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j. Fl. Schumacher.

Mr.. Schurmeier's experiences in st. Paul
may serve for an example and encourage
ment for young mechanics and new begin
ners in manufacturing. He came to st. Paul
in 1862 with capital not exceeding $500
and began business at his present location,
as a blacksmith and wagon smith, in little
shop, with one forge. After short time he
was able to employ helper and then CON-
petent smith. It is not necessary to relate
the steps of his progress to his present posi-
ton as one of the principal manufacturers
of the city and probably the
best known wagon maker of the
Northwest. Doubtless he has had
some exceedingly discouraging trials of all
his resources; but diligence, perseverance
and study and use of business methode have
brought him safely through two periods OF
panic, financial distrust and suspension OF
trade. His establishment includes large
smithery, wood working shop, paint shop.
warehouse and Office and salesrooms. While
he manufactures carriages, buggies, spring
wagons and sleighs, and has large re-
pairing business, his specially and the
leading feature of his business is the making
of farm wagons, Of which he turns out
about fifty each month. They are sold
throughout the Northwest, the heaviest de-
mand being from newly settled regions ives,
and northwest from this city. One-third OF
his make of farm wagons of last year are
said to have been sold in Manitoba. Most
of his sales are by carloads, though a con-
siderable number of farm wagons, as well
as carriages, buggies and spring wagons
are sold singly from the shops. Mr.. Schur.
meier also makes trucks and express carts
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COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS.

The preparation of coffee and spices fol
trade and consumption, gives employment
IN st. Paul at present to forty persons, most
ly trained experts, to which another establish
ment will soon add ten to fifteen. The three
establishments in operation now are located
as follows:
John A. Berkey & Co., Riverside Mills, 1876 E.
Fourth.
Granger & Hodge, ca Sibley.
Vollmer & lbs, mustard factory, Martin near
St. Peter and Park avenue.
Messrs, Berkey g. Co. are jobbers to tie
trade of teas, coffees, etc., and of their PEE
pared and manufactured products. They
occupy one of Wann's Fourth street build
ings, and employ twenty-four to twenty-five
persons in roasting, grinding and packing
ooffces, in grinding and packing spices, and
in manufacturing Berkey's baking powders
and favoring extracts. The business was
begun in 1876 and has developed to such an
extent as to require the whole of the four
story building occupied by the firm, while
tho goods and trademarks of the house are
familiar to dealers and consumers through
out all the extensive country which trades
Whilst Paul.
Messrs. Granger & Hodge, who started
their business here in 1868, in connection
with their wholesale trade in teas, coffees and
spices, prepare roasted and ground coffees
and ground spices for the retail trade and
Manufacture the White Star baking powder.
Except teas, which rarely require repaeking,
and which they purchase by the invoice d.
rect from the importers, their goods are put
up in their own packages, the labels of which
are universally recognized throughout the
Northwest as distinctly indicating both
quality and quantity. They employ four
teen men in the manufacturing department.
The building, No. 124 East Fifth, in J. h.
Pemroy's new block, is being fitted up for
Charles r. Croft, late of the firm Of Croft &
Bsrkey, who will open there next month in
the tea, coffee and spice business, employing
number of skilled workmen.
Vollmer & lbs grind and prepare mustard
for city and country trade, using three
horse power engine to operate their mills.
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CIGAR MAKERS.

Cigar making is one of the leading indus
tries of st. Paul. The product OF the city
shops last year amounted to 5,742,90O cigar:
or, in value, as sold by the makers, to about
100000. The number of manufactures
Ia the city at this time is %, employing 21s
hands, es follows:
J. b. Amos, u W. Third. hands.
Aug. Borman, 1G2 W Third.
Ohas. Brache, 1o911l E. Seventies.
VIM. Bretag, 20 Maria avenue.
F. Brautigan, 17s W. Third, 2.
VIM. Els, 63 Robert, 2.
| Fernandez, Soils & Co., 156 E. Third, 8.
Adam Fetsch, Ill E. Third, Is.
h. G,1nhagen, 119 E. Seventh, Is.
q. A. Hageman, 1877 Mississippi,
Louis E. Hauser, los E. Thirds
John Hart, 104 Jackson, 20.
James Harrison, 80 E. Third, 20.
q. d. ntner, So jackson, 8.
Chas. Koch, 6S Banfl.
Kuhles & Stock, 70 Robert, 2.
John Kenkel, SO Bates avenue.
John Mark, 81 Wabashaw, 10.
Mccarthy & Virplanck, 104 Jackson, 8.
Miller Bros, 70 E. Third, %.
MoeIler & Stahlman, Ga Wabashaw, "a.
A. Nothelfer. 39S Fort, 4.
Frank Olsen, Is Sibley, 8.
Henry Phillips, lis Jackson. 4.
Chas. Ringwald, 73 Goodrich avenue.
Nicholas Schwemler, Prospect Terrace, SixtL
ward.
Sylvester Sulzbach, 40 Jackson, 8.
Chas, Wack, corner Bluff and Mohawk, Sixth
ward.
The new firm of Moeller i StaMmann is
composed of Mr.. George Moeller, the vel
known cigar maker, late of GO East Third
street, and Mr.. George b. Stahlmann, to-
several years tavorably known to all visitors
to his fathers place of business, q waba
shaw. They began business this month in
one of the largo stores of the new Sherman
block, with "a cigar makers, but have given
bonds for 25 and hope, as soon as tnell
trade connections are established, to employ
the full number.
Another new firm is Fernandez, Soils d
Co., who have recently begun business In
modest way in on the second floor front Of
15G East Third street, intending to make g
specially of fine cigars and hoping to build
up considerable trade in their specialties
Most of the cigar makers, located on the
principal streets, have retail departments
but Kuhles & Stock, Harrison, Hart and
most of those located on non-business
streets manufacture exclusively for the
wholesale trade.
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CARRIAGES, WAGONS, ETC.

The carriage and wagon makers and wagon
smiths and blacksmiths of st. Paul number
1873 men. Our list below shows eight manu-
featuring establishments, employing seven
to forty-one men, which sell their products
to buyers all over the Northwest. In all there
are thirty-eight factories and shops. In
classifying them as carriage or wagon max
srs, while there are only a few establish
ments confined to the one line of work, wo
have classed them according to their leading
lines, and explanatory particulars are given
In the notes following the list.
CARRIAGE MAKERS AND SMITHS.
A. Il. Lavender, IS and 60 East Fifth, hands.
]. G. Duggan & Bro: Minnesota, cor. Fifth, 2.
VIM. Gould, Seventh near Exchange.
Andrew Nippolt, 1874 East Seventh, cor. Sibley,
IA.
O'Donnell & Co., 1924 Exchange, 5.
A. L. Perkins, rear Of postoffice.
Quinby & Hallowell, 81, Sc and SO Robert. 20.
Thomas Scott, 119 East Fourth.
Robert l.. Wharton, Sixth, near Jackson.
HORSE AHoERs AND BLAcKsMITHs.
Broughear & Dilling, SIS East Sixth. hands.
NJ. Grain, 1S9 East Seventh, 3.
Vital Guerin, East Fifth, near Robert, 9.
Thomas Hanley, IS Minnesota, 2.
A. Harnish, 1876 West Third, 4.
Charles Harnish, Sc West Fourth.
Ernst Heidenrich, 279 East Seventh.
Hogan & Seine, 274 East Seventh, 2.
Jackson & Cashill, 81 West Fourth, 2.
Thos. @. Robinson, 140 West Fourth.
st. Paul Horse Shooting company, Slater & Kelly,
90 East Fifth, s.
Slater & Riley, 12S East Fourth, 4.
Geo. Il. Upper, 1888 West Fonrth, 4.
L. W. Vanderfoof, 80 East Seventh, 2.
Thomas Wallace, Ga East Fourth, 8.
WAGON MAKERS AND SMITHS.
Buschman & Co., 2ss and 2s5 East Seventh, 8
hands.
Ebel & Bachman. 1876 Sibley, 8.
Peter Heck, IA West Fourth, 8.
Kaese, Mahle & Sutmar, corner Eighth and
Olive, IL.
John Kaufman, 225 West Third.
Peter Kerst, % Ramsey, 4.
August Jobst, 120 Rice, 2.
Henry Justus, so and 81 West Seventh, corner
OF Exchange, 10.
Joseph Mines, Isabel near Owa.onna road,
Sixth Ward, 8.
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H. G.. Haas. liz East Seventh. 4.

H. G. Haas, IL East Seventh, 4.
M. Hanauer, Mississippi, junction of Broad.
| way,
J,V. Heyderstadt, 81 and 90 East Seventh.
Charles Houck, corner Rice and Blanca, 2.
Jahnke Hartung, Seventh between Earl and
Ross.
VIM. Kasmirski, 162 West Third, 2.
Jacob Kiefcr, 6S West Seventh, 5.
George Lamb, jackson, corner of Eighth, 8.
q. Lamb & Sons, 90 East Fourth.
]. W. Lulcy. IS Jackson.
Lyle & Son, 1873 East Seventh.
]. F. Mcintosh, 40 Robert.
]. T. Mcmillan, lis to 1874 East seventh.
John Marty, 27S East Seventh, 4.
Henry ]. Meyer, 1lS Mississippi corner of Glen
coe 8.
Moritz & Hazenzahl, Sc Mississippi corner of
Somerset, 8.
John J. O'Lcary, 12S West Third and 80 West
Fourth.
o. P. Peter Co., els Broadway,i.
phare & Dahms, Virginia avenue, corner Mel
| son, 2.
Charles Piesert, 295 Fort.
Nicholas Rebhclz, Taylor and Owatonna road, 2.
Gottlieb Ris, 2l0 Fort, 2.
| Henry Schneider, 22S Robert corner Twelfth, 2.
julius Schneider, corner Market and st. Peter, 2.
| II. Schumacher, IA Rise: 2.
Henry Schumann, Bridge between Fifth and
Sixth.
A. Spangenberg 162 st. Peter corner Tenth, 2.
Robert Spangenberg, junction of Rice and Car
roll, 2.
| John Skok, 2SS Fort, 2.
Thomas Skok, ZIG Fort, 2.
| Frank Wenzel, $50 Fort, 8.
| Weyl & Ehrmanntraut, 1876 East Seventh, cor.
ner Broadway, 8.
Wild & Metz, 1876 East Seventh, 2.
PORK AND BEEF PACKERS.
F. V. Heyderstadt, 81 and 80 East Seventh, s
| hands.
Il. Lamb & Sons, 80 East Fourth, 5.
F. W. Luley. IS Jackson,7.
J. T. Mcmillan, 118 to 124 East Seventh, 80.
John ]. O'Leary, 1913 West Third and 80 West
| Tenth, 8 hands and 4-horse steam power.
j. F. Mcintosh, 40 Robert, s.
FISH PACKERS.
Eastern Fish Packing company, 1874 X Jackson,
2 hands.
E. B. Mitchell, who employs three hands
in the preparation of dried beef, may be
found at &c Minnesota.
III. Hanauer, 8 Mississippi street, is en-
gagged exclusively in the making of sausage
and the preparation of dried beef and beef
tongues.
George Lamb, jackson street, corner of
Eighth, who has been many years noted in
the city for his specialties in pork and sau-
sage, while maintaining his specialties. has
lately added the usual line of meat supplies
of city market.
Charles Piesert, 295 Fort, is engaged ex-
clusively in the making of sausage and head
cheese.
The pork packing in st. Paul (for the
trade) during the season now closing has
amounted to $3.50 barrels. This excludes
the packing by butchers for their own shops
and for retail customers. Excluding the
same class of beef packing and that branch
of business does not make large showing,
but Fl. Lamb & Sons have been forced into
the business by the urgent demand this
season from houses they supply with pork,
and have put up 500 barrels of beef. Next
season, if present plans are carried out, not
less than $4,000 hogs and 10000 beef cattle
will be packed in st. Paul.
The Eastern Fish Packing company of
Jackson street, is new establishment, ex-
clusively in the fish trade, keeping full line
of goods for jobbing, and engaged in pack
ing and repacking for the retail trade and
familiea
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1000 ten gallon kegs, 500 fve-gallon kegs
and PIG half whisky barrels.
The building of new flour mills and the
establishment of large packing houses the
coming season, land the probable establish
ment of large sugar refinery, promise an
immense city demand for barrels, the mater
ials for which can be had from numerous
points on our railroads, east, north and west.
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Panl, is pushing contracts through the win
tor. He is building fine dwelling for Wal
ter Sanborn on Virginia and Laurel avenues
and cottage for Kimble B. Cullen on the
Fort road and has several other jobs on hano
preparing for next spring and summer. Ht
considers the present outlook for his bust
ness better than it has been before for years
Besides his building and carpentry jobbins
MIR. Gates runs drilling machine for wells
and sewers and fits pumps, in which business
he employs four men additional to thost
enumerated above.
w. E. Gronewold employed six TO twelve
mechanics last year, and expects to employ
as many or more through the coming season
81. B. & y. Larsen employed twelve men
last season and think the prospects are good
fol- their needing as many or mora men next
season.
Charles Leonard employed sixteen hard7
through the last building season.
John Nelson employed six hands last sea
son.
Timothy Reardon employed thirty men
last season.
Remer & Dressed gave employment to
twenty-four men during the last building sea-
son ami exnect to have work for fifty dur
ing the coming season.
John Seeger is engaged in building
twelve grain elevators at stations along the
st. P, III. & II. railway. He expects to
need more shop room ia st. Paul this sea-
son.
Sheire IS Bro. report the prospects for
builders for this season as very good.
Taylor & Craig employed a part Of last
SEASON fifty men. They do general carpen-
ter work ana are agents for and constructors
of the Reeay hosting apparatus.
Wilcken & Romer employed twenty four
men last summer and expect to hire moro
this summer.
Mr.. Wiley, who employed eighteen to
twenty men last season, considers the build
ing prospects for this year better than for
many years past. The preparations for
building this winter, he has observed, are
employing an unusually large number of
men.
Beck & Rank employ twenty-five painters
in the building season.
Judson & Brack employed ten to twelve
painters last season and expect to have work
for larger force this season.
Krahmer g. Son had twelve to fifteen
painters employed through the last building
season.
Crittenden & Co., who employ twenty-five
to thirty men in the building season, lay
roofs of pitch and gravel, slate and iron,
manufacture galvanized iron cornices, win
dow caps, etc., fire proof doors and shutters,
Crittenden's iron siding for elevators, mills,
ETC., and Hayes fire proof ventilating sky
lights, etc. Most of the new business blocks
in the city show their work in galvanized
iron, and their roofs and iron sidings, elc.,
Gre to be seen in use in nearly every city and
village in the State.
Breen & Young built last season the piers
of the Fort Smelling bridge.
Mr.. Mullen had the stone contract for the
new elevator.
Adam Rau employed fifteen quarrymen
and stone cutters and masons last season.
Sauter & Ran are dressing the stone trim
mings for the new market house.
Mr.. Zollman employs seven to eight hands
in the buster seasons Ct the year.
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George Mitsch, junction of Washington ant
| Seventh, Is.
William Mooney, Isabel near Owatonna road,
Sixth Ward, 2.
J. h. Schumacher, Office 1Ol Rosabel shops on
Seventh and Rosabel, IL hands, so horse
steam power.
| August 1illman, Fourth and Bridge, Sixth
ward.
Skok. Zimmerman & Uhler, gil Fort.
Buschman & Co., make spring road
wagons and farm wagons and run repair and
blacksmith shops.
Peter Heck keeps wagons of his make for
sale and does general blacksmith work.
Peter Kerst usually employs two more
wagon makers than now.
Ebel & Bachman usually employ folr or
five mechanics.
August Jobst usually employs six men. He
keeps wagons of his make for sale;' shoes hor-
ses and repairs wagons.
Henry Justus employs five wagon makers,
four smiths and one painter. He keeps for
sale wagons and buggies of his make, re-
pairs wagons and carriages and does general
smith work.
Kaese, Mahle & Sutmar make and repair
spring and farm wagons, sleds and sleighs
and also do blacksmithihg and horse shoe
ing. They employ four wagon makers, two
painters and five smiths.
Aid. Minea carries on a general blacksmith
and horse shosing business and in partner
ship with his next door neighbor, VIM
Mooney, makes and repairs wagons and
sleighs.
George Mitsch employs eleven smiths, five
wagon makers and two painters. He keeps
for sale wagons and sleighs of his make; and
also makes carriages, buggies, cutters, grad
ing contractors dump carts and heavy goods
elevators.
August Tillman will open in new shop
about the 18th of March. He will employ
five men, and proposes besides general
blacksmith work and carriage and wagon
repairing to forge pillow shares and sled
shoes.
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Other Clothing Manufacturers.

Two new firms have lately entered the
business of manufacturing clothing in st.
Paul for the jobbing trade. Messrs. Dow Y
Bergfeld occupy two floors and the basement
Of No. 1O8 Jackson street and employ eighty
five hands. They make up all kinds of
clothing for the trade. Mathes, Good &
Schumacher occupy the three floors and base
ment of No. 80 jackson street and employ
forty-two hands. Their trade in jobbing
made-up goods to retailers is extending rap
idly and bids fair to require their exclusive
attention to manufacturing for the clothing
trade.
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for city use, grading carts, &C., and exc
cutes special orders of any character in his
line of business. He also manufactures for
Benson & Bates the spring tooth harrow
they have extensively introduced in this and
adjoining States. Mr.. Schurmeier states
that his wheel timber ana carriage timber is
brought from Indiana, Ohio, &C., and his
wagon timber mostly from the Wisconsin
big woods. He has been supplied with
good maple aud rock elm from Rnsh City,
but has seen very little oak of Minnesota
growth suitable for his work. he employs
forty-one men and fifty-horse power steam
engine.
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a. III. C0cenGer.

Mr.. A. Il. Lavender, who is a pionee,
among the mechanics of st. Paul, as else
where mentioned, employs at this time Z
men, 4 wood-workers and three smiths and
horse-shoers. Mr.. Lavender came to st.
Paul in 1s4s, and began blacksmithing and
wagon making here in 1949.
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Andre,u Ntpyoyt.

Mr.. Nippolt began his business here four
years ago. His sales of aiaighs, carriages
and buggies last year amounted to $4,000,
an increase of $4,000 over 1873, and the
present trade prospects promise an equal!
large increase this year, SO that he begins to
feel that he hasn't enough shop men. His
timber-hickory and whitewood-is brought
from Ohio and Indiana, NO timber being fur
nished here that in quality and seasoning
will answer for carriage and sleigh making,
although good wagon and sled timber is
brought from North Wisconsin and Mime
sofa forests,
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st. Paul I'otc WcrL 8.

This, though ono of the recent industrial
enterprises Of st. Paul, has reached p.opcr-
tions W Itch place it among the heaviest man
| ufacturing establishments Of the Northwes.
1t was begun, in an experimental way, in
1876, but the first years operations justified
larger venture and in 1877 buildings were
erected and amply supplied with machinery
and tools, at Posts Siding on Seventh street
The capital stock Of the company is $780,
600, and over $4,000 has been expended
upon the grounds, buildings and machinery.
The blacksmith shop, foundry and fitting
and stock rooms are included in o building
4ox1G0 feet. The emery or grinding house
Is 3OxGO feet. The wood and paint shora
occupy two-story building 40x50 feet. Tho
warehouse is two story building, 5Ox1OO
feet, and in this building The shop Office is
located-being connected by telephone with
the business Office, No. 81 West Third street.
The machinery of Ike shops is driven by
ifty-horse power engine and sixty mechanics
are employed the year round. The products
will average one thousand plows FER month.
These are all marked with the trade mark of
the works, fine pointed star, and are sold
under the company's warrantee. That this
warantee is good one may be judged from
the membership of the CO mpsny as shown
in the list Of officers. The directors are A.
II. Wilder, w. B. Dean, G. n. Bigelow and
VIM. Dawson-with one vacancy not yet
filed since the death Of Horace Thompson.
The officers are W. B. Deau, president; A.
e. Clark, secretary and treasurer; Louis
Berthiaume, superintendent, and j. w. B.
Hunter, general agent. The varieties of
plows manufactured are sSapled to all the
varied wants of Northwest srn farmers. The
breakers are of four k;ods and different
sizes, for prairie, brush, grub and heavy grub
Breaking. The Star Sulky pillow ia One OF
the most popular spesialties of the works.
Other Makes are stirring, timber and fire.
coulter plows. Al these plows have b. On
introduced throughout the Northwest and
sell readily. Many farmers who are using
them have pronounced them the best made
plows they ever used. So great is the de-
mand for them that the company intends to
largely increase its manufacturing facilities
and working force this year.
". III. Leyde-Jesse Hitchcock.
M. Leyde is the inventor of q threshing
machine, known as the Leyde thresher,
which has been thoroughly tested in this
vicinitv for aaveral vooro ond Ia b;cbI, oo
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Brecher, Becht & Co.

Messrs. -Brecher, Becht & Co., in connec-
ton with their wholesale trade in furnishing
goods, etc., employ twenty eight hand
sewers, cutters, etc., and sixty eight opera
tors of sewing machines in making shirts
and ovsralls.
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Ca,nDJeIl, Burbank d Go.

This firm, wholesale clothing dealers, occu-
pies the fine stone block, Nos. SO and IS
East Third street, on the northeast corner of
Third and Robert streets. The building has
a frontage of 40 feet on Third street by
q depth of 15O feet, and has three
floors exclusive of tie basement, and all of
them are needed for the extensive business
of their well-known clothing house. The
members of the firm are Thomas B. Camp
bell, w. E. Campbell, Henry G. Burbank
and G. w. Carpenter. In 1876 they found it
necessary, in order to meet the demands of
their rapidly increasing trade, to add to
their wholesale business the manufacture of q
certain line of goods, such as shirts, drawers,
overalls, jumpers, etc. Since then to the
manufacture of these articles has been added
that of all kinds of clothing and furnishing
goods, until TO day they manufacture nearly
all the lines of goods required for their i'm
mense trade, which extends over the entire
Northwest. From small beginning their
manufacturing department has increased un-
til at present they give employment to over
$50 persons, and use up raw material an
nually to the amount of over 100000. The
excellent quality of their stock is appreciated
by retail dealers and their customers, and the
manufacturing department of the house
seems destined to grow up with the country
to still greater proportions.
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". NJ. Leyde-Jesse Hitchcock.

Mr.. Leyde is the inventor of threshing
machine, known as the Leyde thresher,
which has been thoroughly tested in this
vicinity for several years, and is highly ap-
proved by farmers and threshers. He has
been unable to manufacture it extensively
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Iendfno Merchant Ta;lors.

Very few visitors to st. Paul who have un-
dertaken to write their Impressions of the
people have failed to compliment the city
on its goodly proportion of fne-looking
men. OF course these compliments
ought to go to the credit of the tailors, for
everybody knows, from looking glass obser.
vatious if not from studying others, that
there is good deal Of truth in the saying
that "the tailor makes the man." No doubt
st. Paul men who are made up by such at
lists as Fahey, Haas, McGrath, Palmes,
Schefers Bros. and many others whose
names We might copy from the List above,
will acknowledge Mat they owe the preserva-
ton of good looks as well Is sundry bills to
their tailors. These We have here mention
ed and others carry stocks of cloths and
tailors' goods which fairly entitle them to
the name Of merchant tailors and will be
found always up with the fashions OF the day
In goods and their make.