The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-10-08
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REPUBLIC NEWS.
ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERpRIsE.

| EACOORAGE HOME ENTERPRISE
The time, labor, wear and tear Of
vehicles and the incidental expenses
of connected with going to distant
town for trade ard the transaction OF
other business amounts to an impor-
tant item with many persons and
families. This is leading reason why
property lying near a prosperous
city or village bears higher price
than when more remote. Now every
dollar paid to an enterprising bust
ness man contributes something to-
wards enabling him TO increase his
facilities for business and to better
accommodate his customers. Ex-
pending money in distant town in
stead of patronizing home enterprise,
thereby building up those towns and
increasing the value Of other mems
property instead of your own is like
shiftless farmer selling fertilizers
from his farm instead of applying.
them to the enrichment Of his own
soil. The citizens of Republic and
vicinity will find it to their peeunia-
ry interest to act in accordance with
this theory. Patronize our mer-
chants and mechanics whenever
practicable.
Merchandise is just as cheap and
mechanical labor can be performed
just as well and on as reasonable
terms as in the surrounding towns.
An increased demand will be follow
ed by an increased supply. The
present business is no small amount,
but should be greatly increased. The
Great Fire which was represented
abroad as having ruined the town
has not materially diminished its bu-
siness capacity. Nearly all of the
victims have secured new locations
and are going on as before. We now
have two good Dry Goods stores do
ing a good business, two Drug and
Grocery stores, four Groceries, one
Saloon, two good quiet and well kept
| Hotels, four carriage and wagon shops
turning out some of the finest rigs in
the county, four blacksmith shops,
two harness shops, two shoe shops,
one cabinet shop, one tailor shop, a
cooper shop, a barber shop, two meat
markets and foundry, shingle, sash,
door and blind factory. There are
three clergymen, two lawyers, one
dentist and two physicians, the lat
ter having an extensive practice in
the surrounding country.
Shipping produce is not carried on
to so great an extent as when we had
rail road but large quantities of
butter, eggs, poultry, dried apples and
other articles not bulky, find mar
ket here and are shipped to other
points. Good roads connect the
town with Tifin, Clyde and Bellevue.
The comparatively small expenses for
rent and incldentals enable dealers
to do as well in every respect by their
customers as dealers in places of
greater pretentiOns, although the ex-
penses for transportation are much
greater. As a place of residence
Republic is quiet and healthful. Four
churches, three Union schools, an
Academy and fourishing Masonic,
Odd Fellows and Good Templar or
ganizations furnish the religious and
social privileges
There is daily mail communica-
tion with Tifin, Tri-weekly with
Bellevue and Semi-weekly with Up
per Sandusky. The Post Office is
we'll patronized, which indicates that
we have a reading people. There is
a special interest manifested for the
early arrival Of the mail from Tifin
on Friday evenings on account of the
nearly one hundred copies of the
Tif6n TRIBUNE which arrive there
in.
Itis not probable that Republic
will rival New York or Chicago, but
is destined to be a nice interior town.
sTow's SHOW
was in town last Friday. Most peo-
pie showed their good sense by stay
ing away. In the afternoon there
was not a single customer. In the
evening there was a small audience.
A Tifin auctioneer being in town on
professional business that day, went
to the show in the evening and du-
ring the performance was observed
to be very attentive to golden hair
ed fair one of the village. The
clown, awake to the situation of af.
fairs, announced that it has become
fashionable to use red headed girls
for lamp posts, but advised the peo-
pie of Republic not to adopt the
fashion for the auetioneer from Tiff
fin would spend his whole time here
huggipg the lamp posts.