The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

The event of the week has been undoub-
edly the announcement that Stewards
great drygoods house has determined to
decline business. Judge Hilton says he's
tired of it. 1t must be fatiguing to handle
such number of mills, stores, &c, &c,
as are comprised in the vast property, and
the competition of rivals was bound to
keep all concerned with their nose to the
grindstone. The war with the Jews has
no doubt been also tiresome. People gen.
orally say that the house lost a great deal
of money; Judge Hilton says not. He
ought to know.
Another interesting thing is the announ-
ced sale of some 200 lots belonging to
the Jumel estate, which has been the
cause of an immense amount of litigation.
1t is uptown, but New York growing so
fast-900 new buildings with tax value
of O,C00, 600 having gone up since Janu-
airy 1-that makes little difference. And
such palaces are going up, too! They are
not all on Fifth avenue either by long
chalk. One block on Fifty-seventh street
is probably handsomer than any two
blocks of the avenue, and If you leave Van-
derbilt out, there's probably more wealth
in that block than in any ten blocks in
this or any other city. 1t is wonderful.
No two alike, and all are adorned with q
lavish richness that would seem more
suitable for the affairs Of cathedral than
the outside of a home. The price of the
cheapest is considerably over 100000.
Have you had any number "a or Al?
This question you might hear in almost
any circle in New York nowadays, and
I'll tell you why. Reliable quality coup
led with judicious advertising has done it.
You see on almost every bill board, ash
barrel, sidewall, or other conspicuous place
in the city, hundreds of small yellow bills,
with 'eThurber's "a or Al Delicious Coffee
printed ON them. They are everywhere
and the people of all grades and the great
house of Thurber s. Co. have protited by
the introduction of these grades of coffee.
Extensive travel by Mr.. F. B. Thurber in
coffee producing countries, coupled with
an intimate knowledge of American tastes,
has resulted in giving the American peo-
pie better cup of coffee than they ever
before had, and these particular kinds of
coffee are carefully put up in attractive
pound packages, each containing the Thur
Der receipt for making, and sold every
where. If they haven't reached your gro
Ger yet they are sure TO come, for this
new departure amounts to revolution in
the coffee trade, and the use of Thurbers'
coffee in pound packages (roasted but not
ground) must be as certain with you as il
has been here. As further inducement
to dealers a handsome show card, represent
ing the coffee growing on a tree, is pre-
sented to every grocer. 1t is handsomely
mounted and framed, and is most inter
esting and instructive picture. Everybody
knows what poor cup of coffee is, while
few know what good one is, but there is
no excuse for not having something bet
ter than you have ever had. If your read
are as fond of coffee as your RADTx is they
will bless both the man who introduced
these coffees and me for telling them
about it. If you want a strong pungent
cup of coffee order the "a. The number
Al is composed of milder and rich favored
coffses.
A sad tragedy, begun in New York, has
eliminated in Philadelphia. Two spoil
ed children, Long Larry Braine, the good
natured but silly son of Capt. Braine, well
known for his sturdy stand against the
Spaniards when in command Of the Jun
iata in that miserable Virginus business
in 1878, and his cousin Langley Bruce,
with more money than brains, went into
business, or rather (for they don't appear |
to have done any business, and it's hard |
to believe they had the faintest notion of !
iD opened Offices as Insurance Agents |
The light pursuits of young gentlemen |
of leisure walked off with young Bruce's |
money, and he went to Philadelphia and |
shot himself at a hotel, where he register |
ed under false name. Thence his body |
was brought home by Larry, who must |
disguise himself under false name. Then |
of course every one was agog about the
mystery. Finally ayoung lady who had |
marriad youth resembling the dead |
man, who had disappeared, claimed the |
corpse as that of her husband. She was
mistaken, but il shows what a lot of mis-
cry is floating around among US.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has been indulging in
the festive pursuit of private cemetry for
the accommodation of his aristocratic FAM
lily. 1t is to be on Staten Island, where
his father peddled fish and had a. rowboat
ferry. The tomb in the is to be somewhat
smaller than an Egyptian pyramid. If it
is constructed as extensively as his stables
so large an edifice would swallow all of
the 500, 900, 900 or so which he is suppos-
ed to own. But perhaps he thinks living
horses better than dead Vanderbilts.
49, q @,f RADx.