Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-03

M S HE name MulllngS gtay 1 T\ xN out prominently in A4 l V S1b gentlemen's furnishto ps | ,1kV business life of Wa)e&s SM,C bury. For more th&ICI Wy half a century 1t AGgl
 withstood the bufeetirf3s and competition of business life, andBy to-day the firm of John E. MuilingS 1, and Son, successor to the business es,f tablished by Mir Mullings' fathexos John, in 1840, is stronger and betteH { equipped than eyer Many competI7a tors have gone to the wall. dropped < out one by one. sent down to the bot. tom never to rise again by the severirs ty of competition, but the name Mul-t lings has always been identified witlls the mems clothing business in Water Q bury. 5 sg
 John Mullings was the founder ptsr the business, and his fame as a fash-a ionabie tailor was known up and 4 down the Naugatuck valley. For few years he was associated withS John w. Smith. who was afterwards s identified with the insurance business
 under the firm name of Smith & Root. Mullings and Smith did business for a., long time in the small frame build < ing which stood where the Apothecar- z ies hall now stands, easily the high- x est building in the city. From there ! Mir Mullings moved to the HotchkisS. block, afterwards called Irving hall.
 and known now as Platt block. It. was where Dexter's drug store is, that s MT MulIings' tailor shop was. He
 was the first tenant in that store. -, From 1870 to 1877 he did business in { that place and then moved to thes Baldwin building on Bank street, nnws owned by N. J. Welton, and called <, the Welton building, standing directly ' opposite Center street. While there Mir Mullings took into partnership MT \ DeLeeuw, and the firm name was Mullings and DeLeeuw. But t4is < partnership did not last very long md the son, the present head Of the firm, was given an interest in the business. and it was conducted under the name, John Mullings and company. In 1&Ml the firm moved further down Bank street to it's present abode and thereA it has been flourishing ever since. ..
 In 1887 Mir Mullings' father retired from business and few years ago. soon after rebuilding on the ruins of <. the big fire, he gave his son a part nership, since when it has been known { as J. B. Mullings and Son.
 It is common talk among the men of the city that the annual sale which takes place at Mullings is genuine. \ One can depend upon what he buys there. It may be suit of clothes, c trunk, suit case, suit of boys clothes. hats. neckties, stockings and all the appurtenances of man and boy. every. thing that is sold is genuine. This an. nual sale is liable to take place at any period of the year. but it makes no difference when. the goods are the genuine thing just the same.
 The record of the house is the best. It could not otherwise have withstood the tempests of the business world. The label of the house on any article is the hall mark of standard quality. It is essentially a first class house for the goods it sells, and its ample stock covefs byer 10000 square feet3 The premises extend from Bank street to South Main, and the building is owned solely by Mir Mullngs. There is no trouble in buying goods at Null lings' for the man difficult to please, or who doesn't know precisely what he wants, will have no difficulty in being pleased at Mullings.