The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-07-05
Adjoining Towns.
NeWburY.


Mr.. S. L. Swasey is at Province
town, Mass the most easterly point OF
Cape Cod, being village whose in
habitants are almost entirely composed
of fishermen. Evidently Mr.. Swasey
has tried his hand at deep sea fishing
for he sent home three or four fine
specimens which we generously divid
ed among his neighbors. Mr.. Swasey's
many friends hope that The change OF
climate and conditions will prove q
benefit to his health.
The first visitor of the picnic variety
to arrive at Halls pond put in an APP
pearance couple or three weeks ago,
stopping at the farm house of Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitman, it is boy and they
are giving him their best attention.
Mr.. Whitman also entertains other
visitors with boats, picnic grounds,
milk, eggs and horse feed.
w. H. Tewksbury is another enter
prising back farmer building como
dious barn.
Mr.. F. Ezra Clark has leased the
Monticello Iron and Sulphur Springs
and has opened the same for the use of
the public, furnishing baths on Satur-
days.
Frank L. Bailey is enjoying his vaca,
ton at Lancaster, N. III.
John Laton has purchased the omillie
place near the bridge road.
VISIT TO HALE's STORE.
1fy dear Pdrker-We were passing
James b. Hale's store recently when he
came out and invited us in to see his stock
and the alteration he had made. great
improvement has been effected by taking
away all the partitions on the second floor
making 1t one large room, with a stair case
in the middle descending to the ground
sales-room. The whole makes bright,
cheerful, well lighted place, and we felt
that it must be pleasure to get trusted in
such a nice store.
There are no dark places to hide goods
which will not bear close inspection. |
James has been for thirteen years the pre-
siding genius of the establishment but we
missed Harry Hubbard. Although George |
Slack cannot quite fill his place, yet he |
rattleS around in 1t to such good purpose, |
that people think he ought to be named
over and called George Smart. Mr.. Hale
is always ready for trade. He does not
pretend to sell goods cheaper than other
people can give them away, that is not his
idea of business. He only asks for
modest profit by which he can keep him
self and family from the poor house as long
as he can. He aims to keep stock which
will meet the desires of a country village
and farming community, and trades in
anything consistent with the duty of man
who passes around the contribution box on
Sunday, and is understood to be made of
good deacontimber, which only needs a
little more seasoning.
He will sell you fur coat and Arctcs IN
dog days, or a linen duster and straw hat
at Christmas if you want them, but prefers
to do things in their proper season.
James does not deal in funeral furnish
lngs, however, and If you want burying
outfit for yourself, you will have to look
elsewhere. This is not matter of either
sentiment or superstition with him, but
pure business ShreWdnesS-he fears that
IT he should set forth Baskets and burial
robes with the same taste and attractive
ness he uses in the display of his other
goods, some of his best customers might
commit suicide for the sake of utilizing
them, and he feels that there is no profit in
a dead customer in the long run.
To keep people alive as long as he can
he sells groceries of all kinds, with great
store of crOckery on whcn to eat and from
which to drink these same groceries IN a
proper manner. Clothing for the outer
man and woman he keeps also, hats and
caps to shield his customers heads from
III the paths Of peace, he sells boots and
shoes, and persons in want of foot wear
will find Hale on the Understandings"
more practical than the celebrated treatise
of DR.. Locke Of women's shoes he dis
plays such variety of cunning workman
ship and seductive prices that we trust the
ladies of Newbury will arise as one man
and tread Mr.. Hale's shoes under their feet.
In short he invites you all to walk in,
as the fly said to the spider Cor was it the
other way?) and if you have no want which
he cannot satisfy you must be a remarka-
BILE individual indeed.
STrRSCRIRER