The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-24

Among Our Advertisers.
coNTlNuED.)
The word CONTINUED was mad
vcrtently left out under tho heat
"Among our Advertisers" on tn,
fourth page Of this paper, Tho ar
ticle is a continuation from las,
| week.
In the rear, and on the Same floor
we SHE our beaver through the glass
door and gilt letters leading to the
Insurance rooms of Edwin White 4
Go. To speak Of the companies they
represent would be but to re-itorate
what We have said in good faith many
times beforc-that they are among
the best in the country. Ed. has hair
Just about the hue Of our own--"ten
cent sugar color--theroforo we have
fellow liking to him, and especially
when we know him to DO socially
agreeable, and considerably gener.
Gus to the printer. Mr.. Reeves, his
partner, is q young man Of good
qualities; thorough business man,
and . practical civil engineer, though
most fearfully bsshful. The girls
don't like that, my boy, and you
must pin the axiom "None but the
brave daserye the fair," to your coat
lapel, and as talisman may it nerve
you to deeds Of gallantry unknown
to those maiden bushes. Selah i! =
These gentlemen make Real Estate
business q speciality, also.
J.W.& A. g. Huggins, the first
store in Union block, going eastward,
are the kind Of men in whose pres
ence a customer always feels at ease.
lift is desirable to get a good pair Of
boots or shoes, 60 there if you want
anything in the dry goods line, or
carpets, or groceries, they will help
you, or elso Bob Harlan will be on
hand, doing the polite and agreeable.
This firm work in the mercantile yoke
steadily and honestly. Asa-not tho
correspondent, however, lis now in
the eastern markets, and they are
receiving goods every day.
Now, we may DO aucused Of the
same foolishness as Thompson's colt
chat swan the river to get drink,
whom we say that at this point VIC
crossed the floating street, to inspect
the ordnance 10 the brick block
Cannon l. Harris Restaurant, but
We vehomontly "deny tho fdct."-
While we didnot usurp any of their
bottled blue-devil, we did smoke one
Of their excellent cigars, and looked
on with curiosity ut the games OF
billiards which were in progress on
their superior tables, and taking q
few steps upward surveyed the good
arrangements Of their eating rooms.
The vacant lot whose surface is
smoked with charred ruins. next
to the Restaurant, reminded US of
Ed. Moriarty, and we straight way
changed front by the rear, and
charged on his grocery. establishment
in tho brick, opposite Taylor's Sad
dlery house. With m indomitable
spirit to never succumb, this young
man has gono through fire and dis
aster, only to come out conqueror.-
He Immediately rented room, after
being burnt out, and commenced
active busin sss. and has now as good
a stocx Of family groceries as can be
found in the city anywhere. An ac-
commodating, good young fellow
he will succeed, and we wish him
an abundance Ct prosperity.
Just about this time the injunction
of our better.half to mot forget to
get the ribbon" reminded US of one
irm we underlooked whom up street.
When Ottumwa was q papoose, two
ladies-sisters-came here, and OPEN
ed an establishment and the eyes of
the natives, also. Such q thing as q
Millinery was preposterous, in those
days of linsey- wolsey, rattan and
grapevine hoops, and sun. bonnets.-
We had no railroads, nor telegraphs
to keep us posted every day about tho
fashions but somehow these ladies
fixed up bur village bellies in styles
which made them appear as hand
somely sweet as magazine frontis-
pieces. With the progress of the
town they kept pace, and now. when
the fashion changes as rapidly as the
weather they are the thermometer
in these fashionable times. It is no
disparagemept to the other good mil
liners wo have in the city, to say that
Mrs. Platts and Hoyland are the ad-
vance guard of the clan. In their
now and splendid rooms, over +. w,
\ J. Hawley, jr's store, they have an
elegsnt assortment of all that the
most fastidious and lavish, as well as
the economist, could wish. They
can suit the rich and poor. Their
beautiful goods for Spring arc attrac-
ting all the ladies, and staid old chap
as wc are, we couldn't help admiring
the pretty patterns and styles there.
They have mcrited the extensive
patronage they receive, and we re-
commend them to all,