Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-11-08
Correspondence Of the Defiance Express.l
THE CITY OF THE WEST.

pie and its Prospects Sketch of Bust
ness House.
TOLEDO, Oct. goth, 1872.
EDITOR EXPRESS THE passenger on the Lake
Shore train which arrives iu Toledo at 7:40 in
the evening, is first made aware Of the nearness
of this dashing young city by not an upwel-
come announcement Of "tweny minutes for sup
per-" II he is en- route for Chicago, st. Louis
or Cincinnati, he sustches a hasty mouthful of
hot coffee and sandwich, and shortly aflerward
is borne outward aud onward, only skirting the
edge Of the city, but if he be fortunate enough
to have business to detan him, he inseribes his
signature on the books Of the Oliver or Doody
House, which signature is only acknowledged
by the clerks, aud he then resigns himself to a
hot supper, cigar, and dreams of home.
Said prominent actor to The writer a few
days since Toledo is young New York, aud
viii be surely heard from among the prominent
cities OF the land before many years" II is iu-
deed true that tue energy, enterprise and growth
Of this island metropolis are subjects of frequent
remarks among strangers, whO like the gentle
man quoted have had abundant opportunity to
Judge Of her cooperative progress. Her rail-
roads AMI hotels have never done a more thirty
ing business than now, aud il is already nti-
ina ed that u new hotel in the spring is to open
in the lower part of tue city, to meet the demand
which the opening OF new thoroushlare eau
hardly tail 20 create.
In tue grain aud lumber, the mercantile and
jobbihg trade, lies the hopes upon which Toledo
builds tile brightest castles Of future wealth nd
ADVANCEMENT The history OF M of her prumi-
nent houses is in itself most striking sermon
upon her past expansion Ms well as sanguine
prophecy Ot her iilustriOus future. AS has been
vefy justly remarked, the agricultural Interests
Of the entire Northwest are closely allied t. the
progress Of Toledo. The growth of her pnpula-
tinn means an increasingly active market Tor
the products Of the hundreds of farms til It arc
developing into broad expanses Of Iillable land,
tho unbruken forests that bounded the western
shores of lake Erie twenty years ago.
Passing down the principle street this morn
ing, ! came to a broad sign bearing "A strangely
familiar name, and u moments inquring con-
SInced me that | beheld in the magu icent
stures, the monument to industry erected by the
hand Of one OF New Englands sons. | alludc
to the stores Of Fred. Eaton & Co, one Of the
largest and most enterp:ising dry goods firms
of the city, who, succeeding tn the business of
Eaton & Backus, have made the name familiar
Ound in all the country round about. Perhaps
few words con corning the proprietor OF this
| great establishment, (fOr though there are twu
seperate stores there is but one house might
not be Inappropriate. Mr.. Fred Eat n, the pro
prietOr of the House, and the mln tn whom its
present success is nearly all due, began life
tlilrty-six years ago on a small farm in New
Hampshire. At the age of twenty he was what
! he m ght still be but for the enterpiiSnY aud
! iHdnmtabie spirits which makes great so,diers,
great statesmen and great business men. quiet
( farmer gaining modest support rom the in
hOspitable soil of New Hampshire. But six
teen years ago he began in narrow and imper-
feet way To carry on the business, which t,-lay
is represented by sales Of over $3.50 000 per an
mum in an establishment numbering iurc- If
rightly oulipyfs in it's various departments, which
include nearly every fabric kn"wn 10 the Inom.
The visitor at Mr. Eatous mammoth establish
ment may see carpets being made up ready for
the hors, dresses Of every price and pattern in
process Of construction. and at some unexpected
point You will be sure to stumble on some newly
married couple who are blissullv conscious thA;
they are selecting together their first housekeep.
ing outfit. For house furnishing goods. as we'll
as wedding outfits, are made an important
/ specHllty in this house, and vnung lady may
select her wedding outfit, and subsequently her
carpet, curtains and table linen at Ealnn's, and
go on for years buving what she needs "f this
extensive establishment, confident that all she
buys is Stylish durable, and at the lowest
| market prices.
| How all this can be done may seem a mystery
to some, and yet 1t is not difficult to explain. Mr..
Eaton keeps a constant buyer at New York wi ho,
by his long experience aud ability in taking al.
vantage Ot the market, is enabled Ia select
goods at figures and terms, as gives his Toledo
customers the benefit Of wholesale prices in re-
tail trade. And thus of the 5000 900 worth Of
goods usually kept on hand by the house in the
busy season, fully nine-tcnths has probably been
bought under circumstances in which the buVer
| has been able 10 take advantage of the market.
1t is much easi1r to judge by actual obsarva-
tion of the extent and character of sucl bust
ness as this than To convert clear aud accurate
idea OF it, through the msdum of correspond
enc', and we arge the readers Of the Ecpress,
should their next visit 10 Toledo find them On
stopping, thoughts intent to visit these stores at
II, 10 and l69 aud II Summit street, and we
assure them that courteous employees are always
ready to show goods or to give nfprR Ilinn
garding them. The sixteen years Of honorable
dealing during which this house has stood be-
fore the public, are themselves a sufficient guar
antee that The course adopted in the past will
| be followed in the future, and that fair and i'm
partial dealing may be confidently expected by
| alt.
! The people Of Toledo have but just inishei 1
laughing over the lu1icrous pantnmime Of
"Humpty Dumpty," and the music loving por-
tion OF the city are all aglow with the prospect
/ Of the Patti Maria Concert Of next Friday even
ing. Would that | might stay till then in the
city, but business will not permit, and | wander
on. Perhaps you may hear from me again at
some punt "farther west" ROBERT,