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Show '3 lie rVe YT-7o;ier in E'rovo. New-Comer "Money is scarce, and 1 want to know w here I can buy my groceries and other goods the lowest in town?"' "Well. I can tell you. where I find the lowest-priced store in town, and that is at C. 12"s, in the basement. lie does not throw out any baits, such as giving 13 lbs. of sugar for $1, as it costs more!, but he sells 12 lbs. for $1, thereby making a clear profit of oO cents on pid lbs., with which he is satistied. He sells his 2s ew York cheesy at 17 k. per lb., home made at 10c, bacon at 10c, oatmeal at oc. best raisins at lot'., currants cur-rants at 10c, lemon peel at 25c, candies can-dies at loc , nuts at 20 and 25c per lb., and oranges at 20c. per doz.. He sells 2 packages of his "Tree"1 tea for 35c, Ayer's sarsaparilla at 75c per Lottie, and Hood's at 80c; his Navy tobacco. 2 plugs for 25c; Climax and Horseshoe at 50c; Durham. 3' sacks for 25c; Cut and Slash, (' sacks for 25c: Vanity Fair cigars, 0 for 25c; best flour, $l."l0 per sack. lie is selling his prints at 5c. per yard: handkerchiefs, 2 for 5c, and his all-wool socks at 25c. per pair. He has also the ureatest variety of automatic and mechanical toys, with the largest assortment of musical instruments in the territory, consisting of Ariston, the latest musical wonder, being a full orchestra: or-chestra: the mandolin;- the musical wonder, a self-playing organ; the concert con-cert roller organ," the wonderful cor-denium, cor-denium, the metalaphone, the German zither or harpetre, the kalamaz.oo, etc., which he sells as cheap as you can get thcr.i from the makers. "' .New-Comer "Well, how does lie manage to sell his goods lower than the re..t in l'rovo city? "Why, you see, his store is down in the basvLuient, and, as he is a working-man. working-man. Ids expenses are smail. He docs his own clerking, and is also superintendent superin-tendent ami proprietor; he is put to no expense in keeping a delivery wagon with which to deliver a 5 cent spool of cotton when telephoned for, which you. the patrons, have to pay for; but you go and get your goods, and carry them home yourself, and you will appreciate them when you get them there. New -Coiner "Well, that is where I am going to trade, and See 12"s, in the basement, between the banks.1' |
