Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-03-25
Cak Hall.
TIE SECRET or SUCCESS EXPLAINED !

With the long list Of failures caused by the ter
riby depressed condition ~ iIc times strongly
impressed upon our mind We inale short call
recently upon our friends at . * HALL, 10 zee
what tie possible effect apoH them might be. On
entering, the impressiOn made, atler stopping
few moments and watching he eager hurlying
thruug, WAS as though somehow il had been Whs.
pered abroad that steamboats, were selling for
two cents apiece" and everybody was afraid he
shouldn't get one. And in fact pretty much such
a state 81 affair, proved q be TIE case. stated
number (2u9O paiTs) of pants had been freely at.
vertised at only two dollars each, AMI ut the rate
they were going the supply wnuid no. last TIRES
days. (Aud these gOous. We learned, were mel
Their consigned nUf bought ready-made Of u bank
rupt stock but made up from the whole cloth
bought at - cents on the dollar la the concerns
own Workshops and sold ut moderate prOnt.)
Expressing desire t. 20 through
TIIE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS
we we've cuurteously taken la ha1d and shown
hrst the cus5'm department containing the piece
goods from which selections can be made and
garments finished in any style desired, IN man.
ner both expeditions, satisfactory ANA reasonable
just beyond The custom department We're piles OF
the r.a imported English listers. McGee's man
uflcturC, and prUbssJty no better goods are made
in TIE world. OAK HALL has the exclusive right
of sale for them in this country.
Ascending single ligh' 81 stairs, we cam: in
to Il room which hal the appearance of q cavalry
regiments armory, being completely hung
around with
HORSE EQUIPMENTS,
! from Major General down to high private, all
for sale or to let, and for which large number of
orders have dlreddg been entered for the Canton
NAL Do radcs At Philadelphia. In addition to these
were regaiJs of all kinds and descriptions, Uni
| forms for Boat Foot and Ease Ball clubs, FirV-
| men, etc, and large numbers Of the new Fire
mars Par 'de Hat "a ptclb art,cie o'cRed b0 this
| house,, made rom sOndIied felts hiVing the gem
erl appearance of the leatheT hat but being 1855
| than half the weight AMI cost. Tails department
is bnsily at work to- lay or regatta nrmerhers
standing the hard times, tie patriotic members Of
the a. o. III. Society will parade, and they web
| know that no other house can furnish so good an
| equipment mt 50 moderate y rate HS "OAk HALLp'
! We then descended again into the busy Sal:s.
rooms and took II hasty glance at the immense
assortment of goods to be found In this great car
| avansary, besides the piles of clothing of every
description, including listers of their own nlake,
| made of trieZe, only about 300 being LETT on
| hand out of Il stock OF 1900 with which the sea.
son was commenced. Had the Winter been of or.
binary severity the whole would have been dis.
pOsed of long before. Hats, capr, boots and
shoes, skull caps Of all kids, We're rapidly pass
ell in review til we came to the iamOus ltOtunda,
which is devoted exclusively to the boys depart
ment and where hundreds of different szes and
styles of clothing can be found.
| On our return our attention was directed to Il
| counter for todd fits" where the crippled hump.
backed, shor'.legged, oneegged or no legs at all
| could be suited to their peculiarities,
| SPORTSMEN
have made this for long time their headquarters,
| and the new hunting quits complete, made from
waterproof, duck and corduroy, seemed to US the
finest outfits ever exhibited.
| What are the secrets of
I TIE SUCCESS OF THIS WORLD RENOWNED
HOUSE?
Not any one thing, let us be certain, but i'll
combination which mikes success certain. Fin
the first place, their location il very inexpensive
in comparison with the stores located further up
town; all their fittings are plain and were paid
for long ago; no fancy work or ornaments u be
paid for each suit Of clothes; next, 'he econo.
my Of manufacture, in which the use of the ma.
Chinery is carried to perfection; machines being
substituted for every possible duty, measures,
cutting, sewing, ironing, pHtt.ng on buttons and
making button-hOes. This gives us cheap
clothes and we might digress a little here and eN.
plain somewhat the mOdHS Operdledl OF manuiac.
ture.
After the cloth is duly received, measured and
examined lit is fOld9d into thicknesses, eight or
more and firmly campel, the patterns laid on
and marked with chalk in the usual manner. y
course il wouLt be impossible to cut through
| eight hickHeSses of heavy cloth with orii lazy
shears, consequently necessity compelled the H..
vention of Il cutter that would accomplish it, and
it has now been long in successful operation. A
with speed, precision AMI perfect ease as fast as
an operator can trace the pattern, or at tn rate
of about a hundred and fifty pants in IA hour
The BuTTON-IOLE ATTACHMENT which max +
gu the button loe WORK aone VI th!S IalEe rouse
ana simplicity we nave ever seem III Is atElch
anie 10 "HB sewing lhac.lilt, costS nHt tlit, Nu
"h oPti'tNc c;'!i's 'h"lc mll'l o'e ~ teHG tial ~
any oIler niicnc No,A khpN Il VIZ uh,'cI1T I:
mat t,le bennington MAchlhe "nrkS' Oh mon
New ~" n, nav Deci w VIC p'eI AI,l ~
ulaiulactulinS tleae "tt"c.iiientsi a,rl WI tt
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