The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-31

ofiihes hopeS 10 puliu iUu wagons
this year--and has all the stutl in
store to do it.
While looking at a buggy which
was being re-painted tor Andy Peck.
we thought of him, and Immediately
FASTENED to do our respects to him.
A young man, who has resided but
. short distance from town all his
life, he came into the metropolis some
two years ago, and starting with two
teams-and not very sprightly ones,
either, he has kept on steadily adj
vancing and improving, until now he
has stable full of good, fast, nobby
teams, and coral of vehicles of all
kinds, from buck board to the finest
carriages and buggies in the city,
He can give you as gooda turnout"
as any one in the State, and charges
very reasonably. His stable is near
" opposite the Post Office, on Second
street. Ifthis should meet the eye
of any one wishing livery, let them
call on Andy.
From hsre we sailed around to
Main street, again, and look in on S.
B. Fullcr's dry goods house, in Union
block. While this establishment
makes u speciality of staples, they
engage largely in fancy articles.
Here the ladies will find millinery
goods in abundance, such as laces,
embroidery, flowers, silks, ribbons,
etc. They have received o fine stock
OF Spring goods, and invite inspec.
ton and are not afraid of rival
competition. Geo. Shelter, the at.
tentivc and polite salesman will
honor your presence rs quick as a
sight draft, and show you goods with
a will which says-this is my bust
moss. They also have groceries
boots and shoes, hats and caps, and
can suit you in anything. George
presented us With the same plug hat
we are now wearing, over four years
ago. Any moro Of the same sort
George? Just wink--we have learned
how to take the hint.
At this point we fingered and
dallied along the beach of the slug
gish stream which bears the eupho
NOUS name of Main street; oul
thoughts reverting back nineteen
years, when where now stands the
imposing mass ofbrick, Union block
was swampish area filed in with
saw-iogs, slabs, ETC., the provendel
for the hungry mill which the Myers
family erected in early times. W.
thought of time when there were
not as many hundred people here Al
there are thousands now-how very
similar the main thoroughfare is tt
that time, and alt hough a number o
quarries have been exhausted upor
this lane, the stones have sank from
sight and chaotic mud holds revel
But this is soon to be changed, and
when that change for the better I'M
derstanding of man and beast shall
have been consummated, boot-blackt
will have more time to breathe, and
ladies skirt fri'ls no more sucf
breathless attraction to corner loaf
ers. But for the present, Pat
Brady's skill in boot work must b.
obscured by the film of slush int
which we plunge to cross the tide
and moor our pedals on the dool
step of G. l.. Auwerda & Co., il
Leighton's brick, where the Demo
cratic principle is bottled and casket
and sold at wholesale. If there il
any honesty in the traffic OF liquors
this house possesses fair share OF it
The proprietors are men who are
temperate in their habits, and have
the reputation of dealing in nothing
but the best qualities of their trade
They are wholesale dealers in wits
kies, brandies, wines; ETC., and have q
very extensive patronage. They are
also engaged in the manufacture Of
an article of Bitters which is said to
possess virtues superior to most o.
the patents which are blown so long
and repeatedly. They are also Agt's
for Brady's Bitters for Southern
Iowa.
(TO be continued