The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-12
Correspondence.
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENrE.


state of Trade Extent Of Useful
branches wholesale Hardware
store OF Hibbard and spenoer-Op-
era House ~ Wood Museum Me-
Vicker's Theater.
CHICAGO, Oct. 81, 1868.
Trade has been very good since my last,
despite the tightness Of the money market.
The low price of grain will have a tendency
to produce economy and diminish trade, but
in a great and growing country like ours, IL
will require very low prices, with such an
%aboundant harvest as was gathered last sum
mer, to cause a serious decline in business.
The testimony Of the leading houses in near
" all branches Is, that thus far this year,
trade has exceodedI in amount that Of last
year. Prices have been steady, ruling a little
lower than last year, but there nave been no
marked changes, and the fluctuations are
less than formerly. Prices Of goods have not
followed tho changes in the price Of gold. A
large trade is anticipated after election.
Among the evidences OF the marvellous
growth of Chicago and the West, are the
number and extent Of the leading business
houses in the various branches oftrade. And.
90 We might naturally expect, this increase IL
especially marked in those branches which
minister 10 the settlement and building mp Of
q new country aud the development Of its lie.
sources. The cultivation Of the soil, the
erection Of commodious houses, the building
up Of cities and villages, the establishment
OF manufacturer, the construction of rail-
roads aud the opening Of the various arte-
Ties Of internal commerce require, in its va
rious forms, a vast amount OF the most indis-
pensable and, therefore, the most useful OF
metals-iron-and the workers IN iron and
ucit iron outrank, IN humble and usefulness,
all other classes.
Adam, set to till the soil without plow, or
spade, or garments, would have had q sorry
time If it on our soil, and in our climate, and
the great problem ofthc race. since Adam was
turned out to grass for disObcdience, with
the alternative root on die" has been how
10 mitigate the sentence, and turn the curse
into q blessing. And one Of the best places
to learn what has been done towards the sOlu-
ton OF this question is the Wholesale Hard
ware store OF
mBBARD 4 spEScER,
manufacturers agents and jobbers Of Hard
ware, Cutlery, Tinplate, Pressed aud Japan
ned ware, % and 81, Michigan Avenue, Chica.
20. Ii is the largest house Of the kind In the
Northwest, it's sales amounting to a million
and ahalf dollars a year; a proof Of integrity
as we'll as capacity. Their store of five
stories-G4 by l32 feet, Is filed, from top "a
basement, with every conceivable kind oil
goods in the hardware line, Nails, Timers
Stock andToOls, Tinplate, Zinc, Fence Wire,
Glass, Housefurnishing Goods, Building ma.
terials, Mechanics Tools, Agricultural I'm,
plements, Scales, etc.
They import and buy their goods from the
manufacturers honds, and have every facility
/ INI NNlUk buHAlthtN Ou Nut lhlKGhN hCult, sup
plying everything in their line, which human
skill or genius produces. Their trade OK
tends throughout the Northwest, aud ma,
preceded the great Union Pacific Railroad {,
the Rocky Mountains. The ''pet theory
which this firm has long since put into prac
tice, Of selling goOdR directly to their Gus
toners without the Intervention of "trayelinl
agents. has proved a complete sucress.
A visit to their store interests one NOR
than u visit TO tho most renowned collection
of ancient curiositios; for IL typifes the living
present, and 10 q repository OF modern art
where use and beauty meet in the variOu
forms o~fhandicrait and housocraft, Eighteenth,
toll aud making the labor of both housewife
and husbandman pleasant and profitable. /
il museum OF the skill and industry of mar
interpreting anew the command, "In tn
sweat of thy face shalt thou cat bread.
Dealers, Wishing anything in their line
should give them a call.
Chicago Is q lively place. The hotels ar
full, and the influx OF strangers and bushes
mon from abroad IL very great. 40 a consc
quence, the places of amusement are we.
patronized.
cRosDY's OPERA HOUSE.
At the Opera House, Humpty Dumpty,
spectacular play in pantomime, has draw
| crowds for q long season, and will be contiT
ued next week. Richings Opera Troupe ope
2 there November 9th. At
MCyIcKAR's THEATER
Midsummar's Night Dream has had Il vel
, successful run, AID will be kept on the board
for n week OF two longer. McVickar and Myei
are the leading actors there.
: COL. WOODS MUSEUM,
under the management Of Frank +. Aikcl
I draws good houses at all seasons. Foul Pla
. has been a decided success there, and sti
4 attracts full audiences. Wilkie Collins fiji
story Of ''THE M~ooSaToSE," dramatized an
i arranged especially for the Museum, is
. rehearsal, and will soon bD presented. Il.