Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-13

This weather ID Of no particular
benefit 10 the blg Michigan iunhey-
men; but it's = God send TO ns little
fellows" said c. l.. Jackson. formerly
OF EscanahA, Ia Sweets yesterday. III
IL wrong 70 suppose thai most Of the
Michigan lumbermen use railway
TIE largest firms DO. but Hundreds OF
smaller lumbermen pet III Their logs On
sleighs- These are the men that ap-
preciste snow remember In 1889
We were IN the gposr peninsula and up
to New Years there bad been no snow
q speak OF. The next week We had
one or two little fiurrles, but not
not enough for any use We had .
camp full Of men and halt million
or 80 of logs skldded, but no chance 10
haul them 10 the rlver. f.naliy--lt
WAS about thls time Of the month too
We decided that II u dsd not snow by
certain day-the TWEEN tletn think
We would break camp and throw up
the job. The morning Of the nine
teenth II began TO rain. IL WAS .
warm. discouraging sort OF = rain. too.
We began TO get ready TO break camp;
but the wind changed In the night and
eight inches of - pretty snow as you
ever saw, fell. The icy foundation
made fret class sleigning and We made
. good thing out Of the logging job"
Among the furniture sellers that
came TO Grand Rapids tins year 10 .
young man who 10 willing, but 10 not
'onto" the tricks of the unrighteous
local shark. The other day two Of the
best known hangers-on about the Nor
ton fixed up . game. One became ac-
quainted with the young man from the
effste east aud introduced the other 70
him - John Wanamaker's buyer. The
amateur salesman WAS delighted 70
meet the representative OF such truly
great and good man as the pious John.
and forthwith aeked the alleged buyer
to have bottle of wine. This Was re-
peated with marked success. Finally
the bogus buyer inspected the young
mans samples. More wine. Then he
decided that there were certain OF the
lines that we're just what he wanted.
Wine again. Finally the counterfeit
representative OF the p. NJ. general gave
an order for IL, 900 chairs The seller
was elated and celebrated the event by
tapping . fresh supply Of white
LABEL" After he learned that his sale
Was "sell." his room had TO be re-
kasomined on account OF the sulphur.
Gus appearance Of the walls.
"Boston's recent fire was the most
disastrous known in years." said II. b.
Scofield. prominent furniture dealer
of the Hub. in the lobby of tho Morton
| last evening. "The fire caused loss
Of almost $2,00o,000, and practically
| nothing was saved. 1t seems strange
that such q fire could get started IN q
city that has 80 good fire department
as Boston has. But 1t was the old story
| of wires and other hindrancee. The
trolly wire 10 used there for the eiec-
trio railways, and telegraph and tele-
phone wires are plentiful enough. Ii
takes time 10 cut away such . MAS.
The job 10 rather q ticklish one, as al
most everybody is afraid of getting .
shock, and by the time the wires are
out of the way so the firemen can get 10
work the blaze has an excellent chance
to get beyond control. Ours took ad-
vantage of the opportunity"
al do not think the worlds fair will
make much difference with the east.
ern furniture trade" raid Charles +.
| Doll of Buffalo in the Morton yester-
day. at will give the Chicago trade .
boom. OF course everybody in the
Windy City that has outof-town rela'
tives, and everybody has. will expect
visitors. To entertain them properly
| they will need new furniture, and the
Chicago dealers will reap . harvest.
There may be eastern people who will