St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-09-14
Better Times.

The Boston Journal of one day last
week, gave brief extracts from promi
nent business men and newspapers in
the business centres of the country, all
going to show that there was certainly
growing improvement in business.
We give extracts:
A correspondent represents the lead
ing business men of Chicago lis talking
very hopefully. Mr.. Letter says: "The
outlook, with good prices for grain, is
most encouraging. Chicago dry goods
men have been making money" John
V. Farwell says: 81 look forward to an
increase of 25 per cent. in business over
any previous fall" The manager of
the Chicago branch of the house of A.
Il. Stewart & Co. says: "The outlook
was never better. Reports from every
quarter are most encouraging; and he
regards it as significant of better feel
ing throughout the West that the fall
trade has started up full ten days earlier
than usual.
The Philadelphia correspondent gives
an equally cheering view of the bust
ness and prospects in that city. The
merchants and manufacturers all feel
that better times have come at last.
They are already selling largely, and
they seem to feel that the money for
their goods is perfectly safe. Mr.. A. j.
Drexel, the head of the great banking
house of Drexel & Co., thinks the trade
prospects are excellent and that the
Western crops will set every thing right.
Col. Hood, the head of the largest dry
goods house in the city, states that more
business has been done by his establish
ment up to the LIST of September than
in the whole of the Centennial year,
when they did an excellent trade. He
also notes the popularity observed in
Chicago, that better quality of goods
is now demanded than was saleable a
year or two ago. Mr.. John Wanamaker,
well known i'll this city, who has the
largest retail clothing establishment in
Philadelphia, is reported as in high
spirits over the condition of the fall
trade, which has opened as briskly in
the retail line as in the wholesale, and
does not give promise of relaxing at all,
but to all appearances will keep up
steadily for many months. The con-
curing opinions of many other business
it is not necessary to quote them. The
significance of these several reports lies
in the fact that Chicago, Philadelphia
and Baltimore are just the cities to feel
first the improvement of trade having
its impulse from the West, and that
they are probably heralding the state
of things which is yet to gladden. the
whole country.
And the n. Y. Tribune says: In
porters and jobbers state that an I'M
usual heavy trade has set in from the
West and South, and that merchants
who have been buying at Chicago, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis, have, this fall,
transferred their orders to this market.
A. E. Mckinney, a heavy dry goods
dealer of st. Joseph, Mo-, states that
"the prospects are favorable for the
heaviest fall trade we have had for
many years." C. B. Bray, leading
carpet dealer of st. Louis, says; ave
are threatened with an immense bust
ness, and all our merchants are laying
in heavy stocks. The bulk of business
done thus far is fully fifty per cent. in
excess of the same period last year."
idential party was in the White Noun
tains they struck a Methodist camp
meeting and Immediately began to dis
cuss the question of who should speak
and what he should say.
3. Naturally enough they called in
our ascetic friend Col. George w. Hook
er, of BrattlebOro, who was with the
party, and whose piety is something
appalling.
3. To question of Secretary Evarts'
as to what denomination he was con-
nected with, Col. Hooker replied.
"COnstitutionally am Congregation
alist, but pay my money to the Uni
versalists.n
A. "Ah," said Mr.. Evarts, ''That will
never do; you shouldn't pay premium
where there are no losses"
The end.-Burlpgton Free Press.