The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-02-07

from the back woods, one day,
and got the worst of it in looks at
least. He got a nice little bay
mare, good willing worker, but
it had no hair on it's tail. 1t look
ed like July rabbit and of course
was poor trading stock. But its
hard to do Nose. There was an
old horse died in the neighbor-
hood and it had an unusual
amount of tail. Nose didn't do u
thing but "looked up the dead
boss" and clip the hair off the
tail and tied on the stub of the
rabbit" plated in and knotted
it up with baby ribbon and took
it to Lancaster, suburb of Logan,
where there was number of un-
sophisticated traders; traded off
to a tender foot, got a good horse
and $4,000 to boot. Nose is Just
as able to administer to your wants
in the livery business as he is to
skin you in "hoss trade" and
he has very lucrative business.
In the mercantile way Rock
bridge in immensely prepared.
There are two first class general
stores, able to meet every conciev-
able demand.
Matthias q Stoughton have a
two-story structure filled from eel
lar to garrett with dry goods, no
tions, clothing, boots and shoes,
stoves, farm machinery, etc. The
goods are of the latest patterns
and of the most prevailing ideas
and color. The machinery mod
ern in every detail, and the grocer.
les the best the market affords.
They also buy and sell country
produce, ties posts, etc. In addi-
tion to their store rooms up and
down stairs, 20x60, they have
side room as a ware room of equal
dimensions. They also have
commodious implement room ad-
jacent and have contracted for
an out ware room 2Ox32. This
firm does an immense business,
having last year, run over $25, 900.
They are both, genial gentlemen,
courteous and accommodating
and are honored and respected by
every resident of the village.
F. E. Comstock has an immense
stock of general merchandise.
The main room is just simply
crowded with desirable goods,
good honest goods, with the prices
that move them and quality that
induce you to come again. There
are dry goods and notions in pro-
fusion, mems supplies, ladies' sup
plies, boots, shoes, rubbers, etc
A large and varied stock of grocer
les. always fresh and clean. The
side room is occupied by kitchen
furniture, produce and such and
is full to overfowing. 1t is
modern market in every sense of
the word and is immensely pat
roniZed. Frank Comstock is an
business man, honest,
genial, accommodating and en-
joys the respect of the entire COM
j. E. Barron, our newly elected
County Commissioner, has lunch
counter and ice cream parlor and
does fine business. "Tobe" en-
Joys the respect and confidence of
the community in which he lives,
and if the recent vote is any in
dication, the whole county. At
present Mr.. Barron is engaged at
Greendale and his business is in
charge of his clerk, Mr.. Frank
Matthias, a very efficient and de-
pendable clerk.
j. G. Huls has an ice cream par
lor and serves all kinds of lunch,
hot and cold, and got up in the
finest style known to the culinary
art. He has all the business
he can handy attend to and in
,reases with time. He is one of
Rockbridge's enterprising and
progressive citizen, and is very
active in public affairs.
George Lehman is the only
'onsorial artist in the village. He
has just about all he can attend
20 and can skin man as scienti-
ically as the oldest. He is GER
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