Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-02
Changes In the Shoe rraae

he leather trade of Boston we have To q,
aounce the removal of the firm Of M.ler.
ly, Dexter & Co., from the store tbev
have recently occupied in Congress street
TO the more commodious warerooms. log
and 10S Devonshire street, having en-.
frances also at Nos. 30 and 80 Federal
street. This firm is composed wholly Of
young men, having wide reputation for
ability, and quite up to the highest trade
of enterprise expressed in the
word push Without other help than
such as nature herself beetows, In tbs
qualities of energy and industry tbsv
have individually, from small nssns
achieved an ample fortune, sufhcitut for
the conduct of one of the larges,
jobbing boot and shoe houses in Nev
England, whose growing trade neces
states a removal to location afford
ing increased business facilities. Hen.
ry A. Melendy was born and lived II
Townsend, VT, until attaining bis msjr
ity, seventeen years ago, when be e.
gagged in the tanning business at IVES
Roxbury, remaining but short time
subsequently Mr.. Melendy entered u.
house of Fogg, Houghton & Coolidge, Il
the capacity of salesman, and made rapi
progress in his new vocation, being u
short time enabled to commence busines.
on bis own account in the boot and sho.
exchange on Hanover street. Again We
find him associated with Others in busi.
meas on Elm street, from there Removing
to 50 and 81 Congress street. Through.
out his business career, thus far, success
has attended every effnrt. B-eiuuiuz
with only few hundreds, Mr.. Meleud7
has made Handsome fortune by the ez.
ercise of industry and the obssrvsuos q
strict business integrity
Ia connection with his partner. Mr.
Gilbert Dexter, the purchase OF five scrs.
of land was recently made in the ciry d
C4mhridge, on which are being erected
two fine modern resi- ience-. de-'iuei e
be their future bones. The location IL
said TO be one o. the finest iH the country.
the city of Boston and vicinity spreading
like panorama to the view
d. Gilbert Dexter was slso horn in Lhe
State Of Vermont, ia the year 1888, sn;
commenced bis mercantile Career 1t 'h5
age of 8 years, in his native place, b.
salary for the first six months bsiug
twenty-five dollars. He was sooD 81
vanced 10 higher positions, aud e7ebtusl
Iy became a partner in company with hi.
first employer.
A few years afterwards We hDd biI
selling goods st Wilmington, Vt, whrr.
he introduced a system and infu-a E
vim into the business entirely wltho1
precedent in that region, gaiuiag ur
only popularity, but being sl-o haudsous
/ = 4 t7eFe ANT i'll rvp n s
by the pecuuiary results Of his e1rr''
He remained in Vermont until the VII
ter OF 1867, when, after selling out G. b.
partner he came to Boston, and in It.
spring of that year opened jnbbiDR boz
and shoe store on Hanover street, uu5s
the firm name of D. @. Dexter < O.
At the expiration of about fife
months, having prospered in the eftemr
to conduct business in Boston, Mr Ds1
ter became one of the weIl-knnwn 90,
popular firm of MeleDdy, Dexter & {.
Up to this time he had been his Own tuar
eial manager as we'll as salesman; on Fl
tering this firm be became and has co-
tinued in the position Of finance msns
ger of the house, winning an envist-
/ repatation for business capacity and sz
ecutive ability that has measursbly recon
mended hiGl in the estimation Of h.
townsmen to the hqporable distinction ri
representing them in SAe eldermsnie borJ
of the city Of Cambridge.
Il John + Mann was born in So1'- v u.
pole in 1915. is a son of one OF the PTgu
nent boot and shoe manufacturers OF q
State, and hes had a thorough prac'1'
business training. He came to the II
i from Providence, R. /, where be had ~
previously employed as salesman, and B.
! been a partner in the house for me-
three wears during which be has H.
lots of friends in the trade and oat 81 l-
everybody likes John
| Charles E. Bowers was born N 1874
Concord, Mass. distinguished himself
the service of his country, and return
after four years of military eLPrrien
with wounds that came very near form,
ing the material Cor frst-class ohlru-
notice. After recovering, he eDteled
retail boot and shoe business at RoKtu-
and remained one year, subseqEaa.
ter preliminary experience In TIC
bipg trade, he became a partner ~
firm Of Melendy, Dexter & Co, sna +
become a general fsvorite with The IT,
In thus sketching the business historr
a young and rising house in the boot 81
shoe trade, we but briefly notice the.
ent points of an expanding bCsine..,
still offers TO industry and ability g.
highest honors that may be gathered III
a successful mercantile career.-NflF
Leather Record.