The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

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of each year. Our increase in 1886
over 1856 was ss2,ooo.4o; our in
crease in 1887 over 1886 was
s7,6S3.4S. Put these two sums to-
gcthcr and you have $4,000 SO,
which is our increase in cash sales
and receipts for 1887 over
1885. This shows bcfterment,
but no more than the natural growth
Of the town and an &C quaintancc
with business methods should com
mand. We hope and expect TO do
better this year.
We arc making great preparations
for trade this Spring, and all begin
ners in housekeeping, and those al
ready in business for themselves,
who have need for anything in our
stock will find us better prepared
than ever before TO serve their inter
csts. We do not undertake to keep
everything, but we do undertake
to keep most everything needed to
start up housekeeping; beside all
this we give you the benefit of our
selections. based on our active ser
vice OF thirty-live years, during all
which time we have been learning
more every year as time passed.
There arc Jew merchants SO we'll pre-
pared to meet the requirements of
those who expect just and honest
service, coupled with the lowest
prices, as we are certainly none in
this part of the State Our prices
are lower than others, either in town
or country. All agree on this point,
and if the verdict is unanimous it
must be true.
1900 Yards old fashioned heavy
calico, 20 inches wide, been 10 cts,
now sellingi or 8 cts.
$500 yards fast color calicoes and
satteens, dark colors, in new and
choice styles, 5 cents.
In materials for quilting we have
good calico at 5 cts a yard, better at
6 cts, on up to cts. Quilting cot
ton by the pound at 10 cts to IS cts.
Comlortables, ready made, from 90
cts to S2.75. Blankets from SIPS
to $50 per pair. White Counter
panes from IS cts to $3.50. Mus
Inns for sheeting, shifting, and for
all uses and purposes, yard wide, at
8 cts; az and As inch, for pillow cases
up to ~ yards wide for sheeting.
The prices for all kinds of cotton
goods are tending to higher figures.
We are still selling at our old marks,
but now is the time to buy. Table
linens, s. inches wide, 20 cts on up
to IS CTS a yard for 90 inch damask.
At o8 cts per yard we have most
beautiful patterns, 90 inches wide
Also. Turkey Red damask from IS
to 50 cents.
Universal Clothes Wringers. with
cogs, S225. Tubs of all kinds. Win
dow shades, hung on rollers or
spring fixtures, 40 cents to Is cents.
Floor and table oil cloths all widths.
Coffee mills and tinWare. Looking
glasses from Is cents to $3.50.
Plated table and tea spoons.
also spoons without plating, knives
and forks, carving knives, bread and
kitchen knives. We buy our cut
lery Of the makers at Antrim, New
Hampshire, and thereby save one
profit which our customer gets, as
We only charge trilling commits
sion for handling them. Compare
our prices with others.
We are opening our new stock of
Crockery. We have all the popular
makes, shapes and patterns, both
English and American, prices rang
ing from $3.50 for a 46-piecc white
granite tea sctt, to S24 for a combin-
ed dinner and tea sett containing
Io3 pieces, with fine decorations.
Toilet sets from 81. to $3.50. We
send direct to England for our for
eign ware, and the domestic we buy
OF the potteries.
Feathers. There can be as much
deception in feathers as in jcwclry
Old feathers are often doctorcd up
and sold for new. They're a nice
thi g to get picked up on. The head
centre of the feather market in this
country is St. Louis and Detroit.
We get ours of Ely, Collins & Hale,
of the former place. We have faith
in them, and if you can depend on
us we can save you money and try
to give you satisfaction. Ours are
we'll cleaned and steamed ready for
use, prices from S. cents upwards.
We also have pillows and holsters,
made Of q cent ticking and filed
with the best live goose feathers, at
So. per pair for pillows; holsters,
per piece, same price.
Carpets. We have placed our or
ders with the wcavers for carpets,
and some of them are already COM
ing in. We have all grades, both
rag and Ingram, from 20 cents per
ward upward What we buy we buy