Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-07-09
A BIO BUSINESS.

Gould on Thursday OF this week he
intimated that his implement busi-
ness 80 far this year had exceeded
his moet sanguine expectations.
He said he has bought three times
as mauy goods this year as he ex-
pected TO early in the spriug, yet
he had found IL difficult to keep
stocked up.
Mr.. Gould's trade territory is get.
ting larger every day. Along In
December he bought q full car load
of binding twine. Very soon after
he bought the price of twine went
up, but having bought early Mr..
Gould was enabled to undersell the
dealers of other towns, and he did
so, drawing people who had been
Ia the habit Of buying twine at Col
umbus, Chetopa, Vinita, Alton,
Fairland, Seneca and other places.
His big stock of twine melted like
snow near q red hot stove. Mr..
Gould remarked that he didn't
know he would be compelled to
supply the whole country" His
prices told, however, and while
other dealers have plenty of twine
left for which they ask high prices,
Mr.. Gould's stock is almost ex-
hausted.
Mr.. Gould seems TO be the only
man in this section of country
dealing ia threshing machines. and
so far this season he has sold two
complete outfits. He sells the cele-
brated ]. l. Case machines.
1t 10 the same way with bale ties
that IL was with twine. Early In
the season Mr.. Gould bought five
car loads. Already he has sold
over two car loads, but he has
something like three car loads left
in his warehouses. He 10 making
an exceedingly low price ou bale
ties-D cents a bundle for one bun
die or a hundred. His ties are all
made of new wire-no old wire in
stock.
At Mr.. Gould's big establishment
two standard makes of hay presses
are sold-the Lightning" aud "Ea.
gle" Both these presses are dan.
dies, being strongly built, making
them durable. yet the draught lie
lighter than that of any other press.
He has sold several presses already,
and as the haying season has only
just commenced he will dispose Of
many more.
Mr.. Gould claims the Jumbo"
and champion" hay rakes to be the
best made and he says they give
universal satisfaction. He has sold
several already aud many more are
spoken for.
The especial pride of Mr.. Gould,
however, at this season of the year
10 his line of wagons aud buggies.
He carries the celebrated "COium.
oia" buggies. the best made in the
world aud 10 selling numbers OF
them. The jackson" buggies are
also carried in his house and for
general all-purpose vehicle they are
mighty hard to beat His line OF
Surveys, spring wagons, phaetons
and road carts is large one. When
It comes to waS ons. however, he
thinks he 10 prepared 10 please the
most particular. The Lansing"
wagon is standard, as is also the
Fish Broe." He carries both of
these, but we rather believe he is
partial to the "Milburn," hollow
d. ~ :t.-s.............. 80 G-2NS pet;
~ the .......... $50 a4sS uU
fts the ill.breu lice. .ui8 select go
ETY. and places the ignorant sap.
lad in the United States senate; Il
axes presidents out of stuffed
'ophets. governors ont of intel.
c,Sal geese, philosophers of fools, 6
no o'aids infainy with supernatur- -
a grieeN II wrecks the altar of In.
otner" @Nd pollutes the face of
n i.,, Tn. 50 &c crsaks the sword of jus. |
;rS - : h;o, NJ rrssHi'e goddess of lib.
;ns mschinesf gold. II is the 4
to be tEthe uncrowned
judging from the Iealth.-W. c.
selling they certainly are.
II is q little out of season 10
tion plowe, cultivators, corn pls
ters and harrows, but he has done
an enormous business in this line.
His force of hands is something
like a eucher deck. w. ]. Turley is
the right bower, Kelly Carmichael
the left bower, and Mr.. Gould him.
self the joker.