The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-06-12
]. G. RICHARDSON, ESQ. PROPRIETOR OF
REaaRRAaY


The name of Richardson's Irish Linens
is as familiar in all parts of this country, in
all probability, es in England or Ireland;
and there is not "guid" housewife in the
land whose fingers would not laugh in COM
ing Ia contact with the genuine fabrics, and
whose chief ambition lie TO have a generous
supply 10 the house. Indeed, SO popular
are the various linen fabrics bearing the seal
Of J. N. Richardson, Sons b Owden, that
base imitators have frAudnlently made use
Of this trade mark, 40 well as adopted ever
the style of putting up the goods. That
none of our readers may be imposed upon
by purchasing the spurious goods, we pub
lish, to day, an advertisement from the house
of J n. Richardson, Sons & Owden, Belfast,
Ireland, from which it may be known how
to tell the genuine Richardson Irish linens
Looking over our collection of books, we
find in the Friendly Visitor, London pub
| LEGATION, portrait of j. q. Richardson, the
proprietor of Bessbrook, whore these goods
are made. The face is q noble, frank and
good looking face, just such an one ss We
should expect to see belonging to the man,
after residing the following account OF this
model town
"Bressbrook is an Irish manufacturing
town near Newry. Its principal founder,
and sole proprietor, is MIR. j. Il. Richard
son, a leading member Of the Society of
Friends. This gentleman, with one Or two
other "Frieuds," founded the Bessbrook
Spinning Company, and erected the Bess-
brook Mills. The factory has grown 81
large that it gives employment to three
thousand hands, most of whom reside in the
neig hborhood of the works. In Bessbrook
there is no licensed public house, nor is
there one on any of its surrounding lands.
There are no police III the place. The Irish
constsbulary, armed, occupy every town in
ireland, and have barracks for half dozen
men each along every roadside but there
are no police in Bessbrook. Mr. Richards
son alleges, that so long as he keeps out the
public house they can do without police
but that so soon as the tap room Is intro
duced they will require the constabulary.
There is no drunkenness in Bessbrook in
short, the operatives are models of sobriety
and good order. OF course, it IS not meant
TO be said that they have not their faults
f and their failings, like mankind every
where; but the town is wholly free from the
sad scenes which are to be met with pub
hcly every day in much smaller populations.
And the population of Bessbrook is com.
posed entirely of operatives while that OF
many other towns is mixed, comprising the
wealthy and the poor. The operatives
themselves have not two opinions on the
question of the absence or presence of the
r public house. They are agreed that il
licensed houses were opened in Bessbrook
the reading room, the library, the schools,
the cooperative societies, would be deserted
by only too many, for the allurements of the
dram shop; and that another esta olishment
3 hitherto known in Bsssbrook, the pawn
office, would soon be required. And not
only so, but the police barracks, and hand
cuffs, and the dark cell, would come into
fashion, too, and homes now happy would
q soon be rendered miserable. All this Mr.
e Richardson had seen in too many Other
towns, and he decided on keeping the lie
ensed public houses out Of Bsssbrook. The
results have decidedly confirmed him in hi,
1 resolution, and would convince the mos
2 scepticsl of the wisdom Of the course b.
thus ado pied, if the town were only once OF
twice visited by them. Coupled with th,
last negative point of management is slst
the exclusion OF the police and pawr
!, offices, as already referred to. These fol
low in the wake of the dram shop, and tn
s exclusion of the public house renders all tht
- rest unnecessary"