The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-03

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tor q lsast accumula$es and firms the soarcsl
from which the otAsr Aovl II thsrs i No
poetry in he Iron Ass your dsvotses Of I
muscular creed can draw from that - hero.
les aftsr its past, and reproduce il II sona
and story. That Ass too ends in Steel and
becomes in it ultimate dsvelopments, cotem.
porary with tho Golden Ase Of Poetry and
the Fine Arts. The Muse Of utilitariau
Rome did not contsmn Georges, and the
glowing FORCES and sounding anvis Of the
present. fashion themselves into ringing
Songs Of Labor, and IN American Poet has
caught the inspiration while Riding on .
Rail-
We dom. have any idea that there Is any
connection between all this and what We shall
now write. We are sublimely Indifferent On
that score. There must be commencement,
an introduction to our, Is to all other work,
and it is the most intractable part Of the
| whole task. If you tell US our introduction
is totally irrelevant, then We can cite you 10
a score Of popular works in proof of the
assertion that it isn't expected any more that
there shall be the least relevancy in the intro.
duction to the subject matter following.
As our courteous and gentlemanly friend,
Mr.. WILLIAM BRowXELL, of the Iron Store OF
BRowxELL BRoTHERs, corner of Main and
Fourth streets, meets us on the Threshold of
that establishment, and politely offers to act
as our cicerone in an excursion through it,
we quit distractions and accompany him.
The cellar is full Of wagon material. The
upper story is also full of wagon material.
The first floor is full of carriage material and
iron and steel. All the floors Of the large
building, forty by one hundred feet in extent,
are full of the material of the trade. There
is iron OF all kinds and forms, steel in like
multiformity; sheet iron and rod iron pillow
steel, cast steel, spring steel, and if there be
any other kinds Of steel, unknown to our
limited hardware vocabulary, they are all at
BRowSELL's. There are hubs, not sugges-
tive of the city Of notions, and spokes, and
axles, and springs, and bolts, sledges, bellows,
and anvils; magnificent thlmble skein, of
which they sell large quantities, and q supe-
rior quality of which they are themselves
having manufactured. They have very
large stock Of heavy hardware. We are
assured that this house has the largest stock
IN the West, north of ST. Louis and west of
Chicago. They spare no exertion in getting
the best OF material. and the business done
by them shows that the public appreciate their
efforts in this line. The trade of the house
has quadrupled in two years, and for thus
much OF the current year it is sixty per cent
better than for the corresponding time in any
past season. The members of the firm are
we'll known. In all the city there are no
more active, enterprising, sagacious and reh-
able business men than WILLIAM A. and Ed.
r. BRowSsLL. Theirs is the only iron store
in the place, but their stock is ample, their
prices low, and dealers and purchasers
throughout the State need go no further than
keokuk to supply themselves with stores in
his line
On the North side of Main street, between
Third and Fourth streets is the hardware
house of our popular friend, Mr. HAxDES
BUELL.. who has been in business here since
1906. The style Of the house at its beginning
vas TILLIScHAsr, LANE L BUELL.. Suisse
luently it became LANE 4 BUELL. A further
change was made not long ago and it became
- now. In this his long business connections
With the public Mr. BUELL. has become so
veil known and SO well established in tb-
,ood opinions and patronage Of our pe-
md the dealers frequenting this M -oPie'
We apprehend we need maker '''Ae' '"a'
lis merits as gentleman. % inventory OF
nd honesty as mer ana MS enterprise
arge. store.room chant He has fine
took. For well filed with an ample
est manu- partial list of the articles of the
nd fc- .acture, kept at his establishment,
Il a sale at the lowest market value. see
advertisement on our first page. We are
glad to learn his business is prosperous and
his sales steadily increasing. We heartily
commend him to all dealers and purchasers.
Of the popular houses in this line that We
hope soon to notice at greater length, are our
friends CADY l. PEcK, corner of Main and
Fourth, ard j. Fl RorHERT Sous on Main
ana Ninth streets. Also the establishment of
Mr.. S. W. Tucker, corner of Main and Sec
ond streets. This exhausts the list Of Hard.
ware houses.
In order to supply the demand for extra
copies, our yesterdays edition failing to be
sufficient, we republish in this connection our
notice of the Queensware houses, which APP
peared yesterday morning.
There are but two houses in town in the
Glass and Queensware trade. Between Fifth
and Sixth streets, on the North side of Main,
is the popular house of our friends CAREY L
LIZ FAlvRE, importers and dealers in china.
glass, queensware, silver plated ware, coal
oil lamps, etc. The present firm have been
nthe businesstwoyears and are the successors
to the well known house Of GEORGE Foster.
But Mr.. CAREY especially needs no introduction
to our citizens, for back, time whereof the
memory of many Keokukians runneth not to
the contrary. has he been in the crockery
trade in this city. He is one of the pioneers
of the business in the State. Thirteen years
ago he entered upon it here, and with little
intermission has continued it. Firmly estab
lished has he become, and we have no dealer
enjoying larger share of popular favor than
SAMUEL E. CAREY. His associate, Mr.. LIE
FAIyRE, is not SO well known as Mr.. CAREY.
but 10 fine business man, and most e.
Unable gentleman. The house is in very
prosperous condition. It's trade is larger than