Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-02-22

her oyster "stews" being extra good, as
q late party of Austin boys can testify
Everything about her place is nice, clean,
and inviting. = $. i;
= Morgen Nelson is the busy shoemaker,
who never loses customers, all being
proud of their "fits" as we'll as Of his
material and workmanship. He is an
Old country workman, and as Is very Oft
en- the case, is more honest than the ma
tive Yankee.
Every town must have one or more sa-
looms. Geo. Rolf runs the Brownsville
establishment; and we should say he
was too good man for that business.
However, the people of Brownsville say,
if they have got to tolerate the saloon
evil, they would rather George would
run it than anybody else, because he al.
ways has an orderly place, and viH not
sell to topers. He is said to have tue
most finely furnished place of The kind
in Southern Minnesota.
OF course we visited Steve Ives,
(which is P. NJ" He keeps a stock of
staple and fancy groceries, confectionery,
stationery, periodicals, newspapers. to-
baccos, and cigars-good ones too, for
we sampled" them. Mr.. Ives has new
store nearly completed, 60x24, two stor-
les, to be veneered with brick. It is said
to have the best front in town.
A. H. Marsh, dealer in drugs and gro
ceries, has good location. He owns
his own building, lives in rear, expenses
ara small, and should succeed. There
is an AIR of neatness about his place, and
the flourlshiug plants and bird music
m axe it specially inviting.
Thomas K. Dahle, the hardware dealer
of Brownsville, IS good fellow; has q
smile and pleasant word for everybody
and is emincn,ly successful as a bust
ness man. Beginning with small capital,
knowing his business and sticking to it,
sharp to buy as we'll as sell, aud, as he
says, "undersold by nobody at home or
abroad" he has made money right along.
He owns his Own store instead of renting
as at first, owns fine residence, several
farms, is out of debt, discounts his bills,
and met with success uninterrupted even
through all the bad years.
Another instance OF marked success
can be found in Sleeper & Sons "bee-
hive" A few years ago our old friend
A. L. Sleeper began business IN a small
rented building, with small stock, ON a
capital Of about $500. Now, the firm of
Sleeper & Sons own fine brick block
of two stores, both of which they
occupy with their large stocks of dry
goods and groceries and drugs and medi
cines. This firm does very large bust
nees all within themselves. They manu-.
facturc tons upon tons Of the celebrated
"sleeper's lightning Fly Paper" carry
ing the names Of themselves and their
village over dozen states. Sleepers'
"bee hive" is ore of the thriving institu.
tions of brownsville.
The town hall is over one Of Sleeper's
stores, and ]. NJ. Weiser's Office ditto.
Mr.. Weiser does an extensive business in
the loaning and collection line, and there
is no man IN Brownsville better qualified
to transact this branch of business intel
ligently and success sfully than he. He is
lawyer, notary public. real estate and
collecting ageot, &C., &C., and is one OF
the men who will never he taken alive.
For grit, go.ahead. ativeness and gump.
ton, he stands at the head. We feel IN
der special obligations to"Jim" for per.
sonal favors during our stay in Browns
dale.
| H. 8. Brown, Little Brown az he is
familiar!y called, probably because he
only weighs 200, is proprietor Of the old
Brown House known to everybody. He
is making many improvements.
F. L. Bacon, SOD and successor of B. F.,
who is now east on visit, keeps a full
stock of groceries and provisions at the
old stand. Frank IS sharp, intelligent
young man, and likely to make business
a success.
| w. II. Lawrence came to town a few
years ago and started IN the dry goods
and grocery trade with B. F. Bacon, later
the firm was Lawrence s. Boliou. Now
he carries ON the business alone. He car.
ries large stock Of general merchan
disc, owns the store building, living in
second story, attends strictly to business,
and is prudent aud economical, and
one of the men who won't "bust."
Phillips 8 Brown run the meat mar.
ket and intend to stay. They own their
building end make it pay. Next to bread,
men must have meat.
l. G. Thatcher, heretofore grain buyer,
started store last fall, and has made a
phenomenal success. Isham is chock full
of energy, prompt to see, and no less 50 10
act, pleasant, agreeable and courteous,
but with the cast Of countenance which
would indicate even to a superficial Oh.
| server, that he wouldn't be q healthy man
for burglar to meet or for anybody to
force either personal or business fight
with; good reader Of character, making
hosts Of friends aud keeping them, q ready
reasoner, and with large business expert
euce, we'll bet our "botlom dollar" his
success is assured. He carries In stock
groceries and provisions, clothing, boots
aud shoes, hats. caps, gloves, underwear.
&C., and will add other lines as he "learns
the ropes"
Hon. f. J. Stimson, one of the oldest
settlers, and ut one time representative
in our State Legislature, is Justice of the
Peace, and, with NJ. b. Johnson, one Of
l fn AofH oso 81,