The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-05-22

1t is customary when advertisers favor
a paper with something out of the Ordi-
nary line, to call attention to it. Our
fourth page to-day speaks for itself of
Mr.. Frear's "Great May Sale," and hence
we shall not say as much as is usual
We desire rather to call the attention of
our readers to some of the characters
tics of Troy's great merchant, which we
find in the editorial columns of the
Press 1t is safe to presume that when
a man has the faith in the place of his
residence that Mr.. Frear has shown him
self to possess, he is a gentleman who
can be trusted. In other words, if he
does those things for the benefit of the
public, in the face and eyes of the great
er inducements offered for investments
in the West, he is likely to be equally re-
liable when he tells you that his stock
consists of certain articles or lines not to
be found elsewhere. He has the same
faith in you, in his ability to please as in
his faith in Troy's prosperity. The
money in the one case is equally potent
as in the other. To show you Just what
sort of man you deal with when you
trade with Frear, we copy the editorial
referred to, as follows:
Conspicuous among the citizens who
have manifested Astounding faith in
Troy is William II. Frear. He came to
this city a youth, poor and unknown.
We doubt if the name of any other Tro-
jan is household word in so many fam
lilies to-day. We all know that Mr..
Frear has achieved fame and fortune in
Troy.
"it is not necessary to review the life
of Mr.. Frear; the salient points in his
career are well understood. From the
beginning he has been an uninterrupt-
eddy successful tradesman. No other
man has been so often compared with
the great merchant prince. A. Z. Stewart.
"Despite the amplification of his bust
ness, and the growing capital it required,
Mr.. Frear in few years began to accu-
mulate a surplus. What did he do with
it? This is precisely the point We are
getting at
"Did he seek western or other remote
investments, where alluring inducements
were heralded? No.
son the contrary, he invested his
money in Troy. He put his surplus
where he had gathered it, and with true
public spirit aimed to enrich his own
community rather than another.
"This policy Mr.. Frear has persistent
ly pursued. No matter how violently
Troy was assailed within as well as
without, by its detractors, he did not
heed their libels, but continued to place
his faith and money in the city.
aside from his great mercantile en-
terprise, which never before demanded
so much capital as it does to-day, Mr..
Frear owns no less than seven important
pieces of property, business and residen-
tial. He is now one of the heavy real
estate owners of the city.
"Mr. Frear has always paid his taxes
promptly and cheerfully, has only good
words for the city and its administration,
and is benevolent, progressive and pub
lie spirited, ever ready to aid every good
work for the benefit of Troy.
ellis example is worth studying. It'll
rebukes and refutes the fault-finders,
who are always complaining of misgov-
eminent and ill-favored conditions, and
befouling their own nests by blackening
Troy. The money they have made here
has been expended or invested else
where, and many of them bitterly lament
the day that they lost faith in Troy.
Although rich when Mr.. Frear was poor,
their individual checks to-day would do
little toward buying such splendid
properties as Fulton Market, the Ameri-
can House and Canon Place.
'The moral is plain, pointed and prac
teal. 1t needs neither dilation nor
adornment. 1t is the wiser way to in
vest your money at home instead of
abroad"