Telegram-herald., 1891-01-13
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Moftop LAST evening. ~fas people use
boxn sides Of tae street. = What DO
yoa mean By thar. inquired his com-
panlna. sWby, Twas aooas The FIRST
thing | noticed after ! straek here.
H2sea't yoa noticed it'a Noticed
shalF' rather lmpatlently querlsd the
other. 1.-The people walking On either
SIDE Of the sirees--on both sidewalks.
Now. you may not think u, Dot you'll
travel considerably before you ind =
city where that practice prevails. You
generally fud one side OF the street
crowded with people moving in either
direction. while the other side Is almost
unoceupicd. Ii is not confined 10 the
Cities Of any one section, but you'll
notice il on Broadway, n. T., on Cali
tornia-st., San Francisco. On ST. Charles
st.. New Orleans, and on Castie-st..
MoatreaI. By sonse unwritten aud un-
expl4lnAbie law, one side vt the prin-
eipsl street in all large cities, and
small ones as we'll. bear the brunt Of
travel, while the other side 10 deserted.
Sunshine and shade may have some
thing TO do with il, but in winter anu
summer the rule holds equally true.
Here n this city notice = more equal
division of pedestrians between the
.wo sides; - prominent is 1t. that
noticed 1t at once when l came into
town, but since then / discover that
there is . slight partiahty shown the
west side of the street running by the
hotel. but on all others travel is re-
markedly evenly divided between the
two sides. hence ! say it's = very SEN
able town."
ooh, yes, / know 'eni ALL" brightly
exclaimed Clerk Grant in response TO .
question. 81 have been here SO long
and seen them come and 60 30 often,
not to mention the moderate number
of questions have answered for them,
that when they come in and jot down
their John Hancock's, it's like meeting
an old chum. Occasionally . new
man shows up, but there's something SO
quiet and courteous about furniture
men that | am able to recognize their
business without inquiry. l guess /
know every buyer in the market, and a
place and that irregularly if don't
know his cognomen. Splendid fellows,
not black sheep in the lot; they ex-
tract q deal of sport from life when an
hours leisure IS at command, and work
LII tx<.... he k,,.
The sellers are in clover knee deep.
The other side of the market has come
down to business and the order books
begin to look fat. The week spent in
looking by the buyers is yielding up q
rich harvest and the sellers 60 about
with their faces wreathed in smiles.
It's easy sailing for them if they have
the line-styie, pattern, finish
and the price. The price is the rock
upon which the buyers split. There is
no end 10 the lines, and each peculiar
one is represented by the choicest spec
linens from the mandatory. The
only ripple of excitement among the
fraternity was caused when it was an-
, nounced that contract had been
closed for new factory at Owosso.
The Buss Machine company will under
take to equip a factory S0x $50 for d. NJ
Estey, at Owosso.
1t is claimed that Elias Matter, of
Nelson, Matter q Co., was the first man
to introduce the sale of furniture from
photographs. He saw q baby carriage
salesman at jackson exhibiting his
wares by photograph, and the idea
struck him of Its utility as q medium
tor the furniture business, and he at
once adopted it. Starting IN at q baby
carriage, the practice has grown until il
embraces nearly every portable object
manufactured and sold, but more espe-
cially furniture. So important has this
branch of the business become that
many manufacturers equip and main.
tain Il Photographic department at
their factories, in which high salaried
artists devote their entire time to re.
producing the products of the concern
in highly finished pictures.
The several exhibits of furniture are
pretty we'll scattered about IN the
buildings of the business center. On
| nearly every block banners are sus-
pended. announcing the headquarters
OF manufacturers agents. Nelson,
Matter d Co. have secured the retail
agency for this city of the Gum fold
ing led that is now being exhibited ON
| the second floor of the Hartman block
and this announcement has sent the
big dealers fiocking to their office for a
| like prize III their own towns.
The latest arrivals at the Morton are
A. True. New York; Charles Williams
| Utica, N. Y: H. B. Barker, Detroit;
John II. Eames, Chicago; Hugh Nc.
Eiveen and c. III. /. Jones, Plttsburg;
Martin Lammert, st. Louis; Vim. A,
Rl.s.enpart. San Francisco; c. w. Pot.
ter, ConnersvIile, Ind c. Cross, Den
yer; w. II. Rankin, Monmoth, H.; f.
NJ. Thaver, Philadelphia; G.. r. Folger
d. G. storrs and w. y. Smalley, Boston
c. +. Dali, Buffalo; Z. A. Watthaus
Milwaukee; Frank Jacobs, Allegheny
City; II. kieinhsns. Louisville; A. III
Mitchell and w. Ii. Russell, Cincinnati.