Richmond democrat., 1884-12-18


yen ago Mr. VI. hads, hourislling busi-
ncSs Ia tlIa lnillst OF his prosperity
. The sire ii-nd' lni, his all ~ ashes. hut
his indomltable will was not overcome.
aud out Of the ruins he is again climb
ing the ladder Of prosperity. lIedeals
in caskets, collins. etc. and Is n carpen-
ter and builder. Give him your pa-
tronage. Mr.. Jas. omit, livery and
sale stable. IS natural livery man, and
Is following Just the calling that he
was "cut ont for. Ills "turnouts" are
u credit 10 the town Daniel Turner.
town marshal. Is u terror To evil dOers.
and Is guOd officer. -. \. l,hWles.
the merchant prince.is u selr-made man,
knowing what u first start means; he
Is alive and sympathetic 10 the Young
man beginning life. Ills business Is
mammoth in proportions. requiring 4
master will and brain 10 operate and
control. Dry goods, groceries. &c., MI
one large store room, while IN another
he carries one Of the finest stocks Of
hardware, Ne.. IN Ray county. In u
third building he handles furniture,
collins, etc. Yet again we come to an.
other building, and lind IL completely
illled With all kinds of agricultural
implements. III the mi,lstOf this bust.
ness Mr.. u. does not forget the quail
ties o! u gentleman, and is Que Of the
most sOciablc, aiilblr aud hospltablO
gentlemen one meets In a lifetime
Mr.. TaylUr. partner ~ the Albany
ilOnr mills, also deals in dry goods, gro
ceric-, clothing, &c.. and las his share
OF the trade. rs We walked To the
west end OF the business street, we
found something that will tickle thdlit-
tie boys and girls half to death. Lis
ten, and we will tell you what we saw:
We came 10 the front of store, as we
supposed, ,butas welooked into the win.
dOws We saw--well what do you sup.
pose nothing less Than Santa Claus,
surrounded by sparkling splcndor. IN
all his jolly glory. We walked into the
"realms of santa aud there found
That Crcascy Il lsOtirock had taken
POSSESSION, AMI were acting as his
clerks. Mr.. Wall, formerly Of the Mill
vile neighb0rho0d, was there dressed
ia fur, and the way old Santa ordered
him around was a caution. Mr.. Roth
rock introduced us TO His IIighness,
(Santa) and We were soon perfectly
amazed at the wonderful store of toys,
sleds. guns. fancy articles, and oh! such
awful lots" Of beautiful sweets. We
were going TO buy out Santa Claus,
but he said the place was not for sale.
us he had just laid In this rare stock to
give to the good boys and girls OF Ray
county. just about Christmas lie be.
gins 10 distribute the presents. BE
sure you are there. DIR. Mclean is q
native of Scotland, and Is u highly ed.
ucated physician. lie is the druggist
and chemist of the above firm. DIR. II.
D. Shackelford isthe leading physician,
being graduate of the st. Louis Med
ical College,---There are two churches,
NJ. i. and Baptist. Both congrega-
tions are Of the best people of 0rrick,
and give the stranger cordial wei |
come. The school has quite outgrown
the limit Of one department. and will
in another year lie formed into depart
mcnts, and graded Exceptionally
good sidewalks are land about town.
In business way, we were more sue
cessiul than we anticipated Jas. Pigg,
is u dealer in dry goods, groceries, etc.
Mr. l.. Is young man who has won
his way, and is Il successful merchant.
In closing this notice of Orriek, we
wish to speak in particular of "The
Home" a private boarding house kept
by Mr.. Pigg. This is the resort" of
all the travelling men along the Wabash
road. who recognize it us the best stop
ping place between Kansas City and st.
Louis. Miss Ell Dorton is cllief clerk
and Il royal entertainer. Pliers.