The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-06-19
BEA VrIEUL PlorpREs foR -

The Great Art Publishing House Of George BtIn-,
son d Co.. Of Portland, Maine moves Steadily
on the even tenor Of 1s way, apparently not Eeol-
ins the dull times. During (he year 1873 they SoiG
over Four Million pictures Of all descriptions
They publish every deachpIon OF nne plctursa'
and The prices i1pge from ten cents upWa-dS 10
twenty dQ'lal gOpy. Their correspondence
for oaelpet M immente; they receive ON
9hl ~ feiaH uft one thousand letters per dAy.
ilessli A90Q X 4blibh only the better clai9
0ff pictures well known that any :.
thing ooniips reliable house "a Of stan
dard tnetit We have uss received copies Of fur
very age sissl sIayiPgg, which they have just
brought out The plat were engraved In LOH-
DOM atau expense OF fonr thousGnd pounds SteE.
ling, or twenty thousand dollars. 70 which great
SUM must be added twenty fve per cent on 40
count OF their being imported into the UnIted
states Thtse engravings are after paintings By
great modern masters Of art aud the artists VINO
engraved the plates stand In the front rank Of the
worlds renowned engravers.
lis believed. and generally conceded, that
these engravings make up the Auest aud most elS-
giant set Of works Of high art ever brought out hE
American publishers. This enterprislnE Arm,
though many years in the Art Publishing busl-
ness, have not grown old and unOrogresslVe, 6ul
on the other hand make improvent aud progress
year by year, giving the people better pictures f0e
the same or less money. They may, we feel sure,
fairly claim TO stand at the head OF the Art Pub
fishing bu iness Ia America. We can only UNDER
stand the colossal proportions their trade has Aa.
sumed by remembering that this Is a great and
mighty nation Of nearly fifty m lions OF people
We cannot better illustrate the magnitude Of their
business than 10 state the amount OF money paid
by them for postage stamps during the years 1876.
1877, and 1878 We have the figures direct from
the firm, or we should think there waSsome error
In 1876 they paid for postage S8S lO4 o. In 1877
they paid for postage SS7 ,26376 In 1873 the
amount Of money that they paid for postage
Famps was simply enOTmOus-a little over S50,-
10000, stinson Co. stand among the largest and
most jud cious advertisers in the country andA
short time since paid in linge day S24 900 % In
cash on contract for advertising. They employ
agents everywhere throughout the UGited Staten
and Dominion Of Canada for the sale oftheir pic
lures by subscription; we cali attention to tneir
advertisement for agents in another column =.
Those who need pleasant, profitable work, should
correspond with them.
Besides paying the large amounts Of postage
stated above, their express and freight bills are
enOrmous-Only small orders are rent by mail, the
larger beirg sent by express and freight Ameri-
can homes ShoDld be made beautiful by refined
works Of art, and prices for really meritoriOuS
pictures arc now so low that there can be no ex-
Cuse for the walls to remain gloomy unadOrned
and cheerless American homes should be mad9
beautiful, and the tendency Of this will be "a
make more refined and beautiful the lives Of all
dWtllers therein,