The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-04-28
"A r A I'D
AMONG OUR
Patrons and Advertisers
(CoNTINUED.)

In the west end of the city. on ia
nous Wapello street. whcro they rul
vclocipcdcs and democrats, wo en-
counter tho rotund Durfee and hi!
dappcr partner Pollard, beth will
sleeves rolled up, and honest sweat
cddying about their eyebrows
These gentlemen compose tho firm o.
Durfoo and Pollard, wagon and car
riage manufacturers. They came te
our city in 1866, engaging in thcil
business on moro than limited
scale, in a small, low frame shop
Being good worlmen, Jealous labor.
ors, and putting good material in all
their work, they soon attracted
trade. Orders began. to como in
rapidly, and they were compelled to
enlarge their shop and increase their
hands. They now employ some
twenty-five workmen-the black,
smiths being undcr the supervision
OF Mr.. Durtee, and tho "hewers oil
wood" under Mr.. Pollard. They
have erected now, commodious build
ings, SO that now they occupy ZONE
$500 square feet Of ground for shops
alone-all of which are two stories.
Mr.. D, p. Edwards is the boss paint
Grand, strange as it may seem,
claims arc made that he is the best
brush-slinger in the city. Mr.. w. Il.
Fisher Is their carriage trimmer. To
speak of any particular one of the
other employees would be invidious,
whore all are SO nearly equal, and vie
with each other to keep up tho stan
dard of work that is turned out by
this establishment, mono of which,
however, goes away, till after a
inspection of the proprietors
We noticed, in going through their
shops, that but little finished work
was on hand, which meant to us that
the demand was equal to their facili-
ties for manufacturing.
Leaving the deafening clinking of
we sought the rumble Of
trade on Main, and lodging through
the crowds blockading the thorough
fare, brought up against the debris of
the old landmark being RACED to the
ground--the old frame second door
cast of Market. That ancient tcnc-
ment has stood the storms of the Gle
mcnts; the whims and fancics of
tradesmon, who have each in turn
torn its eutrails out to garnish the
old walls with new attraction pecu-
liar to the traffic in which it was to
Away back, in the calomel
times,-oh, how nauseously disagree.
able the remembrance is, when even
The hickory trees used to shake their
Dark off with the ague, we can picture
DR.. Orr, perchcd on box, in front of
The old house, whistling some solemn
Urge between his chattoring teeth,
when he pharmaceutical to his SINH
arly afflicted fellow citizens; then
We remember it as a dry goods store;
1 leather store a saloon a tin-shop;
md, probably that's not all. But, it
las at last to succumb to tho advance
IF prosperity, and while its old car
lass is lying helplessly there, the
stately bricks piled skyward will
.opple scornful nod, and then all
will be forgotten.
And thinking about medicine, re-
minded us of DR.. Newton, the gen.
.lomanly Dentist who has recently
come among US, from his former
rooms in Nixons block, Chicago
He purchased Dir. Sisson's interest in
.he business, hero, forming a part.
lership with Mr.. Clarke, which was
IF short duration, when we find the
Or. alone, u total stranger with US,
save his recommendations as q skill
.ul dentist aad good man. He Is a
practical physician rs well as dentist,
and understands the treatment that
certain mouths should have, not in
tho line OF dentistry. Let us extend
10 him welcome hand. and if our
Ieoth need fixing up, why, if he don't
Tx en- in good, skii,iul, workman
ike Shape, let us pronounce him
mix cum u rousei' and give him a
cold shoulder, for VIC want nothing
but firet-class worklnen among U.s.
We have no fears, but that tho DIR.
will prove worthy Of confidence and
Find him, in sissons
rooms, Union Block.
TO be eontihued)
Just Received.