The Newtown bee., 1904-03-18
A CARD.

A few years ago we were threatened with opposition if we did not rent cer- tain property in Newtown Street, and now from the same source we notice an advertisement offering special induce ments for reliable plumber. For sev- commodate the public, although dur ing the rush of fall work it has been impossible to do all required of us either in one day or week. We have, however, done the best we could in our judgment. That we have not satisfied all we are quite sure and we know of no one that ever has been able to do so. In every community there are narrow minded people who seem to be un- aware of the fact that others have work of importance which must be done, and they not only find fault with the grocer and butcher, but the plumb AS rule these people shout the loud est and some of them would find fault with the price if they were offered gold dollar for soc. During the busy season of fall work, which lasts about eight weeks, we are unable to find good men who are willing to stay with us for so short time. Good men have steady jobs. Consequently we are obliged to strike an average number that we may keep them busy most of the year. At Newtown we have at times had good men and at other times men who were not so good, but figure it as best we could this shop has never been self-suppOrting. From the time we first opened it until now the ex- penseS have been nearly $40O0 more than the income. Notwithstanding this we go there nearly every day and examine the order slate and look for any jobs of repairing that may have been left there. We would be glad to | keep one or more men there all the time if the business would warrant it, but for the last thirteen years there never has been business enough to pay man, on an average, one dollar day, with rent, insurance and taxes unac- dition of things as we have managed
 them. What others might do remains to be seen. We do not claim to have a
 patent on the town that will exclude
 any person or persons from launching out in the same business, but one
 thing we do wish to have thoroughly
 understood, and that is that we do no5
 belong to family of ''quitters", and
 we propose to keep rightl on as long as
 the staying is good or "half good, and
 if there Is any medicine dealt out to us
 which we are obliged to take, we will
 endeavor to perform the act with the
 grace at our command. At the same
 time we will, to the best of our ability, try to attend to whatever business the
 public may see fit to give us. This ex-
 planation of things I have given here
 at the request of some of my friends, and am happy to say that l have a
 few left, just how many time will de termine. Respectfully E. J. Hall
 John w. Ray is soon to move his family from c. B. Taylor's house tC the house at the head of the Street formerly occupied by B: C: Lake,. Mrs Lester is passing few days with Mir.
 M. J. Houlihan.
 Mrs Jane Gallagher was called to Nauga tuck. this week, by the illness of her brother Stanton Mullee.
 A half dozen or more new looms are bein, I placed in the factory of the Fabric Fire Hos, . Miss Katharine Kilbride of Newark, N J. naS been passiug a few days with her fathe r . John Kilbride, of the Glen
 a Hiram lodpe F.. & A. M., conferred the M ;, M. degree on one candidate, Wednesday night .. .. Miss Mary Kibride of the Glen is on tn sick list and under the care of Dr Green. # Robert Banks of Botsford passed sunda d with MT and Mrs Ben Corning.
 !. '.The InteEnational stock food has no supe = prove it. Call and take home sample poun
 WE. Brush, the popular horseman, has beel