St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 January 1887 — Page 2

ixxxi HI WILL A. EWOLeC Entered at the \YakertOn Postoflice as second-class mail matter. SUBSCRIPTION’: For One Year 81.50 For Six Months For Three. Months .30 XA blue mark across this notice show that yourterm of subscription to this pap has expired. We respectfully solicit a continuance of votir patronage, and trust that you will notify US promptly as to your intentions in the matter. We can not give longer time than six months on subscriptions. Those who have not paid in adVance will please bear thw in mind. W. A. ENDLEY, Pvbmsher. WALKERTON, IND., JAN. I, 1887 A HOLIDAY PEEP INTO OTHER FOLKS’ BUSINESS, AND THE SAME EXPOSED. [Continued.] Tom j. wolfe AND THE PIONEER CLOTHING STORE. This boy struck the town in ’69, slim as a blue-racer, and with but two hundred dollars of ready funds, and now weighs 240 pounds, and .has more money than some folks have hay. Tom came here for the purpose of practicing his profession, that of dentistry, which he did until July, .71, when he accepted a position as clerk in C. W. N. Stephens’ store. He clerked hard (?) until Oct. 1, ’76, when bis employer and he started the clothing store of which we are writing. Like the boy on the burning deck, (only, it is said, Tom ate more peanuts than th^ other boy did) Tom stuck steadily to his post, aud, as a result, the institution became one of the leading and most prosperous houses in Walkerton. In the memorable campaign of 1880, wheii the immortal James A. Garfield was elevated to the presidency, our Tom was elected to the state legislature, an event over which our citizens ware elated. For the first time in the history of Walkerton did its citizens put forward a candidate for a high place, who received anything like recognition. We have reference to the leading political parties. la March, ’B3, a couple of weeks' prior to the Stephans assignment, I Tom purchased his partner’s izfar.; / est in the clothing store and became sole proprietor. • The investment made when this establishment was started was thirty hundred and sixteen dollars, and the last estimate made of the value of this stock, four or fivel weeks ago, was twelve thousand । dollars. The house carries from i eight to ten thousand dollars worth ! of goods constantly. Ooe other thing that may be , truly said of this concern; viz,: that it allows no other establish-t -—ment of its kind to undersell it one j penny, at home or abroad. » And now to briefly recapitulate-: We now fiad the once slim Tom with but two hundred dollars in his pocket ami a pair of second hand tooth-forceps, wandering from home and alone in this heartless world, seeking a location, com- ‘ fortably situated herein Walker-, ton, weighing two hundred and j forty pounds—-16 ounces to every : one of them—with, as we have ; above remarked, more money than some folks have hay, with the ■ “Honorable” prefixed to bis name,' and last but not least, with seven bright intelligent, handsome ones who call him “dad,” to urge aud cheer him on and on to perhaps still greater fame and more glory. But the cause of the brilliant success of this institution, and the faculty of downing all opposition, : does not reside wholly in the■ fat and heavy-weight proprietor. There is a faithful, com- ■ petent aud judicious light- i weight, who has been connected with this establishment from its in- 1 cipiency, to whom great credit is I a due. The faithful Noah Rens- J berger, to whom we now refer, has i many true friends, and but few. if I any. enemies. He is an excellent salesman, and is said to be the best judge of clothing ever in Walkerton. f One other thing before submitting Mr. Rensburger’s case to this intelligent jury, and that is. when Noah tells you that the best part is wool and it’s a yard wide, you can confidently rely upon it. He never, never claims that the button holes are all wool.

THE J. ENDLEY DRUG AND GROCERY STORE. In the fall of ’Bl Mr. Endley purchased a small stock of drugs of Dr. H. A. Woodworth which invoiced about $335, and sailed into business with the mortar and pestle. Being centrally and well located, ami a sort of a genial genius, possessing a faculty of favorably impressing his customers, be has from that day to this enjoyed a fair share of the drug trade of this community. He had just two hundred dollars to invest in his little venture at the time of the purchase, and no other resources whatever, and uow his stock of drugs, groceries, notions, jewelry, etc., etc., amounts to between twentyfive hundred aud three thousand dollars, besides real estate valued at two thousand dollars, all of which is clear of incumbrance, j This room is neatly fitted up, I painted in modern style, is sixtyfeet deep, aud well filled. Joe is a practical chap aud gets ; a handsome salary for going to Sunday-school. At this establishment may be seen a collection of i curiosities unique in Walkerton,!

coins of foreign countries of autique date, etc. Thia house solicits but a fair share of your patronage. Thus eudelhthis chapter. ELIRENBBW&R . AND HIS FAMILY GROCERY STORE. • In 1871 Mr. Rensberger, in partnership with his father, established a meat market in this place, and cut ritd on the business sixteen months, after which Eli accepted a clerkship with C. W. N. Stephens and continued as such until September, *Bl, when he launched out in business for himself. He invested four hundred dollars in his little grocery. Some believed the little enterprise would be a fizzle, and ‘others believed Eli would get there, the predictions of the latter crowd being- correct, for Eli is getting there, and don! you forget it. He now carries a I stock of twelve consisting of HLe cG^g&sLj^e juf gi oceri es, a 'com ware, including..alltints, etc, qbeefisware of modem pattern, aud in f^ct everything pertaining to bis line that ou6 could expect to fiad in an institulion of 1.8 kin I in a town even Liger than Walkerton. -Hie growing trade demanded mure room aud he therefore added twenty feet this season to bis alrea iv commodious room, the same being now eighty feet in depth. Perfect order and a complete sys- ! tematic method of doing business • rules at this neat, clean, well and : tastily arranged headquarters for [ grub. As to the man himself, Lu is a social, genial and accommodating gentleman, aud to know him is to like him. The Independent herewith sends New Year’s greeting. DRUB A KER & GRIDER AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. Here we find two st nicy ex-farm-ers, uut with their hair parted in the middle and pasted down on their foreheads, no dude-bottom or highwater pantaloons and a nickel cane, but plain, honorable, ju dicious, fail-dealing gentlemen, and both chock full of day’s works, just such men as the good, straight, plain farmer, the back bene of the country, likes to deal with. Brubakei and Grider succeeded the old war-horse,Sam Hudelmyer, April 1, ’BS. • The stock invoiced four thousand 1 and six hundred dollars, and now j rounds up at five thousand. These genl lemon have a very I fair selected stock, consisting ol dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, notions, aud everything usually found in a genera] store. They claim that their trade is, if any I hit g, increasing. They occupy a room ti led up in modem style, seventy five fret deep. . They are solid financially and there is no monkey-business about them. They aim to deal fairly and squarely with everybody, aud sell as cheap as they can and have a living margin.’ 'they authorize The Inde pendent to return their thanks to this community for their liberal patronage, and solicit a continuance of the same.

THE UHEFKESB IBLE J. WILLIS COTTON AND HIS MAMMOTH AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM. You can’t down J. Willis Cotton, fur keeps. He has been downed, more than once, and on the ragged edge of despair, but always retrenches and works the harder. Early in 1875 this remarkable young man, without a dollar of capital engaged in selling Chase's receipt book, and worked dilligently for a space of nearly two years, when he bed accumulated fifteen hundred dollars in cash clear of all incumbrances. Scarcely a family in all this section of the country bad been left without bring supplied with this useful little book by this ambitious young man. This field of labor having been well and thoroughly exhausted, he cast about fur bom.’thiog more to j do, for to have lain idly by would j have been < qua! to confinement in prison, to him, aud ha launched into the sewing mi chine trada. A i brief period in this new field—about eighteen mouths—found bis ex- i chequer increased four hundred . dollars, making his capital now । j amount to nineteen hundred doli lars in cash. This is a somewhat, i remarkable achievement for a boy 1 i who starts without a dollar to ac-j complish iu a space of but a little I more than three yccis. r.ml that by ■ selling a little receipt book. ‘iKt l of book agents would have been ; shot so full of holes that they couldn’t have heir} dhay before achicMng such brFiu«nt results. Our subject now •.cpnccivea the ( idea that he must iq^i’^e^ier fur ! bigger game. His iMfn now reeled ' with the idea of inv< n'.iuD. H? . therefore invented a stamping ma- j chine fur stamping all sorts of! metal checks, carriage end buggy plates, etc. He, as dual! othei inventors, labored assiduously, day and nighty and, mechaukaliy, made a complete success. But just at this important juncture, when 'fame, : gkuy. aud a foitune was cTj^wpiUg ^s a rect mpsuse for hi* ^abbrs, be aroused from his semi comatose invention spell w hich Lad been of about one year’s duration, Ito find Lis nineteen hum’red dul- • krs exhausted end himself in- । vo’v.eG for u sum of euVcnteen hunj died more, for t.;e’-‘>^euiiiy of which be had given' lh-> best ; names iu ibis section,tae prim i cipal and not a dod^peft. This was one of the ragged edges which we spoke in iho beginning. But you can’t down J. Willis Cotton, for keeps. A few light conj vuh ions, nervous twiiebings as a | result of tue above spell, Were soun under the uuutiul of increased doses of tobacco smoke, at.d away dusked our irrepressible, heels over turnip patch again into business. The seventeen hundred dollars i above mentioned, have been by 1 him liquidated, interest aud prio- : cipal, i nd at a hundred cents on tue d< Ear. Mr. Colton now occupies anti owns, io Lis owu name, a business building fiftv-six hv &lxty-fix tert, with a basemect under about one hai'. and almost the entire building, upstairs and dowustairs, being used as store-rooms for reapers, mowers aud binders, carrie.gee, buggies, wagons, plows, cultivators, barrows, (bills, sewing machines, aud all implement supplies. His sales lest year amounted to eleven theusand dollars, or very nearly that. He holds more than enough negotiable paper to pay all indebtedness. He claims that light is aghin dawning aud a clear sky with a fair sailing breeze is iu the near future once more lor him. Nobody, more than the Independent, wishes our irrepressible J. Willis Cotton abundant success. (Continued next week.) ’ SIOO A WEEK. Ladies or gentlemen desiring pleasant profitable employment write at once. We wart you to nundle an article of domestic use that RECOMMENDS ITSELE to e:ery one at sight- A 1*6,82 AS ui.. Sells like hot cakes. Profits 300 per cent. Families wishing to PRAC ! iLh ECONOMY should for their own benefit write for particulars. Used everyday the yc'ur round in every househould. Price within reach of all. Circulars free. Agents receive Ji AMPf^E FREE. Address l>on:<Mile MTg Co., MARION, Olli u.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS. CiROVERTOWNReportedby the Independent's tlnrrespondent. The Independent pave its many readers a surprise in the way of color last week and the supplement was immense. Almost 400 people at the Christmas tree on last Friday evening, who thought there were so many people arouud here. Quite a Christmas dinner at Mike Wescber on Christmas day. Every person there seemed to enjoy themselves and the crowd was not small by any means. There were 36 persons prosent. Wonder if the Staike County Enterpriee gut tbe turkey and onions it has been wanting for so long Sunday school organization at this place next Sunday; all cume out that can. Alph Myers is the happy father of a bouncing baby bov. The Christmas tree at this place was a grand success. The only trouble was tbe bouse was too small to accommodate the large crowd. Wonder what makes Bill Myers move so briskly. Possibly on account of that girl putting in an appearance Christmas day. Over 1,000 presents on the Christmas free at this place. Who said it would be a fizzle? The citizens of this place and vicinity are talking of erecting a church building Lur- 1 . LA PAS. Reported by Ibe independent n A'orrespc cadent. B. M. Seybold spent Christmas <at Bryan, O . John Halt is spelling the holidays with relatives iu Ohio. Mr. Forest Ritter and family, of South Bend, are visiting relatives and frit-Dps iu this community. Mr. Elmer Cbaltant aud wife (Mise Lolo Stockman) are vi.-iting ?ii’. C. I l '. Stockman during bolifa’ v. As this c< n-dilutes tlnir wedding tour, we wi. b thr-m a happy future. Wo thauk the I: - . Lpf-n ’er: for the Christmas present wi* f. uud inclosed in i - issue of Dec 25 The Christ was tree at Miss Wa tier's School-house CLrietmus eve, was a grand success, Byron Shirk, ot Plymouth, was up to LaPaz Chri-itiuas uiib bi* best giil. Well, Byrpn, we thiuk Betiie i» a model yming woman. ORECIOA II EMS. Reported by the Independents Cornu spundent. -The people ot Üb-egon all have good h“ult h ami euj >ved Ulpisima-t with a good snow aud plenty ot turkeys and oysters.. Miss Lizz:e Aad< rson sp-o/ Christmas wnh her muiber, Mi.-. Cynlhia Sayers. Mrs. Ashley, from Cincinnati, 0., is spending holidays wk h her ; parents, Mr. ami Mis. lx pool. Mr Louis Phillips had the fowl (.dressed ready io roast, and being afiaid some one would help to eat it took it to Clark’*, near Liberty, and there d, voured the fowl, came home licking his chops, said he bad a splendid roast. James C. Dipert tried bis fine । team last Sunday. Jim know* I how to sleigh-ride; he hangs hi* i arms over the dash and tbe lines an md his girl. .Mr John Gayh ; 1 is home from Kansas aud will return in March wi h a better-half. Her name is Rachael. Samuel Kootuz j.- is trading his Marshall county farm for a stocx of goods, to open up in \\ alkerton Mr. Peter Baum caught some nice fish through tbe ice Christmas, Mr, Seagreaves has quite a normal at Hamlet, to teach the boys to play flipper, etc. Mr. John Mason knows the value of a good paper, and now takes the Independent; he also expect* to do a good business with his saw mill. Mr. J. W. Williams bad a fin - yearling booked to death, NEW YEAR'S PLEDGE. “Make a pledge to God and man That from bad habitayou will abstain, And by the close of another year, Not one of them there will remain. Stick to your pledge with all your might And let it not be broken; Don’t try awhii then stop and say: ‘Oh, I was only jok’n.’ ” ISLAAO ITEMS. Reported by the lich prndent s Correspon den!. School commences neX’ Monday. R< b Dare is taking iu the sights at Stillwell. Mrs, Geo. Cook spent'Chiistma/ at LakeviOel - > 5 Mr Robert Robison is preparing to build a house in the spring. Tine Christmas tree and eutertaiumeut was well pat ionized.

Miss Ida Dare and brother, of LaPorte, are visiting with Miss Mary Weller. Mrs. Eliza Kreiger, nee Blaine, of White Pigeon, Mich, are visiting tn the Islam). Mrs. yu*an Cunningham, nee Mull, is visiting with relatives aud friends on the Lland. West Smith brought home three turkeys from the raffling match at Stillwell. West knows bow tu do ’em up. Mr. Weller lost a duck while in town. Can’t think where it went to, unless it got into the Independent office. Pete. TIMER CITY. Reported by the Independent Correspondent. This town is blessed wit b a good sleighing as any town, though it’s but a little village, and strange to say it has Home queer folk* iu it. Christmas is past aud neither oysters nor turkey graced our table, but if nothing happens we will have more than a gL.-s of ci-L r on New Years,, if we get where uysters aie to be had, or we Jims our guess. Dir. M.’lner and wife and cm le dropped in ou Mrs. Grube fast Saturday, or rather Christa h, they being a sister, brother-in-law, and uncle to Mrs. G. Claude Black aud wif ’, ( c IlEnoi:<, we»t visiting their pnents here. Mr. Black is an operator. Messrs. Rumsey it Koch, th^ noted pump-drivers have mutr.aliv di: solved partneii hip. Mr. R ;iusey is cuuduo/'rg tbe business aloi.e aud we dare say that he nn derstanda Lis trade, tor in severui instances lie succeeded ii g-tii.)., good water where others failed, and that cannot be said of every pump-driver. Mr. Wilcox and Mr. Boone, both of this town, expect to get a pen sion hood, according to all jeports, and they are both deserving. The Walkerton Independent has changed its color to a beautiful rose lint. May it ever prosper as it deserves, fur it is glowing better : nd better each is-m-^ ni i la*t Sui, m ’ay there was a Christinas treai in i'i an ' -L is tLi.t ; .. m..y fac.sase iiicuk. < u - thousand f..; ]. f.r. Ford, our ihreetnog inachine tnau tn ' wood snwycr, now t .Ikr ui putting n new suw-will in operation in this town ere 'eng. Hepurted hy Ibc lntl« p mh aIA < urrcspouGi n *. Happy New Year to all. Winter has ariived in dead earnest . Those of you who have heavy hauling to <h» had best take ad\an (age of the tine sleighing. Miss Alice R-usberg.-r, -4 Lakeville, speiii a f'W ifays (,f hist week with IliemL and rei-tives in tbivicinity. Services were hdd by R-v. <l. hihle’ori ndt at Mount Wimm *chool-hou*e on last Sunday. He addressed an excellent sermon to a large and appreciative congrega lion. Mure anon. Cease The Walkerton Independent wm printed last week on pink tinted paper and contained a nut supplement. The Indefkmdent ought t<ii>e weH s.ij^w.rted as it is working tooth ami toe nail tor the best interests of Walkerton. —luil’orte Argus. I mlies cl ’.lie second rank of ivvahv in Englanc lead very dull and htnildrum lives. They are’ too high to find equals in society; they must be surrounded with :t certain ’degree of state and ceremony; they have their people-in-waiting: everybody courtesies or kotows to them. But this is the extent of their grandeur. Their incomes are not to be compared with the revenues of the nobility; their jewels and toilets arc inferior to the trappings of many of the ladies who wait on them; they have no great estates or mansions even, but must put up with apartments in some half deserted palace, ami the sjiectaele they present of impoverished royalty is pitiable rather than dignified. The nation grudges them their allowance, and threatens not to support their children. 'The climate of Cuba is much move variable than is generally supposed. A letter from Havana says that one .lay last spring the mercury fell from 85 or 87 to 62, a cold north wind prevailing, and summer apparel was insufficient for comfort. High winds prevail, especially in the afternoon, and a fine, impalpable dust is driven along the streets and into the houses. ^The changes are frequent, and the climate is decidedly enervating to a ’stranger. A very little walk fatigues one excessively. Not one-quarter as much exercise can be taken as in the Northern United States. Many persons suffer from bad colds, if the thermometer drops a few degrees a Cuban will wear his hat in the house and button his coat and look as if he expected to be frozen. On the other hand, a stranger in Havana does not dare to walk in the sun during the heat of the day. — • — Amherst students tried to break up the performance of a theatrical troupe in that village. They guved the actors, threw beans on the stage, blew fish horns, and yelled in chorus. The manager Ordered a policeman to arrest a student. This was attempted, and tho students made a rush to rescue their fello^ The manager sailed in with a chair and a club. An old negro took a haffd, yelling, “I’m over sixty years old, but I'll take care of any four of you-”. Several citizens also took part, aneb when the fight was over the students were so badly used- up that they didn’t even dare to give genuine applause.

Bankrupt Stock Having bought (of the creditors) I the entire stock of Clothing, Hats Gaps, Gloves, Mittens, Jewelry’ satchels, and Gents’ Furnishin Goods, recently owned by Dr. H. A Woodworth, and sold by the UNITED STATES^MARSHAL in Walkerton, October the 9th. I will sell the same at 25 Per Cent. Discount! Gome with CASH, and get bargains, as I will trust no man. T. J. Wo'fb. WHlfs Cotton, WALKERTON, IND., SELLS Studebaker One and Two-Horso WAGOJSTS and B u g’ g i es» xsiscsll Improved Cinlled and Steel Plows Fairiield and Toledo Chilled and Steel PlowsROLLER GRAIN DRILLS. SUPERIOR HOE AND SHOE DRILLS, PICKET WIRE FENCi? MADE 10 ORDER, AND READY MADE, FROM 40c tu Csc PER ROD. Sewing- Machines AND SUPPLIES. Machine Oils, CHAMPION I!(ai4 . lg Md - *At Ji 7 ILj A t * WH EEi.BARROWS & ROAD SCR AI EKSS© E« Ross db 0g 9? • DEALER in GEHESAL Zi ABEWA I s ^ Stoves, Glass, Sash, Door Blinds of all kinds, Wood and Iron Pumps, Tinware, Oils, PAINTS ”“ U “ lm “ d * had «- In act everrthics found in a first-eass Hardware Stere. PRICES Low as ‘