The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-22
"Clear Grit"

Is tho name OF new cooking
stove, made in Keokuk by Com
stock Bros. Il Company, who
had some twenty-five gears ex-
perience in the sale and mnnuiactur-
ing of Stoves. After much outlay of
time and labor they have succeeded
in bringing out stove the exact
proportions of which are such as to
make it the most perfect operating
stove now in market. Most cook
stoves now in use have the fues un-
der the back of the oven either too
large or too small. If too large the
draft is too strong and unsteady, con-
sequently the oven does not bake
evenly. If the fues are too small, the
draft is not strong enough, and there
fore too much time and fuel are con-
anmed. BY Long and patient expert
menting upon the "Clear Grit" the
flues and oven have been brought to
exact proportion, giving sufficiently
strong and steady draft and securing
the most perfect baking and other
cooking operations possible. Great
care is taken with this stove in ma
king, and every plato is perfectly fit
ted and the seams are made air tight
with cement. The oven is large and
tin-lined, by which means great econ
omy of time and fuel is secured.
There are five sizes of this stove,
Nos. Z, s and 9, and 8 and extern
sion top with reservoir and hot closet
making it in this respect equal to the
famous Stewart and other stoves of
that class.
The low price of the Clear Grit
may lead some to think it inferior to
those of higher price, but it should
be remembered that the "Clear Grit"
is made here, and there is a saving of
rs per cent in the freight from the
East, alone. Tie retail prices are as
follows: No. 8, s27.Oo; No. 8, $1,000
No. 9, $500, fully trimmed and No
8 extension top, $4,000 and No. 9,
$4,000, with reservoir and hot closet
and other ware complete.
Those in want OF first-class cook
stove at fair price, will do well to
look at this one before buying any
other.
In a business point ofview the firm
of Comstock & Brother is the embod-
iment of clear grit itself, and possess
es the elements which go to mako up
practical and substantial business
firm, just as the stove which they arc
introducing, and to which they have
given tho title of "Clear Grit" poss-
esses the elements of utility. They
are men of ability, experience and
enterprise, which, together with
their meaus enable them to carry on
a very large and successful bust
ness.
The firm of Comstock & Brother is
composed of Mr.. Gilbert Comstock
and Mr.. Theodore Comstock, who
own and run the extensive stove and
tinware establishment on Main ST.,
between Third and Fourth. Their
advertisement appears on the first
page this morning.
Tho firm of Comstock, Bros. g. Co.
is made up Of tie gentlemen above
named, together with others whose
names we are not familiar with.
Their foundry is located at the
corner Twelfth and johnson. 1t is
under the direct supervision of Mr..
Theodore Comstock. Our esteemed
friend, George Comstock is the fore
man OF the works-a capital good fell
low and practical good man. Du-
ring the year of 1868 there were
melted at this foundry 500 tons of
iron from which were manufactured
from four to five thousand stoves, all
of which were sold in Southern Iowa
Missouri and Illinois, mostly in that
section of country first named.
Gate CITY.
The Reaister is only mnacratelY