The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-04-07

1t will pay our citizens we'll to visit
the rooms of our friends Messrs. RIT-
TER & VIcKREY, and examine the
beautiful Monuments and Tombstones
now on exhibition at their esta blish-
lishment. They have finished, ready
to be taken to their different desti-
nations, in various places in this State
and in Ohio, between forty and fifty
large and small Monuments manufac-
tured from Scotch Variegated Granite,
and the finest specimens of White
italian Marble, of all heights and of
the most beautiful original patterns
designed by Mr.. Peter Ritter. the
senior partner-we have ever had the
pleasure of examining. The prices of
these beautiful Monuments are from
800 to S2,0OO-properly and satisfac-
torily set up in the cemetery.
Their assortment-large and small
patterns-of fine Tombstones, letiered
and finished, and in process of finish
ing and lettering is very large-num-
boring not far from two hundred
Now is the time for our citizens to
take a good look at the superior
workmanship being turned out by
this enterprising firm, before they are
taken away, for probably they will
never again see SO many, so large, and
such beautiful specimens of variegated
Granite, Of the Scotch genus together,
in so perfect groupe.
Dtdn't Need a Tombstone.
Our friend Vickrey, of the firm of
Ritter Il Vickrey, has been away from
home soliciting orders for monuments
and tombstones for some time, and
we received a paper containing the fol-
lowing, from ONE of the places he has
visited Seeing this anecdote, and
knowing him to be one of the best and
most persevering solicitors for custo-
mers in his line, we at once supposed
that the meant him, and We
determined that it was too good to
escape being picked in the PALLA-
DUN:
- is tombstone agent. He
finds it to his advantage to work upon
the feelings in making a sale The
other day he happened to be in a
strange section, and was sent to call
upon Mrs. Brown, who had recently
lost her husband He introduced
himself, and was invited to sit down
He spoke of the weather, and then,
getting round to business, he said,
rather tenderly:
$50 you have lost your husband?"
She wept, and said that it had that
resemblance.
He said that he sympathized with
her in the hour of her affection; that
the best of friends were doomed to
part, and that none knew whose turn
would be next. He had not TIE honor
of being acquainted with Mr.. Brown,
but he had heard him spoken of all
over the country in the highest terms
of praise (this was his usual style,
whether he had or not) Everybody
considered him an honorable man and
an affectionate husband, and they
incurred his loss with the most tender
affection, and he deserved fitting men,
DRY, and as it was the last rite she
could do, he begged her to look over
some excellent monumental designs
in Scotch Granite and Italian marble
which he was prepared to sell at the
lowest terms.
Said she: Look "a here, mister,
you said he was an honorable man
and an affectionate husband. hen YOU
know you lie; he WASH no such thing.
It's true I've lost him, but he amt
dead; he amt the kind that dies. He
ran off last Wednesday with another
woman. and doesn't need tombstone,
I'm sorry to say, and I'd be much
obleeged if you not come back here
again until you have occasion, mister"
faded away from there, and
staid in the neighborhood two days,
endeavoring to cultivate an acquaint-
ance with the man who sent him to
the Widow Brown"
The HiDDOdrOme