The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-02
James Watts De Peysser. who tn i7S
thus advertised.
Juft 1mported.!s
In the Brig Lady Arseita. CAps'"
1ongaei Lite,
AND TO BE SOLD
rhspH Eaa At Ne fsr y
William DePeyaen
Ne. ~, s-~. asssb
-Aoueai;5d.
Ref Holland Cir, In Cole

The tronnsoneery business was one or
the principal aids in the making OF Tor
tunes OF some OF our most distinguished
.-xasx.ety'' people. The Goeiess Bre.
voorfs- Horrnars. Ssndses. Ls1gnts ana
many another Knsckerbocxer family thus
acquired the wealth winch enables them
10 visit Europe In their own fast yacn,s.
and entertain such foreign royalties az
the Prince OF Wales Tnis Ar. Ogoeh
Goelet did last year. notwithstanding ms
ancestor Was a century ago seinhS POS,
pans. kettles and such Ike Here u ons
OF his forefathsr's advertisements.
Peter Gs-zse. a. che Gcsdssa Key. NO.
a Hanover square, ha< tznposTec n ne
last vessels rrOm Lorl<orz a yery taIeS
ard gener,a as<.or-nerst J, lre...sss ~
kznhs 81 TOMS ard nsassrrals for COCKS
and warchnsa<~rs. 600 ard silver s-n-.ns'
Jonsrs. carp-rs.ss n..es ana ,-..,-,,si
f.s- il-rsa. s-ryssaey and Mustered soeFl. cast
trgr. grizzlies. pots ksttles- cnxv an
wa<ur boxes. ansxrors NC. snxsls' 49,, 49,
..rss-ihss-s. 6ass.k ls-ad Hscts. nails. sa~s.
tOnsrs ard stIovel<. brssrware, can,fe-
s,sess. tssnesss &c = sTsns vssi also
~t..rsnnes-y iapsne.f and cospe~ ware, vo-
lin ami saflfar Strings. ssary<tchord %trs.
pewter spoons. coat vest ana sieeNs - %
ar.s va-nf<s bend ls-ar1sr ssdes. Sc. &c
And a coslsignment OF piayfng cards.
The Montgomerys. however. seem 20
have had the monopoly OF the watch and
clock business on Manhattan Island
about a century ago. when Robert Mont
gomery kept store at No 80 wan street
Nowadays this family claim 10 be the
real Montmorenries and tituiarfy Earls
of lexington, a claim contested some nVe
or six years ago BIZ the Setons. This as
ISOLATION with genealogy may have arisen
from the fact that Robert Montgomery.
above named advertised that at his SHOP,
near the coffee house. he was taking or
oers for Thomas Reynolds Of philadelphia
from those who want their arms. crests
or syphers engraved on any kind OF stone
for seals" A few months later he pub
lished the following notice:
Robert Mont gomery. clock and watch
maker at No. 30 Wall street finds by long
experience that people who keep clocks
IN their houses have to pay from one 10
four pounds ts5 TO ssO yearly to keep
them In order. He offers to keep clocks
In repair by the year, as is customary IN
TO be paid at the end of the year Every
person leaving his name at MontEom-
erys shop viii have his clock wound up
and regulated weekly. kept in good order
and mended when necessary Tor the
above amount.
The Schermsrhorns. now the bluest
of Knfokerbocker blue bioods, were
ship chambers then. and had be-
sides a coasting trade. The kemhles
were auctioneers. as was Carrot Sickles,
who shortly after the Revolution sold
such goods as are entrusted to him. on
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays, at
his commodious apartment at No. 81 Wa
ter street, corner OF Beekman slip and OPP
posite the house of Col. William Malcolm"
He was also a shoemaker.
The Morgans are now eminent bankers.
but toward the end OF the eighteenth CEN
fury we read this in a newspaper adver-
tjsement: