South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-12-14
OSE-HALr MILLION OF DOLLARS

OSE-HALF MILLION OF DOLLARS
For PosrAeE -Georg. Stisson & 40
the celebrated Ara Publishers, & Psrt-
iano, Maine, undoubtedly paw more
money 10. pos.ase stamps than any
Q her firrn n he Ia; for the last Eve
years their postage BIZ has averaged
over two thousand dollars PER week,
making grand aggregate of o.er live
hundred snd twenty thousand Il sllars !.
this Is about the three-hundreith part
OF ali postage of every description col
ieciei by the United States government
during that time, aud in this connection
It mus. be borne in mind hat the country
has over City million souls. and fifty
thousand post-oilices. But the enor-
nous sum paid for postage represents
only the cost of sensiing the Light pack
ages, letters and circulars, Tor large.
heavy packages are sent by express and
frei hit Messrs. SrsnsoD d Co. publ fish
every description of pictures Of the
better class. aud their tsade now extends
over the entire worli. As an Illustration
OF the fact that their traie reaches the
furtaermost paris of the earth, ire fol-
loving may be interesting: y short
time since an order Tor an assortment
OF over three thousand lsr.e and eXpe2-
sive pictures was received from rasma-
nia, away down under The South Pole.
Not many years ago Tasmania was n
penal colony OF England, and its popul-
elton was entirely of conyicts and their
keepers. Sine the removal os tho roG-
victs, 1T has become thrifty colony :;
this place il so remote, that three
months are required for an answer tn a
letter. Tons Of picture; are sent to
Sou'h America by Messrs. S,inson X Co.
and West africa sends TO Portland for
works of art; they have trade in every
quarter OF the globe where civilization
has gained foothold. Commencing at
the bottom. they have worked their way
up To thu top, step by step, and thereby,
aided TO the greatest push and enter
prise, they have that solid, practical eX-
perlence that is always necessary to the
best result, in all things. They carry
IN stock millions OF pictures, AMI are ut
amomcnts notice ready TO fila FIVE cent
order, or one fer thousands of dollars ::
they employ som five hundred ariis's
clerks, AMI workmen; their machinery
and appointments are on magnificent
stiIe, au' trnu OF ten thousand
dollars day, or IN average, is rcquir-
cd 10 keep t!:en N wing in full bias.
Ttcir assortment Of steel plates il cs-
pec'aily fine, and ranks very high in
artistic merit; m any thousands Of dol
lars are c';cn spent on q single plate
They apprt ciate the value Of printer
Ink. and know how 10 US, il 10 the bcs,
advantage; therefore they advertise
largely and literally in the newspa pers
newspaper advertising was an inpor. =
an factor In laying the sound found.
atoms OF their great success, ami with
out 1T they state that it would have been
MT rly impossible FOR them ~ have r, ach.
Cd their present position.
Stinson & Co. arc a striking illustra
ton OF What can lie accomplished by
enorsy, industry, aud good judgement.
There Is room at the top'-all honor 10
those who fight their way up. This
firm believes in standar goods and low
prices, & on that principle their business
- conducted. American homes shoul,.
be made beautiful by refined and merit
orions works Of art no one has any ex-
cuse for not adding to their homes tie
charms OF pictures for fine works of high
art are within the reach of all.