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

Ind, whero he had been in, business,
and was doing VOL, when his partner
(too often tho caso) fattoned him,
through treachery. Hc landed in
Ottumws, and bought tho stand Of
]. II. Dugan, and with it kit Of
tools, and pitched in TO axing bull
eye cylinder-cscapcmcn watches
and cleaning up tho old cob-wcbbed
clocks. Henry had City cents in his
bank, when he commenced work.
By faithful and skillfdl attendance
upon business, and o religious relia.
bility in his very word. he immedi-
sicily commenced picking up" He
struggled long, patiently and I'M
hinchingly, aud to-day we say he is
rich, but no won't acknowledge it.
He added photograph gallery to
his jowelry rooms. and being o first
GLASS artist, he acquired fame In this
line a. we'll as the other. He has ;
large stock Of valuable jewelry,
watches, clocks, silver ware, and
makes . speciality, In stock, of music.
81 instruments and toys. His SOD,
Henry, has an ungovernable pen.
chant for hunting, and that tells the
whole story of his getting gun-pow-
der after night for his sick cool
Up stairs, over Meek's store, we
sailed, and were edited by the har.
monious strains Of an involuntary
from the renowned Singer-amachine
for which DR.. w. T. johnson, the
favorite tooth.carpsnter,. is agent.
A very appropriate and useful pres.
emit for husband to q wife, or .
young man who is DESTROYS Of becom-
ing husband tc gushing maiden
who might DO induced to make the
young fellow noble by comforting
that title upon him,-is a sewing
machine, and if any one wants to
rendera woman perfectly happy, let
him give her sewing machine. We
have agencies for all the best ma
chimes in our city, and we know from
personal experience that the Singer
is q good one. The DR.. is skillful
Dentist, also, and attends to his
business faithfully and honestly.
Tumbling down stars, we were
assisted to our footing by the Neck
est man in the city. aBlossed are tho
Meekl"-said we, and hilercturning
our thanks for his timely assistance,
wo took in at . glance the piles Of
new goods which worc crowding his
counters. Besides being sagacious
merchant, Mr.. Meek is an enterpris-
ing, sober, Industrious citizen. He,
like many of our first class merchants
camc among US in Strengthened cir
cumstances; but through good and
tough times his indomitabIc spirit Of
energy did not forsake him, and step
by-step he climbed the ladder, and
now presents q large stock of nice,
staple and fancy goods, in his lately
improved brick house.
Now on some occasions Mock
suborns his name, and gets excited
and demonstrative, especially on
election times. We remember the
night Of the jollidcation fthe Repub.
licans over the redemption Of our
county from democratic rule, We had
o grand illumination, and bonfres,
and at one Of the latter speech.ma-
king was tho excitement. After
number had eboluted, Meek, consid.
erably excited, mounted redlar's
wagon, and commenced canonadr,
when some mischi. vous boys took
hold on the tongue and whifae- trees,
and started the wagon, soon getting
into round rapid pace, running the
wagon sround tho square, but the
speaker never noticed the difference
and continued pouring forth his elo-
quence and gesti,ulations to-the
desert air, and the little boys playing
boss
A few steps westward brings us to
the crystal palace. Prugh, pro-
prietor. Immediately on entering
this beautiful room, one is struck
with the admirable taste displayed
by the managers os this establishment
MIR. P and his son Julian,--in the
arrangement of goods to have the
best effect. Large plated mirrors on
either side of the entrance reflect
ones external person, and the goods
in the room, some dozen times, which
has a magical effect upon the guests
Imagination. The room is filed with
china and glassware, lamps, and sill
ver-warc, till "you can't rest" and
the poor and rich can fit out in this
house, from the plaincst to the most
expensive and elaborate ware. We
are glad in our heart to know that
Mr.. r, is meeting with success. He
has had to wade through trials and
tribulations; has met with disaster
twice by fire, the last one-last win
tcr-burning him out entire, without