The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-03-16

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Man: Certainly. A lady buying a
machine from us, can, if she likes, within
reasonable time, exchange it for any other
| OF equal value on our floors"
Corr: is your reduction of charges
general, and does it apply to findings and
appliances as well as to machines ?"
Man: Certainly, sir. We furnish
| needles, parts, fuckers and all attachments,
| oils, etc, etc., and at a reduction of one
half and in many cases over two-thirds of
the regular price, To illustrate, Goodrich's
Tucker, for all machines, usually sold by
Agents, Canvassers and Dealers at So each,
we send to any part of the country for $3.50;
Patent Adjustable Hemmers and Binders,
in sets of different sizes, usually sold at
90 cents each, we sell for 10 cents each, or
80 cents for the 5; Singer Needles at 90
cents per dozen. For complete information
we advise any and all your readers to send
for our catalogues and circulars, which will
contain full charges for all these appl-
ances."
Corr: "Do the dull times affect your
business toe 2"
Man: mo sir, our business is daily in
creasing. We believe in liberal use of
printers ink, and hope within years,
through this medium, to so benefit the pub
lie at large as that other Companies and
Dealers may join us in breaking up these
monopolies and thus bring new and
happy era into thousands of families who
will then be enabled to have and use a
good and necessary household appendage,
and that too at reasonable cost"
Just at this point the conversation with
the manager was interrupted.
Your correspondent noted as fact, and
an unexpected one too, the large concourse
of ladies and gentlemen present during this
interview, each and all awaiting an
audience with the manager. 1t is not by
any means an unusual occurrence to see as
many as 40 or 90 ladies on the floors Of
this establishment daily.
We noted the wagons awaiting their
loads at the doors, one shipment of 10
machines for Norfolk, Va, whilst others
were loaded with machines and goods
bound for Ohio-S to 7 or S or 7, we forget
which.
To make the occasion fruitful and ex-
haustive one we eXhabilitated ourselves
in the garb Of an interviewer and besought
the hard-pressed Manager, ]. j. Ormond,
ESQ.,, to introduce us to his Fidus Achates
or Superintendent, for further information
as to the extent of his machinery depart
ments, manufacturing establishments, ship
ping rooms, and the store in general.
We found the building commodious
one, being part of Temperance Temple
and ramitying various sections of that
spacious edifice, from Gay to Frederick
streets.
The superintendent was disposed to be
communicative, so we asked him:
'Do you make your wood work sir 2"
"Certainly sir. We not only make for
ourselves but supply many other smaller
dealers. Our wood work is us finely finish
ed as the best in the trade. Here, sir, is
our vanishing and finishing room; this
our machinery and adjusting department"
Corr: you seem to have an extensive
and varied lot of machinery, Mr.. Superin-
tendent.n
Supt: Yes sir, we can and do make any
thing used in the sewing machine business,
from the smallest screw 1-64 of an inch, to
one of inches, and at a moments notice
too"
Corr: | Infer then that you must have
skilled and experienced men,"
Supt: 1--WE think so, sir. l myself have
been connected as Superintendent with
four of the leading Companies, and have
spent my life thus far in the building of
machines. You see that man over there sir2
He was the partner of I. M. Singer in his
early days, and assisted in the building of
all his first models, machines, &c, &C."
Candidly speaking Mr.. Editor, we were
more than agreeably surprised and gratiied
at the information elected as above espe-
cially so because of it's startling nature and
the courtesy with which it was rendered.
Surely this innovation upon this particu-
lar branch of trade will ere long prove to
be work of great good to the public at
large, and when not "seen through glass
(blue) darkly," but brought before the
public through the columns of the hgis,
it must fulfil both expectations and intent
and eventuate reciprocal benefit to the
public and its founder too. S.