Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-26
FIXlN'S FOR STOVES.
a DEALER IN HEATERS tells HOW
THEY CAUSE TROUBLE.


rAeir is~sessss IL AppsiiiaG.
The life of q dealer In stove repairs
Il not one Of unalloycd blisA He has
al clas.cs Of people 10 deal with, and
the greater portion of them seldom
know what they want They think they
do but they don't This will BE- readily
undcrstooi when u In known that thcre
Are manufactured today between 70. 900
and 80. 900 different stoves Aseach va
riety has from q 10 10 component parts
this will make total Of between &c.,.
900 and $40. 600 different piecc~ II
will In seen that unless minute details
aro given thcre arr possibilities Of hav.
ing n mixed stove On your hands A
visit 10 one IL the largest repair shors
IN the country wU productive of some
interesting information ~ well ~ sumo
amusing incidents
at il singular. said the manager.
chow little the general public knows
about stoves People will handle stove
for years and still In q stranger 30 II
Then. whom something happens TO 10.
they come 20 us and expect NJ 10 know
what part IL wanted by general de-
scription We carry supplies OF about
no. 600 different stoves There are about
500 stove manufacturers In this country.
md they turn out On an average 1000
new designs every year. A we arr
rallied upon 90 supply the difYcrcnt parts
III all Of them. We have 90 keep pretty
large stock ON hand.
Eve have four stories full of sup
plies. which weigh 1850 tons Besides
the~e We have 800 tons Of patterns and
pay $4,000 yearly for new designs
Our stock IL an accumulation Of over %
years Some If our supplies arc for
stoves that haven't bren manufactured
for years One would think that people
would want the latest pattern In stoves.
but they don't They will hang onto .
stove a. long ~ there IL anything to
patch up Why. only the other day we
w.rc askcd o. supply crate for stove
that was made In 1880. You scc. therc
are lots of Icople especially In the
country. who u~c the old fashioned wood
stoves. and although one 81 the ncw
stoves would save them enough In one
season tn pay for itself thsy stick TO the
old ones
Eve have any number ii amusing
exp-rienc,~. although some IT them
would try the patience 81 . saint. Pco-
pie will come 81 Va who think they have
enough information II they give Us tho
nam. IL their stove. An lrishman
walked into cur place the other lay.
lie wa one II tho-o positive irishmcn
who think IL impossible Ia make mis-
take
"'Go.i mornin. he h-gan. 'Oi was
laid of yesterday. an oi Just came
down % git some fixin's for the stove
Tn. ould woman's h-n lackin for =
new hack this long tonne
What kind ~ u stove IL itr
"'Oh. Just common livery day
stove
"'D.s IL burn coal or wUodr
"'li's cal stove an burns diyil
~ n lot ~ cnal Sure. 10 takss the list
part ~ mo Wages buyin coal
"'what l. the name and numiss Ut
IT,
"'No n star
"'Are you surcf
"'Am OF surri Of course Dim SURF
Dye suppose DIV, sai Ia front ~ IL for
the lat eight yrar- an no, know what
kind II stowe l, Up Plat do you tink
Oi am. n chcompf
"'But thcrr Is M such stove made
Is that ~ Mayl. yuu tink you
know more about u than oi do. an ~
niy.r sane tl," sto,. nc all. at all.
'But tbcr- ar, several kinds ~
Stars Who l. the maker. what IL the
dat. ~ the patent, AMI what Is the sins
of the ov-nf
An do you have 10 know all thail
Sur. the next tonne Oi come down for
n Dob loiko thi. ON sind some ono
els..'
Then th.rr L. the handy man. who
comes in with u pieo. ~ string az .
stick. There ap knots Ia the string and
nick. on the stick to show that the stove
l. 80 long and ~ deep When We tell
him what l. nc~~sary i.fOr- he can IT,
accommodated. hc lcats hasty rtrcat.
And there L. the lady who think. We arr
.ju.t horrid. when W. tell her that We
don't know what kind - q stove sho
has, that thcr, are bstw.n 10000 AMI
90. 600 for which W. have rvpairs, and
that hers might h. any one ~ them.
''The other day German who k~Is
Q secondhand store was In herr for some
parts Ia two stoves that he hal bought.
H. could not spcak English very we'll.
and A. near n the clerk cOuld make cut
che names ~ his stoves were the 'sau.
sage and the 'Maggots' A. no such
stoves were made a. cur knowledge. W.
were somewhat puxzl-l Finally the
catalogue Wa r~ortcd tL and Oh. Ger
man triumphanily pointed cut the
name. VI his stoves. They were the Sue
ccss' AMI the Magnetic.
Occasionally n man ~ the Spoopen'
dyke order comes la. He wants water
frunt. lie has the nam. and the details
all right. and We give him the part and
suggest that We send man to put IL Ia
for him He declines our assistance.
say- he l. used 90 the. little jobs lie
enjoys them. Besides he isn't ~ big u
fool ~ some pcoplc, who pay man Ia
do q simple little picce ~ work when
they could save the money by doing u
themselves Mex, day be- comes IN crazy
snd wants a. knJw what We mean by
kiyi-g him the wrong frunt Upon In
v,~tigaiion IL appeas that he has taken
cut the fircbrick all right. hut las neg.
lscted "a remove the shell. which makes
,he water front tao large by aiout M
Inch.
III the r-ople would be more partic
ular 10 give Us the right information.
they would have les trouble In having
their stoves repaired Chicago Tnb.
une.
It..ra an. ths Cs.hl<r.