The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-30
A SHARP" SHOWING.
Facts and Figures Practical and
Profitable to the Brainy
Readers of the BazoO.

/ have been hammered at by friends
(and-well, friends suppos~,) for the past
week or more to preach my own funeral"
or to write my exp rience. thought once
would Shire hall or borrow the pen Of
some profe: sionsl ready writer, but be-
gen to feel poor and concluded to tell my
own story just as 1t appears to me.
L believe L was the first man in Centraf
Missouri to make a systematic canvass and
to sell planes and organs, deliveral at the
house. Nearly ten years ago / commenced
wheeling out and to-day my record hears
t. st mony to about
ONE THOUSAND PIANOS AND ORGANS
Id for cash or on payments.
Last FebTu'ry l met with an opportunity
to dispose of my residence property in
Upton, so L put the management of the
Upton mu. ic store into the hands of nv
So, who still csrries il on under the old
title of Sharp's music store.
/ came to Sedalis, rented sore, found
a gocd bargain, bought home and have
opened up in a good location at III East
Fifth street. | am selling my share of
pianos and organs, have b gan to get ac-
guam Ell and am in love vi h The city and
most OF the people ard expect 10 be more
70 as yet Oct CT dCQudluteJ.
ADVERTISE MYSELF AS AN AGENT
for The following reasons:
LIST. 1t is impo. sible for me or any other
partv in Cenral Missouri to procure strict
ly first ella S and hs h grade instruments of
established reputation except at a very ma
terial di>advana age, unless by accepting the
sgeccy OF the same. There is not single
manufacturer Of pianos # real standard make
and best grade in the United States, who has
not their large Wholesale sgencies, and
brarch distributing houses. Now, do not
misunderstood. The above assertions re-
garding agents apply only to the high grade
and tTst quality pianos. Bea ty and others
at the foot of the hill have always adver-
tised for direct business-no agents, no
middle men, etc.-snd several of .he manu-
facturers of low grade pianos to-day are
waiting to be good 10 any che who will
give them an order. You may
PUT THIS DOWN FOR SOLID FACT,
"The manufactures who to-day does direct
business without age nts is placed in regard
to agents just where the fox was when the
grapes were so awful sour."
OUR BEST MANUFACTURES
have proven by years Of experiment and
experience that by no other methods
at present a;tainable can they place
their instruments 50 cheaply to their retail
or so satisfactorily to themselves
as through the carefully and thoroughly
tested system of agencies now so general in
The music trade, and I affirm without fear
Of successful contradiction, that / am to.
day, and ever since accepted the agency
Of the goods am representing, have been =
selling TO 10Y customers
AT BETTER RATES
and with more satisfactory results than any
One can who under axes to ignore agency
business.
/ have received at my store since March
l6, 1885, 78 planes and organs, u crates Of
stools, 2 boxes of covers, and q large
amount of sheet and book music. And 7
have sold more than
TWO THIRDS OF ALL THE GOODS
I have received in that time, 80 can
afford to let figures talk.
IN CONCLUSION.
As to my responsibility, it becomes me,
and / can afford to be very modest. I will
only say that / am entirely too poor TO-
afford The luxury of failure or emigration,
10 of course will have to stay and attend
strictly to business at =
CENTRAL Missouri Music HOUSE,
112 Eat Fifth street, Sedalis, Mo.
w. SHARP, Agent and Manager.