The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-12-22
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WM. II. RICHARDSON.
DALLEs, OREGON, /

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WV. II. RICHARDSON, ESQ No. AIS,
Market street, Pailadelphla, Pa.
NY DEAR SIR:-By your modest
letter of the lst of February last, | am
pleased to be made acquainted with
thesingular fact, though, really, new
er heard of you before, that you have
i'survived the hurricane that has des-
Oiated the commercial world, /" and
are now as well as could be expected.
Perhaps you did not become 50 Inhat-
ed like your umbrellas and parasOls
only TO collapse when the lDiHd tDds
out, or, what Is more probable your
large stock of umbrellas and parasOls
enabled you to weather the storm
Intact.
What an argument is here deduced
for every merchant IN the land TO
keep constantly on hand a large and
varied assortment Of umbrellas and
parasolsl We should then hear OF no
more failures. Every merchant would
feel justified, aud perfectly safe i'm
selling his gUods to anybody, on an
unlimited credit, feeling secure so
long as he kept on his shelves a sutfi-
cient number of umbrellas and para
soils to enable him to weather the
stOrms of adversely.
Tue encouragement you have re-
ceived does not surprise me--yOu de-
serve it,and / hope you may continue,
as Prutarcll says, To "keep stiff upper
lip, and 81 but the balance of
the quotation escapes me.-NO matter
90 on, young man, fortune is yours,
stick to your business, don't fail TO
write to everybody, few, perhaps, Will
take ns much interest ia you as l do,
bat that is your own fault; keep your
umbrellas loisted before the people,
end your list of customers must large
ly increase and be "well pleased"
You remark that you are iucited to
greater efforts. How praisewOrthy!-
How enn1bling the task! Efforts are
8 great thing 70 make, and am de-
lighted 10 know that you reside in a
part of this glorious Republic where
Efforts are appreciated.
Umbrellas are a great institution in
Oregon, where it rains sometimes in
the winter, and snow and then" dur
ing the summer. Every man (whO is
possessed of one) prizes his umbrella
more highly than he does his or or
his ass or anything else that is his,
and as per consequence, such men, as
a class, are more frequently dry than
Others. Your sgreat varieties of lad
I IS, son umbrellas" (" which you assure
Us "Were so popular last year." are
doubtless intended for little boys, aud
your "full line of ehildren's umbrel-
iasn are Of course for little girls. Thus
we see the Juveniles of both sexes are
provided for, and sheltered against
the rude blasts of the elements by UNI
brellas-thOsef for little girls being "lull
lined"
lam inclined to think fSvorably Of
your Paragon Umbrella" "Para-
gnn,n I suppose, is the name Of some
new p0liticalism lately sprung into ex-
isteuce in the Atlantic States in oppo-
sitiOn 10 the regular democratic ticket
ike the defunct knOWnOthings, per-
haps, and this umbrella, probably, is
used 70 hide their diminished heads
immediately after election and pro-
tect them from the torrents Of popular
Indignation.
You should send some Of those UNI
brellas Ou' here, as there are a good
many political "ParagOns" Standing
-ous IL the rain in this country, and if
not covered up soon they will become
completely Grsnched and sink into
the uire so deep they will be unable
TO ford Il, and thus be lost to sight for
ever! Now, in the name Of bamboo
handles end Common humanity send
few Of your "Pdragons" to the care
OF Messrs. Kelly, Shuck & Co., the
polit cdlp paragOns" of this country,
that they may be enabled, at least, to
keep Dryer.
Buggy umbrellas" 1 don't think
are required in this country, either
"Elth or without revolving joints"
can c e-rtainiy speak for myself, AS my
bed at the tavern where I live is very
"buggy" indeed, 30 much so that my
joints are frequently ciussi TO re-
vOlveu which is quite as much as is
claimed for your "buggy umbrellas.n
supose you hav Ho little fancy UNI
brellas that could be attached to a
nice gold headed cane, TO be used by a
nice pert little man when he is likely
20 get damp. 1fyou have, please say
90.
I would gladly avail myself Of your
kind request to call and examine your
stock this season, but cannot. The
expense Of trip TO Philadelphia and
back would be too great for my slend-
er finances, although 1 would like
much to see your stock, and make
your acouafntance, which l have no
doubt would be mutually agreeable.
By-the-bye, I wish you would send
me q larger sized umbrella, as a samp-
le lot, you have any of that kind,
and you may accept the assurance
that it will be Hsatisf- ctOTy," and
thus obviate the necessity Ofreturniug
it-therefore, the erpe,se incident to
sending Il back may De saved. l
would prefer it, however, il you could
send me a double barrelled "umbrel-
la,D as I am man of family.
Yours respectfully,