Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-11
For the Delaware Republican.

! in November, 1859. opened one Frida,
night and it was packed, in store No. 8
next door to where am now. My brother
came down with me and we were partners
We started with cash capital Of $685. 4
credit In jewelry of S54, but we worked like
good fellows and businesses went right along
We had to have more help. We took Joe
Adams for our first boy and things went OF
no brisk our store was not large enough
our, crowds were so large they reached the
curb every night and complaint was brought
against me for blocking the pavement up ]
used to keep them laughing from three 10
four hours every night, and everybody was
delighted and everybody that remembers
my frat starting will say it was as good as u
circus. Next had to get larger store.
went to No. Az King street, fitted it up in
good style md the crowd was so great there
that had to hire Mr. Wingate as special
police at nights and more clerks. So then
got William Adams and my sister, now Mrs.
Adams, and Tom Staats for errand boy.
soon broke my whole corps of clerks in to
what wanted them to do, and next open
eda branch store in Newark, Smyrna and
Elkton, Md, aud after working hard for
over two years and doing good business at
every, place | went TO. then thought |
would take trip to England which | did.
i
spoiled a portion Of my pleasure, for had to
come home at once. Next my broth
or and dissolved partnership and bought
HIM out. My business went on so prosper
ousiy that everybody said must go into
Market st.: 80 Doctor Baker having Just i'm
ished the building No. SOC, concluded to
Jake " anu there were some very handsome
fixtures put in the store by New York
firm, for fancy wholesale hat store, but
they failed, so | bought the fixtures cheap,
and got opened. Things went on prosper
ousy until | opened III partnership with an
other man in Petersburg, Va, and he turn,
| ed out dishonest and cost me over four
thousand dollars. Right on top of this dis.
| aster my only son took sick and after being
| sick but short time died, These were two
heavy shocks, 50 near together, that turned
my wife and nearly wild. So much 80 that
we concluded to leave Wilmington, SO We
commenced making preparations for leaving.
| sold my property in Washington street
and as Joe Adams had married my sister
We concluded to turn the store over to them
winch we did. \ party offered me two
Thousand dollars Tor the good will and fix.
lures, but could not comply with the terms
so we gave the good will to Adams u Bro,
and custom Of titty-one thousand dollars
per year, which was our last year 3 business
We then recommended the Adams Brothers
to all our wholesale friends, aud moved to
Philadelphia.
L then opened at 334 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, and kept sales up all day long
and did tremendous business there, until
they tore the Chestnut Street House down
noxt door to me, and then they stopped my
business, and | had to get away. | then
went to Reading and the only store | could
va w ua lNIl 4
had to take it for one year. In the meantime
| took branch store at Lebanon, Potsyille
and Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua, Maunch
Chunk, Catasauqua, Hockendocaway, Allen
town. My year being up at Reading | came
back to Philadelphia again, and some of my
Wilmington friends then coaxed me to come
back hear again, so | took partner and we |
opened IN Shipley street above Fourth. | |
then bought my partner out and came back |
to my old stand, No. ., where first started
and remained there till got the store am |
now in, No. 6, East 4th street, and have
done and am doing IL very good business and |
always did everywhere, ever since | first |
started business. | have always given value
for money, and always sold cheaper than
any one else, and always intend to. have
many advantages over other stores; me and
my family handle all my money, and tell |
est lot Of toys in the State. Stop in it will
pay you. JOHN s. RowBoTHAM,
Alias CHEAP JOHN, Pioneer of Delaware
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A WARNINo TO iopNG MEN. The A.
merlcan girl oil books is an ideal existence.
The real girl, who has just returned from
the country, and is occupying herself with
for the approaching winter. ia
no at all Jithcit 10 describe. She is a girl
OF immense energy aud but little physical
strength, She has, if she can be Judged by
what she acconplishes, noble digestion or
perhaps to be little more accurate, she has
aobly triumphed over her digestion, and re-
duced II to complete submission. She is not
highly educated nor does she speak all for
elgn languages with smoothness and correct
ners. Indeed. she has been known Ia play
strange tricks with her own tongue. She II
lively, but not witty; she is fond Of laughing
without caring very much ut what she
laughs; she is noisy and loud when she Iares
to be. As general rule she knows little or
nothing OF those matters which used to be
essential parts OF woman = edu,
cation, and intends, If she is rich to have
ousekeeping, when once she is married,
done Tor her by some one else; and il she il
poor she does not think about il any more
han she can help. Her notions about mar
rage itself are curious mixture of ideas
nn,;ntaneos NH H. -, vJJIa' a., a"e' ac-
Ia cnnvsrs..;n, ~ ~ , "ou as gifis sot rom
~, ,I S .o's"uo1 vi young hien VINO dance
'n1 oeihiah w"h inem through the winter,
inu walk on the clliiS at Newport with them
In the summer. Her life, if she is rich, is
IN general one OF thoughtless pleasure; if
she Is poor, her horizon is filled with the
mirage of what she might be if sba wa,e
only rich. She has IN her mind an ;,I,ai