The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-12-11

you strike with subscription list but
the home merchantY Who helps to keep
up the schools, churches and charities!
The catalogue house of Catchem *
Doom, or men like w. II. SellickY And
yet you'll propose to send away for shoes
when you should know you can get bet
ter quality for the money right at home.
Here's w. X. Selick's store carrying an
elegant stock of the latest sty les of the
best made shoes in creation, including
the famous Queen Quality for women
and equally satisfactory Walk-Over
shoes for men, and you ask me to ignore
it and take dead sure chance of getting
soaked by "a concern that never spends
a cent here. Deacon, you insult my in
telligence."
Zone of the most preposterous propo-
sltions of the mail order houses is to sup
ply wall paper and paints" remarked
Judge Mandamus, "when right at home
we have the best qualities and varied de-
| signs and latest styles to select from.
@. II. Miller can satisfy the most exact
ing taste on wall paper, and when it
comes to paints, he's right at the front,
both on quality and price No sir,
there is nothing to be gained in sending
away from home for wall paper and
paints. In buying paints especially you
want to know the man who stands be-
hind them. There is scarcely anything
sold so easy to swindle the buyer on as
paints e. II. Miller sells no paints
that are not all right His Russio-N amel
roof paint excels all others"
The committee on securing transpor-
taton for the members of the society to
the pumpkin pie social at Farmer Hard
scrabbe's, reported that they had been
given very satisfactory terms by j. III.
Hinckley's Dyckman house livery. Par
son Goodman expressed satisfaction.
Mr. Hinckley has steady reliable drivers
and good teams, and leaves nothing un-
done for the comfort of his patrons"
declared the parson. "Liverymen may
come and liverymen may go, but Hinck
ley is always to be found at the old
stand ready to serve the public He has
carriages for funerals at very moderate
rates, and he does business on the live
and let live basis"
Il
contemplated buying a piano when we
moved into our new house." said John
Harmony, leader of the church choir,
and we were deluged with circulars
letters and solicitors from outside music
firms and mail order houses. But Mrs.
Harmony and | not only believe in buy
ing everything obtainable at home, but
in making a purchase of such magnitude
We wanted a responsible home man to
look to should anything go wrong. We
turned down the outside statesmen and
bought our piano of L. b. Gorton, and
we are more than pleased with it. We
not only got first class piano, but saved
money by buying of Mr.. Gorton.'
lone of the queerest things in the
question of home trade, said Hon.
Thomas Jones, sis the tendency of citi-
zens to kill their own grain market.
Take the matter of -four. Here's Briggs
IL Co.'S Central mills that manufacture
all grades of the most superb -four
every good housekeeper in the commun-
ity will admit that she never had any
-four better than Briggs x Cos Peer
grocer -four made in other states, and
which is frequently cheapened by in
furious whiteners and filters that never
grew in wheatfield. Occasionally
farmer, who expects the mill to buy his
wheat and pay the highest market price,
is guilty of using foreign made -four,
first class -four mill like Briggs a.
4 70 - hi, d.,
wide territory, who otherwise would
trade elsewhere. Business men espec-
tally should encourage such an enter
prise by selling and using it's products. "
IL like to go to headquarters when
buy" pompously asserted Deacon lite
fist
"Do you send to Washington for post
age stamps?" asked Mr. Jones. II tell
you that the retailer in Paw Paw can
sell to you as cheaply as the retailer in
Chicago, and he is here to back up his
goods and correct mistakes. Take the
dry goods and notion house of w. r.
Sellick for example. He buys in the
best markets. He knows how to buy
close. He is alert to meet all COMPETE
etc, have the guarantee Of an honorable
firm. If he is not headquarters for low
prices and square dealing, | don't know
what the term means"
"A special committee reported that
they had closed deal with r.. f.. Down
ing for a strip of land 20xl25 feet for ad
ditional room for the new horse sheds.
Il thought he would be able to secure
the strip for us, remarked Mr.. Jones
with an air of satisfaction. He can ar
range a real estate deal if any one can.
He always has desirable city properties.
as well as a long list of farms on his
books, and can usually accommodate
any applicant who wants to rent, or to
buy, sell or exchange. He will make
you loan, pay your taxes, collect your
rents, or take charge of tenantless prop
erty He also represents four old and
reliable insurance companies
"The most pestiferous nuisance in this
day aud generation | have met up with"