Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-12-22
Dur BUSHES MEN.

eastward. and nexJ door to the marble
yard, we encounter the establishment of
A. SANDERS,
who is in the boot, shoe, hat and trunk
trade, and who came from Bavaria, Ger
many, to this country when he was in his
18th year. Not long after, he entered the
Southern army, and in the 9th Tenn. Reg,
under Gen. Cheatham, fought at Corinth.
Shiloh and Belmont. After the war, MI.
S. settled in Alabama and remained in
business there until failing health caused
his removal to this city in 1873.
His correct and straight forward business
course here has drawn to him many friends,
and he has prospered in trade. We can
recommend his house to those who want to
buy a good article in his line at low figures,
and who have the cash to pay for 1t.
Passing the marble yard of Capt. Mar
quis, which we have previously alluded to,
we have next the dry goods house Of
R. W. ELSOM, .
who commenced merchandising at the
early age of thirteen, as a store boy for
NIL H.. u. 11dlU OOOh. CC ' os
and when in his twentieth year he was re-
ceived as a full partner with him. The
firm did a fine business until '5S, when MI.
E. bought the whole business, which he
conducted for IL or IS months alone, then
took as a partner Capt. VIM. e. Caring
ton. the present Mayor Of Richmond. The
war put an end to this co%-partnership. Capt.
g. going into the army.
1t is about three years since Mr.. Elsom
opened in %Staunton, first at his present
stand, soon afterwards forming a co-part-
nership with Mr.. j. A. Piper, the firm OF
Elsom d Piper made an unsuccessful move
down on New street, near the Virginia
Hotel. Finding this out too late. to avoid
| all the evil consequences, Mr.. Il. bought
| the stock, added to it. and moved back to
his former and present location, were his
business is growing and he is meeting with
encouraging success. His goods among
which is some very good and cheap queens
ware, are offered at reasonable prices. ano
| the pleasant manners of Mr.. Elsom, to
! gether with the attention to the bushes;
of his son Percy, and Mr.. Albert Ham
mond. who are obliging and popular young
statesmen, are drawing to the house a gooc
share of the Stanton trade.
Next door is the drug store of
BERKELEY & co.,
! the origin of which concern dates bacl
more than forty years, to the time OF DR.
Edmund Berkeley, the father Of the preseni
proprietors who opened the first regular
drug store in %Staunton, about 1855, at DR.
Walkers present location, nearly opposite
the Grange building.
After DR.. BIZ death, Mr.. Thos. P. Els
kridge bought the concern, some tim
afterwards selling out to MI. Eichelberger
from which time the house has undergone
many changes. until, after the close of thu
war. we find the establishment in the hand
of Q. FL. Trout.
Capt. Frank Berkeley was brought u
in his fathers store, but receiving an ap
pointment in the U. S. army, in 1854, lef
Stanton, not to return until the com
mencement of the war, when we find hin
in the Staunton artillery, with the old Au
gusta boys, and afterwards ON General I'm
boden's staff. After the war he entere'
the employ of P. Fl. Trout and be-
fore long purchased an interest in the con
Germ. Afterwards, Mr.. Stribling goint
out, it became Trout 81 Co., and was do
ing a fine business, when, in Oct, rs, MI
Trout sold to DR.. Carter Berkeley
who has for years been widely known a
one Of the principal insurance men i'll Vir
ginia. and as general agent for some of TIN
btst fire ard life companies in the country
he has contributed largely to their success
in Virginia and the South.
The firm of Berkeley & Co. take a prid
in keeping everythin- that druggists ough
to keep, and Of the very best quality, a
moderate prices. They have a large Gus
tom from the city and country, Ind al
doing a fine business from the very fac
Jiab d customer is dead sure to get villa
he wants, and get it good, and not pa
more than it is worth.
AT Berkeley Il Co.. S there is also a whee
within a wheel.
w ALDO ALLEN,
in addition to being obe of the most eff
cient and popular assistants, keeps a wei
furnished cigar case of all the best brands
aud u smoker Cali get a good cheap smok
or a rare smoke for more money, according
TO his taste and preferences.
At the entrance next door may be see]
some sample photographs, which direct u
]. B. ENGLEMAN'S
Daguerrean gallery on the I'd floor, wher
we find an Augusta artist worthy of tn
support of Augustians. Mr.. Englemal
learned his art in a four years apprentice
ship at Carrolton, Missouri. He then re
turned to Augusta in IA and commenced
work in Middlebrook. He then built
photographers car, and after driving
brisk picture business for six months a
Waynesboro, moved to Stanton, in Oct.
rs, where, by close attention to business
good work, and low charges for it, he hat
succeeded in getting q good run of custom
Crossing the street, and going east from
OClullZ SLOc StOI6, We euCeI Guo ldISo al.
goods concern of
A. F. ACKERMAN.
Mr.. A. was born in New Jersey, ant
left his native state at the age of eighteen
going to the city of Baltimore, where HI
engaged as a dry goods clerk in the hous'
Of J. E. Bird. Leaving Baltimore he spen
ten years in the same business at st. Paul
Minnesota. and came to this place in thu
spriBg Of 1867. and opened in the buildi {
on Main street, opposite the Valley Bank
After remaining there n year he removed
to bis present location opposite the Mar
quis' marble yard, where his nuAerou'
customers find him always obliging ant