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Points of Interest

ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS

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COOK & HILLS, ™

DEALERS IN

Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods.

AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS.

MANUFACTURERS AND REPAIRERS OF UMBRELLAS.

Nos. 359 to 365 Main Street.

TN the diy-goods trade special enterprise and ability always tell. Competition in this branch of business is particularly keen — the
more so in a city of the size and importance of Hartford. The goods themselves are so often dependent upon the whims 01
fashion that none but a wide-awake dealer is able to keep abreast of the times. But what seems exceedingly difficult to one
is easily accomplished by another who sets about it in the right way. Messrs. Cook & Hills have found no difficulty in meeting
the discriminating requirements of the people of Hartford. With a very intimate knowledge of the dry-goods trade in all its branches,
and prepared by long experience and special aptitude for meeting all competition, it is not at all surprising that, during the years in
which they have been in business in this city they should have taken a place in the front rank of the responsible and representative
business men of Hartford. This is the oldest dry-goods establishment in this city, having been founded seventy-two years ago by-
Mr. Reuben Langdon, who was succeeded by his son under the firm name of Joseph Langdon & Co. The present firm, consisting of Messrs.
C. W. Cook and C. S. Hills, having grown up in the business, succeeded to the control about twelve years ago. The prei"'
occupied are located at Nos. 359-365 Main Street, and comprise a fine store 70 x 120 feet in size with basements. Kin-
given to fifty experienced assistants, and a well-selected and extensive assortment of foreign and domestic dry goods if
are also manufacturers and repairers of umbrellas. Their prices are very reasonable, and bargains may be obtai'-
Both members of the firm are natives of Hartford, and widely and favorably known.

MAIN AND PRATTS STREETS.

Brown, Thomson & Company,

DRY GOODS,

380, 398, 400, 402 Main Street.

* I ^HIS leading house "has been established for a quarter of a century, and although one of the original partners, Mr. Brown, is
-*- deceased, the name of the firm has been unchanged from the start. The present partners are Messrs. Jas. M. Thomson,
George A. Gay, William Campbell and Harry B. Strong. The new store premises are undoubtedly the most elegant and modernly
equipped of the kind in the State, allowing an extremely large amount of space on the ground floor, consisting of the entire first
story of the Cheney Building, at 3S0, 398, 400 and 402 Main Street, with a frontage on Main Street of 90 feet, and extending back
150 feet. It affords a half of an acre for the immense displays of new goods handled by this house. The Cheney Block with its
magnificent frontage and facades of red Connecticut sandstone is too familiar a landmark on Main Street to need any elaborate
description. The constant expansion of the business required the addition of an "Annex" in 1890, 70x200 feet in dimensions,
and in the spring of 1894 they came into possession of the famous Bee Hive store, which they connected with their annex by a
further addition of 50 x 50 feet, comprising four floors. A very attractive feature of the main store is that the immense stock is all
displayed on one floor, and is thus exceptionally convenient for examination and purchase. The firm handle a very extensive retail
trade, undoubtedly the largest in this part of the State, and with few rivals in New England. They are large importers, and are
constantly receiving new and elegant goods. They have made low prices a part of their business, and have the well-earned reputation
of offering a larger amount for the money than can be obtained this side of New York. Besides the general dry-goods stock, they
handle cloaks and suits, ladies' and children's shoes, millinery, carpets, furniture, boys' clothing, gent's furnishings, cut flowers
and candies. They have also special lines of household goods, baby carriages, toys and novelties at prices which command the
popular trade. In the balcony of their annex building is a spacious restaurant where a lunch can be had at any hour of the day.
This, with the advantages of pleasant waiting and toilet rooms, makes their big store a delightful place for the shoppers, and the
sensible housewives of this section of the State make regular pilgrimages to this Mecca of all retail purchasers, and the highest
testimony to the superiority of the store will be given by its thousands of regular customers. Mr. Jas. Thomson, the senior member
of the firm, is one of the oldest merchants of Hartford, and has been closely associated with its important interests throughout the
most progressive period in its history.

MAIN STREET.

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"LTARTFORD has long been noted as the commercial centre of the beautiful and prosperous
Connecticut Valley, and the command of capital and well-defined energy and enterprise
of her merchants have enabled her to maintain this supremacy successfully and perma-
nently. One of the leading and representative business men of the city is Mr. Joseph G. Lane,
who controls a large and growing trade as a wholesale dealer in liquors of both domestic and

foreign production. As a boy he entered the employ of Mr. J. W. Danforth, who began business

in 1834, and was one of the most prominent merchants of his time. By energy and marked

ability Mr. Lane won his way to the highest position in the house, eventually being admitted to

partnership with the founder under the firm name of J. W. Danforth & Co. After the death of

Mr. Danforth Mr. Lane assumed full control of the business, and the great prosperity it has

enjoyed during the past twenty years is the direct result of his individual efforts, his ability as a

merchant and his popularity as a man. The premises occupied at Nos. 222, 224 and 226 State

Street have a frontage of thirty feet and a depth of one hundred feet, four floors being utilized.

An immense stock of choice liquors, wines, brandies, etc., is carried — a specialty being made of

case goods, among which figure prominently "Old Crow," "Old Pepper," "Hermitage," "Belle

of Nelson" and other famous whiskeys. The house employs four assistants, Major Frank Cowles,

who has represented it on the road for the past thirty-one years, being popularly known throughout

the length and breadth of New England. This house is noted for the length of time its employees

stay — among whom we would mention Geo. S. Haskell, bookkeeper, twenty-eight years; Dennis

McAuliffe, porter, thirty years, and John Lynch, twenty-five years.

D. H. BUNNT& CO., Jewelers; Watch and Jewelry Re-
pairing; No. 175 Asylum Street. — It is annoying to lose your watch, but that
is the end of it. If you keep your watch, and your watch does uot keep time,
the annoyance stays right with you, and the only way to get rid of it is to take
the recalcitrant tirHepiece to somebody who knows how to put it in proper
order. Messrs. D. H. Blinn & Co., the well-known jewelers, of No. 175 Asylum
Street, make the repairing of watches a special aud important part of their
business. Their work is always conscientiously done, and can always be
depended upon, and their prices are most reasonable. They repair every kind
of watch, but make a feature of fine and complicated timepieces. The firm
are old-established, and enjoy a high reputation, not only because of the char-
acter of their work in the repairing of watches aud jewelry, but from the
superior quality and reliability of the stock they carry. They make a specialty
of watches and diamonds, and particularly of the quick-train Rockford watch,
which is especially adapted to the requirements of railroad men and travelers.
Their establishment at No. 175 Asylum Street is handsomely fitted and well
stocked, the space occupied being 20x50 feet in extent.

A. R. HUI,I,, Dealer in' All Kinds of iMeat, Poultry, Game,
Vegetables, Fruit, Fish, Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, Etc., No. 61 Market Street,
Opposite Foot of Kinsley Street. — The commercial advantages of Hartford have
brought men of enterprise and capital to establish themselves in our midst, and
nearly every branch of industry is here carried on vigorously. The establish-
ment located at No. 61 Market Street, opposite the foot of Kinsley Street, is
one of the oldest in the city, aud is now under the able management of Mr. A.
R. Hull, who has a thorough and practical knowledge of all its details, to which
he devotes his close personal attention, thus ensuring his customers every pos-
sible advantage to be obtained in the city. This market comprises one floor,
25x80 feet in size, which is well stocked with a choice selection of meats,
poultry, game, vegetables, fruit, fish, oysters, clams, lobsters, etc. The exten-
sive retail trade of this house requires the employment of a large force of
experienced assistants, and orders receive prompt attention, and goods are
delivered to all parts of the city. Popular prices prevail, and a very large trade
is catered to. Mr. Hull is well known, not only as a liberal buyer, but as a man
with whom business relations prove not only profitable, but pleasant and lasting.

H. F. CORNING & CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of
Harness ; Sole Agents for Fennell's Kentucky Horse Boots'; No. 83 Asylum
Street. — Economy is a virtue that is too apt to be practiced in the breach
rather than in the observance, the average buyer of goods of whatever descrip-
tion seeming to be possessed of the idea that in buying cheaply he is being
economical. Nothing could be further from the truth in most cases, since nine
times out of ten the cheapest goods are the poorest goods. Striking.examples
of this fact are to be found in harness, for, while good harness may at times be
cheap, cheap harness is never good. This seeming paradox is capable of ready
explanation. Good harness is cheap when it is sold at reasonable prices, while
no matter how cheap poor goods may be they are dear at any price. One of
the oldest and largest harness firms in Hartford, dealing ou both a wholesale
and retail scale, has made the high reputation it sustains through selling only
first-class goods at moderate prices. We refer to Messrs. H. F. Corning & Co.,
of No. 83 Asylum Street, manufacturers of, and wholesale and retail dealers in,
all kinds of harness. The present firm was organized in 1869, and succeeded
to the business established by Mr. Ralph Goodwin in 1S12, aud is therefore
entitled to the distinction of being the oldest house in its line in the city. They
have a large and convenient store, occupying two floors, each 30x110 feet in
dimensions, and carry an immense high-grade stock of horse goods of every
description, their average force of employees numbering eight. They have a
large trade in the New England States generally, and a particularly prosperous
local business. Their harness is all hand-made from pure oak leather, and
every other article in their stock is of equally high quality. Messrs. Corning
& Co. are sole agents for Fennell's celebrated Kentucky horse boots, and handle
the equally celebrated Burlington blanket, which is claimed to be the only
"stay-on" blanket in the market.

S. B. BOSWORTH, Granite Salt-Glazed Sewer-Pipe, Flue
Linings, Chimney Tops, Etc.; Manufacturer of Stone and Earthenware; Fac-
tory, Nos. 38, 40 and 42 Front Street. — The question of drainage is now regarded
as by far the most important affecting our modern city life, and must become
increasingly so with our steady advauce in population. A business house which
has for over a century been the pioneer and leader in this department of New
England and national trade is that conducted by Mr. S. B. Bosworth, of Hart-
ford, whose extensive plant is situated at Nos. 38-42 Front Street, in immediate
connection with railroad and river. These works and their output represent
the very highest development of manufacture in their lines. The business was
established in 17S0, and has been conducted without interruption since that
time. Mr. S. B. Bosworth has had entire control for the past twenty years.
The main building is 125 x 150 feet iu dimensions, three stories high. There is
a second building, 70x160 feet (three stories), with several others adjoining;
thirty-five large kilns and very extensive drying aud storage yards, covering
about two acres. The great specialty for which this plant is famous is the
grauite salt-glazed sewer-pipe, beyond question the most enduring and reliable
made in this country. The methods of manufacture have been long and care-
fully perfected, and this pipe is used by leading engineers and experts through-
out the United States. It is sold at liberal wholesale figures, and, considering
service, is much the cheapest in the market. Mr. Bosworth also manufactures
flue linings, chimney tops, etc., and stone and earthenware of every kind. The
material used and superior process enable him to supply the highest grade of
goods at very low figures. He carries a very extensive and complete stock,
with first-class facilities for prompt shipment by rail or water. The trade is
chiefly through New England, but large consignments are shipped to many
other points.

Payne, Cornwall & Co.

Nos. 405 & 407 Allyn Street.

. . . Wholesale Dealers in . . .

Flour, Butter, Cheese, Lard,
Salt, Beans and Provisions.

'~pHE wholesale house
-*- of Payne, Cornwall
& Co. was organized
March, 1 891, by Edward
S. Payne, Lester L. Pot-
ter and D. W. Cornwall,
and almost from the start
sprang into a large and
profitable trade.

In these days of sleep-
less, untiring competition
it was no small undertak-
ing to establish a whole-
sale business in the midst
of old and very wealthy
houses, and with men of
less determination and
ability the attempt would
undoubtedly have been
followed by failure.

The history of this firm
is an exceedingly remark-
able one. In three years
they have twice doubled
the volume of their busi-
ness, and have pushed
forward into the very
front rank of New Eng-
land merchants. Their
Hartford offices are at
Nos. 405 to 407 Allyn

TAVNE, CORNWALL & CO., HARTFORD, CONN., U. S. A.

Street, where they occupy
two floors in a handsome
modern building. Their
stock of goods in Hart-
ford is a large one, but
they also hire storehouses
in a large number of
cities throughout Connec-
ticut and Western Massa-
chusetts, their method of
business being to ship
cars from Western and
importing points direct to
central places, from which
distribution is made to
the smaller towns. By
this method they save
the expense of one freight.
The energy and skill
with which Payne, Corn-
wall & Co. have steadily
built up and extended
their business, increasing
their territory from time
to time, until now they
cover almost all parts of
Connecticut and Western
Massachusetts, is com-
pletely evidenced by su-
perior standards and un-
varying success. One of

their most successful specialties is flour, which they handle in large quantities, and have perfected their shipping facilities so as to make the most extensive
consignments on short notice. Payne, Cornwall & Co. have the reputation of being good judges of credit and sharp collectors, but this fact is more than
balanced by prices which are invariably level with the very lowest quotations and by goods of superior quality.

In their lines of fresh creamery butter, cheese, lard, salt and provisions, they handle a trade which have few rivals. Recently they have added a paper
department, in which they keep all grades of wrapping paper, butchers' straw and waterproof, paper bags and flour sacks.

In their Hartford store are to be found the goods which bakers use, not only flour of every kind, but chocolate, cocoanut, jelly, and pie preparations.
Their bakers' department is in fact a very important part of their business.

This article has spoken of their shrewdness and tact, but one very important reason for their success has been that their entire force of office help, sales-
men, shippers and truckmen are taught to work by the constant, persistent energy of the partners, who are always at business. The principle that "nothing
succeeds like success " have some limitations, but it receives a very large and forceful illustration in the history of Payne, Cornwall & Co.

THE CAPITOL AND MEMORIAL ARCH.

<j°eD^, DIRECT FROM THfT"

BRJrAKfr

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COOPERATIVE COAL COMPANY,

80 STATE STREET.

THE co-operative principle as applied to the conduct of business enterprises is growing in favor. Co-operative establishments are becoming more and more
numerous in all parts of the country, and the uniform success attending their operations indicates that they appeal directly to the intelligence and com-
mon sense of the community. One of the latest important commercial undertakings based on this principle is the Co-operative Coal Company of Hart-
ford, which was organized in January, 1S94, to conduct a retail business in coal. It has a capital stock of $20,000, and is officered by men of marked ability
and high standing in this community. The President of the company is Mr. J. F. Swords, and its Treasurer is Mr. H. G. Kellogg, both long residents of this
city and prominent business men. The business of the company is conducted solely in the interest of its stockholders, and the measure of success already
obtained is conclusive evidence that the company affords one safe, certain and profitable field for investment. In a city such as Hartford, the natural
source of supply of a large manufacturing centre, the consumption of coal is enormous, and the business of supplying the demand thus created, if prosecuted
with the intelligence and ability which mark the conduct of the affairs of the Co-operative Coal Company, must of necessity bring continually large returns.
Moreover, such a company presents decided advantages to the consumer, since its expenses being reduced to a minimum, and its large facilities presenting
special advantages in obtaining supplies, it is in a position to accept lower prices than the majority of its competitors. The Co-operative Coal Compauy has
well-appointed offices at No. 80 State Street, and employs an ample force of competent assistants, insuring prompt and satisfactory service on all occasions.

MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.

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WNCOIyN, SEYMS & CO. (Successors to Allyn &
Blanchard Co.), Nos. 34, 36, 38 and 40 Market Street.— Each year the standards
of taste and correspondingly the standards of trade in New England and other

sections are making constant progress, and to keep in the van of the best
demands of the trade requires a very large amount of enterprise and wide ex-
perience. A leading and successful business house in all matters pertaining to
its department of trade is that of Messrs. Lincoln, Seyms & Co., Nos. 34, 36, 38
and 40 Market Street. The business has been established here since 1865, and
the firm under its present organization since 1891. They are the successors of
the old house of Allyn & Blanchard Co. The large modern store occupied
comprises five floors (60x95 feet in dimensions), and the firm also operate a
steam grinding and packing mill of three floors (30 x1s feet), and one floor
(30x50 feet). Their stock includes every kind of first-class grocers' supplies
at good wholesale prices. They are extensive importers of coffee, teas and
spices, preparing and packing the same in the best modern manner. Their
trade reaches throughout New England and parts of New York State. The
stamp of this house has been for years the mark of the very best quality and
condition of goods. Their prices are maintained on a liberal basis, and satis-
faction guaranteed to all purchasers. The requirements of the business demand
the constant employment of thirty people, and there is no house in the State
doing a more extensive and thoroughly successful trade than this reliable firm.

BERNHARD WEIGEI/T & SON, Tin, Copper and
Sheet-Iron Workeis, Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Etc., No. 136 Main Street. —
The purchase of a stove, range or furnace is one not to be lightly undertaken,
for if the best results are to be obtained the utmost care must be exercised in
the selection. There are many good makes of cooking and heating apparatus
on the market, but there is a still larger number that, if not absolutely worth-
less, are the next thing to it, and there is no lack of dealers to aid in the work
of deceiving the buyer. The first essential in the purchase of a stove or furnace
is to find a dealer whose reputation assures you that you will receive full value
for your money. The firm of Messrs. Bernhard Weigelt & Son, of this city,
cannot be too highly recommended in this regard. Their business, like their
reputation, is one of long standing, and they never make a representation that
may not be fully relied upon. Mr. Bernhard Weigelt founded the establish-
ment thirteen years ago, though he has been a resident of Hartford since 1861.
His son, Mr. W. P. Weigelt, was admitted to partnership three years ago, at
which time the present firm name was adopted. Their specialty is the
"Herald" range, though the}- carry a full stock of stoves, ranges, furnaces, tin-
ware, &c, at their store, No. 136 Main Street. They also have an extensive
business as tin, copper and sheet-iron workers, making a specialty of tin roofing
and repairing. Their working force averages nine skilled hands, and they are
always in a position to promptly execute all orders in their line at the most
moderate charges.

WII,I/IAM BROWN, No. 552 Main Street.— With a
thorough knowledge of the business, the proprietor of the above-named house
established business twenty-six years ago under the style of William Brown,
and at present conducts one of the most popular harness-manufacturing estab-
lishments in the city. He occupies premises located at No. 552 Main Street,
covering an area of 25 x 100 feet, where he carries a full line of trunks, traveling
bags, harness and horse goods of all kinds. The retail trade of this house re-
quires the services of four capable assistants, and the details of the entire busi-
ness are under the direct personal supervision of the proprietor. Mr. Brown is
a native of New York, and has been a Councilman for four different terms.
The trade of this house, as may be inferred, is a large one, and ranges through-
out the trade radius of the city. A visit to this establishment will prove profit-
able to all who require goods in this particular line. This establishment is
perhaps as widely and favorably known as any in the city in its specialties, and
offers inducements to purchasers not easily duplicated.

THE CO-OPERATIVE SAVINGS SOCIETY OF

CONNECTICUT, No. 49 Pearl Street.— The Co-operative Savings Society of
Connecticut, incorporated in 1893, has already taken its place among the
strongest and most successful institutious of its kind in the country. The
broad and sound foundations on which it was laid, the unparalleled strength
of its management, and the very liberal plans instituted, have given it
within the first year a volume of solid business unequaled by any other co-oper-
ative savings society in New England. There are now over 1,200 shareholders,
with 9,000 shares of stock issued, in Connecticut, reaching to every part of the
State ; for it is the plan of the management to make it a strictly State institution
with the exceptional facilities concentrated at the State capital. The careful
and reliable methods, devised by widely experienced business men after
thorough study of all the savings society and building loan association
methods in operation, have well earned for this Society the title of "a Gibraltar
among savings institutions." The plan on which it operates combines greater
safety and more liberality than is afforded by the ordinary savings banks, as it
loans only on first mortgages very carefully selected on improved town and city
property in Connecticut, the same being non-negotiable by its charter, thus
furnishing absolute protection for investors. It is also protected against runs,
which ofteu wreck ordinary savings banks. Being purely mutual and co-oper-
ative, the investor or shareholder becomes at once a full participant in its
management, so that the interests of every depositor are one with the organi-
zation, and a more thorough management is secured than is possible in any
other way. By the added feature of installment payments on building loans,
the Society is made thoroughly modern in every feature. To the investor of
small means its plans of monthly savings present beyond question the most
remunerative and most reliable channel of investment that can be secured.
Earnings of 12 per cent, for the first year on sums even as low as $1 per
month is something without rival for the workiugmen of this section and State.
To larger investors, the Society's 6 per cent, and 7 per cent, coupon stock

affords a very attractive investment upon a basis which, for solidity, cannot be
surpassed. The most important feature of all is that whereby it secures to its
shareholders, large or small, the privilege of paying for and possessing their
own homes with the same money which would be otherwise spent for rent.
When one makes careful examination of this combination of strength and
liberality, he must be convinced that along these lines must be developed the
new and greatest financial institutions of the future. The officers and directors
of the Society are as follows :

GEORGE POPE, President.
Jos. O. Goodwin, Secretary. Hon. Ernest Cady, 1st Vice-President.

C B. Leach, Treasurer. Frank Midler, 2d Vice-President.

Austin Brainard, Attorney. A. R. Crittenden, 3d Vice-President.

Francis A. Crum, Manager Agency Department.

DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES.

Chas. M. Jarvis.

Hon. D. W. Williams.

Hon. John M. Douglas, Middletown.

Arthur B. Ryan.

Henry Roberts.

Amos Whitney.

Chas. F. Hurd.

S. Loewith.

George T. Meech.

A. E. Kilbourne.

A. R. Crittenden.

Hon. Chas. L. Upham.

Hon. Herbert E. Benton.

Francis A. Crum.

Samuel H. Read.

Francis E. Hunn.

Hon. Zalmon Goodsell.

Hon. Jno. M. Hall.

Geo. L. Ellsbree.

Hon. Chas. E. House.

Hon. J. Addison Porter.

Hon. D. N. Camp.

George Pope.

Frank Miller.

Jos. O. Goodwin.

Hon. Wm. H. Marigold.

Hon. Ernest Cady.

James Youngs.

I. L. Holt.

Hon. Isaac E. Palmer.

Hon. L. S. Forbes.

Charles Reynolds.

Austin Brainard.

C B. Leach.

Hon. Frank L. Wilcox.

Dr. Chas. C. Godfrey.

Hon. L. B. Plimpton.

Hon. N. D. Sperry.

Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley.

W. H. Elliott.

Warren L. Hall.

Edward Dexter.

E. B. Cowles.

George H. Clowes.

CONNECTICUT TRUST & SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY,

hartford,

Depository and Trustee.

These gentlemen are men of the highest standing throughout Connecticut,
whose names are so well known that reference to them is alone required to
show the great resources and pre-eminently representative character of the
Society as a State savings institution. A careful examination of the various
plans and opportunities presented by this Society will prove of extreme interest
and value to every one of our readers.

CHARTER OAK MARBLE AND GRANITE

WORKS, Karl J. Beij, Proprietor, No. 93 Charter Oak Avenue. — From the
earliest days of which there is record men have desired to perpetuate their
memory by sculptured marbles and immemorial stone. It answers a great
craving of human sympathy, and will doubtless continue to do so as long as
society contains anything that is beautiful or worthy. A well-known and
reliable establishment in this department of local work is that conducted by
Mr. Karl J. Beij, and known throughout this part of the State as the " Charter
Oak Marble and Granite Works." It is located at No. 93 Charter Oak Avenue
and has been iu successful operation here for years. Mr. Beij is a long-
experienced and thorough master of every form of marble and granite sculptur-
ing. He has made a special study of memorial work, and his facilities for
artistic execution and durable results are unsurpassed in this section. He
carries a large stock of monuments, gravestones and all kinds of cemetery
stonework iu marble and granite. He can also execute special designs to order
with prompt and thorough accuracy. His prices will be found uniformly fair
and reasonable. A special feature is made of cleaning and engraving old
monuments, and this is a line of service which has been much appreciated.
Mr. Beij employs four reliable and expert assistants. He can afford very
superior facilities in this line, and our readers can be assured of receiving at the
Charter Oak Marble and Granite Works most courteous and satisfactory treat-
ment at all times.

STATE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Isaac Cross, Jr., President and Treasurer; F. H. Daniels, Secretary; Telephone
Call 144-4. — No New England city has a more distinctive business character
than Hartford, and a line in which it has long and eminently excelled is that
of insurance. The State Mutual Fire Insurance Company has its offices situated
here, and is known throughout the country as a representative institution in its
department. The management of the company since it was incorporated
twenty-seven years ago has been marked by conservative and reliable methods,
so that its reputation for fair and liberal dealings is of the very highest kind.
The resources have been accumulated by a long period of solid growth, and no
company is more prompt and exact in meeting all just claims. The president
and treasurer, Isaac Cross, Jr., has been connected with the company since its
organization, and now holds the first insurance agency established here, being
more than fifty years ago, comprising the following old reliable companies :
Girard, of Philadelphia, $1,580,336.11; Glens Falls, of N. Y., $1,980,713.37;
Williamsburg City, $1,527,173.21 ; Sun Insurance Co., London, established 1710,
$2,671,250.50; Westchester, N. Y., $1,685,591.31. Mutual companies : Merch-
ants' and Farmers', Holyoke, Fitchburg, paying 25, 50 and 70 per cent,
dividend to policy holders. Mr. F. H. Daniels, Secretary, has been associated
with the company and insurance business for a number of years. Their facilities
will be found most reliable and first class by our readers desiring the best
satisfaction in this department.

HENRY D. FROST, Fine Family Groceries, No. 595
Main Street. — We take especial pleasure in making favorable and prominent
mention of such an establishment as is carried on by Mr. Henry D. Frost, for
he is a dealer in fine family groceries who has the disposition, the ability and
the facilities to render first-class service to the public at fair prices, so that he
may justly be called a public benefactor, although he is in the business to make
money, and has never claimed that he was carrying on a sort of a charitable
institution, as is in effect claimed by dealers who are always selling "below-
cost," and, iu fact, almost giving things away — that is, if you can believe what
they say. But Mr. Henry Frost is well prepared to sell "as low as the lowest,"
quality considered, and he does it, too, as is indicated by the magnitude of his
business. Premises at No. 595 Main Street are occupied which measure 20 x 50
feet in size, and a very fine stock is constantly carried, comprising groceries in
almost endless variety, including a very full line of choice teas and coffees,
standard brands of family flour, superior canned goods, and fresh butter, eggs,
etc., in general. Two competent assistants are employed, and the facilities for
calling for and delivering orders are such as to assure prompt and reliable
service, no pains being spared to furnish as satisfactory goods, when filling
house orders, as could be obtained by customers personally visiting the store.
Mr. Frost succeeded Mr. H. O. Case four years ago. He is a native of Hart-
ford, and very well known.

HUBE BROS., Family Bakery ; Bread, Cakes and Pies

Fresh Every Day; Orders Promptly Attended To; No. 466 Main Street. — A first-
class bakery is a great public convenience, so, when we state that Messrs. Hube
Bros, carry on an establishment comprising a bakery equal to the best in every
respect, it is unnecessary to add that their enterprise is worthy of hearty public
support, and it is gratifying to be able to say that it receives such support, it
being one of the most popular bakeries in the city. The premises utilized are
located at No. 466 Main Street, and have an area of 2,500 square feet. They
are very completely fitted up, among the facilities being the latest and most
improved type of bakery apparatus. Messrs. Hube Bros, do an extensive retail
business in bread, cakes and pies of all kinds, their productions, being in very
active demand, as they are uniformly excellent in quality and are furnished iu
quantities to suit at the lowest market rates. The business was established by
Mr. R. P. Judsou, succeeded about four years ago by the preseut firm, which is
composed of Messrs. Henry C. and John L. Hube, both natives of the State,
where they learned their trade. The premises are divided as follows : Store in
front, behind which is a nicely fitted up luuch-room for ladies "and gentlemen.
The bakery is in the basement, and, although out of sight, presents a neatness
and cleanliness which a good housewife would appreciate. Both gentlemen
give the business close personal supervision, and are determined to steadily
maintain the service at the highest possible standard of efficiency.

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Thome Typesetting Machine Company.

TEN years ago Joseph Thorne commenced building the first
Thorne typesetting machine in this city, occupying a
small space in the west end of Colt's Armory, and em-
ploying five men. From that small beginning has grown the
Thorne Typesetting Machine Company, with its large plant of
machinery, occupying a floor space of fourteen thousand
square feet, and employing over one hundred men.

The general offices and manufactory of the company are
located at No. 581 Capitol Avenue, with branches in New York,
Chicago, San Francisco and London.

The officers of the company residing in Hartford are :
R. W. Nelson, President ; E. F. Linke, Treasurer ; and E. J.
Andrews, Secretary.

The Thorne Company manufactures and completes a
machine every other day. These expensive and valuable
machines sell for one thousand eight hundred dollars each, and
are designed for setting and distributing type for books and
newspapers.

These machines are being shipped to all parts of this
country and Europe, and two hundred and fifty Thorne
machines are now in use.

The only great industry which was not years ago trans-
formed from hand work to machine work was typesetting, but
this has at last yielded through the perfection of the typeset-
ting machine.

Years of time and millions of money have been spent by
investors and capitalists in trying to solve the problem of
setting type by machinery, and the first machine to prove
itself a practical and profitable investment was the Thorne, and
from the small beginning of ten years ago has grown one of
the large manufacturing industries of Hartford.

Among the publications set by the Thorne are the ' 'Forum, ' '
the "Churchman" and the "Evangelist" of New York, the
"Christian Register" of Boston, the "Interior" of Chicago,
and dailies like the " Post " and " Mail and Express " of New
York, the "Post" of Hartford, the "Union and Palladium"
of New Haven, the "Post" of Bridgeport, the "Press" of
Portland, Maine, the "Journal" of Atlanta, Ga., the "Daily
Guardian" of Manchester, England, the " Observer " of
Bradford, England, etc., etc.

H. W. GRANT & CO., Meats and Provisions, No. 484
Asylum Street. — Among the various popular and growing enterprises of the
City of Hartford which bear the marks of increasing prosperity is the establish-
ment of Messrs. Grant & Co., located at No. 484 Asylum Street. The business
was established ten years ago in Market Street by Messrs. Ross & Convers ;
three years ago, however, the firm dissolved, and Mr. I. A. Convers moved to
the present location, where the new company will continue the business. The
premises occupied for the business measure 25 x 40 feet in size, and a complete
stock is carried of choice meats and provisions of all kinds. Employment is
given to a sufficient force of capable assistants, who wait upon customers atten-
tively and fill orders promptly. The greatest care is exercised by Messrs. Grant
& Co. in the selection of their stock, which is highly esteemed by the com-
munity for its freshness and reasonable price. Goods are delivered to any part
of the city, and every facility is at hand for prosecuting a large and successful
busiuess. The present firm will spare no pains in selecting their stock, which
will suit the most fastidious.

HUGO REUSS, Designer and Engraver on Jewelry and Metals

- of Every Description ; Die Sinking, Stamp Cutting and Patterns for Casting ;
No. 333 Main Street, Hill's Block, Room 20. — Prominent among the engravers
in Hartford who are recognized as especially skilled in their calling is Mr.
Hugo Reuss, who occupies small but well-arranged quarters in Hill's Block,
No. 333 Maiu Street, Room 20. Born in Germany, Mr. Reuss wisely determined
to find a better field for the remunerative exercise of his skill and genius, came
to America and found employment in Hartford at Colt's Armory for five years,
after which he started in business for himself, having established his present
enterprise six years ago, during which time his talents have gained him a large
and influential patronage. Specimens of Mr. Reuss' workmanship show him
to be an engraver of the most versatile gifts and accomplished attainments.
He seems equally successful in every branch of the business, from the daintiest
to the largest and most elaborate plates. Mr. Reuss is a designer and engraver
on jewelry and metals of every description, is also prepared to execute orders
for die sinking, stamp cutting and patterns for casting, and makes a specialty
of new designs, which are particularly artistic and original. Mr. Reuss
guarantees first-class work in every instance, while his charges for the same
are very reasonable, and prompt attention is given to all orders, whether large
or small.

ADAMS GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS, Estab-
lished 1838; Monuments and Gravestones of Red Swede, Westerly, Barre and
Quincy Granites and Marble at lowest prices and of the best material ; Corner
Pearl and Ford Streets, opposite the Park. — There are certain articles of
commerce which are less subject to fluctuation in price than most other com-
modities, and many people are therefore led to believe that it is unnecessary to

exercise care in the selection of a dealer, on the assumption that prices are as
low in one place as in another. Among such articles are granite and marble.
While it may be true that the prices of the various dealers in this line may
deviate but little, there are other considerations to influence buyers, of as great
if not greater importance ; namely, promptness in the execution of orders and
reliability as to quality. When the stone is manufactured into monumental or
decorative articles it becomes the more necessary to put your orders in the
hands of a concern upon whom you can implicitly rely and trust, and, as here
cost largely enters into consideration, one whose prices are reasonable and
whose work is first-class — everything guaranteed. The Adams Granite Works,
the old reliable, are kept busy constantly with their increasing business. This
concern has fine quarters on the corner of Pearl and Ford Streets, and fitted
to handle all grades of work, such as granite, marble, etc. The members of
this company devote all their time and energy to this business, and from
appearance of things around their establishment one can easily imagine they
are prepared to execute the finest grades of work, and can do it at close
margins. For the past fifty-six years this house has been doing business in
Hartford, the original proprietor and owner being Thomas Adams. The
present quarters are in the old wooden building corner of Pearl and Ford
Streets, opposite the Park and Young Men's Christian Association Building,
where there are many assistants to look after the wants of its patrons. All
orders receive the earliest attention, satisfactory work being guaranteed in
every instance by this old reliable house of fifty-six years' standing.

EDWARD E. ClyAUSSEN, M.E., Engineer and Expert,
No. 370 Asylum Street. — The entire basis of our civilization rests upon the
marvelous development of mechanical appliances during the past century or
two. Education and refinement on the extensive scale now enjoyed would be
impossible without the wealth-producing power of these myriad-handed help-
meets which men have devised. In the economy of our industrial life the
mechanical and consulting engineer therefore occupies a most important place
which had hardly a parallel in earlier times. Among the best-known local
experts in this department Mr. Edward E. Claussen, of No. 370 Asylum Street,
has taken established rank. His office was opened at this point in 1S89. He has
enjoyed the most thorough technical training as well as long and practical ex-
perience in the various lines comprehended by the term "mechanical engineer."
His office is modernly equipped and contains every facility for the prompt and
thorough handling of work in this line. Mr. Claussen makes a specialty of
executing designs of machinery and of patent drawings for inventors and
exhibitors. His success at this branch has been most marked and widely
attested. The importance of having work of this sort most artistically exe-
cuted will be evident to all having the slightest acquaintance with the nature
of the requirements, and the best modern service at unexcelled terms is assured
by consultation with Mr. Claussen and employment of his carefully perfected
facilities.

BII/I/ BROTHERS, Carmen and General Forwarders,
Office, No. 46 Ann Street. — Expedition and economy of time are leading
characteristics of modern business, and are in very large measure responsible
for the immense progress made in all lines of commerce. A leading firm in its
department, and one which for many years has furnished valuable service to
the business interests of the city, is that of Messrs. Bill Brothers, whose office
is at No. 46 Ann Street. The business has been established since 1850, and
under capable and energetic management from the first. The two members of
the firm, Francis P. & Fred. R. Bill, are thoroughly experienced and well-
known business men, whose ability in handling their large and important
business is universally recognized. Their office and warehouse premises cover
six floors, 46XS0 feet in dimensions, and they employ on an average thirty
experienced men. They have a full equipment of heavy and light freight
wagons, express teams, derricks, and a complete line of apparatus for moving
safes and heavy machinery. Their business requires the constant use of thirty-
six horses. Freight and baggage are delivered to and from cars or boat or any
part of the city. Special attention also given to moving furniture, pianos,
safes, machinery and heavy freight of all kinds. The most careful and
reliable handling is guaranteed, while the rates are no higher than those often
paid for inferior service. The firm also carry special lines of fireproof safes,
by leading manufacturers, and at bottom prices. Both new and second-hand
safes for every business purpose constantly kept in stock. A very important
feature is the new "Storage Warehouse," comprising " Loomis' Block," at
46 and 48 Ann Street. It covers over 22,000 square feet of floor space, is
provided with elevators and every modern equipment. Separate apartments
are furnished at moderate figures, and the best storage facilities afforded
anywhere in this section for general merchandise, furniture, baggage, pianos,
stoves, etc. In every department of business handled by this firm the very
best modern service can be relied upon at all times.

COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Opposite Allyn House, No. 165

Asylum Street ; G. F. Johnson, Proprietor. — The large and varied commercial
and manufacturing interests of Hartford naturally attract a large floating
population to the city, and as a result the demand for comfortable and con-
venient hotel accommodations is constantly on the increase. Among the
excellent hotels located here none enjoys a higher or more justly merited
reputation, in respect to the conveniences it presents, than the Commercial
House. It is located at No. 165 Asylum Street, in close proximity to the busi-
ness heart of the city, and but two minutes' walk from the railroad depot, with
which frequent communication is also had by horse-cars passing the door. It
is indeed a "good home for commercial men," as the proprietor, Mr. C. F.
Johnson, announces, there being none better in the city. It is not a large
house, the number of sleeping-rooms being limited to twenty-two, but there
are the best accommodations to be had here — excellent sample-rooms, superior

service, the best that is to be had in the way of well-cooked and well-served
food ; in fact, everything that could be desired by the most exacting guest.
The Commercial House has been under Mr. Johnson's management since 1886.
He is a hotel-man of long experience, and well knows how to provide for and
maintain the comfort of his guests.

I/. R. GANS, Dealer in Groceries and Meats, Corner of
Capeu and Clark Streets. — Among the various dealers in food supplies doing
business in this city Mr. L. R. Gaus should be given prominent mention, for
he is very successful in catering to all classes of trade, and makes it an invari-
able rule to sell goods strictly on their merits, being convinced that such a
policy is for his own interests as well as for those of his patrons. Judging from
the present extent and the steadily increasing magnitude of his trade, his
methods are appreciated by the residents of this section, and it is certainly
pleasant to note a success won by the employment of such a legitimate and
liberal policy. Mr. Gans' store is located at the corner of Capen and Clark
Streets, it being a small, one-story building, 76S square feet in area, which was
built by him especially for his business, and contains a choice stock of groceries
and meats, the assortment being so varied that all purses as well as all tastes
can easily be suited, while the proprietor is prepared to supply these very desir-
able articles in any quantity that may be ordered. An intelligent and courteous
assistant is employed, and every customer assured immediate attention. Mr.
Gans is a native of Hartford, and is fast gaining a high rank among our most
reliable and energetic business men.

H. E. PATTEN, Dye Works ; Carpet-Beating and Cleansing
Establishment; Office and Works, No. 37 Wells Street. — These well-known
and successful dye works were established by Mr. Patten in 1855, and handle a
business second to none in the State of its kind. The facilities and equipment
of the plant have been carefully perfected for many years and are modern in
every respect. The standard of workmanship is equal to the best, the house
guaranteeing superior results at a very moderate cost. Only the finest dve-
stuffs are used, and such as long experience has demonstrated to be perfectlv
reliable. Every kind of garment fabric and wearing apparel can be changed
in color and handsomely renovated, special attention being given to fine and
delicate goods. Lace curtains, draperies and upholstery furnishings thoroughly
cleaned and dyed, and feathers carefully renovated. Much money otherwise
spent on new material and work can be saved by employing a little judgment.
The facilities have also been completely equipped for carpet-beating and laying
of the same at the best figures in the city. Prompt, thorough and reliable serv-
ice can always be secured at these well-known works. Both express and mail
orders receive careful attention and good work is guaranteed. Our readers will
consult their own interests by dealing with this old and reliable establishment,
as this is a department of work where it always pays to get the best.

STEPHEN GOODRICH & CO. (Curtis P. Gladding),
Druggists and Pharmacists and Dealers in Surgical Instruments and Physicians'
Supplies, No. 605 Main Street. — When having physicians' prescriptions com-
pounded it is important to patronize an establishment where the stock of drugs
and medicines is not only complete, but is so frequently renewed as always to
be made up of fresh and well-selected articles, and for this reason, if no other,
it is well worth while to entrust the compounding of prescriptions to Messrs.
Stephen Goodrich & Co. at No. 605 Main Street. They are druggists and phar-
macists and dealers in surgical instruments, trusses, supporters, shoulder braces,
elastic stockings and crutches, and carry on operations on so large a scale that
the process of renewing their assortment of drugs, etc., is constantly going on.
Every facility is at hand for the filling of such orders without delay and in the
most accurate manner, while the charges made are uniformly moderate. This
business was founded about forty years ago by Mr. S. G. Moses. He was suc-
ceeded by S. G. Moses & Co., the Co. being Mr. Stephen Goodrich. It was
then changed to Goodrich & Rapelye ; then to S. Goodrich & Co. This firm
dissolved and the firm of S. Goodrich & Co. was reorganized, the members
being Messrs. S. Goodrich and C. P. Gladding. On the death of Mr. S. Good-
rich, one year ago, the business came under the entire management of the
junior partner, Mr. Gladding, who has retained the same firm name in the
interests of the family. Mr. Gladding is a native of Centre Brook, Conn., and
is Vice-President of the Connecticut Pharmaceutical Association. He employs
four capable clerks and utilizes premises 25 x 90 feet in dimensions with a base-
ment the same size. The business is principally retail, although some jobbing
is done. A specialty is made of physicians' supplies, of which he carries a very
large stock.

DANIEL E. GREENE, Tin, Copper and Sheet -Iron

Worker; Plumbing and Gas-fitting; No. 4 Ford Street. — Mr. Daniel E. Greene
does a very extensive business, and it is not at all surprising that he does, for
the people of Hartford know that the best is most emphatically the cheapest
when placing orders for tin, copper and sheet-iron work, etc., and they know
that work done by Mr. Greene is sure to be done not only thoroughly and
skillfully, but in accordance with the latest approved scientific methods. An-
other thing that makes this shop popular is the fact that all orders, whether
large or small, are assured prompt attention. Mr. Greene is also prepared to
repair and paint roofs, repair ranges and stoves, and to do general jobbing at
fair prices. A specialty is made of furnace work, and plumbing and gas-fitting
will be done in a satisfactory manner. Very spacious and well-equipped prem-
ises, located at No. 4 Ford Street, are occupied, which measure 20 x 60 feet in
size, and employment is given to six competent assistants. Mr. Greene is a
native of Hartford, and established his present business in 1892. He is very
well known throughout the city, and thoroughly understands the many details
of his business. His motto is "Good work at a fair price," and he desires all
to give him a call and be convinced.

ROSWEU, FOWLER, Grocer, No. 5 Ford Street.— This
business has been established many years, the present proprietor succeeding Mr.
Pease in 1893. Appreciating the need for a store where dependable groceries
could be bought at the lowest market rates, Mr. Fowler made a cash business
of the enterprise upon assuming control. His store is located at No. 5 Ford
Street. As all housekeepers well know without being told that the only way to
get full value for their money is to pay cash for their goods, they will certainly
appreciate this establishment. All the goods are fresh and new, and Mr. Fowler
particularly calls the attention of the residents of Hartford to the fine grades of
teas, coffees and spices which he constantly carries in stock. The premises
utilized are conveniently located, and all customers are waited upon promptly
and intelligently. Mr. Fowler's object is to please the public, and he only
asks a trial of the facilities he offers, feeling that that will be sufficient to prove
what he claims is the truth ; namely, that buying for cash has a most important
bearing on the cost of living. He caters especially to family trade, and spares
no pains to furnish goods that will satisfy the most fastidious.

SIIyAS CHAPMAN, Jr., Insurance Agent, No. 55 Trumbull
Street; also, Licensed Broker to procure Insurance in Companies not admitted
into Connecticut. — The advantages of fire insurance have attained such general
recognition that the question at the present time is not, " Shall I insure ? " but
rather, "Where shall I place my insurance?" This is also rapidly becoming
true of life insurance as well, for ten men have their lives insured to-day where
but one did a score of years ago. There seems to be no question but that the
insurance of the future will be placed exclusively through agents, or at least
very nearly so, for a larger proportion is placed in this way every year, and the
practice entails so many solid advantages that it is bound to continue to grow
in popularity. Every agency which has been in operation a year or more must
have some sort of a local reputation, which will naturally aid the public in
deciding whether it is best to patronize it or not ; and here is one powerful reason
for the popularity noted, for it is much easier to investigate the standing of a local
agency- than to look up the records of several far-away insurance companies,
and it goes without saying that agents who have a high reputation for prompt-
ness and reliability will represent none but first-class companies. We doubt it
a better-known insurance agent than Mr. Silas Chapman, Jr., can be found in
this country, and we are positive that not one has a more enviable record to
refer inquirers to. This enterprise was founded by Mr. B. R. Allen many
years ago, he being succeeded in 1S92 by the present proprietor. He is a
native of this town and very well known, being a prominent Mason (32-degree),
Clerk of First Baptist Society since 1S73, a Director in Charter Oak Bank, also
in the Billings & Spencer Manufacturing Co. and Talland & Middlesex Co.,
also Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Mr. Chapman's office is at No. 55 Trumbull
Street, and he is local agent for Hartford and Orient Companies, Firemen's
Fund of San Francisco, and licensed broker to procure insurance in compauies
uot admitted into Connecticut. Six clerks are kept busy all the time.

J. R. BARI/OW, Dealer in Books, Stationery, Magazines,
Newspapers, Fancy Goods, Etc., No. 232 Asylum Street. — Millions of capital
and thousands of men are employed in the collection of news, but the liberality
and enterprise displayed in this most important department of the newspaper
business would be of but little practical use were they not supplemented by
equal enterprise and liberality in the distributing department, for it would
obviously be of no avail to get news into type at the earliest possible moment
if long delay was inevitable before the papers could be distributed among their
hundreds of thousands of readers. Mr. J. R. Barlow does much to enable
Hartford readers to get their favorite journals as soon as possible after publi-
cation, for he does a very extensive news business and offers a service unsur-
passed for promptness and reliability. The premises occupied are located at
No. 232 Asylum Street and comprise two floors 25 by 40 feet in size, giving
ample room for the carrying of a large and varied stock of books, stationery,
magazines, newspapers, fancy goods, etc. Mr. Barlow began operations in
1880, and his policy from the first has been to spare no pains to satisfy every
reasonable customer, and the success thus far attained is but the legitimate
result of hard and intelligent work. All the leading papers and magazines are
always well represented in his stock, while the prices are always reasonable,
and two competent clerks are employed.

THE SIGOURNEY TOOL COMPANY, No. 9 Sigour-

ney Street. — The visitor to " Machinery Hall" at the great Exposition of 1S93
could realize the fact that the immense reach of modern mechanical triumphs
is hardly to be comprehended save by the specially trained and expert intelli-
gence. Columbus' discovery of America would have made nothing like the
difference it has to men had it not been for the great mechanical discoveries
making possible the utilization of the marvelous resources of the New World.
Among the representative New England companies which have been widely
influential in this great sphere of modern activity the Sigourney Tool Com-
pany, of Hartford, has long held a recognized place. Under the progressive
management of well-known Hartford business men it has made its goods a very-
important factor in the progress of American machinery and trade leaders in all
parts of the world. The manufacturing plant, with office, at No. 9 Sigourney
Street, consists of two large brick buildings — one 75x146 feet, the other 67x129
feet in dimensions, and fitted up with one of the most complete and thoroughly
modern machine equipments in the country. The engine has a capacity of
40-horse power and the boiler of 50-horse power. The working corps of the
plant averages seventy-five men. The great specialty for the manufacture of
which this company has become a recognized New England centre is that of
interchangeable machinery. There is no feature of modern work and invention
in this department which has not been adopted and very carefully improved.
The company have special facilities which enable them to execute a superior
grade of work at very low figures. They also manufacture drill-presses, auto-
matic gear-cutters, typewriters, book-sewing machinery, electrical goods, dies,

punches, drill-jigs and general machinists' tools of highest grade. Special
designs in all kinds of machines and tools are made to order at the lowest rates.
The very best degree of service and reliability is assured with this established
and successful company. The officers are as follows : G. Wells Root, President;
Erastus S. Root, Treasurer ; F. D. Taylor, Secretary. These gentlemen are
well-known business men of Hartford who have been engaged in active busi-
ness here for many years, and stand for what is best and most progressive in
their department of New England trade. The business extends throughout
the United States, also to England, Canada and many other foreign points.

E. M. PAI/MER, Commission Dealer, Groceries, Meat, Fish,
Notions, Hardware, Etc., Nos. 124 & 130 Albany Avenue. — What people want
nowadays is solid reliable merit in goods. A select and first-class trade can
only be built up on the basis of goods which stand through everydav tests and
prove by long use to consist of the purest and freshest ingredients. This com-
mercial fact is true of the grocery trade above others, and nowhere in this
section more forcibly illustrated than by the valuable trade so quickly built up
by Mr. E. M. Palmer. His trade is strictly retail, and his stock includes
groceries, meat, fish, notions, hardware, etc. A large and finely equipped store
is occupied at Nos. 124 and 130 Albany Avenue, the same being 50x50 feet in
dimensions, and completely stocked at all times. Business was established by
Mr. Palmer about a year ago, occupying at that time but one store ; at the end
of six mouths his trade had so rapidly increased that he was obliged to take in
the adjoining store, and he now occupies an entire floor. Five skilled assistants
are on hand to wait upon customers and orders are filled promptly.

P. GARVAN, Dealer in Paper and Paper Stock. — The manu-
facture of paper is one of the most important in the entire range of New Eng-
land enterprise, and the stock bearing the mark of the best New England
manufacturers is successfully sold in all parts of the world. One of the largest
and best-known houses of Connecticut in this line is that conducted by Mr. P.
Garvau, of Hartford. His business has been in successful operation here since
1864, and under the most energetic management has taken a very prominent
place in the New England trade. His jobbing business extends throughout
Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The large modern store is four
stories high and 50 x 100 feet in ground dimensions. A very extensive line of
high-grade papers and paper stock is carried here by Mr. Garvau, and is one
representative of all the best American mills. He also is interested in a large
paper mill at Versailles, with a capacity often tons daily. In the extent of his
stock and range of liberal prices, there is no question but that Mr. Garvau can
afford his patrons advantages not equaled this side of New York, and some of
them not even there. Mr. Garvau is a resident of East Hartford, and as a
representative citizen he holds a well-earned and honorable position among
Hartford's leading men.

WADSWORTH ATHENEUM.

WEBSTER & BURNES, Carriage Repairing, &c, No.

lS?}4 Main Street. — A few hints on the care of carriages and vehicles of every
description would prove invaluable to many owners, for there is no class of
property that better repays the care devoted to it, or that sooner succumbs to
neglect. In spite of the best treatment, however, the time must come when
some part will have outlived its usefulness and must be replaced, and the sooner
such work is done the less becomes the danger that the entire vehicle will be
made useless. The loss of a bolt or screw, the weakening of a spring, the start-
ing of a spoke, may be the beginning of serious damage, unless immediate
attention is given to the damaged part. In such cases, or in any repair work of
whatever character, the job should be entrusted to none but the most skilled
and experienced workmen, or it may prove doubly expensive in the end. A
firm whose claims to recognition in the department of carriage and wagon
repairs are founded upon the longest and best experience are Messrs. Webster
& Burnes, of No. 187 <: Main Street. They are both thoroughly practical men,
and since the inauguration of their enterprise in 1S90 have more than proved
their efficiency and the reliability of their work. They have a finely equipped
shop and every facility for doing repairs, painting or retrimming, &c, at shortest
notice and in the most workmanlike manner, while their charges are very low.

PIERCE'S STEAM LAUNDRY AND CARPET-

CI/EANING WORKS, Nos. 540, 542 and 544 Main Street.— Among the
many and varied industries which give employment to many of our people is
the laundry business, and prominent in that business in Hartford is Pierce's
Steam Laundry, conducted by Mrs. M. E. Pierce at Nos. 540, 542 and 544 Main
Street. This establishment was founded about eight years ago by Mr. W. E.
Pierce, and, during his absence from town, is now being ably conducted by his
wife. The premises utilized comprise a brick building two stories in height and
40x60 feet in dimensions. Employment is given to twenty-one capable assist-
ants, and work is called for and delivered free. The prices will be found as low
as any in the city, and satisfaction will be guaranteed in every instance. Carpet
cleaning is also done at short notice and in a thoroughly first-class manner.
The carpet-cleaning department is upstairs, while the laundry occupies the
ground floor, and the basement is used for the boilers, washers, etc. A specialty
is made of hotel work, which is executed promptly and at reasonable prices.
This laundry has several agencies throughout this section, one being on South
Main Street and three in East Hartford. Every department is systematically
arranged, and the utmost care is taken in assorting and returning the clothes
so that none shall be lost or miscarried.

HOTEI/ CAPITOI,, Main Street and Capitol Avenue.—
One of the finest hotels in Hartford is the Hotel Capitol, situated at the corner
of Main Street and Capitol Avenue. Its substantial appearance and air of com-
fort impress the stranger most favorably at the first glance, and it may be said
in passing that this impression becomes a fixed opinion before the guest has
been long in the house. It is the favorite stopping-place of all prominent
visitors to the State's capital, of whom it may well be inferred there is a large
number at all times, and it enjoys the largest and best class of patronage of auy
hotel in the city. Its proximity to the busiuess heart of the city and its easy
access to the Union Depot and all places of importance or prominence in Hart-
ford make it the hotel par excellence for the general traveling public, and
particularly that large and influential portion of it, the commercial travellers.
For the convenience of the latter the Hotel Capitol presents every facility, and
it is with them a most popular house. As a family hotel it offers the greatest
advantage, combining the comforts of a home with the larger conveniences
that are to be found nowhere else. The Hotel Capitol was first opened in 1S75,
and under the management of its proprietor, Mr. A. E- Holcomb, its fame has
been widely spread. It is a particularly favorite hostelry with the theatrical
profession, for whose accommodation the best arrangements are provided and
special rates made. The Hotel Capilol is thoroughly modern in all its appoint-
ments. Every improvement contributing to the comfort and convenience of
guests has been introduced, including steam-heat in every room, electric lights
and bells, a large passenger elevator, etc. There is an office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company on the premises. Rooms may be had en suite, if
desired, with or without bath. The rates are most reasonable.

AMERICAN CYCI.E REPAIR CO., Cycle Repairing
and Builders of Special Wheels; Enameling and Nickeling a Specialty; Eawn.
Mower Repairing and Sharpening; Key Fitting, Gun, and all kinds of light
work solicited ; Estimates made on all Bicycle Work. — No one looking at the
clumsy velocipedes of a quarter of a century ago could possibly have imagined
their evolution into the graceful, light and easy -working bicycles of the present
day, and who can tell what further developments are possible in this direction.
Coming from the field of conjecture to the solid plane of fact, it may be said
that the average wheelman is less concerned with what the future may produce
than with the possibilities of the present. These include not only the obtaining
of bicycles that answer every present requirement, but the very important
matter of repairs, and in this connection they will learn with satisfaction that
there is in Hartford a concern which makes a specialty of this branch. Most
of our readers are already familiar with the facilities and capabilities of the
American Cycle Repair Company in the repairing of bicycles, and are also
aware that this company have a high reputation as builders of special wheels.
The firm consists of Messrs. E. L. Wheeler and J. H. Beech, both of whom are
natives of the State, and have been identified with the busiuess of Hartford for
the past quarter of a century. Their present enterprise was started three years
ago, and has been a decided success from the beginning. Every description of
repairing is done in a thorough manner at their well-equipped shops, a specialty
being made of nickeling and enameling. They are also practical lock and gun-
smiths, aud do all manner of light machinist work, including lawn-mower
repairing and sharpening. They are prepared to make estimates on all bicycle
work, aud execute orders at short notice.

K. NUSSBAUM, Dealer in Choice Beef, Mutton, Lamb,
Sausages, Game, Vegetables, Etc., No. 150 Main Street. — Such of our readers
as are foud of good liviug, aud wish to know where to purchase good food
supplies to the best advantage, should make an early call at the establishment
conducted by Mr. K. Nussbaum at No. 150 Main Street, for this gentleman
carries one of the most carefully selected stocks to be found in this section of
the city, aud whether you want meats or vegetables he is prepared to furnish
first-class goods at the lowest market rates. Mr. Nussbaum is a native of
Germany, and has been in business in Hartford for fifteen years. The store is
25 X55 feet in dimensions, and no room is wasted, for each department of the
stock on hand is kept well supplied, aud as a consequence all orders can be
promptly filled. Choice beef, mutton, lamb, sausages, game and vegetables
may be bought here in any desired quantity at bottom prices, and choice cuts
are made a specialty, Mr. Nussbaum being prepared to suit the most fastidious
customers. Employment is given to five experienced assistants, and two
wagons are utilized for the deliver}' of goods. Customers are assured polite
attention, and all goods may be depended upon to prove as represented.

DAVID LOW, Merchant Tailor ; Scotch and English Woolens
a Specialty; No. 60 Asylum Street. — The art of tailoring has reached a high
state of development in this country, the best intelligence and skill being
directed toward bringing it to the point of greatest perfection. At the same
time healthy rivalry aud competition have brought the prices of even the best
work down to such low figures that there are few men nowadays who may not
avail themselves of the advantages presented by wearing custom-made clothing.
Such leading merchant tailors as Mr. David Low are prepared to execute the
best and most satisfactory work at the most moderate prices, aud those who are
numbered among the customers of this gentleman speak in words of highest
praise of the quality of workmanship and material he puts into his garments.
Mr. Low is one of the oldest-established merchant tailors in Hartford, aud has
occupied his present excellent location at No. 60 Asylum Street for the past
fifteen years. He presents an unusually fine stock of Scotch and English
woolens, aud also carries a superior line of domestic fabrics, allowing customers
a wide range of choice. His office, show and work rooms occupy a floor at the
above address, the space utilized being 20 x 50 feet in extent.

ANDREWS & PECK, Manufacturers, Wholesale and
Retail Dealers in Doors, Windows and Blinds, and Akron Sewer Pipe, No. 88
Market Street. — A progressive firm which has "taken a leading place in its
department of local and State trade for the past ten years is that of Messrs.
Andrews & Peck, manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in doors, win-
dows, blinds and general builders' materials. They were established in 1S84,
and have continued under the same management without change. At their
warehouse and storage premises at No. 88 Market Street, covering 20,000 square
feet of floor space, they carry a heavy and first-class stock, which has few
equals in Connecticut either in extent, high standard or price. Their leading
specialties are finished doors, windows and blinds in a great variety of styles
and sizes. They also do a very large business in the Akron Sewer Pipe, which
has shown its superior value for service by practical use throughout the
country. Mr. Peck, of the firm, is interested in a leading Western plant, em-
ploying seventy-five to one hundred men, and manufacturing 80,000 doors per
annum. He is also interested in a large lumbering business at Waterbury,
Connecticut. The firm enjoys very wide and first-class trade connections. At
the Hartford plaut they employ from twenty-five to thirty men and handle
a trade reaching to all parts of the State and New England. Their facilities in
the special departments mentioned are unrivaled in this section, and this is
evidenced by the manner in which each year the firm steadily distance com-
petition in their lines. Their pjrices are uniformly low and reliable. They
handle the very best class of goods on the market, in both hard and soft woods,
and the styles carried are adapted for every sort of building from the humblest
to the largest. When in search of the best at good bargain prices, the contractor
and dealer will do well to make a careful examination of the stock of this lead-
ing aud successful house.

HARTFORD CARPET COMPANY, No. 10 Market

Street. — Since the establishment of carpet making in America, this well-known
and representative New England Company has maintained a position at the
very front of the American trade. The business was incorporated in 1S54,
succeeding to the firm of the Thompsonville Carpet Manufacturing Company,
which reached back to 182S. The mills of the company are located at Thomp-
sonville, Connecticut, and give employment to more than 1,600 people. The
capital of the company is $1, 500,000. There are only two plants in the
country which have a larger annual output, aud not one whose goods
enjoy a higher or more universal repute for excellence and reliability. The
standard lines manufactured are wiltons, moquettes, berlins, body-brussels,
imperial, 3-plys and extra supers. The goods are noted for their superior
material and close-woven texture, which give them exceptional durability.
Many novel and attractive designs are constantly being introduced by the
company, who employ special artists for this purpose. The prices also are
scaled down to a basis in accord with the times, and represent unusually high
quality for the figure charged. There should be no need for resort to cheap
goods while the lines made by this leading Company can be obtained at such
liberal figures. The officers are as follows : John L. Houston, Secretary
and Treasurer ; Henry Keney, Vice-President ; George Roberts, Secretary.
Directors : Henry Keney, J. B. Bunce, Roland Mather, John L. Houston,
C. M. Beach, J. J. Goodwin, George Roberts. The General Sales Agents are
Messrs. Reune, Martin & Sons, Nos. 114-116 Worth Street, New York. The
product of the Hartford Carpet Company's mills is handled by leading stores
in all sections of the United States and Canada. Our readers will find it to
great advantage when purchasing goods in this department to make careful
inspection of the superior grades made by this old aud leading house.

FRED. C. CI/APP, Plumbing, Steam and Hot-Water Heat-
ing ; Agent for Le Bosquet Bros.' Steam Heaters ; No. 24 Church Street. — Practi-
cally all dwelling-houses of the better class, as well as all factories, stores and
public buildings in general, constructed nowadays, are equipped with steam-
heating apparatus, as this affords by far the most economical and manageable
method of supplying artificial heat ; but it sometimes happens that the
efficiency of the plant is seriously interfered with by its being improperly set
up, and, therefore, it is well to entrust such work only to those who make a
specialty of it, and are known to be skillful and reliable. Mr. Fred. C. Clapp
has an unsurpassed reputation in this respect, and has all necessary facilities
to enable him to fill orders promptly and satisfactorily at moderate rates. This
business was established about twenty years ago by the father of the present
proprietor, Mr. F. C. Clapp assuming full control of affairs at the time of his
father's death, which occurred in 1S92. He is a practical plumber, steam and
hot-water fitter, and is agent for L,e Bosquet Bros.' steam-heaters. Mr. Clapp
occupies premises at No. 24 Church Street, where he has every facility at hand
to enable him to fill all orders promptly. He is well known throughout Hart-
ford, having fitted up many first-class buildings in the city. Mr. Clapp is
thoroughly conversant with his business in every detail, and warrants that all
orders entrusted to him will be executed to the satisfaction of the most critical.

THE MATHER ELECTRIC CO. (Chas. N. Knox,

Agent), No. 210 Pearl Street. — It is hard to realize that the electric light was
commercially unknown in this country a decade ago, but such is the fact, for
the practical utilization of the electric light in America dated from the
Mechanics Fair, held in Boston, September, 1881. Some few stores and fac-
tories had used the light before that time, but it was the exhibit then made by
several "Electric Companies" that called the attention of the public to the
mauy advantages of the new illuminant. Many important improvements have
since been made; and electricity is now so generally utilized for lighting pur-
poses that few towns or cities making any pretensions to enterprise are content
to dispense with an electric plant. The residents of Hartford are evidently
aware of the convenience of a well-equipped lighting system, for Mr. Chas. N.
Knox, the electric contractor, has been established in this city since 1SS4, and
is the sole agent in Hartford for "The Mather Electric Co.," and makes a
specialty of installing isolated electric lights of the most improved tvpe, every
precaution being taken to ensure absolute safety under the most adverse con-
ditions, and the result is that patrons are supplied with the safest, most pleasant,
most easily managed and most healthful light that science has thus far pro-
duced. It is a fact that geueral business has increased in every town and city
whose stores are lighted by electricity, and there is no doubt but that Hartford's
establishments have become more attractive, and consequently more popular,
since the introduction of the new illuminant. The light is furnished at very
reasonable rates, and no store or hotel keeper can afford to dispense with the
advantages gained by its use, for besides its convenience it affords one of the

most effective forms of advertisement yet devised. Mr. Knox is a native of
Manchester, Connecticut, and well known in Hartford, where he occupies
premises at No. 210 Pearl Street. He employs able assistants and is working
hard to develop his resources and to increase his facilities, and every public-
spirited citizen is directly interested in the success of the enterprise with which
he is identified.

WEBB & SHEDD, Carmen; Office, No. 71 Asylum Street.
— In very mauy lines of business the amount of trucking to be done is hardly-
large enough to warrant the maintenance of a team and driver, jet it is im-
peratively necessary that the merchant or manufacturer should always have at
command the services of a carman who can be relied upon to promptly and
efficiently execute work in this department. Among those who make a spe-
cialty of this class of work, as well as trucking of all kinds, light or heavy, we
know of none more worthy of confidence than the firm of Messrs. Webb &
Shedd. It is one of the oldest-established businesses in this line, having been
founded in 1859 by Messrs. Webb Bros., who were succeeded by the present
firm in 18S1. Messrs. Webb & Shedd have eight teams and employ eight men,
their exceptional facilities enabling them to do all kinds of trucking at the
shortest notice and in a manner calculated to give the highest satisfaction to
their patrons. Their services are always in demand, and their reputation as
careful, painstaking carmen is scarcely approached by that of any other firm
or individual engaged in the same line of business. The firm, which consists
of Mr. Myron Webb and Mr. J. N. Shedd, has its office at No. 71 Asylum
Street, and is ready at all times to execute orders promptly and in the most
thorough manner.

J. S. AI/DERMAN, Dealer in Groceries, Meats and Provisions,
No. 954 Main Street. — The establishment carried on by the well-known gentle-
man whose card we print above is a noteworthy one in many respects, and is
so managed as to make it one of the most popular enterprises of the kind in
this vicinity. Business was begun eight years ago by the present proprietor,
Mr. J. S. Alderman, building the premises he now occupies, located at No. 954
Main Street, and moving into them about two years ago. This gentleman
spares no pains in improving the efficiency of his service, and as a consequence
not only carries on one of the most liberally-managed establishments in this
section of Hartford, but is constantly adding to the claim he already has on the
patronage and cordial support of the public. Employment is afforded to two
competent and polite assistants, and orders are filled promptly and satisfactorily
in every instance. First-class groceries, choice meats and provisions of all
kinds are kept constantly on hand at prices as low as can be found anywhere.
A fine corner store is utilized with a basement, the former being 22 by 45 feet
in size; and, as Mr. Alderman carries on almost entirely a cash business, he is
enabled to quote the very lowest prices to his many customers.

STRICKLAND & SHEA, Scroll Sawing, Turning, Carving,
Ornamental Woodwork ; Every Description of Moulding on Hand or Made to
Order; Church Work and Mantels a Specialty; Jobbing and Repairing; No. 20
Potter Street. — The history of wood-carving and turning-work reaches back to
the very earliest days of human industry. It has always occupied an important
place since men first left their aboriginal tents, and still to-day flourishes among
the most valuable and useful of the practical arts. The well-known firm of
Messrs. Stricklaud & Shea has for the past two decades been the representative
and leader in this field of local industry. Established in 1875, they have made
steady and solid progress without change in management since that time.
They occupy a thorough modern establishment, comprising two floors, 50 x 100
feet in dimensions, and employ an average corps of twenty experienced work-
men. They have a large and model equipment of new machinery, operated
by an engine of twenty-horse power. In range of facilities, high standard of
work and attractive prices quoted, they hold the very first position in the trade
of this city and section. Scroll sawing, turning, carving and ornamental wood-
work of every sort are executed promptly to order in the most artistic and
modern styles. They carry a general stock of mouldings, unexcelled in
character and prices. One of their leading specialties is the making of church
fixtures and mantels of all kinds. They have also superior facilities for fine
office, bank and general interior hardwood finish work. Estimates furnished
at any time, and our readers can rely upon the most thorough satisfaction in
dealing with this established and reliable firm.

R. P. KENYON & CO., Manufacturers and Jobbers in
Hats, Caps, Furs and Men's Furnishings, Hill's Block, No. 337 Main Street. —
It would of course be an excellent thing if all of us had so large an income as
to render it entirely unnecessary to practice the close economy which is now
the rule rather than the exception ; but, as this desirable condition of affairs is
out of the question, the next best thing is to manage so as to make our present
income go as far as possible. So far as the purchase of hats, caps, furs and
men's furnishings is concerned, this may be brought about by placing orders
with Messrs. R. P. Kenyon & Co., doing business at No. 337 Main Street, for
they carry a large and varied stock of such goods, and quote the very lowest
market rates on them at all times. This enterprise was established in 1S74 by
the present proprietor. The premises occupied are located as above named, and
comprise a fine store, 20 x 92 feet in dimensions, with a basement, affording
ample room for the display of the heavy stock carried, making the selection
both easy and agreeable. Mr. R. P. Kenyon is a native of Plainfield, Conn.,
and served in the navy about two years and a half as paymaster's clerk. Mr.
Kenyon employs from eight to ten polite and experienced clerks, and in the
winter, when manufacturing furs, about forty assistants are given employment.
He is thoroughly posted as to the details of his business, to which he gives
close personal supervision.

J. A. KENNEDY, Dealer in Meats, Groceries and Pro-
visions, No. 47 Albany Avenue. — Among the prominent establishments located in
Hartford that conducted by Mr. J. A. Kennedy must be given favorable men-
tion, for the enterprise carried on by this gentleman has gradually but steadily
developed, until it now ranks with the important stores of the kind in this
locality. An extensive business has been built up, and the establishment has
been under the management of its present able proprietor for the past year,
although it was founded forty years ago by Mr. John Delany. Mr. Kennedy
is a native of Hartford, and is thoroughly conversant with all the details of his
business. The premises occupied are well arranged for the business, com-
prising a store 25x35 feet in size. Mr. Kennedy's store is located at No. 47
Albany Avenue, where is carried a large and choice stock of groceries of all
kinds, especially adapted to family trade, and which is offered at the lowest
market prices ; choice meats and provisions are also carried. Employment is
given to competent assistants, so that despite the magnitude of the business
every order is assured immediate and careful attention. In view of the facts
already mentioned, it becomes almost unnecessary to add that Mr. Kennedy is
in a position to quote the very lowest prices, and that he does a good business.

E. P. DUNHAM, Agent and Commission Broker, Hartford
Trust Co. Building. — In no department of modern business are the services of a
trained specialist more essential to success than in that of investment and com-
mission brokerage. It requires thorough acquaintance with a very wide range
of interests, and that judgment, only derived by long experience, which can
estimate with accuracy all coming developments of the market. The business
conducted by Mr. E. P. Dunham, of Hartford, has established its claim to a
leading rank in this sphere of local finance and commerce from the unvarying
and reliable service which it has rendered for the past three years. Mr. Dunham
has had a very wide and thorough business experience. He was formerly in
the ice business at Lake Champlain, shipping ice to the Hartford Ice Co., and
was also sole proprietor of the Ives & Judd Match Co., the oldest match con-
cern in the United States, with factories at West Cheshire, Conn. Its parlor
and sulphur matches, match splints and match machinery enjoy the very
highest reputation in this department. The offices now occupied by Mr. Dun-
ham at the Hartford Trust Co. Building are equipped with the most complete
modern facilities. The Stock and Produce Boards indicate each business hour
of the day the exact prices aud quotations at the different centres of the
country. Mr. Dunham has a direct private wire to both New York and
Chicago, his special correspondents being C. D. Wadsworth, of the New York
Stock and Produce Exchanges, and Lewis G. Tewkesbury, of the New York
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Stocks, bonds, grain and pro-
visions are bought for cash or carried on margin. It would be extremely
illogical for our readers to make unguided experiments in this important but
complex sphere of finance when they can enjoy at a nominal rate facilities
equal to the best in the country at this reliable brokerage office.

CHARTER OAK CITY SHIRT, No. 336 Asylum Street ;

Geo. H. Reany, Proprietor. — This well-known business, now conducted by
Mr. Reany, enjoys several important distinctions, one being the fact that it has
been successfully running for nearly half a century (founded in 1S50), and
another its association with the Charter Oak, for which Connecticut is famous
throughout the world. Mr. Reany took charge of the busiue is during the
present year, and has maintained its previously high reputation. He was con-
nected also for years with the old firm, and is a thorough expert in every detail
of the business. It will, therefore, be a source of gratification to very many of
our readers that the old and popular Charter Oak City shirts will continue to
be made with the same degree of skill and perfection as hitherto. The business
occupies well-equipped premises (25 x 40 feet in dimensions), and a corps of four
expert workmen is employed. The trade is both wholesale and retail, extend-
ing to all parts of this State and Western Massachusetts. A specialty is made
of fine custom-made dress shirts, and the liberal figures at which these are now
made deserve the careful attention of every male reader of these lines. So long
as it shall remain fashionable for men to wear dress or neglige shirts there can
be no question of the success of Mr. Reany's goods, as they furnish a very
exceptional degree of satisfaction at a moderate and attractive price.

PATRICK I/OUGHMAN, Dealer in Groceries and Pro-
visions, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Canned Goods, Etc., No. 82 Albany Aveuue. —
A most reliable house, and one specially deserving of mention in this connection
as a brilliant example of what push, perseverance and devotion to principle can
accomplish in gaining business success, is the store conducted by Mr. Patrick
Loughmau at No. S2 Albany Avenue. He moved to his present location about
one year ago. The stock of fine groceries and provisions carried is sold at
most reasonable prices. Mr. Loughmau also carries a fine assortment of choice
teas, coffees, spices, canned goods, etc., and makes a specialty of choice butter.
The premises utilized measure 20 x 45 feet in dimensions, and are well adapted
for the business. Mr. Loughman is ably assisted in his business by his wife,
and he caters to a very extensive trade. The public are assured of receiving
only first-class goods at the lowest market rates. We commend this establish-
ment to our many readers who reside in this section as a most desirable place
to trade.

W. F. MAGINN, Merchant Tailor, No. 371 Main Street,
Room 2. — "The very finest work at moderate prices; careful and skillful atten-
tion to the filling of orders," — such is a summarized but correct outline of the
policy pursued by the establishment whose card we print above — a policy which
has been consistently followed since the founding of the business by Mr.
W. F. Maginn about a year ago, and which has naturally resulted iu the
development of an extensive aud very select patronage. The proprietor is a
native of Massachusetts, and has lived in Hartford since 1S77, aud is thoroughly
familiar with every detail of the fine tailoring business — a fact which has an

important bearing upon the uniform superiority of the work produced and the
ability of this gentleman to quote comparatively low prices on garments
unexceptionable in material, style, fit, trimming and general workmanship.
His chambers at No. 371 Main Street, Room 2, are very conveniently fitted up,
and one may always find here a choice assortment of the latest novelties in
foreign and domestic fabrics for gentlemen's wear, together with the best
tailor's trimmings the market affords. Personal attention is given to the
cutting of every garment, and perfection of fit and desirability of style may be
confidently expected by every customer.

HET2EI, & HESS, Marble Works, No. 141 Market Street.

— Good aud honest work is always sure to fiud a market, and so, although it may
have seemed, when Messrs. Hetzel & Hess began operations in 1S93, as if there
was no opening for their productions on accouut of the numerous competing
establishments already founded, a large and growing trade has already been
built up. The firm is constituted of Messrs. George M. Hetzel aud F. J. Hess.
One floor is occupied, 20x30 feet in dimensions, and the manufacture of monu-
ments, headstones, grave marks, posts, etc , is carried on at No. 141 Market
Street. Both iu design and execution it is hard to match the work turned out
at this establishment, for the firm have not only exceptionable taste in the
choice and origination of designs, but have had a practical experience in
putting them into shape and form. The best of material is used, and attention
is given to the durability of the work as well as to its appearance when new,
which is a very important point when the exposure to which stonework is sub-
jected is considered. Orders by mail will be promptly attended to, and special
attention is giveu to lettering, cleaning and resetting, first-class work and
reasonable prices being guaranteed. Those wishing any work of this kind
should not fail to visit this house aud inspect the fine assortment on hand.

BEHNER & NORTON (formerly with Charles King),

Practical Tin, Sheet-Iron and Sheet-Copper Workers ; Furnace Work and
General Jobbing ; No. 530 Main Street. — The enterprise conducted by Messrs.
Behner & Norton was founded two years ago. These gentlemen are thoroughly
conversant with every detail of their business, aud enjoy such favorable rela-
tions with manufacturers as to be iu a position to give their customers many
advantages. They are practical tin, sheet-iron and sheet-copper workers, aud
also pay particular attention to furnace work aud general jobbing. They
occupy a store at No. 530 Main Street, which measures 25 x 40 feet in dimen-
sions, utilizing a basement besides of the same size. Employment is giveu to
three experienced assistants, and all orders are promptly attended to iu a first-
class manner, aud at reasonable prices. The firm is composed of Messrs. F. F^.
Behner and G. W. Norton, both being formerly with Mr. Charles King. Mr.
Behner is a native of Hartford aud Mr. Norton of Springfield. Both are well-
known aud highly-respected business men. One of the latest contracts com-
pleted was 17,000 sheets of tiu-roofing for Colt's Armory.

CITY HALL.

I/. PEASE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Office
and School Stationery, Wrapping Paper, Paper Bags, Twine, Etc., Blank Books,
Job Printing, 287 Asylum Street. — Of the many stationers of this city, the firm
of L. Pease & Co. is among the best known and most highly regarded. It was
founded in 18S8, and has been under its present management from the first.
The premises occupied comprise one floor, 30 x 90 feet in dimensions. Employ-
ment is afforded to five assistants, and both a wholesale and retail business is
done throughout the State. A very clean and desirable stock of office and
school stationery is on hand, comprising all the standard articles in these lines
as well as many novelties. Wrapping paper, paper bags, twine, etc., are also
extensively dealt in, as well as all kinds of blank books at reasonable prices.
Job printing is also carried on in connection with the establishment, and the
firm are prepared to fill extensive orders in this line in a first-class manner and
at short notice, using first-class stock in every instance, and charging reasonable
prices. This store is located at No. 2S7 Asylum Street, and is largely patronized
by the residents of Hartford and vicinity. The proprietors are well and favor-
ably known, and justly deserve the success they have attained, having an
intimate knowledge of the business in all its many details that have served
them excellently in their intelligent and successful efforts to extend the opera-
tions of their house.

E. W. WHITE, Dealer in Ranges, Stoves and Tinware of
all descriptions ; also a large variety of Stove Repairs ; Tin Roofing and Job
Work done in the best manner by experienced workmen ; No. 538 Main Street. —
One of the articles to which the experienced and careful housekeeper gives the
most thought and care in selecting is the stove, especially if it be intended for
cooking purposes, for few things are at once so trying to the temper and the
pocketbook as is a badly constructed or designed range or cooking stove. It is
the poorest possible economy to try to save a few dollars on the purchase price
of a stove by choosing one of old style or flimsy construction ; for poorly
cooked food is neither nutritious nor appetizing, and the laws of health require
it to be both if the greatest good is to be attained. The establishment of Mr.
F. W. White, which is located at No. 538 Main street, has one of the largest
and most desirable stocks of ranges, stoves and tinware of all descriptions in the
city, and the prices asked are as low as is frequently quoted on inferior goods
elsewhere. The premises occupied are 30x90 feet in size, with a basement.
Employment is given a number of skilled assistants. Business was begun in
1840, and has been under Mr. White's control for the past twenty-five years.
Orders for tin roofing and job work of all kinds are done in the best manner by
experienced workmen. A large variety of stove repairs is carried. Mr. White
is a native of Massachusetts, and very widely known.

DAVID W. BROOKS, Florist ; Funeral Work a Specialty ;
Store, No. 53 Farmingtou Avenue; Greenhouse, No. 3 Fairfield Avenue; Repre-
sented by H. D. Brooks. — The great increase in the demand for flowers of late
years is one of the most noticeable indications of the pronounced gain in culture
which is so evident on every side, and which is so astonishing to foreign critics
of this country, who are unable to understand how culture can be so general in
a land where practically every one works for a living and there is no recognized
aristocracy. Flowers are now in demand for all occasions, whether for joy or
for sorrow, and every one who goes into society at all will find it very useful to
know where appropriate floral designs can be obtained without delay at moder-
ate prices. Many residents of Hartford are already acquainted with the estab-
lishment of Mr. David W. Brooks, whose office and salesroom is located at No.
53 Farmingtou Avenue, for this enterprise was started some twenty years ago,
and has long held a leading position among other establishments of the kind in
this vicinity, and it is but fair to say that the enviable reputation of the under-
taking is fully maintained at the present day. Five spacious and well-equipped
greenhouses, heated by steam and water, are utilized at No. 3 Fairfield Avenue,
cultivating four acres. The greenhouse block is 150 x 1 10 feet in size, aud cut
flowers, floral emblems, wedding bouquets, funeral designs, etc. (the latter is a
specialty), are offered in great variety aud at the lowest prevailing prices, while
the facilities are so extensive that the largest orders can be filled at very short
notice. Mr. Brooks is a native of New Brunswick, Canada, but very well and
favorably known in this city, and the success of his business is due to the just
and honest dealings pursued by him since he began operations.

Particular attention
is called to

CHARLES M. GAINES,

Printing,
Embossing,

C our ant Building,
Hartford.

The

Embossing
On Cover of
This Book

AS A SAMPLE OF OUR WORK IN THIS LINE.
WE WILL GUARANTEE THAT ALL WORK DONE
BY US WILL MEET WITH YOUR APPROBATION.

H. H. HART, Carriages and Sleighs, Nos. 39-43 Albany
Avenue. — The carriage business conducted by the Harts for over sixty years is
one of the oldest aud most widely-known establishments of its kind in this
section of the country, having been founded in 1833 by Mr. S. N. Hart, father
of the present proprietor. This house has enjoyed an enviable reputation for
building vehicles which for durability, gracefulness of design and fineness of
finish have been second to none. Mr. H. Hart, the present proprietor, who suc-
ceeded to the business in March, 1891, is a practical carriage man, learning the
trade of and being with his father about eight years. He is a particular and
painstaking business man, and under his intelligent and experienced direction
the business has been successfuly conducted for the past three years. The
premises occupied on Albany Avenue have a frontage of about 60 feet, and
extend back over 100 feet, and three floors are entirely utilized in the business,
which gives employment to a large number of mechanics. The several depart-
ments are most complete, and are furnished with every appliance and facility
for the execution of first-class work. Mr. Hart manufactures anything in the
line of carriages, wagons and sleighs, and also handles the work of other
makers. An important department of his business is repairing and painting,
such work being done in the most thorough and satisfactory manner.

THE TROUT BROOK ICE AND FEED COMPANY,

Offices, No. 278 Asylum Street, Hartford ; Farmiugton Avenue, West Hartford ;
E. H. Arnold & Son, Proprietors. — In olden days the use of ice in the summer
was reserved for kings and high dignitaries, but now it is brought within the
reach of all. One of the largest and most successful companies of the entire
State engaged in this line is the Trout Brook Ice and Feed Company of Hart-
ford— office, No. 278 Asylum Street, with additional offices and storage plant
on Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, also East Hartford aud New Hartford.
The proprietors are Messrs. E. H. Arnold & Son, the business having been
established by them and under their energetic management since 1S81. Their
storage plant has a capacity for 18,000 tons, and they carry a large stock
throughout the year. They ship to different parts of the State on wholesale
rates and also maintain a first-class local trade, both wholesale and retail.
Their hotel and family trade is the largest aud best in the city. Their system
of wagon delivery has been carefully perfected, and no pains are spared to
insure the most complete aud uniform satisfaction to patrons. The rates are
the lowest on the market, aud the quality of the Trout Brook ice is too well
known to need any extended eulogy. An average corps of forty men is
employed, with ten delivery wagons. The service is guaranteed regular and
exact. The company also handle a good business in feed and grain, carrying a
large stock from Western producers of the best grade and at very attractive
prices. They also run a large blacksmith shop, and manufacture and repair
wagons. Our readers will need but slight attention to convince themselves
that they can gain exceptional satisfaction by dealing with this old aud reliable
company.

GEORGE AVERY, Dealer in Meats, Provisions, Groceries,

Etc., No. 614 Capitol Avenue. — The quality of success in American business life
is closely associated with all that makes up the finest part of our civilization ;
for, if we are to enjoy comfortable and satisfactory living, we certainly must
have first-class stores. An admirable representative of our American enterprise
and progress is the modern store conducted by Mr. George Avery at No. 614
Capitol Avenue, this city. The business has long been a recognized leader in
its departments of local trade. The store is situated at a central and command-
ing .point, being the most successful and prominent with the best retail trade of
the city. The premises are spacious and handsomely fitted up, comprising two
floors, each 40 x 60 feet in dimensions. The stock carried is of the finest and
most reliable character. It includes all kinds of choice meats, canned goods
aud provisions, vegetables, flour, butter, eggs, and a general line of select family
groceries. Fish, oysters and poultry are also carried in season. The most
careful judgment is applied in the selection of the goods, and to purchase here
is a sure equivalent of the very best. The prices are moderate ; and, considering
the very high degree of satisfaction and thorough reliability secured, this can
safely be called the cheapest store in the city. There is no effort to make fancy
prices, although the store makes a specialty of carrying nothing but the best,
and is well known throughout the city as doing so. The service has been
thoroughly perfected so as to secure prompt and careful delivery of all orders.
In the long run there is nothing so conducive to good business satisfaction as
to trade with a store whose standard and reliability can be perfectly depended
upon, and our readers can easily prove this fact by dealing with Mr. George
Avery's successful and first-class store.

WALTER STARKIE, Sanitary Plumber and Gas Fitter,
No. 20 Church Street. — It is far better to have no plumbing at all in a house
than to have what plumbing there is improperly done, aud the same thing
may be said concerning gas fitting and electrical apparatus. This is no theory
of ours, but has been repeatedly proved by practical experience, so we say to
our readers : " Have no plumbing of any kind done unless you can have it done
right." Fortunately, there is no trouble in having such work properly done if
you reside in Hartford aud vicinity, it being necessary only to place the order
with Mr. Walter Starkie, doing business at No. 20 Church Street, for he has
had many years of varied experience and has unequaled facilities for filling
the largest orders at short notice, satisfaction being guaranteed to every
customer. Mr. Starkie started in business for himself in 1891. He is a sanitary
plumber and gas fitter, also an electrician, and since starting for himself has
done work for many large houses, such as the Standard Manufacturing Co. and
others, also erected the electric works at Windsor, Conn. Mr. Starkie makes a
specialty of remedying defective plumbing aud introducing the latest improve-
ments. Jobbing will be promptly attended to, and small and large orders are
given equal attention, competent and reliable assistants being constantly
employed, and bottom prices being quoted in every instance.

A. L. FOSTER & CO.,

CLOTHIERS AND HATTERS,

Nos. 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 and 55 ASYLUM STREET.

ONE could scarcely be accused of exaggeration in saying that there is relatively more ability and enterprise employed in the
clothing trade than in any other branch of commercial activity. Competition in this field appears to be keener than in an-
other, and the merchant who makes and holds a commanding position in the clothing trade has need of talents and abilities
of a rare order. It may not be generally known that the vast retail clothing trade of New England is largely controlled by a

syndicate embracing the largest ex-
perience and ability in this branch
of business, which is known as the
"Besse Syndicate." This great or-
ganization controls and operates
twenty-seven stores in the leading
cities of the New England States,
among which one of the largest is
the firm of A. L,. Foster & Co. of
Hartford, wholesale and retail cloth-
iers and hatters. This house was
organized in 18S4, and heads the
list of establishments controlled by
the Besse Syndicate. Its large con-
nections with the trade throughout
this section give it unrivaled facili-
ties and advantages in the handling

of a superior line of clothing, hats, etc., at the very lowest prices.
Messrs. A. L- Foster & Co. have the largest store of its kind in Hart-
ford, it having a frontage of fifty-six feet and a depth of one hundred
and fifteen feet, with a height of ceiling of twenty feet. It is said by
gentlemen who have traveled extensively that this is, without excep-
tion, the handsomest clothing store in America, which is equivalent
to saying that it is the finest in the world. The sheets of plate-glass
in their mammoth show windows are said to be the largest in the
country, being ten feet wide by fifteen feet in height. Above this
are large and handsome panels of beveled plate-glass, presenting one
of the handsomest fronts we have ever seen. Messrs. A. L,. Foster &
Co. not only have a large and elegant store at Nos. 45, 47, 49, 51,
53 and 55 Asylum Street, but they do the largest clothing business

in New England, and carry an immense and unusually fine stock of clothing. They employ :an average of twenty-four competent and

experienced salesmen, who give courteous and careful attention to the requirements of every caller.

FRAYER & FOSTER, Dealers in Best Qualities of Coal ;
Office, No. 446 Asylum Street ; Yards, Garden aud Walnut Streets. — Ever since
the introduction of steam aud the coincident advance of modern civilization,
the coal industry has occupied a place in the maintenance of the race unex-
celled by any other. On the quantity and excellence of the coal supply
depeud not only the management aud support of our great commercial and
manufacturing enterprises, but also, in reality, the life of the world, for the
onward march of progress has swept away the great forests of civilized coun-
tries. In the light of these facts, it is easy to perceive the important position
which a leading coal house occupies in any community. Such a representative
house is that of Messrs. Frayer & Foster of this city, which succeeded in 1886
to the established business of Mr. Frayer, this gentleman having founded it in
1883. The business is distinguished for the superior grades of coal dealt in as
well as its prompt delivery, large shipments of coal being constantly received
and disposed of to retail consumers at rates unexcelled in moderation. A
large force of men is employed in the execution of the business, and a yard of
about 2,000 tons capacity, conveniently located near the railroad, is used for
storing the extensive and valuable stock. The office is located at No. 446
Asylum Street, where orders are received and promptly filled at short notice.
The yards are at Garden and Walnut Streets. We are confident that those who
make trial of the dealings and stock of this house will concur in the approba-
tion and appreciation which have attended its efforts, and be sure to return
again.

HENRY E. YEOMANS, Uvery Stable, No. 51 Farming-
ton Avenue, adjoining Farmington Avenue Hotel ; Telephone Call, 146-3. —
There is of course a market price for horse-hire as there is for flour, for sugar,
or for any other standard commodity, and those who think to obtain teams at
from one-third to one-half off the regular rates only deceive themselves, unless,
of course, they are in a position to make special contracts, or unless certain
circumstances combine to favor them ; but still there is such a thing as paying
fancy prices for livery service, and those who do this get no better accommoda-
tions than those furnished by Mr. Henry E. Yeomans, who makes it a point to
quote the lowest market rates aud to fully meet all honorable competition, not
only as regards prices, but as regards the quality of the turnouts supplied as
well. Mr. Yeomans is a native of Connecticut, and began operations here in
1890, having succeeded the former proprietor, who had established this stable
many years previously. This livery stable is located at No. 51 Farmington
Avenue, adjoining the hotel. Employment is given to six assistants, and there
are seventeen horses and five nice hacks, coupes, etc., for livery purposes. An
extensive hacking, boarding aud livery stable business is also done, fine-appear-
ing carriages and experienced drivers being furnished at short notice and
special attention being given to boarders and transients. The stable is of brick,
and one of the best ventilated in this State, with healthy surroundings for the
horses. There are forty good, airy stalls. All orders are assured prompt and
painstaking attention, while telephone connection enables them to be sent
without trouble from any point in this vicinity.

MULCAHY, THE OUTFITTER, the Leading Hartford

Klothier and Hatter, Nos. 33 to 41 Asylum Street. — It goes without saying that the
most popular and prosperous merchant is he who uses discriminating judgment
in the selection of his stock with reference to the requirements of the com-
munity to which he caters, and this fact finds no better exemplification than in
the clothing and outfitting trade. It is because Mr. Mulcahy has closely
observed this leading principle during his long business career that he is to-day
one of the most popular clothiers and outfitters in Hartford, aud has one of the
largest and finest establishments in the city. Mr. Mulcahy- began business here
in 1876, and few men can point to such a continuously prosperous career as he
has eujoyed in the intervening years. He has made it a point to carry a stock
that would fully satisfy the requirements of the most exacting buyer, and by
invariably naming low prices has made and held custom in the face of the
sharpest competition. Straightforward methods and guaranteed transactions
could have no other result. Mr. Mulcahy has a fine establishment on Asylum
Street, the numbers of the store running from 33 to 41, aud giving a width of
51 by a depth of 125 feet. In addition he has a store-room 30x30 feet, while
the well-appointed work-room measures 40x30 feet. A large and attractive
stock of clothing and men's furnishing goods, hats, shoes and trunks is carried,
and a fine class of custom work is done at short notice, an average force of ten
hands being employed.

THE DAIRY I,UNCH ROOM, No. 189 Asylum Street.—

The first matter occupying the attention of one who has gained employment in
a large city is: ''Where can good and palatable meals be had at reasonable
prices? " For the average man, boarding at a hotel is out of the question, even
if it were desirable to do so, for the better grade of houses are obliged to put
their rates so high that one's whole wages would have to go for board if such
were occupied, aud the cheap hotels, with a few honorable exceptions, possess
neither the convenience of a first-class house nor the comforts of a good
lodging-house. Therefore, as the subject is of so much importance, we offeruo
apology for bringing to the favorable atteution of our readers the establishment
conducted as the "Dairy Lunch Room," and located at No. 189 Asylum Street.
This business was established in 1891 ; and although undertaking what is
undoubtedly the hardest possible task, to satisfy regular boarders, we feel justified
in stating that the result of their labors have been highly satisfactory to all
parties concerned. The premises utilized measure 30XS0 feet in dimensions,
aud employment is given to seven skilled assistants. Meals are served at all
hours, while the prices are very reasonable. Tables are reserved for ladies, and,
being centrally located, the Dairy Lunch Room is largely patronized. The
many articles of food served at this lunch room are all first class, but special
attention is given to oysters in every style, waffles, wheat cakes, old-fashioneu
buckwheat cakes, coffee, tea aud chocolate.

I,. G. WII/EY, Fine Printing at Bottom Prices ; All Orders
Will Receive Careful and Prompt Attention ; No. 156 Pearl Street. — The great-
est of all revolutions, that wrought by the introduction of the printing press,
not only affects the sphere of ideas, but also every detail of modern business life.
The facility and speed with which its great operations are carried on would be
impossible without the convenience afforded by the experienced business printer.
A leading and first-class house in this department of local business is that con-
ducted by Mr. I,. G. Wiley at No. 156 Pearl Street, City. It was established in
1S90 by Mr. A. W. I<ang, and has been under its present active management
since 1S92. Mr. L. G. Wiley is a native of Hartford, well and favorably known
in both its business and social circles. He has devoted a long period to a
thorough mastery of every detail in this line, and is prepared to furnish the very
best grade of modern service. The premises occupied at above address comprise
three floors, 22 x 50 feet in dimensions. They are equipped with modern presses
and the latest improved machinery throughout, the same being operated by
electric power. Eight experienced and reliable workmen are regularly em-
ployed. Mr. Wiley carries a large stock of printers' and stationery supplies. His
materials are uniformly of the best grade, and his special lines of type are of the
most artistic and attractive character. All orders receive prompt and care-
ful attention, satisfaction being guaranteed at the very lowest rates which
can be obtained anywhere. No matter what line of printing is desired by our
readers, they will be sure to obtain the best results at this reliable and progressive
establishment.

GEO. D. BARTI,]3TT, Merchant Tailor, No. 25 Asylum
Street. — An accepted authority in matters of dress has proclaimed that "material
is nothing; fit is everything." While this, like most general statements, is not
to be given a too-literal interpretation, the main idea conveyed by it is one that
appeals directly to all men who would be well dressed. The finest material
cannot be made even presentable when made up unless it has passed.through
the hands of a skillful cutter and has been fashioned by an expert; while, on
the contrary, the poorest fabric may, through such agency, be made attractive
and effective. The combination of good material and superior workmanship
produces the result which we all desire, and the only way to secure this is to
have clothing made by a merchant tailor who is a thorough master of the art
sartorial, who employs the best materials, is an artist in designing and cutting,
and who has none but finished workmen in his shop. Such a tailor we have no
hesitation in saying is Mr. Geo. D. Bartlett of No. 25 Asylum Street, a man
who is widely and popularly known, and a merchant of long and high standing.
His business was established in 1870, and has grown and prospered as only such
enterprises can when intelligence and ability guide their affairs. Mr. Bartlett
has one of the finest custom-tailoring establishments in the city, a full floor of
20x30 feet in the Post Building being occupied. He employs twelve hands,
and each man is a finished workman. Mr. Bartlett always carries a full and
well-selected line of the best domestic and foreign woolens, giving his customers
a wide range of choice. This stock contains the most desirable shapes and the
freshest novelties in designs and patterns.

C. H. CASE & CO. (Established 1867), Diamonds, Watches
and Jewelry, No. 335 Main Street. — Although one of the most prominent char-
acteristics of the establishment conducted by Messrs. C. H. Case & Co. is its
reliability, it would be incorrect to offer this as the explanation of the great
popularity the store enjoys, for many other reliable jewelry stores can be found
in the city ; but the truth of the matter is the public like to do business with a
firm that is not ouly reliable but enterprising; that not only gives full value for
money received but gives its patrons an opportunity to choose from the very
latest fashionable novelties in all the various lines of goods it handles. Messrs.
C. H. Case & Co. carry 011 a business which was established in 1867, the present
firm having had control for the past six years. The partners are Messrs. C. H.
Case and M. H. Miller, both natives of Connecticut. Premises located at No.
335 Main Street are occupied, they having an area of over 1,200 square feet and
being very completely fitted up. The stock of diamonds, watches, jewelry, etc.,
is displayed to excellent advantage. Messrs. C. H. Case & Co. are sole agents for
the celebrated Patek Philippe watch. Every facility is at hand for the repairing
of watches and jewelrjrin a superior manner, and, as employment is given to seven
assistants, orders can be filled without delay. Moderate prices are quoted in
every department of the business, and no trouble is spared to thoroughly satisfy
every customer. They are also prepared to manufacture jewelry to order in a
superior manner. Mr. Case served in the army for four years as a member of
the 10th Connecticut and 14th U. S. Infantry. He has also been commander of
Putnam Phalanx. Mr. Miller has been associated in the business about five years.

PRESTON BROTHERS, Jobbers and Dealers in Meats,
Etc., No. 4S Front Street. — The skill required in the handling and preparing for
sale of the best meats is not surpassed in its importance by any other line of trade.
This is readily seen when we consider that the health of every member of the
community is daily dependent upon the same. A leading and substantial house
in this department of Hartford business is that of Messrs. Preston Brothers at
No. 4S Front Street this city. They began business in 1SS1, and have made
steady upward progress from that time on. Their facilities have been perfected
to meet every demand, and few houses in this line of the entire State handle so
successful and large a business at the present time. The store premises occupied
consist of two floors 30 by 45 feet. Their refrigerating plant is one of the
largest and best in the city, being fitted up in complete modern style. The
stock carried includes all lines of fresh meats and provisions, Chicago dressed
beef and mutton, poultry, game in season and canned goods. They guarantee
reliable quality and lowest current prices. The delivery system has been
carefully perfected, and two teams are now kept busily engaged in this depart-
ment. The firm are large jobbers in these lines, supplying many first-class
stores, and also conduct a good family and hotel trade. Their facilities enable
them to constantly offer special bargains as well as a uniform first-class service
at all times. Since this is a line of trade in which it is wise to take no risk
whatever, our readers will do well in trading with a careful and reliable house
like that of Preston Brothers.

GEO. H. WEEKS, Jobber of Cigars, Tobacco, Cigarettes and
Smokers' Articles, No. 449 Main Street. — No resident of Hartford at all familiar
with the town would consider our sketch of its history complete did we not
make extended mention of the establishment conducted by Mr. Geo. H. Weeks,
which can be found at No. 449 Main Street. The business in question was
inaugurated by this gentleman fourteen years ago, and he is a jobber of cigars,
tobacco, cigarettes and smokers' articles, and is a manufacturer of the following
noted brands of domestic cigars: "The Pilgrim," "Electric," "Youngster" and
" Puritan; " also, "G. H. Weeks' Dime Smoke," a fine grade of plug smoking
tobacco. Mr. Weeks is a native of Hartford and served in the army during
our late war, being a member of the Twenty-second Connecticut Regiment.
The premises utilized comprise a fine store 20 x 65 feet in dimensions, employ-
ment being given to a number of competent assistants. Mr. Weeks does some
retail trade, although he is principally in the jobbing business, carrying a large
stock of tobaccos and cigars. His special brands of cigars, on which he has
built up such a trade, continue to be in popular demand. "The Princess
Nicotine" is Mr. Week's latest brand of cigars, and is giving good satisfaction,
being a blend of the finest Havana tobacco grown in the West Indies. "The
Princess Nicotine" is recommended to all lovers of a cool, sweet smoke, and
will assuredly please them. Mr. Weeks' sou, Mr. H. S. Weeks, is the firm's
salesman, and has a large growing trade, which is fast extending beyond a local
character.

SAMUEI, DAVIS, Merchant Tailor ; Clothes Made to Order ;
No. no Trumbull Street. — The idea that economy consists of paying as low a
price as possible for everything that is purchased is a very mistaken one, and
there are few who have had any experience in buying who entertain it. There
are many other things to be taken into consideration besides the first cost,
especially in the buying of clothing, for, in the selection of garments, style,
neatness and durability should all be provided for. There are some few who
can get a good fit in ready-made clothing and are perfectly satisfied with such
garments, but the large majority would have their clothing made to order if
they thought they could afford it; and we are convinced that more can afford
it than now believe they can, as a call at the store of Mr. Samuel Davis
will prove. First-class custom clothing can now be obtained at but little more
than is asked for dependable ready-made garments, and the superior wearing
qualities of the former more than compensate for the slight difference in price.
Mr. Davis has carried on his present business since 1S92, and should certainly
be in a position to satisfy the most critical, both as regards price and workman-
ship. He carries a fine and varied stock of foreign and domestic fabrics, and
a visit to his establishment, No. no Trumbull Street, will show that all tastes
and ages can be suited. A perfect fit is guaranteed, and every garment is cut
ill the latest style. Five competent assistants are employed, and all orders are
assured immediate and satisfactory attention, and can be delivered at short
notice. Mr. Davis is a native of Hartford, and began his present enterprise in
1892.

O. D. WOODRUFF & CO., Manufacturing Hatters and
Furriers, No. 355 Main Street. — It is an excellent rule to buy direct from the
manufacturers whenever possible, and it is not only possible but easy for the
residents of Hartford and vicinity to buy hats and furs from the manufacturers,
for Messrs O. D. Woodruff & Co. are makers of, as well as dealers in, hats and
furs, and their store is so conveniently located at No. 355 Main Street that there
is no excuse for not at least investigating the advantages they offer. The
business was established seventy years ago, the present proprietor beginning in
this store as an employee in 1S35 ; in 1846 the firm of Strong & Woodruff was
formed, aud they continued the business for about thirty-three years. Mr.
Strong retiring, the present firm was formed ; Mr. Woodruff's son constituting
the company. Since the decease of his son, which occurred about a year ago,
Mr. Woodruff, senior, has continued the business alone, without making any
change in the firm name. Spacious and well-appointed premises are occupied,
and the stock on hand include, not only a carefully chosen assortment of hats,
but also furs, etc. Special attention is paid to making fur garments to order,
fifteen or twenty skilled assistants being employed in this department. Fur
garments will also be repaired and altered, being made over in accordance with
the latest styles at short notice. Moderate prices are quoted in every depart-
ment of the business, and we are confident that those having dealings with this
house will have reason to thank us for calling attention to their facilities. The
premises occupied consist of a store 25 by 160 feet and a basement 25 by 100
feet in dimensions.

POST OFFICE.

CHAS. A. BlvAKE & CO., Receivers and Shippers;
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Flour, Hay, Straw, Grain, Mill Feed and Salt ;
Nos. 634 to 638 North Main Street ; Local and Long-Distance Telephone Con-
nection.—This progressive and leading house was established in 1888, the
present firm of Cbas. A. Blake & Co. being successors to the old firm ofWm.
B. Smith & Son. They occupy well-equipped aud modern salesrooms at Nos.
6j4 t° 638 North Main Street, carrying a complete line of hay, straw, grain and
feed for both wholesale and retail buyers. They are large shippers by the car-
load from leading Western and New England points, their stock being in every
respect up to date. Prices will be found uniformly based upon the lowest mar-
ket figures. The firm have always believed in a high standard, reliable cash
business, and have pursued this policy steadily from the first, so that they are
now enabled to afford their patrons many exceptional and attractive bargains.
A specialty is made of baled hay and straw by the car or fractional carload.
They are always prompt, reliable shippers, and guarantee all goods to be
received in good condition. Their wholesale business extends throughout New-

England, over all the leading railroads, and also to Canada. They enjoy the
very best of trade connections, the successful establishment of which has been
secured only by long and patient attention to all the best features of this line
of trade. Their regular corps of assistants consists of six trained clerks and
salesmen. Whenever desiring Ai service, goods and quotations, our readers
will show judgment in dealing with this reliable and first-class house.

P. "W. BACKES, Wholesale and Retail Vienna Bakery, Lunch
Room and Ice-Cream Parlors, Nos. 167 and 169 Asylum Street, opposite Allyu
House. — The Vienna bakery conducted by Mr. F. W. Backes at Nos. 167 and

169 Asylum Street (in the fine block owned by
Mr. Backes), opposite the Allyu House, is among
the most reliable iu Hartford, and deserves hon-
orable mention. The business is both whole-
sale and retail, and au extensive and first-class
trade is catered to. Mr. Backes is a thorough
master of everything pertaining to the busiuess,
and has built up a trade upon a sound and
permanent basis. He occupies commodious
premises, part of which are fitted up as a dining-
room and ice-cream parlor. A specialty is made
of serving dinners, where none better can be
had iu the city. The location is central and
near the depot. These departments, as well as
the bakery, are well-equipped with the latest
modern and improved machinery for facilitating
the business. Mr. Backes has made it an invari-
able rule to use nothing but absolutely pure material, and upon this substantial
basis in all his dealings he has won a wide reputation and instant appreciation
from all who buy his goods. He has developed a fiue retail trade. Orders for
cake for weddings and parties will be promptly attended to and delivered.
Mr. Backes has had many years' experience iu the business, and is a practical,
popular and successful baker.

J. M. BISSELL,

PACKER AND DEALER IN

Leaf . Tobacco,

No. 220 STATE STREET.

THE PERKINS ELECTRIC-SWITCH MANUFAC-

TURING CO., No. 302 Asylum Street. — The development of electrical appli-
ances is by all odds the most significant feature of the closing century. The
revolution wrought in the economy of industries and the control of nature is
but yet barely realized. The Perkins Electric-Switch Manufacturing Co. of
Hartford is one of the representative houses of New England in this line. Its
ofEces and workshops are situated at No. 302 Asylum Street this city ; and,
though incorporated in 1890, it already controls a very large and successful
business. Their well-known "switches" are manufactured under various
patents issued to C. G. Perkins from 1881 to 1890, and are acknowledged by all
competent judges to be unequaled in excellence of mechanical construction.
They are made in a variety of styles with a fine porcelain base and nickel cover,
and with a capacity ranging from 5 to 150 amperes on a continuous current of
120 volts. Every instrument is fully guaranteed, and the universal success
with which they have met is the best testimony to their value. Another
specialty made by this company is the "Dovetail Ceiling Cut-Out," for cleat,
concealed and moulding work. Among its advantages are its easy adjustment,
porcelain protecting lugs, the firm dovetail contacts, and freedom from possible
accidental disjunction. It is undoubtedly superior to any other on the market.
Their new No. 3 Socket also combines the advantages of all the best sockets,
and is fitted for the standard bases of lamps. The energy and judgment shown
in the development of this company have made it a very important factor in
New England and national electrical affairs. Their works and offices cover
two floors 25 x 90 feet, three floors 23 x 75 feet and office 30 x 25 feet, and they
employ an average corps of forty-five men. Their goods are well known
throughout the country, and are also shipped in large quantities to foreign
countries. They manufacture also at above address the well-known Waterhouse,
Gamble & Co. Arc Lamp, which for incandescent currents has numerous points
of excellence, placing it in many respects at the top among lamps of its class.
The Gibbs Switch, which they manufacture, was patented March 27, 1894, is
double-pole, double-brake. Its absolute interchaugeability, simplicity and
durability will recommend this switch to those who have been annoyed by the
breaking and inability to replace parts of many otherwise good switches. The
parts are all strong and not liable to give out ; but, iu case of breakage, the
switch is so simple in its construction that any part may be replaced in a
moment. This switch is giving fine satisfaction, and is becoming very popular
iu the trade.

TTJTTI,E & MATHER, Expressmen, Carmen and

Transferring ; Theatre Work a Specialty ; Special Attention Given to Moving
Furniture; No. 2 American Row. — There is no need of enlarging upon
the usefulness of a thoroughly reliable, prompt and frequent express service,
for the value of such a service is too apparent to require demonstration and
fully justifies us in making prominent mention of Messrs. Tuttle & Mather,

expressmen and carmen, in this review of the most important and notable
enterprises of the city, it being generally conceded that no express running out
of Hartford renders a more comprehensive and thoroughly satisfactory service
than the one in question. This business was established some twenty years ago
by Mr. Edson Sissions, who was bought out by Mr. T. S. Mather in 1889.
Mr. C. E. Tuttle was already engaged in the express business, and combining
his with that of Mr. Mather made the present strong firm and large business.
Messrs. Tuttle & Mather are well-known expressmen and carmen, making a
specialty of theatre work and furniture moving. Their business has steadily
developed until now eight trucks and express wagons are required in handling
the business transacted. They do business for such large concerns as Cal-
houn's Printing Co., Squires & Son, Atlantic Screw Works, Jacobs, Avery &
Jacobs, Storrs & Candee, the theatrical business, and a large percentage of the
wharfage trucking. Goods transported by this express are assured careful
handling and prompt delivery, and as the charges on all classes of freight from
light packages to heavy bundles, machinery, etc., are uniformly moderate, it is
no wonder that very general use should be made of the facilities offered. All
orders addressed to No. 2 American Row are assured prompt attention and
satisfactory execution.

HARDING & HOLBROOK (Atlantic Fish Market), Whole-
sale and Retail Dealers in All Kinds of Fresh, Salt, Smoked and Pickled Fish,
Oysters, Clams, Lobsters, &c, No. 567 Main Street. — Those who have done
business with Messrs. Harding & Holbrook long enough to become familiar
with their methods and the excellence of their service need not be advised to
patronize their establishment in the future ; but, as there are doubtless many
among our readers who have not had this experience, we think it will be both
pleasant and well advised for us to call attention to some of the many advan-
tages they have to offer. To begin with, the business was established by Mr.
Paine about thirty years ago. He was succeeded by Messrs. Daniels & Hol-
brook, and they in turn by the present proprietors about seven years ago. Mr.
S. E. Harding is a native of Wellfleet, Mass., and Mr. W. J. Holbrook is from
the same town. Both are widely known and highly esteemed in Hartford,
where they occupy premises located at No. 567 Main Street, and popularly
known as the Atlantic Fish Market, and which are very completely fitted up
for the carrying on of the business in the best possible manner. Dealing as
they do in such perishable commodities as fish, Messrs. Harding & Holbrook
have spared no pains to provide the most approved means for the preservation
of the same when the weather is warm or otherwise unfavorable, and they have
found their reward in the character of their patronage, for no one likes to pur-
chase food which has been improperly cared for. They are wholesale and
retail dealers in fresh, salt, smoked and pickled fish, oysters, clams, lobsters,
etc. Three well-informed assistants are constantly employed, and orders are
promptly delivered to any part of the city.

The Keating Wheel

THE STRONGEST LIGHT WHEEL IN THE WORLD.
Beautifully finished ; graceful, easy-running. A wheel upon which you can
take solid comfort. Though not made in Hartford, the State Agency is held by

A. H. POMEROY, No. 98 Asylum Street.

You should certainly give it a trial before buying a wheel.

WOOU,EY'S HACK, UVERY AND BOARDING

STABLES, No. 108 Main Street.— There is no disputing the fact that
Woolley's Hack, Livery and Boarding Stables occupy a leading position
among similar establishments of the kind in Hartford; and it is perfectly
natural that such should be the case, for their proprietor is one of the most
experienced stable keepers in the city and spares no expense to afford his
customers every accommodation. The enterprise uuder his charge he founded
twenty-five years ago, and he was also for many years an undertaker here. Mr.
W. P. Woolley is ably assisted in the management of these stables by his son,
Mr. F. P. Woolley, who is a very popular young man. These stables are
located at No. 108 Main Street, and are neat and commodious in every respect.
Sixty horses and thirty carriages are kept in first-class condition for livery
purposes, and fifteen experienced assistants are employed. Mr. Woolley caters
to a very fine and extensive patronage, the Governor being among his patrons.
We can assure those who have not yet made trial of Mr. Woolley's facilities
that they are equal to the best, and are in fact superior to those of the average
livery stable, while his prices are low and equitable. Hacks will be furnished
for all occasions at short notice.

A. D. COOKE, Retail Dealer in Groceries and Provisions ;

Fresh, Salt and Canned Fish ; No. 56 Market Street. — The age and importance
of the grocery trade entitle it to a leading position among the most influential
industries of the world, and its representatives in this State and vicinity are not
surpassed for reliable dealings or business enterprise by any of their confreres.
Prominent among the leading grocers and provision dealers of this section ot
the State Mr. A. D. Cooke has long been recognized as an honorable anil pro-
gressive merchant. He established his business here in 1S86 and has since met
with continuous and deserved success. He employs regularly three assistants,
and commands one of the finest retail trades in this section of the city. His stock
of groceries and provisions, fresh, salt and canned fish, is first-class and reliable
in every respect, and rated at prices considerably below the average. A specialty
is made of the fish department. The premises utilized comprise two floors 30x60
feet in dimensions, and are located at No. 56 Market Street. This store is a
model of neatness and care in the keeping of the stock, and in the tasteful
display of the goods.

NIMS, WHITNEY & CO. (Successors to J. H. Goodell,
Formerly with H. R. Gridley, Now with the Above), Manufacturers of and
Dealers in Doors, Windows and Blinds, No. 572 Main Street. — Although there
has been a steady advance all along the line in the various trades and industries
of the country during the past quarter century, there is hardly a department
which has made such appreciable and rapid progress as that concerned with
house-building supplies and artistic wood manufacturing. The inventive spirit
of New England has been concentrated as never before in this special line, and
the result is seen in a wide variety of beautiful and important improvements.
An establishment which represents the latest and best ideas in this field, having
a trade equaled by few in New England, is that of Messrs. Nims, Whitney .S;
Co., whose Hartford branch is situated at No. 572 Main Street, and uuder the
mauagemeut of Mr. N. C. Wardwell. The factories of this house at Keene.
N. H, have been in operation for over thirty years. Their Hartford store and
warehouse, uuder the charge of Mr. Wardwell since 1S90, has at once taken a
leading position in its line, owing to the very large modern facilities at its com-
mand. The stock includes every line of doors, windows, sash, blinds, plate
and window glass, putty, etc., at the lowest figures on the market. Very tine
specialties in hardwood-work, inside shutters and blinds are made to order.
Constant large consignments are received, and the stock of this house will
always be found up to the very largest aud best demands of the trade. The lead-
ing builders and contractors of this section have shown by their action that the
work furnished by this house is first-class. The most careful attention is paid
to special orders, and the facilities of the house are uuexcelled for retail as well
as wholesale trade. Mr. N. C. Wardwell, the efficient local representative, is a
native of Greenfield, Mass., widely aud favorably known to the trade in this
important department.

DANIELS, THE PRINTER, No. 284 Asylum Street,
Room 4; Commercial Printing at Lowest Prices. — In this age of enlighten-
ment and progress, old-fashioned methods have no chance, and there is no line

of business in which this fact is so forcibly
demonstrated as in printing. People want
good work and modern work, and it is be-
cause he is so well able to fill these require-
ments that Daniels, the Printer, has made
such a large success of his business, and
enjoys such widespread popularity. He
began business in Hartford in 1S73, and
has always exhibited the greatest enter-
prise, keeping fully abreast of the times
and improvements of the age, and meet-
ing with the most flattering success in
every department of work. Mr. Daniels
makes a specialty of commercial printing
at low prices, and possesses most excellent
facilities for the execution of any descrip-
tion of work in this line, from a simple
business card to an illustrated trade catalogue. His establishment occupies
two floors of the building, No. 284 Asylum Street, each floor having an area
of 30x40 feet. The plant is complete in every detail, being furnished with
four large presses of the latest and most approved make, and all other appli-
ances of a first-class modern printing house, including the latest and best styles
of type. Mr. Daniels is himself a thoroughly practical printer, and employs
none but the most competent men, his working force averaging six.

E. GATEI/Y & CO., Installment Dealers; Furniture, Car-
pets, Bedding, and General Household Furnishings; No. 2S8 Asylum Street. —
There is not, probably, a business firm in Hartford which needs less introduction
than Messrs. E. Gately & Co. In 1878 the present enterprise was started by
them, and a long practical experience in the furniture business has been
enjoyed. The premises occupied, and located at No. 288 Asylum Street, com-
prise one floor 20x100 feet in dimensions, with basement and second story.
Twelve competent assistants are employed. The stock carried is large and
varied, and embraces all kinds of furniture, carpets, bedding and general house-
hold furnishings, as all tastes are catered to. Many new novelties, makes and
designs are always being shown in furniture, and no pains are spared to please
the most fastidious customers, while everything sold here will be found to
prove just as represented in every particular. The business is ably managed
by Mr. E. G. Carter, who is very well and favorably known throughout Hart-
ford. Messrs. Gately & Co. sell on the installment plan, thus enabling all to
furnish their homes at a small outlay. They make most favorable inducements
to their patrons, and guarantee to sell as low as any one engaged in the same
line of trade.

W. J. MAY, Dealer in Fine Groceries, Foreign and Domestic
Fruits, No. 61 Farmingtou Avenue, Asylum Hill; All Orders by Telephone
Promptly Executed. — Should a person thoroughly acquainted with the com-
parative standing of the various business houses of this town be asked to name
half a dozen of the leading grocery houses of Hartford, he would unquestion-
ably include W. J. May in the list, for this concern has long held its present
high position, and is generally conceded to have few if any rivals in its par-
ticular line of business. The reasons for this favorable judgment are not
difficult to learn, for no one can visit this establishment without being im-
pressed by the magnitude and variety of the stock carried, the dependable
character of the goods and the low prices quoted on the same, while the prompt
and courteous attention extended to every caller is of itself enough to entitle
this representative concern to particularly favorable mention. This enterprise
was founded a quarter of a century ago by Messrs. Sumner & Smith, and, after
some changes, in 1879 the present proprietor assumed control. He is a native
of Pennsylvania, and well known in this town and vicinity. The premises
utilized are located at No. 61 Farmington Avenue, on Asylum Hill; they com-
prise one floor aud basement, 20 x 70 feet .in dimensions. Two teams and four
competent assistants are employed. Fine groceries, foreign and domestic
fruits, flour, sugar, teas, coffees, pure spices, etc., are dealt in, and all orders
are accurately filled at short notice.

HENRY C. BURGESS, Dealer in Lehigh and Free-Burn-
ing All-Rail Coal, No. 15 Albany Avenue. — It is needless to expatiate on the
supreme value of coal, but a matter which concerns every one of our readers
is where this indispensable article can be purchased on the very best terms.
An answer to their complete satisfaction can be made by trial of the superior
facilities afforded by Mr. Henry C. Burgess at No. 15 Albany Avenue, the lead-
ing Hartford merchant in this line. The business was established in 1SS6 by
Mr. J. C. Taft, whose experienced oversight as Weigher aud Superintendent
is still enjoyed by the house. For the past six years it has been under the gen-
eral management of Mr. H. C. Burgess, than whom there is no more experienced
or widely-conversant dealer of coal in this part of New England. The
premises occupied — immediately adjacent to the railroad, at above address —
comprise more than an acre of ground, and are fitted up with the finest class of
storage-sheds, coal-pockets, general weighing and shipping facilities. A spe-
cialty is made of the Ai retail trade, though there are some very large regular
customers of the house. The stock carried is not excelled, either in size or high
standard, anywhere in this section. The leading specialties are Lehigh and
free-burning coals, in all the standard forms and sizes; the stock also includes
favorite kinds of anthracite and stove coals from other sections of the East.
Its high character can be judged from the fact that it is entirely shipped by
rail directly from the mines— a course which would be impossible with iuferior
grades. Quick, reliable service and liberal prices have placed the business of
this house at the very front of local trade.

E. N. & N. O. KEI/I/OGG, Wool, No. 373 Asylum Street.
— From various causes the subject of wool has been of extreme iuterest to the
entire American people for some years past. When it is considered that three-
fourths of all the clothing worn must be derived from this source, the reason
for this interest is not difficult to fathom. Whatever may be the rating of tariff
schedules, it is certain that the leading wool trade of this part of the country
will continue under the management of the house of E. N. & N. O. Kellogg, as
it has for the past fifty years or more. The reason for this is simply that this
house has invariably offered the best of service and goods. A very large propor-
tion of Hartford's commercial life has been built up since this old reliable house
was established. Mr. E. N. Kellogg, the pioneer wool merchant of this part of
the State, was also one of the first Councilmen at the incorporation of Hartford
as a city. By the slow and steady growth of many years the firm have created
a very wide, complete range of trade facilities and connections. They were
extensive importers in the county twenty years ago of the finest European and
Australian wools, also handling all the leading American brands. Their com-
mission and jobbing trade extends to all parts of New England, supplying many
of the largest mills in this and other States. One of their prominent specialties
is "scoured wool," a marked favorite for high-grade cloths. The high standing
and reputation of the house area most complete guarantee of liberal dealings and
the very best wholesale rates. Their influence has been felt in the elevation of
the New England wool trade from its earliest period to the present time.

J. SAMUEI/S & CO., New England Boot and .Shoe House,
No. 354 Main Street, Corner Kinsley, Hartford, and No. 23 Colony Street,
Meriden. — One of the reasons why so much dissatisfaction exists in the matter
of footwear is that less judgment is displayed in the purchase of these articles
than in any other line of wearing apparel. But in this as in every other depart-
ment of life the progressive spirit of the age is making itself felt, and the
erroneous impression that a tight fit is a good fit is rapidly disappearing, and
with it the tendency of shoes to lose their shape and disintegrate under ordinary
wear. Somebody has said that more trouble has been caused in this world by
misfit shoes than by bad hearts, and he was about right. The best results in
buying shoes are sure to be obtained by relying upon the judgment of such re-
sponsible dealers as Messrs. J. Samuels & Co., of the New England Boot and
Shoe House, No. 354 Main Street. They have a handsome corner store, 25 x 100
feet in dimensions, which is one of the finest shoe emporiums in the State. The
character and importance of the business may be inferred from the fact that the
annual sales of the house aggregate between $85,000 and $90,000. This store
was first opened in 1876 by Mr. Samuels, who came from Boston, where he had
previously been in the business for a number of years. The firm employ six
assistants here, and also have a fine branch store at Meriden, Conn. Mr. Samuels
is a courteous and obliging gentleman, and customers at his store receive the
most satisfactory and polite attention from him and his alert and well-trained
assistants.

JOHN McCLARY (Wood-Working Company), Office and
Factory, Nos. 65, 67 and 69 Front Street, and Nos. 85, 87, 89 and 91 Grove Street.
— The union of art and mechanical skill in the field of wood-working machinery
has produced results in recent years more beautiful than were ever obtained
before. This is seen in the interior wood finish, hardwood mouldings, etc.,
which adorn our most beautiful and important buildings. A business enterprise
which has taken a marked and influential position in this department is that
conducted by Mr. John McClary at Nos. 65-69 Front Street and Nos. S5-91 Grove
Street, Hartford. It was established by Mr. McClary in 1S8S and has continued
under his management without change. The business premises occupied afford
about 16,000 feet square floor space, and are admirably equipped with every
modern line of machinery. Thirty-five men are employed on the average, and
a large annual output made of all kinds of wood-working and turned goods.
This includes special fixtures for banks, drug-stores, church seats, pulpits,
altars, offices, saloons, mantels, sideboards, wainscotings, ceilings, floor-work,
etc., at very low and attractive rates. Mr. McClary executes special designs to
order and also carries a large general stock of wood-fittings and fixtures.
Estimates are carefully furnished and can be most thoroughly relied upon. As
nothing adds so much to the interior effect of a business, public or private
edifice as fine woodwork, it should prove of value and iuterest for all our
readers to make a careful examination of the facilities of this successful and
leading house in its line.

JOSEPH HAGARTY, Dealer in Groceries and Provisions,
No. 75 Front Street. — One of the recently-established and at the same time one
of the most reliable enterprises carried on in this sectiou of Hartford is that
conducted by Mr. Joseph Hagarty at No. 75 Front Street, for the proprietor is
well and favorably known throughout this vicinity, and has had sufficient
experience in his present line of business to be thoroughly familiar with it in
every detail. Mr. Hagarty is a native of Hartford, and as before stated is well
known throughout the city. He is Financial Secretary of the A. O. H., Second
Division, and was formerly Financial Secretary of the United Irish Society, and
also a member of the Foresters. The store occupied by him is very conveniently
fitted up, the space available being sufficiently extensive to admit of the
carrying of a large and varied stock, comprising selected family groceries and
provisions of all kinds. This stock is new, fresh and "clean" in every depart-
ment, and therefore Mr. Hagarty has no undesirable goods to "work off," but is
in a position to supply articles that will satisfy the most fastidious. Orders are
filled at short notice, and every caller may safely depend upou receiving
courteous and painstaking attention. This establishment was founded in 1891,
and has been under the able management of its present proprietor from its
inception. Those giving Mr. Hagarty's establishment a trial will find him
prepared to fill either large or small orders without delay, and at the lowest
market rates.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.

BOUCHER & CORNWEU,, Domestic Laundry; Shirts,
Collars and Cuffs a Specialty; Goods Collected and Delivered Free of Charge;
No. 15 Church Street. — One need not be very old to remember the storm of
opposition which hailed the advent of the first public laundries, or rather the
first machine laundries; for the introduction of the washing machinery now in
general use is of comparatively recent date, and few industries have developed
as rapidly as the laundry business during the past ten or twelve years. The
public were warned that the machinery would rip clothes to pieces ; that fine
linen would be burned beyond repair; the strongest materials would be rotted
by chemicals, and havoc and ruin generally would result from patronizing these
establishments; but still they were supported so liberally that their number
has increased with phenomenal rapidity, and this increase is still going on — so
the natural presumption is that the service they afford is efficient and satis-
factory. The Domestic Laundry, located at No. 15 Church Street, may be
cited as a representative establishment of this kind, for it is one of the most
liberally-patronized laundries in this section of the State, and offers a service
unsurpassed for reliability and general efficiency. The proprietress, Mrs. L. A.
Cornwell, came from New York and founded the Domestic Laundry in 1883.
The premises utilized by her cover an area of some 2,400 square feet, and are fitted
up with a complete plant of the most improved machinery. Employment is
given to ten assistants, and the various duties and responsibilities are so defi-
nitely placed that the greatest possible accuracy is attained. A specialty is made
of shirts, collars and cuffs, and all work will be called for and delivered free
of charge to any part of the city, and the charges will compare favorably with
any quoted by other laundries turning out equally-desirable work.

J. D. FISKE & CO., Leather and Findings; Boot and Shoe
Uppers and Shoe-Store Supplies; No. 278 Asylum Street. — The immense scope
of trade and industry necessary for the complete manufacture of a modern shoe
is hardly realized by those who have not given the subject careful attention.
There is probably no other line into which so many channels of invention
and manufacture converge as this. This fact is very clearly illustrated by
the extensive business and stock handled by the well-known firm of Messrs.
J. D. Fiske & Co., No. 278 Asylum Street, Hartford. It has now been in
successful operation for the past fifteen years and is a recognized leader in its
department throughout the State. A large modern store is occupied, 26x100
feet iu dimensions, and completely stocked at all times. The trade is largely-
wholesale, but a first-class grade of retail business is also handled. Iu addition
to full lines of finished and dressed leather, morocco, kid, etc., and boot and
shoe uppers for local manufacturers, the following comprises a partial list of the
slu-e findings carried in stock : Beeswax, button-hooks, burnish ink, blackings,
fasteners, boot-web, bound cork soles, calf-patches, crimping tacks, cut soles,
emery paper, eyelets and hooks, hotel brushes, heel-ball and staves, heel plates,
stiffeuers and protectors, kit-lamps, lamb's-wool soles, lap irons, machine silk,
measure straps, peg-cutters and awls, rubber soling, patching and cement ;

Russia bristles, russet linings, standards and lasts, goriugs, steel nippers,
pinchers, sand paper, shoe brushes, knives, dressings, daubers, buttons, pegs,
hammers, lifts, buffers, laces, tacks, nails, shank-irons, strip awls, sandstones,
stitch wheels, toe stretchers, top-pieces, welt knives and trimmers, Yankee key
wheels, French calf, oak calf and kip, French chalk, German rasps, shoe thread
and steel nails. It can thus be seen that every article and material needed by
manufacturers or dealers in this line can be procured at this store, and its
reputation for fair and liberal dealings is a guarantee of the very best modern
service at all times. Mr. J. D. Fiske, the sole proprietor of this establishment,
is a native of the "Green Mountain State." His grandfather, Judge Jonathan
Fiske, was Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk in Williamstown, Vt. , also
Judge of Probate in his district for over forty years,, also represented the town
in the State Legislature for thirty years in succession, and afterwards at various
times. Mr. Fiske spent his early years of business life iu Maloue, N. Y., as
telegraph operator, clerk and proprietor of a country store ; was also Town Clerk
for ten years. In 1859 he went to New York City and for nine years was a
salesman, and for a further span of eleven years was a partner in the well-
known wholesale boot aud shoe house of Nathaniel Fisher & Co. While living
in New York City he was an active member of "The American Institute," and
is now an honorary member of the same. He is a member of the Board of
Trade and Merchants' Exchange, aud is a Mason.

SCHROEDER'S Ice-Cream and Candy Manufactory, No. 373

Main Street. — In this age of adulteration it is difficult to tell from appearances
whether confectionery is absolutely pure or has been subjected to some of the
many methods of sophistication in the process of manufacture. However, it is
unnecessary for buyers of confectionery iu Hartford to trouble themselves on
this point if they confine their patronage to such reputable manufacturers as
Mr. F. Schroeder. His motto is not "How cheap!" but " How good!" and with
this always prominently in view he uses none but the purest sugars, flavoring
extracts, vegetable colors or other ingredients in the composition of his delicious
aud wholesome candies, while the processes employed are of the most advanced
aud scientific sort. His reputation as a manufacturer of ice cream is second to
none, and his product has a larger sale than that of any other maker in the city.
Mr. Schroeder began business here in 1873, aud in the intervening twenty-one
years has built up a large and flourishing trade in his dainty specialties aud gen-
eral products. His store at No. 373 Main Street is one of the most popular in the
city. Two floors, each 25 x6o feet in extent, are needed for the accommodation
of his large retail candy and ice-cream trade, a part of this space being utilized
for the ice-cream mauufacturiug department. The caudy manufactory is at No.
14 Morgan Street, and occupies two floors 23x40 feet in dimensions, and about
800 square feet of storage room. Mr. Schroeder has an extensive wholesale as
well as retail trade, supplying many of the other stores in the city with confec-
tionery and ice cream. He employs ten hands and keeps two delivery teams in
constant service.

THE LEAGUE CYCLE CO., Manufacturers of the
"League Wheel" (Chaiuless), No. 30 Union Place. — Scientific terms are now
being used for old proverbs, especially in business matters. We used to say :
"Practice makes perfect." Now, it is "natural selection " and the "evolution
of higher types." However phrased, it is undeniably the fact that the
"League Wheel" made by The League Cycle Co. of Hartford represents the
highest and best development yet attained in this very popular aud influential
field. The company was incorporated in 1S92 for the purpose of manufactur-
ing this special wheel, and the wide success with which it has met fully justi-
fied the foresight of the prominent business and professional men who united
to add another great triumph to Hartford's commercial history. The great and
salient feature of the "League Wheel" is the added simplicity, lightness and
ease of operation afforded by its being free from the cumbersome chain attach-
ment. It was for some years supposed that the chain was essential to the
Safety Wheel and ensured the best multiplication of force. This company has
solved the problem of a simple mechanical arrangement, affording even better
speed to the wheel, which is, of course, the supreme factor, and at the same
time doing away with several pounds of weight. They control the patent on
chaiuless cycles, and their superior machines are steadily driving the older
forms out of the market. The manufacturing plant occupied at No. 30 Union
Place has been equipped in the most modern and thorough manner. It com-
prises an entire building of four stories, 100 x 35 feet in dimensions. The corps
of trained workmen employed averages one hundred aud twenty. Every detail
of the machine receives most expert and careful attention, the steel frames aud
bars, saddle, handles, pneumatic tires, etc., being each of the finest material
and workmanship, aud in their proportional arrangement they afford a perfec-
tion of rapid and steady service which places the "League Wheel" at the very
head of the procession. The ideas of some of the most famous riders of the
c untry are embodied both iu its detail and general form. For racing or riding

of every kind it cannot be matched, and none of those who have tried it would
exchange for any older style. The officers of The League Cycle Co. are : Hon.
Henry C. Dwight (Ex-Mayor of Hartford), President; Arthur H. Parker, Vice-
President and Manager; Andrew F. Gates, Treasurer; Samuel G. Mowry,
Secretary. Each improvement in the cycle has resulted in a very large ex-
tension of its use, and we have no doubt that the general introduction of the
"chaiuless wheels" will show the same result.

KENEY, ROBERTS & CO., Mill Agents; Wholesale
Grocers and Flour Merchants; No. 700 Main Street.— In the last resort, the
standing and civilization of every country fall back upon its food supply.
The unprecedented progress of the past thirty years of national history can be
largely traced to this source. An establishment, therefore, which stands as an
important factor in our civilization, as well as an unquestioned leader in its
department of trade, is that of Messrs. Keney, Roberts & Co. at No. 700 Main
Street. The business was established in 1S30 by the firm of H. W.
Keney & Co., which continued without change until 1S55. In that year
the new partnership of Keney, Roberts & Goodwin was formed, which
on the death of Mr. Goodwin became Keney & Roberts. The only change
since was the admission in 1S89 of Messrs. Wm. Tucker and H. H. Goodwin as
members of the firm. The senior partner, Mr. Henry Keney, now eighty-eight
years of age, has been at the head of the firm from the first day to the present.
As one of the oldest active merchants in the State, he has witnessed the large
and far-reaching changes of more than sixty years of commercial progress.
Mr. Ebenezer Roberts has been a partner for nearly forty years, and the
younger members of the firm have also been associated with it for nearly
twenty years. In all that is implied by long experience and trained service
this house is entitled to a prominent place among those which have made New
England a great centre of the world's trade. The firm still occupy the original
store building at No. 700 Main Street, and in addition a large modern ware-
house at No. 116 Commerce Street, comprising four floors, 50 x 100 feet in
dimensions. They carry a very extensive and reliable stock, including the
finest grades of Western flour and general wholesale grocers' supplies. The

character of their stock and trade is
sufficiently indicated by the fact that
they are the special mill agents for
this section of the Washburn-Crosby
Co.'s Superlative Flour, of Minneap-
olis. Their jobbing trade extends
throughout Connecticut aud Western
Massachusetts, relations having been
maintained for many years with the
largest and best stores iu this part of
New England. The house is thor-
oughly representative of the best
standards and most liberal dealings
of the city and State trade.

AMERICAN HOUSE (W. H. Miner, Proprietor; Formerly
of Miner's Restaurant), Corner American Row and State Street; Special Rates
to Theatrical and Commercial People. — Hotels, like individuals, soon establish
a character of their own in a community, and as the American House has been
in operation many years its reputation has long since been definitely fixed.
Mr. W. H. Miner, the present proprietor, has been connected with the American
House for the past seven years. He formerly conducted Miner's Restaurant and
is popularly known here. In fact, he ranks with the best-known hotel pro-
prietors iu this vicinity; and, as "practice makes perfect," it may safely be
assumed that he has little to learn in connection with the business. Indeed,
the American House is now considered by experienced travelers, especially
theatrical people, as one of the best-managed hotels iu this section of the State,
and it is often remarked that its proprietor has successfully solved the difficult
problem of making guests feel perfectly at home without sacrificing dignity or
propriety in the slighest degree. The house contains sixty large and pleasant
rooms, well furnished, while the terms are reasonable. The cuisine is excellent
and the service all that can be desired; in fact, everything possible is done for
the comfort of the guests. The American House is located at the corner of
American Row and State Street. Special rates are made to theatrical and
commercial people.

GEO. P. BISSEJvI/ & CO., Bankers, No. 307 Main Street.
— No city of its size in the United States is provided with better banking
facilities than Hartford has had almost from the beginning of its advance to a
position of an important commercial and industrial centre. The exigencies of
its vast business interests demand the possession of facilities of the largest and
most complete description, and, as has been said, these have been amply provided,
and they are controlled by men of the widest experience and most advanced
ideas. Among the oldest banking houses in Hartford, or even iu New England,
is that of Messrs. Geo. P. Bissell & Co. The founder, and for many years the
active head of the business, Mr. Geo. P. Bissell, died three years ago, and since
that time the house has been carried on by Mr. Albert H. Olmsted, who was
associated with him for a number of years as partner in the business, and Mr.
Chas. H. Coit, who had some fifteen years' experience in banking in Litchfield,
Conn. They hold a leading position among the progressive bankers of the
country, and do a large business, making special features of local stocks and
bonds, and are extensive dealers in all securities dealt in on the New York, Boston
and Philadelphia Exchanges, doing both a commission and cash sale business.
They do not however deal iu margins, confining their attention strictly to the
regular departments of business in which a high-toned banking house may
engage. Interest is allowed on deposit, subject to check, and letters of credit
furnished to travelers in foreign parts, through Messrs. Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
or Messrs. Brown Bros, of New York. They also buy and sell sterling exchange.
Safe-deposit boxes for the storage of valuable papers, plate, jewelry and other
personal property are provided at moderate rentals, and every facility for
privacy is offered to those who wish to avail themselves of them.

I/. D. PIERCE, Electro-Plater, Grinding, Polishing and
Finishing of Metals, Colt's Armory Building, Third Floor; Residence, No. 126
Huntington Street. — One of the greatest applications of chemistry to the
mechanical arts made during the present century is that of electro-plating. It
secures results of the most durable and artistic character at an expense formerly
unthought of. A successful and well-known business in this department has
been conducted in Hartford for the past nine years by Mr. L. D. Pierce. His
workshop is situated on the third floor in the Colt Armory Building, and for
that celebrated arms company he does a very large amount of work, which is
the highest possible testimony to its thoroughness and value. He employs
seven regular assistants, all experienced and first-class workmen. His facilities
for all kinds of electro-plating, grinding, polishing and finishing of metals are
unsurpassed. He can handle large contracts with dispatch and thorough suc-
cess, his prices being equal to the best that can be obtained anywhere. A special
feature is made of burnishing and polishing old materials, making them in
every respect equal to new. Mr. Pierce employs only the best material, and
guarantees uniform first-class work. His trade iu the city and surrounding
section has been steadily increasing, and is now unexcelled by an}' other either
in extent or value. Our readers can rely upon the most complete satisfaction
in entrusting work to his experienced care.

STODDARD & CORKINS, No. 283 Sheldon Street, Cor-
ner Union. — The subject of building a house which will meet all modern re-
quirements has become in recent years a much more complex and extensive a
problem than was the case even ten years ago. It must not only have good
architectural form as regards external design and interior finish, but even more
important, if possible, are those multiform arrangements for sanitation, com-
fort and elegance which only the experienced hand can add. The well-known
firm of Stoddard & Corkins has for over fifteen years taken a leading part in
the advance of local ideas and interests in this department. Their workshops
and office at No. 283 Sheldon Street, corner of Union, are very thoroughly
equipped and provided with every convenience for prompt and careful execu-
tion of building and carpentering work. Their large business requires the con-
stant employment of thirty experienced workmen. Their facilities also for
architectural work, furnishing plans complete in ever}" modern feature, are of
the very best type. Many of the largest and most beautiful edifices in the city
and section have been erected by this progressive firm. They handle both large
and small contracts with equal thoroughness, guaranteeing in all cases the most
complete satisfaction. The best of attentiou afforded to repairs and special
jobbing work of every sort. The prices and terms of this firm are unexcelled
in fairness and liberality. Our readers can be certain of obtaining the best
results in dealing with them, and their success is thoroughly in accord with
that high degree of excellence which has made Hartford one of the most beauti-
ful cities in the country, both as regards its public aud private residences.
Some of the beautiful buildings they have recently built are the library at the
Theological Seminary aud Mr. P. Garvin's new house, and several others.

ASSEMBLY HALL, CAPITOL.

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WM. G. BAXTER, Wall Papers, Decorations, Room
Mouldings, Metal Ceilings, No. 231 Asylum Street. — It is an undoubted fact
that such an important trade centre in this part of the country as Hartford
should be supplied with houses engaged in all the prominent branches of busi-
ness. Perhaps few cities of its size are as well off in this particular as Hartford,
not only on account of the number of business enterprises successfully carried
on in her midst, but for the superior excellence which is manifest in a great
many of them. Forming one of this class of houses, and maintaining a prom-
inent position among the business interests of this city, is the establishment
conducted by Mr. Win. G. Baxter, the decorator and dealer in wall papers,
decorations, room mouldings, fresco and metal ceilings. There is fashion in
home-beautifying as in most other things, but the dictates of fashion are not
always in the best taste and they soon change. Therefore, in decorating with
an important article like wall paper it is well to apply to persons who are thor-
oughly experienced in handling it, and we take pleasure in recommending as
such Mr. Baxter, who has had an experience of fifteen years in fine goods and
decorations. His office and store, located at No. 231 Asylum Street, occupies
two floors 30x50 feet in size, where everything pertaining to interior decora-
tion may be found, not the least being artistic wall paper, the patterns and color-
ing of which will be found exceedingly beautiful, and the prices reasonable.

"His work in interior decoration has placed him as the leader in fine
work. His work speaks for itself." — Hartford Evening Times.

ARTISTIC DESIGNING.
EMBOSSING PLATES.

THE HARTFORD ENGRAVING CO.,

No. 66 State Street,

i COURANT BriLDIXG.

Ske Front Cover oh this Book.

D. A. CI/ARK, Groceries, Meats and Fish, No. 525 Main
Street. — One's first impression on examining the stock carried by Mr. D. A.
Clark is that it is decidedly superior to the average in quality and will compare
favorably in point of size, and this impression will be confirmed by a more
extended investigation, for this firm takes pains to handle goods that will suit
the most fastidious, and to offer a sufficient variety to enable all tastes to be
suited and all orders to be filled without delay. This establishment was founded
in January, 1S94, by the present proprietor, who is a native of Broad Brook, Conn.
The premises utilized are located at No. 525 Main Street and measure 25x50
feet in dimensions, affording excellent opportunity for the accommodation of a
complete assortment of staple and fancy groceries, meats, fish, etc., the stock
being so arranged as to aid materially in the prompt and accurate filling of
orders. Mr. Clark gives close personal attention to his business and employs
four competent assistants, neglecting no means to full}' deserve the exceptional
popularity his establishment has now. This popularity is of course due to the
promptness and courtesy of the service to a great extent, but even more to the
fact that every article will prove precisely as represented.

EDWARD SHEI/TON, Hartford Real Estate Exchange ;
Real Estate, Loans, Insurance and Investment Broker; Manager of Estates;
Conveyancer and Notary ; Negotiate Eastern aud Western Mortgages ; Sell or

Exchange Properties; Examine Titles;
Make Appraisals : Let Properties, and
Attend to the Collection of Rents ;
Personal Property, Western Lands,
and Patents a Specialty ; Correspond-
ence Solicited ; Courant Building,
Room 6. — Few, if any, of those en-
gaged in semi-professional vocations
in Hartford are better known or stand
higher in public esteem than Mr. Ed-
ward Shelton, whose office is in the
Courant Building, Room 6. As a real
estate and insurance broker he has had
a longer experience, probably, than
any other man in the same line of
business located here. The inception
of the fine business he now controls
dates from 187 1, in which year the
firm of Messrs. Day, Goddard & Co.,
of which he was an active member,
was organized. This firm continued
until 1877, when its interests passed exclusively into the hands of Mr. Shelton.
No man has a wider or more accurate knowledge of real-estate values in Hart-
ford and its vicinity than he, and his services to both buyers and sellers have

been of the most valuable character. In insurance matters he is equally an
authority, and as an investment broker and manager of estates his services and
experience are in large requisition. He has on his books some of the most
desirable residential and business properties. In the negotiation of Eastern
and Western mortgages he possesses exceptional facilities, which are invaluable
to investors and those desiring to secure loans on valuable properties. Mr.
Shelton examines titles, makes appraisals, lets properties aud attends to the
collection of rents, and makes a specialty of transactions in personal property.
Western lands and patents. He is a conveyancer and notary. The Hartford
Real Estate Exchange, which name has been chosen to distinguish his business,
is known far and near.

H. S. HOUSE & CO., Manufacturer of Mouldings, Inside
Finish, Window Frames ; Saw and Planing Mill ; Cabinet Work, Store Fixtures,
Turning, Band Sawing; also Fine Piano Cases and Cabinet Work; No. 21
Union Street, between Sheldon Street and Charter Oak Avenue.— In the details
of house-building the greatest importance attaches to the various parts of the
framework, for upon these the durability and substantial character of the
building largely depend. Next, and probably of as great importance in
another direction, are the interior woodwork and finish, including trim, etc. It
is highly important, therefore, that these materials should be obtained from the
most reliable source. It is well known to the builder that no man in the trade
holds a higher reputation in this respect than Mr. H. S. House, of this city.
Four years ago the foundations of the fine business now conducted by H. S.
House & Co. were laid in this city. Mr. House learned his trade in this city;
and, having acquired an intimate knowledge of the requirements of builders
and others making use of the material produced in that department, he has
taken particular pains to meet them in the most acceptable mauuer, with the
result that, although a young man, he is at the head of a good-sized plant.
The space occupied at No. 21 Union Street, between Sheldon Street aud Charter
Oak Avenue, contains about 15,000 square feet, upon which they have erected
a large saw and planing mill, two stories high and 60 x 45 feet ground measure-
ment, a fine kiln-drying house, lumber sheds and other buildings required by
their business. Power is supplied by a twenty-five horse-power engine, and the
machinery and other equipments are of the latest and most approved kind.
H. S. House & Co. are extensive manufacturers of mouldings, inside finish,
window frames, and all the products of a saw and planing mill, including
cabinet work, store fixtures, turning, band-sawing, etc. Their prices are bot-
tom rates, while the work is invariably of the best description. The magnifi-
cent Ballerstein Building, ou Main Street, was finished by them, and other fine
work of the same description may be seen in the city. In connection with
their other lines they make a specialty of fine, highly -polished rosewood,
walnut or mahogany piano cases and cabinet work. Particular attention is
given to the securing of the highest surface finish and delicate work, their
orders coming from the leading piano makers of the country.

PITKIN BROS. & CO., Steam Engineers and Contractors,
No. 152 State Street. — The immense manufacturing interests centered in the
Connecticut Valley, and particularly in Hartford, naturally attract to this city
the enterprises producing and dealing in machinery, of which, as the founda-
tion of all modern mechanical processes, the steam engine and its inseparable
companion, the steam boiler, figure most prominently. Among the leading
firms of steam engineers and contractors which make this city their headquarters
are the Messrs. Pitkin Bros. & Co. It is a very old-established business that
they coutrol, its foundations being laid in 1849 hy the Pitkin Brothers. The
surviving partner, Mr. Norman T. Pitkin, now conducts the business, retaining,
however, the old firm name. The factory occupied is situated at No. 152 State
Street, and consists of a large store, machine shop, pattern shop, boiler shop,
blacksmith shop — over 7,000 square feet of floor surface being utilized — all fitted
with the most approved appliances for carrying on the business of manu-
facturing steam engines, boilers and all descriptions of plate work, steam, water
and gas pipe and fittings. A large force of experienced mechanics is employed
in the shops, and a complete stock is carried at all times. Mr. Pitkin is the
inventor of the "Pitkin Vertical Domed-Head Steam Boiler," which is one of
the greatest improvements in steam boilers at the present time, being con-
structed in sizes from two to five hundred horse-power.

JOSEPH STREET & SON, Stair Builders, No. 24 Potter

Street. — One of the most important features of every house is its stairs, for if
these be poorly constructed the integrity of the whole building is affected, and,
at the same time, there is no part of the house which is put to more constant
and hard use. Sensible householders and builders alike will therefore be very
careful in the selection of this line of building-work. One of the oldest and
best-known establishments of Hartford in this department is that conducted by
Mr. Joseph Street at No. 24 Potter Street this city. It has now been in successful
operation here for years, and under Mr. Street's thorough and careful manage-
ment has built up a very good business. He is an experienced master-builder,
who has long devoted special attention to this line, and the result is seen in a
high-standard, uniform grade of work which cannot be surpassed in this or any
other section. He occupies a thoroughly-equipped shop at above address with
2,500 square feet of working and storage space. An average of eight skilled
workmen are employed. Every kind of special stair-work is executed to order
with despatch and at lowest current prices. He also carries a large general
stock, and can fill extensive contracts at short notice. Repairing and jobbing
'work a specialty. To secure the very best service and prices in this line our
readers will do well to use the facilities afforded by Messrs. Street & Son's
reliable establishment.

JOHN C. McMANUS, Stoves and Furnaces, No. 102 Main
Street ; Established 1S69. — When a man makes a specialty of a certain line of
business, devoting his whole time and all of his talents to its development, it
may be taken for granted that those who require such services as he performs
will be well served if they call upon him. Mr. John C. McManus is such a
man, and in his department of business he is without a superior. In enumer-
ating the leading industries of Hartford, a conspicuous place must be given to
his enterprise, which, since its establishment in 1869, has experienced steady
growth under the ability which has characterized its management. Mr. McManus
was born in Hartford. Here he entered into business as a dealer in stoves,
ranges and furnaces, and a tin, copper and sheet-iron worker. By industry and
ability he soon worked his way to the front, and is now one of the principal
men in his line in the city. He has a fine store at No. 102 Main Street, where
he carries a large and well-selected stock of stoves, ranges and furnaces. His
specialties are the Fuller, Warren & Co. 's celebrated hot-air furuaces and the
equally popular Kernan furnaces. Mr. McManus is a hot-air expert, and has
done some of the largest and best jobs in the city in this line. In stoves he
makes a leading specialty of the "Model," which, as its name implies, is one
of the best in the market. A large line of gas and oil stoves is also in stock.
Mr. McManus has also a large business in copper, tin and iron work, employing
an average of thirteen men in this department. Mr. McManus takes a live
interest in the affairs of the city, and the esteem in which he is held is shown
by the fact that he has been elected to important public positions, including
the offices of Fire Commissioner and Citv Couucilman.

N. E. TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE (E. C. Down,

Manager), No. 333 Main Street. — Fifteen years ago stenography was a pro-
fession whose field was limited chiefly to the newspaper offices and the court
room. Typewriting machines were little known, and their use was largely of
an experimental character. Now, no business office finds it possible to dis-
pense with the services of the shorthand amanuensis, and the typewriter is as
necessary an adjunct of the place as the cashier's desk, or any other indispens-
able fixture. It may not be that the typewriting machine will ever entirely
supersede the pen, but that its use is extending more and more there is no
denyiug. The large and constantly increasing use of this most valuable piece
of mechanism in Hartford may he largely attributed to the efforts of the New
England Typewriter Exchange, which has acquired prominence in recent years
through the able and efficient management of Mr. E. C. Down. He is himself
a finished stenographer and typewriter of high standing, serving in thatcapacitv
the Travelers' Insurance Company of this city, in addition to his other duties,
and for six years has been identified with the business of handling typewriter
supplies. Mr. Down is a native of New York, but has long been a resident of
Hartford, and is most widely known and highly esteemed here as a business
and professional man. At the New England Typewriter Exchange, No. 333
Main Street, he carries a large stock of supplies, including the latest improved
typewriting machines — such as the celebrated Remington, the Yost, the Dens-
more, the Smith Premier, and the Hammond. He also acts as agent for the
sale of the Conde Typewriter and Desk, and the Edison Mimeograph.

"ARMSMEAR." RESIDENCE OF MRS. COLT.

TRACY & ROBINSON,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN

Wooden Ware and
Builders' and Manufacturers' Supplies,

...Hardware,

Nos. 78 and 80 Asylum Street.

The hardware trade is one very vitally connected with the best
interests of the State and country. A leading aud successful house of
Hartford in this line is that of Messrs. Tracy & Robinson, Nos. 7S and 80
Asylum Street. Their business was established in 1S35 by Mr. H. C. Porter,
and has always maintained a leading position. The present firm was organized
in 1892, and have thoroughly sustained the reputation of the house. They
occupy a large aud handsome store at above address, comprising five floors,
25 x 100 feet in dimensions. Their trade, both wholesale and retail, extends
throughout the State and to different parts of New England, requiring a large
force of employees regularly to handle it. Iu addition to their store they also
use a large warehouse — 40 x 60 feet, three floors — for the storage of their stock.
This includes every kind of builders' and manufacturers' hardware; also tin and
wooden ware and special household utensils. They carry the most complete
line of builders' supplies, mechanics' tools and manufacturers' supplies of any
house in the city. Their prices are uniformly on the lowest market basis, and
the name of the firm is equivalent to standard Ai quality. They represent
well-known manufacturers in all parts of the United States. Among their reg-
ular patrons are some of the largest mills in New England, aud they have
special facilities for the handling of large contracts. Builders throughout the
county make this store the leading headquarters iu their line of supplies.

WM. WANDER & SONS, Dealers in First-Class Pianos,
Organs and Musical Merchandise; Sole Agents for Steinway Pianos, J. & C.
Fischer Pianos aud Steading Pianos; Warerooms, Nos. 239, 241 and 243 Asylum
Street. — An establishment which is familiar to the music-lovers of Hartford
and vicinity is the one so successfully conducted by Messrs. Wm. Wander &
Sons at Nos. 239, 241 and 243 Asylum Street. This busiuess was established in
1850, aud has increased to a trade of imposing proportions. They carry what
is probably the largest and most complete stock of pianos aud organs in the
State. The premises occupied consist of a block (which they own), five stories
in height aud 40 x 90 feet in dimensious. Their show-rooms are very beauti-
fully fitted up, and the building contains an elevator running to the top floor.
Employment is given to twelve experienced assistants, aud customers receive
the greatest attention. Messrs. Wander & Sons deal iu the productions of the
most successful and reliable manufacturers, and an instrument warranted by
them may be purchased in the full assurance that it will prove to be precisely
as represented. They are sole agents for the celebrated Steinway pianos,
J. & C. Fischer pianos, and the Stearling pianos. They also carry a carefulh-
selected assortment of musical merchandise, which they sell at reasonable
prices. All in search of a first-class musical instrument should certainly visit
this old and reliable establishment before purchasing elsewhere.

WM. WESTPHAI,, Dealer in Havana aud Seed-Leat

Tobacco and Cuttings; Tobacco Resweating Establishment; No. 229 State
Street. — The extensive leaf tobacco trade of this city is among its most impor-
tant iudustries, aud the merchants engaged in it are among the most energetic
and progressive of Hartford's business men. Among those who are especially
conspicuous in this branch of trade by reason of the extent and scope of their
operations is Mr. William Westphal, who conducts a large and most prosperous
busiuess at No. 229 State Street. His warehouse is a four-story building, with
a froutage of twenty-five feet and a depth of one hundred feet, affording ample
accommodation for the large stock he carries at all times. The business was
started in 1859 by Mr. Westphal, who came from Germany to the United States
when -a young man, and began his busiuess career as a cigar-maker. The
knowledge he acquired while at that busiuess has beeu of inestimable benefit
to him, aud it may be said that there is not iu the city to-day a better judge of
the intrinsic merit of each variety of leaf tobacco than he. Mr. Westphal
confines his operations chiefly to Connecticut and other domestic tobaccos,
although handling to some extent imported leaf. He also makes a specialty of
resweating, having for this purpose a sweating room, the temperature of which
ranges from 125 to 130 degrees above zero. The tobacco is first dampened and
placed in the sweating-room, where the sweating process is forced by the ex-
cessive heat, thus preventing the deterioration of quality likely to result from
slow natural sweatiug. Mr. Westphal employs an average of five assistants
throughout the year, and is always iu position to fill the largest and most
urgent orders.

ASYLUM STREET.

E. A. & W. P. FUELER (Successors to Arthur G. Pome-

rov), Packers and Dealers in Connecticut Seed-Leaf Tobacco, No. 236 State
Street. — Connecticut has long enjoyed the distinction of being the only State
north of Mason and Dixon's line in which tobacco is grown to any extent, and
it naturally follows that Hartford, her capital city and metropolis, should be the
chief centre of the great leaf-tobacco trade of the State, a trade whoce value is
estimated by millions. Connecticut seed-leaf tobacco has a national reputation,
and of hardly less renown is the firm of Messrs. E. A. & W. F. Fuller, prom-
inent packers and dealers in the valuable weed. This firm are the successors
of Mr. Arthur G. Pomeroy, who was one of the pioneers in the trade, and
whose business they took ten years ago. They have an immense trade in the
leaf, shipping to all parts of the United States. Their offices and warehouse are
at No. 236 State Street, and consist of a four-story building, with a frontage of
twenty-five feet and a depth of eighty feet. They employ an ample force of
competent assistants, and are always in a position to promptly execute the
largest orders at the lowest market rates. Both members of the firm are natives
of Connecticut and prominent citizens of Hartford, Mr. E. A. Fuller, the senior
member, being one of the Directors of the National Exchange Bank.

SMITH, THE HORSESHOER, No. 337 Allyn Street —
The importance for domestic service of careful attention to the shoeing of the
trained beasts of burden is evidenced by the fact that the term "Smith " is one of
the oldest in the language of men, and is mentioned among the very earliest
records. Indeed, there is no question but that this line was carefully perfected
eveu before this was accomplished in the same field for men themselves. One of
the oldest and best-known local centres for this line of work is Smith's Horseshoe-
ing House at No. 337 Allyn Street. The premises are equipped in modern style,
covering 1,200 square feet, and with first-class accommodations for from 15 to 20
horses. No pains are spared to secure for all patrons the finest class of service,
and that this is true is evidenced by the fact that the regular customers here
have long been among the most intelligent and influential in the city. Every
piece of work which leaves this shop is guaranteed of the very best standard,
and the terms are no higher than at many inferior places. Special attention is
given to lame, balky or nervous horses, and the facilities for handling delicate
work are unsurpassed. Our readers can make no mistake in patronizing this
reliable and first-class establishment.

THE MANSUY CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING

COMPANY, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Carriages, Wagons and
Sleighs, Nos. 17, 19 and 21 Elm Street. — No State in the Union enjoys a higher
reputation for excellence and large interests engaged in the manufacture of
carriages than Connecticut. In fact, its products of this kind have long been
regarded as the best in the American market. An old-established and leading
house in this department is the Mansuy Carriage Manufacturing Company at

Nos. 17, 19 and 21 Elm Street, Hartford. The business was established in 1841
and incorporated in 1S79, having been under the same progressive management
for many years. The President and Manager of the company is Mr. George
Best, and the Secretary Mr. J. J. Gates. Both are widely-known and expe-
rienced business men, whose authority in all matters bearing on their depart-
ment of trade is accepted throughout the State. The manufacturing premises
are large and moderuly equipped, 80 x 80 feet 1'three floors). The company
employs from twenty to twenty-five men on the average, and manufactures a
superior grade of goods. They also carry a general stock of carriages, wagons
and sleighs of every description, thoroughly guaranteed and at the lowest cur-
rent prices. Their facilities are exceptionally complete for manufacturing
special styles and designs to order, also for repairing work, carriage black-
smithing and general jobbing of every sort. Prompt and thorough attention at
reasonable rates is assured at this leading establishment. One of the most
successful specialties handled by this company is the Cushing tire and ball-
bearing for wagons and carriages, which has afforded universally the highest
satisfaction, and is without a rival in its line both for economy and good
service. To obtain the best range of selection, complete reliance on first-class
work and fair prices, our readers will find it to their interest to deal with this
old-established and successful house. Their horseshoeing department, estab-
lished a year ago, calls for special mention and attention, employing constantly
four skilled men, satisfaction being given to a growing business in this line.

THE BOSWORTH HEATING AND SUPPLY CO.,

Contractors for Steam and Hot-Water Heating Apparatus, No. 253 Asylum
Street. — It may well be questioned whether the application of the results of
scientific investigation and discovery has benefited mankind generally in a
more direct and vital manner than when it has touched the department of
domestic economy. The notable advancement in methods of heating, for in-
stance, has without doubt contributed as greatly to general healthfulness as it
has to the physical comfort of the world at large ; and it may well be said that
no greater boon has been conferred upon mankind than that resulting from
the introduction of steam and hot-water methods of heating. A concern that
has held a high position among those who have led this advance is the
Bosworth Heating and Supply Company of this city. The foundations of
its vast business were laid in 1882 by Mr. N. A. Bosworth, who remained its
sole proprietor until 1893, when the company was organized. They are among
the largest contractors for steam and hot-water heating apparatus in the
country — their system being acknowledged to be one of the best in use. The
company has a splendidly equipped establishment at No. 253 Asylum Street,
where it occupies two floors, each 35 x 90 feet in dimensions. They employ a
full force of competent assistants, and are always in a position to execute orders
on short notice. The Bosworth Heating and Supply Company also deal exten-
sively, on both a wholesale and retail scale, in pipe, fittings, valves, boilers,
pumps, injectors, tools and engineers' supplies, generally carrying a large and
full stock of the most approved appliances in these various lines.

THE BIRKERY MFG. CO., Manufacturers of High-
Pressure Ball Cocks, and Plumber's Specialties, No. 33 Wells Street. — Although
not always recognized, the principles of evolution apply just as rigidly in the
field of business and mechanical invention as everywhere else. Inferior forms
are gradually succeeded by more perfect on the plain basis of survival of the
fittest. The very best development in its special line yet reached is represented
by the Birkery Patented High-Pressure Ball Cock made by The Birkery Mfg.
Co. of Hartford. This company was incorporated in 1891, and has at once
taken a leading rank owing to the unquestioned superiority of the line of goods
manufactured. They have commanded a very large sale throughout the
country, being handled by all leading dealers. By the testimony of thousands
of competent judges the Birkery Patented High-Pressure Ball Cock is the best,
cheapest and most perfect in action of any ever offered to the public. It is
made for bottom, top or end supply, aud is manufactured under the direct
supervision of the patentee. The best material and perfect workmanship are
guaranteed. When once used its superiority to all others will be manifest. It
is cheaper because least liable to repairs, and works perfectly under the heaviest
pressure. This company also manufacture a superior flush tank aud a general
stock of plumbers' specialties. At a liberal price, their goods will be found to
give a very high degree of satisfaction. They are sold in every part of the
United States, and also in foreign countries. They occupy a large and
modernly-equipped manufacturing plant at No. 33 Wells Street, this city, em-
ploying from twenty to twenty-five men.

THE HARTFORD COAL CO., Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in Anthracite aud Bitumiuous Coal, No. 27S Main Street and No. 10S
Commerce Street. — The old saying, "An ounce of fact is worth a ton of
theory," is as true as it is old, and cases come up daily to prove that this
is correct. Some people say that coal can be bought to as much advantage of
one dealer as of another, when similar quantities are ordered. This, perhaps,
may be theoretically true — practically, the reverse is the case. It does not
require a very extended experience to convince any person that more genuine
satisfaction is to be had from placing orders with some houses than with others;
and, when coal is wanted, there is no establishment in Hartford that is more
profitable to patronize than that conducted by the Hartford Coal Co. This
company has an office at No. 278 Main Street, and their extensive yards are
located on Commerce Street. This business was incorporated in 1883, with a
capital of $io,ooo, Mr. Chas. R. Belden being President and Mr. John R. Hills
Secretary and Treasurer. They handle coal very extensively, doing a whole-
sale and retail business, and employing a large force of assistants, while the
lowest market rates are always quoted by them. The quality of the coal fur-
nished is strictly reliable, and, as consumers appreciate good coal, good weight
and good service, it is not to be wondered at that this is one of the most largely
patronized enterprises of this kind in this vicinity. Mr. Hills is Director in
several insurance companies and banks, aud is also a builder.

CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

SOUTH PARK DRUG STORE (A. A. McCollum), No.

31 Main Street, Corner Park.— The "mind cure" is but seldom heard of now-
adays; but still, like many other fads which were popular for a time, it had
some points about it entitled to respectful consideration, aud it remains as true
to-day as ever that the mind has an immense influence over the body in health
aud in disease. Let the patient be convinced that the medicines he is using
are obtained from an entirely reliable source, and they will be much more likely
to benefit him than they would under different circumstances. And right here
is a powerful argument in favor of having prescriptions compounded at the
South Park Drug Store, conducted by Mr. A. A. McCollum at No. 31 Main
Street, corner Park, for he is an experienced pharmacist and has an extensive
business. Mr. McCollum is a native of New York, and has carried on this
enterprise since 1S93, when he succeeded Mr. Sawtell, the founder, who estab-
lished it in 1874. The premises occupied are 22x45 feet >u size, and contain
a fine soda fountain, drugs, sundries and toilet articles, which are offered at
low prices. Mr. McCollum employs one reliable assistant, and all patrons
are assured prompt attention.

I,YMAN A. CHAPIN, Newsdealer and Bookseller;
Special Agent New York Suuday Newspapers ; Also, Periodicals and Magazines ;
No. 347 Main Street. — A newspaper delivery system that is not prompt, ac-
curate aud absolutely reliable is little better than an aggravation, for it is a con-
tinual source of bother and had best be dispensed with altogether. But a thor-
oughly satisfactory service is a most valuable and decided accommodation, and
hence there is abundant reason for the pronounced popularity of that rendered
by Mr. Lyman A. Chapin, for it is thoroughly satisfactory in every respect.
About nine years ago Mr. Chapin established a wholesale agency for the New
York Sunday newspapers, which he has conducted with such success that his
trade now extends over a large section of Connecticut and Massachusetts, aud
probably is the largest of its kind in New England. A year ago he opened a
retail store at No. 347 Main Street, where the New York and Boston daily and
Suuday papers are furnished by the day, week or month at uniformly moderate
rates. Magazines and periodicals of all kinds are also supplied, and subscrip-
tions received at publisher's rates. All the new and popular books are received
as soon as issued and sold at very reasonable prices. A profitable trade has
been developed already in this department, and the prospect for the future is
decidedly bright and promising.

JOHN ALEXANDER, Electro-Plater in Silver, Gold,
Nickel aud Copper ; All Kinds of Polishing ; No. 39 Trumbull Street. — To
secure the best service nowadays sensible people always go to a trained specialist
whose reputation stands for all that is latest and best in the special line. The
business conducted by Mr. John Alexander at No. 39 Trumbull Street, Hartford,
has established a thorough right to its position as a leader in all matters related
to electro-plating, brass and metal finish work. Mr. Alexander, who is a native

of Scotland, and a thoroughly-expert electro-plater, succeeded to the business
of Mr. Hill at the present location in 1891. His well-equipped shop on the
second floor of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co.'s Building has every facility
for prompt thorough work iu this line. He handles special contracts for leading
manufacturers of this section, aud guarantees uniformly the highest standard of
work. General silver, gold, nickel and copper electro-plating, polishing of all
kinds, brass finish and pattern-making are among the special lines handled in
the best manner. Old goods are renovated and made equal to new and also
repair work at very lowest prices. A specialty is made of harness trimmings to
order, aud those goods have met with wide success. For careful and prompt
attention, superior workmanship and liberal prices our readers will find this
reliable establishment most worthy of patronage at all times.

N. P. DANIEI/S, 25 Asylum Street; Mercantile Job
Printing. — As representative of the high perfection to which the art of printing
has attained, the printing establishments of Hartford will bear the closest com-
parison with those of any leading American city. Here every branch of the
business is well represented, and every class of work is done iu the most accept-
able manner. Among these progressive houses that of Mr. N. P. Daniels
stands out prominently as truly representative of the advanced methods and
high state of perfection of the modern printing establishment. Mr. Daniels
began business in this city in 1885, but had previously had a long and valuable
practical experience as a printer of the new school. Consequently he came
immediately into notice, aud at once secured the recognition due to such
services as he extends. He has an unusually well-fitted office at No. 25 Asylum
Street, the equipments and appliances being all of the latest and best designs,
and he is, therefore, in a position to perform quick and thoroughly satisfactory
work. His office is on the second floor of the Post Building, and contains
about six hundred square feet of space. He makes a specialty of neat and
attractive mercantile jobwork, programme printing, etc. His prices are as low
as fine work and good material will admit, and he is prepared to furnish esti-
mates on short notice, guaranteeing prompt service and perfect satisfaction.

FINE HALF-TONE WORK.

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THE HARTFORD ENGRAVING CO.,
No. 66 State Street,
Courant Building.

BEACH & CO., Dyes, Dye Stuffs ; Importers and Commission

Merchants; Nos. 372-4 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. — Among the substantial business
houses which have been most influential during the past half-century in advancing
the business prosperity of Hartford special mention should be made of the old
reliable house of Messrs. Beach & Co., importers and commission merchants.
They were established in 1S36, and for nearly sixty years no other house has
been so influential in the progress of the trade in dye stuffs and extracts
throughout this section. The home office is at Hartford, but they have also an
office and large importing warehouse at 372-374 Atlantic Avenue, Boston.
Their wholesale and jobbing trade exends to all parts of New England, also to
Canada and the West. The firm consists of Messrs. George Beach, Charles M.
Beach, T. Belknap Beach and George W. Beach. Mr. Charles M. Beach is
Treasurer of the Broad Brook Mills, and Mr. George W. Beach, President of
the Beach Manufacturing Co. at Beacon Falls, Hartford. Besides their own
extensive product iu dyes and dye stuffs, they are also very heavy importers in
dye woods, indigo extracts and other goods in this line. They are American
agents for the British Alizarine Co.. the Atlas Works Aniline Dyes, Mucklow's
Elton Fold Dyeing Extracts, and have received for years the great bulk of
cochineal consumed in this country, the same bearing their brand name of
"J. R. G." In the volume of their trade and the high standard of their goods,
maintained for two geuerations, they stand at the head and front of this branch
of industry in the United States. Their trade connections and importing
facilities reach to every part of the world.

IN CORRIDOR, CAPITOI.

THE HARTFORD DUMBER CO., No. 17 Albany

Avenue. — One of the best and most favorably known firms in its line of busi-
ness in this State is The Hartford Lumber Co. at No. 17 Albany Avenue. And
this house ought to be well known, for not only are its transactions immense
and its trade of great importance, but it has also been far-sighted enough to
keep its name before the public by a system of judicious advertising, which has
doubtless had much to do with its success. It was founded thirty-five years
ago by Messrs. J. W. Starkweather & Co., who were succeeded by the present
firm six years ago. The officers of this company are as follows : Thomas A-
Lake, President ; Everett A. Lake, Secretary ; Geo. W. Hill, Treasurer. Their
spacious yards cover three acres of ground, and a very heavy stock of the
various goods dealt in is at all times on hand. All orders will receive prompt
and careful attention, and will be filled with the best goods at the lowest
market rates. Mr. Thomas Lake, President of this company, also owns a
lumber yard at Rockville, Conn., and his goods are shipped all over Connect-
icut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Mr. Everett A. Lake, the younger
member of the firm, has recently graduated from Harvard College. Mr.
Thomas A. Lake was a member of the Legislature at one time, and Mr. Geo.
W. Hill was formerly in the lumber business at Burlington, Vt. Employment
is given to from fifteen to twenty capable assistants, and an extensive trade is
successfully handled.

OFFICES BOARD OF EDUCATION, CAPITOL.

EDWARD P. FORBES, Signs and Banners, No. 321 Main
Street. — Sign paintiug has developed into an art in recent years, or rather it has
resumed its place among the arts, since in the olden time a signboard was a
creation requiring a great amount of talent and artistic ability in its production,
whereas for a long period and until a comparatively recent date the severely
practical almost entirely took the place of the decorative and attractive in sign-
writing. Men wanted merely an announcement of their names and the charac-
ter of their business, caring little in what shape it was put so that it was legible
and not actually uncouth. Many examples of these are still to be found side by
side with the artistic creations of the modern school of sign writers, and the
contrast certainly makes the attractiveness of the latter the more pronounced.
Those who are familiar with the work done by Mr. Edward P. Forbes, the lead-
ing sign writer of Hartford, cannot have failed to note the striking difference
between his production and those of an earlier day. Mr. Forbes has been located
in Hartford for the past fifteen years, and during that time he has done his part
toward working a revolution in the character and quality of the signboards of
the city. He does not, however, devote his attention exclusively to this branch,
for as a decorator he has a very large and appreciative patronage in Hartford
and vicinity. He also excels as a designer and painter of advertising, political
and variety banners, in the making of flags of all nations, shields, eagles, coats
of arms, &c, carrying a large stock at all times, for sale or to rent, for decorating
public and private halls and buildings. This stock is new and first-class in every
particular. Mr. Forbes also makes a specialty of standard American bunting
aud silk flags, Sunday-school banners, &c, making special designs in the latter
to order. Old flags may also be left to be repaired at his establishment, No. 321
Main Street, where the services of six expert workmen are always at the com-
mand of customers.

PRATT & WHITNEY CO., Manufacturers of Machinery
and Tools. — Among the representative manufacturing enterprises of this city
that conducted by the Pratt & Whitney Company enjoys a reputation that is
scarcely equaled by that of any other house devoted to the same line of trade
in the country. The company is among the largest and most notable manu-
facturers of machinery and tools in the United States, its products being found
in every market on the continent and enjoying an extensive sale in foreign
countries. The Pratt & Whitney Company was organized in 1869 with a capital
stock of $350,000, since increased to $500,000 by the demands of its large and
constantly-extending business. There are so many special lines made by the
firm, and each of them possesses such superior merit, that it is impossible within
the limitations of our space to make even an enumeration of them. It may
be said generally that they embrace planing and drilling machines, engine and
monitor lathes, reaming and grinding machines, bolt cutters and die sinkers,
band-sawing machines, drop hammers, punching pressers, cutters for teeth of
gear wheels, and in fact a great variety of standard and special metal-working
machinery and tools of all descriptions. Their plant includes a four-story
brick building, 225 feet by 45 feet, with a combined floor area of 40,500 square
feet ; another building, also of brick, three stories high and 146 feet long by
42 feet deep, which was erected in 1S81 for heavy machine work ; a third brick
building, four stories high, which was finished in iSSS, and is used for storage
purposes, and a two-story brick building erected in iSgi to provide additional
manufacturing facilities. Four engines of a combined horse-power of two
hundred are required to operate the plant, and an average force of 950 men,
including many experts and specialists, is employed. The plant is heated
throughout by steam and lighted by electricity or gas. The officers of the
company are among the most representative men of Hartford, the President
being Mr. F. A. Pratt; the Vice-President and Superintendent, Mr. Amos
Whitney; the Secretary, Mr. R. F. Blodgett, and the Treasurer, Mr. Geo. W. M.
Reed.

E. H. BETTS, Wholesale Dealer in Salt and Salt Fish,
Cheese, Lard and Brooms ; Agent for the Genesee Salt ; No. 216 State Street. —
From its commanding central location Hartford possesses advantages and facil-
ities for the collection and distribution of produce. Its provision business is
among its most important wholesale commercial interests, aud the houses
engaged in it are among the most prominent in the Eastern States. A well-
known merchant in this field of mercantile enterprise is Mr. E. H. Betts, who
carries on a large and steadily-growing business, making specialties of salt,
salt fish, cheese, lard and brooms. His offices and warehouse are at No. 216
State Street. Mr. Betts has controlled this important enterprise for the past
ten years, and the business itself is one of the earliest established in the Con-
necticut Valley, its beginning dating back to 1812. Mr. Betts is agent for the
celebrated Genesee Salt, and has a very large trade in this commodity, as well as
in salt fish, canned meats, aud the other important products above enumerated.

RETREAT FOR THE INSANE.

SOUTH ANNEX— RETREAT FOR THE. INSANE.

THE COTTAGES— RETREAT FOR THE INSANE.

JONES & UTTI,E, Pattern and Model Makers, No. 33
Wells Street.— A class of work calling for the highest skill and wide mechan-
ical experience and knowledge is that of the pattern and model maker; and in
such a city as Hartford, where manufacturing interests are numerous and varied,
the services of the expert in this field are in large and constant demand. None
but the most skillful and finished workman can hope to succeed here, and the
prosperity which has attended the enterprise of Messrs. Jones & Little is
therefore the best evidence that could be adduced in proof of their superiority
and competence as makers of patterns and models. The firm is one of long
and high standing, the foundations of its splendid business having been laid in
1873. Their establishment at No. 33 Wells Street is equipped in the best man-
ner for the execution of all work in their line, their facilities enabling them to
undertake the most intricate patterns or most difficult models. They employ
twelve skilled workmen and do a large shop-jobbing business. They make all
descriptions of patterns in a first-class manner, employing only kiln-dried
lumber. A specialty is made of cutting blocks of all kinds from the best sea-
soned maple for the use of envelope manufacturers, cloth cutters, etc. ; they
also give special attention to gear patterns and cogging. Messrs. Jones & Little
have a most extensive trade throughout the United States and Canada, and are
the recognized leaders in their line.

MURRAY BROS., Practical Plumbers and Gasfitters, No.
1 191. Main Street, Between Buckingham and Capitol Avenue. — The public has
heard and read so much on the subject of sanitary plumbing in recent years
that it cannot fail to appreciate the great importance of the subject in its prac-
tical aspect, and the plumber who does not keep fully abreast of the times in
this manner of sanitation is nowhere in the race for popular favor. Messrs.
Murray Bros, of No. nc/Ji' Main Street (The Linden Building), knowing that
the public demands thorough and perfect work in this direction, have prepared
themselves in the most practical manner to meet the requirements for scientific
work in their department of industry. They have been established in Hartford
about seven years, and have occupied their present quarters for some twelve
months. Their establishment is well-equipped in every respect, and those who
entrust work to them may rest assured that it will receive prompt attention and
be executed in a highly-satisfactory manner. The firm, which consists of
Messrs. Charles and John F. Murray, are thoroughly practical plumbers and
gasfitters. They carry at all times a complete stock of boilers, bath tubs,
closets, sinks, etc., the latest improved devices in these lines having a conspicu-
ous place in the stock.

C. W. PRATT, Ladies' Furnishings, Cloaks and Suits, Nos.
403 to 407 Main Street. — One of the most enterprising business houses in this
part of the State, and one in whose history and business methods are brilliantly
set forth the sure results of energetic, honorable and persevering work, is the
well-known establishment represented and conducted by C. W. Pratt. The

present proprietor assumed control of the business in 1S89 and has since carried
it forward with great ability and merited success. The premises occupied at
Nos. 403 to 407 Main Street comprise two connecting stores, 45 x 85 feet in size.
The stock includes ladies' furnishings, cloaks and suits, a specialty being made
of the latter. One may find here very stylish cloaks of all kinds, and suits, the
style of which are the very latest and the prices the very lowest that can be
named, especially when one considers the time saved in buying such garments
ready-made. Ten competent assistants are constantly employed to meet the
growing demands of the trade. Mr. Pratt is a native of Saybrook, Conn., and
is very well known throughout this city and State. His undertaking has long
held a leading position among other establishments of its kind in this vicinity,
and it is but fair to say that its enviable reputation is fully maintained to the
present day. All are invited to call and inspect the many bargains constantly
offered here whether they desire to purchase or not.

Book and

Catalogue Work.

THE HARTFORD ENGRAVING CO.,
■ No. 66 State Street,

Courant Building.

JOSEPH KASHMANN, Dealer in Meats, Poultry. Fish and
Vegetables, No. 26 Mulberry Street. — Among the many houses in Hartford that
carry a superior grade of meats, poultry, fish and vegetables, that of Mr. Joseph
Kashmann, located at No. 26 Mulberry Street, deserves special mention. The
store, which is 25 x 40 feet in dimensions, is admirably arranged for the trade,
having all necessary facilities for carrying on the business. Three courteous
and obliging assistants are constantly employed, while the stock comprises all
kinds of the choicest cuts of meats, fine poultry and fresh fish and vegetables
in their season. Mr. Kashmann has had a long experience in the business to
which he devotes his close personal attention, thus ensuring perfect satisfaction
in all respects to his numerous patrons. His prices will be found as reasonable
for the quality of goods dealt in as any in this section, while particular attention
is given to the careful filling of all orders and their prompt delivery. Mr.
Kashmanu's market is located at No. 26 Mulberry Street, and is well patronized
and very popular throughout the city. We can recommend it to our many
readers as a reliable place at which to trade. The proprietor is very well and
favorably known, and well deserves the success attained.

HARTFORD OPTICAL COMPANY; Spectacles, Eye-

Glasses and Optical Goods ; Prescriptions for Glasses Promptly Attended To ;
Allyn House Block, No. 144 Asylum Street. — Among the important professions
there are none of greater consequence than that of the oculist, and hardly of
secondary importance is the calling of the optician. Whatever the cause,
cases of defective vision are largely on the increase in all parts of the United
States, and it is a matter of great moment that effective means for correcting
these difficulties should be always available. There are no more celebrated and
skilled specialists in the diseases of the eye than Hartford possesses, and they
are ably seconded in their work by such houses as the Hartford Optical Com-
pany, who are extensive and noted dealers in spectacles, eye-glass and optical
goods generally. Their office and store is in the Allyn House Block, No. 144
Asylum Street, and here will be found a very large and complete stock of these
goods, including those already mentioned, and opera-glasses, field-glasses,
stereoscopes and views, eye-shades, reading and magnifying glasses, grapho-
scopes, microscopes, compasses, magic lanterns and slides, thermometers,
barometers and hydrometers, artificial eyes in large variety, etc. They carry a
particularly fine line of spectacles and eye-glasses in gold, silver, steel, rubber,
celluloid and frameless mountings, and make a specialty of carefully and ac-
curately filling oculists' prescriptions. They also give particular attention to
making repairs. The Hartford Optical Company was organized in 1881, with
W. T. Steven as Manager.

ALBERT ENTRESS, Architectural Sculptor; Statuary
Work, Plaster Models for Stucco and Other Purposes, Stone and Wood Carv-
ing; No. iS7^ Main Street. — The adornment of the home is one of the oldest
and most important of the applied arts. Although constant improvements are
being made to suit the demands of our modern life, there are many to whom
nothing is so satisfactory as antique and classic styles. The establishment of
Mr. Albert Entress, No. 187^ Main Street, by reason of his long and care-
ful study in decorative art, is able to successfully meet every variety of taste
in this department. It was established in 1874, and has thus been under
Mr. Entress' careful and thorough management for the past twenty years. He
occupies a neatly-equipped store and work-room, 30x75 feet in dimensions,
and employs none but most competent assistants. He executes special designs
and order-work with promptness and artistic skill. He is also an expert archi-
tectural sculptor, able to furnish every kind of statuary work, plaster models
for stucco and other purposes, and general stone and wood carving. His facili-
ties are complete for successfully executing every kind of external and interior
ornamentation of wood or stone buildings, and also for completely furnishing
them with furniture, fine mouldings and cabinet work. His prices will be
found exceptionally attractive for this grade of work, and deserving the care-
ful attention of all our readers. Mr. Entress executed the stone statuary work
of Hartford's celebrated Memorial Arch, and also many of the city's promi-
nent buildings.

SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BUCKINGHAM STREET.

Photo -Engraving of All Kinds.

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THE HARTFORD ENGRAVING CO.,

No. 66 State Street,
Courant Building.

SENATE CHAMBER, CAPITOL.

THE HARTFORD COFFEE HOUSE CO., No. 8

Central Row, was formed to do a work of philanthropy on a business basis, and
is an outcome of the temperance work of Mr. Thos. E. Murphy in the spring

of 1893. It was at the start an experiment, and sought to give men trying to
break away from the saloon influence a place for social intercourse with one
another with the freedom of the club or saloon and in a pure, moral atmosphere.
The purpose was to have it non-partisan, non-sectarian, yet controlled by high
standards of morality and Christian purpose. The social and pool rooms occupy
the entire second floor of the fine, commodious building at No. 8 Central Row,
30 feet wide by 150 feet deep. The rooms have a large variety of reading
matter, piano, game and pool tables, the finest in the city. The restaurant is
on the main floor, comprising a very attractive suite of rooms, where for a
reasonable price the very best food is served in an inviting manner. The man-
ager, Mr. George S. Ayer, has with him a competent chef and able corps of
assistants, and his efficient management has established an excellent and in-
creasing patronage, so that the permanency of the business is assured. The
whole enterprise, in both departments, has the hearty support of all because of
its meritorious service and the object of the establishment. The company has
a paid-up capital of $5,000 (in shares of $25 each), and is controlled by the fol-
lowing Board of Directors: James M. Thomson, firm of Brown, Thomson &
Co.; George L. Chase, President Hartford Fire Insurance Co.; Rufus N. Pratt,
President Pratt & Cady Co.; Amos Whitney,. Superintendent Pratt & Whitney
Co.; Jacob L. Greene, President Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Gil-
bert W. Chapin, Actuary Society for Savings; Ellis G. Richards, Secretary
National Fire Insurance Co. ; Wm. H. Watrous, President Wm. Rogers Mfg.
Co. ; Chas. E. Billings, President Billings & Spencer Co. ; Rev. Henry Ferguson,
Professor, Trinity College ; Justus P. Lewis, Superintendent Pratt & Cady Co. ;
James Ahern, Rev. Francis Goodwin, Mrs. B. M. Parsons, Mrs. B. E. Hooker.
The officers are: Rufus N. Pratt, President; Ellis G. Richards, Secretary;
Gilbert W. Chapin, Treasurer.

HENRY J. ZWEYGARTT, Connecticut Seed -Leaf
Tobacco, No. 221 State Street.— The business of packing and shipping leaf
tobacco of Connecticut growth is one of the largest consequence in this city,
involving the investment of large capital and the exercise of enterprise and
abilities of a high order. In fact it may be said that this is one of Hartford's
chief industries, giving employment to an army of men and adding much to
the commercial greatness of the city. A prominent factor in this business is
Mr. Henry J. Zweygartt, whose large warehouse is located at No. 221 State
Street. Although born in Germany, Mr. Zweygartt came to this country as a
boy, and his earliest recollections of the United States are connected with the
tobacco trade. He worked at the business as a boy, and when he had attained
to the years of manhood he embarked in business on his own account as a retail
dealer in cigars and tobacco. His enterprise thrived, and in course of time he
branched out as a wholesale merchant, being now one of the largest and most
successful in the city. He has now been identified with the trade for forty
years. His establishment at the above address has a frontage of 25 feet and a
depth of 100 feet. His business is that of a packer, no sorting being done in
his establishment. A force of six competent assistants is employed.

J. B. MERROW & SONS, No. 133 Sheldon Street, in this
City, are engaged principally in manufacturing special machinery for finishing
the edges of fabrics. The original house, founded in 1838, was the pioneer in
the knitting industry of this country, its knitting factory, built where the Village
of Merrow has since sprung up, being the first knitting mill erected and operated
in the United States. The Merrow System of Crocheting Machinery and
Methods was originated by Mr. J. M. Merrow, a member of the present firm,
and the machines at first adapted to limited uses were used in the knitting mill
at Merrow, but have since been continuously developed and improved until at
the present time the firm is building more than thirty varieties of machines
especially adapted to as many different purposes, some of which are far removed
from the knitting industry. This firm abandoned the knitting business upon
the destruction of their knitting mill by fire, since which time their careful and
concentrated attention has been devoted to the development and manufacture
of their line of machinery, unique in its methods and purposes. Since locating
in Hartford, this firm has established a department devoted to building fine
machinery to order.

DE WITT C. POND, Bookseller and Stationer; Dealer in
Newspapers and Periodicals ; No. 301 Main Street, Phceuix Bank Building. — It
is said that a lady may be known by her gloves and her boots, and a gentleman
by his linen, the idea being, of course, that good breeding is manifested more
especially in minor details of the toilet than in the wearing of expensive
garments, and the same principle applies to the stationery used in social
correspondence, for as a rule the best-bred persons are the most careful to avoid
anything cheap or commercial appearing in the paper and envelopes they use.
Showy and gaudy stationery is to be shuuned of course, but it is easy to secure
appropriate writing-paper and envelopes by patronizing a store where a specialty
is made of fashionable stationery, and such a store may be found at No. 301
Main Street, in the Phcenix Bank Building, Mr. De Witt C. Pond being
proprietor. He is a native of Vermont, has been a member of the Council for
two years; and for six years thereafter a member of the Board of Aldermen, and
President of the same for two years ; member of the Auditing Committee for
seven years, and Chairman of the same for six. The business was established
thirty-five years ago by Messrs. Gier 6c Pond, but since 1884 has been under the
sole control of Mr. Pond. The store occupied measures 70x30 feet in size, and
the finest line of stationery in Hartford will be found here. Mr. Pond deals
in books of all kinds, also newspapers and periodicals. Employment is given
to four polite assistants, and prompt and careful attention is thus secured to
every caller.

NEWTON, ROBERTSON & CO., Dealers in Fancy

Groceries and Fruits, Nos. 338-342 Asylum Street. — The standards of trade in
our progressive country are constantly advancing, and intelligent people now
demand much more from the best stores than was the case even ten years ago.
An establishment which has demonstrated its ability to meet the very best and

widest demands of the trade in its line is that of Messrs. Newton, Robertson &
Co., dealers in fine groceries and fruits, Nos. 338-342 Asylum Street, Hartford.
The firm began business at their present store in 18S6, and the only change has
been the admission of Mr. H. H. Dickinson as a partner iu 1893. The two
original members, Mr. J. P. Newton and Mr. W. P. Robertson have had charge
of the business from the first, and their wide and thorough acquaintance with
the trade is demonstrated by the success which has made this the largest and
best store of its kind in the city. The firm occupy a handsomely-equipped
store building 50 x 100 feet in dimensions, and are provided with the most com-
plete refrigerating and delivery facilities. Their large trade requires eighteen
regular employees and seven delivery teams. Their stock of fine family
groceries includes all the standard lines of the very best quality and at lowest
current prices. A very extensive business is handled in foreign and domestic
fruits, direct from the producers, and the reputation gained by the house in
this as well as other lines is of the very highest type. In extent of stock and
trade, both wholesale and retail, they rank among the very first in the State,
and their facilities naturally make them able to secure exceptional bargains for
their patrons. The unvarying high standard maintained and uniform liberal
dealings fully explain the commanding position which has been won by this
well-known house.

STEPHEN MASIyEN, Monuments, No. 352 Asylum
Street. — The taste and appreciation for artistic work in all directions has been
steadily increasing during the past few decades, and one of the most important
ways in which this has been shown is that of sculptured and monumental stone
work. An establishment of this kind which for many years has maintained
the first position at this centre. of the State is that of Mr. Stephen Maslen, No.
352 Asylum Street. The business was established by Mr. Maslen in 1870, and
has been under his charge without change from the first. Complete and
modernly-equipped warerooms, comprising two floors 30 x 125 feet, are occupied
at the above address, and the stone-working and carving shops in connection
are the most extensive of their kind in the State. Mr. Maslen also owns and
operates a valuable quarry in Vermont, and employs, all told, an average of
sixty men. The extensive variety of monuments and gravestones kept on
hand will compare most favorably from the standpoint of art and of price with
the largest displays in cities like New York and Boston. He can not only fill
orders of this kind at short notice and in the most satisfactory manner, but his
facilities also include fine architectural stone-work, facades, entablatures, etc.;
in fact, everything in the way of sculptured stone, his services being constantly
sought by leading architects, both for executing their owu and to furnish
original designs. Situated, as he is, near the State Capitol (for which, by the
way, he furnished some special aud beautiful work), Mr. Masleu's establish-
ment is familiar to prominent people throughout the State, and fine specimens
of his workmanship extend an honorable and well-earned fame to all parts of it
as well as to adjoining States. Our readers can rely upon obtaining the very
best service and fair treatment at this leading and important representative of
Hartford's solid institutions.

ASYLUM STREET.

promptly attended to. Mr. Brooks' figures will be found uniformly reasonable
and fair. His guarantee of fine grade and reliable workmanship in every detail,
as well as first-class material, will be found, as it has been for years, to stand for
the very best standards in this department of local trade.

AI.LYN MEMORIAL, SPRING GROVE CEMETERY.

P. A. BROOKS, Carpenter and Builder; All Jobbing
Promptly Attended To; Shop, No. 114 Grove Street; Residence, No. 366
Maple Avenue. — Hartford is renowned throughout New England and the
country in general for the exceptionally fine character of its public and private
buildings. It is, therefore, evident that it enjoys a superior line of service in
this department. Among the best-known and successful carpenters and build-
ers of Hartford, Mr. P. A. Brooks has for the past twelve years held a recog-
nized place. Since 1SS2 he has carried this business steadily forward here, and
has made it second to none in this section, either in high standard of workman-
ship or large volume of trade executed. His well-equipped shop at No. 1 14 Grove
Street (30x65 feet) is fitted out with every convenience and facility in this line.
He employs, on the average, twenty reliable men. Complete estimates, plans
and specifications are furnished for every kind of modern edifice, a specialty
being made of fine residences. He has handled many important contracts, and
left the best of evidence as to his ability and skill on some of the very hand-
somest and largest buildings in the city. Jobbing and repair work of all kinds

P. & J. BESSE, Caterers; French Pastry, Confectionery, Etc.;
No. 239 Main Street, Hartford; No. 167 Tremont Street, Boston; Telephone
Connection. — It would be difficult to name a more popular establishment in the
City of Hartford, or perhaps one that is quite as popular, as that of Messrs. P. &
J. Besse, the prominent caterers of 239 Main Street. A finer store is not to be
found in the city, and it is a fitting container for the superior and delicate
products of this celebrated firm. The Messrs. Besse were born in Switzerland,
but became citizens of the United States twenty-two years ago. Eleven years
since they embarked in their present enterprise and have made of it one of the
most prosperous businesses of its kind in this section of the country. As
caterers the3' have a large and valuable patronage which comes largely from the
elite of the city, and they are prepared to furnish the most desirable menus,
service, &c. for weddings, receptions and other private entertainments. The
most delicious ice creams, both American and French, are made by the Messrs.
Besse, and they are highly celebrated for their choice French pastry, confection-
ery, Sic. At their store on Main Street, which is 20x 72 feet in dimensions, thev
employ an average of fourteen assistants, and keep three delivery wagons in
commissions. They have a similar and equally-popular establishment at No.
167 Tremont Street, Boston.

P. S. AMIDON, Manufacturer of Wire Door and Window-
Screens, No. 26 Union Place. — It is a regrettable fact that insect life is more
prolific on the sea coast and neighboring sections than in the interior, and that
the winged portion of the insect kingdom is so persistent in seeking entrance to
our domiciles. But man has proved himself in this, as in all cases where he has
been brought into conflict with nature, fully equal to the emergency, with the
result that no one need suffer the torment which flies aud mosquitoes are capable
of inflicting, save from choice. In comparatively recent years Yankee ingenuity
has devised an effectual and practically permanent barrier to the ingress of
these ubiquitous pests, in the shape of a wire successor to the old-fashioned
"mosquito bars." Everybody knows it, and nobody who cares for peace and
comfort has failed to avail himself of it. But everybody in Hartford may not
know the best place to get their wire door and window screens, and it is our
purpose to tell them. At No. 26 Union Place Mr. F. S. Amidou has for the
past eleven years conducted a factory for the manufacture of these indispensable
adjuncts to comfort, having moved there from Sheldon Street where he began his
business in 1S77. The premises occupied are in a building 30 x 60 feet in ground
measurement, aud he has additional room in the rear for his paint shop and other
purposes. He employs an average of five hands, and turns out everything in
the shape of door and window screens at low prices.

MAGICAI, DEPOT, Importers and Dealers in Magical
Apparatus for Parlor aud Stage, No. 2S4 Asylum Street, Room 3, Second Floor ;
Call, or send Stamps for Catalogue. — It is one curious development of modern
science that while it has destroyed most of our faith in things magical it has at
the same time perfected our facilities for reproducing these old illusions. An
establishment which well illustrates this fact is the Magical Depot at No. 284
Asylum Street, Hartford, with its varied and extremely-interesting stock of
goods in this line. The same is by all odds the largest and best of this sort
between Boston and New York. The house are large importers and dealers,
carrying a complete line of magical apparatus for the parlor and stage. This
includes every kind of stage illusion, mechanical automata, electrical tricks,
anti-spiritualistic wonders, conjuring tables, juggling apparatus, ventriloquial
figures, novelties, games and handbooks on magic. Entertainments in these
departments are also furnished for evening parties, schools, lodges, etc., by
competent performers. The manager is a well-known and thoroughly-reliable
business man.

JOHN PEPION & CO., House and Sign Painters; Paper
Hanging, Graining, Glazing, Etc. ; No. 25 Church Street. — With the growth of
our country and the increasing artistic development of the people, interior
decoration has ceased to be looked upou as a luxury unattainable and
unappreciated except by the comparatively few. Year by year the demand is
greater for tasteful adornment of our homes, which all are eager to beautify as
far as their means will permit. The firm whose card heads this article are
acknowledged by all who have seen their work to be in the foremost rank as
regards skill and ability. In this connection we may fittingly call attention to
the facilities possessed by Messrs. John Pepion & Co. for the execution of all
orders for house and sign painting, also paper hanging, graining, glazing, etc.,
for such work is done the most cheaply where it is done the most skillfully, and
the results attained by the above-named gentlemen will bear the closest
examination and the most severe comparison with the work of any competent
painter, for they use good stock, spare no pains to apply it to the best advantage,
and make no exorbitant charges, their terms being as low as is consistent with
the methods employed. Mr. John Pepion founded his present business twenty-
five years ago. Mr. Pepion is a native of Hartford, and a prominent member of
the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Red Men, Firemen's Benevolent Society,
and other orders, and has been an active member and Foreman of the Volunteer
Fire Department, doing his duty aud giving his services to the citizens on many
occasions. Mr. Pepion owns fine business property located at Nos. 17, 19, 23
and 25 Church Street. No. 25 and the yards of Nos. 17, 19 and 25 are utilized
for his own business, which is very extensive. He deals in paints, oils, varnishes,
also brushes, glass, etc. Employment is given to twenty competent men, and
orders will be filled at short notice, and we have no hesitation in assuring com-
plete satisfaction to all who may avail themselves of their service both as
regards the quality of the work and the cost and merit of the goods dealt in.

MAIN STREET.

BI,AIR & COXETER, Manufacturing Jewelers ; Diamond
Setting, Repairing; No. 321 Main Street.— There are many houses in the
jewelry trade that profess to be manufacturers, but there are very few in this
city, at least, which possess the facilities for manufacturing, their only title to
the claim being based on the fact that they produce a few specialties, generally
of an unimportant character. For that reason the firm of Messrs. Blair &
Coxeter stand out prominently in the jewelry trade of Hartford, their opera-
tions as manufacturers being couducted on an extensive scale and embracing
a large variety of goods. They give particular attention to special work for
the trade, having the best and largest facilities for executing prompt and thor-
oughly satisfactory work. The firm, which consists of Messrs. Robert C. Blair
and William G. Coxeter, was established three years ago, and immediately
sprang into notice as conscientious, capable and experienced manufacturers.
They number among their customers such houses as Messrs. Hansel, Sloan &
Co., Mr. David Mayer, Messrs. Schmidt & Fox, and many others in Hartford
and other Connecticut cities. They have a finely-equipped shop at No. 321
Main Street, the space occupied being 25 x 60 feet in dimensions, and they em-
ploy an average of four skilled assistants. They manufacture everything in
the line of jewelry, and make a specialty of fine work.

H. MAERCKI,EIN, Upholsterer; Furniture Made to Order,
and Repairing a Specialty; Inventor and Manufacturer of the " Simplicity "
Sofa and Lounge Bed; Nos. 92 to 98 Asylum Street (Second Floor). — It cannot
be denied that there are many very decided advantages to b^ gained by placing
orders for any kind of work in the hands of thoroughly reliable and experienced
men, who make a specialty of that particular class of work. This is especially
true of upholstery, in which the very best results are obtained by having your
work done by a man who is a specialist in the line, such as Mr. H. Maerckleiu,
the well-known upholsterer of Nos. 92 to 98 Asylum Street. He has been promi-
nent in this department of business since the beginning of his enterprise here in
1872, and in the intervening twenty-two years he has built up a very large and
lucrative trade through his skill and ability. Mr. Maerckleiu is the inventor
and manufacturer of the celebrated "Simplicity" sofa and lounge bed, which
has a very large sale. His store and workrooms occupy a space of 40 x 60 feet,
and are well-equipped with appliances and tools for the prompt execution of
first-class work. His specialties, besides those above mentioned, are the mak-
ing of furniture to order and repairing. Mr. Maerckleiu has a long experience
in first-class artistic drapery work. All work is done promptly and satisfaction
is guaranteed.

.rETNA STAMP WORKS, No, 25 Asylum Street.— The
success of the .Etna Stamp Works in establishing a successful and continually-
growing business in Hartford demonstrates their marked ability in the manu-
facture and sale of rubber stamps aud accessories, cellutypes (printing plates
made of celluloid ) and stereotypes (type metal printing plates). The reasons
for this success are long experience, skill and originality in design, both in style
and mechanical combinations to produce desired results. When they com-
menced business they purchased all material and machinery new and of the most
recent aud improved designs. Within three years they increased their facilities
by adding the largest-made aud only steam-boiler stamp machine in Hartford.
To the original intent of the duplicating of printers' type, borders, orna-
ments and cuts in rubber they have added the duplication of it in type metal,
and also celluloid — which has all the sharpness of electrotypes and wears twice
as long. Ten years ago there were only two stamp makers in Connecticut.
Since then the business has been revolutionized. Now there are four in Hartford,
and about every large town has at least one, composed usually of printers who
use their type both for printing aud stamp making. (Printers' type is a soft
metal, composed of lead, tin and antimony, and wears quickly when printed
from.) The ^Etna Stamp Works have held firmly to the original decision to
never use their new type to print from, and consequently they are now the only
duplicators in Hartford of .all new printers' type never used to print from.
However much the standard quality of rubber stamps has generally deteriorated,
with the new machinery and increased facilities it has continually risen with
the .Etna Stamp Works, and they now make a better stamp than ever before
could be obtained in the State.

R. S. PECK & CO., Printers, Engravers, Embossers, No.
14 Ford Street. — The gradual extension of art to the widest practical service is
nowhere more clearly seen than in the printing and engraving trades. A house
which has for some time taken recognized leadership in this department of
local business is that under the management of R. S. Peck & Co. at No. 14
Ford Street. It was established in 1S77, and first known as the Star Printing
Company. After some minor changes, it passed under its present energetic
control in 1891, and much of its progress has been made since that time. Mr.
R. S. Peck is a native of the State, aud a thorough master of all matters relat-
ing to printing, engraving and embossing work. The establishment has been
entirely refitted, and is now one of the largest and best in Connecticut. It
covers three floors of a modern brick structure, 50x110 feet in dimensions.
There are eight large presses, operated by electric power, and the corps of em-
ployees averages thirty-five. Each department has been carefully brought to
the best modern standard of efficiency and artistic thoroughness. The finest
class of commercial and social printing done in this section, and equal to that
of the best New York houses, is handled here at figures deserving the careful
attention of all our readers. Artistic office stationery, cards, circulars and cata-
logues, also social forms, invitations and programmes are among the specialties
in which the highest satisfaction is guaranteed. Special designs in steel and
copper-plate, and the most delicate embossing work, are executed in a great
variety of styles. Many of our readers in the central part of the State may not
be aware that they can secure the most refined aud artistic work in this depart-
ment here at home without sending to New York, in which case they will do well
to try the first-class facilities of this house, saviug thereby both time and money.

CITY HOSPITAL.

THE AI,I,YN HOUSE (Robert Allyn, Proprietor), Corner
Asylum and Trumbull Streets. — No information is of higher value to the travel-
ing public, and none is more eagerly sought, than that relating to the hotels
afforded by the various cities on their route. In view of its importance as the
capital city of the State, and the centre of great manufacturing and commercial
interests, Hartford always has a large floating population, and to those who
may at any time have occasion to visit the city as well as to those who
may be permanently located here, and prefer the comforts and conveniences of
hotel residence, some information concerning the leading hotel of the city will
be most welcome. The Allyn House, the hotel referred to, is an old-established
and most popular hostelry, of which Mr. Robert Allyn is the founder and pro-
prietor. It is conducted ou the most advanced lines, and in every department
the most intelligent care for the comfort of guests is displayed. Mr. Allyn is
a hotel man of ripe experience, and knows thoroughly how to promote the
well-being and contentment of those who live under his roof, temporarily or
permanently. The Allyn House is located at the corner of Asylum and Trum-
bull Streets, close to the principal business centres and but two blocks from the
railroad depots, horse-cars to and from which pass the door of the hotel every
three minutes. The Allyn House is a handsome five-story building with a
frontage of 400 feet ou Asylum Street, and a depth of 500 feet. It is provided
with every modern convenience, including elevators, electric light, telephone
and telegraph, and is furnished in a most comfortable and elegant manner.
Rooms may be had singly or en suite, with bath if desired. A fine new cafe1 is
attached, and the dining-room is one of the largest and handsomest in the city,
its dimensions being 50 x 100 feet. Fifty people are employed in various
capacities, and no better or more desirable service is to be had in the country.
The Allyn House offers special attractions to commercial men, not only on
account of the excellence as a hotel, but because of the special accommodations
provided for them in the well-appointed sample rooms placed at their disposal.
The Allyn House rates are $3, #3.50 and $4 per day, according to location of

N. B. BUXI, & SON, Sole Agents for Boynton Hot-Air
and Hot-Water Furnaces, Wiuthrop B Ranges, and Dealers in Cooking Ranges,
Stoves and Tinware ; Tin Roofing, Job Work, Plumbing and Gas Fitting ; Nos.
189 and 191 Main Street. — In this climate loo much attention cannot be given
to the matter of the heating and ventilation of private residences and public
buildings. Such a great advance has been made in recent years in the methods
and appliances for heating that the problem has been reduced to a very simple
proposition, which concerns not the question of the desirability of heaters over
ordinary stoves, but the best kind of heater to employ. It requires very little
investigation to ascertain that the Boynton Hot-Air and Hot-Water Heaters
possess many points which commend them at once to the house owner or to
buildiug contractors. In Hartford these celebrated furnaces are to be found at

the establishment of Messrs. N. B. Bull & Son, Nos. 189 and 191 Main Street,
who are sole agents for the manufacturers. This enterpising firm does a most
extensive business in heating apparatus of all descriptions, including cooking
ranges and stoves, and they are also large dealers in tinware, etc. A most
important part of their business relates to tin roofing, job work, plumbing and
gas fitting. They occupy four floors at the above address, each floor containing
about 2, Soo square feet of space, or a combined floor space of over 1 1 ,000 square
feet. An average force of sixteen hands is employed in the different depart-
ments, and all business is executed with dispatch. The business was established
forty years ago by Mr. Bassett, and after several changes passed into the hands
of the present proprietors about four years since. Mr. N. B. Bull is a native of
the State, and his son, Mr. G. S. Bull, was born in Meriden. They are active
progressive business men, and the high reputation they have attained has
been well earned. Messrs. Bull & Son are sole agents for the celebrated
Winthrop B Range in all sizes and styles, which is without a superior in the
market.

J. B. BURR & CO., Publishers and Printers; Manufacturers
of Memorandum Books, Tablets, Prescription Blanks. — The great secret of
commercial success is closely allied with the scientific principle of natural
selection, namely, in the elimination of every feature not essential and the
most complete adaptation of all the facilities at hand in the given line of trade.
There is no important business house of Hartford which more strikingly illus-
trates this great principle than that of J. B. Burr & Co., publishers, printers
and manufacturers of special trade stationery. Established in 1S56, and carried
steadily forward since without interruption, this house necessarily possesses a
familiar command and thorough acquaintance with every detail of this line
of American trade, which would be impossible to one with less extended expe-
rience and success. The main office and workrooms of the company cover
two floors of a modernly-constructed building (60 x 100 feet), and are equipped
with a costly and thoroughly-perfected plant of steam presses, binders, cutters
and similar machines. Its average working corps consists of twenty people,
and it also has traveling salesmen reaching to all parts of the United States as
well as to Canada. In addition to its general line of publishing and printing —
the same being universally recognized as of the best New England standard — it
also makes a special feature of the manufacture of memorandum books, tab-
lets, prescription blanks and similar trade stationery. Its pads and tablets are
widely known for their superior grade of paper, the house using the very best
in the market, including the Faufulas, Worouoco bond in assorted colors, and
the finest quality of American and imported linens. They also manufacture a
larger amount of prescription blanks than any other house in New England,
their prices being exceptionally liberal. Dealers can place the most complete
reliance on all goods bearing the mark of this old and leading house, and will
find them unsurpassed for quick and steady sales by any in the American
market.

ALLYN HOUSE, CORNER ASYLUM AND TRUMBULL STREETS.

A. F. TII/TON, Merchant Tailor; A Fine Assortment of
Foreign and Domestic Goods; No. 237 Main Street. — Though clothes do not
make the man, there is no doubt that wearing apparel plays a very conspicuous
part in determining his place in the community. The well-dressed man, no
matter what his attainments, possesses a very decided advantage over his shabby
brother iu every walk of life, though the latter may have qualifications of the
highest order. We are led to the consideration of this fact by noting the
results of the sartorial work of Mr. A. F. Tilton, the prominent merchant
tailor of No. 237 Main Street. The most prosperous and the best-dressed men
of this city are numbered among his customers ; and, although he has been
engaged iu the business for only two years, he has attracted and is able to hold
the best class of patronage. Every garment that comes from his establishment
is cut by his own hand, aud it must be admitted that there is not a better cutter
in the business. His finely-fitted store contains a floor space of about 600
square feet, aud is well adapted to the requirements of his business. All the
work, save the cutting, is doue outside of these premises, and only the most
competent hands are employed, while promptness characterizes the execution
of all orders. Mr. Tilton always carries a fine and varied assortment of foreign
and domestic suitings, giving his customers the widest range of choice. His
prices are very low, considering the excellence of the work and the superior
quality of the material employed.

F. R. CORDlyEY & CO. (Harold C. Sears, Manager)'
Bankers and Brokers, Phoenix Bauk Building; Telephone No. II. — The rapidity
with which wealth is accumulated in this country is to be accounted for by the
fact that not only are Americans as a class better business men, and more inde-
fatigable workers in every field of industry, but that they exercise a greater
intelligence in the making of investments. There is a constant and ever-in-
creasing demand for good investment securities, and fortunately the facilities
for meeting it keep full pace with the demand. In comparatively recent vears
this demand has become so marked in the City of Hartford that old methods
of dealing through banking and brokerage firms in Boston and New York have
become inadequate, and progressive houses have found it more than expedient
to locate branch offices here. Among the most prominent of these firms is
that of Messrs. F. R. Cordley & Co., a leading banking and brokerage house of
New York, Boston and Chicago. Their headquarters are in Boston, but they
carry on operations iu the Stock Exchanges of the three cities, being members
of each. Their Hartford office, which is under the able management of Mr.
Harold C. Sears, is in the Phoenix Bank Building, a most convenient and cen-
tral location, and is connected with private wires direct to Boston, New York.
Chicago and Philadelphia. All commissions are promptly and faithfully con-
ducted on the exchanges of these cities at the lowest rates allowed to be
charged by the various boards.

A. COHN & CO., Importers and Packers of Leaf Tobacco,
No. 142 Water Street, New York. — It is not necessary to request our readers to
wade through a mass of dry statistics in order to demoustrate the fact that the
leaf-tobacco trade of this country is one of the largest of its principal commer-
cial industries. Those who have a taste for figures may satisfy themselves on
this point by reference to readily accessible statistics, while it is unnecessary
to remind those who are familiar with the trade through direct dealings of its
magnitude and importance. It is to the latter class of readers that this article
is particularly addressed, its immediate purpose being to call attention to the
facilities enjoyed by the firm of Messrs. A. Cohn & Co. This is one of the
largest concerns in the trade, its headquarters being at No. 142 Water Street,
New York, while it has an important branch at Hartford. The firm was
organized in 1869 and at once assumed a leading position in the trade, not only
as packers but as importers of leaf tobacco. They do a heavy business in
domestic and imported leaf, carrying an immense stock at their warehouses in
New York and Hartford, and shipping to all parts of the United States. The
Hartford house at No. 231 State Street is under the management of Mr. Henry
Palmer, one of the best-posted men in the business. It occupies a four-story
building which has a frontage of twenty-five feet and a depth of one hundred,
provided with every facility for the prompt dispatch of business. A force of
twenty-five men is employed by the firm. Mr. Palmer is an expert judge of
leaf tobocco, having been for many years identified with the business, and as a
buyer he has no superior.

RANSOM N. FIT£ GERALD, Commission Merchant,

No. 142 State Street. — A house that contributes its full share to the importance
of the City of Hartford as a commercial centre is that controlled by Mr. Ransom
N. Fitz Gerald, the well-known aud prosperous commission merchant of No?
142 State Street. The history of this house is one of continuous growth from
the date of its inception in 1S72 to the present time, the ability and energy that
have been brought to bear in its management being of the character which
invariably achieves success. The original firm was Messrs. Bronson S; Fitz
Gerald, but siuce 1893 it has been conducted by Mr. Fitz Gerald alone and
with even more marked success than had previously attended its career. Mr.
Fitz Gerald does an exclusively wholesale and commission business, handling
on a large scale salt, salt fish and canned goods, poultry, game, Connecticut
River shad, and Block Island fish, making leading specialties of the latter. At
one time the firm controlled over three-fourths of the Couuecticut River shad
catch ; but, owing to the growing scarcity of this once plentiful fish in these
waters, Mr. Fitz Gerald now gives comparatively little attention to that branch
of trade. His business extends throughout New England, three traveling sales-
men representing the house on the road. The establishment occupies five
floors, each 25 x 125 feet iu dimensions, and they are all heavily stocked. Mr-
Fitz Gerald has been a member of the Common Council, and at present is a
member of the Board of Fire Commissioners, is a 32d Degree Mason, and is at
the head of the Scottish Rite bodies in this city.

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BUILDING OF NATIONAL MACHINE CO. AND THORNE TYPE-SETTING MACHINE CO.

FIvORAI, BAZAAR (C. C. Munsell, Proprietor). Cut Flowers,
No. 87 Trumbull Street.— The business carried on by Mr. C. C. Munsell, and
known as the "Floral Bazaar," at No. 87 Trumbull Street, was established in
1890 by him. He is a native of this town and served one year in the Twenty-
second Regiment, C. V., is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and is well known not only in this section but among florists and flower lovers
and gardeners throughout the country, having been in this same kind of busi-
ness for the past twenty years. Mr. Munsell is a dealer in cut flowers, making
a specialty of floral designs. Choice seasonable cut flowers can be furnished in
practically any desired quantities at very short notice, together with table,
house and church decorations, artistic, appropriate and novel designs for
weddings, balls and parties, funeral emblems; and, in short, designs especially
adapted to any of the innumerable uses to which flowers are now put. Mr.
Munsell has the best of facilities, carries a large and varied stock of flowers,
employs skilled assistants, and has had such experience as to fully qualify him to
place his work in competition with the very best in the land. Orders are filled
promptly in the latest styles and at reasonable prices, and a fairly comprehensive
trial order will convince the most skeptical that Mr. Munsell is prepared to
furnish a service second to none in the country. Choice singing birds and
cages can also be bought here.

A. I,. BREWSTER, Dealer in Cut Soles, Leather and Find-
ings, French and American Calfskins, No. 186 Pearl Street. — Among the oldest
and most reliable establishments which have built up for Hartford its wide
prestige as a business centre, special attention is merited by the large successful
trade conducted by Mr. A. L. Brewster at No. 186 Pearl Street. — The business
was established by Mr. Wiley thirty-five years ago, and after a number of
transfers it passed to its present energetic control in 1S88. A high standard of
reliability and enterprise has been maintained from the first. The store prem-
ises occupied are equipped in the most thorough manner, being 26 x 50 feet in
general dimensions. A large first-class stock is kept on hand, including every
variety of cut soles, heels, taps and leather findings ; also morocco, kids,
French and American calfskin of the best brands and at bottom prices. The
trade is chiefly wholesale and retail. The facilities for prompt careful ship-
ment are unsurpassed, and special bargains and lots are constantly being
offered to the trade. Mr. Brewster is a native of this city, and holds a well-
earned position among its most careful and progressive merchants. All
demands upon his store and stock can be met in the most thorough and satis-
factory manner. Our readers interested in this line of trade should not fail to
make a trial of his facilities, if desirous of keeping in line with the constant
developments of the market.

I,. S. RISJyEY, Ph. G., Pharmacist, No. 385 Capitol Avenue.
— It is very natural that particular confidence should be placed in a druggist
who is thoroughly educated in his business, for, although we are happy to say
that the large majority of our Hartford pharmacists are educated, competent
and reliable men, still there is a prevailing impression that he who fills such a
responsible and exacting position as that held by a dispenser of drugs and
medicines to the public cannot know too much concerning the properties and
effects of the agents he handles. Consequently, the popularity of the establish-
ment conducted by Mr. L. S. Risley at No. 3S5 Capitol Avenue is not to be
wondered at in the least, for Mr. Risley is a graduate of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy, and a master of his profession. He is a native of Con-
necticut and has been widely and favorably known among the Hartford
pharmacists since 18S9, founding his present establishment in June, 1893. The
premises now occupied are very attractive in appearance, being finished in
white-china gloss painting, with white-marble soda fountain, and mirror
prescription counter, etc., and contain a large and varied stock made up of
drugs, medicines, chemicals, toilet articles, and the usual line of selected fancy
goods to be found iu a druggist's store. The compounding of physicians'
prescriptions is given the most careful personal attention, and some of his
widely-known specialties are Risley 's Pulmonic Syrup, Risley's Nursery Powder,
Risley's Headache Powder, etc. We need hardly say that no trouble is spared
to avoid the least possible error in any department of the business, while the
charges made are very moderate. Careful and intelligent assistants are employed
and polite attention is given to every caller.

THE HARTFORD ENGRAVING CO., Photo -Engrav-
ing, Half-Tone and Line; Embossing Plates; No. 66 State Street, Courant
Building. — Although the art of engraving is the growth of several centuries, its
greatest development has been noted within the past twenty-five years. This
development is not so much iu the line of improvement in the capacity of the
engraver as in the methods of reproduction now employed, the results of which
are immensely superior to the old-style work, greatly as it was admired in
its day. The increased facilities and improvement in processes have greatly
diminished the cost of production, with the result that engraving is now in
more general use than ever before in the history of the art. The convenience
of having close at hand the facilities presented by a fully-equipped establishment
is one that is highly appreciated by publishers, merchants and others to whom
quick work is a necessity. Formerl)' those whose business necessitated the
employment of the engraver's assistance were compelled to go to New York or
Boston to have their orders executed ; now they may have all such work done
at home as well, if not better, by the Hartford Engraving Company. This
concern at No. 66 State Street, in the Courant Building, is complete in every
detail, and provided with the most approved apparatus for photo-engraving,
half-tone and line work. This company makes a specialty of producing fine
half-tone plates on hard-rolled copper, and all its work is guaranteed to give
thorough satisfaction, while its charges are as low as those of any New York
house for work of similar quality. They have a large and competent force of
assistants, and all orders are executed promptly.

UNITED STATES HOTEL AND POST OFFICE, STATE STREET.

FURLONG & HOWARD, Dealers in Groceries, Teas,

Coffees, Spices; Fresh and Salt Meats; Vegetables in their Season ; Nos. SiS &
S22 Main Street, Corner Canton.- — Among the old business houses of this city,
which may well be called the corner stones upon which her commercial great-
ness has been reared, and to whose honorable record and enterprising manage-
ment and business methods the extensive grocery trade of Hartford is largely
due, an important position must be accorded to the house of Messrs Furlong &
Howard. The foundation of this extensive and prosperous establishment was
laid thirty years ago by Messrs. Douglass & Watrous, who were succeeded by
various concerns until the year 18S7, when the present firm assumed control.
They have successfully continued the business at the old stand, Nos. 81S & 822
Main Street, Corner of Canton, where will be found an extensive stock of choice
groceries, teas, coffees, spices, fresh and salt meats, and vegetables in their
season. The premises utilized by this firm consist of a double store 60x60 feet
in size, and the extensive retail trade of this house requires the services of six
competent clerks, and all orders are promptly attended to, and goods delivered
to any part of the city. The firm is composed of Mr. F. P. Furlong, a native of
Hartford, and Mr. D. C. Howard, a native of Connecticut. The reputation of
this house for enterprise and liberality is not excelled by any contemporaneous
concern here or elsewhere, while the facilities at command of the firm make it
one of the most desirable houses in the city with which to establish pleasant and
profitable relations.

T. CRONIN, Livery, Hack and Boarding Stables, No. 12
Wells Street. — The success that the livery and boarding stables conducted by Mr.
T. Croniu and located at No. 12 Wells Street have attained entitles them to
prominent mention among the representative business concerns of Hartford.
During the years he has catered to the people of this city, Mr. Cronin has per-
formed the most efficient service, and his is easily one of the most popular
establishments of its kind in Hartford. Mr. Cronin takes particular pains to
suit all customers, and his turnouts include some of the most stylish rigs, while
there is no better stock than the horses he has on hire by the hour, day or week.
Employment is given to an efficient staff of assistants, and orders are filled
with the utmost promptness and care, such as is not always exercised by livery-
men, as most of us know to our cost. Mr. Cronin recognizes the fact that to
attract and hold the best class of trade he must be able to furnish the most
stylish turnouts, and those who are numbered among his patrons can bear
testimony to the fact that he fully meets this requirement in all cases. His
stables are conveniently located just off of Main Street, and offer particular
attractious to those not having facilities of their own who desire good board for
their horses. The best of care is given to such animals, aud they are provided
with comfortable, well-ventilated and clean quarters, and furnished with the
finest feed. Mr. Cronin makes the most reasonable charges for livery or
boarding, and can supply at all hours any style of vehicle required, or fine
saddle horses if desired.

CITIZENS BUTTER STORE, Butter and Poultry Mar-
ket; Eggs, Cheese, Poultry and Bakery; No. 159 Ayslum Street. — The average
housewife finds it a difficult matter to procure at all times really choice butter,
or even a fairly-good grade, and this fact has been the source of more trouble
between buyer aud seller than all other causes of disagreement. It is the same
with eggs, which too often fail to sustain the reputation for freshness ascribed
to them by the seller. Dealers who desire to avoid complaints — and we take it
that none willingly lay themselves liable in this respect — will consult their best
iuterests by securiug supplies from the Citizens Butter Store (conducted by Mr.
A. W. Yates, the proprietor), which not only does a very extensive retail trade,
but makes a specialty of supplying dealers with choice stock at low prices. It
is an old-established enterprise, and has long held first place in the estimation
of discriminating buyers. It carries a line of butters that is not excelled in
quality or flavor by that of any house in the trade, its specialties being the cel-
ebrated East Grauby creamery and the widely-reputed Vermont creamery
butters. It is not excelled as a purveyor of fresh eggs, its supplies being
obtained direct from farmers, and there is no question as to their freshness.
This establishment also deals extensively in fine poultry and makes a specialty
of fresh fruit. It has also a superior stock of cheese and is noted as well for
the products of its bakery. The Citizens Butter Store is located at No. 159
Asylum Street, where it has large and convenient quarters and employs an
ample staff of capable and obliging assistants.

HAI,F-DIME LUNCH (D. M. Lawlor) ; Five Cents Each
for All Dishes Served ; Prompt Attention, No Waiting; Open from 5.30 A. M.
to 11 p.m. ; Bread aud Pastry All Home-Made; Best Coffee aud Tea a Specialty ;
Everything Neat and Clean ; No. 375 Asylum Street. — In a busy, bustling com-
munity like the business section of Hartford, facilities for obtaining a quick
lunch of wholesome food well prepared aud promptly served are a great desid-
eratum, and whenever they are offered they are sure to be taken full advantage
of. It does not require much keenness of perception to ascertain that the
"Half-Dime launch" fills a most important need, for the patronage bestowed
upon it is such as would overwhelm any establishment not so well equipped to
provide for it. The feature of this popular lunch room, as its name indicates,
is that all dishes served cost but five cents each, while the bill of fare is as long
and as varied as that presented at restaurants where the prices are four or five
times higher. Every one receives prompt attention ; there is no waiting, and
everything is neat and clean. The bill includes soups of all kinds, roast and
boiled meats, stews, and in fact about everything that the average man could
want from which to make a selection. The place is bright and attractive, and
ample room is provided for a large number of guests, as the luuch room
occupies an entire floor, at No. 375 Asylum Street, the dimensions of which
are 30 x 50 feet. It should be promineutly mentioned that the proprietor, Mr.
D. M. Lawlor, makes a specialty of superior coffee and tea, and that all bread
and pastry served are home-made.

WASHINGTON STREET.

THE COWXES-COUCH CO., Plumbing and Gas- Fitting,

No. 116 State Street.— The earlier settlers of the Connecticut Valley, who
shivered through the long winters — longer in those days than of recent years —
could never in their wildest dreams of luxury, convenience and comfort have
conceived of half the many comforts now enjoyed by their descendants, and
taken by all in these times as a matter of course and almost necessity. Fore-
most among the many comforts and luxuries of a comparatively few years'
standing may be mentioned the heating of houses, blocks, etc., by steam and
hot-water systems. Among the many boilers now in use for heating by hot
water there are none that possess the qualities of durability, efficiency and
economy in the use of fuel to a greater degree than the Gurney Hot- Water
Heater. This heater is sold and set in place, connected with a complete line of
pipes and radiators, ready for heating any size house or block, and guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction in every respect, by The Cowles-Couch Co., suc-
cessors to the two old firms, The L. W. Cowles Co. and G. M. Couch & Co.,
both of which firms are of many years' standing in Hartford. Mr. Austin
Braiuerd, the President, is one of Hartford's rising lawyers and business men ;
Mr. Benjamin E. Cowles, the Manager, has been in the plumbing, steam and
gas fitting business for many years, and is a man of large experience in that line
and a thoroughly practical man ; Mr. George M. Couch, the Treasurer, has had
many years of practical experience in tin, sheet-iron and copper work, as also
healing by hot air, and is thoroughly posted in these branches of the business.
The company's headquarters are at No. 116 State Street, where they have a
store 125 feet long and 25 feet wide filled with a well-selected stock of goods in
their line. They also have a shop at No. 40 State Street fully equipped with
all the latest tools and machines for prosecuting the several branches of their
business. In addition to the above, this company has a branch store aud shop
at No. 59 Church Street, New Britain, Conn., which is under the immediate
supervision of Mr. Frank L. Cowles, a man of many years' practical experience
in plumbing, steam and gas fitting in both Hartford and New Britain, and well
aud favorably known in both places. This company employ a large force of
competent assistants during the season, and are prepared to attend to all orders,
great or small, with promptness and dispatch.

THE NATIONAL MACHINE CO. (C. E.Billings, Presi-
dent ; S. M. Bronson, Treasurer and Secretary ; H. C. Baker, Vice-President
and General Manager), Mechanical Engineers, and Manufacturers of Special
Machinery and Tools, No. 581 Capitol Avenue. — The important manufacturing
interests centered in Hartford embrace a number of special lines connected with
the manufacture of the tools and machinery used in the great industrial enter-
prises located in the city or its vicinity, the magnitude and scope of which are
not exceeded in extent by those presented in any other field of industrial
activity. Among the most notable concerns iu this department is the National
Machine Company, whose business embraces every division of mechanical
engineering aud the manufacture of special machinery aud tools. The com-

pany was incorporated in 1891, and under the able management of such pro-
gressive men as the President, Mr. C. E. Billings ; the Treasurer and Secretary,
Mr. S. M. Bronson ; Vice-President and General Manager, Mr. H. C. Baker,
and the Assistant Secretary, Mr. Wm. F. Loomis, has assumed a most import-
ant position among the leading manufacturing enterprises of New England.
Notable among its special "productions is the M. Gaily Improved Universal
Printing Press, nine of which were exhibited at the Columbian World's Fair in
Chicago, and wereawarded every prize. The Gaily Universal Press is one of the
best for jobwork yet put on the market, it being provided with attachments for
cutting, creasing, embossing, stamping, etc. Further improvements are about
to be added, patents for which are now pending, and the Gaily Universal will
then be the strongest, fastest and most complete job press ever produced. The
National Envelope Company has had specially built for it by the National
Machine Company thirty wonderful machines, whose capacity is about 75,000
a day, or fully 20,000 more than any other, doing the cutting, gumming, count-
ing aud separating into lots of one hundred. Another valuable device made by
this company is the Collum Candy Cooler, than which there is no more perfect
time and labor saving machine in the market. Among other important devices
which deserve more than passing notice is the Daimber Motor, adapted to
marine or stationary use, and which is one of the cheapest, most complete and
powerful motors to be found. It is a German invention, patented in this
country and manufactured by the National Machine Company. It is made in
sizes from one to twelve horse-power, and there is no heat, smell or smoke
emitted by it. The offices and shops of the National Machine Company are at
No. 581 Capitol Avenue.

NEWTON & BURNET, Dealers in Best Quality of Meat,

Poultry, Game and Vegetables; Fish and Oysters a Specialty; Nos. 341 aud 347
Asylum Street. — The firm of Newton & Burnet are widely known and honored
as thoroughly reliable dealers in the choicest cuts of meats, etc., and the goods
dealt in by the house are guaranteed fresh, it being their constant and wise
purpose to always render full return for value received. As a result, though
the firm has ouly been established about a year, having succeeded to the busi-
ness in 1893 (it having been established in 1S721, they have already gained a
wide and increasing custom and au honorable name of which any house might
well feel proud. They occupy a store 35 x 90 feet in dimensions, it being one
of the largest in the city, aud employ nineteen clerks. A first-class and very
extensive stock of meats, poultry, game and vegetables is constantly kept on
hand to supply the best retail trade, and every exertion is made to obtain the
rarest and freshest goods at the most moderate prices. A specialty is made of
fish and oysters, aud these commodities may always be obtained here fresh and
of first-class quality. Premises located at Nos. 341 and 347 Asylum Street are
utilized, and orders a.e promptly filled and delivered at the time promised.
The firm is composed of Messrs. E. A. Newton and J. G. Burnet (who has been
connected with the business nineteen years), both prominent among our most
enterprising and reliable business men.

CHARTER OAK PARK.

HARTFORD BUSINESS COU,EGE (T. W. Hannum

and E. H. Morse, Principals and Proprietors), No. 370 Asylum Street. — The
supreme importance of a business education needs but slight emphasis in these

practical days. It is merely a question
of how to secure the most thorough
and exact business equipment upon a
liberal and reliable basis. To those
considering this important question
we can most pertinently suggest an
examination of the advantages afforded by that well-known institution — the
Hartford Business College, at the corner of High and Asylum Streets. It has
now been organized and successfully at work for over eighteen years, and there
is not a feature of modern business education and practice which is not
adequately represented. It occupies commodious and attractive quarters on the
second floor of the Batterson Building, which are fitted up with refereuce to
practical work in the more prominent fields of modern trade, with the addition
of banking, commission and transportation departments. The faculty is com-
posed of five well-known teachers, and the annual enrollment is about three
hundred and fifty pupils. The scope of the curriculum includes both theory
and practice from elementary to the most advanced branches of commercial
transactions — viz., commercial arithmetic and spelling, penmanship, book-
keeping, commercial law, actual business practice and higher office work ; also,
for amanuensis training — and an exceptionally satisfactory system of shorthand
and practical typewriting. Many details of work gleaned from practical ex-
perience are introduced, which are of extreme value to the students in this field.
An important feature added in recent years is that represented by the Inter-
national Business Practice Association, which is composed of the leading busi-
ness colleges of the United States and Canada, and by which a system of business
correspondence involving features of banking, shipping, orders, etc., of great
practical value, has been developed and carefully perfected. The Hartford
Business College is the only Connecticut college enjoying this advantage.
There are other special features which will be found well worth the careful
attention of those desiring the best results in this line. The terms of tuition
have been placed from the first on a liberal basis, and the high position now-
occupied by this institution has been won as the result of the most thorough
and scientific work in this important field of commercial progress.

EDWIN CRARY, Apothecary, Established 1876, No. 206
Park Street, opposite Squire Street. — Should the various mercantile establish-
ments located in Hartford and vicinity be mentioned in the order of their com-
parative usefulness, that conducted by Mr. Edwin Crary would be clearly entitled
to a leading position in the list, for on the whole no retail establishment is more
useful than a well-managed drug store, and that of which Mr. Crary is pro-
prietor is well managed in the full seuse of the term. He is a native of
Hartford and has carried on his present enterprise since 1S76. Mr. Crary

is thoroughly familiar with every detail of his business. He employs two
competent clerks; and, as he gives personal attention to all details, the service
is as reliable as it is prompt and obliging. The premises occupied comprise a
handsomely-equipped store located at No. 206 Park Street, opposite Squire
Street, where a full assortment of drugs, medicines and chemicals is constantly
carried, enabling physicians' prescriptions to be compounded without delay.
Every facility is at hand to insure absolute accuracy in every detail of this
department of the business, and the ingredients used are obtained from the
most reliable sources, and may be depended upon for freshness and purity.
Uniformly moderate charges are made, and no trouble is spared to fully main-
tain the high reputation so long held in connection with the service. Mr.
Crary deals in toilet articles, druggists' sundries and other goods usually found
in a first-class pharmacy, and quotes the lowest market rates on all commodities
handled. Mr. Crary is a member of the Connecticut State Pharmaceutical
Association, also of the Licensed Pharmacists, and the following list of pro-
prietary articles are a few of many which are manufactured and sold by him to
all the druggists in the surrounding country as well as to a large retail trade :
Crary's Cough Elixir, Crary's (small) Bilious Pills, Crary's Corn Salve, Crary's
Sarsaparilla.

BIBEAU & SCHREPFER, Bakers and Confectioners,
No. 372 Asylum Street. — The food we eat makes us largely what we are, and
an ill-nourished body seldom contains an alert, able mind. It is, therefore, of
the highest consequence that we exercise care in the selection of food, and that
we should be assured that those from whom we obtain it are worthy of the
confidence bestowed upon them. No greater responsibility rests upon any
purveyor of food than that which the baker must bear, and unless he be a man
of high integrity he is not fit to be trusted. Wholesome bread is one of the
absolute necessities of life, and it is only to be made of the best ingredients.
Be sure that your baker is not of the class which uses spoiled or inferior flour,
hiding its deficiencies by employing chemicals; and, to make assurance doubly
sure, patronize only such men as Messrs. Bibeau & Schrepfer, whose standing
in the community is of the highest, and who are celebrated not only for the ex-
cellence of their bread and rolls, but for the superiority of their cake, pastry and
confectionery. They are extensive producers of all these, their establishment
being one of the largest and best of the kind in the city. Their store is at No.
372 Asylum Street, and comprises two floors 25 x 45 feet in dimensions. The
large and always fresh stock is composed of a very choice assortment of plain
anil fancy cakes, bread, rolls, buns, and, in fact, everything that is made by a
first-class bakery. A specialty is made of family and wedding supplies, all
orders being given prompt attention. Messrs. Bibeau & Schrepfer established
this busiuess in 1892, and conduct both a wholesale and retail trade, employment
being giveu to nine experienced assistants. In the back of the store are pleasant
cafe and ice-cream parlors, while the cream served is unexcelled for purity and
delicacy of flavor. All the goods used by the firm are manufactured in their
own bakerv, thus enabling them to guarantee satisfaction in every instance.

ASYLUM STREET.

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THE STATES MACHINE CO., No. 490 Capitol Avenue.

— For securing the necessary supplies for steam-power plants the manufacturers
of Hartford and vicinity are fortunate in possessing facilities that are unexcelled
and which have in a measure contributed to the development of the industrial
resources and enterprises of this section. Among the constructors of engines
and pump machinery, etc., a prominent place must be given to the States
Machine Company, which during the four years it has been located here has
acquired a most extensive domestic and foreign trade in its specialties, and a
reputation that is the envy of all competitors. The company manufactures a
line of special machinery which is without a superior in the market, and in
many cases not approached by the products of other makers. Their Worron's
hi;,'h speed compound engine and four plunger pumps are such pieces of
mechanism. It is a model of perfection, and leads everything in the line of the
latest improved engines. They have also a wide celebrity for their Vanderbeek
Universal Boring and Milling engine, which heads the list of the superior mill
machinery manufactured by the company. They make universal and plain
milling machines of heavy, medium and small sizes, Vanderbeek's four-spindle
drill press, circular and vertical milling attachments, and the " handy " vise.
They have also introduced a self-oiling countershaft, with new friction and self-
oiling loose pulley, both of which sprung into immediate popularity. The
company's shops are most complete in equipment. The offices are at No. 490
Capitol Avenue.

ALFRED T. RICKER, Hartford Moulding Works;
Mouldings; No. 26 Potter Street. — The field of household architecture and
wood-decoration is one which moves with rapid advances along the current of
our modern civilization. An establishment in touch with all the latest im-
provements and a recognized leader in this line is the Hartford Moulding
Works at No. 26 Potter Street, under the able and experienced management of
Mr. Alfred T. Ricker. The carefully-perfected facilities of many years enable
Mr. Rjeker to afford a very high grade of service and goods at the most
liberal prices. The factory premises comprise S,ooo square feet of floor space,
and are equipped with the latest improved machinery. Fourteen experienced
workmen are employed on an average. Motive force is supplied by a 100
horse-power engine and 125 horse-power boiler, with a new and model exhaust
blow-pipe. These complete facilities are constantly engaged in meeting the
large demand for the popular and reliable goods made here. Mr. Ricker
carries a heavy stock of every sort of material for inside work, with special
lines of kiln-dried lumber of the best quality. He guarantees A 1 reliable
stock and workmanship on everything leaving these works. Special work and
designs executed promptly, and a large variety of first-class mouldings kept
always on hand. The works are a leading centre of supply for the best con-
tractors and builders in this part of the State, and are admirably adapted to
meet the most extensive and modern demands.

CHARGES A. RAPEI/YE, Pharmacist, No. 325 Main
Street. — Although, perhaps, by the year 2,000 the use of drugs will be out-
grown, and the "faith cure" or some other equally agreeable means of regain-
ing health will have been adopted, the people of to-day must make use of the
methods of to-day, and these methods are such that a well-appointed and well-
managed establishment like the one carried on by Mr. Charles A. Rapelye is of
the greatest benefit to a community. This enterprise was inaugurated eight
years ago by the present proprietor, who is a native of New Britain and Presi-
dent of the State Board of Pharmacy. The premises occupied are located at
No. 325 Main Street, and consist of a finely fitted-up store 15 -^60 feet in size,
and a large basement 15 x 30 feet, while the stock contained therein is both
large and varied, being complete in every department and comprising an
assortment of pure drugs, medicine and chemicals which would not suffer by
comparison with the stock carried in many a city pharmacy which ranks in
the first class. The supply of druggists' sundries, toilet articles, etc., is also
full and varied, but Mr. Rapelye gives special attention to the handling of
drugs and prescriptions, which be offers at low prices and short notice. He
gives employment to seven efficient assistants, and precautions are taken so as
to render errors almost impossible, so that a large retail business is done. In
view of the facts already mentioned, it becomes unnecessary to add that Mr.
Rapelye is in a position to quote the very lowest market rates.

KEI/LY BROS., Steam Stone Works ; Dealers in All Kinds
of Building, Cut-Stone Work ; No. 93 Charter Oak Avenue.— The rapid growth
of American cities and the accompanying increase of wealth, together with a
desire for greater permanency in structures intended either for residence or
business purposes, has made of stone the most important building material,
and brought the mason and stonecutter prominently to the front. The demand
for expert skill in the fashioning of this universal material to its purposes
grows ever}- day, and none but finished artisans in this line can hope to acquire
permanent success in this field. The Messrs. Kelly Bros, are leading exponents
of the results of special abilities and experience in their business of stone cutters.
They are the proprietors of the steam stone works at No. 93 Charter Oak
Avenue, and have long been prominent in this important line of work. Their
saw-room, which is equipped with the most modern appliances, is 25 x 60 feet
in size and has a very large capacity. In the rear are sheds and yards for the
storage of rough and finished stone, etc., and they always have a heavy stock
on hand, as they are large dealers as well as cutters. This stock includes all
kinds of building, cut-stone work — such as house-trimming and material for
church and bridge work. They are prepared to furnish estimates on all kinds
of stonework and make deliveries at any rail or water point. They employ an
average of fifteen hands, and all orders are executed with the utmost prompt-
ness. The firm consists of Mr. J. Kelly and Mr. M. Kelly, and their offices and
vards are at above address.

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A. I,. THOMAS (Tunnel Park Market), Dealer in Meats,
Vegetables, Fish anil Oysters, No. 717 Main Street. — The average housekeeper
will surely agree with us when we say that an unusual amount of trouble,
bother and time. may be saved by dealing with a firm that fills orders just as
they are given and furnishes goods which prove as satisfactory as if picked out
in person, for it is an open secret that the reason why so many persons take
the trouble to do their own marketing iu person is because they fear that other-
wise they will be supplied with goods that other people leave ; or, in other words,
those that no experienced buyer would accept of his own choice. Without
stating whether or not that fear is well grounded in the majority of cases, we
can assure our readers that there is no foundation for it so far as the "Tunnel
Park Market," conducted by Mr. A. L. Thomas, is concerned, for he makes a
specialty of furnishing goods that he believes will fully suit the customers
ordering them. It is comparatively easy to do this, as he carries a very large
and varied stock, including choice cuts of beef, mutton, pork, smoked meats,
poultry, game, vegetables, canned goods, fish and oysters, and keeps it con-
stantly complete in every department. Premises are utilized measuring 20 x 50
feet and located at No. 717 Main Street. Mr. Thomas established this business
about three years ago. He employs two competent assistants and utilizes two
delivery wagons, and all orders are delivered promptly. Mr. A. h. Thomas is
a native of Hartford and very well known. He is ably assisted iu the manage-
ment of the business by Mr. D. W. Thomas.

JOHN SI^OANE & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

Produce, Fruit, Woodenware Etc.; Eggs a Specialty; General Agents for
Dutch Salad ; No. 319 Asylum Street. — The writer who said that "children are
healthiest where the most flowers grow, and people live longest where our
common fruits ripen best," might have added that the people of that region
gave evidences of the most refined and happy life where foreign and domestic
fruits found the greatest consumption. With the progress of civilization and
culture there has necessarily resulted an increased development of the great
fruit industry, and the prosperity of the houses iu this line are significant indices
of the condition of the people. No house has contributed more by the procuring
of fine and rare fruits in the best condition to supply the universal demand for
them than the firm of Messrs. John Sloane & Co., and none have enjoyed a
more deserved success. The business was established very many years ago.
Besides dealing in fruits they are also dealers iu produce, woodenware, etc.,
making a specialty of eggs, and being general agents for Dutch salad. The
speedy recognition and appreciation which met their enterprising efforts testify
much better than words can do to the reliability and experienced wisdom of
this house. Two floors of a spacious warehouse, 30 x 125 feet, are taken up by
their valuable stock, and four assistants are constantly needed in the transaction
of their extensive wholesale and retail business, which extends throughout this
section, and gives good promise of increasing yet more in the future. The
premises occupied are located at No. 319 Asylum Street.

CHARGES T. STUART, Photographist, Nos. 269 and 271
Main Street. — Although what we now know as "photographic action" was
discovered at least two centuries ago, it was not made the subject of scientific
study until about 1770. Comparatively little progress was made in the develop-
ment of the art until the last fifty years, and it has remained for modern genius
to bring it to a high state of perfection. The photographer of to-day must be
a scientist and a constant student of developments in his profession if he
expects to keep fully abreast of the times. It is thus that Mr. Charles T. Stuart,
the well-known photographist of Nos. 269 and 271 Main Street, has gained his
eminence in the profession, and why the products of his studios possess merits
in truthfulness of likeness to the original and beauty of finish that others find
it difficult if not impossible to duplicate. Thirty-five years ago the establish-
ment which he now controls was founded by Mr. S. H. Waite, who was suc-
ceeded by Mr. Stuart about fifteen years since. It has been during this period
that some of the most remarkable developments in photography have occurred ;
and with the splendid facilities and equipments at his command, in connection
with his large experience and abilities, Mr. Stuart has more than kept pace
with them. His studios occupy nearly 8,ooo square feet of space, and include
a handsome reception room, a well-appointed and finely-equipped operating
room, dark room, framing department, etc.; in all, four large floors being
utilized. Mr. Stuart has a large staff of assistants, and employs the most com-
petent artists foi portrait paiuting and crayon work.

BDRBD W. CI/ARK, Manufacturer of Rubber Moulds,
Presses and Tubing Machinery, No. 31 Wells Street.— New England enjoys, as
a leading distinction, the credit of having developed the use and manufacture
of rubber goods to a much higher point than that ever before attained. A
leading establishment in this department of local and State business has for
some years been conducted by Mr. Edred W. Clark at No. 31 Wells Street, as
manufacturer of rubber moulds, presses and tubing machinery. He estab-
lished the business here in 1SS1, and has from the first manufactured a very
successful and high-grade class of work. His works are equipped with the
latest and best machinery in this line, and he employs a competent corps of
workmen. His specialties are well known to the trade, being sold in all parts
of New England, and also other States. They are of the very best material,
and unsurpassed for the purposes designed, the test of approval being given by
prominent manufacturers of rubber goods. The facilities for general repair of
machinery of this kind are exceptionally complete. Mr. Clark's prices will be
found invariably fair and reasonable. He guarantees the highest standard of
work and uniform satisfaction. In these days of unceasing progress, the only
way to secure first-class results is to obtain the services of special experts, and
such, by long experience and wide success, Mr. Clark has been most clearly
demonstrated to be. Our readers can make no mistake in entrusting all work
of this kind to his care. Special orders handled with dispatch, and shipped to
any point without delay.

A. CATKIN, Jr., Cotton Broker, No. 210 Pearl Street.—

A few years are considered ample time in these days for the acquirement of any
trade. Some people learn to be skillful in a short time, others do not; but when
a man has carried on a certain line of business for nearly twenty years his
absolute proficiency in it is almost a certainty. This is the case with Mr. A.
Catlin, Jr., of Hartford, Conn., who is a cotton broker, and has pursued his
present industry in this city since 1875. He makes a specialty of supplying
raw cotton to mills and manufacturers, and a carefully arranged system of
receiving and filling orders is in operation, and all confusion is avoided, car-
loads or any quantity being sold by sample ; the consequence being that all
orders are sure to be delivered promptly when promised. Mr. Catlin's office is
located at No. 210 Pearl Street, and he makes it his sole business to see that
his patrons are well, and, above all, honestly, supplied with the goods they have
ordered in the line we have referred to. Mr. Catlin is a native of Connecticut,
and has carried on business in this city long enough, and in so honorable and
enterprising a manner, as to have gained a high and well-deserved reputation
among the manufacturers in this State. All orders are quickly attended to,
and care is taken to give no cause for complaint.

MAPES FORMULA AND PERUVIAN GUANO CO.,

H. H. Stafford, Manager Hartford Office. — Fertilization of the soil where such
exhaustive crops as tobacco are grown was a most serious consideration until
the introduction of Peruvian guano and chemical fertilizers. These have by
long and thorough practical experience proved so completely efficacious in
restoring the needed elements of plant food to the soil, that they have entirely
removed the difficulty of securing good continuous crops from the same piece
of land. Among the largest producers of such fertilizers in this country is the
Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Company of New York, whose branch
office in Hartford, under the efficient management of Mr. H. H. Stafford, was
first opened fifteen years ago, and has come to be considered a headquarters of
the fertilizer trade of this section. The company does an extensive business in
all parts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the West
Indies and South America, and also ships goods to Cape Town, South Africa.
Their mammoth works are located at Newark, N. J., and their central offices
are at No. 143 Liberty Street, the Central Building, New York City. They
employ several hundred hands in their different departments. Prof. J. J.
Mapes was the enlightened agriculturist who first set the world to thinking on
the subject of enriching the soil scientifically, and was the founder of the great
business that has grown out of the propagation of his ideas. The Mapes
Formula and Peruvian Guano Company are manufacturers of the Mapes com-
plete and special crop manures, high and low-grade super-phosphates, ground
bone, etc., and importers and dealers in Peruvian guano, nitrate of soda, sul-
phate of ammonia, sulphate and muriate of potash, etc. The President of the
Company is Mr. P. Van Zant Lane, Mr. Charles V. Mapes is Vice-President
and General Manager, and the Treasurer is Mr. Edward V. Z. Lane.

P. A. SYKES, Fancy and Domestic Baker and Confectioner,
No. 185 Main Street; Five-Cent Lunch Room; Orders Solicited; Telephone
Connection. — The modern bakery is a very different institution from the bake-
shop of a generation since, and the methods employed are quite as different.
Baking has been reduced to an exact science with a very decided gain to the
healthfulness of the world at large. Not only is the bread of the present day
better baked, but it is composed of far superior materials to those used in the
kind our fathers used to eat. In the improvement that has taken place in these
respects during the past forty years Mr. F. A. Sykes has had an active part. It
was as long ago as that that he first embarked in the business, although he
remained in Hartford but seven years after the date of his initial venture. Six
years ago he returned to Hartford, having in the meantime conducted the busi-
ness at various other places, always with success. He now has a fine establish-
ment here at No. 185 Main Street, where the best bread and the finest cake and
pastry are always to be found. He employs six hands, and has work for two
teams in the delivering of orders. In connection with the bakery Mr. Sykes
conducts a popular five-cent lunch counter and has a large run of custom in
this department. His products are always in demand, for they are of a superior
kind, and fully meet the popular taste.

MARRIAGE.

The wedding bells rang loud and long,

And this is what they said : —
"There's nothing baked on earth can beat

Sykes' Good Bread."

HONEYMOON.

They billed and coo'd from morn 'till night,

And through the country sped,
They lived on love, and never ate

Sykes' Good Bread.

reality.

The Honeymoon was over

And the oven wouldn't bake,
The " staff of life " and sweetmeats

No better than the cake.
Her Husband growled and scolded,

For he wanted to be fed,
And his wife must to the grocers

For Sykes' Good Bread.

MORAL.

Young ladies, ere you're married.

And to the altar led,
Don't paralyze your sweethearts

With Home-made Bread !
And when you've signed the contract,

If these lines are rightly read,
You'll always ask your grocer

For Sykes' Good Bread.

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MAIN STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM ASYLUM.

H. P. BROOKS (Successor to Charles King), Dealer in
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Refrigerators, Oil Stoves, House-Furnishing Goods ;
Tin Roofing and Jobbing; Nos. 497 and 499 Main Street. — Everybody wants to
have good reliable stoves and ranges, as the necessary service which they per-
form affects the domestic economy and comfort every day in the year. To
obtain the best it is of course necessary to patronize only the most reliable and
modern stoves. None in this section can afford a better class of service in this
line than that secured with the old reliable establishment now conducted by
Mr. H. P. Brooks and located at Nos. 497 and 499 Main Street. His stock is
unexcelled anywhere in this city for its large variety and the genuiue bargains
constantly offered by it. This successful business was established sixty-three
years ago by Messrs. D. S. Brooks & Son. Upon the death of Mr. D. S. Brooks
the business came into the hands of his son, Mr. H. P. Brooks, the present pro-
prietor. Mr. Brooks handles a large and first-class trade, every feature of the
business being conducted with thorough and careful supervision. He employs
eight men, and the store occupied measures 30 x 150 feet in dimensions, with a
basement of the same size, and is fitted up in the best style. The stock includes
stoves, ranges, furnaces, refrigerators, oil stoves, house-furnishing goods, etc.,
together with agate wares at both wholesale and retail ; orders for tin roofing
and jobbing of all kinds will receive prompt attention. Mr. Brooks, senior,
conducted the business in a store in the old Talcott Building two years ago.
The present proprietor bought out Charles King (engaged in the same line),
and moved to his present location, and retained Mr. William M. Rogers, who
had been a salesman for Mr. King for many years. The service will be found
by our readers to equal in reliability and fair terms the best that can be obtained
anywhere.

NO YES & MORRIS, Die Sinking, Drop Forgings, Etc.,

No. 134 Sheldon Street. — The enterprise which has made Hartford a thriving
business centre has been especially displayed in those lines connected with
machinery and mechanical invention. A firm which for the past decade has
held a leading rank in its department of city and State industry is that of
Messrs. Noyes & Morris at No. 134 Sheldon Street, manufacturers of die-sinking
and drop-forging supplies of all kinds. The firm occupy a large and modernly-
equipped machine shop with the latest improved machinery, and a large corps
of reliable workmen. Their drop-hammers are of very recent style and the
most efficient of any yet made. They carry a large stock of special hardware
supplies which are sold at lowest wholesale rates. They also manufacture to
special order, and guarantee in all cases Ai reliable goods and workmanship.
The work of this firm has maintained a very high reputation and is used by
prominent manufacturers in all parts of the State. Their facilities for special
repairing and machine work will also be found unsurpassed. No effort has been
spared to place the plant upon the very highest standard of efficiency, and the
large success achieved is alike creditable to the firm and to the city.

GEORGE MARCHANT, Manufacturer and Dealer in Har-
ness, Saddles, Bridles, &c. ; Fine Carriage and Road Harness of the Best
Material; No. iigj-z Main Street. — Every man cannot be an expert judge of
the quality of the goods he buys, but every man can at least exercise intelligent
discretion in placing his orders with reputable dealers, and thus avoid the possi-
bility of imposition. In the buying of harness it is imperative that the dealer
selected should be one who enjoys a reputation for handling only reliable goods
at reasonable prices. Such a reputation belongs to Mr. George Marchaut, who
for the past twenty-eight years has been identified with the harness and
saddlery business in Hartford, of which city he is a native. His present esta-
blishment at No. 119K Main Street has been in operation for about a year, and
is one of the best patronized in the city. Buyers know that they can always
rely upon Mr. Marchant's representations, and that the goods they buy from
him invariably give satisfaction. He carries a select and full stock of harness,
saddles, bridles, &c. , making a specialty of fine road and carriage harness of
the best materials and workmanship. Harness of every description is made to
order, if desired, at low prices.

HARTFORD ONE-PRICE CLOTHING COMPANY,

Manufacturers, Jobbers and Retailers of Men's, Youths' and Boys' Clothing,
Nos. 114 and 116 Asylum Street. — Competition in the clothing trade is keener
than in any other branch of business, and the wonder is that, even in spite of the
immense consumption, so many houses should continue to thrive. It can only
be accounted for on the hypothesis that the keenness of the competition has
resulted in a vast improvement in the quality and workmanship of the goods,
and so brought about an immense increase of their popularity with wearers.
While this may answer as a general explanation, there is something more than
this behind the prosperity of the Hartford One-Price Clothing Company, of
Nos. 114 and 116 Asylum Street, manufacturers, jobbers and retailers of men's,
youths' and boys' clothing. Experience and intelligence of the highest order
contribute to their success, which is produced in the first instance by thorough
reliability. Every representation made by this house can be depended upon,
for, as they make and handle none but the best- quality goods, they have no
hesitation in guaranteeing their wearing properties, the quality of the work-
manship employed in their construction or any other feature contributing to
their superiority. The Hartford Clothing Company was organized in 187S, and
consists of men who have had a large and thoroughly practical. experience in
this line of business. They have a large and fine establishment of two floors,
each containing 4,000 square feet of space. The store on the main floor is one
of the finest devoted to the clothing business, and is brilliantly lighted with arc
electric lights. A fine stock is attractively and conveniently displayed, while
low prices govern the sale of each article. An average of six alert and
thoroughly competent assistants is employed, and prompt and satisfactory
service is a feature of the establishment

TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. BUILDING.

WIUJAM H. KEI/SEY & CO., Merchant Tailors and
Boys' Outfitters, No. 251 Main Street. — Clothing well made from good materials
costs comparatively little nowadays, and even the poorest of us can always ap-
pear well dressed. We may go a little further than appearances, however, and
always have good clothing, unexcelled in cut, fit and finish, as well as in dura-
bility, if we know where to buy to the best advantage. This is not a difficult
matter to ascertain in Hartford, for the merchant tailoring firm of Messrs.
William H. Kelsey & Co. is so generally known that no one need be told that
they offer the best inducements to buyers. It is an old and reliable house, and
has a most enviable reputation for the superior quality and style of the gar-
ments it produces. Mr. William H. Kelsey founded the business iu 1S52, sub-
sequently admitting his son, Mr. William H. Kelsey, Jr. to partnership,
adopting the firm style at present in use. Mr. Kelsey, Sr., died in 1891, after a
long and honorable career, and the son has since conducted the business alone
with the same degree of success and continued popularity as characterized the
efforts of the firm in the past. His well-appointed store is located at No. 251
Main Street, where a floor space 25x156 feet is utilized for the display of a
large and choice stock. The departments consist of custom clothing, boys'
outfitters, gentlemen's furnishings, and girls' outside garments.

H. FRANK BECK, Practical Plumber, Steam and Gas
Fitter, No. 516 Main Street (formerly No. 16 Temple Street). — We take pleasure
in calling attention to the enterprise conducted by Mr. H. Frank Beck, for a
house that does strictly first-class plumbing at the lowest possible rates, that
employs thoroughly competent and reliable help, that gives prompt and careful
attention to large and small orders, and that does practical plumbing that is
practical in the full sense of that much-abused word is a decided benefit to a
community, and that is just what is done by Mr. Beck. Operations were begun
about two years ago, moving to the present location, No. 516 Main Street, a few
months since. The premises utilized measure 15 x 50 feet in dimensions, and
three skilled assistants are employed. Orders, either in person or by mail, will
receive prompt and satisfactory attention. Mr. Beck is also prepared to execute
orders for steam and gas fitting. The prices charged in all departments of the
business are very low, and work will be found to give satisfaction in every
respect. Mr. Beck is a native of Germany and very well known.

G. E. MYERS, Druggist and Apothecary, No. 121}^ Main
Street. — Native talent is more generally appreciated than that of foreign origin,
and the young man who embarks in an}' line of business iu the city of his birth
is more certain of prompt recognition and support than one who is a stranger
in the place. This is particularly true of the druggist, confidence in whom
springs from personal knowledge of the man, and without such confidence
success is not to be attained, or, at the best, is a plant of very short growth.
About a year ago Mr. G. E. Myers opened a pharmacy in this city. He is a
native of Hartford, and having grown up iu the business, so to speak, he knows

it thoroughly. From the inception of his enterprise he has received the recog-
nition due to energy and ability, and many older druggists might well envy him
the success he is making in his chosen profession. He has a fine store, 18x75
feet in dimensions, at 121 }4 Main Street, among its handsome fixtures an elegant
soda fountain holding a conspicuous position. A full stock of fresh drugs and
chemicals, pharmaceutical preparations, etc., is carried, and prescriptions are
compounded in a most careful manner. Low prices prevail in all departments.

E. M. SII/I/, Art Studies, Birth Announcements, Tally
Cards, Invitation Cards and Novelties; also, Books, Periodicals, and Circulating
Library ; No. 89 Trumbull Street. — The business carried on by Mrs. E. M. Sill
at No. 89 Trumbull Street was started by this lady about three years ago. Mrs.
Sill deals in metaphysical and occult literature. Iu this class of literature her
stock is second to none in the country. She also carries a most complete line
of all the newspapers, magazines and periodicals of the day. Another branch
of the business includes full lines of art studies, birth announcements, tally
cards, invitation cards and many novelties too numerous to mention. A very
popular feature of this unique establishment is a flourishing circulating library,
to which the newest books are constantly being added. Mrs. Sill employs a
competent assistant, who with herself make it their constant study to meet and
supply the wants of their many customers and give prompt and courteous
attention to all, while the prices quoted on all goods offered are as low as can
be found at any place in the city. Hartford has long needed an enterprising
firm in this line of business, and this store, under the management of its able
proprietress, seems destined to become one of the most popular and attractive
business houses in the city.

BUCKLEY BROS. & CO., House Painters, No. 10 Ford
Street. — The advantages gained by placing orders for painting with a responsible
firm that not only does such work in a first-class manner, but also at reasonable
prices, are so obvious that there is no need of mentioning them iu detail ; and
conclusive evidence that the people appreciate them is afforded by the success
of the enterprise carried on by Messrs. Buckley Bros. & Co., for they are
painters and paperhangers, and they do a business so large as to require the
employment of fifteen to twenty assistants. The enterprise was inaugurated
twenty years ago by the present firm, which is composed of W. O., C. H. and
W. O. Buckley, Jr. The premises utilized are located at No. 10 Ford Street,
and comprise one floor 50 x 23 feet in dimensions. A very large trade is done,
all orders being executed with neatness and dispatch, and personal attention is
given in every instance. Estimates on the exterior and interior painting and
decorating of houses will be cheerfully made on application, and the facilities
are such that commissions can be executed at short notice, all work being
carefully supervised and no pains spared to attain the best possible results.
Messrs. W. O. and C. H. Buckley are natives of East Hartford, and W. O., Jr.,
of Hartford. The senior members of the firm served iu the late war.

M. M. BACON, Bottling Establishment and Soda-Water
Manufactory, No. 13 Morris Street. — Few people not directly connected with
the business have anything like an adequate idea of the vastness of the bottling
trade of this country, and those who are able to make an approximate estimate
of its extent are surprised to find that it reaches such enormous proportions.
Competition in this line is particularly keen, but those who make it a practice
to handle none but the best goods have little difficulty in finding a ready market
for their output at reasonably profitable figures. Mr. M. M. Bacon of this city
is one of these. In fact, even with his large and fine facilities, he finds it diffi-
cult to keep pace with the demand created by the excellence of his products.
His is one of the oldest establishments of its kind in this section, its inception
dating back to 1845. Since 1S74 the business has been in Mr. Bacon's hands,
and through his enterprise and ability its extent and scope have been enormously
developed. His plant at No. 13 Morris Street is one of the best in the business,
being fitted with the latest and most improved bottling machinery and appli-
ances. He has constantly on hand a superior stock of bottled ale, porter,
cider and soda water, specialties being made of tonic, lemon and orange phos-
phate and the celebrated Henry Elias' prize-medal bottled lager beer. Special
attention is given to bottling for families, and the manufacture of soda water is
carried on on a most extensive scale. Mr. Bacon employs an average of twenty
hands, and is always in a position to execute the largest general or special
orders.

DAVIS & FOSTER, Dealers in All Kinds of Meat, Fish
and Vegetables ; Choice Family Groceries ; Game in its Season ; Fresh Country
Eggs and Butter a Specialty; Nos. 308 and 310 Asylum Street. — The meat and
vegetable market at Nos. 30S and 310 Asylum Street is very popular among
those who appreciate reliable goods, fair prices and careful service, for the
simple reason that Messrs. Davis & Foster, its proprietors, so manage it that
all the things we have mentioned are assured to those who do business at this
store. Mistakes happen sometimes of course ; the saying is that "accidents
happen in the best-regulated families," and a store is harder to govern than the
biggest or worst-regulated family, but no mistakes are made "on purpose" at this
place ; and when attention is called to any that happen to be made they are
corrected if possible and "squared up," anyway. Messrs. Davis & Foster's
stock includes all kinds of meats, fish and vegetables, also choice family gro-
ceries, game in its season, fresh country eggs and butter being a specialty of
this house ; and although they do not accomplish the wonderful feat of keeping
it "constantly complete in every department," as some provision dealers do (or
at least say they do), still you are pretty sure to find at their store everything
seasonable iu the way of provisions, and you can depend upon having your
orders filled accurately and promptly, employment being given to four compe-
tent assistants. Messrs. Davis & Foster succeeded Mr. Alexander Allen in
1893. The individual members of the firm are Messrs. G. F. Davis and William
E. Foster, both well and favorably known throughout Hartford and vicinity.

G. & H. I. CONANT RUBBER CO., Nos. 26 and 28

Asylum Street. — As a source of supply of every description of manufactured
goods, Hartford possesses every advantage that could be desired. Constant
additions are being made to her already numerous and varied commercial en-
terprises, and the facilities presented are equal if not superior to those afforded
by other American cities of her size. A consideration of these facts are sug-
gested by the contemplation of the advantages offered to consumers of rubber
goods of every description by the Conant Rubber Company of this city, a mer-
cantile concern of the highest standing, and one with an enviable and well-
established reputation in its particular field of enterprise. The Conant Rubber
Company was organized eleven years ago, and is a Boston corporation, the
establishment here being a branch of the parent concern, but one of scarcely
secondary importance to the original. The members of the company are
Messrs. G. and H. I. Conant, who give close personal attention to every detail
of the business. The Hartford store at Nos. 26 and 28 Asylum Street occupies
two floors, 25x60 feet in dimensions, and carries an immense stock :of every
description of rubber goods for domestic, mechanical and scientific use, even a
partial enumeratiou of which would be impossible in the space at our disposal.
They employ an average force of five competent clerks and assistants, insuring
the prompt execution of all orders received either by messenger, mail or tele-
phone. The business is essentially wholesale in character, though some retail-
ing is done.

THE NEW YORK TEA STORE (P. S. Kennedy, Pro-
prietor), Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Teas, Coffees and General Groceries ;
Meats, Poultry and Vegetables ; No. 474 Main Street, Corner Morgan ; Tele-
phone Call 132-3. — Were we asked to name half a dozen of the most prominent
grocery houses in this section, one of the first places we would mention would
be that conducted by The New York Tea Store (Mr. P. S. Kennedy, proprietor),
for it was inaugurated fully fifteen years ago, and has long been looked upon
as a representative undertaking of its kind, both as regards the methods em-
ployed in its management and its popularity throughout the community. The
proprietor is very well known iu this section, and has been a member of the
Common Council for four years. The premises utilized are located at No. 474
Main Street, corner of Morgan, and measure 100 x 25 feet in size, the meat
market being in the rear and finely equipped with ice boxes, etc. Mr. Kennedy
is a wholesale and retail dealer in teas, coffees, spices and general groceries ;
also, choice meats, poultry and vegetables. As Mr. Kennedy buys in large
quantities he is enabled to give his customers the benefit of his experience and
buying by naming the very lowest prices on all the goods he handles ; and as
employment is given to eleven assistants, and fourteen delivery wagons are
utilized, orders are promptly filled and delivered at the time promised. The
stock is as exceptional iu quality as it is in magnitude, and it is generally con-
ceded among consumers that goods obtained at this establishment are sure to
prove entirely satisfactory.

Dr. W. H. LAW,

...Dentist,...

No. 382 MAIN STREET.

The care of the teeth receives far more attention at the present time
than ever before in the history of the race, more widespread knowledge con-
cerning the causes contributing to health and longevity having produced
this most desirable result. The perfection of dental science is an even greater
impelling cause of the enlightenment of the people as to the high impor-
tance of preserving the teeth ; and as the efforts of all modern dentists are
directed towards restoring defective teeth to their normal usefulness, rather
than, as was formerly the case, removing the injured members, the result
cannot but be productive of general healthfulness. In this connection it is
interesting to note the high position in the profession of dentistry that has
been attained by Dr. W. H. Law during the seventeen years he has been
practicing in this city. Dr. Law is a graduate of the Baltimore Dental College,
one of the oldest and most thorough of such institutions in the country, and
is a complete master of both the operating and mechanical branches of the
profession. He is a member of the old family of his name, which came
from Scotland in 182S and settled at Enfield, Conn. Dr. Law's office is at
No. 382 Main Street, Cheney Block (see opposite page), and consists of a
finely-appointed reception room, and an operating room equipped with the
most modern appliances of dentistry.

THE NEW ENGLAND HOME PRINTING CO.,

General Newspaper, Book and Job Printers; Mercantile Work, Catalogue Work,
Publishers of " The New England Home," the Popular Family Weekly ; Main
Office, No. 302 Asylum Street. — The science and art of printing since the days
of old Ben Franklin have held an honored place in New England business life.
They have necessarily been intimately related to the great advance made in
educational and literary fields. One of the largest publishing and printing
houses of Connecticut is the New England Home Printing Company, whose
main office is located at No. 302 Asylum Street, Hartford. The company was
incorporated under present management in 1S90, and has met with steady
success from the start. They are the publishers of the "New England Home,"
a popular weekly, with a guaranteed average circulation larger than any other
weekly newspaper in the State. Its literary and art-illustrative standard is in
thorough keeping with the best New England spirit, and it has a large influence
throughout the New England States. As a medium of advertisement there is
no more effective way of reaching the homes of the people. The company are
also general newspaper, book and job printers, having a complete modern
equipment for every class of work in this line. They occupy the second floor
of Boardman Building, No. 302 Asylum Street, run by electric power, and their
presses are kept in constant operation. A specialty is made of catalogue work,
and their facilities for every sort of commercial printing are unexcelled in the
city or section. They quote very liberal and attractive figures for the finest
grades of work.

E. TUCKER'S SONS, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Papers, Twines and Strawboards, Paper Bags, Glue, Etc., No. 100 Trumbull
Street. — Among the substantial business houses which have done most to build
up and extend the commercial prestige of the city that of E. Tucker's Sons
deserves honorable and prominent mention. It was established in 1849 by Mr.
Erastus Tucker, and the same general name and management have been pre-
served from the first. For a considerable period the business has been under
the sole management of Messrs. John D. Tucker aud James E. Tucker, the son
and grandson of the original proprietor. A large aud moderuly-equipped store
building is occupied at No. 100 Trumbull Street, comprising three floors,
75 x 25 feet in dimensions. A large jobbing trade is handled, extending
through this State and Massachusetts, the same requiring the employment of
six regular salesmen. The stock includes a full assortment of papers and paper
stock, twines, strawboards, paper bags, glue and similar goods of the best
grades. The quality is guaranteed and the liberal prices of this house
are equal to the best in the American market. Many leading manufacturers
aud dealers are among the regular customers of the house, aud it has also a
large retail trade. It can afford a range and high standard of service in all
matters bearing on this department which will not be equaled elsewhere in
this section. Mr. John D. Tucker, the surviving partner, is a veteran of the
Governor's Foot Guards, and also a member of the Hartford Board of Trade.

MAIN STREET.

X,. N. WII/EY, D. D.S., Dental Rooms, Nos. 69 Ballerstein
Building and 275 Main Street, over Boston Branch. — The practice of dentistry
in the present day calls into play the highest abilities of the operator, for the
profession has within comparatively few years made such great progress that
even the most advanced ideas of the last decade are antiquated and valueless to
the practitioner of to-day. Dental surgery is a term conveying but an inadequate
idea to the lay mind of the scope and importance of this field of professional
endeavor, but its results are so marked in comparison with those achieved in
former years as to leave no doubt as to the advancement made. There is in
Hartford probably a no more advanced exponent of modern dentistry than Dr.
L. N. Wiley, who holds a leading and well-deserved position among doctors of
dental surgery in this city. He is a native of Hartford and a young man of the
most sterling character and high attainments. He has had a most valuable
experience in the offices of such celebrated dentists as Drs. Fanning and
Hitchcock of this city, and is a graduate of one of the best schools of dental
surgery in the country — the Philadelphia Dental College — having also taken a
two-years' course in the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital of that city. Although at
the time he embarked in business here, four years ago, Hartford already had
the service of between twenty-five and thirty dentists, all of more or less note,
his abilities received immediate recognition, and he at once entered on a large
and lucrative practice. Dr. Wiley has very tastefully fitted-up rooms in the
Ballerstein Building, which are supplied with the latest aud most valuable
appliances of his profession.

H. W. CONKUN, Insurance and Real-Estate Agent, No. 9
Central Row. — One of the most active and best known of Hartford's business
men is Mr. H. W. Conklin, whose office is at No. 9 Central Row, aud who is in
a position to reuder valuable assistance to those wishing to buy, sell, exchange
or rent real estate, or to place fire insurance in large or small amounts. Mr.
Conklin is thoroughly well informed concerning real estate in Hartford and
vicinity, and he always has on his books a great variety of desirable property
of that kind, so that time aud trouble may be saved by making use of the
facilities he offers. An extensive insurance business is also done, it including
the writing of policies on dwelling houses, stables, factories, stores and buildings
in general, the following leading companies being represented: Atlas, of London;
North American, of Boston; Mercantile Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Granite
State Fire Insurance Co., of New Hampshire; Agricultural, of Waterbury, Conn.;
Norwich Union, of England ; Merchants, of Providence, etc. Mr. Conklin estab-
lished this business thirty-five years ago. He is very widely and favorably
known throughout Hartford and vicinity in both real-estate and insurance
business circles. Mr. Conklin thoroughly understands the principles underly-
ing insurance, is well informed on financial methods, and hence is well qualified
to explain the several policies issued by the companies he represents, to judge
as to which is best suited to individual cases, and to make the reasons for his
judgments clear to those affected thereby.

Ransom N. Fitz Gerald, EsTABMSHED l872'

Wholesale and
- — ....^"'''"'J ""Commission Merchant,

Salt, Salt-Fish and Canned Goods, Poultry, Game, Connecticut
River Shad and Block Island Fish Specialties.

No. 142 STATE STREET

GALI/UP & MET2GER, Pianos, Organs, Sheet Music
and Musical Merchandise, Nos. 201, 203 and 205 Asylum Street, Corner
Haynes. — There is not as much difference in pianos as in the dealers who
handle them, but unfortunately the buyer seldom ascertains this fact until after
the transaction is completed, and he then has an experience that is of little use
to him thereafter. It should not be inferred, aud of course nobody believes,
that all pianos are alike in tone and other essential qualities, any more than
that all dealers are disposed to consult the interests of the buyer equally with
their own. But as few people buy more than one piano in a life-time, and the
purchase is oue that involves a considerable money outlay, it is desirable that
they should make it where they may be sure that they will not be imposed
upon in the slightest particular. Messrs. Gallup & Metzger have the reputa-
tion of being most straightforward and reliable dealers. They handle none
but the best makes, and can therefore conscientiously recommend the instru-
ments they sell in the full assurance that they will turn out to be exactly as
represented. The firm began business herein 1881, and has acquired a large
and valuable trade iu pianos, organs, sheet music and musical merchandise
generally. Their establishment is at Nos. 201, 203 aud 205 Asylum Street, and
is one of the largest of its kind in the State. Two large floors, 40 x 80 feet in
dimensions, are occupied, and a large and most valuable stock is carried.
They make a leading specialty of the celebrated Knabe pianos, and also
handle extensively the fine instruments bearing the name of Vose, Pease aud
other leading makers. They also sell the Estey Vocalian organ, oue of the
finest instruments of its kind in the market. Their stock of sheet-music is the
largest and best outside of New York or Boston. Messrs. Gallup & Metzger
are also sole agents for the Electric Piano, a new aud unique instrument that is
acquiring great popularity. They are the only house in the State .handling
church orgaus. Their business is both wholesale and retail in character, and
they require the services of a strong force of clerks, including ;a_number of
traveling salesmen.

ASYLUM STREET.

SCHMIDT & FOX, Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry, No.
19 Pearl Street, near Main. — Although one of the most prominent character-
istics of the establishment conducted by Messrs. Schmidt & Fox is its reliability,
it would be incorrect to offer this as the explanation of the great popularity the
store enjoys, for many other reliable jewelry stores can be found in the city ;
but the truth of the matter is the public like to do business with a firm that is
not only reliable but enterprising ; that not only gives full value for money
received, but gives its patrons an opportuuity to choose from the very latest
fashionable novelties in all the various lines of goods it handles. The business
carried on by Messrs. Schmidt & Fox was founded in 1SS8 by Mr. Schmidt, the
present firm being formed in 1S91. The partners are Messrs. A. H. Schmidt, a
native of Germany, and Jacob Fox, of Hungary. Premises located at No. 19 Pearl
Street are occupied and very completely fitted up, the stock of watches,
diamonds, jewelry, etc., being displayed to excellent advantage. Every
facility is at hand for the repairing of watches, jewelry, etc., in a superior
manner ; and, as employment is given to a competent assistant, orders can be
filled without delay. Moderate prices are quoted in every department of the
business, and no trouble is spared to thoroughly satisfy every customer.

JAMES AHERN, Plumbers', Steam and Gas-Fitters'
Supplies; Gas and Electric Light Fixtures; Electric Light Supplies; Construc-
tion Work for All Systems ; Electric Lighting, Plumbing, Steam and Gas
Fitting; Also, Hot-Water Heating; No. 2S0 Asylum Street. — The establishment
of Mr. James Ahem, situated at No. 2S0 Asylum Street, is probably one of the
finest and most completely stocked of any of its kind in New England, and is
the headquarters of a very extensive business. Mr. Ahern began business in
Hartford in 186S, locating himself at No. 272 Main Street, where he remained
until May 1, 1882, when the demands of his growing business compelled his
removal to the elegant and roomy premises he now occupies. The volume of
business transacted by Mr. Ahern requires the assistance of from thirty to forty-five
workmen, the latter number being largely augmented in the busy season. The
premises occupied by this business consist of a lofty ceiled store and workshop,
extending from Asylum Street through to a small street in the rear, where all
goods are received and shipped. The store, including the workshop, has a
frontage of twenty-five feet by a depth of ninety feet, and is stocked with a full
line of plumbers' and gas-fitters' materials, pipe, fixtures, etc., besides a large
and elegant assortment of the latest designs in gas fixtures from the manufactory
of Mitchell, Vance & Co. of New York, for which house Mr. Ahern is sole
agent in Hartford Count)'. One room is fitted up to show patrons — -architects,
builders, house owners, and those intending to become house owners — the latest
improvements in scientific sanitary plumbing. The art has now reached such
a point of perfection that every fixture — every closet — is self-ventilating, and it
is impossible for bad and noxious odors to escape into the room. It is a liberal
education in scientific plumbing merely to go into this room and look about.
In adjoining rooms are displayed all appliances for electric and for gas lighting.

In the workshop — a model of its kind — there is to be found everything in the
way of materials and tools that is required for any part of the plumbers' and
gas-fitters' business. Neatly arranged along the sides are numberless compart-
ment-shelves, containing every kind and size of fittings for gas and water known
to the trade, while on the benches may be found a complete assortment of fine
tools of ever}' description used in the business. In the centre of the shop
stands a machine driven by steam power, and used for cutting and threading
iron pipe. This machine saves much time and labor, and is so absolutely
accurate in its operation that the tightness of the joints made by it can be relied
on with perfect assurance. In the basement there are stored immense quan-
tities of cast and wrought iron pipe, fittings, etc., and there is no contract so
large or varied in its nature that Mr. Ahern is not prepared to fill from his
immediate stock. The trade of this house is not confined to Hartford, but
extends to other portions of the State, many of the finer residences outside the
city having been fitted by Mr. Ahern. This extent of business is due in great
measure to the fact that Mr. Ahern is one of the few in his line not content with
being merely a "practical " workman, but who has studied the scientific aspects
of the trade to such advantage and with such earnestness of purpose that he is
recognized not only as the leading plumber in Hartford, but as a scientific sani-
tarian who uses his knowledge in his work and for his customers' benefit. Mr.
Ahern, although not a native of America, can be justly regarded as a represen-
tative American, having lived in this country since his boyhood, most of the
time in Hartford, where he has won for himself an enviable place among the
business fraternity and the good-will of a great number of personal friends and
acquaintances. He is a progressive businessman, a desirable citizen, and enjoys
the very honorable distinction of being a "self-made man."

AI/EEN BROTHERS, Dealers in Choice Groceries, Fruits,
Etc., No. 132 Main Street, Corner Sheldon. — The stock carried at the establish-
ment conducted by Messrs. Allen Brothers can hardly be better described than
by the single word " clean, " for this is the trade term for any assortment of
goods which contains nothing unsalable or superfluous, and that is just the
condition of the stock to which we have reference. Not that it is small and
without variety ; on the contrary, it comprises full lines of staple and fancy
groceries, fruits, eggs, etc., which are offered at low prices. The business was
established in 1SS0 by the present proprietors, Messrs. A. L. and I. W. Allen,
who are natives of this State. They give employment to five competent assist-
ants, who assure all callers prompt attention. All orders are promptly and
carefully filled and delivered quickly. The premises occupied are 25 x 60 feet
in dimensions, and consist of a fine store, with storeroom in the rear. Messrs.
Allen Brothers cater to the best class of trade, and the quality of every article
sold, whether it be a barrel of flour or a yeastcake, is guaranteed to prove
exactly as represented, and it is owing to the faithful carrying out of this policy
from the first that this establishment stands so high in the confidence of the
public.

JAMES MUIyHAI/L, Real Estate Broker and Appraiser,
No. 29 Pearl Street, Second Floor, Room No. 1. — Among the many real-estate
brokers and appraisers in this vicinity one of the best known and most highly
respected is Mr. James Mulhall. He has been a resident of Hartford for the
past fort)- years, and established his present business some eighteen years ago.
Mr. Mulhall occupies an office at No. 29 Pearl Street, Room No. 1, where he
is prepared to transact any dealings in the real-estate brokerage and appraising
line at as moderate rates as any agent in the neighborhood. His intimate
knowledge of the value of property in this section of the State makes his
advice of the utmost value to all persons desiring real estate, and who have
little or no opportunity to study into the details of this complex business. Mr.
Mulhall is agent for many banks, and also the State School Fund, in Hartford.
He gives special attention to renting and collecting rents on real estate ; all
business in this line entrusted to him being promptly and faithfully attended
to. Mr. Mulhall is very well known throughout Hartford and vicinity, and
was a member of the old Fire Department. His business has steadily developed
under the stimulus afforded by hard, intelligent and persevering work and con-
stant devotion to the interests of his clients; and those wishing to consult
with Mr. Mulhall in a professional way will find him courteously ready.

PREISSNER BROTHERS, Cake and Bread Bakery, No.
59 Sheldon Street. — We are desirous of calling the attention of our readers to
the well-known bakery located at No. 59 Sheldon Street, Hartford, which has
been from its inception successful in building up an extensive trade in bread,
cake and pastry. This establishment was started in 1S91 by its present pro-
prietors, the Messrs. Preissner Brothers. Both members, John and August, are
natives of Germany, and members of St. Stephen's Benefit Society. The store
occupied is 25 x 25 feet in dimensions, is fully equipped with all the necessary
requirements for the successful conduct of the business, the extent of which
gives employment to thoroughly experienced assistants. These gentlemen
carry a fine stock in all branches of their business, and are prepared to supply
customers at short notice with any goods in their line, and perfect satisfaction
is guaranteed both as to quality and price. This establishment is largely pat-
ronized by families throughout the town who appreciate first-class bread, cake
and pastry of all kinds. Preissner Brothers are well known throughout Hart-
ford and vicinity. They are men of excellent business qualifications, and in
their special line offer inducements to purchasers not easily duplicated, as their
prices are as low as can be quoted on first-class goods, and will compare favor-
ably with those named by other bakers.

ALFRED WII/I/IAMS & SON, Manufacturing Furriers;
Seal Garments a Specialty; Nos. 41, 43 and 45 Pratt Street. — The many advan-
tages of fur garments, especially for ladies' use, create so extensive a demand as
to make the fur business one of national importance ; but it is safe to say there
is not a concern in this country having a higher reputation in connection with
the furnishing of fine furs at low prices than that of Messrs. Alfred Williams &
Son, located at Nos. 41, 43 and 45 Pratt Street. This business was originally
entered into in 1843 by Mr. Alfred Williams, in London, England, who came
to Hartford, where he was for many years foreman at Strong & Woodruffs.
His sou, Mr. A. C. J. Williams, who had learned the business of his father, was
admitted to partnership in 1SS9, and since the death of his father has been the
sole manager of the business, which is constantly and rapidly increasing. The
firm manufacture fine furs in general, making a specialty of sealskin garments
and fur goods of every kind, and one very important factor in their success is
the fact that they make all their own goods and sell direct to the consumer,
thus saving him the paying of at least one profit and enabling the firm to quote
positively bottom prices on strictly first-class goods and workmanship. A
large force of experienced assistants is employed, and orders can gener-
ally be filled at comparatively short notice and in a manner which cannot fail
to satisfy the most fastidious customers. Furs are stored and insured for the
summer against moth and fire. Mr. A. C. J. Williams is well known in social
circles of Hartford, he being a member of St. John's Lodge of Masons; Wash-
ington Commandery, K. T. , Midian Encampment, and of Connecticut Lodge
of Odd Fellows ; also, ex-Captain of the Foot Guard Veteran Corps, and a mem-
ber of many secret orders, and is one of the city's progressive business men.

THE WARNER & WII,I,ARD CO., Manufacturers of
and Wholesale Dealers in Ready-Made Clothing, Nos. 108 and no Asylum
Street. — One of the most notable houses, and one of the most successful as
well, that have acquired prominence in comparatively recent years as manufact- _
urers of and wholesale dealers in ready-made clothing, is The Warner & Willard
Co., of this city. This important concern was organized in 1S94 as the suc-
cessors of the well-known firm of Messrs. F. W. Warner & Co., who began
business here as long ago as 18S0, and who during their existence as a firm
always held a commanding position in the wholesale clothing trade of New
England. One of their representatives on the road, and member of the old
firm, Mr. W. L. Willard, is now prominently identified with the new com-
pany, as the conspicuous place held by his name in its title indicates. He is
its President, while Mr. F. W. Warner, of the original firm of Warner & Co.,
is its Secretary and Treasurer. The Willard & Warner Company are extensive
manufacturers of clothing, using the best foreign and domestic materials in the
construction of their widely-celebrated products. They have a prosperous and
steadily-growing wholesale trade in all parts of New England, keeping two
traveling men constantly on the road, while in the business department at
Nos. 108 and no Asylum Street they have a force of eight clerks. In the
manufacturing department of their large establishment they employ an average
of thirty-four skilled hands. The premises occupied consist of two floors
25 x ico feet each, provided with a most perfect equipment for manufacturing
and with ample space for the display of a large and fine stock. The company
also has a wide reputation as custom tailors and extensive dealers in furnishing
goods of every description.

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CENTENNIAL AMERICAN TEA CO., No. 223 Main

Street. — If you accept the word of the average grocer as authority, you will
believe that it is impossible for anyone to sell the best grades of teas and
coffees at lower prices than he charges and at the same time make the pur-
chaser of a certain quantity a useful and valuable present. It would be better
to investigate for yourself, for experience proves that the Centennial American
Tea Co. does just the thing your grocer would have you believe it cannot do,
and that, moreover, it gives much better value than most grocers can afford at
the same price. If this were not the fact the Centennial American Tea Co.
would not be in a position to point to a highly-successful career in this line of
trade extending over a period of eighteen years. The reason it can undersell
competitors and present its patrons with articles of chinaware, bric-a-brac, etc.,
is that it possesses much larger facilities in securing goods in the primary mar-
kets than other dealers have, and is a direct importer of teas and coffees. Mr.
William Stewart, who acted as manager for the company when it began opera-
tions in 1876, is still with it. He occupies a fine store 25x40 feet in floor
dimensions at No. 223 Main Street, and gives employment to three competent
clerks.

THE HARTFORD BUILDING AND LOAN

ASSOCIATION; R. P. Chapman, President; Geo: Stronach, Vice-
President; A. S. Howe, Secretary and General Agent; Room 5, No. 370
Asylum Street.— The principle of the building and loan association is one of
the most beneficial and distinct financial triumphs of the present century. It
is but a legitimate application of American ideas of broad equality and co-opera-
tion to a most important field of banking ; namely, loans on real property and
for purposes of construction or improvement. Its universal and phenomenal
success simply shows how intimately it is allied with the spirit of our institu-
tions and people. The Hartford Building and Loan Association, whose home
office is situated at Room 5 Batterson Building, No. 370 Asylum Street, this
city, is one of the best New England representatives of its type. The field
having been in part pre-empted by the old-style savings banks, the movement
did not spread at once and so widely among our more conservative people as in
some other sections of the country. But, as the main features of it have become
better known in recent years, their broad fairness has given it a very wide pop-
ularity and influence. The Hartford Building and Loan Association was
organized in 1S89, and incorporated in 1893 under a special charter, and has
done a steadily-increasing business throughout the State since its organization.
One very important feature is that each stockholder has one vote, and no more,
irrespective of the number of shares, which makes it exceptionally safe as a
channel for investment to the man of small or moderate means, and most truly
co-operative. Its rate of interest on all amounts paid in is a very liberal one,
though not of the excessive character promised by some of the mushroom
organizations. It has proved far more effective than any other type of organi-
zation in encouraging savings among the working people, as the returns are

estimated and allotted on the most equitable and square basis to all from the
exact time of payment. It also secures to its members the opportunity for
erecting and owning their homes, and also for making valuable and necessary
improvements. The small weekly payments are adapted to the pocket-book of
every sensible person, and secure advantages which cannot possibly be obtained
in any other way. Mr. A. S. Howe, the Secretary and General Agent, is a well-
known, reliable business man, and has been associated with the steady advance
of this organization from the first. We advise all our readers to give the ad-
vantages presented by this method of saving and loaning a most careful exam-
ination, if they appreciate the value of living in their own homes.

M. S. SMITH, New and Second-Hand Furniture Bought and
Sold, Nos. 558 to 564 Main Street. — When seeking to purchase furniture of
any kind, it is always best to gp where a large and complete stock may be
inspected ; for these articles are so extensive in number and variety that only
by personal examination can it be satisfactorily determined just what is the
most applicable to the end it is desired to serve. A Hartford house handling
an immense variety of articles of this description is that conducted by Mr. M.
S. Smith at No. 564 Main Street. It was founded about seven years ago by the
present proprietor, who is a native of Vermont, and a well-known business
man. The premises occupy a store 3OXS0 feet in size, with two basements for
storage. New and second-hand furniture is bought and sold, also house-
furnishing goods of all kinds. Chamber, parlor and kitchen furniture is shown
in all the latest designs, and some of the chamber-sets shown in ash and
antique are not only of fashionable style and the best workmanship, but are
offered at surprisingly low figures. Goods are sold on the instalment plan at
cash prices, and the assistants who are in attendance assure all customers of
prompt and polite service.

E. S. ClyARK, Dealer in and Packer of Seed- Leaf Tobacco,

Nos. 225 and 227 State Street. — That important industry, the leaf-tobacco trade,
to which Hartford owes a large share of its greatness as a manufacturing centre,
has many long-established representatives, of which there is none more promi-
nent than Mr. E. S. Clark. He has been engaged in this branch of business for
the past forty years, not only as a dealer and packer of seed-leaf tobacco, but
as a grower, having large plantations at Poquonac and at Bloomfield in this
State. He averages forty to fifty acres in tobacco each year, and during the
harvest time employs some fifty hands. His Hartford establishment is one of
the largest as well as one of the oldest in the city, the warehouse being four
stories in height, with a frontage of twenty-five feet, including both Nos. 225
and 227 State Street, and a depth of one hundred feet. A large staff of compe-
tent assistants is employed here, and all orders are executed with the utmost
dispatch. Mr. Clark ships to all parts of the United States, and is prepared to
execute the largest orders from any quarter at short notice.

TRINITY COLLEGE.

BERNARD McGURK, Dealer in Meats, Poultry, Vegetables,
Game, Eggs, Etc., No. 553 Main Street. — It is easy enough for a man to state
the kind of service he wants to find in a market, for practically every one of
us knows that the market he is looking for is one where the goods are varied
in kind, reliable in quality, and low in price ; where the service is prompt, in-
telligent and efficient, and where a man is just as sure to get what he wants if
he orders it as it would be if he picked it out himself. It is evident that many
residents of Hartford think that the market conducted by Mr. Bernard McGurk
at No. 553 Main Street "fills that bill" pretty well; at all events, they surely
consider it to be one of the best markets in town, for they buy all their meats,
poultry, vegetables, etc., at Mr. McGurk's, and they tell their friends to do the
same thing if they wish to save money and to make sure of getting just what
they pay for. The premises utilized measure 15x50 feet in dimensions, and
are stocked with a choice selection of meats of all kinds, poultry, vegetables,
game, eggs, etc.; and, as the stock is constantly being renewed in all of its
departments, it is always fresh, attractive and complete enough to admit of
even the most fastidious tastes being suited. The proprietor gives close per-
sonal attention to the supervision of affairs, and employs two competent
assistants, so the service is prompt, accurate and accommodating. Mr. McGurk
succeeded Mr. A. Wilcox about seven years ago.

CHAREES A. POST, Fine Groceries and Flour, No. 709
Main Street. — Thirty years is a very long time to carry on a business, and it is
especially noteworthy in the case of that carried on by Mr. Charles A. Post, for
he has been identified with it from the very first, being the sole proprietor and
succeeding Messrs. O. & O. Johnson. He is a native of Connecticut, and of
course is almost universally known in this viciuity, not only on account of the
length of his business career, but also by reason of the character of his business,
for, as a dealer in fine groceries and flour, he caters especially to family trade.
The premises utilized by Mr. Post are located at No. 709 Main Street, and com-
prise a fine store and basement each 25 x 65 feet in dimensions, this large
amount of space being very completely availed of as an extremely large and
varied stock is carried. It comprises an exceptionally complete line of staple
and fancy groceries, and also an assortment of articles which are by no meaus
always to be found in even the best. stocked grocery stores, among Mr. Post's
specialties beingWashburn, Crosby & Co.'s Superlative Flour. Although "quality
before price " may be said to be the governing principle of this establishment,
still no " fancy prices " are quoted ; on the contrary, as Mr. Post does a strictly
cash business, goods are furnished at the very lowest prices, quality of course
being considered. Employment is given to four efficient assistants, and two
teams are utilized, and orders are assured prompt attention and accurate delivery.

THE CUSHMAN CHUCK CO., Manufacturers of Im-
proved Lathe and Drill Chucks, No. 30 Cushman Street. — No period in the
history of the world has been so fertile in the production of superior mechanical
devices as the past thirty years. Machines which were considered admirable at
the beginning of this period are now considered as useless as though made two
hundred years ago. A leading and successful house which has kept steadily in
the van of the lines connected with its work is the Cushman Chuck Co. of
Hartford, Coun. It was established in 1862 and incorporated in 1SS5, having
been under the same active and careful management from the first. The
officers are Mr. A. F. Cushman (President) and Mr. E. L. Cushman (Secretary
and Treasurer). They manufacture the highest grade of improved lathe aud
drill chucks for all mechanical purposes. Their manufacturing plant consists
of three connecting buildings, covering about one-third of an acre. It is
equipped throughout with the latest and best machinery. Motive force is
supplied by an engine of 75-horse and boiler of 100-horse power. The company
employs on an average seventy-five first-class workmen. Their goods are sold
in all parts of the world, and are admittedly the best in the market for the
special purposes designed. In variety of styles, reliability and liberal prices
this house is far the best of its kind in the State, if not in New England. Great
ingenuity has been given to the perfection of detail and elaborate facilities pro-
vided for making special styles, so that it can uniformly afford the very highest
degree of service in this department at figures which cannot be readily dupli-
cated. Its descriptive catalogue and special circulars will prove of value to all
interested in this department of business.

THE ERNST SCHAEE CO. (Ernst Schall, J. R. Stevens,
J. J. Cloouan, F. D. Mann), Jewelers, Silversmiths, Diamond Merchants, Main
Street, Corner Asylum Street. — One of the most enterprising and attractive of
the many fine business establishments of Hartford is that conducted by the
Ernst Schall Company as jewelers, silversmiths aud diamond merchants. It is
one of the oldest business houses in the city, its founder being Mr. Ernst Schall,
who is still at the head of the business, and who began operations here over
thirty-two years ago. The change in the firm style was made two years since,
the following-named gentlemen being associated in the control of the business,
under the title of "The Ernst Schall Co.": Messrs. Ernst Schall, J. R. Stevens,
J. J. Cloonan and F. D. Mauu. Mr. Stevens, who is a native of Hartford, has
held a commission of lieutenant in the First C. N. G.; Mr. Cloonan also claims
Hartford as his birthplace ; while Mr. Mann, who is in charge of the watch
department, is a native of Germany ; Mr. Schall, the founder of the house, is a
New Yorker. Their handsome store has a frontage on Main Street, corner of
Asylum Street, and extends back forty feet on Asylum, having entrances also
on that street, while upstairs are the workrooms, where the manufacturing and
repairing are done. The firm do an extensive and valuable business, and carry
a very large stock of fine jewelry, diamonds and other precious stones, watches
and clocks of the best makes, Dresdenware, cut glass, silverware, optical goods
of every description, bric-a-brac and fine stationery — making a specialty of
wedding invitations. They employ five clerks, who extend prompt aud courteous
attention to all callers. A specialty is made of repairing fine watches and
clocks, jewelry, etc.

ASYLUM STREET.

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ST. JOSEPH'S CATHKHK

DE WOlyF & WHEEI/OCK, Groceries and Provisions,
Nos. 918 and 920 Main Street. — One of the most popular and largely-patronized
grocery and provision stores in Hartford, where so many excellent establish-
ments of this kind exist, is that carried on at No. 91S Main Street by Messrs.
De Wolf & Wheelock. This business was established twenty-two years ago,
and after several changes came into the hands of De Wolf & Johnson about one
year ago. Mr. Johnson continued in the firm but a short time, and it was
carried on by Mr. De Wolf until May 1, 1894, when the present firm assumed
control. Both these gentlemen are natives of Connecticut, and utilize a double
store 60x70 feet in dimensions, one side being devoted to the sale of groceries
and the other to meats, etc. The premises are well supplied with facilities for
carrying on a first-class business, three assistants being at hand to assure
customers prompt and courteous treatment. A very fine and complete assort-
ment of provisions and groceries of all kinds is carried, and pains are taken to
provide for all tastes and all purses by furnishing goods of sufficient variety to
satisfy every want. Orders will be promptly and accurately delivered, and are
filled at the lowest market rates.

W. N. PEI/TON & CO., Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods
and Notions, Nos. 40 and 42 Union Place. — The different stages of business are
just as essential to one another as the layers of stone in a foundation or the
relative parts of an organic body. In order that there shall be wise and careful
distribution of goods the experienced wholesale merchant has to apply principles
of trade which could never have been grasped save by long and thorough
training. A business house which for the better part of a quarter of a century
has experienced a wide and deep influence upon city and State business affairs
is that of Messrs. W. N. Peltou & Co. at Nos. 40 and 42 Union Place. With
the steady advance of local trade it has afforded facilities and resources in its
well-managed business of very great value both to the merchants and consumers
throughout this section of the State. The firm occupy two floors of a large
modernly-equipped building 90 x 50 feet in dimensions. It is at a very conven-
ient location, opposite the New York, New Haven and Hartford Depot, and its
facilities for prompt shipment of goods are exceptionally complete. They
have experienced salesmen employed in handling their trade. The firm are
importers, and carry a large stock of dry goods and notions of even' kind.
Special bargains and lots are carried at all seasons, and the prices are invariably
at the lowest market basis. Dress goods, linens, ginghams, calicoes, and general
white and colored goods from the leading mills of the country, are always on
hand. The special novelties for extending trade constantly being introduced
will be found among the first at this old-established yet progressive house.
They make a specialty of their hosiery and notion department. The firm
consists of Messrs. W. N. Peltou and S. W. Clark. Mr. Pelton has been
identified with the trade for the past thirty years, and Mr. Clark for fifteen
years. Both are representatives of the most substantial and important trade
interests of the State.

C. A. DENNING, Baker; Bread, Pastry, Etc.; No. 615
Main Street. — The modern bakery of the first class is as different from the bake-
shop of our boyhood's days as the East is from the West. In fact baking has
been reduced to an exact science, with what gain to the world at large any one
who is at all observant can judge. Not only is the bread of this generation
better baked than that which our fathers were compelled to eat, but the ingre-
dients composing it are far superior. The flour is of the finest, and great care
and skill are exercised in adjusting and mixing the proportions that the result-
ant product is uot only a most wholesome and nourishing article of food, but is
delightful to the taste and pleasing to the eye. In the making of cake and
pastry, even greater progress has been made by the leading bakers in recent
years. The variety is much greater, and the products themselves are more
palatable and dainty. This is particularly true of the delightful things that
come from the establishment of Mr. C. A. Denning, No. 615 Main Street.
During the six years he has been in business in Hartford he has won the '
confidence and esteem of the residents of the city by the uniform excellence
and high grade of the goods he places before them. He occupies small but
well-equipped premises, and carries a fine assortment of bread, cake, pastry, etc.
Competent assistants are employed in both the store and bakeshop. Mr.
Denning is a native of Massachusetts, and very well known.

FRANCIS R. COOIyEY, Banker and Broker, No. 4 Cen-
tral Row. — The events of the past few years have demonstrated the extreme
importance of knowing exactly the nature of investments and securities in
which one has or desires an interest. The advice of an experienced and reliabe
broker in this department is undoubtedly of the highest importance. The firm
of Wilson & Cooley, which had been a recognized and prominent broking
house, was dissolved by expiration of partnership in 1891, and Mr. Francis R.
Cooley has since continued to extend the business of the house and now con-
trols some very large and important interests. His office, at No. 4 Central
Row, is modernly equipped and has every facility for the quickest handling
and intelligence in the important lines of trade. The prominent feature in
Mr. Cooley 's banking business is the very large and reliable operations in local
securities, such as the new East Hartford (4"„) bonds, Hartford, New Britain
and other town bonds, Connecticut State, all the leading New England rail-
roads, prominent banks and insurance companies, and the best industrial cor-
porations in the State. Mr. Cooley publishes monthly quotation lists of this
line of securities, and also of the many others handled. He also makes a
feature of Blair & Co.'s foreign and domestic letters of credit and general
foreign drafts. He is a member of the Hartford Stock Exchange and in con-
nection with New York, Boston and Chicago, handling all lines of stocks and
bonds bought and sold in those cities. Complete and uniform reliance can be
placed upon the facilities at his command, and his trained, expert judgment is
at the service of his many patrons, including prominent people of this and other
cities of the State.

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL— INTERIOR.

-ETNA NATIONAL BANK.

^TNA NATIONAL BANK OF HARTFORD (A. G.

Loomis, President; A. Spencer, Jr., Cashier), No. 214 Main Street. — The .-Etna
National Bank of Hartford was organized as a State institution in 1857, and re-
organized under the national banking laws in 1S65. Its paid-up capital at first
was $525,600, and changed to the present amount under the national charter.
During its long and important history the -Etna has been associated with many
of the greatest fiuaucial movements of the State.

It has had as presidents such notable men as Judge E. A. Bulkeley, father
of ex-Governor Bulkeley (a present Director) ; O. G. Ferry, a prominent mer-
chant; Hon. Wm. R. Cone (of Hungerford & Cone), eminent as a lawyer, and
A. R. Hillyer. The dominant spirit has therefore been in thorough accord
with all the most conservative and best interests of the State.

The bank is one of the largest in the State, and has always been a staunch
bulwark in local finance and commerce.

The last statement, appended herewith, gives a thorough idea of its strength
and extensive resources :

FEBRUARY 2S, 1894.

RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts

Overdrafts, secured and unsecured

U. S. Bonds, to secure circulation

Stocks, Securities, etc

Due from National Banks (not reserve agents)...

Due from State Banks and Bankers

Due from Approved Reserve Agents

Checks and other Cash Items

Exchanges for Clearing-House

Notes of other National Banks

Fractional Paper Currency, nickels and cents

Lawful Money Reserve in Bank, viz.:

Specie I10S.307.65

Legal Tender Notes 29,714.00

Redemption Fuud with U. S. Treas. (5",, of cir.)

Total

LIABILITIES.

Capital Stock paid in

Surplus Fund...

Undivided Profits, less expenses and taxes paid..

National Bank Notes outstanding

Due to other National Banks

Due to State Banks and Bankers

Dividends unpaid

Individual Deposits subject to check

11,657,582.25

8-33

50,000.00

212,806.76

46,891.74

5.189.95

853.5i2-'7

3.00

4,280.15

4,136.00

95-44

13S.021.65
2.250.00

|2,974. 777-44

Total..

$525,000.00

250,000.00

103,894.12

43.335-0O

22,201.40

62.72

237-5°

2,030,046. 70

*2,974,777-44

The business quarters occupied in the .Etna Life Insurance Co. Building
are most handsomely and thoroughly equipped, as regards architecture,
convenience and security. A general banking busiuess is handled, the facilities
for exchange, collections and discounts being very complete, and prompt serv-
ice is guaranteed. This is a favorite bank of this section for merchants' and
trustees' accounts, as the exceptionally high standard of security serves as an
elemeut of credit in every line of busiuess. The most marked feature in the
history of the .Etna National Bank has been the very able and sound character
of its management. The officers at the present time are : A. G. Loomis, Presi-
dent; A. Spencer, Jr. , Cashier. Directors: Leverett Brainard, President of Case,
Lockwood & Brainard Co. (present Mayor of Hartford); Joseph Merriman,
East Hartford ; Robert E. Day, President Security Company ; Morgan G.
Bulkeley (ex-Governor State of Conuecticut), President .Etna Life Insurance
Co. ; Appleton R. Hillyer, formerly President of this Bank ; A. G. Loomis,
President. For the purposes of sound and energetic management a small
board of the highest character is always most effective, and a glance at these
names will give the best of evidence to our readers as to the leadership acquired
and maintained by the -Etna National of Hartford.

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J. WII,KIE REID, Costumer and Fashionable Tailor, No.
602 Main Street. — Owing to the attention given to the tailor's trade and the
employment of skilled labor, the functions of the tailor have within recent
years steadily developed to the plane of a fine art. The garments must be fitted
and cut with accuracy, and in a manner becoming to the wearer, and finished
in a style of art entirely unknown a few years ago. We would in this connec-
tion refer to Mr. J. Wilkie Reid, located at No. 602 Main Street, as among the
prominent tailors in Hartford. This business was established by Mr. Reid
twenty-five years ago, moving to his present location nine years ago, and he has
from the first successfully continued it, adding to his patrons year by year.
The trade now being large affords employment to several very skilled and
experienced assistants. The premises are neat and convenient and measure
40 x 15 feet in size. Mr. Reid is also a costumer, and is prepared to make
costumes for balls in or out of the city. Costumes may also be obtained here
for masquerade balls and theatricals, also dress suits for weddings, receptions,
etc. Costumes will be made to order if desired, or they may be bought, sold
or exchanged. Mr. Reid is a native of Scotlaud, and is a gentleman of unques-
tionable skill, being an expert and reliable cutter, and merits his extensive
patronage.

UNITED STATES HOTEI/ (D. A. Rood, Proprietor), City
Hall Square. — Every visitor to Hartford is familiar with the United States
Hotel, and as this city is the political and social centre of State life it is fair to
say that no other hotel in it exercises a wider or more important influence than
that of this well-known and leading house. The United States has been estab-
lished for more than fifty years, and under the able management of its present
owner and proprietor, Mr. D. A. Rood, for the past forty. He is widely honored
as a leading representative of the hotel fraternity of the United States, and, as is
true of his house, enjoys a thoroughly national reputation. Mr. A. W. Rood
son of the proprietor, is the active manager of the house, being assisted by Mr.
H. W. Tones, Day Clerk, and Mr. T. P. Skinner, Night Clerk. The hotel build-
ing occupies a prominent position on City Hall Square and is a substantial
structure 140X 170 feet in ground dimensions, and four stories in height. There
are 165 guest rooms handsomely furnished and equipped with every modern
convenience of light, heat and sanitation. The offices, dining-room and parlors
are famed for their elaborate aud recherche^ decoration. There is an admirably
conducted cafe and billiard parlor in connection. The cuisine of the United
States is too well known to need reference, being in every way in keeping with
the highest standards. The service is of the most courteous and efficient type.
These facts, combined with liberal rates (varying from $2.50 to $3 per day,
American plan), have rendered the United States the leading favorite with the
traveling public, aud it does a very large business throughout the year. ' Its
facilities are thoroughly appreciated by commercial travelers, who invariably
stop here, aud many leading legislators and public men are constantly num-
bered among its guests. It would be a mistake to visit Hartford without
utilizing the superior aud first-class facilities afforded by the United States Hotel.

W. E. BECKER, Architect, Room 7 Batterson Building.—
The visitor to Hartford is at once impressed with the unusual aud refined
elegance both of the business blocks and private residences. There js not
another city in New England, or, for that matter, in the United States, of its
size, that is its peer in the uniform high standard and beauty of its architecture.
One of the well-known and prominent experts in this department of Hartford
affairs is Mr. W. E. Becker, whose office is located at No. 7 Batterson Building.
He has been established here since 18S0, and has built up a wide and influential
clientele. The imprint of his skill and artistic judgment is clearly seen on
some of the very handsomest and most modern buildings both in the city and
suburbs. His office is well equipped, and a corps of well-trained assistants,
averaging four, is maintained. He executes every kind of plans, draughts and
estimates for buildings, making a specialty of the sanitation and fire-proof
character. He will be found thoroughly posted on all the latest modern details
for comfort and elegance of exterior and interior finish. He also gives general
supervision to the construction of buildings, aud insures accuracy in the slight-
est details. His terms will be found fair and moderate in all respects. Among
the many buildings of which he was the architect might be mentioned the
"Casino," and the clubhouse for the Neighborhood Club Co.

WM. BOARDMAN & SONS, Wholesale Dealers in Teas,
Coffees, Spices, Tobaccos, Cigars and Grocers' Sundries ; Office and Warehouse,
No. 304 Asylum Street. — There is no more certain mark of a first-class whole-
sale grocery store than the quality of its teas aud coffees. Experienced busi-
ness men need but slight reminder that the utmost importance in the develop-
ment of a good trade is involved in obtaining the very best goods in this
department. The house of Wm. Boardman & Sons has been running for more
than fifty years, and has never failed to command the very best trade in its
lines. It was established in 1841 by Mr. Wm. Boardman, and for the past
three years has been under the management of his son, Mr. T. J., and grand-
sou, Mr. H. F. Boardman. They occupy a haudsome modern store at above
address, comprising two stories 25 x 100 feet, and also have a special warehouse
aud manufacturing department, three floors 30 x 45 feet in dimensions. They
are very extensive importers, and carry the heaviest stock of the kind in the
city. Many of their goods are prepared under their own thorough and careful
inspection. The wholesale and jobbing business extends through the southern
part of New England, aud requires the employment of sixteen clerks and
salesmen. Among the most important lines handled are the best grades of
coffees, teas and spices, ground and packed to order; oatmeal, rice, farina and
all standard cereals ; broma, cocoa, chocolate, baking powders, bird food, con-
densed milk, cigars and tobaccos, smokers' goods of all kinds, hops, gelatine,
starch, stove polishes and blacking, soda, soaps, twine, tacks, aud a complete
assortment of grocers' sundries. Many recent novelties are carried, aud the
stock is in every way up to date. Our readers can rely upon the most uniform
and complete satisfaction in dealing with this old-established house, both as
regards quality and liberal prices.

JOHN MOODY, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Canned
Goods, Meats, Etc., No. 120 Albany Aveuue. — One of the leading merchants in
this locality is Mr. John Moody, who carries the finest class line of goods at
moderate prices within the reach of all. The business of Mr. John Moody has
for the past six years maintained a position in its department of local trade.
The premises occupied are located at No. 120 Albany Avenue, and measure
25 x 60 feet in dimensions. A large and complete stock of groceries, provisions,
canned goods, meats, etc., are kept always on hand. Three experienced clerks
and assistants are needed to handle the extensive and select retail trade, and
the prices of this store are well known for their uniform liberality and fairness.
As half or more of the value of groceries depends upon their purity and freedom
from adulterations, our readers will consult their own interests very largely by
examining and making trial of the high class of goods kept at this store. Orders
are promptly filled and delivered when promised, two teams being in use for
that purpose. This position which this house has attained is solely the result
of its liberal dealings.

SIDNEY F. SOUTH, Merchant Tailor, No. 265 Main
Street. — Americans have the reputation of being the best-dressed people in the
world, and this undeniable fact is directly attributable to the excellence of the
workmanship and materials placed at their disposal by American tailors. Here
we have the combined ability and experience in sartorial art represented by the
best tailors of all nationalities, with the results shown in the well-fitting and
well-made garments displayed upon all occasions and in all places where men
congregate. One of the most popular — and it therefore follows, one of the
most competent — merchant tailors in Hartford is Mr. Sidney F. South, of No.
265 Main Street. A native of Euglaud, Mr. South came to New York many
years ago, previous to which time he had several years' experience in the same
line in London and Paris. For about twenty years he has been actively engaged
in business in this city. One reason why the garments made at his establish-
ment look well and fit well is that he does all the cutting himself. He occupies
a finely-appointed front parlor at the address indicated. A most desirable line
of the finest foreign and domestic woolens, embracing the latest patterns and
shades, is presented to his customers, while all orders are promptly executed,
and at the most reasonable prices.

THE CHAS. E. REICHE, Billiard-Table Warerooms,
No. 23 Mulberry Street. — The popularity of billiards as a game of skill has
largely increased in recent years, interest in it having been quickened by the
great improvements made in the appliances of the game, notably the tables,
which have not only made billiards more .interesting to amateurs, but have
given a new zest to the professional game. Of the manufacturers who have
acquired a high reputation for their tables Mr. Chas. E. Reiche, of Hartford, is
entitled to take first rank. The Reiche billiard tables constantly grow in

popular favor, and are given the preference by professionals as well as amateurs.
The business of manufacturing these superior tables was begun in 1879, and
continued with ever-increasing success, The Chas. E. Reiche Billiard-Table
Warerooms at No. 23 Mulberry Street now occupying two floors, each 16 x no
feet in dimensions. The Reiche tables are made in regular or special sizes, of
the very best materials and at most reasonable prices. Second-hand tables, in
first-class condition, may also be obtained here, and repairs of all descriptions
receive prompt attention. A stock of new balls, cues and all kinds of billiard
materials is kept constantly on hand, and the prices charged are lower than
those usually named by even the largest dealers.

T. H. LANGDON, Plumber, Steam and Gas Fitter, Xo.
228 Pearl Street. — There are some kinds of work which may be done in a "good
enough" fashion without any bad results, but when it comes to plumbing and
gas-fitting it is simply foolish to be satisfied with anything but the best, for
inferior work in this line is dangerous, troublesome and expensive, to say
nothing of its not answering the purpose for which it was designed. It is easy
enough to have first-class plumbing done if you apply to the proper party, and
certainly no wiser course can be taken than to leave your order with Mr. T. H.
Langdon at No. 228 Pearl Street, for he is a thoroughly-competent plumber,
steam and gas fitter. He has the facilities and the men to enable him to
execute all commissions at short notice and in the most approved and satis-
factory manner, the best of materials being used. He is uniformly moderate in
his charges, and as he gives close personal attention to his business he is in a
position to keep the service up to a very high standard of efficiency and to
guarantee complete satisfaction to his patrons. Mr. Langdon makes a specialty
of Rider Ericsson's hot-air pumping engines for country and seaside resi-
dences where there is no water supply. The store covers an area of 1,200
square feet, and is stocked with a full assortment of such goods as are usually
handled by a first-class plumber, steam and gas fitter. Mr. Langdon is a native
of Hartford, and is a successor to Mr. Geo. Robinson, who founded the business
forty years ago. Mr. Langdon employs from eight to fourteen competent
workmen, and can be relied upon to fill all orders in a most satisfactory and
scientific maimer.

HORACE H. KING, Dealer in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers,
No. 495 Main Street. — Although there are many who say they "know a good
shoe when they see it," the fact is that it is by no means easy to judge of the
value of such an article simply by examination, for inferior stock can be so
prepared as to look all right to any one but an expert, and the same may be
said of the workmanship, or at least so much of it as shows on the outside.
The way to get a reliable shoe at a fair price is to patronize an experienced and
reputable dealer, and we know of none in Hartford who gives better value than
Mr. Horace H. King, so that those wanting anything in the line of footwear
would do well to give him a call. He carries a good stock, and warrants every

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article he sells to prove just as represented. Mr. King is a native of Lyme,
Conn., and is very well known throughout this locality as an enterprising
business man. He established his present business fifty years ago, moving to
his present location forty-eight years since. The store utilized is located at
No. 495 Main Street, and measures 24 x 70 feet in dimensions, with a basement
of the same size for storage. These premises are well stocked with a large and
varied assortment of all kinds of boots, shoes and rubbers. The service is
prompt and reliable, while Mr. King assures every caller courteous and intelli-
gent attention.

J. H. WII/I/ES, Art Store ; Pictures, Frames, Engravings,
Etchings, Artists' Materials, China for Decorating, Etc.; Picture Frames to
Order; No. 451 Main Street. — The "Art Store" is, as its name indicates, devoted
expressly to the handling of art goods ; and, as its stock is large, varied and very
skillfully chosen, it is one of the most attractive establishments in the city,
especially to those of artistic tastes, for here may always be found a select
assortment of pictures, frames, engravings, etchings, artists' materials, china
for decorating, etc. The business was founded about eighteen years ago by its
present proprietor, Mr. J. H. Willes, who is a native of Connecticut and is
widely known in this vicinity. Particular attention is given to the making of
picture frames of all descriptions, any style from the most simple to the most
elaborate being made to order at short notice in the most skillful manner, and
at moderate rates, also china firing attended to. A full line of mouldings,
including the very latest novelties, is kept in stock, and the most extensive
commissions can be executed without delay. The store is located at No. 451
Main Street, and measures 30x60 feet in dimensions, together with a room at
the side devoted to the display of pictures, and all interested in art are cordially
invited to visit it and look over the many beautiful engravings, etchings, etc.,
here displayed. Mr. Willes employs several competent assistants, and customers
are waited upon promptly and attentively.

their stock, and makes it desirable for consumers to inspect their supplies and
prices before purchasing elsewhere. The very lowest market rates prevail, and
the quality and character of the goods maybe depended upon to be just as
represented.

THE "HII,I," MARKET (Burns & Christie, Proprietors),

First-Class Meat, Fish and Vegetable Market, No. 544 Asylum Street. — Prom-
inent among the many flourishing business houses in Hartford devoted to the
meat and fish business is The "Hill" Market conducted by Messrs. Burns &
Christie at No. 544 Asylum Street. This house was established three years ago
by Crane & Gould, and succeeded by Burns & Christie. The premises occu-
pied comprise a fine store 25 X45 feet in dimensions, well-arranged and fitted-up
for the transaction of its business. The stock of goods carried here is large,
comprehensive and well-selected, and embraces everything in the way of meats,
fish and vegetables. Employment is given to four prompt and reliable clerks,
who are courteous and polite to all patrons. Orders are promptly filled and
goods delivered to any part of the city. The individual members of the firm
are Mr. W. J. Burns, a native of Connecticut, and Mr. F. D. Christie, of West
Hartford. Their experience in the business gives them advantages in securing

PARK DRUG CO.'S PHARMACY, No. 376 Asylum

Street, Corner High Street, One Block from Union Depot. — It is a fact, though
few appear to realize it, that whatever credit attaches to the healing of the sick
is due in almost as great measure to the pharmacist as to the physician. The
pharmacy laws of Connecticut require the most intimate knowledge on the
part of the would-be druggist with every detail of the profession, and years of
study and training are requisite to fit a man for the practice of the profession.
When to all this is added a long practical experience, it will be seen at once
that druggists who have been through such a course are hardly second to the
doctor in all cases of illness. The proprietors of the "Park Drug Company"
at No. 376 Asylum Street, corner of High Street, are such men as we have
described. They established their present enterprise in 1871, and it is one of
the oldest and most reliable pharmacies in Hartford. The premises occupied
are very eligibly located oue block from the Union Depot, and measure 25 x 40
feet in size. They employ eight careful assistants, and for quality, variety and
fair price the stock carried cannot be excelled. It comprises drugs, chemicals,
fancy goods, toilet and manicure requisites, homoeopathic medicines, holiday,
birthday and wedding gifts, fine colognes, toilet waters and handkerchief
extracts — Lazell's, Wright's, Woodworth's, Lubin's and Roger & Gallet's being
constantly on hand.

A. H. SMITH, New and Second-hand Furniture, No. 83

Trumbull Street. — In buying furuiture it is always well to remember that
durability is at least as important as appearance, and the only way to get
durable as well as handsome goods is to patronize a dealer who not only guar-
antees his articles to prove as represented, but whose guarantee is worth some-
thing. No one can successfully deny that Mr. A. H. Smith "fills the bill" in
both these respects, for such a denial would need no stronger refutation than
that offered by the record this gentleman has made during the many years that
he has carried on business here. The establishment in question was founded
by Mr. Pomeroy, who was succeeded in 1890 by the present proprietor, who
occupies premises 30 x 65 feet in dimensions at No. 83 Trumbull Street. Mr.
Smith is a dealer iu uew and second-hand furniture, of which he carries a large
stock, and the latest novelties, as well as a full line of staple articles, are always
to be had here at the lowest market prices. Oue competent assistant is con-
stantly in attendance, and all customers are served iu a polite and intelligent
manner, and every order is assured prompt and painstaking attention. Mr.
Smith is a native of New York, and has a large circle of friends iu this vicinity,
while his business is increasing steadily, and it is pleasant to note a success so
honestly won.

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T. K. STARR, Dentist, Room 16, Cheney Building.— We
cannot quite rid ourselves of the nervous feeling which seizes us when the
necessity for visiting the dentist arises, although we recognize it as the sur-
vival of the feeling of dread which was warranted by the experiences of long
ago. That there is little reason for its existence at the present day, when
dentistry has been reduced to a science, and has been almost entirely robbed of
painful features by the extreme skill and ability of dental operators, appears to
make no difference to the majority of us, and it will probably linger with us
for the remainder of our lives. All such feelings immediately disappear when
the visitor is once ensconced in the operating chair of Dr. T. K. Starr, the well-
known dental surgeon, whose handsome offices are located in the Cheney
Building, Room 16. Dr. Starr has always made excellent provision for his
patients' comfort, and has stopped at no expense in securing the latest and
most approved appliances of his profession. He ranks with the foremost
dentists of the city, having been actively in practice here for the past fifteen
years. Dr. Starr is a member of the old family of that name who were among
the original settlers of Webster, Mass. He is a young and popular man, and
stands high in the Masonic order.

W. B. HOGAN & BRO., Plumbers and Gas-Fitters, Dealers
in Plumbing Materials and Sanitary Appliances, No. 81 Trumbull Street. — Iu
no branch of the building line has there been such a vast improvement as in the
furnishings and supplies connected with plumbing, and not alone has the
development affected the aesthetic qualities, but side by side has gone the
regard for health. There is no question connected with plumbing and sewerage
more important than is the question of ventilating and trapping; it is an
unquestionable fact that sewer gas and fumes generated from decomposition of
vegetable and animal matter are dangerous to health. This is no theory of ours,
but has been repeatedly proved by practical experience, so we say to our readers,
"Have no plumbing, steam or gas fitting done unless you can have it done
right." Fortunately, there is no trouble in having such work properly done if
you reside in Hartford or vicinity, it being necessary only to place the order
with Messrs. YV. B. Hogan and Bro., doing business at No. 81 Trumbull Street,
for they have had twelve years of varied experience, and have unequaled
facilities for the filling of the very largest orders at short notice, satisfaction
being guaranteed to every customer. The individual members are W. B. and
T. M. Hogan, both natives of this town. They are plumbers and gas fitters,
making a specialty of sauitary appliances. They are also dealers in plumbing
materials. The premises occupied comprise a well-stocked store 30x75 feet in
dimensions. Small and large orders are given equally careful attention, and
five skilled assistants are kept constantly employed.

SAI/I/ & MelfAUGHIvIN, Dealers in Groceries, Provisions,
Meats, Fish, Vegetables, Etc., No. 290 Park Street. — It is a very heavy and
varied stock that is offered by Messrs. Sail & McLaughlin ; and as they deal
in such indispensable commodities as groceries, provisions, meats, fish, vege-
tables, etc., and make a specialty of Swedish delicatessens, such as anchovies,
herring, cheese, Swedish drinks, raspberry juice, etc., also Swedish snuff, it is
natural that a very extensive business should be done, especially as the goods
uniformly prove as represented, and are sold at the lowest market rates. Mr.
J. A. Sail was born in Sweden, but has lived in this country since his boyhood ;
Mr. J. J. McLaughlin is a native of Connecticut. They have been associated
in business since 1887, and during the seven years since elapsed have made
their establishment one of the most generally and favorably known of the
kind in Hartford. The premises made use of are located at No. 290 Park
Street, being well stocked with the goods already mentioned, and which are
specially adapted for family use. The service at this popular store is remark-
ably prompt and efficient, much more so than that offered at many establish-
ments doing a much smaller business, for employment is given to nine assist-
ants and three wagons, while no trouble is spared to insure immediate and
careful attention to every caller, orders being accurately delivered at short
notice.

G. W. WOOJvIvEY & SON, Manufacturers and Jobbers
in Coffins, Caskets and Undertakers' Sundries, No. 164 Main Street. — Modern
taste demands, even in funeral arrangements, the presence of aesthetic and
beautiful surroundings, and the fuueral director is called upon to exercise the
most discriminating care in these matters. The facilities placed at his com-
mand, in the discharge of his exacting duties, by the firm of Messrs. G. W.
Woolley & Son are not exceeded in scope and value by those presented by
any other house. Their long experience in this important branch of trade
eminently fits them for their position of leading manufacturers and jobbers of
this class of goods. In a volume of this description it is impossible to go into
the details of each item presented for consideration, but it may be said that
this firm is one of the highest standing, and that its products are without
superiors in elegance of design and finish. Mr. G. W. Woolley, senior member
of the firm, founded the business in 1843, and some years since his son, Mr. G.
H. Woolley, was admitted to partnership, the present firm name being then
adopted. Both gentlemen are natives of the State and long residents of this
city, and are widely esteemed as manufacturers and merchants. Their estab-
lishment, which includes offices, sample rooms and factory, covers a space
69 x 200 feet, and occupies several stories and a large and well-stocked
lumber yard.

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PEARL STREET.

J. J. BRADY, Dealer in Fine Groceries, Teas, Coffees,
Fruits, Etc., No. 526 Asylum Street. — One of the most important grocery esta-
blishments in this section of the city is that of Mr. J. J. Brady, located at No.
526 Asylum Street. This is an enterprising house, and the store is admirably
adapted to the business and covers an area of 15 X40 feet. The stock carried
comprises fine groceries, teas, coffees, fruits, etc. An excellent trade is done in
the vicinity, the proprietor being alive to the wants of the public. Customers
are attended to with politeness and dispatch, and goods are delivered promptly.
The business was originally established five years ago by the present proprietor,
who has been very successful from the start. Mr. Brady is a native of Hartford
and an active business man who has gained the entire respect of the commun-
ity, both for business ability and integrity. The entire stock carried by Mr.
Brady is neat, fresh and clean, and is offered at rates that insure its constant
renewal. All adulterations and worthless, falsely-called cheap goods are
rigorously rejected, and all customers are guaranteed that the goods sold by the
house shall be eminently satisfactory and in every respect all that they are
claimed to be.

T. SISSON & CO., Wholesale Druggists, No. 259 Main
Street. — Little attention is given by the public in general to the vast extent and
importance of the wholesale drug trade of this country, and for that reason this
article is addressed to retail druggists, chemists and others who have a direct
interest in the matter. Hartford has the distinction of containing one of the
oldest and most prominent of the wholesale drug houses of the United States
in the firm of Messrs. T. Sisson & Co. This firm is the direct descendant of the
founder, Mr. D. P. Hopkins, who began business in the latter part of 1700.
Subsequently, the firm of Lee, Hopkins & Butler was formed, and they were
succeeded by Lee, Sisson & Co. The next change was to Sisson & Butler, and
then came the present firm, which was organized in 1880, and consists of Messrs.
Thos. Sisson, Geo. P. Chandler and Fred. H. Chapin. Mr. Sisson is a native of
Hartford, and has been identified with the interests of the house in a proprietary
sense for nearly forty years. Mr. Chandler was born in Vermont, and Mr.
Chapin is an Indianian by birth. The facilities enjoyed by Messrs. Sisson & Co.
as importing and jobbing druggists are not exceeded by those of any other
house in the business, and they have long controlled a large and valuable trade
which extends throughout this section. The firm has a large establishment at
No. 259 Main Street — the main building — which has a ground measurement of
forty by sixty feet, being one of the old time-honored structures in which this
city abounds. There are four floors, each of which is fully occupied by the
various departments, which embrace the sales and counting rooms on the store
floor, and the crude drug, chemical, druggist's sundries departments, etc., above.
In addition there is a large yard at the rear in which are several buildings used
for storage purposes, for packing, shipping, etc. The large business done by
the firm necessitates the employment of eighteen clerks and assistants, and it is
notable that this force consists of only the most competent men. Back of the
salesrooms on the first floor is a laboratory in which stands the old-fashioned,

broad, open fireplace, provided with crane and kettle, which are used in the
preparation of various remedial specialties for which this house is celebrated.
The stock carried by this house is a very full and complete one, embracing
every variety of staple drugs and chemicals, from the crude roots, leaves and
barks to the fine products of the most celebrated laboratories of the world.
All the latest additions to materia medica, whatever form they take, are included
in this stock. Their line of elegant pharmaceutical preparations, proprietary
goods, druggist's sundries, perfumery, essential oils, etc., is most complete.

GEO. F. ABF,I*S, Furniture Warerooms, No. 459 Main
Street. — There are many careful housekeepers to be found in Hartford and
vicinity, and not a few of them have discovered that the establishment con-
ducted by Mr. George F. Abels at No. 459 Main Street is a most excellent one
to visit when anything in the shape of furniture is wanted. This enterprise
was founded about fifteen years ago by the present proprietor, who is a native
of Hartford and is well known here. Employment is given to two reliable
assistants, who assure all customers prompt and courteous attention. The
premises utilized are 35 x 100 feet in size, and consist of three floors that display
to advantage the elegant stock of furniture here sold. The prices placed upon
these goods are very low, yet every article is guaranteed to prove exactly as is
represented in every respect. The goods are all carefully selected, a specialty
being made of furniture for local trade, and, being offered at low prices, they
meet a quick and ready sale. Hence, it is not surprising that Mr. Abels has
customers of very long standing.

LAWRENCE DAI/Y, Dealer in Glenwood Stoves, Ranges
and Furnaces, No. 106 Main Street. — No better illustration of the perfection
which has been attained in the manufacture of stoves, ranges and furnaces can
be found than by an inspection of the stock of Mr. Lawrence Daly, whose
establishment was founded about seven years ago, and which has ever since its
inception been recognized as among the leading ones in the stove trade of
Hartford. This house was established by the present proprietor, who is a native
of Massachusetts. At his store, which is located at No. 106 Maiu Street, may
be found everything needed in the line of stoves, ranges and furnaces. He
makes a specialty of the Glenwood stoves, ranges and furnaces, and also of the
Utica Standard Furnace. He is also prepared to fill orders for tin, copper and
sheet-iron work ; tin roofing being a specialty. The premises utilized for this
extensive trade comprise a store 25 x 50 feet in dimensions. Four assistants are
required in the various departments of the business, and a large trade is trans-
acted. Mr. Daly served in the Fire Department for six years, assisting in the
saving of much property to citizens of Hartford. He will be found worthy of
the extended patronage he enjoys; and, therefore, we commend his house
to all.

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WETHERSFIELD AVENUE.

T. A. HONISS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Open and

Shell Oysters, Round and Long Claras ; Soft Crabs a Specialty ; No. 30 State
Street, under United States Hotel j Telephone Call, 703-5 ; Orders for Fish of
All Kinds for Honiss & Abbe, No. 1S3 State Street, Attended To.— The oyster is
one of the most popular articles of food we have, and its praises have been sung
far and wide. The most fastidious epicure gives to the oyster first place as a
most delectable dish. No banquet or feast is complete without it. Many are
the varieties of serving it to the popular taste by the imagination and creation
of the artistic chef. In every dish its popularity is never destroyed, as it always
retains the seductive flavor of the same delicious oyster. The only disadvan-
tage connected with the use of it is that it must be perfectly fresh in order to be
palatable and nutritious, and there is no difficulty in obtaining perfectly fresh
oysters in all their many varieties at the wholesale oyster depot of Mr. T. A.
Honiss, No. 30 State Street, under the United States Hotel. He is the only
exclusive jobber of oysters in Hartford, and to this fact is due the reliability of
obtaining any kind, and, of course, in dealing in such quantities, they are always
sure to be fresh. He has been located at above address for nineteen years, deal-
ing in open and shell oysters, round and long clams, making a specialty of soft
crabs. He also makes a specialty of supplying families out of town as well as
in the city. He has an extensive trade throughout the State, not to speak of
the City of Hartford and its immediate vicinity. He is also head of the firm of
Messrs. Honiss & Abbe, wholesale dealers and shippers of all kinds of fish,
oysters, claras, etc., at Nos. 1S3 and 1S5 State Street, which firm carry a heavy
stock of fish, both wholesale and retail, and supply anything in their line at
the lowest market prices. Mr. Honiss is a native of Connecticut, and has been
Councilman of the city, and is widely and popularly known for many years in
social and business circles of Hartford.

H. J. WIERS, M. D. (Successor to the Late I. J. Sperry,

M. D. ), No. 10 Mulberry Street. — Few proprietary medicinal preparations are
possessed of the virtues ascribed to them. Their chief fault lies in the fact that
they are put forward as panaceas, or cure-alls ; and, though they may have some
value as remedies in specific cases, it is seldom they reach the diseases they are
advertised to cure. Having these facts in mind, the reader will better under-
stand the beneficent nature of the various preparations which bear the well-
known aud honored names of Drs. I. J. Sperry and H. J. Wiers. They are
specifics designed for the cure of certain disorders and diseases, the root of
which they reach, and there is no claim made that they will cure any and all
forms of illness. Their efficacy in their respective spheres of usefulness has
been repeatedly and amply proved during the many years they have been
before the public. The list of these valuable specific remedies includes Dr.
Sperry's Sarsaparilla Syrup, the highly-salutary effects of which in all disorders
resulting from impurities of the blood are thoroughly established by an experi-
ence of over fifty years. It is a purely vegetable compound. Dr. Sperry's
Cinnamon Cordial is the best-known remedy for the cure of dysentery, cholera,

cholera-rnorbus, cholera-infantum, diarrhoea, pains in the stomach and bowels,
colic, cramps, spasms, difficult teething, etc. The sole right to prepare this
invaluable remedy was conferred upon Dr. H. J. Wiers. Sperry's Cough and
Croup Syrup is without an equal in whooping-cough, colds, irritation of the
lungs, and is especially valuable in the earlier stages of consumption. It con-
tains no anodyne, but cures by removing the cause of irritation. Dr. Sperry's
Rheumatic or Hot Drops, Columbo Bitters, Unicorn Bitters and Spice Bitters
are too well known to need special commendation, while Sperry's Vegetable
Composition is one of the best family medicines for the use of young or old in
all cases of headache, pains in the limbs, stomach or bowels, cold hands or feet,
and female complaints caused by cold. Dr. Wiers' Neutralizing Mixture is
without a peer in cases of flatulency in children, diarrhcea, vitiated secretion,
cholera-infantum, etc., and a particularly valuable remedy is the "3d Preparation
of No. 1 " for suspended animation, lock-jaw aud hydrophobia, or for an emetic.
The business of compounding and selling these invaluable preparations has
been established for fifty years. The late Dr. Sperry was a physician of note
and a chemist of the highest standing. Since his death the business has been
carried on by his widow with the competent assistance of chemists thoroughly
versed in the methods of compounding these remedies. The business has for
many years been carried on at No. 10 Mulberry Street, and is still located there.

PARK KNITTING WORKS, Manufacturers of Medium
and Fine Woolen and Worsted Gloves and Mittens, No. 336 Asylum Street. —
Inventive genius has made many brilliant discoveries in the immediate past,
but men have yet failed to find any substitute whatever which could serve as
well the purposes for which knitted worsted goods have been used for hundreds
of years. The Park Knitting Works of Hartford (No. 336 Asylum Street) have
for the past fifteen years maintained a recognized and leading position in this
department of local trade. The proprietors are Messrs. C. C. Plaisted & Co.,
and the business has been under their active management since its first estab-
lishment in 1S79. They manufacture a general line of medium and fine
woolen and worsted gloves, mittens, bicycle hose and seamless sweaters of a
fine grade, which have proven uniformly and widely successful. Among their
leading specialties are bright silk mittens, bicycle hose, and seamless sweaters
in white and special colors ; these are made from the best long Australian wool
and give exceptional satisfaction in the matter of durability and solid wear.
Their trade extends to all parts of the country and has been increasing each
year. This is a natural result of the reliable first-class material, high grade of
work, and liberal prices maintained. It will be difficult to find on the American
market a line of goods which can give equally good results for the money, and
with the steadily increasing intelligence of the people a fact of this sort is
bound to tell. Dealers should not fail to make a thorough trial of the reliable
goods of the Park Kuittiug Works, and they will find them to more than equal
expectation.

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BRIDGE IN BUSHNELL PARK.

P. H. DUNN, Dealer in Hardwood and Slate Mantels,
Grates and Brass Goods, No. 21S Pearl Street. — The art of woodworking and
stonecutting has reached such a high degree of excellence that to say a dealer
carries a line of such goods that are equal to the best is to give them unqualified
and unreserved endorsement but this is just what may truthfully and reasonably
be said of the goods handled by Mr. P. H. Dunn ; and, hence, all who place
orders with him are sure of having them filled in a thoroughly artistic and
satisfactory manner. Mr. Dunn has been located at his present address since
iSgt, and is doubtless one of the most widely-known of our resident business
men. Mr. Dunn is a dealer in hardwood and slate mantels, grates and brass
goods of all kinds; also, art tiles for fireplaces, bathrooms and wainscoting, as
well as monuments, headstones and slate urinals. The premises utilized are
located at No. 218 Pearl Street, comprising two floors, each 2,250 square feet in
dimensions, which contain a large and varied assortment of the goods named
above. Four competent assistants are employed, and prompt attention is given
to every order, special attention being given to the laying of marble and mosaic
floors, work being executed in all parts of the State. Mr. Dunn, who is a
native of Connecticut, is welt known throughout this vicinity. He does a large
business, and it is very natural that he should, for he offers unsurpassed
inducements, and both as regards prices for and quality of work can safely
challenge competition.

THE ELDREDGE CO., Manufacturers of Fine Casket
Hardware, No. 1 10 Commerce Street ; H. G. Kellogg, President ; Geo. L. R.
Eldredge, Manager; E.J. Eldredge, Treasurer. — It is undeniable that there is
great advantage in buying from a growing concern, not only because of the
greater variety in the stock presented, but, what is of still greater consequence,
for such a house, as a result of its large connection and the wide scope of its
transactions, is in a position to quote closer prices than smaller competitors find
it possible to meet. It is for this reason that The Eldredge Company, of this
city, is able to maintain a leading position among houses in its branch of trade,
and command the largest and best class of patronage. The company, of which
Mr. H. G. Kellogg is President, Mr. E. J. Eldredge is Treasurer, and Mr. Geo.
L. R. Eldredge is Manager, have been prominent for many years as manufact-
urers of fine casket hardware, having formerly been located at South Glaston-
bury, in this State. They removed their plant to this city some two years ago,
in order that they might have better facilities for shipping, etc. Their trade
extends throughout the United States, and is annually extending. Their
factory building is 70 x 100 feet, and is divided into a moulding room, buffing
or finishing room, plating room and shipping department, the equipment of
the plant being perfect in every detail. They employ an average force of
twenty skilled hands, and are always prepared to fill the largest orders
promptly. The company's offices are at No. no Commerce Street.

H. E. BUSINGS, Asphalt and Concrete Pavements ; Chim-
ney Flue Linings ; Extension Tops ; No. 154 Charter Oak, Corner Van Dyke,
Avenue. — Americans have the reputation of being a loug-suffering people,
particularly in those matters which affect the community as a whole rather than
the individual, and one of the most astonishing evidences of this apparent
apathy to the public comfort and convenience, as viewed by a foreigner, is the
manner in which we put up with the rough and unsightly paving of city streets-
It is notable, however, that American cities have greatly improved of recent years
in respect to their pavements. Smooth, level highways have taken the place of
the jolting and everyway miserable cobbles of former times, and miles of asphalt
streets have been laid in nearly all of our cities and towns. For paving this
material is coming into wide favor, for reasons which must be apparent to every
one who has ridden or walked over it. Among the representative houses
making a specialty of this description of paving is that which was established in
1S84 by Mr. H. E. Billings, and still conducted by him at No. 154 Charter Oak
Avenue, corner of Van Dyke. He has an extensive business in the laying of
concrete and asphalt pavements, but this is only one part of his extensive
enterprise, his business including the setting and selling of North River and
Pennsylvania flagging, coping, etc., Glastonbury and Haddam granite curb,
gutter and cross-walk, and chimney flue linings and extension tops. He also
deals largely in Rosendale and Portland cements, J. B. King's Windsor cement
and dry mortar, Massachusetts and Canaan limes, plaster, hair, mortar, colors,
sea sand, drain tile, etc.

FRED. R. lyOYDON, State Agent for The United States
Mutual Accident Association, No. 73 Pearl Street. — Mr. Fred R. Loydon has
conducted the Connecticut agencies of The United States Mutual Accident
Association since 1S92, and is therefore widely known and highly esteemed
throughout Connecticut. This association was formed for the purpose of fur-
nishing thoroughly dependable accident insurance at the lowest cost consistent
with equity, and it is but simple justice to say that it has fully justified the
claims of its founders, and has proved that their announced determination to
build up an association that shall be an honor to the officers, a credit to the
United States, and a certain protection to the insured, was made in good faith,
and has been, and is still being, executed with most commendable ability and
zeal. All just claims are paid promptly and in full, and the liberality of the
policy and excellence of the management are proved by the fact that the asso-
ciation pays more benefits than any other company without increasing the cost.
The indemnities are offered at remarkably low rates ; in short, the advantages
offered are such that no man can afford to remain in ignorance of them, and
there is certainly no excuse for doing so, for application blanks, rates and full
information will be cheerfully given on application, in person or by letter, to
Mr. Fred. R. Loydon, the agent located at No. 73 Pearl Street, or to the New-
York office at Nos. 320, 322 and 324 Broadway. Remember, the cost of insur-
ance in the United States Accident Association is within the means of all, while
the benefits derived, in case of death or total or partial disability, may make all
the difference between comfort and destitution,

ASYLUM STREET.

C. H. SMITH, Jr., Investment Securities; Stocks, Bonds,
Real-Estate Loans; .Etna Insurance Co. 's Building. — Among the representa-
tive men in the stock-brokerage business in Hartford, special mention should
be made of Mr. C. H. Smith, Jr., who for many years has occupied a prominent
position in this important department of finance. The business which he now
controls was formerly exclusively confined to loans on approved Western
mortgages, but in recent years its scope has been greatly enlarged and now
comprehends operations in stocks, bonds, real-estate loans, and securities gen-
erally, only the best and most desirable lines being handled. The business
was established in 1870 by Mr. E. D. Tiffany, who was succeeded by Messrs.
C. H. Smith & Co., the senior member of that firm being the father of the
present head of the house. Mr. C. H. Smith, Sr., is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Phoenix Insurance Company, and holds a similar position in
the Smyth Manufacturing Co. and the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Co.
Mr. C. H. Smith, Jr., is a man of large experience in his special line, and one
of the most successful. His facilities for obtaining the most reliable infor-
mation as to the tendency of the market are of the most perfect kind, and he
is therefore well situated to execute orders for stock, bonds or other securities,
either for investment or speculative purposes. Mr. Smith occupies fine offices
on the ground floor of the yEtua Insurance Co. 's building, where every facility
is presented to customers to obtain all desirable information.

JOHN S. RUSSEI/I/, Fine Groceries, Wines, Etc., Nos. 640
to 646 Main Street. — It is a matter of history that more than half a century ago
one of the centrally located business stands in the then village of Hartford was
the general store of Chester Adams, the site of the present store of Mr. John S.
Russell, the subject of this sketch. Generation after generation have "bar-
tered " at this stand. The original building in course of time has given way to
more modern conveniences, and the reputation of the house still holds good.
The successor to Chester Adams was James M. Adams, who continued from the
year 1S63 to 1869, when Hiram W. Adams conducted the business, he selling
out to Mr. Byron P. Soper. In 1S72 Mr. Hiram W. Adams again resumed the
business, he again selling out to Mr. Byron P. Soper, who afterwards sold out
to Messrs. Russell & Barns, who conducted the business until November 1,
1882, when Mr. John S. Russell assumed the business, purchasing the interest
of his partner. The store, Nos. 640 to 646 Main Street, is 50 x 100 feet in
dimensions, with an extension of 20 feet used for storing purposes, also a large
cellar extending underneath the entire store, giving ample room for his busi-
ness, and is thoroughly stocked with a very comprehensive and well-selected
stock of everything in the way of fancy and staple groceries, and embraces pure
and fresh teas, coffees, spices, sugars, foreign and domestic fruits, canned goods
of the highest standard, select brands of flour, provisions, smoked and salt
meats, and fish. Mr. Russell makes a particular specialty of teas and coffees,
also of pure and fresh creamery butter, the latter being received from the best
dairies in the country. He also makes a specialty of foreign and domestic

wines, liquors, cigars, ales and cider, which can be purchased in any quantity
desired, and for the accommodation of patrons a well fitted-up sample room is in
the rear of his store. The goods of this establishment are noted for their fresh-
ness and absolute purity, and customers can always have the complete satisfac-
tion of knowing that nothing inferior or adulterated will be sold to them.
Polite attendance is given to patrons, and the utmost care and diligence is
given to the fulfillment of their orders, while the store is a model of neatness
and cleanliness. Mr. Russell is a native of Cromwell, this State, and from
there he moved to Middletown, Conn., residing there until 1863, when he
moved to Hartford, entering the employ of Jas. M. Adams, and remaining with
the house through its successive changes until he became sole proprietor. He
is a wide-awake, pushing and energetic business man, honorable and popular,
and enjoys the confidence of the entire community.

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY;

Hartford Office No. 5 Allyn House Block, Asylum Street. — It has long been
a matter of debate as to which is the best of the various makes of sewing
machines now on the market. Those who have used the world-famous Singer
have but one opinion on that subject, and it would be a most difficult if not an
impossible task to induce them to change in favor of another machine. While
most of the other machines on the market have many points in common, and
good ones at that it must be admitted, the Singer sewing machine holds a place
distinctively alone as different from that of the others, as its mechanism, its
durability and its capacity for work of every description differ from theirs.
For family use the Singer is without an equal, and it is preferred by tailors,
shoe manufacturers and other industrial concerns, for whose use it is made in
special forms, particularly adapted to the class of work on which they are
engaged. The Singer is the oldest and most reliable machine made, and it is
used by hundreds of thousands of people in all parts of the world (nearly
twelve million machines have been made by the company), being as favorably
known in Europe as it is on this continent. The company received the first
premium at the World's Columbian Exposition, and fifty-four first awards, the
largest number of awards obtained by any exhibitor, more than double the
number received by all the other sewing-machine companies. The headquart-
ers of The Singer Manufacturing Company in Hartford is at No. 5 Allyn House
Block (having occupied the same store continuously for 36 years), and is under
the able management of Mr. J. W. Osborn, who has had a long practical expe-
rience in this department of business. Three floors, each 30 x 60 feet in extent,
are occupied, and every style of the Singer Machine is on exhibition. A large
amount of business is done at the Hartford office, the City Department alone
employing four bookkeepers, sixteen salesmen and operators, and three expert
machinists to attend to necessary repairs and the fitting up of factories with power
tables and machines for every variety of work, they being always in attendance
to show and explain the operation of the machine. This, however, may be
seen almost at a glance, for one of the many good points of the Singer is its
extreme simplicity, and its freedom from liability to get out of order.

SOUTH SCHOOL.

GEMMILI,, BURNHAM & CO., Merchant Tailors, Man-
ufacturers and Retailers of Fine Ready-Made Clothing, Nos. 64, 66 and 6S
Asylum Street. — The triteness of the saying that the best is the cheapest takes
nothing from its force, particularly in its application to clothing, nor is that
equally trite aphorism, "It pays to buy the best," to be despised by the buyer
of wearing apparel. The best in this sense does not mean that which is the
highest priced, but substantial, well-made and handsomely-fitting garments,
such as are found in profusion at the well-kept and widely-known establish-
ment of Messrs. Gemmill, Burnham & Co., at Nos. 64, 66 and 68 Asylum Street.
This firm has a reputation for reliability and for their moderate charges — a
reputation based on many years of straightforward methods and honorable
dealings. They laid the foundations of their prosperous business in 1871, and
have continued to thrive and grow as do only those houses which command the
confidence of the public. The firm have been located at their present stand
since 18S2, and are known far and near as leading merchant tailors, manufact-
urers and retailers of fine ready-made clothing. They occupy three floors of
the fine building on Asylum Street, the space covered by which is 40X 120 feet.
In their manufacturing department they employ an average of forty skilled
hands, in addition to three expert cutters, and in the retail store they have
fifteen clerks and salesmen. The advantages of buying of the manufacturer are
so apparent that it is unnecessary to go into that subject here. The members
of the firm are popular and prominent men, Mr. Burnham having held a seat
in the Board of Aldermen for four years and in the City Council for a year,
while Mr. Gemmill served for three years in the 16th Connecticut Regiment,
and is now Captain of the City Guard of Veterans. Messrs. Gemmill,
Burnham & Co., carry a very large line of men's, boys' and children's clothing
of the best materials and workmanship. Their custom department is one of
the largest in the city, and their work in this line is not surpassed by that of
any other house in the trade, not excepting those who make a specialty of
custom tailoring.

THE I,OVEU, & TRACY CO., Manufacturers of Cylin-
der Lubricating Oils and Axle and Shafting Grease ; Axleine ; C. A. Lovell,
President ; S. G. Tracy, Secretary and Treasurer ; Office, No. 71 Asylum Street ;
Manufactories, Nos. 75, 77 and 79 Ferry Street and No. 243 State Street. — The
immense and important manufacturing interests of the section of the country
for which Hartford is the natural depot of supplies demand the largest and
most varied facilities for procuring these supplies in the most prompt and satis-
factory manner, and has resulted in the building up and maintenance of a com-
mercial community the magnitude aud scope of which are not exceeded by any
business district of similar extent in the country. In the whole range of com-
modities covered by this great field there are none of higher consequence than
those coming under the head of mill supplies, and there are few that equal in
importance the lubricants which are used in such a variety of forms and in such
vast quantities by the great industrial establishments of this section. Therefore,

the facilities presented by The Lovell & Tracy Co. are of a character that is
thoroughly appreciated by manufacturers and consumers generally, as is
attested by the large and constantly-increasing business done by the firm.
They are manufacturers of cylinder lubricating oils and axle and shafting
grease, their celebrated Axleine having a very large sale as one of the best
and cheapest lubricants known. The firm was established in 1882, and have
always been large manufacturers and dealers, the extent of their business being
indicated by the fact that the}' have a large number of traveling salesmen
throughout the United States, their trade extending from New England to
Texas and California. They handle extensively the animal oils used by woolen
and other textile manufacturers, leather men, etc., and also naphtha and burn-
ing oils. They make special brands of harness oil and harness soap which are
extremely popular, and a superior furniture polish which has a wide sale. At
Nos. 75, 77 aud 79 Ferry Street, and No. 243 State Street, they occupy two large
buildings for manufacturing and storage purposes, their offices being at No. 71
Asylum Street.

E. SIMONS & CO., Dealers in and Restorers of Antique
Furniture, No. 174 Pearl Street. — Although a great deal of the "newspaper
talk" concerning the alleged manufacture of "antique" furniture is so exag-
gerated as to be unworthy of credence, it still has sufficient foundation in fact
to make it worth while to use careful discrimination in the placing of orders for
such goods, as there is unquestionably much furniture sold at fancy prices as
"genuine antique" which is only antique in name. Of course, the making of
furniture in antique styles is a perfectly legitimate industry, but it should be
sold on its own intrinsic merits and not be given a fictitious value by being
represented to be many years old. Messrs. E. Simons S: Co. have gained an
enviable reputation as widely-informed and thoroughly-trustworthy dealers in
antique furniture during the four years that they have carried on that business
in Hartford, and as their stock is always large and desirable, and their prices
uniformly moderate, our readers would do well to call at their store, No. 174
Pearl Street, before purchasing elsewhere. They deal in and restore antique
furniture, buying it and cleaning it up for sale, and are very successful in
obtaining rare and artistic specimens of such goods, and have some nice old
curiosities in the above-named lines, including several "grandfather clocks."
Messrs. Simons & Co. maintain a well-equipped establishment, a part of which
is utilized as a cabinet shop, where first-class repairing is done to order and at
reasonable rates, a specialty being made of the repairing of hall clocks, re-
gilding mirror frames, etc. Employment is given to a number of skilled
assistants, and no trouble is spared to ensure complete satisfaction to every
customer. Mr. E. Simons is a native of Connecticut, aud Mr. Patrick Stevens
of Canada, and both are too well known among the reliable business men of
Hartford to require any personal comments from us; therefore, we will only
add, in conclusion, that all who desire to obtain bargains in genuine antique
furniture should visit their establishment.

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MAIN STREET.

J. P. MARTIN, Choice Family Groceries; Best Teas, Coffees,
Spices, Etc.; Flour, Butter, Eggs, Etc.; No. 125 Charter Oak Street. — A store of
the character and appearance of that conducted by Mr. J. P. Martin at No. 125
Charter Oak Street is a credit to any community, and this fact seems to be
fully appreciated by the people of this vicinity, who show their appreciation
by a liberal and sustained patronage. Appearances, however, might count for
little with discriminating buyers were they not supported by something more
substantial, and it is evident from a glance at the stock presented at Mr.
Martin's establishment why he enjoys such a large and prosperous trade.
From the beginning of his enterprise he has made it an invariable rule to handle
none but first-class goods, and by so doing he has been able to attract and hold
the most desirable class of patronage. It may be said that a better or more
complete stock of choice family groceries is not to be found anywhere in the
city. The finest brands of flour have a conspicuous place in it, and those who
are judges of good teas and coffees pronounce Mr. Martin's stock unsurpassed.
Pure spices are another most notable feature of the stock, considering that in
these days it is next to impossible to obtain any of the condiments free from
adulteration. In fact, all of the staples are of the very best quality, and sold
at prices that defy competition. Mr. Martin is an energetic, progressive man,
and well deserves the popularity he has gained.

IDEAI, RESTAURANT (C. W. Johnson, Proprietor), No.
250 Asylum Street. — It might seem at first thought easy enough to manage a
restaurant, bnt there is no person who has had much occasion to patronize
these places but what will say that the really good ones are a small minority.
Why, is not for us to state. We have our own theories on the subject, but our
readers want facts rather than theories, and are naturally more interested in
learning of one good dining-room than in hearing the reasons why a half-a-
dozen are not good. Therefore, we will hasten to call their attention to the
"Ideal Restaurant" conducted by Mr. C. W. Johnson at No. 250 Asylum
Street, for this gentleman is one of the few who know how things should be
doue, and spares neither time nor money in attaining satisfactory results. Mr.
Johnson opened his present place of business in 1S93, and rightly named it the
"Ideal Restaurant." The premises comprise a fine store 20x50 feet in size, and
can accommodate quite a number of guests, being nicely fitted up with all the
necessary conveniences. But, after all, the main point to be considered in an
establishment of this kind is the food, and here Mr. Johnson comes out strong,
for he supplies his customers with the best that the market affords, and takes
measures to see that it is properly cooked, and promptly and courteously
served. Employment is given to seven competent assistants, and the comfort
and convenience of patrons are looked out for on every hand. The prices here
are very moderate, a hot dinner being served from 11:30 A. M. to 2:30 p. M. for
twenty-five cents, and meals are also cooked to order, the restaurant being
open on week days from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 P.M.
A specialty is made of regular board and meal tickets, the prices of which are
very reasonable.

EAGLE DYE-HOUSE (George Rohrtnayer, Proprietor) ;
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Garments of Every Description Cleansed and Dyed ;
No. it Wells Street and No. SS Trumbull Street. — For twenty years a leading and
successful house in its department of local trade has been conducted by Mr.
George Rohrmayer of this city. The Eagle Dye- Works, at No. 11 Wells
Street and No. 88 Trumbull Street, are known far and wide through this part of
the State as affording a very superior and reliable class of work at unexcelled
terms and prices. They were established by Mr. Rohrmayer in 1874, and have
been under his careful, thorough management from the first. Neatly and well-
equipped business premises are occupied at above address, and a corps of seven
trained assistants regularly employed. Every kind of ladies' and gentlemen's
garments is .cleansed, dyed and repaired in the very best manner. The prices
are fully equal to those obtained in the large city establishments, and the serv-
ice is invariably of the most reliable kind. Delicate work, lace curtains,
feathers, etc., are handled with the best of care, and satisfaction guaranteed on
all work. Another popular feature is the prompt delivery which can always be
relied upon with this leading house. When in search of the best results in
this line, where great economy can often be secured by good judgment, our
readers will do well to use the superior facilities of the well-known Eagle Dye-
House.

ROBERT WALKER & CO., Painters' Supplies, Paints,
Oils, Glass; Painting and Decorating Executed Promptly; Wall Papers, Decora-
tions, Window Shades, Curtain Poles, Artists' Materials; No. 389 Main Street. —
One of the most complete establishments of its kind in Hartford is that of
Messrs. Robert Walker & Co., who since 1870 have held a prominent place
among the decorators of this city, and the position they hold has been earned
by the force of ability and square dealing. All of their work bears evidence of
painstaking care and a desire to give their patrons the best that is attainable
in return for their confidence in them. They use nothing but the best material,
whether the work be interior decorating, paper-hanging or house-painting, and,
as they employ only the most competent workmen, whatever they undertake in
their line is sure to be well done. Besides the practical department of their
business, they carry an extensive line of wall papers, decorations, window
shades, curtain poles, artist materials, painters' supplies, paints, oils, glass, etc.,
at their store, No. 3S9 Main Street. The premises utilized comprise three
floors 2ox 160 feet in size, and a shop in the rear, besides a storehouse at
another location. During the busy season employment is given to about forty
men, thirty of whom are employed on outside work and ten in the store.
Estimates for all work in their various departments will be promptly and
cheerfully given, and orders entrusted to them will be executed with the
greatest dispatch. The business was established in 1870 by Robert Walker.
Theylmoved to their present store in 1S82. Mr. Warren R. Marsh, after being
employed in the store for many years, was admitted as a partner in 1SS8. Mr.
Walker is a native of Scotland aud has been in this countrv for thirty-five
years. Mr. Marsh is a native of Plaiufield, N. J.

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MAIN STREET.

ROBERT GARVIE (Successor to Wm. A. Garvie), Practical

Plumber and Gas-Fitter; Gas Fixtures a Specialty ; Dealer in Water Closets,
Marble Slabs, Bath-Tubs, Hydrants, Sheet- Lead, Lead-Pipe, Plain and Galvan-
ized Iron Pipe, Hydraulic Rams, Copper Boilers and Galvanized Boilers; No.
12 Mulberry Street. — So much has been written and said of late years on the
subject of sanitary plumbing that it may be assumed that the average house-
owner or householder is fully alive to the importance of this matter. It does
not follow, however, that he or they are as well posted regarding the qualifica-
tions of the various men who may bid for the plumbing work they may have to
dispense. For the benefit of those who may not already be apprised of the fact,
we would say that there is no firm in Hartford better equipped for the most
modern and advanced work in this line than is Mr. Robert Garvie. This gen-
tleman has sustained a high reputation as a progressive man and thoroughly
practical plumber and gas-fitter for the past twenty-five years. Mr. Garvie was
born in Scotland, but was brought to this country while an infant. He learned
his trade in Hartford, and has long made this city his home. His place of
business at No. 12 Mulberry Street is provided with an elegant show-room
25 x 25 feet in dimensions, where are displayed the finest examples of baths,
wash-stands, etc., and the latest sanitary improvements. Mr. Garvie has done
work for many of the representative people of this city. He did the plumbing
in the Waverly Building, the Henblien Hotel, the State Prison, the residences
of Mark Twain, Mr. C. R. Forrest, Mr. L. Fisk, Mr. J. J. Goodwin and many
others. The number of his assistants varies from six to twenty, according to
the season. In addition to his business as a practical plumber aud gas-fitter,
Mr. Garvie deals in plumbing supplies, including water-closets, marble slabs,
bath-tubs, hydrants, sheet-lead, lead-pipe, plain and galvanized iron pipe,
hydraulic rams, copper and galvanized-iron boilers. He makes a specialty of
gas fixtures. For two terms Mr. Garvie represented his ward in the Board of
Aldermen.

H . K . 1/ E E , Mechanical Engineer ; Sales Agent for the
Buckeye Engine; Mill Gearing, Pulleys, Hangers and Shafting; Office and
Works, No. 223 State Street ; P. O. Box 780.— Mr. Lee has had a large experi-
ence during the past fifteen years
in the erection of engines in all
parts of the country. Nine-tenths
of the marvelous progress made in
the nineteenth century is due to
the knowledge and skill of the
mechanical engineer. This state-
ment may be questioned; but when
it is considered how much of our
greatness is the direct result of the improved machinery — the application of
forces hitherto little understood aud less utilized — the assertion does not appear
to be too bold. The hamperiug influences which in all ages have prevented

the rapid spread of ideas have been removed by the invention of improvements
and additions to the printing press, cheapening the cost of books and periodi-
cals, and placing them promptly at the disposal of the masses. Here we have
the fundamental principle of all progress, and we need not go further in ex-
patiating on those other means of'rapid communication — the railroad, the tele-
graph, the telephone — all the product of the genius of mechanical engineers. In
the department of steam the greatest developments are to be noted, and in this
connection Mr. H. K. Lee's services to the people of Hartford are worthy of
mention. Mr. Lee has been in business on his own account for the past ten
years, but had previously had a long experience as a mechanical engineer. He
makes a specialty of steam-engineering, and is an expert builder of steam-
engines. He was formerly associated with the Hartford Engineering Co.,
which built the famous and world-famed Buckeye engine, of which some 5,000
have been shipped to all parts of the world. Mr. Lee now has the business of
the late Hartford Engineering Co., and is pushing the interests of the Buckeye
Engine Co. He is a member of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, and is
prominent in engineering circles generally.

DRUG STORE, Goodwin Building, No. 214 Pearl Street;
Dr. Cressy's Office is in the store, where he can be found for consultation and
advice. — When purchasing goods of any kind it is, of course, well to use some
discrimination iu the placing of the order; but when buying drugs, either for
human beings or animals, careful judgment becomes an absolute duty, for it is
of the first importance that the articles obtained shall be pure and reasonably
fresh, and it is a notorious fact that by no means all the drugs in the market
are of this character. Doubtless many of our readers (and certaiuly a large
proportion of those residing in Hartford) have satisfactorily solved the problem
of where to get reliable drugs at fair prices, by placing all their orders with
Dr. Noah Cressy, doing business in the Goodwin Building at No. 214 Pearl
Street, for not only is he prepared to furnish such commodities of standard
quality at reasonable rates, but he shows great enterprise in acquaiuting the
public with the fact, and hence his facilities are as well known as they are ex-
tensive. Dr. Cressy was born in Massachusetts, and has been identified with
his present business since 1881. The store utilized by him is 25 x 60 feet iu
dimensions, and contains a large and varied stock comprising drugs and medi-
cines for both human beings and animals, but a specialty is made of those
adapted for horses and cattle, the great variety on hand including distemper
powders, and those for cough, worms, garget, as well as tonic and skin pow-
ders, liniments, hoof ointment, salves, colic medicines, mange lotion, etc., all
of which are prepared from the best drugs in the market, both foreign and
domestic. Dr. Cressy's office is in his store, where he can be consulted, and no
trouble is spared to ensure the best advice in even the most trivial cases. Em-
ployment is given to a thoroughly competent assistant, and all callers are
assured immediate and careful attention.

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OLD PEOPLE'S HOME

HURD, MEU/EN & HEWES, Importers, Wholesale
and Retail Dealers in China, Glassware, Lamps, Barstow Stoves and Ranges,
No. 255 Main Street. — The modern housewife hardly appreciates the advantages

she possesses in the matter of
a profusion of household uten-
sils; not alone in those indis-
pensable articles of kitchen
use, but in furnishings for the
dining room, and, in fact, every
portion of the domestic man-
agement. She not only has
a much greater variety of these
things, but their cost is very
much less, particularly when
the)- are purchased at such an
establishment as that of Messrs.
Hurd, Mellen & Hewes. This
well-known firm of importers,
wholesale and retail dealers in
china, glassware, lamps, stoves
and house furnishings gener-
ally, have a widespread reputation for the excellence of their goods and the
low prices charged in all departments. Their pronounced success is the result
of hard work directed by unusual intelligence, and the firm have the satisfaction
of knowing that their efforts are fully appreciated by the general public. Theirs
is one of the oldest stands in the city, its beginning dating back sixty years,
when Mr. E. S. Kendall started the business on a rather modest scale. The
present firm consists of Mr. C. F. Hurd, a native of Connecticut; Mr. M.
Mellen, who was born in Massachusetts and served with distinction in the 44th
Regiment of that State during the late war, and Mr. D. N. Hewes, who is a
native of Connecticut. The firm occupies commodious quarters at No. 255
Main Street, their well-equipped store having a frontage of 25 feet and a depth
of 185 feet, while the basement, which is utilized for storage purposes, measures
25 x 200 feet. The firm does an extensive wholesale and retail business, aud
carries a very full stock, including china aud glassware of every description ;
lamps in great variety, including the celebrated Rochester and Miller ; lanterns,
lamp chimneys, etc.; the popular Barstow stoves and ranges; oil stoves,
refrigerators of the most approved makes; fruit jars, agate ironware, kitchen
furnishings, etc. The pay-roll of the firm contains an average of eighteen
names, and only the most competent aud experienced men are employed.

C. S. BREWER. & CO.

# Wholesale Fruit Dealers and

# Commission Merchants,

FLORIDA ORANGES

A SPECIALTY. *~ ~^v

Nos. 23S and 240 ASYLUM STREET.

The commission house of Messrs. C. S. Brewer & Co. was inaugurated
by them in 1870, and the success it has met with and the liberal patronage
which it has received makes it worthy of an establishment of much longer
standing. There is so much competition nowadays in the fruit aud produce
busiuess that they who succeed in it must be pretty well informed, and know
how to buy judiciously and sell reasonably. Messrs. Brewer & Co. are equal to
any and all emergencies which may arise, however; so they have launched
themselves in the surging sea of competition, and intend to run their chances
in the great race for wealth. We prognosticate, from present appearances, that
fortune has aud will contiuue to smile upon their efforts, for their busiuess
methods are honorable and their integrity is unimpeachable. They are whole-
sale fruit dealers and commission merchants, aud make a specialty of Florida
oranges. The premises are located at Nos. 238 and 240 Asylum Street, and
measure 25 x 125 feet in dimensions, so there is room enough to carry a large
stock. The prices quoted are the lowest in the market, the goods are Ai in
quality and come straight from the producers. Employment is given to ten
assistants in the winter aud twenty in summer, besides four traveling men, thus
enabliug all orders to be immediately taken as well as accurately filled aud
promptly delivered. The firm is composed of Messrs. C. S. Brewer and R. M.
Burdick, both well known in business and social circles.

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LIBRARY IN STATE HOUSE.

THE HUB (Chas. A. Rennacker, Managing Partner),
Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters, Nos. 139 and 141 Asylum Street. — To be
well-dressed nowadays does not necessitate a very great draft upon the average
income, provided proper discrimination is exercised in the selection of a
clothier. There are numerous clothing houses that claim to give the buyer un-
usual value in every purchase, but there are comparatively few that can make
good this assertion, as those who have relied upon representations made through
advertisements and otherwise have good reason to know. Still, there is no
lack of enterprise and honorable dealing in the clothing trade of Hartford, and
the buyer can get the full worth of his money if he knows the right place in
which to spend it. One of the best houses in this respect, and one where the
utmost satisfaction is guaranteed to all customers, while the prices charged are
most moderate, is The Hub, Nos. 139 and 141 Asylum Street. This business,
which was founded in 1875, has recently passed into the hands of men of the
greatest enterprise and thoroughly experienced and reliable as clothiers, fur-
nishers and hatters. The establishment, which covers a large floor 40x125
feet in measurement, has been thoroughly renovated and refitted, while the old
stock has been entirely cleaned out and has been replaced by a most complete
Hue of fine clothing in the latest and most approved styles, and an elegant
stock of men's furnishing goods, hats, canes and umbrellas, etc. They manu-
facture all of their clothiug, using only the best materials and employing none
but skilled workmen, and their guarantee, therefore, means much more than
that which usually accompanies a sale of clothing in the average store. Their
boys' department is one of the most complete in the city, and nowhere else
can more durable, stylish and well-made clothing be found at as low prices.
It is a model store in every respect and well-entitled to the commanding
position it holds in the trade. The management is vested in the capable hands
of Mr. Chas. A. Rennacker, the managing partner, who is assisted by a staff of
seven clerks and salesmen.

IN DEX.

PAGE

Abels, Geo. F 106

Adams Granite and Marble Works 17

vEtna National Bank of Hartford 100

.Etna Stamp Works 66

Ahem, James 92

Alderman, J. S 24

Alexander, John 54

Allen, Bros 92

Allyn House, The 68

American Cycle Repair Co 22

American House 44

Amidon, F. S 64

Andrews & Peck 23

Avery, George 29

Bacon, M. M 87

Backes, F. W 36

Barlow, J. R 20

Bartlett, Geo. D 33

Baxter, Wm. G 46

Beach &Co 55

Beck, Frank H S6

Becker, W. E ">i

Behner & Norton 26

Bernard, Weigelt & Son 12

Besse, P. &J 64

Betts, E. H 56

Bibeau & Schreffer 78

Bill Bros 18

PAGE

Billings, H. E no

Birkery Manufacturing Co 53

Bissell, Geo. P., & Co 44

Bissell, J. M 36

Blair & Coxeter 66

Blake, Chas. A., & Co 36

Blinn, D. H., & Co 7

Boardman, Wm., & Sons 101

Buckley Bros. & Co S6

Bosworth, S. B 7

Boucher & Cornwell 42

Brady, J. J 106

Brewer, C. S. & Co 120

Brewster, A. L 72

Brooks, David W 2S

Brooks, H. P 84

Brooks, P. A 64

Brown, Thompson & Co 4

Brown, William 13

Buckley Bros. & Co 86

Bull, N. B., &Son 6S

Burgess, Henry C 39

Burr, J. B., & Co 6S

Case, C. H, & Co 33

Catlin, A., Jr 82

Centennial American Tea Co 94

Chapin, Lyman A 54

Chapman, Silas, Jr 19

Charter Oak City Shirt 26

PAGE

Charter Oak Marble and Granite Works 14

Citizens' Butter Store 74

Clapp, Fred. C 24

Clark, D. A 47

Clark, Edred 81

Clark, E. S 94

Claussen, Edward E 17

Cohn, A., & Co 70

Commercial House 18

Conant Rubber Co., G. & H. 1 88

Conklin, H. W 90

Cooley, Francis R 99

Cook, A. D 3S

Cook & Hills 2

Co-operative Coal Co 10

Co-operative Savings Society of Conn., The... 13

Cordley, F. R., & Co 70

Corning, H. F., & Co 7

Cowles Couch Co., The 76

Crary, Edwin ... 7S

Cressy, Noah, M. D 118

Cronin, T 74

Cushman Chuck Co., The 96

Dairy Lunch Room 32

Daly, Lawrence 106

Daniels, The Printer 39

Daniels, N. P 54

Davis & Foster 87

Davis, Samuel 34

PAGE

Denning, C. A 99

De Wolf & Wheelock 98

Dunham, E. P 25

Dunn, P. H no

Eagle Dye House 116

Entress, Albert 59

Eldredge Co., The no

Fiske, J. D., & Co 42

Fitz Gerald, Ransom N 70,90

Floral Bazaar 72

Forbes, Edward P 56

Foster, A. L. & Co 30-31

Fowler, Roswell 19

Frayer & Foster 32

Frost, Henry D ... 14

Fuller, E. A. & W. F ' 52

Furlong & Howard 74

Gaines, Charles M... 28

Gallup & Metzger 90

Gans, L. R 18

Garvan, P 20

Garvie, Robert 118

Gately, E., & Co 39

Gemmill, Burnham & Co 114

Goodrich, Stephen, & Co 19

Grant, H. W., & Co 17

Greene, Daniel E 19

Hagarty, Joseph 40

Half-Dime Luuch 74

Harding & Holbrook 37

PAGE

Hart, H. H 29

Hartford Building and Loan Association 94

Hartford Business College 7S

Hartford Carpet Company 23

Hartford Coal Company, The 53

Hartford Coffee House Company 61

Hartford Engraving Company 46, 54, 58, 59, 72

Hartford Lumber Company, The 55

Hartford One-Price Clothing Company 84

Hartford Optical Company 59

Hetzel & Hess 26

"Hill" Market, The 103

Hogan, W. B., & Bro 104

Honiss, T. A 108

Hotel Capitol 22

House, H. S., & Co 47

Hub, The 122

Hube Bros 14

Hull, A. R 7

Hurd, Mellen & Hewes 120

Ideal Restaurant 116

Jones&Little 58

Kashmann, Joseph... 58

Kelly Bros 80

Kellogg, E. N. & N. 0 40

Kelsey, Wm. H., & Co 86

Keney, Roberts & Co 43

Kennedy, J. A 25

Kenyon, R. P., & Co 25

King, Horace H 102

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Lane, Joseph G 6

Langdon, T. H 102

Law, Dr. W. H 88

League Cycle Co., The 43

Lee, H. K 11S

Lincoln, Seyms & Co 12

Loughman, Patrick 26

Low, David 23

Loydon, Fred R no

Lovell & Tracy Co., The 114

Maercklein, H 66

Magical Depot 65

Maginn, W. F 26

Mansuy Carriage Manufacturing Co., The 52

Mapes Formula & Peruvian Guano Co 82

Marchant, George 84

Martin, J. P 116

Maslen, Stephen .. 62

Mather Electric Co., The 24

May, W. J 39

McClary, John 40

McGurk, Bernard 96

McMauus, John C 4S

Merrow, J. B., & Sons 62

Moody, John 102

Mulcahy, The Outfitter 32

Mulhall, James 93

Murray Bros 58

Myers, G. E S6

National Machine Co., The 76

New England Home Printing Co., The S8

New England Typewriter Exchange 48

Newton, Robertson S: Co 62

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Newton & Burnet 76

New York Tea Store, The 87

Nims, Whitney & Co 38

Noyes & Morris 84

Nussbaum, K 23

Palmer, E. M . 20

Park Drug Company's Pharmacy 103

Park Knitting Works 108

Patten, H. E 18

Payne, Cornwall & Co 8

Pease, L., & Co 28

Peck, R. S., & Co 66

Pelton, W. N., & Co 98

Pepion, John, & Co 65

Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Co 37

Pierce, L. D 44

Pierce's Steam Laundry and Carpet Cleaning

Works 22

Pitkin Bros. & Co 48

Pomeroy, A. H 38

Pond, De WittC 62

Post, Charles A 96

Pratt, C. W 5S

Pratt & Whitney Co 56

Preissner Bros 93

Preston Bros 34

Rapelye, Charles A 80

Reiche, Charles E 102

Reid, J. Wilkie 101

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Reuss, Hugo 17

Ricker, Alfred T 80

Risley, L. S 72

Russell, John S 112

Sail & McLaughlin 104

Samuels, J., & Co 40

Schall Co., The Ernst 96

Schmidt & Fox 92

Schroeder, F 42

Shelton, Edward 47

Sigourney Tool Company, The 20

Sill, E. M 86

Simons, E., & Co 114

Singer Manufacturing Company, The 112

Sisson, T., & Co 106

State Mutual Fire Insurance Company 14

Sloane, John, & Co Si

Smith, A. H 103

Smith, C. H., Jr 112

Smith, M. S 94

Smith, The Horseshoer 52

South Park Drug Store 54

South, Sidney F 102

Starkie, Walter 29

Starr, T. K 104

States Machine Co., The So

Stoddard & Corkins 44

Street, Joseph, & Son 48

Stuart, Chas. T 81

Strickland & Shea 25

Sykes.F. A S2

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Thomas, A. L 81

Thorne Typesetting Machine Co 16

Tilton, A. F 70

Tracy & Robinson 50

Trout Brook, Ice & Feed Company, The 29

Tucker's Sons, E 88

Tuttle & Mather 37

United States Hotel 101

Walker, Robert, & Co 116

Wander, Wm., & Sons 50

Warner & Willard Co., The 93

Webb & Shedd 24

Webster & Burnes 22

Weeks, Geo. H 34

Westphall, Wm 50

Wiers, H. J., M. D 108

Wiley, L. G 33

Wiley, L. N, D. D. S 90

Willes, J. H 103

Williams, Alfred, & Son 93

Woodruff, O. D., & Co 34

Wooley's Hack, Livery and Boarding Stables 38

Woolley, G. W., & Son 104

Yeomans, Henry E 32

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Zweygartt, Henry J 61

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