock—  

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A B C ......................834
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A......  8
Beats All................   434
Boston....................12
Cabot......................   734
Cabot,  * .................634
Charter  Oak...........  534
Conway W.............   7*4
Cleveland.............  7
Dwight Anchor......  834
shorts.  834
Edwards................. 6
Empire...................   7
Farwell...................734
Fruit of the  Loom..  834
Fitchville  .............7
First Prize..............634
Fruit of the Loom %.  8
F&irmount..............4*4
Full Value..............634
Cabot......................   734|DwightAnchor...... 9
Farwell...................8 
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
TremontN..............  534 Middlesex No.  1__ 10
“ 
Hamilt*'’! N............   634 
“  3....12
L............   7 
Middlesex  AT........  8 
“ 
X...........  9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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PRINTS.

COB8ET8.

COSSET  JEANS.

2 .
A O.
4.
5.

_1.185'i_
DRESS  GOODS.

....  8
....  9
....  9
....1034
CARPET

Peerless, white. ....18
Integrity.
Hamilton 

Hamilton N __ ....  734
Middlesex P T.
A T.
X A.
X F.

............. 8
.................9
..............1034
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless  ...............16
............... 18

1 Middlesex A A........11
.12 
.1334 
■ 1734 
.16
¡Integrity, colored.. .21 
colored__2034 White Star..............1834
colored. .21
Nameless................20
......... 25
......... 2734
......... 30
......... 3234
......... 35
Coraline................ $9 50 Wonderful........... $4 50
Schilling's.............  9 00: Brighton.............. 4 75
Armory..................   634
Naumke&g satteen..  734
Androscoggin.........7*4
Rockport.................. 634
Biddeford...............  6
Conestoga.................634
Brunswick..............634
Walworth 
............634
Allen turkey  reds..  5341 Berwick fancies__  34
robes...........534 Clyde Robes.............  5
“ 
’ “  pink a. purple  634 Charter Oak fancies 434
buffs............  6  DelMarine cashm’s. 6
“ 
moum’g 6
pink  checks.  534 
“ 
staples  .........  534 Eddystone fancy... 6
“ 
shirtings...  4*4 
“ 
chocolat  6
rober  ...  6
American  fancy—   534 
American indigo__534 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  4341Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__  5*4
Argentine  Grays...  6 
| 
Anchor Shirtings...  434¡Manchester fancy..  6 
“  —   634 
Arnold 
new era.  6
.6   Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B. 1034 ¡ Merrim’ck shirtings.  434 
“ 
“  Reppfurn.  834
“  C.  834 
“ 
century cloth  7  ¡Pacific fancy..........6
“ 
“  gold seal......1034 
“ 
robes............634
“  green seal TR1034¡Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow  seal. .1034 Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge............ 1134 
greys........6
“ 
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“  Turkey  red.. 10341 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid black..  5  ! Washington Indigo.  6
colors.  534 
Turkey robes..  734
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__734
red and  orange  ..  5541
plain T’ky X 34 834 
Berlin solids...........  534!
“  X...10
“  oil  blue......  634
Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
“  green_  634)
“ 
“  Foulards 
Martha Washington
i Turkeyred *4.......... 734
red 34  ...
“ 
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“  %  .........  9341 Martha Washington
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“  4 4  ........10 
“ 
Turkey red...........  934
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12  Riverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........  6  ¡Windsorfancy........  634
“  madders...  6  I 
indigo blue..........1034
“  XX twills..  6341 
solids.........5k I
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TICKINGS.
.13  ¡A CA ..................... 1234
Pemberton AAA__16
York........................1034
Swift River............   734
Pearl  River.............1234
Warren.  ......___ 14

Amoskeag A C A.
Hamilton N............  734
D............ 834
Awning. .11
Farmer....................8
First  Prize.............1134
Lenox M ills..........18
Atlanta,  D..............  634]Stark  A
•  734.10
Boot........................  634 No  Name
Clifton, K............... 7>4|Topof  Heap
Simpson..................20  [Imperial..................1034
.................18  Black.................9® 934
.................16 
1034
Coecbco.................10341

COTTON  DRILL.

SATINES.

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue.......... 12
“ —'brown.......12
Haymaker, blue........ 7*4
brown...  7*4
“ 
Jeffrey.....................1134
Lancaster................1234
Lawrence, 9 01........ 1334
“ 
No.220....13
“  No. 260....1134
“  No. 280.... 1034

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Amoskeag...............1234
9oz....... 1434
brown .13
Andover................. 1134
Beaver Creek A A... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
BostonMfgCo.br..  7

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“ 
“  d a twist I734 
Columbian XXX hr. In 
“ 
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Amoskeag................ 734
“  Persian dress 834 
Canton ..  834
“ 
AFC........ 1234
“ 
Arlington staple___ 6k
Arasaphaj fancy__  434
Bates Warwick;dres 834 
staples.  634
Centennial............   1034
Criterion................1034
Cumberland staple.  534
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................434
Elfin.......................   734
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 7k
Glenarie............ 
6k
Glenarven.... ...........6*4
Glenwood.................734
Hampton.................. 634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
indigo blue 934 
zephyrs... .16 
Lancaster,  staple...  634

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GINGHAXS.
“ 
fancies___7
“  Normandie  8

Lancashire.............   634
Manchester.............  5k
Monogram..............  634
Normandie............... 734
Persian...................   834
Renfrew Dress........734
Rosemont................. 634
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset.........   ....  7
Tacoma  ...................734
Toil  duNord......... 1034
Wabash...................  734
seersucker..  734
Warwick...............   834
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
.................... 10
Windermeer........... 5
York..........................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...........   .16k;Valley City............. 1534
Stark..................... 20341 Georgia................... 1534
American..............16klPaclfic  ...................... 1434

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End.... 45 
| Barbour's...............88
Coats’, J. & P ........45  Marshall's................88
Holyoke.................22341

KNITTING  COTTON.

..33
6  ..
8... ....34
...35
10...
12...
...36

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
“  16...
...38
■’  18... ...39
40
41
“  20... ....40
CAMBRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

Slater......................   4k
White Star............   4*4
Kid Glove...............  4k
Newmarket............   4k
Edwards...................4k

Washiugton............  4k
Red Cross...............   4*4
Lockwood................ 4*4
Wood’s..................   4*4
Brunswick...........   4*4

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman................. 8234
Creedmore..............2734
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 2734

TW ......................... 2234
F T .......................... 3234
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye..................3234

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red &;Blue, plaid. .40
Union R..................2234
Windsor..................1834
6 oz Western...........21
Union  B................. 2234

Grey SR W.............1734
Western W  .............1834
D R P ......................1834
Flushing XXX........2334
Maaitoba................ 2334

DOMET  FLANNEL.

Nameless...... 8  @ 9341 
......   834®10  I 

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Brown.  Black. I Slate.  Brown. 

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
934 
15
1034 
1134 
17
1234 
20

Slate.
934
1034Ilk
1234
Severen, 8 0Z ...........  934
May land, 8 oz..........IO54
Greenwood, 734 oz..  2k 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1134

9k 13 
1034 15 
1134 17 
1234120 
DUCKS.

West  Point, 8 oz.... 1034 
IO0Z....1234
“ 
Raven, lOoz............ 13k
Stark 
.............1334
WADDINGS.
White, doz............. 25  (Per bale, 40 doz___17 50
Colored, doz..........20 

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1234
Black.
13
15
17
20

8ILE8IA8.

Slater, Iron Cross...  8  ¡Pawtucket..............10k
Red Cross....  9  Dundie...................   9
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“ 
Best  AA......12klValley  City..............II154

SEWING  SILK.

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Cortlcelli, doz........ 75  [Corticelll  knitting,

•  50 yd, doz..37341

..12 
“ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist, doz. .37k  per 34oz ball........30
HOOKS AND STBS—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & Whlte.,15 
“  2 
..20
“  3 
..25
No 2—20, M C.........50  INo 4—15 F  3 k ...........40
‘  3-18, S C ..........45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
“  4 
.23
“  6 
..26
No 2........................28  INo 3.......................... 36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“ 10 
..18  I  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

FINS.

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FOR

TOTE,  BUCK  AND  COLOBS,
Hand and Machine Usa
P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS.
Voigl, M sb e ie r & Go.,

FOR  SALE  BY

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

OARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Challies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection.
Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed.

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPID S, 

- 

-  MICH.

Playing Cards

WE  ÄRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICK  LIST.

Daniel  Lpcli,

19  So. Ionia  SU, Gra/nd Rapids.

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1  501 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s............... 1  35 Gold  Eyed.................... 1 80
Marshall’s ...............1 001
5—4. ...2 25  6—4...3 25|5—4....1  95  6—4 . 2  95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 10|
COTTON TWINES.

“  ....2  10 

“ 

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply---- 17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl734 
Powhattan.............18

Cotton Sail Twine. .28 
Crown....................12
Domestic...............1834
A nchor....................10
B ristol.......  ............13
Cherry  Valley........15
1 X L...................... 13
Alabama.................6k I Mount  Pleasant___ 634
Alamance...............  634 Oneida....................  5
Augusta.................  734 Pyrmont  ................  6J£
Ar> sapha...............   6  Randelman..............6
Georgia...................  6k Riversids................  6k
G ranite.................   5k
"  
...............6k
Toledo..................  6
Haw  River............ 5
Haw  J ...................5

PLAID  OSNABURGS,

FOURTH HATI0NAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. 

1  d uett, Vice-President.

H. W.  Nash, Cashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking business.

Maks a Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

THE  MICHIGAN  TIlADESM^ISr.

7

HARDWARE.
Some of the Uses  of Iron.

Written for Thb  T r a d e s m a n .

What a strange  article nature has  fur­
nished  to  mankind  in  this  metal!  Its 
natural  forms  are various and are found 
to be adapted to numerous purposes. Web­
ster  tells  us  that “ it  is  very widely dif­
fused and the most useful  of all metals.”
It  is  certainly  so  useful  for  many pur­
poses  that  it  would  seem  impossible to 
do without it,  or  for any other substance 
unmixed  with  it  ever  to  take its  place. 
The various  improvements made by man 
in  manufacturing  the  native  iron  ores 
into many kinds  and qualities of  iron, is 
one of the many  wonders connected with 
it.  Chemistry  has  also  played  an  im­
portant  part  in  this  work  by removing 
from or  adding to the  native ore  certain 
proportions  of  carbon,  as  in  cast  and 
malleable  steel.  With  what  eclat  the 
world  hailed  the  brilliant  discovery  of 
Bessemer! 
It seemed to revive a shadow 
of  the  mythical  “lost  arts,”  while,  in 
truth,  no  iron  previously ever  equalled 
the Bessemer steel.  His process of burn­
ing  out  a  portion  of  its  carbon  was  a 
complete  revolution  in  steel  making. 
Never  before in the history of  the world 
has  iron in  all  its various and  improved 
forms  been  so  universally  used  as  at 
present, and  the  probabilities of  its  fu­
ture were  never so brilliant.  Already it 
is  partially  taking  the  place  of  wood, 
stone  and-other  materials  in  building, 
and will,  without  doubt, soon  supercede 
wood  and  stone  for  that  purpose  alto­
gether. 
Its  capabilities of  resistance  to 
violence,  to ponderous bodies,  air, water, 
heat and  cold,  and  to  all  other  natural 
influences  combined,  render its value  al­
most  beyond  computation.  We  cannot 
look about us or walk abroad without ob­
serving  and acknowledging  its  wonder­
ful utility in connection with the world’s 
comfort  and  happiness.  Already 
the 
ancient tower of  Babel  fades  and  pales 
before  the  Eiffel  tower of  steel;  and the 
war  ships  of  Cyrus  before  the  floating 
palaces  of  steel  which  traverse  every 
ocean.  Already the plans are  drawn for 
a twenty-four  story  iron building,  to  be 
erected in Chicago.  Aluminum, or some 
of its alloys, embossed in  magnificent de­
signs of  art,  will  take  the  place of  our 
natural  woods 
for  internal  finishing, 
giving  a  luminous  appearance  and  ab­
solute  proof  against  fire.  Doors of  the 
same brilliant  material  will  be  made  to 
close so perfectly  that  should  the  drap­
ery of  any  room  take  fire  it  could  be 
quickly  confined  there  until  it  burned 
out  all  that  was  combustible.  Let  us 
sing  the  praises of  iron,  for it is  a “joy 
to the  world.”

Prices  Current.

These  prices are  for cash  bu/yers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy in  fu ll  packages.
dlS.

60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ..........................................................  
40
25
Jennings’, genuine......................................  
Jennings’,  imitation....................................50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

BARROWS. 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze..........................I 7 50
D.  B. Bronze............................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel.......................... 
D. B. Steel................................   13 50
Railroad......................................................C 14 00
Garden.................................................. net  30 00

bolts. 
dis.
Stove.  .................................  
50&10
70
Carriage new list.  ......................................  
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe...................  
70

 
dlS.

 

 

8 50

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain...... ............................................I 3 50
Well, swivel.................................................   4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dis.

Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................... 70* |
Wrought Harrow, bright 5ast joint.............. Ofl&lO
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .........................................  
70

Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85...............  

40

Grain.................................................... dis. 50*02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel............................................per #>  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................per m 
65
Hick’s C. F .........................................  
60
“ 
35
G. D ........  ....................*.....................  “ 
Musket................................................ 
“ 
60

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire.......................................... dis. 

50
25

chisels. 

dis.

Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing.............................................70*10
Socket Corner................................................ 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer...........................  
COMBS. 
.................................... 
40
.................................... 
25
CHALK.

Curry,  Lawrence’s 
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12V4 dis. 10

dis.

COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 .......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
Bottoms.............. 
Morse’s Bit  Stocks..................................... 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 

 
drills. 

 

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

dis.

DRIPPING PANE.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound................................  
6V4
Com. 4 piece, 6 in............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated..................................... dis. 20*10*10
Adjustable............................................ dis. 40*10
dlS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

ELBOWS.

Clark’s, small, $18; large, 826.......................  
Ives’, 1, »18;  2, <24; 3,136............................ 

30
25

piles—New List. 

dis.

Disston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ................. 
60*10
Heller’s ......................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50
28
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
15 
18

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

14 

 

Discount, 60

13 
GAUGES. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.....................  

50

dlS.

HAMMERS.

dis.

dis.

HINGES.

(Ha.
dis.

levels. 

MATTOCKS.

WIRE GOODS. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

V4...........
%...........
* ...........
%...........
HANGERS. 

25
Maydole  & Co.’s ....................................dis." 
25
Kip’s ...................................................... dis. 
Terkes & Plumb’s ................................. dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. —  30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand— 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ...............................dis.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4V4  14  and
3V4
10
...........net
...........net
8V4
...........net
7V4
...........net
7V4
50
...........dis.
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50*10
Champion,  anti friction...... ;.....................   60*10
40
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
Pots...............................................................  
60
Kettles........................................................... 
60
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
8tamped  TinWare...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are...................new list 3314*10
dis.
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .............. 
70
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *  Co.’s ...........................  
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Bye......................................... 616 00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye.........................................615.00, dis. 60
...........618.50, dis. 20*10.
Hunt’s ....................... 
dlS.
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cl»-. k’s ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring........................... 
25
Steel nails, base................................................... 1 95
.2 35 
Wire nails, base.
Wire. 
Steel.
Base 
60.....................................................Base
50.....................................................Base
10 
40.
20 
30.. 
20 30 
1015
2 0 . .  
35 
15
16.... 
12..  . 
35 
15
10....
40 
.  20 
8....
50 
.  25 
65 
.  40 
7 *6.
90
.  60 
4......
1  50
.1  OO 
3......
.1  50
2  00 
Fine 3................................................ 1 50
2 00
90 
Case  10.............................................  60
1  00 
8.............................................  75
“ 
(t  q 
gQ
1  25 
1 00 
Finish lo.V.V. .7.77.7.7.7.7.7 7 7 ....  85
1  25 
“ 
8.............................................1 00
1  50
6  .......................................... 1  15
“ 
75
85 
90
8..........................................1  00 
“ 
6...........................................1  15 
“ 
1 00
Barrell%...........................................1 75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   @40
Seiota Bench................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................ dis. 
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nob. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Clinch; 10............................  

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

NAILS

PANS.

Broken packs Vic per pound extra.

diS.

dig.

dis.

..
. 

 

 

ropes.

8
dis.

squares. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, Vi inch and larger.............................  
Manilla............................................................  11 Vi
Steel and Iron.............................................. 
75
60
Try and Bevels............................................. 
Mitre..................................................... 
  20
 
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
63 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... 84 20 
Nos. 15 to 17......................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26................................... ..4  40 
No. 27...............................................   4 60 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................................dis. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B..................................  “ 
White C................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
56
35

“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

HASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

Hand........................................ 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................  

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz.
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62Vi
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 40
painted...................................   2 80

wire. 

dis.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable...............................dis. 25*10@25*10&05
Putnam.......................................... 
dis.  05
dis. 10*10
N orthwestera................................ 
dlS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed  and  Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dig.

METALS,
PIG TIN.

6%
7

ZINC.

26C
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2V4c per pound.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
K@K.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
13
“ 
Hallett’s.
7 50 
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................
7 50 
.....................................
14x20 IC, 
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
9 25
14x20 IX, 
.....................................
Each additional X on this grade, 61.75.
........
.....................................
.....................................
....   .............................
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.....................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

..........................  
TIN—MELVN GRADE.

8 6 50 
.  6 50 
.  8 00 
.  8  00

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester...............................   6 50
“ 
......................... 
8 tO
........................   13 50
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade...............  
5 75
7  25
“ 
“ 
“ 
12 CO
“ 
 
“ 
“ 
15 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX............................................................ 614 00
14x31  IX..............................................................15 50
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,
14x60 IX,  “ 

. per pound

“  9 

 
 
 

10

“

 
 

Armada—F.  B.  Dusett  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  A.  E.  Hebblewhite  &  Co.  in 
the hardware business.

A   W N I N  G

AND  TEN TS.

Flam. Horae and  Wagon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106«

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STEVENS 

&  CO.,

Exclusive  Agents for

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8

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO  TH E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolverine State.
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

Subscription Price, One  Dollar per year, payable 
Advertising Rates made known on application.

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH  35, 1891.
NEVER LOOK  AT  THE  CLOCK.

A gentleman whose son  was  about  to 
take a position  as  office-boy  in  a  well- 
known  business  house  recently  asked 
Thos.  A.  Edison for  a  motto  which  the 
boy might take to heart  in  his  struggle 
for promotion  and  success.  The  great 
electrician studied a moment  and  lacon­
ically replied:  “Never look at the clock!” 
In making  such  a  reply,  Mr.  Edison 
meant to express his  belief  in  the  the­
ory that the man  who is  afraid  to  work 
overtime  or  over  hours  stands  small 
chance of competing with  the  man  who 
finishes bis task,  no matter  how  long  it 
takes.  The workman who drops his tools 
the moment the whistle blows  remains  a 
second-class workman  all  his  life,  and 
the boy who has  his  hands  washed,  all 
ready to jump and run at the first  stroke 
of the quitting bell,  stands poor  show  of 
promotion,  as compared with  the lad who 
completes his task in manly fashion  and 
goes home  with  the  consciousness  that 
he has done,  his  duty  to  his  employer. 
Such a youth never has occasion  to  com­
plain of the treatment  accorded  him  by 
the employer,  for  he  knows  that  he  is 
steadily advancing to an  interest  in  the 
house  or  a  business  of  his  own.  The 
man  who comes in  a  half  hour  late  in 
the morning or dallies a half hour before 
beginning work—and fails to make  good 
the time lost at noon or night—is  looked 
upon by his employer as a  thief,  for  he 
might just as well take the equivalent in 
money from the office  safe.  One  act  is 
just as dishonest as  the  other,  and  the 
person  who  will  steal  his  employer’s 
time will steal his money as well.

There are,  of course, exceptions to  all 
rules and  it  occasionally  happens  that 
an  employer  does  not  fully  appreciate 
the  services  of  a 
faithful  employe. 
Such cases are so rare,  however,  that  no 
remedy need be suggested,  as it is appar­
ent to  all.  The  constant  promotion  of 
employes and the frequency  with  which 
they come to the  surface  in  ail  depart­
ments of business,  proves  that  faithful 
service is  almost  invariably  recognized 
and brings its own  reward. 
If  one  em­
ployer fails to appreciate it,  another  one 
does,  and the man does not lack  for  op­
portunities for  advancement.

No  better  advice  can  be  offered  the 
young  man  who  looks  forward 
to  a 
career of  prosperity  than  the  sage  re­
mark of the  great  genius  to  which  the 
world 
is  so  largely  indebted,  “Never 
look at the  clock.”

Two  years  ago  T iie  T radesm an  as­
serted  that  the  Vertican-Krause-Wads- 
worth  triumvirate,  who  originated  the 
Patrons of  Industry scheme,  were arrant 
frauds,  unworthy  of  confidence  or  re­
spect.  The  saintly  Vertican  thereupon 
called  dowD  upon  T h e  T radesm an  the 
curse of  all the furies, asserting  that his 
hands were clean and that his acts would 
be  approved  by keeping him at the  head

THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN,

of  the  “ supreme  association.”  That 
body,  however,  does  not  appear to  be in 
the whitewashing business, as it dropped 
its saintly president  like a hot  potato, at 
the  bi-annual  meeting  at  Lansing  last 
week and  repealed all the regulations by 
which he hoped to perpetuate  himself in 
office.  None of  the  narrow-minded  men 
who originated  the P.  of  I.  from  purely 
mercenary motives are now  permitted  to 
take any hand in the  management of  the 
organization,  which gives ground for the 
belief  that its  career  in  the  future will 
be  marked  by-  more  conservatism  than 
was  possible  under  the  regime  of  irre­
sponsible adventurers and defaulters.

The  pith  of  the  Supreme  Court  deci­
sion  given  in  another  column  may  be 
summarized  in  a  few  words—the  war­
ranty  of  a  salesman,  made  to  secure  a 
single  order,  does  not  hold  good  as  re­
gards  subsequent  orders,  unless  it  is 
repeated  when  each  order  is  taken  or 
unless  some  general  language  is  used, 
covering  all  orders  or  sales.  The  de­
cision  is  an  important one  in  many re­
spects  and  T h e T radesm an  is  pleased 
to be the first journal  in the State to give 
it publicity.

The  man  who  raises  an outcry on the 
street, creating a disturbance, is arrested 
and  punished  for  violating  the peace of 
the community.  The man  who throws a 
banana skin on  the  sidewalk,  endanger­
ing  the  life  and  limb  of  pedestrians, 
escapes  with  only  the execrations of his 
victims.  The  law  appears  to put a pre­
mium on the larger offiense, by providing 
no adequate punishment for offenders.

Told by a  Traveler.

H.  S. Powell,  Upper  Peninsula  repre­
sentative for I.  M. Clark &  Son,  was  in 
town over Sunday and paid  his  respects 
to T h e  T radesm an office.

“Trade  is  quiet  all  over  the  upper 
country,” said Mr.  Powell,  “due mainly 
to the depression in  iron.  The  outlook 
is good for an advance in the market and 
an improvement  in  the  demand,  which 
will put trade in excellent  shape  again.
‘‘Marquette is  enjoying  a  remarkable 
growth and is destined  to  be  a  city  of 
considerable  importance.  The  growth 
has every element of stability and  prom­
ises to be of a lasting character.

“The people of  the  Upper  Peninsula 
are stirred  up over the proposed measure 
of Senator  Doran,  increasing  the  taxa­
tion of mining properties. 
If the  Legis­
lature passes such a bill, mining stocks of 
all  kinds  will  necessarily  decrease  in 
value and all lines of trade dependent  in 
in any  way on the  mining  business  will 
feel  the  consequent  depression.  More­
over,  the enactment of  such  a  law  will 
be the first  step  toward  the  dissolution 
of the ties now  binding  the  Upper  and 
Lower  Peninsulas,  inevitably  resulting 
in the creation of the new State of Super­
ior.

“I have  found  the  exact  counterpart 
of Mr.  I.  M.  Clark  at  Ishpeming,  being 
no less a personage than Fred.  Braastad, 
the millionaire mining operator and mer­
chant,  who is now State Treasurer.  Mr. 
Braastad hardly ever says a word, except 
of assent or dissent,  permits  the  person 
talking with him  to  do  all  the  talking 
and never forgets anything  it  would  be 
to his interest to remember.”

Financial  Miscellany.

The  Bell  Telephone  Company has  de­
clared the usual quarterly dividend of $8.

M u s k e g o n   C r a c k e r   C o .,

Manufacturers of

Crackers, B iscuits^ Sweet Goods.
M I C H I G A N .
M U S K E G O N , 

Finest Quality  and  Largest Variety in the  State. 

: 

: 

: 

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

Jennings9

Flavoring  Extracts

Are  Acknowledged  the  Most  Profitable.

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

THE  HEW  YORK  BISCUIT  GO,,

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

C r a c k e r  M a n u fa c tu r e r s ,

8 7 , 8 9   a n d   41 K e n t St., 

-  

G ran d   R a p id s.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ice s  an d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  o f 

T eas, C offees an d   G rocers'  S u n d r ie s.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

C.  N .  R A P P   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

9  No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

O R A N G E S,  LE M O N S and  B A N A N A S .
S E E D S ! Parties  wishing  seeds of  any  kind  for  garden 

or  field  please  send  for  our  catalogue  and 
wholesale price list before buying.

We  carry the  largest  and  most  complete stock of  seeds in Western  Michigan, 

and offer only such seeds as are of the highest grade.

The  Alfred  Brown  Seed  Store.

Parties having Clover Seed to sell, please correspond with us.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

G.  S .  B R O W N   &   CO.,

_  

C alifornia  O ranges

. 

------- JOBBERS  OF  --------

^   B lu efield   B a n a n a s .

SEND FOR QUOTATIONS.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

M O SE LE Y  BROS.,
Clover & Timothy Seeds,

Jobbers  of

BEANS, POTATOES, EVAPORATED APPLES.

126, 28, 30 and 32  Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

9

FINANCIAL.

Local  Stock  Quotations.

BANK.

MANUFACTURING.

Fifth National  ................................................ 100
Fourth  National.....................  
].100
Grand Rapids National.................................... 140
Grand  Rapids  Sayings....................................135
Kent County Sayings.......................................131
National  City....................................................
Old National................................................ ¡..135
People’s Savings..............................................’105
Michigan Trust Co........................................... 115
Aldlne Manufacturing Co.................................60
Anti-Kalsomine  Co..........................................150
Antrim Iron  Co................................................ 115
Belknap Wagon & Sleigh Co............................100
Berkey & Gay Furniture Co............................  85
Grand Rapids  Brush Co..................................  90
Grand Rapids Blectric Light and Power Co...  75
Grand Rapids Felt Boot Co..............................110
Grand Rapids School  Furniture Co....   ........110
Michigan Barrel Co.......................................... 100
Nelson, Matter  & Co.........................................100
New England  Furniture Co............................ 100
Phoenix Furniture Co........................................ 60
Sligh Furniture  Co..........................................  85
Widdicomb Furniture Co.................................120
Grand Rapids Packing  and Provision Co......103
Hazel tine & Perkins Drug C o ......................... 100
Alpine Gravel Road Co..................................... 75
Canal Street Gravel  Road Co..........................   80
Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co.................... 120
Grandville Avenue  Plank Road Co................150
Plainfield Avenue Gravel Road Co.................  25
Walker Gravel  Road C o ................................   80

MISCELLANEOUS.

MERCANTILE.

than  allow  that  customer  to  go  away. 
She has $5 cash  in  her  pocket,  and  the 
grocer who takes that “hen fruit” cheer­
fully is going to get the money,  also; and 
the eggs are  going to be sold  before  she 
does that tradin’, and “don’t  you  forget 
it.”  The town is large and you  are  not 
the only merchant in it.  A word  to  the 
wise is sufficient.

011,8.

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as follows :

Water White.........................................   @  g
Michigan test........................................   @ 8H
Naptha...................................................  @  7V4
Gasoline................................................   @
Cylinder...............................................27  @36
E ngine................................................13  @21
Black, 15 Cold  Test...............................  @  g$6
NORFOLK, VA  .SM I, SSL'S
all  about the  fine cheap  farming lands of  East 
era Virginia, near  the  sea, by  writing  Poindex­
ter, Jackson  and  Crumit, 124 Main  St., Norfolk, 
Virginia.
PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

a

The  Most  Perfect Automatic  Injector 
H E S T E R   &  FO X,

Made.

Sole Agents,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

JOBBER OF

Fresh  and  Salt

F.J.DEYYENTHMR
8 /

T A K E   T7
O C E A N

AND

Mall Orders  Receive  Prompt Attention. 

See quotations in another column.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Why He  Likes North  Park.

“ What  ever  impelled  you  to  select 
North  Park  as  a  place  of  residence?” 
asked a reporter  of  T h e  T radesm an of 
Ed.  Telfer, the other day.

“ Ever since  I  made  Grand Rapids my 
abiding place,” he replied,  “ I have been 
looking  for  a  pleasant  location  for  a 
suburban  home  and  am  frank  to  say  I 
have  found  just  what  I  want.  North 
Park has all the advantages  any  one can 
desire  for  a  suburban  home.  Quick 
transit  the  year  round  to  the  center  of 
the  city  at  a  5  cent  rate  to residents of 
the  P ark ;  graded  streets;  the  purest 
spring  water  piped  to  each  lot  at  tire 
pressure;  a perpect system of sewerage; 
all  of  the  advantages  of  the  large  ex­
penditures  of  the  North  Park  Street 
Railway Co.  in the way of fine buildings, 
grounds,  etc.;  the  advantages  of  Grand 
River for  boating  and  fishing—these ad­
vantages serve  to  make  this  addition an 
ideal place of residence in many respects. 
Moreover,  Messrs.  Russell & Wilmot,  the 
owners  of  the  addition,  are  very  par­
ticular to whom they sell  lots,  so that we 
are sure of pleasant neighbors.  Several 
of  us  are  only  waiting  for  pleasant 
weather  to  put  up  comfortable  homes 
and  I  predict  a  large  and rapid growth 
for  North  Park  during  the  coming  sea­
son.”

^  

.   ♦

New Association in the  Field.

It  having  been  impossible  to  secure 
the signatures of 95  per  cent, of the salt 
manufacturers of the State  to secure the 
continuance  of  the  Michigan  Salt  Asso­
ciation,  that  organization  will  expire by 
limitation  on  March  31. 
In  its  place, 
two companies will probable be organized 
—one at Saginaw with a  capital stock of 
$300,000,  to  be  known  as  the  Michigan 
Salt Co.,  and another  with  headquarters 
at  Mauistee,  to  handle  the  product  of 
the  wells  on  the  Lake Michigan  shore. 
The  former  company  will  be  organized 
on April 8, the indications being that W. 
R.  Burt  will  be  elected  President  and I 
General  Manager.  The  status  of 
the 
movement at Manistee  T h e T radesm an 
has been unable to ascertain.
Take the Eggs.

Mr. Grocer, do not refuse  to  buy  that 
woman’s two dozen  eggs in  the  basket, 
and pay what she asks,  if not more  than 
a penny above the market.  Do  it  as  if 
she  had  conferred  a  favor  upon  you. 
Far better, buy the eggs without a word, 
and,  if necessary, feed  them  to  the  pig

IMITATION IS THE SlNCEREST FORM  OF FLATTERY” — THAT  THE GEM 
F r e e z e r is  reco gnized a s  THE  BEST  is pro ven  b y t h e   w ay  o u r
COMPETITORS  ARE  IMITATING  ITS  GOOD QUALITIES  AND USE  IT A8  A 
STANDARD OF COMPARISON  WHEN TRYING TO SELL THEIR OWN GOODS. 
W E  CLAIM  FOR  THE GEM  NOTHING THAT  CANNOT  BE FULLY  PROVEN.

£ 771/

WE
LEAD,
OTHERS
FOLLOW.

DO  NOT  BE 
IMPOSED  UPON 
BY THOSE WHO 
MAY TRY TO 
8ELL  YOU

o t h e r   F r e e­
z e r s BY TELL­
ING YOU  THEY
a r e 
G e m ,  an d if y o u  c a n *t  g e t  it fro m  yo u r  r eg u lar jo b b e r   w rite  t o   u s an d we’ll
TELL  YOU WHERE YOU CAN  GET IT  OR  QUOTE  YOU  PRICES AND DISCOUNTS. 

J u s t  t h e   sa m e  a s  t h e   GEM  99  insist  on  having t h e 

J u s t a s G o o d ”   o r 

AMERICAN  M ACHINE  CO.

L eh ig h  A v e .  &   A m erican  S t .  P h ilad e lph ia 

or  J o h n  H .  G raha m &  C o .  M n f’ RS  A g t s.  113 C h a m b er s S t .  N ew Y o r k.

G R A N D   R A F ID S   C Y C L E   CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H eym an  &  Com pany,

Manufacturers  of

Slow  Cases

Of  Every Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
Pirst-GIass  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

DEALERS IN

6 8   a n d   6 8   C an al  St.,
P E R K I N S   Sc  H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
Goilpon  Books

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

NOS.  182 and  124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USB.

Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

Coup try   and  Save  Money.

For Portable  or  Stationary  Engines, 1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working  Machinery,  Plan­
ers,  Matchers, Moulders,  etc., call on
W.  C .  D ENISON,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88, 90, 98  So.  Division St., Grand  Rapid.

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

M H w u SINÖ.’
H a r l o w ’s
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I  SHIPPING
BLANKS.

w y F   p a t e n t

SAMPLE  SHEETÍiSPRICES 
BARLOW BROS.GRAND RAPBSjMICR

S y

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If yon  have any  of  the  above  roods to 
ship, or anything  in  the Produce  line, let 
us hear  from you.  Liberal  cash advances 
made when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

C o m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference: Fibst  N a t io n a l   Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan T r a d e s m a n . Grand Rapid*.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Dishonest Drug1  Clerk.

W. F.  Nagler,  the  Howard  City  drug­
gist, recently discovered that his clerk,  a 
young  man  named  Audley Welton,  was 
stealing  from  him. 
In  order  to  fasten 
the crime on the clerk, beyond  the possi­
bility  of  mistake,  marked  money  was 
passed over the counter for goods, which 
was  afterwards  found  in  Welton’s pos­
session,  when confronted with the charge. 
Albums and other valuable  articles were 
also  found  locked  in  his  trunk  in  his 
room.  Mr.  Nagler  kept  the  young man 
under surveillance until his  father could 
be summoned from  Chicago,  when a set­
tlement  was  effected,  satisfactory  to  all 
concerned.
Differ from  Grand  Rapids  Druggists.
The Chicago Retail Druggists’ Associa­
tion has condemned the terms of the con­
tract submitted  by Hood  &  Co., as  tend­
ing to  inaugurate a general  reduction on 
all  proprietary preparations,  inimical  to 
the interests of retailers, and as fostering 
the  establishment  of  department  stores 
in  opposition 
legitimate  drug 
trade.

to  the 

The Drug Market.

Opium and morphine are steady.  Qui­
nine  is  weak.  Cod.  liver  oil,  Norway, 
has  advanced.  Castor  oil  has  declined. 
Nitrate  silver  is  higher.  Po.  jalup  is 
lower.  Turpentine  is  higher.  Sulphur 
and  brimstone  have  advanced  J£c  per 
pound.  Linseed  oil is tending higher.

Rockford—W.  P.  Dockeray  has  pur­
chased a one-third interest in the Selleck 
Manufacturing  Co.,  which  has increased 
its  capacity for  the  manufacture of  fur­
niture ornaments.

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Pieced and Stamped Tinware, Rags,

Metals, Iron, Rubber and Wiping Rags 

264 So. Ionia St., GRAND  RAPIDS. 

Telephone 640.

P. J. BARBER. 

A. C. MARTIN.

BERBER,  MARTIN  &  CO.
Qommission  ”

12669749

GENERAL

FOR  THE  SALE  OF

Blitter, Eggs, Poilltrg, Frilit,  and  all 

Kinds of CoMry  Proddce.

191  South  Water  Street,

C H IC A G O .

IO
D ru g s $£ M edicines*

Stale  Board  of Pharmacy.

.

One  Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vemor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor
Five Years—George Gundrum, I o n i a . 
i 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vemor, Detroit..
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill,  Owosso. 
,h —
(Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, Sept. 1:  Lansing  Nor. A
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n.

Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor,  May  5;  Star  Island 

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
first Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President-Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vemor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.________
Brand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 

June, September and December.
B r a n d  Rapids Drug Clerk»’ Association. 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C- Smith.______

Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. J. W. Allen;  Secretary, W. F. Jackman.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

President  C. S. Koon;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

Use and Abuse of Perfumery.

W ritte n   fo r  T h e  Tbadbshan.

Whether strictly  within  the  province 
of  the  druggist  and  perfumer  only  to 
manufacture  and  sell  perfumes 
is  a 
question I will not here discuss,  as  it  is 
not pertinent to  this  article.  Formerly 
all  our  finest  perfumes  were  imported 
from  France.  Many  of  the  best  still 
come  from  that  country.  The  produc­
tion of odors,  grateful  to  our  sense  of 
smell,  is one of the  wonders  of  chemis­
try,  and the long list of articles employed 
would  astonish  the  most  incredulous. 
Substances are used in combination with 
others  which  alone  have  not  only  a 
strong and pungent,  but  most  disagree- 
ble odor. 
It is hardly credited by  many 
persons  that  gum  assafeotada  is  made 
use of in perfumery, yet such is the fact. 
As to  the  ear  there  is  discord  or  har­
mony in music,  so  to  the  olfactory  or­
gans  there  is  discord  or  harmony  in 
odors,  and  perfumers  have  discovered 
and classified the notes and bars in them; 
also the  flats  and  sharps,  as  in  music, 
making the  finest  productions  a  really 
scientific work.  The base .of  our  odors 
from flowers is, ofBcourse,  their essential 
oils, and these either come to us  in  that 
form or are preserved in the form of  po­
mades,  from  which  they  are  afterward 
removed, as desired.  Our  perfumes,  as 
we purchase them for use,  are nearly  all 
made in a similar manner and,  if  from  a 
reputable  perfumer,  are  about  equally 
good  if  purporting  to  be  of  the  same 
strength. 
It  is  well  to  instruct  custo­
mers  to  bear  in  mind  that  low-priced 
perfumes are far from  being  the  cheap­
est,  and if a good quality is desired,  they 
must expect and be willing to  pay  from 
forty to seventy-five cents per  ounce  for 
fine  odors.  The  best  cannot  be  made 
for a low  price.

Many persons,  I  find,  are  not  aware 
of the fact that,  like wines  and  liquors, 
manufactured  perfumes  improve  very 
perceptible with age, especially colognes 
and aromatic waters.  While waiting for 
this  stock  to  ripen  (if  I  may  use  the 
term), here is capital lying idle and  sim­
ple interest must be  added  to  the  price 
as only a matter of equity.  Thus it  will 
be seen why the finest perfumes  may  be 
more expensive.

Very  much  might  be  profitably  said 
about perfumes.  1  have  often  thought 
that our  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa­
tion should issue a gratuitous  hand-book 
on “The use  and  abuse  of  perfumery,” 
as there are so  many  points  the  public 
should know regarding its  use—such  as 
the common error of using too much at  a 
time, or using one odor so  long  that  its

exquisite fragrance becomes  lost  to  the 
sense of smell, or until the party  is  dis­
tinctly known by the odor he uses.  Cus­
tomers should  be  instructed  that,  as  a 
rule,  very little perfume at  one  time  is 
required—only  sufficient  to  neutralize 
the  natural  exudations  from  the  skin; 
more,  to many  with  whom  we  come  in 
contact,  will be offensive.  Odors  should 
also be  changed  at  least  three  to  four 
times a year and five or six  is  better,  if 
it can be afforded.  Aromatic  waters  of 
really good quality are  desirable in sum­
mer,  as a tablespoonful  in  water  when 
bathing the face and hands on a hot  day 
will prove exceedingly grateful. 
It  has 
been said that the  grade  of  civilization 
may be known by the quantity of soap  a 
nation uses,  and it should be added,  that 
its  refinement  and  delicacy  may  be 
known  by—not  the  quantity—but  the 
quality and proper use it  makes  of  per­
fumery. 

Dru gg ist.

Tit for Tat.

Written for Thb Tradesman.

“I think it entirely  out of  place  for  a 
grocer  to  retail.cigars,” said a  druggist 
the  other day,  while conversing with his 
grocer.  “All  persons who  purchase  ci­
gars  expect  the  privilege  of  smoking 
them  on  the  premises,  if  they  choose, 
and  who  desires  everything  he  eats fla­
vored with  tobacco  smoke?  It has  been 
a  custom—I  might  almost  say  an  un­
written  law—for  the  past  quarter of  a 
century for druggists to retail cigars and 
it  looks as if  grocers deal  in them solely 
through a spirit of avarice.”

“What have you to say about druggists 
selling  groceries?”  quietly  asked  the 
man addressed.

“ We  do  not  sell  butter, eggs,  flour, 
pickles  and  food  for the  table,” replied 
the druggist.

“ You do, however,  sell mustard, snuff, 
spices,  ginger, cream of tartar and lemon 
and orange peel, do you not?”

“ Yes,  but we are obliged to keep those 
articles,  as  they are  used  as  medicines, 
and it is not  often we sell them for other 
purposes.  All  the  articles  you  named 
are  used for the  sick, either  alone or  in 
combination  with other medicines.”

“ 1 do  not  like  to  beat a cripple  with 
his  own  crutches,”  resumed  the  grocer, 
“but  allow me to ask if  you do  not con­
sider  it  avarice  when  a  druggist  so far 
departs from his legitimate line of  medi­
cine  as  to  retail  flavoring  extracts  for 
cooking  purposes?  And  do  you  not 
honestly  think  that 
these  should  be 
classed ¡with  articles of |food,  instead  of 
medicine?  Then,  again,  what  do  you 
think of  the  druggist who  keeps a stock 
of  drugs  and  medicines  on  one  side of 
his  store  and a stock of  groceries on the 
other?  Is  it in  keeping with his dignity 
as  a  pharmacist? 
If  you  and  I  were 
both to engage in both  branches of  busi­
ness,  we should  then  stand  upon  equal 
ground, of  course;  but  if  you  kept  all 
the  medicines  and  I  all  the  groceries, 
would it not be better for both of us?”

“Perhaps  it would,”  was  the  grocer’s 
reply,  “ but in this  free  country,  neither 
you  nor I can  mould  public  opinion  to 
our particular views,  nor prevent  every­
one  from  keeping a variety store,  if  he 
wishes  to  do  so, consequently,  I  see  no 
remedy for this condition of trade.”

J.  P. Yisner, broker for Thomas Stokes, 
New  York  City,  jobber  of  salt  fish,  is 
headquarters  for good  values.  Address 
17 Hermitage  block,  Grand  Rapids,  for 
prices on full weight and reliable quality.

El.  Puritano  Cigar.
TheFinestlOGentGigar

O N   E A R T H

MANUFACTURED  BY

DILWORTH  BROTHERS,

PITTSBURGH.

TRADE  SUPPLIED BY

I.  M.  CLARK  &  SON,

Grand Rapids.
BRADDOCK, BAT£MAN!& CO., 
BaycCity.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

W h olesale P r ic e   C u rre n t•

Advanced—Cod Liver Oil, Nitrate Silver, Sulphur, Brimstone, Turpentine. 
Declined—Castor Oil, Po Jalap.
▲CIDUM.

TINCTURES.

Acetlcum................... 
8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  80@1  oo
Boraclc 
....................  
30
Carbollcum................   26®  36
Cltricum.....................  98®  60
Hvttrochlor................  3®  5
Nltrocum 
.................  10®  12
Oxalicum...................   11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum...............1  40@1  80
Sulphuricum..............  Hi®  9
Tannlcum..................1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum..................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

ñ 

Aqua, 16  deg................3&@  9
20  deg................5)4®  7
Carbonas  ............... 
  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

Black......................... 2 00@2 29
Brown.........................  80@1 00
Bed.............................   45®  50
Yellow.......................2 50®3 00

Cubeae (po. 1  50......... 1  60®1 75
Juni penis..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum..............  25® 30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba.......................   60® 65
Peru............................  @1  80
Terabin, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan.......................   40® 45

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po............   20
Primus Ylrglnl....................  12
Quillala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

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RXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
Via............
fci............
FEBRUM.
Carbonate Preclp........
Citrate and Qulnla—
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocy anidum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l.........
pure............

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FLORA.

Cassia lAcutlfol,  Tln-

Salvla  officinalis,  lis

24® 25
33® 35
11® 12
13® 14
14® 15
16® 17
@ 15
@3 50
® 80
■ 50
@ 15
1)4® 2
® 7

22® 25
20® 25
25® 30

20® 22
25® 28
35® 50
12® 15
8® to

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Acacia,  1st  picked.

2d 
3d
sifted sorts
po ............
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)
“  Cape, (po.  20)
“  Socotrl, (po.  60) 
Catechu, la, (Ms, 14 )4s, 
16)...,....................
Assafetida,  (po. 30).

Galbanum.  ...........
Gamboge,  po......
Guaiacolo, (po  40)
Kino,  (po.  25)........
Mastic...................
Myrrh, (po. 45)......

bleached.

@1  00
® 90
® 80
© 65
75@1  00
50® 60
® 12
@ 50
@ 1
25® 30
@ 15
50® 55
50® 52
35® 10@3 00
80® 95
@ 35
@ 20
@ 90
@ 40
25@2 40
28® 40
73® 35
30® 75

h e r b  a—In ounce packages.

Absinthium........
Eupatori um ........
Lobelia................
Majorum............
Mentha  Piperita.
«  Y lr........
Bue...................
Tanacetum, Y —  
Thymus,  V.........

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20® 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®

OLEUM.

85®2 00

90@2 00
00@2 10

Cubebae...................12 00@12 50
Exechthitos.................   90@1 U0
Erlgeron.....................1 
Gaultheria................. 2 
Geranium,  ounce......  ®  75
Gossipi!, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Limonis...........................1  80@2 80
Mentha Piper...................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verld.............2 50@2 60
Morrhuae, gal..................l  25@1 35
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive........................... 1 
00@2 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 85)  10®  12
Bici n i..........................1 
04@1 20
Rosmarini............  
75@1 00
Bosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
San tal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglll..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   ®  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.....................   37®  40
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart, pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass Nitras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

RADIX.

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Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  15®  20
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)..................   @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po........:..........   15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 40@2 50
IriB plox (po. 35®38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  pr..................   35®  40
Maranta,  ü s ..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Bhel...........................   75®1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H  ®  40
M  @ 20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
SymplocarpuB,  Fceti-
duB,  po....................  @  35
Yaleriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
^lngiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
..  @ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 4)4® 
5
Cydonium..................   75@1  OO
Cnenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate........2 00®2 25
Foenlculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L ini............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__  3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................  6@  7
Slnapis,  Albu............  
8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. B.......1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
 
Juniperls  Co. O. T....1  75@1  75
“ 
.............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........1 75@2 00
Spt  Vini  Galli........... 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.....................1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

SPONOES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage........................2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................  
Grass sheeps' wool car­
riage  ....................... 
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Beef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

Abslnthlum................ 5 00®5
Amygdalae, Dule........  45®
Amydalae, Amarao__ 8 00@8
Anlal........................... 1 70@1
Aurati ti  Cortex..................... ®2
Bergamll  ...................3 75®4
Cajiputl......................  90®1
Caryophylll.................1 20@1
Cedar.........................  35®
Chenopodi!................  @1
Cimiamoli l i .................1  10® 1
Cltronella...................  ®
Conium  Mao..............  39®
Copalba  .....................l'20®l

SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac.............................  
60
Ferri Iod.............................  50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Bhel  Arom..........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................  50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  rirg............ . 
50

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Aconitum Napellis B .........  60
p ...........  5Q
Aloes.....................................  60
and myrrh..................   60
A rnica..................................  so
Asafoetida............................  o
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
Benzoin.................................  60
“  Co............................  50
Sanguinaria  .........................  50
Barosma..............................   so
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca  ilamon............................  75
Co......................   75
Castor................................. 1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................   60
Columba.............................   50
Conium................................   50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian................................   50
“  Co.............................   60
Guaica................................   50
ammon..................   60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine....................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum...............   35
K ino..................................   50
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opii.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Auranti Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany  ...............................  50
Bhel.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................  50
Co................  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonlum..........................   60
Tolutan................................   60
Valerian...........................  
Veratrum Veride...................  50

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50

cent  ............
Creasotum......
Creta, (bbl. 75).
“  prep.......
“  precip__
“  Rubra__

Cudbear.

Antlpyrin........
Antifebrin.......
Argenti  Nitras, ounce

11;  &s,  12)...
Cantharides  Busslan,
po..........................
Capsicl  Fructus, af..
“ 
“  sw.
Caryophyllus, (po.  18 
Carmine,  No. 40.......

Coccus............
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla.........
Cetaceum........

MISCELLANEOUS.

ground,  (po.

26® 28
30® 32
2)4® 3)4
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
.  55® 60
@1 40
@ 25
î  @ 66
5® 7
38® 40
.2 10@2 20
@ 9
!  @1 40
@ 25
© 28
@ 18
1  13® 14
@3 75
.  50® 55
38® 40
@ 40
@ 20
@ 10
@ 45
.  60® 63
@1 10
.1 30@1 60
.  20® 25
r  15® 20
i 3)4® 12
60
@ 50
@ 2
5® 5
9® 11
@ 8
28® 30
@ 24
6® 7
.  10® 12
.  68® 70
@
@ 3
.  50® 55
12® 15
@ 23
.  7  @ S
@ 70
French...........  40®  60

squlbbs .

Emery,  aQ  numbers, 
po.................

Cor

Galla.....................
Gambler.................
Gelatin .Cooper....
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerine.................. 17  @  25
Grana Paradisi...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
@  90 
Hydraag Chlor Mite.
®  80
Ox Rubrum  @1 to
Ammontati.
@1  10
Unguentum.  41®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  70
.1  25@1 50
Tihthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 7£@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulln.....................   50®  55
Lycopodium..............  50®  55
Macis.........................  80®  85-
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltis  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
H i)..........................  
a®  8.
Manilla,  S .F ..............  50®  60

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

C. Co..................... 2 in%2 35

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. 2 20®2  45 Seldlltz  Mixture__
Slnapis...................

@ 25
@ 18
30
® 40 Snuff,  Maceaboy,  De
Moschus Canton......
@ 35
70® 75 Voes....................
Myristlca, No. 1........
© 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 35
Nux Vomica, (po 20).
.  12® 13
33® 38 Soda Boras, (po. 13)
Os.  Sepia..................
..  30® 33
Soda  et Potass Tart
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
@2 00 Soda Carb............... •  1)4® 2
Co...  ....................
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
Plcls  Llq, N.  C.,  V, gal
@ 5
@2 00 Soda, Ash............... ..  3)4® 4
1  doz  .......................
@ 2
Plcls Llq., quarts__
@1 00 Soda, Sulphas.........
@ 85 Spts. Ether C o........ ..  50® 55
pints........
@2 25
I Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80).
@ 50
“  Myrcia  Dorn...
© 1
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).
@3 00
“  Myrcia Imp...
I Piper Alba, (pò g5)...
‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
@ 3
1 Plx  Burgun..............
@2 37
@ 7
2 27).....................
14® 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
I Plumbl A cet............
Pulvis Ipecac et opii. 1  10©1  20 Strychnia  Crystal...
@1  10
1 Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
Sulphur, Sub!......... ..  3  @  4
I  & P. D.  Co., doz__
“  Roll........... ..  2?i@ 3)4
@1  25
30® 35 Tamarinds..............
j Pyrethrum,  pv.........
8® 10
I  Quassiae..................
8® 10 Terebenth Venice... ..  28® 30
35® 40 Theobromae........... ..  50® 55
Qulnla, S .P .4 W ....
23® 30 Vanilla.................... .9 00@16 00
8.  German...
12® 14 Zlncl  Sulph............ ..  7® 8
Rubla  Tinctorum__
Saccharum Lac tls pv.
@ 40
Salacin....................... 1  80@1  85
40® 50
Sanguis  Draconls__
Santonine  ................. @4 50 Whale, winter......... .  70
Sapo,  W....................
12® 14 Lard,  extra.............. .  55
10® 12 Lard, No.  1.............. .  45
M.......................
“  G.......................
@ 15 Linseed, pure raw... .  55

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
58

OILS.

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paints. 

strained............  

11
Llndseed,  boiled__   58 
61
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
69
50 
Spirits Turpentine__  44)4  50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............. H£  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__Hi  2@4
“ 
Ber........lx   2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M 2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2K@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
85@88
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  @7)4
“  -  w hite...............   @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20®1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints............   ...... 1 00®1 20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10®1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach Body...............2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  76

HAZEL, TINS

&  P E R K IN S

DRUG  CO.

Importers and Jobbers of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATPNT  MPDTPTNTPfil
r  A l   f i IN JL  IVI l iI J II j I IN r  in.
Paints, Oils <» Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the  Celebrated

SWISS  «ILLS  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   Line of  H e   D rifts’ S i b

We are Sole  Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  JYlictiipn  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a Poll Line of

W H ISK IE S,  B R A N D IE S ,

GINS,  W INES, R U M S .

*  We give oar Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive chem.  Send in  a 

trial order.Hazeltine i  Parkins Dnl| Go.

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

12

THE  MICHIGAN  TBAIXESMAIsT.

g r o c b r i b s .

■The  Grocery  Market.

■  The sugar market  is  about  as  uncer­
tain as the weather  nowadays,  the  only 
element of certainty being  that  there  is 
practically no sugar  in  jobber’s  hands. 
The prices quoted  this  week  are  based 
on no  definite  understanding  as  to  the 
market, being merely a summary  of  the 
opinions entertained by the local jobbers. 
Much  disappointment  is  already  fore­
shadowed in  regard to April sugars, none 
of the jobbers having  been  able  to  get 
their  entire  orders  filled,  which  gives 
ground  for  the  belief  that  the  market 
will be in  an  unsettled  condition  until 
May  1.  Oatmeal  has  advanced,  owing 
to the sharp advance  in  oats,  and  T h e 
T radesm an  will  increase its  quotations 
to $6.75  next  week. 
In  the  meantime, 
purchases made on the basis of $6.50  are 
well made.  Saurkraut  is  about  out  of 
market,  manufacturers  having  sold  all 
out and there  being  only  an  occasional 
barrel left in jobbers’ hands.

Wheat,  oats,  corn,  rye and  barley  are 
all  higher  than  a  week  ago  and  local 
millers have advanced the price  of  flour 
10c  per barrel.  Pork,  hams,  shoulders 
and dried leef  have  advanced  and  still 
higher prices are looked for.

W ools  Strong—Hides  and  Furs  Lower 

—Tallow  Firm.

Wools  hold  strong,  with  no change in 
price or offerings.  Australian is  coming 
in  in  larger  quantities  and  is preferred 
by  manufacturers  to  our  fine 
fleece. 
They claim  there  is  less  shrinkage than 
with home grown  washed  fleece and will 
work  better  with  territory  wools.  Our 
growers  must  put  their  wools  in  better 
condition  or,  still  better,  not  wash  a 
sheep.

Hides  are  lower  and  are likely to de­
cline  still  more.  There  is  a scarcity of 
light  hides  of  clear  grain,  but tanners 
claim they cannot  tan  at  present  prices 
and see their  money  back.  The  leather 
market is well supplied and  dull of sale.
Tallow  holds  firm,  with  a  slight  ad­
vance  west,  but  weaker  at  the  east. 
Supplies are ample for all demands.

Furs are demoralized,  as was  expected 
would  be  the  case  at  the London sales. 
All the extreme  prices  paid  have been a 
loss to buyer,  aud not  warranted, caused 
by  undue  excitement  among  the  buyers 
in the field.  Quality  is  not  so  good at 
this time,  which,  with the  falling  off  in 
price,  obliges  the  dealers  to  hedge and 
they are inclined to go below  where they 
should be bought.

How  a  Grocer  w as  Swindled.

From the Way land Globe.

Robinson, the doter on  widows, the gay 
lothario of  a pension fraud  recently sen­
tenced to the penitentiary for three years 
from Grand Rapids,  will not  soon be for­
gotten  by  D.  W.  Shattuck, the  Wayland 
grocer.  Some time last  fall,  while chas­
ing  around  after  rosy-cheeked  and  dim- 
pled-chinned  widows  to  marry  and  get 
pensions  for,  Robinson stepped into  Mr. 
Shattuck’s  place of  business,  and  being 
of  a  loquacious  disposition,  commenced 
talking those in the  store to death—so to 
speak.  To stop  his  glibness  of  tongue, 
he was  asked if  he  wanted  anything, to 
which be replied:

“Got any cheese?”
He was informed in  the affirmative. 
“Give  me  a nickel’s  worth.  Got  any 
Again an affirmative reply.
“Give me a nickel’s worth.”
It  was done,  and  the grey and  gay de­
ceiver commenced  munching them  then 
and  there.  As he  had not  yet  paid  for

crackers?”

either,  he  was  asked  if  there  was  any­
thing  more  he’d  like.  Looking  up  in 
blank  astonishment at the presumptuous 
impertinence of the salesman before him, 
he said:
“Why,  bless  your  soul, man,  I want a 
whole  cart-load of  groceries;  I own  sev­
eral  farms in the  neighborhood, and  my 
help are the greatest eaters in the State.” 
On  this  announcement  Mr.  Shattuck 
instantly grew a foot  taller, believing he 
was  about  to  secure  a  good  customer, 
and,  being busy at the  time,  told  his son 
Hugh  to  wait  on  the  gentleman.  The 
young  man  proceeded  to  do  as  he  was 
told,  and  wrapped  and  tied  up  several 
dollars’  worth  of  teas,  coffees,  sugars, 
etc., when  he was  told  that “That  will 
answer for this time.”
Robinson  then  stepped  out  the  front 
door—only  for  moment,  however.  On 
his return he asked the  young man  for a 
box  to  put  his  purchases in;  that  if  he 
carried  the  several  packages  loosely in 
the bottom of  his buggy,  they  would  all 
be bursted before he got home.  The box 
was found and the packages nicely placed 
therein,  when  Hugh,  anxious to  see  the 
j color of  his new customer’s money,  said: 
“Is  there  anything  more you’d  like?” 
Robinson scratched his head a moment, 
as if searching his memory to learn if  he 
had  forgotten  anything,  when  he  sud­
denly blurted out:
“Yes,  my boy,  I  want a paper of  your 
best  smoking tobacco—no common  stuff, 
I  came  near 
mind  you;  but  the  best. 
forgetting it.”
He was given  the tobacco  and he  then 
went  out  to  get  his  team  to  haul  the 
goods away.
But for the fact that he is now playing 
checkers  with  his  nose,  the  elder  Shat­
tuck  might  still  harbor  the  belief  that 
he  is  still  looking  for  the  team.  The 
grocer  has  charged  the  15 cent  account 
to  profit  and  loss,  but  it  is  hardly safe 
for anyone to enquire  how he gets  along 
with  the  customer  who  owns  several 
farms and hires men who eat like blazes.

John  Kennlng’s  Observations.

“ I have never seen Petoskey  so  lively 
during  the  winter  as  she  has  been  this 
year,”  remarked  John  E.  Kenning  the 
other  day.  “ Every  dealer  there  is sur­
prised  at  the  manner  in  which  trade 
holds up and,  with scarcely an exception, 
the  dealers  are  free  buyers  and  prompt 
payers.”

“ In two towns,  at least,” he continued, 
“ local  pride  has  about  shut  off  outside 
cigar  salesmen. 
I  refer  to  Muskegon 
and Hastings. 
In  both  places  the trade 
is  standing  by  the local  manufacturers, 
giving  them  the  best sort  of encourage­
ment.  While this sentiment curtails my 
sales  very  materially,  I  glory  in  the 
spirit  which  prompts  it  aud hope to see 
the  trade  continue  to  be  loyal  to  local 
interests.”
CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

H o w   to  K e ep   a  S to re.
By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant  It treats of Selection  of Bus! 
ness.  Location.  Buying,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great Interest to every one in trade.  $1.50.
THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

Grand  Rapids.

PRODUCE MARKET.

is really no market.
unchanged.

Apples—So meagre are the offerings, that there 
Beans—The market  is dull  and quiet.  Prices 
Beets—50c per bu.
Butter— The  market  is  weaker,  actual  ex­
perience  again  demonstrating  that  the  people 
are  not  hungry for  25c  butter, when  they  can 
get butterine for half the money.  The supply is 
now  ample,  choice  dairy  commanding  20@24c 
and  creamery being in  good  demand at 30@32c.

Cabbages—50c  per doz. or $4 per 100.
Carrots—20@25c per bu.
Celery—20@25c per doz.
Cooperage—Pork barrels.tl.25;  produce barrels 
25c.
Cranberries—Cape Cods are nowout of market. 
Bell  and  Cherry  are  held  at  $9  and  Jerseys 
at $9.50.
Eggs— The  market  is  very  uncertain,  as  is 
usually the case during Easter week.  Sales will 
probably be made before the end of the week as 
high as  24c, but  next  Monday  there  will  be  a 
drop—probably to 12@15c.  Dealers  are  holding 
at 18@20c to day.

Honey—Scarce at 16@18 for clean comb.
Onions—Unchanged.  Dealers  stand  ready  to 
pay $1.25 and hold at $1.40.
Potatoes—The market is still  stronger, having 
substantially advanced  at  all  the principal con­
sumptive markets.  Shippers are now paying 90c 
and the producer  wno is holding  for $1 will  un­
doubtedly see the fruition of his desires.

Squash—l*4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried Jerseys are in good 
Turnips—30@35c per bu

demand readily commanding $3.50 per bu.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new............................... 
11  50
Short c u t.....................................................   11  50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  13 00
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12  75
Boston clear, short cut................................  13 00
Clear back, short cut...................................   13 00
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
13 00

 

 

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

.........................................7*4

Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage 
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight.............................. ..............  5
Bologna,  thick.......  .......................   .........   5
Headcheese....................................................   5
lard—Kettle Rendered.
Tierces...............................: .............
7
Tubs...................................................
561b.  Tins..........................................
Family. 

l a r d. 

Tierces......................................6 
0 and 50 lb. Tubs.....................6*4 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case............. 7 
5 lb. Palls, 12 in a case...............67s 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.............. 63£ 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case............. 6*4 
501b. Cans.................................6J4 
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs....................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
Boneless, rump butts............................,....
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs...........  ......................
16 lbs...................................
12 to 14 lbs............................
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
Shoulders.....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
Dried beef, ham prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium........................................
l ig h t ..............   ........................................

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

„ 

Corn-
pound.
5%
6
65i
6%
6*4
6*4
6

7 00 
6 75 
10  00
83£9
9*4
68*4
5*48
9*4
6*4
¿*4
6*4

FISH and OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  PISH.

 

Whitefish...................................................  @10
Trout.........................................................   @9
Halibut......................................................  @18
Ciscoes......................................................  @5
Flounders.................................................   @9
Bluefish  .................................  
 
Mackerel...................................................  @25
Cod............................................................   @12
California salmon.....................................  @18
Fairhaven  Counts....................................  @38
F. J. D. Selects..........................................  @30
Selects  ...................................  
 
F. J. D.......................................................  @23
Anchors.....................................................  @20
Standards.......................................... 

oysters—Cans.

“ 

SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100— ...............................1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.....................................   75@100
Standards, per gal..................................  @1  25
Selects, 
@1  75
Scrimps, 
1  60
Clams, 
1  50
1  50
Scallops, 

BULK  GOODS.
 
 
 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

  @18

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows :
Beef, carcass..........................................
“ 
hindquarters...............................
fore 
“ 
...............................
loins, No. 3..............................
*• 
ribs.............................................
“ 
“ 
rounds........................................
“ 
tongues.......................................
Bologna..................................................
Pork loins...............................................
“  shoulders.......................................
Sausage, blood or head.........................
liver.........................................
Frankfort.................................
Mutton...........................................  
...
Veal........................................................

“ 
“ 

6  @  7*4 @ 8 
@ 4*4 
@12 
@10 
@@10*4 
@ 5 
@ 7 
@ 5 
@ 5 
@ 5 
@ 7*4 
7*5@8 
6*4® 7

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

 

 

 

 

“ 

.8

Bbls.
..7*4

MIXED  CANDY.

STICK  CANDY.
Standard,  per  lb...................  

@8
“  H.H..........................................   @8
“  Twist  .......................................   @8
pails or packages, net  weight......... 8*4
“ 
24C-lb. bbls  ........................................  8
“ 
Boston Cream  ................................................ 10
Cut  Loaf...................... 
9
Extra H. H.......................................................10
Pails.
8
8
8*4
8*4

Standard, per lb.
Leader............
Special..............
Royal................
Nobby...............
Broken..............
M idget..............................................
English  Rock....................................
Conserves.........................................
Broken Taffy....................................
Peanut Squares.................................
Extra.................................................
Kindergarten....................................
French Creams............ .....................
Valley  Creams................................
pancy—In 5 lb. boxes.

........9
........9
........10
____  9
........  9
.  net,  9*4 
..net,  9*4
........10*4
......... 10
........11
........14
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... 60
Sour Drops...................................................... 60
Peppermint Drops............................................70
Chocolate Drops...............................................70
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops....................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops....................................... 80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 65
printed............................................70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes.............................................................75
Cream Bar........................................................60
Molasses  Bar................................................... 60
Caramels....................................................16@18
Hand Made  Creams....................................90@1 00
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams............................................. 1 00
String  Rock........................................... 
75
Burnt Almonds................................... 1  00@1  10
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................65
Lozenges, plain, in  pails.................................11
printed, in palls..............................12
Chocolate Drops, In pu ls.................................12
Gum Drops, In pails.......................................... 6
Moss Drops, in palls.........................................10
Sour Drops, in pails.........................................10
Imperials, in palls............................................11
3 25
California,  128....................................... 
150.......................................  
3 50
176-2 0-226.......................... 
3 50
300-240......  2  75@3 00
200............  
3 75
Messina, choice, 360............................ 3  75@ 4 00
fancy, 360............................ 4 50@ 4 75
4 00
choice 300............................. 
fancy 380............................. 4  50® 4 75
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers.......   18@20
........  @16
“ 
“ choice 
 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
“ 
.........................  @8
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................4  @6

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Almonds, Tarragona.  ..........................   @17*4

OTHER  POREIGN  FRUITS.

“ 
“ 
LEMONS.

fancy—In bulk.

Ivaca.....................................   @17
California.............................   @17
Brazils, new...........................................   @  9
I Filberts..................................................  @11
!  Walnuts, Grenoble.................................  @15*4
“  Marbot...................................   @12
Chili.......................................   @10*4
“ 
Table Nuts, No. 1..................................   @15*4
No. 2..................................   @14
Pecans, Texas, H. P ...............................  14@16
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  @4 50
Fancy, H.  P., Suns................................   @6
“  Roasted..:.................7*4®  8
Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .............................   @ 6
“  Roasted....................  7*4@ 8
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @5
“  Roasted.................6*4@ 7

“ 
“ 
@12

  @12*4

Messinas, 

“ 
“ 
“ 

50-lb. “ 

PEANUTS.

ORANGES.

“ 
@25

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

C U R T I S S   &  CO .,

WHOLESALE

Paper  Warehouse.

FLOUR SACKS,  GROCERY  BAGS,  TWINE  AND  WOODEN  WARE.

Houseman  Block, 

- 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Chicago goods.................

APPLE  BUTTER.
AXLE GREASE.
Frazer’s.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Wood boxes, per  doz  ......  

80
3  doz. case .
2 40
pergross.......  9 00
85 lb. pails,.........................  l  00
15 lb.  “ 
 
’75
A urora.
Wood boxes,  per doz........ 
60
3 doz. case...  1  75
per  gross....  6 00

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“ 
“ 

 

Diamond.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Wood boxes,  per doz  ......  

25 lb. palls......................... 
Acme, % lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 

BAKING  POWDER.
54 lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 
bulk........................  
Teller’s,  \  lb. cans, doz.. 

50
3 doz. case...  1  50
per  gross__   5 50
Peerless.
90
45
2  “  ....  85
1  “  ....  l  io
io
45 
“ 
“  ..  85
* 
“  ..  1  50
Arctic, % lb can s..............  60
“ 
 
l  20
“ 
2 00
9 60
„   “ 
 
Red Star,  Tb cans........... 
40
“ 
........... 
80
“ 
...........  1  50

541b.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
 
 
 
54 »>  “ 
IB   “ 
BATH BRICK.

“ 
54 
1  lb  “ 
5  fl>  “ 

2 dozen in case.

 

“  

8oz 

bluing. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  to
Domestic.............................   60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................ 4 oo
“ 
7 00
“  pints, round  .......... 10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“ 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“ 
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  .................  4 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl...........................  1 75
............................2 00
No. 1  “ 
2 25
No. 1 
“ 
.................
...  2 50
Parlor Gem..................
...  2 75
Common Whisk...........
... 
90
Fancy 
...........
...  1 20
M ill.............................
...  3 25
Warehouse..................
...  2 75
Rising Sun.................... ...5  00
York State...................
Self Rising.................... ....4  50
BUTTERINE.
Creamery.

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.

Dairy.

Solid packed................. • •  13fe
Rolls............................. ..  14
Solid packed................. ..  11
Rolls............................. ..  1154
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes......... ...  1054
Star,  40 
......... ...  1054
Paraffine....................... ...12
Wicking.......................
...  26

CANDLES
“ 

“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

FISH.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  l i b ...........
. 1   10
“  2  lb........... ....1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb...............
...2 30
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb..............
...1  15
21b..............
..  2 20
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb......................
.. .2 50
“  2  lb......................
...3 50
Pionic, 1 lb....................
...2 00
21b  ...................
“ 
...3 00
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...............
...1 20
2  lb.............. ...2  00
Mustard,  31b................
. . .3 OO
Tomato Sauce,  31b......
...3 00
Soused, 3  lb...................
...3 00
Columbia River, flat__ ..  1  85
tails__ ...1  60
Alaska, 1  lb..................
. .. I   35

Salmon.
“ 

“ 

“ 

Sardines.

“  
“ 

4 00

2 50

American  %s...............
Imported  %s.................
Mustard  %s..................
Brook, 3 lb....................

.  5@  6
.............. ■  7@ 8
.11 @12
54s.................. . 13@14
6@ 7
...2 50

Trout.
FRUIT8.
Apples.
York State, gallons__
Apricots.
Santa  Cruz.................
Lusk’s.........................
Overland...................
Blackberries.
F. &  W.......................
1  10
Cherries.
Red..........................
1  9ft
Pitted Hamburg.........
1  40
W hite.........................
1  60
Erie............................
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
Gages.
E rie......................
@1  60
Common.................
1  10
Peaches.
P ie..............................1  60@1  75
Maxwell....................
2 25
Shepard’s ...................
California.................. 2 6<X£â£ 75
Domestic....................
1  25
Riverside...................................
2 25
Pineapples.
Common.....................
1  30
Johnson’s  sliced.......
2 40
grated........
2 65
Quinces.
Common.................
1  10

Gooseberries.

Pears.

“  

 

“ 
“ 

Gloss.
1-lb packages...................... 6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
654
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes.............   4%
Barrels................................  4%
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

VINEGAR.

yeast—Compressed.

18
Rob  Roy..................... 
25
Uncle  Sam.........................-28
Tom and Jerrp...............    .25
Brier Pipe..........................   30
Yum  Yum.....................!.!.32
Red Clover...........................30
Navy................................... ..
Handmade...........................40
F rog....................................33
40 gr.....................................  714
50 gr.....................................  sj.6
Tin foil cakes, per doz........... 15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30
PA PER A WOODEN WARE
Curtiss  &  Co.  quote  as  fol­
lows:
Straw 
isf
Rockfaiis....................
Rag sugar........................... 254
Hardware.............................
Bakers................................•'254
Dry  Goods.................!  554@6
Jute Manilla............... 6V£@8
Red  Express  No. 1........  ..  5
No. 2..............4
48 Cotton............................25
Cotton, No. 1......................22
“  2......................18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 40
No. 5 Hemp....................... is
No. 6  “ ............................... 17
Wool...................................   7

PAPER.

SALT

SODA.

SEEDS.

SAL  SODA.

................. 

Old Country, 80................... 3 20
Uno,100............................... 3 50
Bouncer, 100........................3 00
Boxes..................................5u
Kegs, English..................... .4%
Kegs...................................  1*
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  454® 6
Caraway...............................  9
Canary................................ 3^4
Hemp...................................4^
Anise................................... 13
Rape...................................   6
Mustard...............................754
Common Fine per bbl......   @95
Solar Rock, 56 lb. sacks......   27
28 pocket.............................1  75
60 
............................. 2 00
............................. 2 15
100 
Ashton bu. bags.................  75
Higgins  “ 
75
Warsaw “ 
35
54 bu  “ 
.................   20
WOODENWARE.
Diamond Crystal,  cases.... 1  50 I Tubs  No. 1
w0’ 2
28-lb sacks  25 
“ 
50
“  56-lb 
“ 
60  pocket.2 25
.2 10
“  28 
“  barrels..  .1  75
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Cow.......................554
Taylor’s................................5%
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf............554
pure........................554
Golden Harvest....................5

SALERATUS.

TWINES.

“ 
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“   

“ 
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MEAL.

FLOUR.

splint

WHEAT.

barrels.
sacks..

Baskets, market................. 

7 00 
** 
6 00
„  ,  No. 3.........................5 00
1  50
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls, 11 inch...................   1 00
“  13  “ 
......................  1 25
“  15  “ 
..................... 2  00
17  “  .....................   2 75
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
35
bushel.................  1  50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
No.2 6 25
N0.3 7 25 
No.l  3 50 
No.2 4 25 
N0.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
W hite......................... 
97
Red.............................  
97
All wheat bought  on 60 lb. test.
Bolted...............................  1  60
Granulated.......................  1  70
Straight, in  sacks  ...........  5  10
“  barrels...........  5 30
“ 
“  sacks............   6  10
Patent 
6 30 
Graham
4 99 
2 25
Rye
Bran...................................  21 00
Screenings........................  21 to
Middlings...........................22 00
Mixed Feed..........................   26 00
Coarse meal..........................   25 00
Milling................................   80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, per  bu.......................   60
Small  lots.........................  72
Car 
“  .........................  70
Small  lots............................53
Car 
“  ............................ 56
No. 1...................................  10 00
No. 2.................................   900
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 
lows, nominal :
Green..........................  4  @5
Part  Cured.................  @ 5
Full 
5  @6
gry..............................   6  @ 7
Kips,green...................4  @5
“  cured....................5  @6
Calfskins,  green...........5  @ 6
cured...........6  @ 8
Deacon skins............... 10  @30

MILLSTUFFS.

BARLEY.

HIDES.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

RYE.

“ 

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No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.

FURS.

WOOL.

Shearlings....................10  @25
Estimated wool, per »  20  @28
Washed.............................20@30
Unwashed........................ 10@22
Outside prices are for No. 1 only
Badger.....................$0 20@$1 OO
Bear......................... 5 00@30 OO
Beaver....................  2 00@  8 CO
Cat,  house.............. 
05@ .  25
Cat, wild................. 
10@  50
Coon.......................  25@  80
Fisher....................   4 00@ 6 00
Fox,  cross..............  2 00@ 5 00
Fox,  red  ................   1 00«  1  50
Fox,  gray...............   40@  70
Lynx......................   2 00@ 3 00
Martin, pale and yel­
low ......................  40@ 1  00
Martin, dark..........   1  50® 3 00
25® 1  00
Mink....................... 
22
Muskrat...................  07 
05 
Opossum................. 
15
Otter.................. 
3 00  10 00
Skunk.................... 
10  1  20
Wolf  .......................  1 00  3 00
Beaver castors, per 
l b ...........................2 Oft  5 00

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels................................28
Half bbls.............................30
Amber.......................23  @25
Fancy drips...............28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps
Sugar Creams............  
854
8
Frosted  Creams.........  
Graham Crackers......  
8
Oatmeal Crackers...... 
3
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box.......... 75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
D ust............................ 10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust............................. 10  @12
F air............................. 18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest......................  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to fair...........25 @35
Extra fine to finest___50 @65
Choicest fancy.............75 @85
Common to fair...........23 @26
Superior to  fine........... 28 @30
Fine to choicest........... 45 @55
Common to fair........... 23 @26
Superior to fine.............30 @35
Common to fair........... 18 @26
Superior to  fine........... 30 @40
F air..............................18 @22
Choice...........................24 @28
Best..............................40 @50

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha
Sweet Cuba............
McGinty.................
14 bbls......
Little  Darling........
»4 bbl
1791.........................
1891,14 bbls............
Valley  City.............
Dandy Jim ..............
Plug.
Searhead.................
Joker......................
Zero.........................
2i
L. & W.......................  
28
Here  It Is................... 
31
Old Style.................... 
Old  Honesty.............. 
4u
Jolly Tar.................... 
33
Hiawatha................... 
37
Valley City...............  
34
Jas. O. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 37
Peach P ie ..............................34
“Tobacco” ..............................35
Boss.....................................  1214
Colonel’s Choice.................13
Warpath............................. 14
Banner...............................14
King Bee.............................20
Kiln Dried..........................17
Nigger Head.......................23
Honey  Dew........................ 24
Gold  Block.........................28
Peerless..............................24

Smoking.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Whortleberries.

' 
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black.................
Strawberries.
Lawrence...................
Hamburg...............
Erie......................
Common............
F. &  W....................
Blueberries...............
MEATS.
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.
Roast beef,  Armour’s..
Potted  ham, 54 lb 
“  H lb.

1  30 
1  40
1  40
1  10
2  00 
1  50
1  40 
1  25
1  30
2  00
-----1  75
. .. .1   10
tongue, 54 lb ...........1  io
541b..........  65
chicken,  54 lb..........  95

“ 
VEGETABLES.

“ 

COUPONS.
“Superior.”

Genuine  Swiss.................. 8 (.0 
American Swiss.................  7 00 | Chicago  goods....................4

. 

jellies.
LAMP WICKS.

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LICORICE.

“Tradesman.”

it 2,
* 5,  “ 
sio,  “ 
$20,  “ “ 

.............  30
No.............. 
1, per hundred...............   2 50
No. 1...................................   40
3 00  No. 2................................... 
50
4 00 
5 00  Pure.....................................  30
6 00  Calabria.......................  
25
Sicily...................................  
is
Condensed, 2 doz...............1  25
No. 9  sulphur..................... 2 00
Anchor parlor.....................1 70
No. 2 home..........................1  10
Export  parlor..................... 4 25

$ 1, per hundred............... 2 00
...............   2 50
f 2,  “ 
............... 3 00
* 5, 
£®*  “ 
............... 4 oo
Subject to  the  following  dis­
counts:
200 or over.  .........   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

MATCHES.

LYE.

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“

 

“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Tomatoes.

Squash.
Succotash.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.

Beans.
String..................................  85
.........................  90
Stringless 
Lima, green...................."  1 30
soaked.....................   go
Lewis Boston Baked..........1  35
Bay State  Baked................ 1  35
World’s  Fair...................... 1  35
Tiger1....................................1 00
Purity..................................1  10
E rie..................................... 1  15
Soaked................................   65
Harris  standard.................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.110
Early June.......1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom...  1  35
French...............................1  30
French..............................17Q18
Erie.....................................   90
Hamburg  ............................  99
Hubbard.............................1  30
Soaked............... 
85
 
Honey  Dew................60
Hamburg.............................
Van  Camp’s........................1  10
No. Collins..........................1  10
Hamburg........................... 1  10
Hancock.............................1 05
Gallon................................ 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER'S.
German Sweet.................. 
22
Premium............. : ........... 
34
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
40
CH1COBT.
Bulk........................ 
41,4
Red......................................  7
CHEESE.
Fancy Full  Cream  ... 11  @1154
'Sood 
....1 0   @1054
Part Skimmed............  8  @9
Sap Sago....................  @22
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24@  25
domestic  __  15@  16
Limburger..........................   15
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps...............35
200 
............... 40
Spruce, 200 pieces...............40
Snider’s, 54 p in t................ 1  35
pint.......................2 30
quart.....................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes....................... 40
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk.............................  @4
Pound  packages...........  @7

CATSUP

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COFFEE.
GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair.................................... 2054
Good...................................21
Prime................................. 2154
Golden................................2254
Peaberry............................23
F air.................................... 2054
Good...................................21
Prime................................. 2154
Peaberry  ..........................2254
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair...............................  ...22
Good...................................23
Fancy................................. 25
Prime................................. 2254
Milled................................24
Interior.............................. 25
Private Growth..................26
Mandehling.......................29
Imitation........................... 25
Arabian.............................. 2

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

ROASTED.

EXTRACT.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
PACKAGE.
McLaaghUn’s  X X X X ....23%
Lion....................... 
........25%
“  In cabinets  ................2654
Durham.............................. 2554
Valley City......................... 
75
Felix.................................. 1  15
Hummel’s, foil...................  1  50
tin ....................  2 50
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.  1  25
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00
Eagle.
7 40
Crown................................650

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft.
60 ft.
70 ft.........  
“
80 ft.........  
“
60 ft.........
7 2 ff........ 
“
CONDENSED MILK.

Jute

 
10 
............ 20 
CRACKERS.
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Kenosha Butter..................   754
Seymour 
554
Butter................................   5^4
“  £a“ Ily.......................-  554
Boston....................................754
City Soda............................... 7*4
8. Oyster.............................'  554
City Oyster. XXX.................  554
Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfer’s  Absolute.............. 
35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

PEEL.

California Evaporated.

Sundried....................   @1154
Evaporated................14  @1454
Apricots
Blackberries.........
Nectarines............
Peaches’ .................
Pears,  sliced...........
Plums.....................
Prunes,  sweet........
PRUNES.
Turkey
Bosnia........................   @10
French..............  .....  @11
Lemon........................ 
18
Orange...................  .. 
18
In drum......................  @18
Inboxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels......  @554
In 
** 
Znfc R1/
in  54-bbls........  @ 554
in less quantity  @ 554
“ 
raisins —California.

CURRANTS.
l/.KRlo 

Bags...........................1
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
Muscatels,2crown  ... 
.... 
Valencias...................  
Ondaras..................... 8  @854
Sultanas.....................16  @17

3  “ 
Foreign.

2  10
2 35
175
7%

CITRON.

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FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary....................... . 
Prim e............................... 
Fancy............................... 
F air.................................. 
Good................................. 
Extra good.......................  
Choice.............................. 
Fancy...............................  
One-half barrels, 3c extra

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.

16
19
19
23
17
20
26
30
36

Barrels  ............................... 6  50
Half barrels............................. 3 38
Barrels......................  @6  50
Half bbls....................  @3 38

ROLLED OATS.

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........$7 50
Half  barrels, fOO.count__  4 25
Barrels, 2.400 count  .........   9 00
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  5 00

Small.

Clay, No.  216........................1
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3............................ 125

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head....................... 7
“  No. 1........................6
„  “  No. 2...............   @ 5
Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1........................  65«
KL?
“ 
• 554
Java.
Patna

Imported.

Tin  2 

SAUERKRAUT.

2 20
1 60

Barrels..................................... 5 00
Half barrels..............................2 15

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Kitchen, 3 doz.  in box........ 2 50
Hand 
2 50
Snider’s  Tomato......................2 40

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SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

4

“ 

Sago.

Wheat.

Farina.
Hominy.

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  7
100 lb. kegs................... 
“  Batavia in bund___15
“  Saigon in rolls...........35
Barrels..................................... 3 75
Cloves,  Amboyna................25
G rits..................................
“ 
Zanzibar..................15
Lima  Beans.
Mace  Batavia......................80
6
Dried............................ 
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
“  No.  1...................... 75
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
60
“  No. 2...................... 65
Imported...................... 
11
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 15
Pearl Barley.
“ 
“  white...  .25
Kegs............................... 35433%
shot....................... 19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Green,  bbl...........’ ............. 1  10
Allspice............................... 15
Split.......................................... 5 50
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and Saigon.25
“ 
5
German................................. 
“  Saigon....................35
5
East India.............................. 
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................20
Cracked.................................  
5
Ginger, African...................15
“  Cochin....................18
Jam aica.................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“  white...... 80
“ 
“  Cayenne................. 25
Sage..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.
%s 
Allspice......................  84
Cinnamon...................  84
Cloves.........................  84
Ginger, Jam...............   84
“  Af...................  84
Mustard......................  84
Pepper......................  84
84
Sage.

ittrmuui
Whole..
Bricks..
..7  @8
Strips...
..8  @9
Halibut.
Smoked
10
Herring.
Scaled..
24
Holland, bbls............
11
kegs............
Round shore, 54 bbl...
2
1
“ 
5i  bbl..
Mackerel, 
bbls. 90 lbs... ...... 12
No. 1, 54
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........ ......  IS
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs......
kits, 10  lbs...........

FISH—Salt.
11...................

Bloaters.

Cod.

“ 
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54s

Whitehall.

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout

Fancy.......................   3 00@3 25
Russian, kegs....................
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs...........5 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  80
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
kits, 10  lbs............   50
Jennings’ D C.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

“
1  00
...150
“ 
“ 
. ..2   00
...3  00
“ 
GUN  POWDER.

Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box
1  25
3 oz 
1  50
4 oz 
2 00
6 oz 
3 00
8 oz
4 L0
Kegs
.5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00
Sage.....................................15
Hops....................................25

HERBS.

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @  6%
Cubes.........................  @6%
Powdered..................   @654
Granulated................. 
654
Confectioners’ A........ 
6%
White Extra  C...........  @554
Extra  C......................  @  554
C ................................  @ 5
Yellow.......................  @
Less than 100 lbs.  %c advance 
Tea, 2-B>,  tin  scoop........ $ 6 50
...........  7 25
“  5-B>,  tin  scoop.........   8 75
...........   8 75
“  “ 
Grocers’, 11-B>,  tin scoop.  11  00 
brass  “  ..  12 25
“  ..  13 26
brass  “  ..  14 75

scales—Perfection.
“  brass  “ 
.brass  “ 

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22 » ,  tin 
STARCH.
Corn.

20-lb  boxes..........................   654
40-lb 
6%

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1 4

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

DRUMMERS’  RECOMMENDS

N ot  a W arranty  o f  th e  Quality  of  the 

Goods.

About  a year  ago  Childs,  Lee & Dun­
lap,  of Toledo,  sued  Ed.  O’Donnell,  who 
was  then  engaged  in  the shoe  business 
on Canal street, alleging an indebtedness 
of $689.99.  The defendant contested the 
suit  on  the  grounds  that  some  of  the 
goods 
furnished  were  not  up  to  the 
recommendation  of  the  drummer  who 
took his first order;  that the poor quality 
of  the  goods  had  injured  his  business 
very  materially,  and  that  goods  to  the 
value  of  $483.45  were  packed,  ready  to 
be returned whenever Childs, Lee & Dun­
lap would  receive  them.  The  suit  was 
bitterly  contested  in  the  Kent  Circuit 
Court,  resulting  in  a  verdict  of  $15  for 
the defendant.  The plaintiffs thereupon 
appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court,  which

tribunal has reversed the decision of  the 
lower court and ordered a new trial.  The 
syllabus and opinion are as follows:

SYLLABUS.

1.  The  statement  of  a  drummer  to  a 
prospective customer, that “I will recom­
mend  them  with  any goods  you  can get 
anywhere.  *  *  *  If they don’t prove 
satisfactory,  you  can  send  them  every 
pair  back.  *  *  *  If  the goods  don’t 
give satisfaction,  send them all  back,” — 
is  not a warranty  of  the  quality  of  the 
goods,  but  simply  gives  purchaser  an 
option to return  the  goods if  unsatisfac­
tory.
2.  Where such  purchaser  receives  the 
first  lot  of  goods, and  does  not  return 
them, and  continues  to  order  from  the 
seller at various times for a year, he can­
not,  when  pressed  for  payment  for  the 
last bills, return all the goods he has had 
on  hand from  two to twelve  months, on 
the  ground  either  that  they were  war­
ranted  and  do  not  comply  with  the 
warranty,  or  that  he  had  an  option  to 
return them if unsatisfactory.

OPINION.

for 

McGr a th,  J.  Childs,  Lee  &  D unlap, 
plaintiffs,  brought  assum psit 
the 
price  and  value  of  several  invoices  of 
boots  and  shoes  sold  defendant,  a t  the 
dates,  and  aggregating the  am ounts,  fol­
lowing:
January 25,1888.............................. *142 39
January 31,1888.  ....................... '..  142 25
February 13,1888............................   43 80
February 24,1888  ..........................   41  00
March 26,1888.................................  105 25
9 00
April 2,1888.................................... 
April  11,1888..................................  130 25
 
April  18,1888.......................... 
3 50
April  17,1888..................................  123 00
---------  «745 44

April 24,1888, by goods rec’d  ......$ 10 00
39 00
May 19,1888, 
May 19,1888, 
3 00
June 6,1888. 
2 25
August 22,1888, by damages allowed  1  20

CREDITS.
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$689 99
Defendant  pleaded  the  general  issue, 
and  gave  notice  that he would  insist  on 
the trial: 
(1)  That the goods referred to 
in plaintiff’s  declaration were  sold to de- 
endant by plaintiffs for good,  merchant­

able,  durable goods;  that  plaintiffs guar­
anteed  them to be  such,  and  agreed that 
defendant might  return the  goods if  not 
such. 
(2)  That  the said  goods were not 
good,  merchantable,  and  durable  goods, 
and defendant offered to return the same, 
but  that  plaintiffs  refused  to  receive 
them. 
(3)  That plaintiffs knew that said 
goods were  of  a  poor  quality,  and  that 
the sales made by defendant of said goods 
injured  defendant’s  business,  and  that 
by reason  thereof  good  and worthy  cus­
tomers  have  been  turned  away,  and  he 
has  lost a large  portion of  hi9  business, 
and defendant has been deprived of great 
gains  and  profits,  and  damaged  to  the 
extent  of  $1,000,  which  the  defendant 
will  recoup.  The  case was  tried  before 
the  court, and  findings of  facts  and  law 
were demanded and are  presented.

On  January 1,  1888, plaintiffs succeed­
ed  the  firm of  Fuller,  Childs & Co.,  and 
defendant had actual notice of the change 
in the firm.  Defendant had bought goods 
from Fuller, Childs & Co. during the year 
1887,  and  on  January 1,  1888,  there was

/ / .   L E O N A R D   &  S O N S ,

Boilers 
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Per Doz
No. 7—Metal  bottoms...................$  9  00
No.  8—  “ 
....................   10  50
....................   12  00
No. 9—  “ 
No.  7—IX Tin, Copper bottoms...  12  00 
...  13  50
No.  8— “  “ 
...  15  00
No. 9— “  “ 
No. 2 Japaned Candle Sticks.........  
37
No.  1 
extra  deep  Candle
Sticks......... .............................. 
72
Fontleroy Comb Case,  with  Mirror
and Whisk Broom Holder.......   1  90

“ 
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Cnllinders

“ 

“ 

“ 

9)4 inch, no  foot,  handled........... 
9)4  “  with  “ 
“ 
11 
Canisters

89
...........   1  25
...........   1  50

1 pound Japaned,  tea or coffee___ 
1 
. . . .  
2 

75
“ 
75
“  ___  1  50

“ 
“ 

“ 

Embossed “  “ 
“  “ 
Tubed Cake Pans
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“  French Cookie 
“ 

40
8 inch Tubed  Cake........................ 
10  *• 
50
........................ 
)4 pint Embossed Cups..................  
19
24
1 
“  Plain  Pieced........................ 
1 
“  Stamped  Cups....................  
24
Planished Picnic  Mugs..................  
27
18
9)4 inch Pieced Biscuit  Cutter___ 
“ 
3 
20
_ 
37
3 
. . . .  
24
Assorted figures 
“ 
30
animals  “ 
40
4M inch scolloped  “ 
Plain Bound Doughnut  Cutter___ 
20
35 
Scalloped Round Doughnut Cutter 
No.  180—Retinued Preserve Kettle  1  30 
No. 200— 
1 45
1 65
No. 220— 
No. 240— 
1 85
No. 260— 
2 20

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Flue Stops

Per Doz
75

 
 

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IX. 

“  “ 
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“  “ 
“ 
“ 

1 quart  I. C.  Coffee Pots..........  
2 
“ 
3  “  
4  “  
6  “ 
2  “  
No. 033—3  pint,  Copper  bottoms,
No. 034—4  pint,  Copper  bottoms,
No. 035—5  pint,  Copper  bottoms,
No. 036—6  pint,  Copper  bottoms,

..................   1  20
..................   1  40
 
1  50
..................   2  00
1  80
 
Japaned  handles....................   3  00
Japaned  handles....................   3  50
Japaned  handles....................  3  90
Japaned  handles....................  4  25
Crumb Brushes and Trays

No. 3—Assorted  colors................   2  00
No. 4—Large shell,  assorted colors  4 25
No. 2—Full  size,  Japaned  Dust
No. 2—Full  size,  Embossed  Dust
No. 3—Full  size,  )4  covered,  as­
No.  8—Child’s  Toy,  assorted  col’s 
No. 1—  “ 
)4  sheet,  as­
 

P ans................................... 
P ans................................... 
sorted colors...........................  1  25
36
44

“ 
sorted colors 

80
80

Dinner Horns

“ 

“ 

No.  02—Tin Dinner Horns............. 
Decorated“ 
............. 

38
“ 
85
Dippers 
Per  Doz
42
1 qt,  plain stamped,  long  handles.$ 
52
. 
2  “ 
“ 
70
. 
Retinued“ 
3  “ 
50
. 
1  “  Pieced,  with 
. 
“ 
2  “ 
63
“  XXX, 
1  “ 
. 
1 35
2  “ 
“ 
.  2 00
2  “ 
“ 
Suds  Dippers,  with
short  handles.. .‘......................  
62
2 qt.  Pieced  Suds  Dippers,  extra,
with short  handles..................  
90

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Light,  “ 
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Flesh Forks
“ 

6 inch Tin Flue Stops....................
No. 30—6 in.  Decorated Flue Stops
Funnels
pint  Funnels...............................
...............................
“ 
1 
1  quart 
...............................
4 
...............................
3 prong, Retinued Flesh Fork.......
3  “ 
“  Hook. . . .
3  “ 
Extra heavy Flesh Fork..
O.  K. Vegetable  Graters................
)4 sheet.  Ebony  handles................
Victor  Graters..... ...........................
Nutmeg, Japaned Box Grater.......
Small size,  pieced...........................
Medium size, pieced........................
9}4  inch,  stamped...........................

Milk Strainers

Graters

Muffin Bings

No. 016, 6 on  sheet......................... $
Plain,  6 on  sheet.............................
Plain,  8 on  sheet.............................
No. 06, 6 on sheet, extra deep.......
Muffin  Cups, only...........................
Muffin Rings, only...........................

Measures

Gill Lipped Measures......................
% pint Lipped Measures................
................
1 
1 quart 
................
................
2 
4 
.....................
1 
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9% inch, hemmed and  ringed —
10) 4 
. . . .
11) 4  

Pot Covers
“ 
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45
90

22 
28 
39 
70 
1  00
30
42
42
30
39
88
14
77 
1  25 
85

75 
90 
1  25 
1  25 
18 
18

38
44
50
75
1  25
2  00 
46

35
43
48

F la r e d   P a ils  

Per Doz
84
1  10
1  50
1  95

 
 
 

 
 
 

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5 quart,  dared pails IC  tin............... 
7 
“ 
10  “ 
14  “ 

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C overed  P a ils
39
48
 
72
 
95
 
1  25
 
 
1  65
“  embossed dinner  pail........   3  60
“  .........   1  80
“  .........   2  25

1  pint covered pail, IC  tin............... 
1 quart  “ 
2  ** 
“ 
3  “ 
4  “ 
“ 
6  “ 
“ 
4 
3  “ 
4  “ 

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9 inch plain Pie Plates.................. 
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10 
Jelly Cake  Plates.............  
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“ Mountain  Cake  Plates____  
9 
10  “ 
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“ Perforated Pie  Plates.......... 
9 
6 
“  A B C  Child’s Plate...........  
Flat Milk Skimmer.........................  
No. 9—Pierced, long handle Skim’r 
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No. 20-Retinned, wood “ 

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22
27
33
37
45
58
62
68
84
89

26
36
29
39
46
42
20
22
44
75
60

AMBOY  CHEESE.

We  claim  it  to  lie  tiie  Best  made—Whu  do  we  think  so 1

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F o r   2 0   y e a r s it h a s  b een   th e  L ea d in g   B ra n d .
It  n e a r ly   d o u b led   o u r  C h eese tra d e  la st  y ea r.
a lw a y s  b r in g s  th e   h ig h e st  p r ic e ,  a n d   b e ­

c a u se   o u r tra d e  te ll  u s so . 

If  th a t  is  n o t  e n o u g h ,  try   it.

OLNEY  & JUDSON  GROCER CO.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
M i c h i g a n (T e n t r a l

a  balance  due  the  old  firm  which  was 
subsequently  paid  by  remittances 
to 
Childs,  Lee  & Dunlap on account of  that 
indebtedness.  The  goods  were  sold  on 
four  months’ time, at  the  end  of  which 
plaintiffs’  began to press  collection;  and 
on  June  27,  1888,  defendant  wrote  to 
plaintiffs 
threatening  to  return  all  of 
their  goods which  he had  then on hand; 
and  in  another  letter, dated  June  30th, 
he  informs  them  that  the  goods  are 
packed,  and  are  subject  to  plaintiffs’ 
order.  The  goods  packed,  at  the  prices 
charged by plaintiffs,amounted to $483.45. 
It  is admitted  that the  goods so  packed 
embraced  all of  the  goods  then on hand 
purchased  from  plaintiffs,  and that  they 
include goods purchased prior to January 
1,  1888,  from  the  old  firm  of  Fuller, 
Childs & Co.  The court finds, first,  “ that 
in the  latter  part of  the  spring  of  1887 
said  defendant engaged  in  the  business 
of  retail  dealer in boots  and  shoes,  and 
has  since then  continued  in  such  busi­
ness;  and  that  soon  after  commencing 
such business  the  firm of  Fuller, Childs 
& Co., of  which  said  plaintiffs  are  the 
successors,  through their agent,  Mr.  Cad- 
well,  solicited  said  defendant  to  make 
purchases of  goods in his line  from said 
firm  of  Fuller,  Childs  &  Co.,  and  to 
induce defendant to trade with said firm, 
told  said  defendant  that  all goods  pur­
chased of  said firm  by him  should  be of 
a good and merchantable kind, character, 
and material,and as good as the like priced 
goods of  any  other  boot and  shoe  house 
in  the  United  States,  and  that  if  such 
goods proved unsatisfactory to defendant 
he  might  return  the  same  to  said  firm; 
and  that  said firm  would  warrant  every 
pair of  shoes to  be  of  a good, merchant­
able,  and  workman-like  character,  and 
would  stand  by  every  pair,  and  make 
said  defendant  recompense  for  ail  loss 
which  he  might  sustain  by  reason  of 
handling said  goods,  if  the  same, or any 
part  thereof, did not  prove to  be  of  the 
character  so  warranted;  and  that  said 
defendant in the  month of  August,  1887, 
agreed to purchase  goods of  said  firm of 
Fuller,  Childs & Co. upon said warranty, 
and  thereupon  began to trade  with said 
firm  in  accordance  with  said  arrange­
ment.”  This  finding is not sustained by 
the  proofs.  The  defendant  gives  the 
language used  by the  agent, Cadwell,  as 
follows;  “He  said:  T will  recommend 
them  with  any goods  you  can  get  any­
where;  as good as you are buying at  any 
other  place. 
If  they don’t  prove  satis­
factory,  you  can  send  them  every  pair 
back,  even  after  a  person  wears  them 
you can send them back,  and get another 
pair in their  place. 
If  the  goods  don’t 
give  satisfaction,  send  them  all  back.’ 
Well,  1 told  him:  T  can’t  lose  nothing 
anyhow. 
If the goods  don’t prove good, 
then I will  send  them back. 
I will take 
a small order, and try them;’ so I ordered 
some  of  them.”  The  first  order  was 
given  in  June,  1887,  and  other  orders 
were  given  during  that  year,  aud a bal­
ance  remaining  due  upon  these  orders 
was paid sometime after January 1,  1888. 
Between  January 1,  1888,  and  April 27, 
1888,  nine  other  separate  and  distinct 
orders for  goods  were  given.  No goods 
were returned during the year 1888,  until 
April 24,  when goods of the value of  $10 
were credited to defendant.  Of the ship­
ment made  April  11,  1888,  goods  of  the 
value of $34.50 were immediately returned 
as not suitable for that trade.  The other 
goods returned during the year amounted 
in all to $9.75,  and $1.20  was allowed for 
damages to one  pair of  shoes,  which had 
been worn and returned.  It will be noted 
that  the  trial  order was  given in  June, 
1887, and  was  followed  by a number  of 
other  orders  extending  over a period  of 
nine  months,  and  that  goods  had  been 
returned  and  credited without  question. 
Indeed,  defendant  says: 
“I  gave  him 
(Cadwell) orders afterwards for different 
shoes, as long as he kept changing them.” 
It  does  not  appear  that  any  question 
arose until some time in June, 1888, when 
the  defendant  packed  up  all  the  goods 
purchased from plaintiffs, including some 
purchased in 1887, and  notified plaintiffs 
that they  were  on  hand  subject  to their 
order.  Defendant  undoubtedly had  the 
right, under  the  contract of  sale,  to  re­
turn the goods  received by him upon the 
first order,  if they did not prove satisfac­
tory, and  the  plaintiffs  had  a  right  to

rely upon  the  failure  to  return them  as 
an acceptance of  the goods.  Defendant, 
having  the option  to  return the  goods, 
was bound to exercise that option within 
a reasonable time.  Had defendant given 
but the first order, and retained the goods 
received  for  months,  it will  not  be  con­
tended  that  he  could  then  return 
the 
goods.  Not  only does he not  return the 
goods,  but  he  gives a number of  subse­
quent orders,  and pays for all goods pur­
chased within  the  first  six  months,  and 
after a year elapses  he  undertakes to re­
turn  goods,  all  of  which  had  been held 
for  two  mouths,  a  portion  for  three 
months,  a portion  for four months, other 
portions for five months, and others from 
nine to twelve  months.  There  is a wide 
difference between an option given to the 
buyer to return the goods if  not satisfac­
tory and a warranty of quality.  The lat­
ter  is  continuous,  and  runs  with  the 
goods;  but the former  must  be exercised 
within a reasonable time after the receipt 
of  the  goods,  and  the  retention  of  the 
goods  after the  lapse of  that  reasonable 
time  must be regarded as an acceptance, 
unless the option is extended in clear and 
unmistakable  language.  The  language 
used cannot  be construed  as a warranty. 
The sale of the first order was on approv­
al simply,  with the  privilege of a trial of 
the  goods.  As a matter of  law,  this  op­
tion did not  extend to subsequent  orders 
and  invoices  of  goods,  unless  repeated 
with  each  order, or unless  some  general 
language was used  covering all orders or 
sales.  The defendant gave the first order 
for  the  very purpose  of  a  trial  of  the 
goods.  Having 
the  goods 
ordered,  and  other  invoices  of  goods, 
before  any of  the  goods  sued  for  were 
ordered,  he  must be deemed to have  had 
a sufficient opportunity for trial,  and the 
plaintiffs were  justified in assuming that 
the goods had proven satisfactory.  Waite 
v.  Borne,  (N. T.) 25 N. E.  Rep.  1053. 
It 
is  unnecessary  to  notice  other  assign­
ments of  error.  This  finding was erron­
eous,  and a new  trial  must  be  had,  with 
costs of this court to plaintiffs.
The other justices concurred.

received 

No More  Tobacco  Taxes.

On May 1 next and  thereafter  dealers 
will not be required to take out an  inter­
nal revenue  license  to  sell  cigars  and 
tobacco,  as the  McKinley  bill  abolishes 
the  special 
tax  now  maintained  on 
dealers in manufactured tobacco on  that 
date.  The  tax  is  also  abolished  on 
wholesale and retail  dealers  in  leaf  to­
bacco,  manufacturers  and  peddlers  of 
tobacco and cigars.  No  change  will  be 
made in the tax on beer and liquors. 
In­
ternal  revenue  taxes  will  be  in  force 
after  May  1,  as  follows:  Rectifiers  of 
less than 500 barrels,  $100;  rectifiers  of 
than  500  barrels,  $200; 
more 
retail 
liquor  dealers,  $25;  wholesale 
liquor 
dealers, $100; wholesale dealers  in  malt 
liquors, $20;  retail  dealers  in  oleomar­
garine, $80; wholesale dealers in oleomar­
garine, $480; manufacturers  of  oleomar­
garine, $600; manufacturers of stills, $50; 
stills  and  worms  manufactured,  each, 
$20; brewers,  less than 500  barrels,  $20; 
more than 500 barrels, $100.
Crockery & Glassware
No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  .........................................................   50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   76
Tubular...........................................................  75

LAMP BURNERS.

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

Pearl top.

First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun.......................................................  1  75
No. 1  “  ........................................................1  88
No. 2  “  .........................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2 60
“  ...................................... 2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1  25
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 crimp, per doz....................................... 1  35
No. 2  “ 
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Butter Crocks, per gal.................................   06)4
gal., per doz...... ............................   75
Jugs, 
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Milk PanB, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c) —   65 
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“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPA RT.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................  7:80 & m  10:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................6:30am 
5:00 pm
Day  Express.......................................18:00 a m   10:00 am
•Atlantic & Pacific Express............. 11:16 p m  6:00 a m
New York Express.............................. 5:40 p m 
1 -.15 p m

train s to and from Detroit.
Express to  and  from  Detroit.

•Daily.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ran  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor  cars ran  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs. Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugqles, G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit

HIM TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave +No.  14 +No.  lCItNo.  18 »No.  28
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
10 55pm 
Ionia...........Ar
12 37am 
St.  Johns  ...Ar
1 55am 
Owosso......  Ar
3 15am
E.  Saginaw  . Ar
Bay City  __Ar
F lin t......... Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar

I  20am
II 25am 
12 17am
1 20pm
5 (0pm
6 25pm 
3 55pm 
6 50pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

G 5’iam
7 45am
8 2?am
9 15am 
11 05am 
11 55am 
11 10am
3 05pm
10 57am
11 5  am

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 40pm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
8 0i pm 
1030pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

5 40am 
7 35am 
5 50am 
7  20am

WESTWARD.

»No. 81

Trains Leave

tNo. 13
Grand  Rapids,  Lv 7 05 am 1  00 pm 5  10 pm
Grand  Haven.  Ar 
8 50 am 2  15 pm 6  15 pm
Milwaukee Str, Ar 
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Chicago Str,  Ar

tNo. 11

♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

+  5:05 
+  5:05

CHICAGO 

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10 a. m., 3:35 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parler  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. L o u d, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s.  Ca m pbell, City Ticket Agent.
23 Monroe Street.
JANUAKY4,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.
P. M.

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§11:35
+11:35
+11:35
+  5:05 +8:40

DEPART FOR
Chicago............
Indianapolis__
Benton Harbor..
St. Joseph.........
Traverse  City...
Muskegon.........
Manistee  .........
Ludington........
Baldwin  ...........
Big Rapids........
Grand  Haven... 
+8:40
Holland............
+8:10 *ii:35
tWeek Days.  »Everyday.  § Except Saturday.

A. M. J  P.  M. P. M. P.M.
+9:00  +1:00 
..........  +1:09
+9:00  +1:00 
+9:00  +1:00 
+7:25  +5:05 
+9:00  +1:00 
+7:25  +5:05 
+7:25  +5:05
+7:25  +5:05 
+9:00  +1:00 
+9:00|  +1:00

train to Traverse City.

•O tl  ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago

9.A A   A. M. has through chair car to.Chlca- 
•UU  go.  No extra charge for seats.
1.A A   P. M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
•UU  with Wagner buffet car;  seats  75 cts.
5- A t   P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
•UO  Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.; solid 
■  ( D t   P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal 
DETROIT 

NOVEMBER 30,  1890.
Lansing & Northern R R
A  M. P.M. P.M.
DEPART  FOR
Detroit  and  East.................. +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Lansing................................
+7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Howell................................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Grand  Ledge...  ................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
Lake Odessa.......................... +7:2f +1:20 *6:25
Plymouth............................... +7:25 +1:20 *6:25
+4:30
Howard  City.........................
+4:30
Ed m ore.................................
Alma...................................... +7:30 +4:30
St.  Louis  ............................... +7:30 +1:30
Saginaw City..................... +7:30 +4:30
»Every Day.  tWeek Days. 
fT.OfT  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
• 

I .A A   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

lor car;  seats 25  cents.
troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par- 
lor  car, seats  25  cents.

+7:30
+7:30

For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

M u sk e g o n , G r a n d  R a p id s   &  In d ia n a .

7:00 a m 
11:15  am  
5:10 pm  

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.
3:15 pm
8:15 pm
Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almqulst,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 37 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

10:10 a m

0. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

1 0

Grand  Rapids  St Indiana.

In effect February 1,1891.
TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
FoiJSaginaw, solid t r a in ..........  
t  7:30  a m
For.Tra verse City...........................|  5:15 am   +7:05  am
For,Traverse  City & Mackinaws  9:20 a m 
til :30  a m
t  1:80  p m
For Saginaw, solid train............ 
For Cadillac.....................................t 2:15 p m   + 5:00  pm
For Mackinaw.................................t 7:45 p m 
¡¡10:30  p m
From Kalamazoo.......................... t  8:55 p m

South. 

TRA INS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................||  6:00am 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .+10:15 a m
From Saginaw...............................  11:15 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East..
For Cincinnati................................t 5:30 p m
For Kalamazo and  Chicago___+10:00 pm
From Saginaw............................... +10:30 p in

South.
t  7:00
+10:30  a m
00  p in 
00  p  m  
06  p m
Trains marked (|) run dally; (+) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and parior car  service:  North—11:30  a  ra 
train, parlor  chair  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 pm  
train,  Wagner  sleeping  car 
for  Mackinaw  City. 
South—7:00sm  train, parlor chair car for  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a m train, through parlor coach to Chicago :6 p m  
train, Wagner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:06  p  m 
train, Wagner sleeping car  for Chicago.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  St  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  between 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA D., L. A N.

Lv. Grand Rapids at......7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ...............1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA D., S.  H.  A  M.

Lv. Grand Rapids at......6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

W. 'H.  B e n n e t t, General Pass. Agent, ' 
Toledo, Ohio.

F ü r n itü r e
Nelson, 

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Matter 

&  Co.’s

S ty le s   N e w ,  C heap, 
M ed iu m   an d   E x p e n ­
sive.
Large  Variety. 

Prices Low.

Parties  having  beans  or  clover  seed 
for sale will find a purchaser,  if  samples 
and prices are right.

We  also want
P otatoes  and  Onions
In car lots.

We pay highest market  price  and  are 

always in the  market.
W. T.  LAMOREAUX  &  CO.

128,130 an d  132  West Bridge St., 

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

M IC H .
GHTSSHBTG  R O O T .

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We pay the highest price for it.  Addreu

D U m r   D - D f lO !   W h o le sa le   Druggists, 
t i l l / A   D llU o .f   GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

NO_ DEALER  EVER  LOST  A  CUSTOMER  b y   SELLING  ttttvt

THE  FRAZER

O F T E N   IMITATED. 

N E V E R   EQ U A LLED . 

One Found Decorated Tins

A LW A YS  UNIFORM . 

1  D0Z.  IN  A  CASE.

Cood Crease M akes Trade 

KNOW N  EV E R Y W H E R E .  NO  TALK   REQUIRED  T O   S E L L   IT.

FRAZER HARNESS SOAP 
FRAZER  HARNESS OIL 
FRAZER  MACHINE OIL
T h e  M u s k e g o n   I m p r o v e m e n t   C o .

Cheap Crease Kills Trade.

A n n o u n c e s :

That  in  addition  to  the  SEVEN  large  brick  factories  now  completed  or  in
 w in

Apm   i  ¿ S y  ^ n S i U° n ° f “M'Kk'* on 

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Five More Large Brick Factories.

and  will  be  started  soon  as  plans  are  ready ? One7 of the«« 

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the Stow  Elec-
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6 “   the Dnited States- 

plat 
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them  and  slopes  almost  imperceptibly towards 

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.   a  Lake or Lake  Michigan, centrally located  between
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Send for plats and prices, or call on

o r  GEO.  L.  B RW IN ,  T r u s te e . 

H.  J .  MCDONALD,  Sales A g e n t,

Occidental  Hotel  Block.

