The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-02-26

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/ Marysville.
Colt Lumber News
| A kiss is peculiar proposition
| OF no use to one yet absolute
J bliss to tw o. To young girl,
| faith; to a married woman, hope;
and to an old maid, charity
Just received-a carload OF
cedar posts. Lengths from Y to
To-. Sizes from 3" to g.. Very
reasonable prices.
| Here's something to make one
think, not of course that it will
do any special good to do this
kind of thinking. If it costs one
cent to ride a thousand miles, a
trip around the world would cost
SIS; to the moon, $238; to the
sun, only $22500; but trip to
! the nearest star would cost
$3.50, 900, 100000 Whew!
"a 10 kiln-dried SPRUCE
beveled siding is now in stock.
All clear and excellent stock.
Will take paint better than red
wood or pine.
Mistress: You know, l suspect
my husband is flirting with his
stenographer,"
Maid: Il don't believe it,
You're just saying it to make me
jealous"
As the paint season approaches
we want to remind you of our
paint service. We carry one of the
largest stocks of paint in this
part of the country. Take varnish
for instance. We carry many diff
ferent kinds as follows: dull fin
ish. satin finish. trim varnish.
floor varnish. a medium priced
called utility varnish. isx differ
ent colors of colored varnish.
ground color. marine spar warn
ish. linoleum varnish. two cheap
varnishes where a filler is re-
quired. PlastiKote where a high
gloss surface is required not sub
ject to great abrasion. two kinds
of one-coat floor finish. Ceraseal
and Bruce. as well as orange and
white shellac. Rez and other typ
es of wood filters as well as a full
line of stains to be applied ahead
of varnish. A comparatively large
stock of other paints are kept at
all times. If you have never
learned the extra convenience of
using paint mixed on our paint
shaker we invite you to try it. II
mixes it thoroughly and at no
charge. of course.
Some of the girls have dis
covered that sweater is like
life-you get out of it only what
you put in it.
We have excellent 6" fir or 8"
yellow pine barn siding. Both
kiln dried in either clear or No. Q
grade.
Doing nothing is the most tire
some job in the world, because
you can't quit and rest.
We have managed to maintainI
good stock of glass despite the
continual shortage. All sizes in
stock.
The fellow who wakes up and
find himself famous hasn't been
so sound asleep as you may think
he has.
We are still making combina-
ton doors with. the exclusive
feature of metal to wood fit at
the position of panel insertion at
no extra charge. Amy size avail
able on short notice if not in
stock.
Willie's father was an advertis-
ing man. This didn't, contrary to
general opinion, prevent his en-
couraging religion in Willie. Off
TO Sunday School went Willie
every Sunday.
One day he carried home some
beautifully illustrated cards and
upon being asked what they
were Willie said, "Oh, just
couple ads about heaven"
We have been asked many
times and consequently will stick
our neck out. 1t is our opinion.
confirmed by many in a better
position to know. that building
costs will not lower appreciablY
during the calendar year at least.
IncidentlY. the increase over
1887 prices of many building it.
ems has not risen over rs percent
or slightly more. A great deal of
the rise in many items is due di-
rectlY to til e increased freight
rate. There are many things. of
course. not all of which are car
ried by retail lumber yards.
which we would like to see de.
crease in price.