The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-16

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passing to decay. A very short trial
will convince the most skeptical that it
does eradicate the scalp diseases which
rob the hair of it's color and ltfe.-Fort
Scott Kan. Daily Monitor. -. 5..2..
The following letter may interest
some of our readers. 1t is from a resi-
dent of Hader,in this county, #<; 9@.
~ KEoKUx, Iowa, May 9th, 1877.
To the editor of the GRANGE AD-
VANCE: As I am young man from
Goodhue county, and know that you
are advertising Baylies Commercial COL
lege at Keokuk, Iowa, l shall now
have the pleasure to let you know that
l have been attending said school since.
last fall and find it to be a practical and
good business College with able profes.
sors and teachers. Yours, truly,
P. S. AsLAKsoN.
If any Of our readers want to attend
the College referred to we can furnish
them with half scholarship warrant
at a considerable discount. Apply in
person or by letter. .-..-...
"A novel plan is now pursued il ad-
vertis;ng Baylies Great Mercantile Col
lege Of Keokuk, Iowa. The manage
ment put half memberships into the
hands Of the local press, in payment tor
notices, and then give each editor a
chance to dispose Of the same by send.
ing MIN the name Of every correspond
ent in his vicinity. Hundreds Of young
men are thus sent there every year
thsaae3h ni7eggt'ss;aAuence of the lo-s
cal press, thousands of dollars accruing
to the publishers from the sale of these
memberships. Editors have made as
high as $40 in one season from an inch
ad. We know that the plan is reliable
and effective, for we have tried it,
Zuscola Co Pioneer, Vassar, Mich.
&C. Peterson & Co., next to Dow's
old meat market on Main street, make
a handsome display of wire-goods, COM
prising doors, window screens, flower
stands, sc. Some Of their window
screens, ornamented with landscapes,
are really beautiful, and the flower
stands are unique and tasteful affairs.
They have, also, some very pretty
wooden aower-stands, made of black
! walnut and elaborately ornamented.
Their assortment of brackets, wall
pockets, toilet cases, slipper cases, etc,
is very extensive and the prices are
remarkably low. They have, also, a
general assortment of household furni.
ture, comprising carpet lounges, marble
and wooden topped center and card
tables, route tables, what-nots, bedroom
chairs, dining room, parIor and kitchen
furniture, mattresses, bed springs, &c.
Give them a call if you want any thing
in this line They also make to order
cupboards, ward-robes, milk-safes, etc.
"A natural consequence of COMPETE
ton is improved goods and lower prices,
aud in order to meet these demands the
mind Of man puts forth it's utmost ener-
gies and drains its every resource to
produce superior articles cheaply.
This it is that leads the inventive fac
ulties to devising new machinery, and
after it has seemed that some genius
has produced the ne plus ultr0 of me-
chanical skill, some other inventor will
set 70 work and, by improving the ma.
chinery or adding new, succeed in MAX
ing still better goods, or in making
them at less cost. No where is this
truth made more completely manifest
than in our boot and shoe stores. Take,
for instance, the stock now on hand in
the establishment Of 1Ieffel6nger, How
ell 4 Co. They have. large assort.
ment Of mems, women's and children's
boots, shoes, slippers, &C., aud when
we look at the styles, the stock. used,
and the workmanship, we cannot but
notice how vastly superior they are to
similar goods worn some twenty-five
years ago, and be struck with the com,
parative cheapness. We find there ar