Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1886 — A Mender of Clothes. [ARTICLE]

A Mender of Clothes.

“When well-to-do men fail to die without leaving property, their families are often compelled,” said a lady conspicuous in charitable work, “to do something to help themselves. This is very hard for women who have been trained up in idleness. Some teach music and others teach school, but those ways of earning a living are already overcrowded. As for domestic service, it is simply impossible to make living wages at it I have known of women who made money by preparing cakes and preserves. Many uaint plaques, Christmas cards, and make other fancy articles, but they are hurt by the competition of women who do the same thing without the necessity of earning money, and who are willing therefore to sell for almost any price. 1 know of one practical young woman who supports herself in a singular way. She does the mending for a number of families. She is proficient in darning and in other ways of repairing clothing, and she makes visits at regular intervals and repairs all the clothing that needs repairing.” —New York Sun. Justice Chitty, of London, was recently trying a case when a large pV<- • of plaster fell from the ceilii; c u; on the canopy under which he was sih. hi;-. “Fiat justitia. mat cod uni,” he exclaimed, and went on with t.,e trial.

Duri g the present week Frank Metz on charge of drunk, and Hat tie Wilbur and Mary Wilson on charge of prostitution, were jailed. You can get a bargain in glass and queens ware at the “Chicago Fair,” in Rensselaer. The proprietor, Mr. Eisner, wishes to make room for a large stock of clothing. Ralph Fendig has just returned from a purchasing trip to Chicago. In a few days he will o'>en out an extensive and entirely new stock of dry goods, notions, etc., to which he invi 4 es the attention of his friends. They will be sold cheap for cash. Tinware at The Chicago Fair, at half price.

Special Invitation! —Everybody is respectfully invited to call and price my goods, and I will guarantee that out of every 25 customers 24 will be bound to buy of me, as I have reduced my entire stock to such prices that they will feel constrained to purchase unloss they have m*ney to throw away.— I mean business, and am determined to secure,.by the above method, new friends. Do not be misled, but come at once and convince yourselves of the truth of this statement. Very respectfully,

A. LEOPOLD.

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