Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-03-15
FINE CIGARS.
Mandatory of j. w. Mccarthy.

Through the courtesy of the proprie-
tor, we were permitted to look through
the extensive cigar mandatory of J.
W. Mccarthy n day this week, and we
must confess to a feeling of surprise
which came over US, when we became
cognNant Of the proportions of his bus
mess. Mr.. Mccarthy has managed his
business in a quiet, transformations way,
and without splurge or display, he has
been building up Us business from year
to year, until now it has reached a point
where it is a benefit to our city. He
has, until the roads became impossible
during the past winter months, had in
his employ from eighteen to twenty-one
hands, and has been turning out some
thing over $4,000 cigars each month, for
all of which he found a ready sale, and
then even was sometimes puzzled to get
cigars enough for his customers. When
the roads became so muddy, his business
fell off a considerable, and he is now
employing only about sixteen hands, and
manufacturing $4,000 cigars monthly.
He is confident, however, that in a short
time he will be employing his old force.
His trade extends wei the whole State.
He manufactures seven factory brands,
the right to manufacture and sell which
is copyrighted, to-wit: "Sappho;' Little
Vanity !" "Seraphine-Hand-made -
Cedar Rapids Favorite; '"Valley City"
"Sultana;" and "Jim's Own" Besides
these he manufactures numerous stock
brands. That his cigars are good is at
tested by the steady increase of his bus
mess, and the reputation they are win
ming for themselves.
Mr.. Mccarthy is on the road about
half the time, supplying his customers,
and collecting. His shop is left in the
care of a competent foreman, who is
kept constantly busy packing the cigars.
The business is a large and profitable
one, and under Mes judicious manage
ment, will attain still greater proper
tions. The BULLETIN is ever ready to
give countenance to any manufacturing
interest like the above, and we believe
that they are in the direct line of the
city's prosperity, and should be encour-
aged by both press and public.
MANHOoD.-Rev. Roswell Foster, of
the Congregational Church, is preaching
on Sunday evenings, a series of dis
courses on the above subject, which,
considered from an intellectual point of
view, or as the mean of accomplishing
unlimited good in a field where it is
much needed, deserve to be attentively
listened to by every young man or wo-
man in this city. Without attempt
ing to give the arrangement of these lee
lures or a detail of the subjects treated,
We can only say that they are marked
with al earnest Christian spirit, devoted
zeal, great intellectual power, knowledge
of human nature, cultivated thought,
convincing logic, aptness of illustration,
and a manner of expression that holds
the hearers attention to the last. Mr..
Foster is a preacher of exceptional pow
err and earnestness. He is a man of lib
eral and expansive ideas, who takes an
enlarged view of the duties and respons-
Utilities belonging to his high office, and
prefers to do earnest and practical work
for the good Of men and the glory of
God, rather than spend his time split
ting hairs over abstruse points of doc
trine.