The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-05-07

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Let me instance q single case of how
our young men are taught how not tc
advertise. / will take the firm of Hood,
Bonbright & Co., who occupy as fine q
wholesale day goods store as there is in
this city; they do, what we here call an
immense business, but what house in
New York, with far less pretensions tc
first -classisms would look upon as ridic
ulously insignificant. They have every
facility for doing ten millions of bust.
ness year; they probably do about one
million; they expend in all probability
less than $500 a year in advertising,
while they, of all othrrs, ought to have
their advertisements in every first-class
county paper between here and Pitts.
burg, in one hundred of the best papers
of Ohio, Indiana and other places in the
South and West, and their advertise
ments should be placed conspicuously
in all our Philadelphia papers, so as to
greet the eye of every traveller to New
York over the Pennsylvania, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore roads. Statesmen in
their store imagine they do an immense
trade; they are taught to believe that
advertising is useless, hence our young
tradesmen early learn provincialism
and it never leaves them.
But do not imagine that all are like this
firm. Our industrial establishments are
learning the benefits of advertising, and
they are growing rapidly more and more
liberal in this respect; their workshops
are being enlarged, their bank account
is swelling, their capital increasing and
the whole city feels the effect of their en-
terprise.
AsAD SCENE.
Mr.. George d. Wetherill, died on
Tuesday, aged S3 years. He was one of
our best known business men. For six
ty years he and his wife trod life's path
happily together; successful as mer-
chant, blessed with wealth, and honored
by their children, the ragged edge of
despair was to them thing unknown.
When the aged partner of Mr.. Weth-
erill's life's blessings was told that his
spirit had gone to God who gave it; she
fell in swoon, was carried to q room
adjoining that of her dead husband,
where she lay in a comatose state until
the Friday following, when sensibility
returned just as the remains of Mr..
Wetherill were being carried past the
door. She arose from the bed, walked
to the room door, looked at the casket
which contained Mr.. w. and then fell
backwards upon the floor, broken
hearted corpse. They both now rest
beneath the same sod, in the quiet of the
dark, dark grave.
Scarcely less sad was the scene that
occurred on the same day in another
part of our city, where the remains of
William Coogan, aged 70, and his son,
John P. Cooghan, 27 years of age, were
taken from the same house, placed side
by side in one. hearse, aud laid together
in the same chamber of the dead.
During the same week, Mr.. James
Coleman, jr., young married man, Gv.
ing at 712 Siegel street, lost his only two
by scarlet fever, a boy and
girl, four and six years of age. The day
their burial Mrs. Coleman
lied from pure grief at her loss, and
mother and children sleep their last
leep side by side, leaving the heart
stricken father to tread alone-to him
ife's thorny path.
BANK ROBBERS.
Two of our city banks have suffered
ievere losses at the hands of sharpers.
The first was at the Farmers and Me-
,hanics' Bank, where a gentlemanly
ooking thief entered and handed S10I
tote to the paying teller, asking him if
t was good, and while the teller was
holding it up to the skylight to see if
daylight would penetrate the filthy lu-
re, the gentlemanly looking fellow of
N inquiring turn of mind picked up
wo package of money, and doubtless
that the teller had his $40 bill,
walked off, and singular to say, forgot
o return for his greenback. He got
way with $4,000.
The second robbery took place the day
ollowing at the Manufacturers Bank,
Third and Market streets. The bank
unner had been to the U. S. Assistant
Treasurer's office, and in returning,
laving a box in each hand, and a wallet
$1,000 in cash, and checks
or 5000 more in the breastpocket of
lis coat, was met at the door of the
)ank as he was about to enter, and his
blocked by three or four men,
Who seemed anxious to leave together,
md in haste. Mr.. Scott was jostled, .
md before he was aware of the design
II the party, the wallet was stolen. Not
)eing able to use either hand, vet fear
ng something was wrong, he hurried to
he chashier and handed the boxes to
lim, and then discovering the disap-
of the wallet, returned quickly
o the door, but was unable to see the
hieves.
Evidently these thieves have gone in
earch of the gentlemanly fellow, for
lone have since been heard from.
AN INVESTIGATION.
A joint committee of the Legislature.
to investigate the affairs of
he Philadelphia and Reading railroad
has been in session here since
ny last letter was written. This much
may say, that whatever of sympathy
existed for the miners has
)een removed by their recent action.
The people of this city now regard the
miners as murderers, robbers and ar
ioneers, with whom the strong arm of
he military only should grapple.
A committee of retail coal dealers ap-
leared before theLegislative committee:
hey stated that thirty thousand men
we're out Of employment because of the
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