The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-26
BOOMERS IN BUSINESS.


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Yaeger and Makes IN Tour of ln.
spectiOn through their Immense
New StOre-A Mammoth stock
under One ROOf-Prices that Com.
pete with amy i'm the south.
A FLORIDIAN reporter, while srOlling down
Monroe street Friday, was attracted by the hand
some display of merchandise in the show win
dows of the new store of Messrs Shay & Yaeger,
and dropped in to chat with the genial proprie-
tors This progressive firm began business in
Tallahassee four years ago, with moderate CAPT
tai and very small stock. They are both
practical timers, and by hard work and close at
tention to business succeeded in building up a
successful patronag" which grew so large that
they compelled TO seek more ro0my quar-
lers, hence the erection of their elegant new store
on Monroe street, which Is 40 by 80 feet in size
and has a basement, The full size of the store,
which is used as their workshop and warehouse
In the manufacturing department five expe-
| rienced workmen are employed making every
thing from tiny tin cup to Il full size bath tub ;
besides which the firm do all kinds OF roofing,
guttering, plumbing gas fitting, etc, having an
excellent patronage in this line of work ut every
railroad station from the Chattahoochee river to
Ellavllle, and frequently have contracts at half
dozen different towns at one time, which they
have secured by their excellent work and low
prices.
The saesr,oms are presided over by Messrs
b. N. Shay and L. G. Yaeger the propretors,
and their charming and attentive saleslady, Miss
Leila Bassett. They carry an immense stock
of house furnishing goods, hardware tinware,
wood and willow ware-in fact, everything kept
by any frst-class city hardware, crOckery and
house furnishing store-.ll combined in one
The FLoRIDIAN reporter was perfectly carried
away by the dazzling beauty and rich harmony
Of colors IN the arrangement Of glassware, crock
cry, library and parlor lamps, etc, and, knowing
that oar readers void be interested, made notes
on the different departments, and partial list
of the class of goods carried in stock
The crockerv department is complee'in every
detail, being arranged on pyramid shelving,
which runs through the centre of the store, and
presents an attractive appearance. Anything
wanted in tins line can b. had, from a cheap set
of caps and saucers up Is an elegant sci of Hlv-
erlin's china, a rich set Of Maddox porcelain, or
IA magnificent handpainlcd chunbcr set, in all
the nc,v shapes and of beautiful design.
The stove deptrtment incu les everything
from small, cheap heater up 80 an clcg .nt no.
tel range with complete furniture They have
excellent cooking stoves all furnished Tor only
50, and keep The celebrated Cnarier OAK stoves
and ranges, with gluze wire doors, heating clos
cts, hot W .ler res ;rvoirs towel rack attachment
etc ale lhp stoves oil Stoves and everything
kept in this line.
The stock of glassware includes some of the
most beautiful shapes and designs that it was
ever the pleasure of the FLORIDIAN man to look
upon-the finest ever in Tallahassee
glasses OK clear flint as thin AS tissue and ring
ike bell when thumped-wne glasses, beer
glasses, whskey glasses-whew 1t makes one
thirsty to look at them.
Their hardware department contains every
thing ever kept in that line, from mouse trap
up Granite iron ware, which lasts forever peck
ct and table cutlery scissors, meat choppers,
we'll chain, planished tin and copper ware, pat
ent graters and potatoe scers that fasten to the
edge of table with a clamp, britannia coffee an d
tea pots, door gongs-EvERYTHING
In lamps they have everything from Tiny
night lamp up to magnificent library and psrl r
swinging lamps with elegant handpainted shades
They have cheap hand lamps and lamps with
which a tenpenny nail can be driven through
board without breaking the glass.
Their tinwarc is manufactured on the premises
and is much heavier and better than the machine
made stuff with which the market is flooded This
department includes everything made of tin
Cash boxes with locks, crumb trays and brush,
japanned and slvered walters five cent dippcrs
buckets, bath tubs of all sizes and prices water
coolers, fly traps, fly fans and everything else
They carry also complete stock of mill sup
plies. such as injectors, inspirators, globe and
check valves, rubber betting of all sizes babbit
metal. etc.
The FLORIDIAN man was so astonished at the
vast variety of goods that he became too con-
fused to keep run of the different departments.
He had no idea that any merchant in Talahas-
see carried such a stock and the remarkably low
price Of the different goods struck him ali in a
heap. He advises every citizen OF Tallahassee
and vicinity to call on Messrs. Shay & Yaeger
and look through their stock One newspaper
article is entirely too lin ted to even briefly
mention One-tenth OF the bargains that they
offer
Just listen, They have gas fixtures, plumb
ers supplies. pumps, coal CRATES bird cages. ice
chests rerigerators, wood and willow ware
rubber hose, mirrors, BABY CARRIAGES terra
Gotta tlue piping, step ladders, wheelbarrows
galvanized and wooden well buckets well chain
and rope, pullcys, whitewash, scrubhing and
backing brushes, feather busters, Pope's heads
shaving brushes. oil tanks, scales, iron waste
tings from three inches down to a quarter of an
inch, ice cream freezers of all sizes, kinds and
prices, and pots from little one later size to
those large enough to boil cow