Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-04-23
High Street Marble Works,
WOODSTOCK, W.,
FRANK. P. ARCHIBALD, Prop'r.

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CRIEND, I ask you to give this advertise
ment a careful perusal, u candid thought,
and see If facts are not made sufficiently
nlh;n. to convince you that 1t is for vonr own
interest, as we'll us the general public inter
cst To sbun the class of individuals travel
ing around the country soliciting orders
You undoubtedly think | have an object in
nnbl;shinp this proclamation have, and
ask your pardon for myboldness at this time !;
but YOU will find my motive is as much Tor
YOUR own iutei est rs it is for mine. Can you
afford to purchase a Monument, Tablet or
G,avestone, to mark the last resting place OF
YOUR dear departed friend, from a travelling
man who is not practical workman, wnea
Won have plenty of opportunities to visit
some marble shops in your vicinity, ! Can
this travelling nuisance sell as cheap or
cheaper than fair workman can at his own
workshop or salesroom, attending to his
work every day, without any travelling eX,
nenses ? Can you, by small sample OF
Stone and pictures generally carried by those
travelling men, see how Monument. Tab
let. or Headstone will look when completed :
Can you afford your farm produce, goods,
or manufactures, as cheap travelling yourself
or hiring some man to travel around the
country, as you could by staying at home
Any man who has to travel to sell his goods,
must either furnish cheaper goods, OF charge
more for them, than the man who can sell
his roods at home while attending to his
manu- facture. l do not claim to be God
send, trying to benefit mankind at my eX-
pense but. claim you can save money,
rive Yourself better satisfaction by visiting a
marble shop, where honesty is respected,
and looking over fair assortment of Gem
ctery Work than you can in any other way:
Consult yonr own ability and feelings; and
when the time is set in your own mind that
YOU are rea ly to purchase some naemento for
your dea, departed one. ask you to come and
examine my Stock, Work, and Prices, before
purchasing. If you find after looking my
property, you can do better at some other
shop, providing you are sure OF getting the
same quality Of stock and work, then VIII
consider it your duty to purchase where you
can get the best for the least money.
Tn conclusion will say that below give
Won n few names of well known respectable
citizens of your surrounding for reference OF
fair dealing; these gentlemen, with many
more, which space will not allow me to pub
lish, have had my work. Hoping have
uttered no remarks unworthy OF truth and
manliness in the above statement; also,
asking your pardon for intruding on your
time and thoughts by presenting myself be-
fore you in this way,
remain your humble servant.
FRANK. r. ARCHIBALD.
REFERENCES
Crosby Miller, Otis Chsmberlin, Moses
Paine John d. Barrows, Smith Hodges
Pomfret.
Paul D Dean, John s. Cobb. Moses Dut.
ton, Daniel Aiken, Barnard.
Gilbert A. Davis, Morris Newton, Homes
tus Stearns, Reading.
John Brockway, West Hartford.
Noah b. Hazen, Hartford.
John Dewey. Z. s. Carter, Quechee.
c. c.. Bugbee, w. G. Raymond, f, T.
Derby, W. S. Southgate, Mary FuToer
Bridgewster. -,
Hosea Dot IN, John Cone, B. F. Standish
Lorenzo Richmond, Woodstock.
G.. Holt, VIM Cady, So. Woodstock,
Orame Averill, Judah L. Mack, ives
Woodstock.
Thomas Ryder, Taftsville..
A. v. Spiccr, Albany, MY.