The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-31
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This firm is an old established one,
and IL particularly identified with
the prosperity OF our city. Their
house is known ''from Dan to Beer
sheba, "me,aphorically speaking The
people come from all The region r. und
about to trade at this house. and
why? because they have the assur
ance that thoy can got what they
call for, in the line OF dry goods,
boots, shoes, hats, caps, groceries,
and in fact everything found in first
class store. Public spirited, enter
prising gentlemen, they are receiy-
ing, as they deserve, very liberal
patronage. We know good story
on Sim, but Dan. Tisdale can tell it
SO much better, that wo forbcar.
Turn we then to the hogsheads,
barrels, gunny sacks, and packages
of groceries piled in such profusion in
the rooms of J. II. Merrill & CO., the
only exclusive wholesale Grocery in
the city. J. II. Merrill has been do
ing business in this line some years,
before the war in connection with
Col. G. W. Kittredge. Immediately
on the return home Of Col. Mahon.
who won his merltorious silver leaves
by soldierly conduct, he formed a |
partnership with Merrill, and they
two continued in the retail line for
some time, when they became CON
scious by the overwhe ming orders
received that wholesaling was their
forte; and SO they quietly folded
their five cent dodgers and doomed
up as leading wholesale house,
They are doing good business, not
withstanding the hard times, and |
we earnestly recommend this house
to all dealers, as the place to get
bargains.
At the corner of Main and Green
streets, we find the staunch old Fur.
niture house Of d. Eaton & Co. Dan. |
Eaton-who does not remember him2 |
Commencing in little coop some
where in tho vicinity of Boulton's !
Bakery, he labored assiduously and |
quietly, till he had got things to suit
him, when he astonished the natives
by being in the Union block mix, and |
erecting one OF the fine rooms-the
one which they now use as q sales
room, with his factory adjoining in
the rear. His business increasing
beyond his facilities, a co-partnership
was formed with Fred. Arthur, and
. new, large brick factory was erected
on Samantha street, where every
thing in the furniture line is manu-.
factlred. This is a good business,
and these gentlemen are reaping a
rich harvest. Their wholesale trade
is large and extends over all South
ern iowa and northern Missouri
Their work is honest and bears the
closest scrutiny and hardest tests
10 dealers we would say don't give
this'establishment cold shoulder.
Tom Moore, the Irish poet, once
derided Washington, and we don't
revere his memory SO much as we do
some other Moores we know. Now.
there's John L. Moore, for instance,
although alive, and, probably poet,
Tor all we know, is not only physi.
cally alive, but also to all the inter.
ests OF our prosperous town, and es-
pecially the lives of its inhabitants.
About a year ago the gentleman
bounced down upon us from our
neighboring city Eddyville, where
be had been engaged in the same
business, and purchased the stock of
Drugs, etc, Of DR.. Hinsey, successor
to Hinsey, Lewis g. Co. He at once
added to the stock, which was al
ready a large one, and filing the
house, cellar and all, commenced the
business in such earnestness as that
success has attended his efforts, and
he may put his finger in the first
class pie. He has Latin Drugs, Span
ish drugs, American drugs and drugs,
. selected full line of School and 9TH
er books, stationery, wall paper, toilet
articles, statues, fancy goods, every
thing in the patent medicine line, and
perfumery, glass, white lead, etc., and
Moore things which we can't mention
beside fine cigars.
(To be continued.)