The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-01-24
THE STORY OF ECONOMY.


consists of father. mother and three chill
dren, all of whom excepting, OF course. the
mother, are working and earning. This So
ciety has a treasury, consisting of an old
collar box with the cover glued on and slit
cut in the top. Into this box the different
members of the family drop their changean
pennies, nickels and dimes, which would
otherwise be frittered away, are thus col
lected and nobody is the loser. Whenever
some Improvement in the house is desired,
such as purchasing of draperies. rugs, ETC..
TO beautify the home the society holds
meeting and a committee OF two is appoint
ed with full power to act. The treasury is
then drawn upon to pay the bill. Once it
occurred to them that in addition to making
provisions for the above mentioned i'm
provement, and in fact concerning the pur-
chase of any and all things which was
needed for the purpose of living, they
should appoint committee which would
thoroughly investigate as to all the various
places where their savings would have the
most purchasing power, or IN other words
where they could get first. the most cOurte-
goods at the least possible expense. The
committee upon thorough investigation
found that Dutch Brothers at 81 Main street,
were practically the only grocery dealers of
whom they could purchase their groceries
to their financial advantage, and so they re-
solved that they should continue to buy
their groceries of Dutch Brothers.
Last spring about house cleaning time
they discovered (as any family may when
cleaning hOuSe) that they needed new
carpet and a few other things, the lack of
which had been before passed unnoticed,
but considering the imprObability of being
able to buy all things which they needed, to
amount (as they thought) to buy carpet,
and so they went to Spencer & Eaton where
they found to their surprise that with
the money which they had appropriated
and very little additional they were able
to buy all the things which they need
IN their parlor. They then resolved that
they should continue to go to Spencer &
Eaton when in need of furniture, as the re-
suit of their investigation proved that that
was the place to buy it, Once they came to
the conclusion that the method which they
had adopted to find the right place to buy,
was not altogether satisfactory, as it took
too much time before they were able to
flndthe right place, because they visited
nearly every store of the kind every time
they intended to purchase, and so they de-
clded 10 devote one or two days if it should
NC HoCeSsdI w VlSlIllS dill LIE STORES IN
town and by so doing they would know
where they could trade to their financial
advantage.
This they started to do one Monday morn
ing, visiting all stores and making in
qulrles as to the prices of different articles
and also taking particular notice of the
manner in which they were treated, and
after nearly two days of thorough canvass
the committee made the following report:
We,the undersigned, latter thoroughly inves-
tigating as to the right places to buy, or in
9th words where we could get the best
and the most for our savings, concluded
that when buying meats we shall 20 to the
Central Market, as Mr.. Smith is very courte-
Gus, keeps the meat always fresh; the rea-
son for which is that he buys often and his
prices are the lowest of any market which
we visited.
In looking for the place to buy clothing
and all sorts OF gents furnishings we found
that Mr. Henry Staples of II Main street is
the on man of whom we can buy the best
up-to-date clothing and neckwear at the
least possible expense. He is also yery
willing to exchange goods which are not
satisfactory if they are returned within a
reasonable length OF time.
Lookingover the stock of the 'sBefast
Paint and Paper Company" we found that
wall paper, window glass, paint and cleo
trlcal supplies could be bought at the most
reasonable prices Imaginable. They are
very accommodating and they have cOmpe-
tent men for paper hanging, painting, glass
setting and also for electrical wiring, etc.
therefore we most confidently recommend
them to do our paper hanging this coming
spring.
When at Reads Machine Works we found
that in addition to having machine work
done we can buy all kinds of locks, sewing
machine supplies, have keys fitted promptly
and the best of all at very surprisingly low
prices.
Fruit, confectionery, cigars, tobacco and
smokers supplies can be bought cheaper at
Shiro's on Phoenix Row than any other
place of the kind in town. Their place is
always clean and their goods are first class
and we wish to mention that we were very
cordially treated when in this place even
though we did not purchase.
Going out of Shiro's we went in Ernest
Burgess Lunch Room for which the name of
Il first class "Restaurant" would be more
appropriate as like such it seems in ap-
pearance. There we had lunch which
was as good as a good dinner and for which
we expected to pay the price OF a good din
charged with only 80 cents for the two,
therefore we respectfully recommend Bur-
CESS Restaurant as the place to go when
hungry and away from home.
We have also decided that when we want
taior-made clothes we shall patronize the
OttuuCu ANU lIlse COlilpdUN Oh winch ME-,
=. b. Bucklin is manager. He is an up-to-
date tailor and is patronized by a good
many business men of Belfast who highly
recommend his good work. His prices are
without doubt the lowest of any tailor in
this county.
In looking for the place to have clothing
cleansed, pressed and repaired we found
after thorough investigation that F. G.
Splnney is the only man who can do that
work sklllfully and satisfactorily. Having
worked In the very best shops in the State,
he guarantees satisfaction, delivers the
work free and his prices are very reason
able, therefore we concluded to go to Spin
At Elisha Sherman'S Barber Shop we
found that while his prices were no lower
than others, yet his work is worthy of
praise. He has in his employ a well known
artist Everett S. Brown, formerly
OF BOSTON, who is member of the Inter-
national BARRIERS Union and has worked
in the South Union Station barber shop in
Boston which is considered one of the best
shops in the country. He has record for
shaving man in four minutes and is an
expert hair cutter, therefore we shall not
hesitate to go to him when we want a good,
quick shave.
We wish to take this opportunity to say
that at last we succeeded in finding the
man, who in fact is the only one in the CITY
who makes speciality of filing the we'll
known Champion Tooth Saw, which we
had been meeting with so much difficulty in
getting filed, therefore we are glad to know
that MIR. James Aborn, the expert saw filer,
can file our saw to our complete satsfac-
lion. He can be found in the Mixer Block,