The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-12-22
1 O'CLOCK
In The Morning,
MONDAY, DEC. IS.
THANKS.
THANKS.

weather without a roof above us; and
we take this, the earliest leisure oppor-
tunity since the adjustment of the seri-
Gus loss occasioned by the fire three days
ago in Canon Place, to express our heart
felt thanks. First, to each and every
member of Troy's model Volunteer Fire
Department for its prompt response to
our alarm, and heroic efforts to save our
property from the flames during the
long and terrible night of Wednesday,
December 18th. These sincere words of
thanks will have to suffice in recogni-
ton of the great service rendered until
supplemented by future and more sub
stantial tokens. Next, to Messrs j. M.
Warren & Co.. Mrs. James Morrison,
Mr.. j. w. A. Cluett, Mr.. j. A. Murray,
for kindly offered and gladly accepted
shelter to over $l5O,OOO worth of stock in
their stores and homes, and to the nu-
merOus willing and kind friends who as
sisted us in moving it thither- Third, to
the chief and members of the excellent
police department for their efforts in
preserving order during the excitement
attending the fire. Fourth, 10 the nu-
merous friends for their kind words,
many of whom before this trouble did
not dream possessed. To my patrons,
some of whom, to my surprise, cOnsid-
cred the Bazaar a personal loss. To
friends and merchants in far distant
cities from whom l received numerous
and unexpected letters and kilograms of
sympathy and offers of assistance. To
the faithful people of the Bazaar, from
the oldest to the youngest, whom can
always depend upon to stand by me in
emergency. Sixth, to all the newspa-
pers throughout the country who have
printed, and in which have been proud
to read of the Bazaar, so many compli-
mentary, but l fear sometimes, unde-
served kind words. And last, but not
least by any means, to the insurance
companies and their gentlemanly repre-
sentatives for courteous, prompt, honor
able consideration. To all them and
more can but tender my sincere thanks.
We take an especial pride in the fact that
no member of our family, so far back as
we can go, has in single instance failed
to discharge every obligation with one
hundred prompt cents anything to the
contrary will be cashed by me on proof
and demand), earned by honest and earn
est, legitimate effort. Following out in
this instance the tradition of the name.
our first demand on the insurance com
panies was for the exact amount of dam
csc which we believed we had sustained,
fair and reasonable on its face, hence the
quick adjustment, which broke the rec.
ord. We intend, therefore, to keep our
promise, and distribute the SS3, 521 80
among the patrons of the Troy Bazaar
during the near future as they absorb the
stock on hand, in value over 1894, 900, to-
gether with over $4,000 new goods. now
lying in railroad depots, express offices
and in Transform patrons and ourselves
mutual benefit association. Almost
everybody knows that Frear always has
made great preparation for Christmas,
but this year more than usual, as Frear
| figured that although the times were
hard, the great American trait, gener-
osity, would prevail, and that at Christ
mas, if no other time, hard times and
panic would be forgotten. and that the
ELECTION we bear for our parents, our
wives, our children, our sweet-hearts,
''our cousins and our aunts," would
come to the fore and hard times would
for the time being, be forgotten, hence
the wilderness of useful goods, fancy
goods, toys, ETC., which now crowd the
shelves and counters on all the floors of
Frear's immense waterproof Bazaar, and
although some are wet and you may
need an umbrella oyer you while you are
seemingly indoors, still very many are
perfectly dry, while on all of them
Frear's price is sure to be reasonable and
always, you will please remember, "per-
feet satisfaction is guaranteed or on
their return in good order the purchase
| HOuey VIII U0 TeIunueu. L ain quite
sure that any person who stood in front
of the Bazaar three days ago and saw
the fire creeping slowly along its roof
until about all except where our flag
foated, and still floats, was consumed,
and witnessed the avalanch of water that
for seven hours was poured through our
ceilings and floors, forced by seven en-.
gines and our own sprinkling system,
will wonder how a single piece of our
elegant stock of silk and black dress
goods, or a roll of our superb stock Of
carpets, or single one of our fine line
of clOaks, our dress trimmings, our mus
Inns, our calicoes, our boys clothing, oul
table linen, our cloths, escaped wet.
ting. They will wonder how we can
have dry pair of stockings, a clean
handkerchief, neat tie or anything but
a rusty knife or musty album-but We
havel Come and see. You will be as
tonished 10 find that without stroke oil
work done on Sunday the same old relia
BILE Bazaar about as bright, and some
faces about as cheerful, ready to wei
come you and anxious to supply you
with the same goods and wares as usual
but with prices still lower than ever