The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-06-12
Beautiful Pictures for All.

The Great Art Publishing House Of
George Stinson & Co., Of Portland, Me-,
moves steadily on the even tenor Of its
way, apparently not feeling the dull
times. DuriL g the year 1878 they sold
over four million pictures Of all descrip
tons They publish every description
of fine pictures, and the prices range
from ten cents upwards to twenty dol
lars per copy. Their correspondent,
for this large business is immense; they
receive. on an average, over one thous-
and letters per day. Messrs. Stinson s.
Co, publish only the better class Of pic
lures, and it is well known that any
thing coming from this relic be house is
of standard merits. We have Just re-
ceived copies of four very fine steel en-
cravings, which they have just brought
out. The plates were engraved In Lon
don, ut an expense Of four thousand
pounds sterling, or twenty thousand dol
lars. TO which great sum must be added
the customs duty of twenty FIVE per cent.
on account Of their being imported into
the United States. These engravings
are after paintings By great modern
masters Of art, and the artists who en-
graved the plates stand in the front rank
Of the worlds renowned engravers.
1t is believed. and generally conceded
that these engravings make up tho finest
and most elegant set of works of high
art ever brought out by American pub
fishers. This enterprising firm, though
many years in the art publishing huai-
ness, have not grown old and unprogres-
sive, but on the other hand make i'm
provement and progress year by year.
giving the people better and better pic
lures for the same or less money. They
may, we feel sure, fairly claim to stand
at the head Of the art publishing busi.
ness in Americs. We can only under
stand the colossal proportions their trade
has assumed by remembering that this is
a great and mighty nation of nearly fifty
million people. We cannot batter illus
trate the magnitude of their business
than to state the amount of money paid
by them for postN. Z stamps during the
years 1876, 1877, and 1878. We have
the figures direct from the firm, or we
should think there was some error. In
1876. they paid for postage $3S, 107 .92.
In 1877. they paid for postage $37 ,26S. 70.
In 1873 the amount Of money that tAey
paid for postage stamps was simply
| enormous "a little over $50, 100000.
Stinson s. Co. stand among the largest
and most judicious advertisers in the
country, and a short time since paid in q
single day $24 COO in cash on q contract
for advertising. They employ agents
everywhere throughout the United
States and Dominion of Canada for the
sale of their pictures by subscription;
we call attention to their advertisement
for agents in another column. Those
who need pleasant, profitable work,
should correspond with them.
Besides paying the large amounts OF
pastsge stated above, their express and
freight bills are enormous-only small
orders are sent by mail, the larger being
sent by express and freight. American
| homes should be made beautiful by re-
fined works of art, and prices for really
meritorious pictures are now SO low tha,
there can be no excuse for the walls to
remain, gloomy, unadorned and cheer
less. American homes should be made
beautiful, and the tendency of this will
be to make more refined and beautiful
the lives Of all dwellers therein.