Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1907 — Letter to Mr. Wm. Murray. [ARTICLE]

Letter to Mr. Wm. Murray.

* Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Sir. Two years ago the estate of the late Congressman Scott, of Erie, Pa,, painted 24 RollingMill houses one coat Devoe at a saving of 11 per cent for paint (lead-and oil was after the job.) That’s how the tale reads. We infer what really happened. The buyer, as usual, went by the cost of paint; get bids. Lead-and-oil bid low and guessed the quantity low; the saving was only 11 per cent. Nobody seems to have thought of this; the painting costs two or three times as much as the paint. How much did we save on the paintingY Dont know. The tale ends with this: We often refer inquiries to those house for wear of Devoe.

That’s a good enough story; but nobody knows what it is. Onr only difficulty is want of paint-in-telligence* Yours truly F. W. Devoe & Co., New York and Chicago. B. F. Fendig sells our paint.

The No»thern Indiana Volunteer Firemen’s Association will hold., their next annual tournament hr. Valparaiso and will be held on August 15th next. The next annual meeting of the association will, also be held in Valparaiso some--time in March, 1908.